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2005 2.pdfDAVIE DOSSIER April 2005 1 There will be a meeting of the Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society on Thursday, April 21, 2005, at 7:00 p.m. in the History Room of the Davie County Public Library. Please invite an interested friend to accompany you. We hope to see all of you at the meeting! SPECIAL INTEREST TO HISTORY BUFFS AND ANCESTOR HUNTERS Come to the next meeting of the Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society where Judge Jimmy Myers will outline a Daniel Boone project. You will also learn of a work- in-progress of a new historical map. A genealogist will tell of a genealogy course to be held in May at the Davie Campus of Davidson County Community College. Officers will be elected at this meeting. This was planned for the last meeting, but had to be postponed. The Society has gained some new members and we are looking forward to events in 2005. Members can also sign up for programs and projects they wish to pursue this coming year which will aid us in planning future programs. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWS The Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society met Sunday, February 20, 2005, in the Martin-Wall History Room of the Davie County Public Library. The attendance was slim but there was a good general discussion. Bill Urdanick explained his project of coordinating existing maps of the county. Marie Roth gave a description of the genealogy course she will teach at the Davie Campus of Davidson Community College in May. Check the address label on the front of the Dossier to find the expiration date of your membership in the Society (the year is noted after your name). On the last page of the Dossier is an application blank for use in renewing your membership. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * MUSEUM NEWS The Museum Committee met but there was no quorum present; therefore, no business was conducted. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CHARLES NICHOLSON The Davie County Public Library has received three numbered prints by artist Charles Nicholson. They are portraits of General Robert E. Lee, Major General J.E.B. Stuart, and Lieutenant General T. J. “Stonewall” Jackson. Charles Nicholson, a North Carolina artist, found a fragment of cannonball on a North Carolina battle site and this small piece of iron sparked his lifelong interest in America’s Civil War. He is a 1984 graduate of Appalachian State University where he earned a B.S. Degree in Commercial Design and has been a practicing Graphic Artist for the past several years. These portraits were donated to the Library by Tronia Gibson. DAVIE DOSSIER April 2005 2 MARTIN-WALL HISTORY ROOM MARIE ROTH Marie and John Roth are newcomers to Mocksville and reside on Park Avenue. Mrs. Roth has been involved with genealogy for many years having been involved with Latter Day Saints libraries in South Carolina, later in Murphy, North Carolina, and was instrumental in setting up an LDS library in a mountain city. She has ancestry from Davie and Iredell Counties and is able to be of assistance to local researchers as well as other areas. We welcome Marie and John as new members of the Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society and are grateful to them for contributions they have already made. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * REVOLUTIONARY PENSION MICROFILM The State Library of North Carolina’s Genealogical Services is pleased to announce that the REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION AND BOUNTY-LAND WARRANT APPLICATION FILES microfilm is now available for research in the Library and on Interlibrary Loan to North Carolina residents. This National Archives and Records Administration microfilm (series M804) records in their entireties 80,000 files of applications or other papers pertaining to claims to the U.S. government for Revolutionary pensions and bounty-land warrants. The 2670 reels constitute one of the richest sources of genealogical and historical information for the Revolutionary era. (The subscription database “HeritageQuest” offers only 898 reels of selected papers from these files.) For further information, call Genealogical Services at 919-807-7460 or contact them through the SLNC website at http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Thanks to: S. Brennan While researching U.S. census records recently, I came across an entry where the occupations of the two eldest sons, aged 18 and 16, were listed (by a parent, I'm sure) as "loafing." Thanks to: Kathryn Rogers who found this sign in the Castlebrook Cemetery, Rouse Hill, NSW, Australia: The Garden of Trust Do not leave valuables in yo ur car DAVIE DOSSIER April 2005 3 DAVIE COUNTY APPRENTICE BONDS AND RECORDS –1829 –1925 From the North Carolina State Archives (CR 33.101.1) Transcribed by Grace Wight Date of Indenture: 28 May 1839 Name: William Whitecar (Prob. Whitaker) Bound to: Peter Ferebee until age 21 To learn: farming and comply with the act of assembly Given at freedom: horse, saddle, bridle worth sixty-five dollars Signed: Peter Ferebee Wit: Jno Clement Date of Indenture:29 May 1839 Name:Jordan Whitecar (Prob. Whitaker) orphan boy Bound to:William Lunn until age 21 To learn:farming, teach to read, write, cipher to rule of three Given at freedom:1 suit clothes worth twenty dollars, one horse worth fifty dollars, bridle worth ten dollars, and furnish such other things as law requires Signed:William Lunn, C. J. Harbin Wit:Jno Clement Date of Indenture:28 May 1839 Name:John Saunders Hendren Bound to:Harrison Cooke until age 21 To learn:tanning Given at freedom:suit worth twenty-five dollars, horse worth fifty dollars, saddle and bridle worth ten dollars and in all respects all such as required as law ordered. Signed:Harrison Cook, C. Harbin Wit:Jno Clement Date of Indenture:28 Feb 1839 Name:Susannah Sport, spinster Bound to:William Jarvis until age 18 Give at freedom:Bed and furniture Signed:William Jarvis Wit:_____ Giles Date of Indenture:30 May 1839 Name:George Lapish –orphan boy Bound to:Wiley M. Lowrey and said Thomas Foster To learn:Blacksmithing, 12 months schooling. Provide clothing, lodging, fitting for an apprentice Signed:Thos. Foster, Wiley M. Lowrey DAVIE DOSSIER April 2005 4 Date of Indenture:31 May 1839 Name:William James Montgomery Bound to:Henry R. Austin until age 21 To learn:cabinet making, six months schooling Given at freedom:1 set bench tools, one freedom suit of good, clean clothes, one new Bible and such things as law requires. Signed:H. R. Austin, C. Harbin Date of Indenture:27 Feb 1839 Name:James C. Russell Bound to:Isaac N. Rich until age 21 To learn:Art of farming Signed:I. N. Rich, E. Brock Wit:Jno Clement Date of Indenture:25 Feb 1839 Name:Wiley Champlen –free boy of color Bound to:William Crouse until age 21 Signed:William Crouse Wit:Jno Clement Date of Indenture: 28 Aug 1839 Name: Burch Call Bound to:Aquilla Cheshire untill age 21 To learn:Farming Given at freedom: sixty dollars or a horse, saddle, bridle Signed: A. Cheshire Wit:Jno Clement Date of Indenture:25 Feb 1839 Name:Alexander Bass Bound to:Isaac Foster until age 21 To learn:Farming Signed:Isaac Foster Wit:Jno Clement Date of Indenture:1 Sept 1839 Name: Jackson West Bound to:George Sheek age 21 To learn:Read and write Given at freedom: horse worth sixty dollars, a good suit of clothes and one suit of everyday clothes Signed:George Sheek, E. Brock Wit:Jno Clement DAVIE DOSSIER April 2005 5 SEARCHING FOR RECORDS IN ASYLUMS From DRAKE-L@rootsweb.com THE QUESTION: In looking for a "cuzzie" who was adjudicated insane in the late 1800's and spent most of her adult life in the Minneapolis hospital for the insane I have come up empty.I was able to get her records, but nothing on her health or daily records, beyond the diagnosis...she went nuts after her third child was born.I imagine it was a serious case of post partum depression and her three small children were in danger. She left a very sizeable estate to her 3 adult children, so this was what was available in court records.(She received monies from her siblings' estates and a widow's portion for her husband's CW service.) You could write to the county and see if any records exist for the poor house...my gr. grandfather's brother (a Moore) was head of the poor relief in Decatur, Macon Co., IL and he had to report to the town if not the county.Oh my, now I remember I have a Drake in the poor house in Greene Co., IN.Found her on the census in the poor house along with her future husband. Lost them after that. ANSWER TO QUESTION: Re insane/lunatic asylums.I have been asked a number of times about these records, and have had occasion to search for several "lunatics," including for the records of Susan Cole Drake, wife of Dr. W. K. Drake.Over a period of 40 years on three occasions, she was "committed" to Ohio Asylums. The law had long seen to quarters for those of mental problems (real and otherwise). Those facilities were almost universally under the jurisdiction of the states governments, however the courts of general jurisdiction of each county -acting in their probate/chancery capacity -issued the actual orders of commitment (except for prisoners or others already under the jurisdiction of the state Govt.).Such orders were obtained from the local court through the affidavits or sworn testimony of as few as 2 physicians who "knew" the true facts. The causes for commitment were many.While there were facilities for the poor in virtually every county not long after the Civil War, the housing of lunatics was a very different animal and by 1900 was under the control almost exclusively of the state and territorial governments. The records of those institutions were very often kept, even to now, since it was widely thought that those "diseases of the mind" were in some measure inheritable.So, check your state's archives for their rosters and records of those who had been housed in the state institutions and then your "where" of research will shift to the probate/chancery records of the county from which that person was committed. Finally, in the archives of the states you often will find studies and papers having to do with the medical care and treatments of those "lunatics" in particular asylums, those being very interesting reading. DAVIE DOSSIER April 2005 6 BEGINNING GENEALOGY CLASSES Teacher: Marie Benge Craig Roth Director of Family History Centers and Genealogy Teacher DAVIDSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DAVIE CAMPUS, 1205 Salisbury Road, Mocksville, NC Call 336-751-2885 to register. $50 fee May 2, Monday, 6:00 –8:30 Basics, forms, record keeping May 9, Monday, 6:00 –8:30 Census, Soundex May 16, Monday, 6:00 –8:30 Libraries, DCs, film, fiche May 23, Monday, 6:00 –8:30 Photos, heirlooms, arts and crafts, public records, personal histories May 30, Monday, 6:00 –8:30 Internet, sharing your research (use computer lab) Thanks to: Jim Ormiston John Ormiston (1807-1869) married Helen Wait (1810-1884) at Chirnside, Berwickshire in 1843. I think he was looking for a wife when his older brother, James, told him to go to Helen Wait. So, he did and they had three children. Thanks to: Ellis Grist who saw these notices on a signpost at the entrance of a small town in Massachusetts, USA: Welcome to Derry Watch for pedestrians We recycle Thanks to: Carol Sue Gibbs While searching census records in a Middle Tennessee county, I found that the household listed before my ancestor in 1860 had only four females. Their ages: 60, 24, 21 and 3. Their occupation: EASY VIRTUES! I'm inclined to think that the information for that household came from a neighbor --my ancestor perhaps. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * DAVIE DOSSIER April 2005 7 D C H G S 2005 OFFICERS President:Frances Beck Vice-President:Bert Bradford, III Secretary-Treasurer:Doris Frye Board of Directors:David Joyner Karen Smith James W. Wall Dossier Editor:Nancy Murphy ITEMS FOR SALE Postage and handling included in price Davie County...A Brief History (Wall) Paperback 7.50 The Daniel, Squire, and John Boone Families in Davie County (Wall, Boone, & Martin)5.00 Davie County Marriages 1836-1900, by Nancy K. Murphy 25.00 Davie County Marriages 1901-1959, by Nancy K. Murphy 25.00 Davie County Cemeteries, a two-volume set 55.00 by D.C. Historical & Genealogical Society 1860 Federal Census-Davie County, by Murphy & Sain 17.00 1870 Federal Census-Davie County, by Murphy & Sain 17.00 1880 Federal Census-Davie County, by Murphy & Sain 22.50 Maps -Lagle Land Grant 6.50 -Hughes Historical 6.50 -1887 Alderman 2.50 Postcards (set of 8 )2.50 These items can be ordered from the Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society Office. North Carolina residents need to add 6% sales tax to the total. Membership for Calendar year 2005 remains the same as in previous years - $5.00/year. The number following your name on the address label indicates the year through which your dues are paid. Below is a registration form for your use; checks are to be made payable to the Society. DAVIE COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 371 North Main Street Mocksville, North Carolina 27028 NAME _____________________________________________________________ ADDRESS ____________________________________________________________ DAVIE DOSSIER April 2005 8 ____________________________________________________________