"Different opinions have been advanced as to the time when the present stone church was built, some thinking the congregation was twenty years in building it. He was a planter in Jamesville, NC. Many early North Carolina families are named on the Moseley Map (1733). While there was little ownership of land prior to 1778, and there would be even less in the way of confiscated property of Tories, I had noticed that many of the land grants gave the name of the previous occupant. A New and Correct Map of the Province of North Carolina by Edward Moseley, late surveyor general of the said province ([London]: Sold at the Three Crowns, 1733). against the British camp. Or one that tells where they lived before Craven County? But if you have any history to give I would in deeply appreciate any help. None could have been Loyalist Captain BRANDON. John Russell. Planned research suggested an effort to find the father's name and origin. Our membership is quite varied in ages and abilities with everyone enjoying the fun and friendships that are offered. BRANDON returned home to his widowed mother and quickly recovered from his affliction. Our court records begin in June of 1753. Im glad I found this. Slabs of rough hewn stone 12 to 15 feet in length solidly enclose the resting place of these pioneers. Click on thumbnail to view the larger image. The only attack of Fort Dobbs occurred on February 26, 1760: Waddell and his company repelled approximately seventy Cherokee. The task began, and after some hours of looking at available records, it was discovered that none of these showed any of the BRANDONs as being sympathetic to the British. //-->, RootsWeb is funded and supported by Why was he not found? Ordered bayonet charges by the British failed to find the Americans awaiting them, and as soon as the British withdrew to regroup and make another charge, the Americans returned to their vacated positions and once more directed accurate fire In 2015 we began a new annual tradition by hosting the Boys and Girls Club for a dinner and some dancing after. They had a son, Joseph Norcumb Windley. We dance for fun not for perfection! Paleo-Indian-period American Indians are nomadic and hunt large animals for food. Not being satisfied with this, I have tried to establish Capt. He was the original owner of the Cupola House in Edenton. N.C. Rowan, the western frontier of the thriving American colony in the 1740s and 50s, continued to play an important roll as the nation developed. German and Scotch-Irish settlers moved to Iredell in the mid-eighteenth century, attracted by the soil and freshwater of the region. and made homes for themselves in western North Carolina. Entrepreneurs founded successful companies such as Stanback, Cheerwine, Food Lion and Power Curbers. The earliest pre-statehood settlers of North Carolina were generally of English descent and came from Virginia and South Carolina to the Coastal Plain region, The railroads increased trade flow in and out of the region, and tobacco, herbariums, and liquor businesses prospered in Iredell. The primary benefit of the county was to provide a location for a court house nearer than that of Anson to those colonists in the Western part of the state. Your email address will not be published. CUNNINGHAM's forces formed scouting parties and left Upper Fort in pursuit of the Indians, crossing over the Blue Ridge Mountains, down the Swannanoa to the French Broad River, up that river to Cane Creek, up that creek to its head, recrossing the Blue Ridge and back to the fort with no general engagement with the Indians. My family line comes from James, brother to Samuel. The Vice President is Jeannie Mastine and the Treasurer/Secretary is Wendy Shields; the Social Convener is Mary Dament. Here lie ancestors of many of the present citizens of Rowan and Cabarrus Counties: Barger, Barnhardt, Basinger, Beaver, Bost, Bostian, Boger, Castor, Cline, Cruse, Deal, Drehers, Eddleman, Eller, Fesperman, Fischer, Foil, Foutz, Graeber, Goodman, Heilig, Hipps, House, Holshouser, Isenhour, Josey, Ketner, Ketchey, Klutz, Krimminger, Lentz, Lippard, Linn, Ludwig, Misenheimer, Miller, Overcash, Peeler, Pless, Propst, Rhyne, Roseman, Safrit, Seifert, Shive, Sides, Shue, Shuping, Storch, Stirewalt, Troutman, Winsil, Wilhelm, Whitener, and Yost. Even though he proposed an unsuccessful bill in 1784 to establish a public college in the state, construction of the University of North Carolina was started on 1793 much to Sharpes work in the North Carolina legislature. GEORGE DAVIDSON, SR. File#1591. To name just a few, John BRANDON, Esq., had large tracts surveyed near the Johns River in 1763 and also claimed a large bottom area (Brandons Bottom) along the Catawba River about seven miles west of present day Morganton. Massive walls of rough stone masonry, 32 inches thick, rise 22 feet to meet a 12 foot gable, this topped by an impressive belfry touched with an unmistakably German style of architecture. WebMacon County was formed in 1828 from Haywood, and communities within the region include Franklin, Highlands, Norton, Rainbow Springs, Nantahala, Ellijay, Cowee, and Scaly Mountain. Entered 10 Sep 1778 & surveyed 6 Aug 1779 - including a meadow it being the same land entered and surveyed Andrew WADS (WOODS) and John NISBIT.. Grant #242 in Book 28, p. 241. DAVIDSON three more tours of three months each. The area of the prison is now a National Cemetery and continues to be a place of historical interest. She was also the mother of John Steele, who was to become the first comptroller of the United States appointed by George Washington and retained by the next two presidents. Such a search would trace BRANDONs over a period of some forty years. title to the vacant land in the area encompassed by old Burke County. German pioneer settlers, lower Rowan County by D.A. Rendleman. The descendants of these early Germans have had a solid influence in Rowan and Cabarrus Counties. In May of 1861, North Carolina seceded from the Union and the Confederacy sought a site in Rowan for a military prison. The family cemetery is located along the Pamlico. I checked the entries, warrants and surveys to over 2,000 land grants and all entries in the Entry Book or Burke County (the latter filed in the N.C. State Archives) through the year 1800, and pieced together a tract map along the Catawba River from above Old Fort (Upper Fort site during the Revolution) to below Pleasant Gardens. The Scotch-Irish were the most active and probably the most numerous part of the population. Their journey began on October 8, 1753, in The term palatine could also be in reference to people living on the lands of these landholders. From: Britt, Morris F. Appendices to Implosion: A history of the Lumbee Indians of Robeson County, North Carolina. The population was also among the most diverse with some estimates placing the German population as high as 30 percent. Iredell County (1788 Davidson College owes much of its stature to the men of Rowan who founded and supported it, among them Maxwell Chambers. Also Edward or Thomas Stockstill, Stogsdell, Stogdell. Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved by Major McDOWELL saw, recognized and pardoned the unfortunate youth who had been active in the patriot cause for 3 years, and then had been coerced to fighting for the Loyalists by his father. ?>, Sign up for updates from the North Carolina History Project. I do have some Swiss ancestry as well as you. The rivers of the Piedmont flowed into the South Carolina colony and that is the route commerce and communication followed as well. Fort Dobbs, constructed in 1756 during the French and Indian War, remains the only North Carolina historic site that commemorates the precursor war to the Revolution. He owned 560 acres and died prior to October 21, 1761 when his farm was sold at auction. As a rule, these Germans have stuck to the soil, and have not scattered or moved about as much as their Scotch-Irish friends. BENJAMIN DAVIDSON. The Swinging Swallows Square Dance Club is a registered not-for-profit Ottawa Valley organization. If you want more information about the Swinging Swallows, visit our nest in the Fellowship Hall of Wesley United Church at 275 Pembroke Street East in Pembroke, Ontario on a Thursday evening, mid-September through mid-April, from 7:00 pm. Is one of them yours? My dads side of the family owns land over at Core Point, and in fact, the Tripp Cemetery is at the end of Down Shore Road (where they own property). Some 700surviving Loyalists surrendered, some 320 of the British force being casualties. Some important tourist attractions include the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame or Race City USA and the popular western-style campgrounds in Love Valley. Early North Carolina Quakers Can anyone figure out why that would be? These early residents of Rowan had come primarily from Pennsylvania and Virginia down the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road through the Shenandoah Valley, past Pilot Mountain into the fertile land near the Yadkin River. As land grew scarce in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia after 1730, migrants trekked down the Great Wagon road which began near Philadelphia and extended southwestward to the Shenandoah Valley before veering east into the North and South Carolina Piedmont. Rowan County North Carolina Most of my mothers people were from Tidewater Virginia, and seemed to have skipped North Carolina and settled in South Carolina, before moving into Georgia. Few of the legal transactions about this period appeared in the extant Rowan County records, one probable cause being the isolation of the area from the county seat at Salisbury. There are no square dance competitions or exams. WALKER, these frontiersmen served for three months as spies and rangers, venturing forth in small detachments to protect the fort and the frontier. Expression Web Tutorials & Templates. Web170911 July 1776. Shows settlements, inhabitants, soil conditions, rivers, and principal products, with insets showing Port Brunswick or Cape Fear Harbour, Port Beaufort or Topsail Inlet, Ocacock [Ocracoke] Inlet, Explanation, and Directions for Ocacock [Ocracoke] Inlet. A history of Rowan County, North Carolina : Rumple, Jethro; Daughters of the American Revolution. The engagement only lasted one hour, and. The Scotch-Irish settled primarily in the west and north western sections of the county beginning in the 1740s. Have you been to NC? But, fortunately, Pastor Storch clears the matter for us in a letter which he wrote to Dr. Velthusen, December 19, 1791, in which he says: 'The congregation of the Organ Church will erect a new building next summer, and to be specific, it will be a stone church.' The information included in this section was contributed by Brian ebiner (at) aol.com. The Ole Time Fiddlers and Bluegrass Festival and the National Balloon Rally are two cultural events held year-round in Iredell County. WebMost of the early settlers fled eastward when the French and Indian War erupted, and it was only after peace returned in 1760 that migration resumed. He had a grist mill and sold lumber. In the early part of the war, prisoners were well cared for and even indulged in baseball as is recorded by Otto Boetticher. Expense Account, Rowan County, NC 1790. There is a publication called Square Time that dancers can subscribe to. Che had a great plantation off the Swift Creek of the Neuse River. While it is known he sold part of this land, deeds regarding such a transaction have not survived. especially the creation of digital library materials and tools. Thank you for your offer to help with the South Carolina census, however this site is focused on eastern North Carolina. North Carolina Tedder Census Data, Tax Lists, Land Records, and more, by county, Births, Marriages and Deaths in Berkeley (later Perquimans Precinct), Early Rountree (Roundtree) Items - Mostly Chowan County, Craven County Wills & Estate Papers 1746-1865, Be careful with assumptions about "Verified" DNA relationships and those AncestryDNA "Hints", Free People of Color by County 1790 Federal Census, NC GENEALOGY TREASURE TROVE 100% FREE at FamilySearch Learn to search the UNINDEXED CATALOG, WARNING! J. P. Caldwell (1853-1911) was born in Statesville, and he eventually started the Charlotte Observer. Fragments of early church and county records tell the story of how the new leaders set about their purpose of establishing an order of public worship and a foundation of precise doctrine and discipline by which they bound themselves and their successors to the teachings of the Lutheran Confessions and set up the catechisms which they desired the children to use as their guide. By then Arndt, the teacher, had become qualified to be ordained. North Carolina through four centuries. BOYKIN left Brown's Station [probably Thomas BROWN's, located across the Catawba River from the south of Glades Creek near Cane Creek] in Burke County and joined with Captain ROEBUCK'S company and Capt. Continuing into the 20th century Rowan was the home of renowned educator and womens rights activist Elizabeth Duncan Koontz. A Division of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Reprinted with permission of the North Carolina Genealogical Society from The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, Vol VII, No 1, pg 2-9 (Feb 1981). From church documents, written in German, we have the names of the men who planned this durable structure, Georg Ludwig Siffert (the English name is George Lewis Sifford), Wendel Miller, Peter Edelmann (Eddleman), Johannes Steigerwalt (John Stirewalt), Philip Gruss (Philip Cruse), Peter Steigerwalt (Stirewalt), Michael Guthmann (Goodman), Christoph Bless (Christopher Pless), Leonhard Siffert (Sifford), Jacob Klein (Cline), Anton J. Kuhn (Anthony J. Koon), Georg Heinrich Berger (George Henry Barger), Christoph Guthmann (Christopher Goodman), Johannes Rintelmann (John Rendleman), Johannes Eckel (John Eagle), Bastian Lenz (Bostian Lentz), Jacob Benz (Bentz), George Eckel (George Eagle), Franz Oberkirsch (Francis Overcash), Johannes Jose (John Josey), Heinrich Wenzel (Henry). Actually, settlers only had about two or three years after the peace with the Indians to obtain Even then, most settlements west of Salisbury followed the Catawba downstream rather than upstream. Who were the Palatine families referenced on the Moseley Map? Since the colony of North Carolina was ruled by England's George III, the two men were instructed to go to London and apply through the German Lutheran Chapel of St. James for men native to the Consistory of Hanover in Germany. "2 Josiah BRANDON's father was fatally wounded. WebOn May 16, 1763, Henry McCulloch granted Barnard Troxell 732 acres in Orange/Alamance County, North Carolina. amount of money the immigrant had in their possession. 1989. I saw the name Hardy listed but not Hardison. Once owned by Mr. Hugh Williamson Collins of Edenton (1863), Moseleys is said to be the first map of NC to be based mainly on actual exploration or surveys, rather than reports, according to the ECU Special Collections website. Later when the prison became overcrowded and the death rate rose from 2% to 28%, mass graves were used to accommodate the dead. Both papers were based in Salisbury and served the Western half of the state. East Carolina University holds the only known original print of the Moseley Map in their incredible archives. In the summer of 1780, the father, a Captain, brought his company into Burke County and compelled his son through persuasion and "by menaces," to join his group and support British Major Patrick FERGUSON. Fort Dobbs was abandoned after the war in 1766. The. Did any of your Leonards come into Georgia? He was in several skirmishes among which was that at Blackstock's mill, it reads. Columbia S> (actually in Richland county near St ANdrews road. WebThe profiles of persons currently included in WikiTree are included in the Category Category:Rowan County, North Carolina, Early Settlerswhen identified. var year = y2k(today.getYear()); The widow BRANDONs first name is another matter, a solution which may never be found. Once owned by Mr. Hugh Williamson Collins of Edenton (1863), Moseleys is said to be the first map of NC to be based mainly on actual exploration or surveys, rather than reports, according to the ECU Special Collections website. by Sara Whitford | Articles, Census Records, Early Colonial Records, Miscellaneous Records, Reference | 46 comments. Galloping Horses & Locked Wagons Across the New Bridge Rowan County, NC 1825. Looking for a Campbell that Campbells Creek off Goose Creek ITW across in Beaufort County is named for deed Dated 1735 referenced old Campbell house & Camels folley. Josiah was taken prisoner and marched to Quaker Meadows in Burke County. My own research, however, has led me to believe that if "bits and pieces" could be assembled, a reasonable amount of material could be reconstructed concerning the early Burke County extent. I have been trying to find information on Mary A. Norcumb, my 3X Great Grandmother, that married Jacob Darden Windley in 1840, Washington, Beaufort, North Carolina. When Congress passed the Pension Act of 1832 for Revolutionary War veterans. 2016 John Locke Foundation | 200 West Morgan St., Raleigh, NC 27601, Voice: (919) 828-3876, //$i = get_field('photogallery2',get_the_ID()); In 1776, Josiah BRANDON entered service under Capt. There was a William Green in my ancestory. It is fifty feet long, forty feet wide, and about twenty feet high. Our Club Caller is Ron Gardner, our President is Andre Blais and the Past President is Bill Shields. NOTE: June 7, 1832 The most comprehensive pension law, this act authorized full pay for life to all officers and enlisted men who had served at two years, and partial pay for all officers and enlisted men who had served at least six months. (Hunt and Titus were married to Smith's nieces.) East Carolina University. Many early North Carolina families are named on the A history of Rowan County, North Carolina : : Rumple, Jethro : Free The one bit of information which the papers failed to disclose is of major importance to this genealogical puzzle the first name of Captain BRANDON, the father of Josiah. whether in possession of a train ticket to their final destination, who paid for the passage. Next I turned to the file of loose land papers filed at the Archives, and found what apparently had been a scrap used by the Court Clerk to note an order of appointment of a road overseer for later recording in the minute book. On the back side of this scrap Charles McDOWELL had written an entry of land for himself (#33 on tract map): one hundred acres of land between the lower line of George DAVIDSONs place and the upper line of James GREENLEEs land he bought of Thomas BROWN on both sides of the Catawba River - Including the improvements that Thomas BRANDON lived on (Underlining by author for emphasis). Early Settlement | NCpedia Palatine Progeny - the Arey Family of Rowan County, North Carolina and Related Families, 1749-1983. Were planning and looking forward to the next Boys and Girls Club dinner/dance. The family home was named The Rose Plantation and sat west of the Albermarle Sound. The Swallows dance most Thursday evenings, from 7:00 to about 9:30. This assumption resulted from believing that the building erected in 1774 was the stone church, and that the date 1794 in the gable of the building indicated when it was completed. We keep a copy on the Info Table for dancers to look at. At this stage of the search, it was found that BRANDONs were also living in southern, adjacent Tryon County, and that DAVIDSONs and BROWNs were also found there. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. Rowan County, North Carolina - Wikipedia Rudbeckia readily self-seed and naturalized in the garden, providing beauty for years. I see you left this comment months ago, but for some reason Im just now seeing it. Date. Recently. Growing up, my dad said Core Point was where he and all the kids in the Caton community went to go to the beach.. It is located near the southwest corner of the present St. Peter's Lutheran Church cemetery. James Brown was born in Pennsylvania in 1681 to Quakers James Brown and Honor Clayton For more information about the national project, go to the USGenWeb Project.For information about the North Carolina state project, go to the NCGenWeb.. Rowan County was formed in Adolph Nussman, who was a young man, married Barbara Layerly, daughter of one of the men who brought him from Germany, and settled down in the Organ community. Home Encyclopedia Entry Iredell County (1788). WebWills and list of early settlers, 1743-1868. Settling primarily in the Piedmont, they contrasted with the mostly English and African coastal areas and, in fact, had little contact with those areas. COVID has affected our club activities as it has most everything else. Some things are not up and running yet as before (for example, the Square Time publication is only on-line at present). We require proof of at least three vaccinations and, though not mandatory, we encourage dancers to wear masks for the time being. His daughter, Frances Fisher Tiernan, better known as writer Christian Reid, later penned the epitaph of North Carolina, the Land of Sky. WebThe Genealogical Society of Rowan County was organized in February of 1987, and we received our charter in 1988. Such wisdom surfaced when I made a decision to return to the Burke County records. List of Early North Carolina Settlers . By themed-eighteenth century residents of Piedmont North Carolina had more contacts with Pennsylvania than they did with the coastal district of their own colony. Several important North Carolinians were born or resided in Iredell County. Transportation was an important consideration as well. I was excited to see that the Norcumb name, and not Norcom, was mentioned on the Mosely Map here: The Norcumb family is a part of my family that has remained a mystery. #2000-19 PTA Scrapbook April 1, 1942 - March 30, 1943, #9010 Rowan-Davie Medical Auxiliary Collection, #9016 Rowan Home Demonstration Clubs Collection, #9017 American Association of University Women (AAUW), #9018 Rowan County Bicentennial Scrapbook, #9404 Catherine Williams Pitts Collection, #9503 Milford Hills Lioness Club Scrapbooks, #9511 First Presbyterian Church Salisbury, NC Collection, #9613 Soldiers' Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church Collection, #9617 North Carolina Transportation Museum Centennial Celebration Collection, #9624 Charles Remy Palmer Pharmacy Notebook, #9707 Holthouser ABC/Food Lion Collection, Salisbury Post Morgue Preservation Project, Check for available copies of A Ramble Through Rowans History. do you mean the Samuel Willis of Willis Neck Craven County. He served a year as pastor there. Deed Bk.#5, page 251. WebThe first Europeans to enter what is now Rowan County were members of the Spanish expedition of Juan Pardo in 1567. I did see the name Jasper, listed also. Entered 3 Aug 1778 & surveyed 6 Aug 1778 - extending up Newberrys forke and joining McCAFFERTYs place.." Grant #33 in Book 28. p. 33. Most require similar information, but the formats vary. which might furnish a clue to the Captains first name. //--> GEOGE DAVIDSON JR File #1825. Widows and children were allowed to receive payments due the pensioner that had not been paid before his death. While there is evidence of land grants in old Burke County as early as 1751, it should be remembered that the French and Indian War drove most of the white settlers out of this area. WebThe following ancestors have been documented to have been resident, prior to 12 July 1729, in the portion of the Province of Carolina which became North Carolina. They were well received at the court of George III and presented by the St. James Chapel with two hundred pounds sterling to aid their cause.

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