Sources
1. Log Cabin Families of Stone Mountain, North Carolina by Hardin and Virginia Royall. 1981.
2. A Brief Family History of the Ingool and Gentry Families of Wilkes County North Carolina by Jerry Gentry. 1991.
3. Billings Families of North Carolina and Virginia by Naomi B. Gordon. 1991.
4. The Land Of Wilkes by Johnson J. Hayes. 1962.
5. Orange County -- 1752-1952 edited by Hugh Lefler and Paul Wager. 1953.
6. The History of Snow Camp, NC compiled by Juanita Owens Euliss. 1971.
7. Ingool-Gentry and Sparks Families of Wilkes County N.C. by Jerry Q. Gentry. 5/24/1992.
8. Alleghany County Heritage -- North Carolina by the Alleghany Historical-Genealogical Society, Inc. 1993.
9. Our Heritage: A History of Cleveland County by The Shelby Daily Star, publisher: Henry L. Weathers. 1976.
10. The Living Past of Cleveland County: A History by Lee B. Weathers. 1956.
11. Happy Valley by Thomas Felix Hickerson. 1940.
12. Wilkes County Sketches by J. Jay Johnson. 1976.
13. Wilkes County Heritage -- North Carolina by the Wilkes Genealogical Society. Vol 1. Edited by Nancy W. Simpson. 1982.
14. Wilkes County Heritage -- North Carolina by the Wilkes Genealogical Society. Vol 2. Edited by Nancy W. Simpson. 1990.
15. Extensive research by Chuck Wheeler which I received in April 1995. It focuses on the Royall, Cresson, Steelman, and Atwood families. (cewheel@delphi.com).
16. Research sent by Jacque Davis which I received in September 1995. Includes information on the Sparks family in Frederick Co, MD.
17. The English on the Delaware: 1610-1682 by C. A. Weslager. 1967.
18. Colonial History of the State of New York. Vol 12. by B. Fernow. 1881.
19. Information on the Eppes family emailed from Tom Jones on 3/27/1996. stammbaum@aol.com.
20. Sutphin Cousins edited by Lois Johnsten, 105 Alba Ave, Ravenna, NE 68869. August 1995.
21. Sutphin family information emailed by Mike Sutphin of Frederick Co, MD, and found on his homepage. Email: msutphin@bigdog.fred.net. Web: http://www.fred.net/msutphin/gene.htm. Beginning in 1995.
22. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol 1. (Issues of 1893 to 1894 reprinted in 1968). Edited by Philip A. Bruce.
23. Letters written by Elsie Fine Kokta (cousin) about her Duncan relatives. (One dated 4/3/1991.) I received a copy of them from Bettie Duncan Minton on June 30, 1996.
24. Information from my great grandmother Edith Blackburn Brooks Billings beginning in December 1994.
25. Information from Bettie Duncan Minton on the Duncan family. RR 3, Box 262D, Elkin, NC. Beginning in 1996.
26. Floyd County: A History of Its People and Places by Richard J. Wood. 1981.
27. My Ancestors by Leonard G. Lester. 1969.
28. Information mailed to me from Kathy Taylor, 3109 Eaglebrook Rd, Christiansburg, VA 24073-8103 beginning in 1996.
29. Information emailed to me by Jody Goad of Carroll Co, VA, in 1996. Email: jogoad@vt.edu. Also some information from his homepage (in 1997) at http://jogoad.simplenet.com.
30. Information emailed to me from Fred Woodson Hendrick in 1996. Email: woodlyn@zapcom.net. I found his website in 1999. (http://woodlyn.net). It has information on several families including Strange, Phillips, Bobbitt, and Goad.
31. Information emailed to me by Bob Moretz beginning in 1996. PO Box 2278, Lenoir, NC 28645. Email: kiec@bluenet.net.
32. Information from my grandmother Doris Bauguess Duncan. Beginning in 1992.
33. Francis Epes: His Ancestors and Descendants by Eva Turner Clark. 1942.
34. The Colonial Virginia Register, compiled by William G. and Mary Newton Stanard. 1965.
35. The Story of Virginia’s First Century by Mary Newton Stanard. 1928.
36. Information emailed to me by Dorothy J. Hall on the Holloway family in 1996. Email: djhall@aztec.asu.edu.
37. WWW: http://www.open.org/rumcd/d0002/g0000083.htm#I67. Found in September 1996.
38. Surry County Genealogical Association Pedigree Chart at Surry Community College in Dobson, NC.
39. WWW: http://www.cudenver.edu/~dstanwyc/genes/D0002/G0000070.html#I1854. By Don Stanwyck, stanwyck@worldnet.att.net. Web site found in September 1996.
40. Information on computer disks from the Duncan Surname Association. The information is mostly birth, marriage, death, and land deeds which were copied from courthouse records. W. A. Duncan, 5938 SE 45th, Tecumseh, KS 66542-9743. Beginning in 1996.
41. The Holtzclaw Family: 1540 - 1935 by B. C. Holtzclaw. 1936. Some information from this book was sent to me by Kathy Taylor in 1997.
42. WWW: http://www.hsv.tis.net/genealogy/gedhtml/huckaby/d0005/s0000423.htm#I1061. By Lon A. Huckaby, 324 Evergreen Rd, Black Hawk, CO 80403. lon@rmii.com. Web site found in September 1996.
43. Information from Jurileen Davis of Thurmond, NC. 6/4/1995.
44. A booklet on the Cockerham and Darnell families of Surry and Wilkes Co, NC, at the Elkin Public Library. 1959.
45. Information from Roy and Juanice Bauguess Prevette of Hays, NC, beginning on 7/31/1994.
46. Information emailed to me in January 1996 by Patricia Shores Zadrowski, 12838 Westella Dr, Houston, TX 77077-3702. Email: alnx51a@prodigy.com.
47. WWW: http://members.aol.com:/philli6372 and http://www.traveller.com/~rew/cgi‑bin/print_hit_bold.cgi/genealogy/gedhtml/payne/d0001/s0000036.htm#I300. Information on Goad, Dalton, and Phillips lines from Joe Payne (JPayne5744@aol.com). Found in 1996 and 1997.
48. A general reference to information from headstone inscriptions I have found while visiting the cemetery.
49. Marriages of Wilkes County, North Carolina: 1778 - 1868 indexed by Deborah G. Sherr and Richard W. Lewis. 1983.
50. Wilkes County, NC - Divorces, 1820-1899. Abstractions from file C.R.104.604.1,2,3, in the NC State Archives, and from microfilm C.104.30007, and various Superior Court Minutes. Alphabetized by Sandra Lake Lassen (laikie@aol.com), 1499 Lakeside Dr, West Jefferson, NC 28694. November 1995. I found this on the internet in 1996.
51. Western North Carolina Sketches by Clarence W. Griffin. 1941.
52. Information from my grandfather Bill Brooks beginning in 1994.
53. Information from my grandmother Lois Billings Brooks beginning in 1994.
54. Warrens and Related Families of North Carolina and Virginia by Holland D. Warren. 1990. It is located at the Elkin Public Library and the Wilkesboro Library.
55. The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. Vol. III. Compiled by Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland. 1899.
56. Information from Perry Watts Duncan in 1994.
57. Information emailed to me by Mary Anne Sutphin beginning in 1994. 50 Winterberry Rd, Galax, VA 24333. (masutphi@vt.edu)
58. Information from my great great uncle Roy Blackburn in Alleghany Co in December 1994.
59. Information emailed by Sandra Sutphin Olney of TX in 1996. Email: solney8683@aol.com.
60. Information emailed to me by Melba Waddell Bailey of Newport, TN, beginning in 1996. (mbailey494@aol.com).
61. Compilation of Civil War soldiers from Alleghany and Ashe Co, NC. Compiled by Jeff Weaver. Found on the internet in October 1996.
62. Baugus, Boggus, and Boggess Footprints on the Sands of Time. Vol. II. By Joann Smith and Joanna Fox. 1994. This also includes their additions and corrections as of April 2000.
63. Family file folder labelled: “Bauguess – Ida H. Jones Research”. This was in a filing cabinet in the Genealogy Room of the Wilkes Co, NC, library in Wilkesboro. I found it on 12/23/1996.
64. Information I have found from the actual death certificate (or any county death record) of the individual.
65. Information I have found from the actual birth certificate (or any county birth record) of the individual. I found it either on file at the courthouse or on microfilm.
66. Information I have found from the actual marriage record of the individual either at the courthouse or on microfilm.
67. Information I have found from the actual land records either at the courthouse, on microfilm, or from an image of the actual document found online.
68. Iredell County Heritage -- North Carolina by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County. 1980.
69. Information from Gaynell Bauguess. 3/12/1994.
70. Carroll/Grayson Marriages by John Perry Alderman. 1987.
71. Information emailed to me by Linda McMillen in December 1996. Email: mcmillen@fastland.net.
72. Carroll Co, VA, information from Freddie Spradlin beginning in January 1997. Much of his information can be found on the Carroll Co GenWeb homepage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vacarrol/carroll.htm. Email: fspradlin@delphi.com. Address: 3448 W. 170th St, Torrance, CA 90504-2402.
73. Information sent to me by David Pinkston in November 1996. Email: dpinkston@ArkansasUSA.com. 2071 Chestnut St, Fayetteville, AR, 72703. Much of this research on the Andrews family was compiled by James David Robins in 1982.
74. Some Descendants of Richard Bauguess and Nancy McCarthy by Patricia Thayer Muno. 6885 S.W. 161 Place, Beaverton, OR 97007-6336. This was written in 1995 or 1996. This book was at the Traphill, NC, Library.
75. Family file folder labelled: “Blackburn”. This information was compiled by Samuel Sebastian in September 1970. This folder was in a file cabinet in the Genealogy Room of the Wilkes Co, NC, library in Wilkesboro. I found it on 12/23/1996.
76. An Illustrated History of Yadkin County: 1850-1980 by William E. Rutledge, Jr. Published in Yadkinville, NC in 1981. I haven’t seen the actual book, but I found this information on the internet in 1996.
77. Information
emailed to me by James J. Sparks of San Carlos, CA, in 1997. His information on the Bauguess and Sparks
families came from a close inspection of the many issues of the Sparks Quarterly. More information was found on his website in
2006 (http://sparksfamilytree.net/).
Email (jjsparks1@comcast.net [2006]).
78. Family file folder labelled: “Walker Family Bible Record” at the Wilkes Co, NC, library. It is a photocopy from a page of a family Bible. It was contributed by Mrs. W. O. Absher, 702 Sixth St, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659. I found it on 3/10/1997.
79. Information I have found from the actual Last Will and Testament of the individual either at the courthouse or on microfilm.
80. Information mailed to me in 1997 on the
Duncan and related families of VA from Mary Frances Duncan Bridges. 529 Oriole Lane, Shreveport, LA 71105-4307.
81. WWW: http://www.cswnet.com/~mgoad/list.htm. This Goad family homepage has lots of information including transcribed records. I found this site in 1997. By 2003 this site had been moved to http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/goad.htm and is hosted by Mike Goad.
82. Information received by email from Bev Francque in 1997. bfrancque@delphi.com.
83. Information received by email from Sandra Olney in 1996. solney8683@aol.com.
84. Information on the Sparks family emailed to me by Lee ____ on 11/1/1995. lgarlock@CapAccess.org.
85. Information on the Sparks family emailed to me by Joe Garrett on 11/24/1995. jngarret@gator1.brazosport.cc.tx.us.
86. Information on the Sparks family from the homepage of Harold Sparks, 5911 Willard Dr, Charleston, SC 29406-2625. http://www.awod.com/gallery/rwav/sparky/homepage.html. Found in 1997.
87. Information on the Cleveland family emailed to me by John Arnett beginning in December 1996. 612 Emery Rd, Louisville, KY 40206. jwarnett@aol.com.
88. Information on the Cresson family emailed to
me in 1997 by Ann Brownlee, 212A Fairson Ave, Salisbury, NC 28144. whigkid@cbiinternet.com. Web page:
http://www.cbiinternet.com/shallowford/
89. Information on the Crouse family emailed to me in December 1996. Email: WLC24C@aol.com.
90. Information on the Duncan family emailed to me in April 1997. Email: reece@nconline.com.
91. Information on the Reynolds family emailed to me in December 1996 by Sandy London. SANDIRA@worldnet.att.net. Much of her information came from LDS records.
92. Information on the Tolbert family emailed to me by Dixie Tolbert Anderson (coolmom@mstar2.net [2005]) beginning in 1997.
93. Information in a folder marked “Bauguess” at both the Surry Community College Library and the Wilkesboro, NC, library. The information includes letters from Wilmetta Bauguess of Seattle, WA, written in 1968. They are addressed to “Mr. Gentry”. I found this in 1997.
94. North Carolina Governors: 1585 - 1974 by Beth G. Crabtree. 1974. Found at the NCSU library in 1996.
95. Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. Vol I. Edited by William S. Powell. 1979. Found at the NCSU library in 1997.
96. Who Was Who in the American Revolution by L. Edward Purcell. 1993. Found at the NCSU library in 1997.
97. The Planters of Colonial Virginia by Thomas Pattison. 1922. Found at the NCSU library in 1996.
98. World Wide Web: http://ruf.rice.edu/~wamorris/wm/D0011/I887.html. Found in 1996.
99. WWW: http://www.gendex.com/~guest/gerding/D0003/G0000025.html#I053. Found in 1996.
100. Virginia Historical Magazine. An issue (I did not record which one, but p123-4.) including information on the will of Katherine Banks Royall Isham. Found at the NCSU library in 1997.
101. Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files by White. Vol IV. An excerpt was included on disks sent to me by the Duncan Surname Association in 1996.
102. Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714 - 1750 by B. C. Holtzclaw. 1964. A portion of the book was included on disks sent to me by the Duncan Surname Association in 1996.
103. Landmarks of Old Prince William, A study of origins in Northern Virginia. An excerpt of Chapter 14 was included on disks sent to me by the Duncan Surname Association in 1996.
104. The Shaping of Colonial Virginia by Thomas J. Wertenbaker. 1958. Found at the NCSU library in 1997. This seems to be a compilation of three of the author’s books on colonial Virginia.
105. WWW: http://www.dol.net/~jerry.roope/home.html. By Jerry Roope who has many Wilkes Co, NC, ancestors. Found in 1997.
106. Information from my great grandmother Verna Ingool Bauguess in 1997.
107. Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia, edited by H. R. McIlwaine. 1979. A copied portion of the book was sent to me by John Arnett in July 1997.
108. The Register of Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co, Virginia, 1677-1780. Compiled by Robert W. Robins. A copied portion of the book was sent to me by John Arnett in July 1997.
109. Information emailed to me by Arthur Waddell, III, (tahlyn@mediaone.net) 1997. He also sent a GEDCOM file on the Waddell family. In 1998 he set up a webpage at http://www.pompano.net/~tahlyn.
110. Mitchell Descendants From 1689-1994 by Mary Ellen Brown Price and Rosemary Stilwell Surratt. 1994. I found this book at the Carroll Co, VA, library in Hillsville in 1998. In 1997, Gary Marshall (gmarshall@tcia.net) warned that parts of the book dealing with my ancestors is known to contain some errors. Therefore, information taken from this source should be followed with caution.
111. Information mailed to me by Chris Tomlin, 2002 Ann Arbor, Harlingen, TX 78552. October 1997. Email: smtomlin@aol.com. The information she sent includes family group sheets for Caudill, Blackburn, and Adams.
112. Information emailed to me by Tom Gambill in 1997 and 2005. 1810 Tilletson Place, Woodbridge, VA 22191.
113. Census information I have taken from the actual census records of the county on microfilm, usually located at the courthouse or a library. If it is not from the actual microfilm, see Ref 152 or Ref 212.
114. William and Mary Quarterly. Vol XVII, Number 2. Originally edited by Lyon G. Tyler. Reprinted in 1966. I copied this information in April 1997 at the NCSU library.
115. Information received by email from Mary Beth Sutphin. Email: marysut@aol.com. November 1996.
116. Information received by email from Kimberly Poston on the Sutphin family in 1996. Email: kposton@aol.com.
117. 1850 Census, Wilkes County, NC. Compiled by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cheek and Mrs. J. W. Martindale. I found this transcription in the genealogy room of the NC Archives in Raleigh in 1995.
118. 1860 Census, Wilkes County, North Carolina. Compiled by Mr. R. Ivey Moore, Mr. Samuel Sebastian, and Mrs. W. O. Absher. I found this transcription in the genealogy room of the NC Archives in Raleigh in 1995.
119. Surry County Marriages: 1779 – 1868. I found this at the Elkin Public Library in December 1995.
120. Information from the marriage record index at the courthouse. Either I did not look for, or could not find, the actual record.
121. National Genealogical Society Quarterly. “Virginia Cleveland Ancestor Discovered”. Written by George A. Martin. Vol 46, Number 3. September 1958. A copy of this one page article was mailed to me by John Arnett in July 1997.
122. WWW: http://www.traveller.com/genealogy/gedhtml/letcher/d0002/s0000157.htm#I1664. I found this site on 11/14/1996.
123. WWW: http://www.traveller.com/genealogy/gedhtml/davis/d0002/s0000165.htm#I1595. I found this site on 11/19/1996.
124. The Virginia Germans, by Klaus Wust. 1969. I found this book at the NCSU library in 1997.
125. Information on the Reynolds family emailed to me by David N. Smith (dnsyeks@snowhill.com) in 1997. Some of his information came from the book Reynolds Family: 1530 to 1959 by S. F. Tillman.
126. Information on the Myers family emailed to me in 1997 by Kathryn M. Menard (kadon@mail.challenger.net) of Baton Rouge, LA.
127. Information on the Royall family emailed to me in 1997 by Fran (swftotter@aol.com) in MI. Some of her information comes from the updated printing of the book The Adventures of Purse and Persons.
128. Information on the Blackburn family emailed to me beginning in 1997 by Don Blackburn. (dblackburn@infoave.net).
129. Information on the Sanders family emailed to me in 1997 by Sherry (jgj350@erols.com).
130. Information on the Sparks family emailed to
me in 1997 by Michael Savoy (mikesavoy@hotmail.com).
131. Newspaper obituary listing in the Winston-Salem Journal, either on June 14 or 15, 1997.
132. Wilkes County, NC, Cemetery Survey by George F. and Joyce D. McNeil. Rt. 3, Box 27, Wilkesboro, NC 28697. This is a 7 or 8 volume compilation of cemeteries in Wilkes Co printed in 1993. These books were at the Wilkesboro library.
133. WWW: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncwilkes/ as part of the
Wilkes County, NC, GenWeb homepage.
Includes a lot of information on Wilkes Co. Found in February 1998.
134. Information I received by email from Lois Johnsten beginning in 1997 on the Sutphin family of VA. (johnsten@micrord.com).
135. Information I received by email from Melanie D. Crain in 1998 on the Sutphin family of VA. (mdcrain@mindspring.com).
136. WWW: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/surry/census/1790cens.txt. Found in April 1998. This transcription of the 1790 Surry Co census is part of the Surry Co, NC, GenWeb page.
137. Information on the Waddell family emailed to me by Edward N. Waddell (ewaddell@infinet.com) in 1997.
138. WWW: http://www.infinet.com/~wkfisher. Genealogical Gleanings. By W. Keith Fisher, 4614 Tensweep, New Albany, OH 43054. (wkfisher@infinet.com). I found this page in 1998.
139. The 1870 Federal Census of Grayson County, Virginia. Transcript by Jeffrey C. Weaver. 1992. I found this book at the Wilkes County Library in April 1998.
140. Wilkes County School Census: 1841 – 1850. This book is comprised only of bound copies of the original Wilkes Co, NC, records and is located at the Wilkes County Library. I found it on 4/9/1998.
141. Alleghany News, newspaper.
142. Information on the Ingool, Bauguess, and related families from Jerry Gentry of Elkin, NC, beginning in 1998.
143. Information on the Sutphin family emailed to me by Frank Losee in 1998. (falosee@gte.net).
144. Information on the Blackburn family emailed to me in 1998 by Julia Ann Wright, 11007 Hunters Point, Fort Smith, AR 72903. (bobwright@ipa.net).
145. Information on the Blackburn family emailed to me in 1997 by Tim Blackburn of Richmond, VA. (timana@aol.com).
146. Spicers of Wilkes County, North Carolina and Their Related Families, by Bernard Frederick Spicer, 1608 E Laburnum Ave., Richmond, VA 23222. 1978. I found this book at the Wilkes County Library in 1998.
147. Baugus, Boggus, and Boggess Footprints on the Sands of Time. Vol. I. By Joann Smith and Joanna Fox. 1993.
148. Information on the Myers and Walker families emailed to me by Helene Hamm in 1998. (helenehamm@aol.com).
149. Information on the Walker and Wiles family mailed to me in 1998 by Martin Wiles, 6647 Garlinghouse Ln, Dallas, TX 75252. Also, some information was gathered from his book Wiles Family History which I found at the Wilkesboro Libary in March 2000. Additional information came by email beginning in 2001 (mewiles@mindspring.com).
150. Information on the Walker family mailed to me in 1998 by Elvira Potthoff, P.O. Box 1063, McCook, NE 69001.
151. Information I received from Paul Gregory, Hays, NC, in 1998. He has done extensive research on many Wilkes Co, NC, families including the Irwins.
152. General reference to information I got from a book or website compiling census information for a certain county in a certain year. This includes census abstracts.
153. Information on the Dalton family sent to me in 1998 by Sharon Minton Hill, 173 Duke Tr, Hot Springs, AR 71913. (shill@cswnet.com).
154. Information on the Walker and Edwards families emailed to me beginning in 1998 by Marlene Myers-Josephsohn of Greensboro, NC. (davidj01@earthlink.net). The Edwards information is from Ray K. Edwards (redwar1011@aol.com).
155. Information on the Cleveland family emailed to me in 1998 by Terry L. Hutchison, PSC 450 Box 170, APO AP 96206-0170. (tlhutch@soback.kornet.nm.kr).
156. Information on the Tolbert family emailed to me by Cherie Atkinson Clark beginning in 1998. (chersfmly@aol.com).
157. Information on the Royal family emailed to me on 6/3/1998 by Warren Royal. (wroyal@cy.com).
158. Wilkes County Tax List: 1782-1799. This information was compiled by Mrs. W. O. Absher, Samuel Sebastian, and several others in 1975. I found this book in the Wilkes County Library Genealogy Room in 1998.
159. Information on the Blackburn family compiled by Rebecca Morris who sent it to Chris Tomlin who sent it to me in August 1998.
160. Information on the Blackburn family emailed to me by Ray Holt in November 1996. (rholt@sisna.com).
161. Information I received by email on the Blackburn family from Miriam ____ beginning in 1998. (djohn31548@aol.com).
162. Information on the Duncan family from Frances Shepherd and Pauline Phillips, daughters of Bertie Duncan Phillips, in 1998.
163. Information I have found at the courthouse for that county’s school census.
164. Trails Trod By Holloways and Ralstons by Orella Chadwick of Tillamook, OR. The book was compiled in 1978, but has been updated several times. I received the book and other information from her beginning in 1998.
165. North Carolina 1890 Civil War Veterans Census by Sandra Lee Almasy. 1990. I found this in the Statesville, NC, library in 1998.
166. 1815 Poll Tax List, Iredell County by David A. Bunch. This is in a 3-ring binder at the Statesville, NC, library. I found it in 1998.
167. General reference to abstracts of Last Will and Testaments.
168. General reference to abstracts of deeds and land transactions.
169. Rowan County, North Carolina Tax Lists 1757 - 1800: Annotated Transcriptions by Jo White Linn. 1995. I found this book at the Statesville, NC, library in 1998.
170. Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files. Abstracted by Virgil D. White. 1990. I found this at the Wilkesboro Library in 1998.
171. Minute Docket and Procedings Before the Clerk found at the courthouse. There is usually a Minutes Docket book as well as files with supporting information on the case which was held in court.
172. Wilkes County, NC, Church Minute Obituaries. Vol. I. 1869 – 1978. Compiled by William Clinton Castevens about 1979. This seems to be a compilation of research done by several people including Jerry Q. Gentry. I found this book at the Wilkesboro, NC, Library in 1998.
173. Information on the Sparks family emailed to me by Teresa in 1998. (terdel@aol.com).
174. Information on the Brooks family emailed to me by Butch Johnson of Mayodan, NC, in April 1998. (butchjanel@aol.com).
175. Information on the Cleveland family emailed to me by Carolyn Drost in 1997. (ldystang@airmail.net).
176. Information on the Royall family emailed to me by Ted Pack in 1998. (Ted.Pack@TriValleyGrowers.com).
177. Information on the Royall family emailed to me by Linda in 1997. (s7s7h8nb@coastalnet.com). Much of this information is from a book by Hardin Royall. I do not have the title, but it may be an update to Log Cabin Families of Stone Mountain, NC. This book includes material from The Norman People and The Royall-Pinnell Papers.
178. Information on the Duncan family emailed to me by Gary Cooper (coachcoop@verizon.net in 2005) beginning in 1998.
179. Information contained in the “Lenoir Papers” which I found at the Wilkesboro, NC, Library in 1998. It includes the 1839 Wilkes County Agricultural Census and the 1840 Wilkes Population Census.
180. WWW: http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3762.htm. Records here include the Floyd Co, VA, death records from 1853 to 1882. I found this site on May 14, 1999.
181. WWW: http://eagle.vsla.edu/conpen/virtua-basic.html. This Library of Virginia site includes images of the actual Civil War pension applications from the early 1900s. I found this site in May 1999.
182. A 1992 transcript by Jeffrey C. Weaver of the 1860 Floyd Co, VA, census. I found this on the internet in June 1999.
183. Information from Gracie Duncan (born 1902), daughter of Robert Lee Duncan. I first met her in June 1999 at her home east of Dugspur, VA. She died March 26, 2000.
184. Information on Quesenberry and related families sent to me by Betty Goad Aikens of Dublin, VA, in November 1998.
185. Information on the Tolbert family emailed to me by Tamara Tolbert Hudson beginning in August 1998. (ldhudson02@sprynet.com)
186. Information on the Sutphin family emailed to me by Jim Ball in September 1998. (jdball@raex.com)
187. Frederick Nester (ca 1709 – 1782) Of Berks County, Pennsylvania And Descendants, Volume 1 and 2, 8th Edition, May 2003, by Michael D. Nestor (mdn3557@yahoo.com). Also, other information on the Nester family beginning in 2000.
188. Information on the Mitchell family emailed to me by Dolores Clark in CA (cclark@worldnet.att.net) beginning in August 1999.
189. Information on the Mitchell and Smith families emailed to me in 1999 by Nancy Tackitt (htackitt@mail.bna.bellsouth.net).
190. Descendants of John Duncan and Elizabeth Holtzclaw by Louise Jeanette Akers and Betty Jo McDaniels, completed in 1999. Also information from Betty Jo McDaniels by email (hjht62a@prodigy.com).
191. Census Reports, Volume 1, 1919-1920, Wilkes County, which I found at the Wilkes County Courthouse on 8/23/99. This book includes 1919 school records for the districts in Wilkes Co, NC.
192. Some Pioneers From Wilkes County, North Carolina, by W. O. Absher. 1989. I found this book in February 1999.
193. WWW: http://www.ancestry.com/ssdi/advanced.htm. The Social Security Death Index listing the birth date, death date, and social security number of those who died in the latter half of the 1900s. I found this site in 1999.
194. Information on the Bauguess family from Pansy Billings of Traphill, NC, in 1999.
195. Wilkes Voter Registration records in the Registrar’s Office at the courthouse in Wilkesboro, NC.
196. Church Records, Vol. 2 transcribed by Mrs. W. O. Absher in 1969. I found this book at the Wilkesboro, NC, library in October 1998.
197. Information emailed to me in 1998 by Corky Hester of Mt. Juliet, TN, on the Steelman family. (chester781@aol.com).
198. Information emailed to me in 1998 by David W. Kucera on the Steelman family. (dwkucera@dakotacom.net).
199. Information emailed to me in 1998 by Bob Nobis on the Shepherd family. (rnobis@ibm.net).
200. Information from a book on the Cleveland family by June Rayfield Welch, 5535 Willow Lane, Dallas, TX 75230, dated 12/15/1990. I only have a copy of page 62 which I got in 1998.
201. Cleveland Family Chronicles Research Society Newsletter. #22, June 1998. Edited by Vikki Lyn Cleveland (vikkilyncl@aol.com).
202. Information on the Blackburn family emailed to me by Wanda Cleary beginning in February 1998. (rlcwbc@aol.com).
203. Information from Wilkes County, NC, Families, pages 88 to 99. A few pages from this book were copied and sent to me by Chris Tomlin in 1998.
204. Surry County, NC, Will Abstracts, pages 4, 5, 132, 133. These four pages were copied and sent to me by Chris Tomlin in 1998.
205. WWW: http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/jlwoods/. Includes information on the Caudill family. I found this site in May 1998.
206. Information emailed to me by Nelson Lafon of Blacksburg, VA, in September 1999, on the Duncan family. (nlafon@vt.edu).
207. Information emailed to me in January 1999 by Kate Christ (katya@serv.net) about the Sparks family.
208. WWW: http://www.smokeykin.com/ged/f002/f45/a0024588.htm. Includes information on the Coffey family of VA. This source can not be very reliable since it lists several children with the same name at least three times in each family with no additional informatino. I found this site in May 1998.
209. Information from
an issue of the "Carroll County Genealogy Newsletter". P.
O. Box 395, Hillsville, VA 24343.
210. WWW: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~scotnroa/Barb/census/. Includes an annotated list of families in the 1850 Floyd Co, VA, census. I found this site in November 1999.
211. Photocopies of five pages from an unknown family Bible with information on the Walker and Absher families. Given to me by Wilma Jean Reynolds in 2000
212. Census information from an image of the microfilm. This includes photocopies and scanned images of the microfilm usually found in a book or on the internet.
213. Information on the Holloway family from Robert Griffith in 2000.
214. Information on the Williams family emailed to me by Leonard Chapel (writer46@hotmail.com) on 2/9/2000.
215. Information on the Blackburn family from Wilma Jean Reynolds (wreyno8339@aol.com) beginning in 1999.
216. Information on the Bauguess and Pruitt families from Susan Stinnett (SStinn9796@aol.com) of Aberdeen, MD, beginning in 1999.
217. (not used)
218. Information on the Hylton family from Steve Deal (nevetsland@aol.com) in 1999.
219. Information on the Holloway family from Diane Carney (dcarne59@prodigy.net) in 2000.
220. Information on the Blackburn, Pruitt, and other families from Carol Lambert (genesnoop@aol.com) of Wilkesboro, NC, in 2000.
221. The Crouse Family of North Carolina by Bonnie E. Tedder and Betty M. Maynard. 1994.
222. The Andrews Familly of Orange County, North Carolina, by Grace Andrews Sevcik of Medford, OR, in 1991.
223. Information contained in obituaries published annually by the Primitive Baptist Association which comprises churches in northeast Wilkes Co, NC, and the surrounding area. Copies of many of these obituaries were given to me by Mr. Paul Gregory in 1999.
224. Sparks Quarterly published four times a year by the Sparks Family Association.
225. Article from The Chronicle, a Wilkes Co, NC, newspaper in circulation in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
226. Surry County Heritage – North Carolina by the Surry County Genealogical Association. 1994.
227. Information on the Sutphin family emailed to me in 2000 by Tony East (teast@tcia.net).
228. Information on the Brooks and Sparks family emailed to me beginning in 2000 by Carolyn Robison (cdrobison@msn.com [2006]).
229. Information on the Rose family emailed to me in 2000 by Joanna Spence (jobuspence@earthlink.net).
230. Information on the Rhodes family emailed to me in 2000 by Sarah Jo _____ (sjoabb@aol.com).
231. Information on the Strange family emailed to me in 2000 by Bill Gaulding (rickyrg@networksplus.net).
232. Information on the Duncan family emailed to me in 2000 by Ceal Wutka (ceal@wutka.com).
233. Information on the Mitchell family emailed to me in 2000 by Cheryl Whittle (rtwcww@aol.com).
234. Information on the Shepherd family emailed to me in 2000 by Sherrill Blankenship (olblanken@aol.com).
235. Information on the Shepherd family emailed to me in 2000 by Lonnie T. Johnson (ashleigh@etinternet.net).
236. The Nathaniel Young and Hannah Day Family by Louise J. Akers and Betty Jo McDaniels. May 1999.
237. Information on the Bauguess family from Audrey Bauguess Zablocki of Winston-Salem, NC, beginning in 2000.
238. Information on the Pruitt and Bauguess family from Sylvia Pruitt Stewart of Statesville, NC, in 2001.
239. Information from Alice Billings of Dockery/Hays, Wilkes Co, NC, in 2001.
240. Early NC marriage bonds on microfiche. This is a typed list (not original records) for all NC counties giving most of the information on the actual record, including the bond number. I found this at the Wilkesboro, NC, library in 2001.
241. Information from the Wilkes County Cemetery Database maintained and compiled by George and Joyce McNeil, 1128 Winkler Mill Rd, Wilkesboro, NC, 28697. I received information from this database in 2001.
242. 1870 Federal Census of Wilkes County, NC by George and Joyce McNeil. 1997.
243. Information found in The Journal-Patriot, newspaper for North Wilkesboro, NC.
244. Information found in the Alleghany Co, NC, newspaper. From 1925 to 1940 it was called The Alleghany Times. Beginning in 1940 the name was changed to Alleghany Star-Times.
245. Surry Co, NC, Wills: Vols. 1-3, 1771 – 1827, found at the Wilkesboro, NC, library in 2001.
246. Abstracts of the Marriage Bonds and Additional Data, Guilford Co, North Carolina, 1771-1840, compiled by Ruth F. Thompson and Louise J. Hartgrove in 1981.
247. Information on the Ingold family emailed to me in 2001 by Mike Cavenaugh (cavenaugh@aol.com).
248. Information on the Duncan family emailed to me in 2001 by Jackie Eder-Van Hook of Deale, MD (jleder@ix.netcom.com).
249. Information on the Duncan family emailed to me beginning in 2001 by Ken Haas of Iowa (kennethaas@msn.com [2005]).
250. Information from the record keepers of Lancaster Cemetery in California in 2001.
251. Juvenile Court records found at the courthouse in the Clerk’s office.
252. Information on the Brooks family collected from Jerry Brooks at his home on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Alleghany Co in May 2001. Information includes family pictures, family books (hymnals), and personal knowledge.
253. Information on the Blackburn family sent to me by Colleen Blackburn Van Derveer of Freehold, NJ, in 2001 including pictures of the William Calloway “Doc” Blackburn family.
254. The Guilford Genealogist published by the Guilford County Genealogical Society of NC. Copies of this newsletter were found at the Wilkes County Library in 2002.
255. Information on the Ingool family from Vera Ingool (ronvera@nfdc.net [2003]) of Cardiff, MD, in 2001.
256. Information on the Ingool family from Patricia Spann (correctspann@yahoo.com [2004]) from CA in 2001.
257. Information on the Shepherd family from Tony F. Trott (tftrott@juno.com) in 2000.
258. Information on the Brooks family from Darrell Blevins of Mt. Airy, MD, in 2001. Information includes several documents relating to the Rev. pension request of James Brooks.
259. Information on the Spicer family from Jamie L. Skiver (spicerskiver@aol.com) of Fremont, CA, in 2001.
260. Information on the Ingool family from Lisa Ingool Rose (rrose@statesville.net) of Harmony, NC, and her sister Debbie Byrd (djbyrd@cbi1.net) of Statesville, NC, in 2001.
261. The Heritage of Yadkin County, edited by Frances Harding Castevens and published by The Yadkin County Historical Society of Yadkinville, NC, in 1981.
262. Information on the Ingool family from Karen Toellner (ktoellner@aol.com [2005]) of Fort Worth, TX, beginning in 2001.
263. Information on the Brooks family from Dennis Brooks (lingvistika@yahoo.com [2005]) of Lithuania, beginning in 2001.
264. Information on the Duncan family from Melissa Simpkins (ms52973@aol.com) of Radford, VA, beginning in 2001.
265. Information on the Duncan family from Kathy (kathath@aol.com) in 2000.
266. The Caudills of Wilkes County and Eastern Kentucky by Samuel Sebastian. This two page paper was probably written in the 1960s or 1970s. It was found at the Wilkes County Library.
267. Information on the Bauguess family emailed to me by Timothy Peterman (tepeter100@aol.com) of Kansas City, MO, beginning in 2001.
268. Information on the Pruitt family emailed to me by Kina Gilley (robbienkina@cs.com) beginning in 2001.
269. Information on the Ingool family from Letha Grose beginning at the Ingool reunion in 2002.
270. Information on the Pruitt family emailed to me by Suzy Underwood (UnderwoodGenealogy@hotmail.com) in 2002. The information is a large ancestral file generated from compiling separate Family Tree Maker files and from WFT CDs.
271. Some Descendants of Thomas Prewitt by Carol Lawson Lambert which I bought from her in 2001.
272. State Census of Wilkes County, NC, 1787 by George and Joyce McNeil. 1996.
273. First Federal Census of Wilkes County, North Carolina, 1790 by George and Joyce McNeil. 1994.
274. Second Census of the US, Wilkes Co, NC, 1800 by George and Joyce McNeil. 1996.
275. Third Census of the US, Wilkes Co, NC, 1810 by George and Joyce McNeil. 1996.
276. Fourth Federal Census of Wilkes Co, NC, 1820 by George and Joyce McNeil. 1996.
277. Fifth Federal Census of Wilkes Co, NC, 1830 by George and Joyce McNeil. 1992.
278. Sixth Federal Census of Wilkes Co, NC, 1840 by George and Joyce McNeil. 1996.
279. 1850 Federal Census of Wilkes County, NC by George and Joyce McNeil. 1998.
280. 1860 Federal Census of Wilkes County, NC by George and Joyce McNeil. 1998.
281. 1880 Federal Census of Wilkes County, NC by George and Joyce McNeil. 1998.
282. 1900 Federal Census of Wilkes County, NC by George and Joyce McNeil. 2000.
283. Wilkes County Marriages 1874 – 1901 by George and Joyce McNeil. 1996.
284. Wilkes County Marriages 1902 – Aug 1911 by George and Joyce McNeil. 1999.
285. Wilkes County Marriages Aug 1911 – 1919 by George and Joyce McNeil. 1999.
286. Death Certificates Recorded In Wilkes County, North Carolina, In Books A – 5, 1913 – 1919, by George and Joyce McNeil. 1995.
287. 1790, 1800, 1810 Population Schedules, Guilford County, North Carolina, compiled by Ruth Hackney Kirkman. 1993.
288. Information on the Atwood family including a picture of Myrtle Alice Atwood emailed to me by Sandra Pruitt Chase of Mooresville, NC, in 2001. (sjpc10@aol.com).
289. Information on the Irwin, Cleveland, and Sutphin families from descendant Christopher Hill (cdhill@ehc.edu) in 2001.
290. WWW: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/surry/wills/royall01.txt. Transcriptions of the Last Will and Testaments of members of the Royal family found on the internet in December 2002.
291. Information on the Cleveland family from Joan Baity (jbaity101@aol.com) in 1998.
292. Lewises That Lived In Wilkes County, North Carolina, Area, 1750-1825 compiled by Dr. D. Hugh Puckett, Mrs. Ruby Smith, Norman M. Spiva, and Thurman Spiva. This compilation of research was compiled in May 2001.
293. WWW: http://www.ancestrees.com/pedigree/3503.htm. Well documented source of information on the Tharpe family of Iredell Co, NC, found in May 2003.
294. WWW: http://www.gentryjournal.org/archives/jgg0210.htm. Includes Gentry family land records in Surry Co, NC. Found in May 2003.
295. Information on the Brooks family emailed to me by Nancy Ann Faulkner in 2002. (ltlfawn@usintouch.com).
296. Henrico County, Virginia – Orphans’ Court Book – 1677-1739 by Pauline Pearce Warner. 1963. This book is a verbatim transcription of the actual court book. I found it at the Wilkesboro Library in 2002.
297. Information on the Billings family emailed to me in 2001 by Chi Chi Mills (chi818@netzero.net).
298. WWW: http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm. Includes a large amount of information for all counties in the New River area, including the Mountain District Primitive Baptist Association which includes Alleghany Co, NC. Found in June 2003.
299. Information on the Rash family from ncjohn@itis.com in 2001.
300. Information on the Ingool family from Gail Absher Lemon (abshnort@cs.com) in 2001.
301. Information on the Billings family from Karen Spicer (spicerk@hotmail.com) in 2002.
302. Information on the Reynolds family from Bill Reynolds (wreynold25@comcast.net [2004]) beginning in 2002.
303. Information on the Tolbert family from Brenda Rees (brees@burgoyne.com) in 2002.
304. Information on the Duncan family from (myrdun@earthlink.net) in 2002. It includes information found in the book American Families With British Ancestry by Burke.
305. Information on the Brooks family from Jim Anderson (hillcat@aol.com) of Forest, VA, in 2002.
306. Information on the Bauguess family from Tina Bauguess (makeup2do@hotmail.com) of Richmond, VA, in 2002.
307. Information on the Ingool family from Jim Rogers (jrog107@aol.com) beginning in 2002.
308. Information on the Edwards family from Ray K. Edwards, Jr. (r.k.edwardsjr@worldnet.att.net) in 2003.
309. Information on the Duncan family from Carol Jones (weccj@aol.com) in 2002.
310. Information on the Duncan and Dalton families from Melba Long (jobolong@aol.com) of Radford, VA, in 2003.
311. Information on the Irwin and Billings families from Henry Eckard (roberta_eckard@yahoo.com) of Georgetown, CO, in 2003.
312. WWW: http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/grayson1840.htm. The eastern part of the 1840 Grayson Co, VA, census was found on this page in June 2003.
313. Death Records of Carroll Co, Virginia: 1912-1917 compiled by Virginia Gentry Phillips. 1990. Found at the Hillsville, VA, library in 2003.
314. WWW: http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/. This Library of Virginia website includes images of original Virginia land grants and some Revolutionary pension requests. The site was found in 2003.
315. A calendar for 1987 distributed by the Newbern, VA, Promotional Bureau. This was mailed to me by Mary Anne Sutphin in 1996.
316. Information I have found from the actual Chancery Orders books found at the courthouse. These records include the granting of divorces among other disputes settled before a judge.
317. Information I have found from the actual Common Law Orders books found at the courthouse. These records include criminal acts prosecuted by the State with a jury as well as civil cases where a judge settles disputes.
318. WWW: http://www.civilwardata.com. This website provides available information on Civil War soldiers. 2003.
319. Information on the Bauguess family from Mary Lee Bauguess, Elkin, NC, in 2003.
320. North Carolina Troops: 1861-1865, a Roster, edited by Weymouth T. Jordan, Jr, Raleigh, NC, Division of Archives and History. At least 15 volumes. 1998. I found this information in 2003.
321. WWW: http://www.germanna.org. This is the official website of the Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. This group has collected history on the immigration of the German settlers in northern Virginia. 2003.
322. WWW: http://thegenealogists.com/bobbittbookmed.htm. This website includes a book titled The Bobbitt Family in America by John W. Bobbitt published in 1985. It has been made available for free online. I found this site in 2003.
323. WWW: http://www.minson.org/strange/index.htm. Extensive and well researched information on the Strange family of VA and KS, found on the website of Dave Minson beginning in August 2003.
324. Information on the Ingool family from Shirley Burris, Traphill, NC, beginning in November 2003.
325. Information from The Wilkes Journal, a newspaper for Wilkes Co, NC.
326. Information on the Ingold family from Ben Kirk (ben21@cox.net) in December 2003.
327. Information on the Duncan family from Jaquita Edney (jedney@triad.rr.com), Walnut Cove, NC, beginning in 2000.
328. Information on the Sanders family from Mary Ann Tedder Talbott (matalbott@seidata.com) of IN, in 2003.
329. Information on the Adams family from Frank Adams (isom606@hotmail.com), Riverside, MO, in 2003. Includes excerpts from the book Adams Families of Southeast Kentucky by Dorothy A. Griffin and Robert E. Parkin, 1986.
330. WWW: http://www1.appstate.edu/~tlc/culver/d247.htm. I found this site on the Greenwell family in December 2003.
331. WWW: http://members.aol.com/jcantrells/genealogy/Greenwell.htm. I found this site on the Greenwell family in January 2004. It is maintained by Jenny Cantrell Schulz (jcsgenealogy@aol.com).
332. WWW: http://www.number-one.org/~rigg/gp515.htm. Found in February 2004, this site has information on the Philpott family.
333. WWW: http://www.angelfire.com/va/Philpott/Phil1597.html. Found in February 2004, this site has information on the Philpott family.
334. WWW: http://www.freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d0097/g0000082.html. Found in February 2004, this site has information on the Philpott family.
335. WWW: http://members.aol.com/lewilde76/genmain/. This website was found in February 2004, and includes information on the Philpott family.
336. WWW: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/etc/philpot.html. This website includes information on the Philpott family posted by chochojay@aol.com (Pete Philpott) in 1997. I found the website in February 2004.
337. Southwest Times, a newspaper in Pulaski, VA. I visited their office in October 2004 and looked through original copies of the newspaper dating back to 1919.
338. Information on the Ingool family from Sharline Bullard of Greensboro, NC, in 2004 at the Ingool reunion.
339. Information from a county’s online Register of Deeds records pertaining to a person’s death. This record usually includes only a small amount of the information found on the actual certificate.
340. Actual school records from the Wilkes Co, NC, Education office. I found limited information in 2004.
341. Microfilm of the “Wilkes Equity Minute Docket: 1819-1860, Vol 1”. (#C104-30005). Found in February 2004 at the Wilkes Co library.
342. The Tribune, a newspaper for the area of Elkin, NC.
343. WWW: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/orange/vitals/bonds1819.txt. Found in November 2004, this site lists early
marriage bonds in Orange Co, NC.
344. WWW: http://www.searchforancestors.com/passengerlists/pennsylvaniamerchant1733.html. I found this site in November 2004. It is a list of the 191 passengers aboard the brigantine Pennsylvania Merchant ship in 1733.
345. WWW. I found a list of Warrantees of Land for Philadelphia Co (1733-1866) online in November 2004. The list was copied from record books in the Land Office of the Department of Internal Affairs.
346. WWW: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncchatha/1755oran_tax.html. I found this in November 2004. It is the tax list for Orange Co, NC, in 1755.
347. Information posted on the internet by Larry Noah (larmil-1@att.net) in 1999 regarding the records of Brick Ref Ch which pertain to the Ingold family. I found this in November 2004.
348. WWW: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lrnoah/brick.txt. This is a list of some entries found among the records of Brich Ref Ch. I found this in November 2004.
349. Information from Linda Curtis (ljcurtis@aol.com) posted on the internet regarding the Ingold family. I found the information in November 2004.
350. Information from Larry Noah (larrynoah@juno.com) posted on the internet in 2000 regarding the Ingold family. I found the information in November 2004.
351. Information on the Ingold family from (njames1196@aol.com [2005]) beginning in November 2004.
352. WWW: ttp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/orange/court/lloyd01.txt. The transcript of a bill of sale in Orange Co was found on the internet in November 2004.
353. Information on the Atwood family from Joanne Edwards (jocat30@aol.com) in February 2004.
354. Brick Church
Records. Translated from the
original German by Rev. D. I. Offman.
1959. I found this book at the
Greensboro main library in January 2005.
This was one of the most popular churches for the Germans who settled in
the Guilford Co, NC, area in the latter half of the 1700s.
355. 1815 Tax List of Guilford County, NC. Edited by William Perry Johnson. 1975. I found this book at the Greensboro main library in January 2005.
356. 225th Anniversary of Low’s Lutheran Church. I found this book at the Greensboro main library in January 2005.
357. Guilford County Cemeteries, Vol. II. Edited by Mary A. Browning and published by the Guilford Co Genealogical Society in 2001. I found this book at the Greensboro main library in January 2005.
358. 1755 Orange: North Carolina Tax Series. Compiled by William Perry Johnson. The next tax list that survives is 1779. I found this book at the Greensboro main library in January 2005.
359. Orange County, North Carolina Taxpayers 1784-1793. Published by T. L. C. Genealogy in 1991. I found this book at the Greensboro main library in January 2005.
360. Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, North Carolina: February 1787 through November 1795. Compiled by Alma Cheek Redden. I found this book at the Greensboro main library in January 2005.
361. Estate Papers, Guilford Co, NC (1778-1942). This was found on microfilm at the Greensboro library in January 2005. Also in the same month, copies were received by mail from Raleigh for some of these records.
362. Information on the Shew family of Guilford Co, NC, from Carol (poppingbug@hotmail.com) posted on the internet in January 2004. I found the site in January 2005.
363. WWW: http://tpettit.best.vwh.net/family/tpfamily.html. Information on the Duncan family by Teri Pettit (pettit@adobe.com) of Santa Cruz, CA. Found in May 2005.
364. Information on the Smith family from Willborne A. Smith (asmith@swva.net). As of May 2005, he was gathering information for an upcoming book on the Smiths of southeastern VA.
365. Information and pictures on the Ingool family from LaVerne Saunders (saunders@pure.net) of VA in 2005.
366. Actual Civil War pension application on file at the NC State Archives. Found in 2005.
367. Civil War service records available on microfilm. These records appear to be cards filled out according to enlistment papers, muster rolls, hospital records for soldiers during the war. Found at the NC State Archives in 2005.
368. Ashe County Marriage Bonds, abstracts of bonds before 1868. This was a transcription found at the NC State Archives in August 2005.
369. NC State Prison Descriptive Register. This large book was found at the NC State Archives in August 2005. It lists inmates as they are admitted to the state prison.
370. Alleghany Co, NC, Bonds from 1863-1927. C.R. 004.101.2. These records include bastardy bonds and were found at the NC State Archives in August 2005.
371. Marriage bonds for Wilkes Co, NC. Microfilm images of the actual records were found at the NC State Archives in August 2005.
372. Wills, Inventories, and Sales of Estates for Wilkes Co, NC. This was found on microfilm at the NC State Archives in Raleigh in August 2005. This seems to be a book that complements the standard Wills Book.
373. NC County Minutes Docket for Superior Court. This is the record of criminal court proceedings at the county level. The Wilkes Co records were found at the NC State Archives in August 2005.
374. Information sent to me by the NC Department of Corrections regarding inmates at Central Prison in Raleigh, NC, in October 2005.
375. Record of Settlements for Wilkes Co, NC.