Are you linked to our early "Carolina" family? You can email me for the following families:
PATERNAL SURNAMES
ALBRIGHT (Iredell Co., NC); BEATY (Iredell Co., NC);
BELK (Lancaster Co., SC); BIRD (Chesterfield Co., SC) BRASHEARS (Guilford Co. NC)
BREWER (Iredell Co., SC); CATO (Lancaster Co., SC); CLYBURN (Lancaster Co., SC);
DEASON (Lancaster Co., SC); EUBANKS (Lancaster Co., SC) FAILE (Lancaster Co., SC); GARDNER (Lancaster Co., SC); HILTON (Lancaster Co., SC); HUGGINS (Iredell Co., NC); HUGHES (Iredell Co., NC); JONES (Kershaw Co. SC); McCAIN (Union Co., NC):
McMANUS (Lancaster Co., SC); MILLER (Chesterfield Co., SC); MORGAN (Chesterfield Co., SC); MORROW (Lancaster Co., SC): NISBET (Union Co., NC); OGBURN (Chesterfield Co. SC); PHILLIPS (Lancaster Co., SC); PICKENS (Union Co., NC); RICHARDSON (Union County, NC); RODGERS (Union Co., NC); ROGERS (Iredell Co., NC); SELLERS (Chesterfield Co., SC); STEWART (Union Co., NC); WALKUP (Union CO., NC); WELSH (Lancaster Co., SC);
WHITE (Lancaster Co., SC); WYCHE (VIRGINIA);
and most likely, many more.
MATERNAL SURNAMES
BEAN (Moore Co., NC); BIRD (Randolph Co., NC); CAGLE (Randolph Co., NC);
CHAMNESS (Randolph Co., NC); CLARK (Guilford Co., NC); FAUST (Guilford Co., NC): GERRINGER (Guilford Co., NC); LAMB (Randolph Co., NC); LOY (Guilford Co., NC);
NORTON (Guilford Co., NC); PICKETT (Randolph Co., NC); SILER (Chatham Co., NC);
SMITH (Guilford Co., NC); STUTTS (Guilford Co., NC); SUMMERS (Guilford Co., NC);
WAGONNER (Guilford Co., NC); WEITZEL/WHITESELL (Guilford Co., NC);
WYRICK (Guilford Co., NC); and many more to learn of.
Over the course of my 50 years of research of my family and their ancestors, I have found many resources that have great resources for me over time. I list below some of the books and manuscripts that have been a great help as resources in my research.
1850 KERSHAW CO., SOUTH CAROLINA CENSUS Compiled by C-W SCGS 1997
A STORY BEHIND EVERY STONE
(The Confederate Section of Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina)
Compiled by Charles E. Purser, 2005
ANCESTRY OF THE BUCHANAN FAMILY of FAIRFIELD COUNTY, SC
by Louise M. McMaster, 1945
BROKEN FORTUNES South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens Who Died in the Service of Their COUNTRY and STATE in the WAR of SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE - 1861-1865
by Randolph Kirkland, 1995
CAGLE FAMILIES IN THE SOUTHERN STATES by Jimmy B. Cagle, 2002
CANE CREEK Mother of Meetings by Bobbie T. Teague, 1995
CELEBRATING CHAMNESS ROOTS by Sue G. Hardwig, 2007
The CHAMNESS FAMILY IN AMERICA compiled by Agnes Hussey Stevens, 1996
The CLYBURNS of CAROLINA and Allied Families by Angela CLYBURN 2007
CONFEDERATE DEAD HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY 1869 Reprint of 1869
CONFEDERATE RECORDS, Lancaster County, South Carolina
compiled by Frances Reeves Jeffcoat, 1986
DARK HOURS South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens Who Were Held In Federal Prisons During The War For Southern Independence - 1861-1865 by Randolph Kirkland, 2002
EVERYTHING SHE EVER WANTED by Ann Rule 1992
FURTHER TALES of MURDER and MAYHEW by Miles Gardner 2006
GARDNER and ALLIED FAMILIES by William Leonard Gardner, 1979
GENEALOGICAL DEED ABSTACTS, UNION COUNTY, NC DEED BOOK 1 (1843-1850)
compiled by Barbara W. Moore
The GETTYSBURG DEATH ROSTER The Confederate Dead at Gettysburg
by Robert K. Krick and Chris L. Ferguson 2004
GUILFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 1850 CENSUS Published by GCGS
INDEX to 1900 FEDERAL CENSUS RANDOLPH COUNTY, NC
compiled by Randolph County Genealogical Society
KERSHAW COUNTY, SC CEMETERY SURVEY, VOL 1, 2, and 3
compiled by Kershaw County Cemetery Survey Project
LANCASTER COUNTY, SC CEMETERY DATA, VOL 1 and 2
compiled by E. and J. Ellis 1995 and 1997
MARRIAGES of CHATHAM COUNTY, NC (1772-1868) by Brent H. Holcomb, 2006
MECKLENBURG COUNTY - The Source of Patriotism
The Charlotte Observer, by Maude Waddell, August 23, 1931
MURDER AND MAYHEM in OLD KERSHAW by Miles Gardner, 2004
MY PHILLIPS ANCESTORS and KIN by Joe Cletus Harris, 1978
NORTH CAROLINA TAXPAYERS (1701-1786) compiled by Clarence E. Ratcliff, 1984
NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS 1861-1865: A Roster Volumes I - XVII
compiled by NC Department of History and Archive Historical Publications
REMINISCENCES of the GUILFORD GRAYS, Co. B, 21st NC Regiment
by John A. Sloan, 1883
REPRSENTATIVE DESCENDANTS of the SCOTCH-IRISH BROHTERS MOSES and HUGH WHITE
c. 1700-2000 by William B. White, Jr, Nancy L. Crockett ... 2000
The Samuel Jones Family, Kershaw County, S.C. 1756-1960 Including Allied Families
by Hazel Parker Jones, 1961
SOUTH CAROLINA in the MEXICAN WAR (A history of the Palmetto Regiment of Volunteers)
by Jack Allen Meyer, 1996
SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS IN CONFEDERATE SERVICE, VOL.II
by Alexander Samuel Salley, 1914
SOUTHERN HEROES or THE FRIENDS IN WAR TIME
by Fernando G. Cartland, 1895, Riverside Press, Cambridge
STEWART FAMILY... JOHN STEWART, Esq. 1789-1868
The SOUTHERN FRIEND, Journal of the North Carolina Friends Historical Society
An attempt to Reconstruct the Lost Minutes of Centre Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina by Mary Louise Reynolds, 1990-1991
TOODLE-OO TAXAHAW: 101 Tales or a small history of the world by J. Donald McManus
YORK COUNTY SC NEWSPAPERS MARRIAGE and DEATH NOTICE(1823-1865)
compiled by Brent H. Holcomb, 1989
WILLIAM EVANS FAMILY of CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
manuscript by Minnie EVANS - 1926
WORLD OF TOIL and STRIFE:
Community Transformatiom in Backcountry South Carolina, 1750-1805
by Peter N. Moore - 2007
Fortunately, I saved all my early correspondence with older family members, who have long passed away to their reward. Many of those letters have helped establish a base from which to work. I have preserved them in binders for reference.
The US CENSUS's (1790-1930) are very rich as a research tool. So of the data, particularly the spelling of names, may be skewed, but generally is good source to trace backwards and forward movements of families within an area, or between states. In addition to the Census list, there are SLAVE SCHEDULES listing owners for 1850 and 1860. AGRICULTURAL SCHEDULES for 1850, 1860, and 1870 provide a view into the past of how those ancestors lived, raised families and made their living.
Another resource I use is the collective interest and quarterly magazines of local Genealogical Societies. I am a member of the following Genealogy Societies. They have good sources for those researching families in the areas of the Carolinas where early pioneers and settlers established their early homes. Local libraries are also a great resource.
Guilford County Genealogical Society www.rootsweb.com/~ncgcgs
Randolph County Genealogical Society www.rootsweb.com/~ncrcgs
Catawba - Wateree Genealogical Society
The South Carolina Genealogical Society orgwww.scgen.
Although several other family researchers have provided me CD's of their data by CD. I have deliberately not merged the data, but "gleaned" the basics that relate to my families. Also I am very particular that I have a resource for data for which others can return to the source and get the same facts.
NOTICE: To maintain the integrity of my website, I must offer that I depend on the source to be as accurate as possible. This includes submissions of data by others, to be included on this site to the dispersion of data for furthering the research of these families. We depend on others in some cases as the research broadens. Errors are sometimes made, inadvertently. If you suspect an error has been made on an entry, please advise. I, in turn will not knowing "publish" data that has not been proven as fact. If it is a theory, I will so note...rwp