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news and events - August 16, 2025 - Jason Duncan
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News
and Upcoming Events – August 16, 2025
Jason Duncan
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New this
month is a three-part blog article on the early days of Wilkesboro and two
upcoming genealogy events.
Article: Remembering the 1790s in Wilkesboro: Part 1
Article: Remembering the 1790s in Wilkesboro: Part 2
Article: Remembering the 1790s in Wilkesboro: Part 3
I wrote a 3-part
series of articles based on pages that I found among the William Lenoir
papers. They are three pages of
depositions are three pages of depositions given by some of Wilkesboro's oldest
citizens in 1859 regarding the court case Welborn v. Finley.
Depositions were
given by Mrs. Clary, John W. Reynolds, Hugh Jones, John
Ashley Reynolds, Wesley Reynolds, Anthony Foster, John Rousseau,
Gen. Samuel F. Patterson, Ben Clary, and William Smithey.
They mention various birth and marriage dates, when people moved in to town,
and the new Wilkesboro Hotel that opened in 1818. John Ashley Reynolds married Robert Cleveland’s
daughter Nancy in 1795!
Rockingham
County Genealogy Swap Meet
On September
27, I am giving a seminar for the Genealogical Society of Rockingham and Stokes Counties in
Mayodan, NC. The seminar is called “Interpreting and Mapping Old Deeds”. I’ll be talking about what land grants and
deeds are, where to find the actual records, how to interpret them, and how to
go about mapping them. We’ll also look
at lots of examples. The event is from 9am to 3pm, and my seminar is at
10am.
Wilkes
Genealogy & History Fair
The Wilkes Genealogical
Society has announced a genealogy fair on Saturday, October 11 from 10am to 3pm. As explained on the WGS Facebook Page, the
event is free and open to the public. “Local
authors, lineage societies, family reunion organizers, among other
organizations are invited to attend and set up. Materials will be available to
purchase from the WGS as well as other organizations.” I plan to be there, and I’m looking forward
to it!
Links
History Videos
– last year I made several short videos about local history stories
Robert Cleveland Log Home book –
Sold by and for the Wilkes Heritage Museum.
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