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2010 1.pdfDavie Dossier Issued by Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society Mocksville, North Carolina January 2010, Issue 1 Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society MEETINGS ARE HELD THE FOURTH TUESDAY (January through November) President Linda Leonard Secretary/Treasurer Frances Beck Board of Directors Pat Reilly, Claude Horn, Bill Urdanick Dossier Editors Marie Roth, Doris Frye Our Web site: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncdavhgs has these features: ?All the churches in Davie County ?Cemeteries in Davie County with locations ?National Register of Historic Places sites ?Names on the War Memorial in Mocksville ?A list of all the populated places ?Townships as listed on US Census, 1790 - 1930 ?Meeting Dates and Programs ?NEW:Guardian Accounts, Davie Co. 1846- 1859 DAVIE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION PROGRAMS at 7 pm at the library: January 26, Beth Hill, Historic Site Manager of Fort Dobbs State Historic Site, Iredell Co., NC. February 23, Larry Campbell, using Ancestry.Com to its maximum potential. March 23, Debra Dotson and Marie Roth, Photography in Genealogy. SPECIAL HISTORICAL EVENTS: February 27-28, 10:00 - 4:00 at Fort Dobbs, 438 Fort Dobbs Road. Take 21 North out of Statesville and turn west onto Fort Dobbs Road. http://www.fortdobbs.org “Attack on Fort Dobbs” 250th Anniversary Living history weekend. On February 27th, 1760, the garrison of Fort Dobbs defended their post against a force of more than 60 Cherokee warriors. Battlefield tours and musket and cannon demonstrations will be featured, as well as on-going demonstrations of 18th Century military and American-Indian camp life.A special program commemorating the battle will be offered Saturday evening at 7:00 pm. Please call (704-873-5882) for reservations and more information. May 1, Daniel Boone Festival in downtown Mocksville. August 14, Yadkin Valley Historical Association Workshop is at First United Methodist Church in Mocksville. Theme: “Daniel and Rebecca Bryan Boone, Their Lives and Times.” Registration form and more information at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncyadvha/. To get ready, read Randell Jones’ article: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncyadvha/dbtrail.pdf. Speakers: Randell Jones, Randy Bryan, Everett Gary Marshall and Mark Hager. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Research for The Civil War Roster of Davie County, North Carolina found 55 additional men who died in the Civil War whose names are not on the war memorial marker in Mocksville. At the November 2009 meeting, our members voted to donate $200 toward the fund to engrave these names on the marker. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Please send articles, poems, questions, queries, suggestions, ideas, data, feedback for our Davie Dossier to MarieBCR@gmail.com. Marie is still working on a book about old schools in Davie. If you have info to share, please do. MATHEMATICS IN HISTORY AND GENEALOGY There is a reference to this first rule in the apprentice section on page 6. The Merchant’s Rule The main tool of Graunt’s mercantile-turned-political arithmetic was the Rule of Three. The Rule of Three is the simple arithmetic technique of using three knowns to solve for a fourth unknown factor in a ratio relationship. For example, solving for c in the expression a/b = c/d or a:b = c:d (Editor’s note: in current math books, this is called solving a proportion. Example: if 5 apples cost $1.00, what would 4 apples cost?) Subtracting Upside Down. You’re standing at a tombstone with the birth date September 28, 1842 and below that is the death date of March 10, 1911. How old was the person at death? Can you figure days, months, and years of life? Change March 10, 1911 to 1911 3 10 and change September 28, 1842 to 1842 9 28. You can’t subtract 28 from 10, so borrow 30 days from 3 months 1911 2 40 1842 9 28 You can’t subtract 9 from 2, so borrow 12 months from 1911 1910 14 40 1842 9 28 Then when you subtract, you get 68 years, 5 months and 12 days. A genealogy software program, such as PAF, will figure this for you. Their answer is 68 years, 5 months and 10 days. We averaged the days in a month at 30 days, and they knew the exact numbers of days in this interval. Calendar Dates. The Gregorian calendar, which is the calendar used today, was first introduced by Pope Gregory XIII via a papal bull in February 1582 to correct an error in the old Julian calendar. Ten days were omitted from the calendar to bring the calendar back in line with the solstices. The British Colonies in what became the United States ended using the Julian calendar and began using the Gregorian in September of 1752. The Spanish Colonies ended the Julian in 1584 and began Gregorian in 1584. The dates you list for ancestors previous to this early time will have to be defined as to which calendar is being used. (Source: http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/gregorian.html) Surveying Measures: Long Measure: 12 inches make 1 foot 3 feet make 1 yard 5 ƒ yards or 16 ƒ feet make 1 pole or rod 40 poles make 1 furlong 8 furlongs or 320 poles make 1 mile 320 poles square make 640 acres Chain Measure: 7.92 inches make 1 link 100 links or 66 feet make 1 chain 10 chains make 1 furlong 80 chains make 1 mile Other tricky stuff: Grantee buys. Grantor sells. Is your computer data backed up? Have you shared your family photos? What would you grab in an evacuation? I wrote this following a visit that my son and I made to the family homeplace in Davidson County. Linda Barnette Our Grail Like the knights of old who traveled far to find the Holy Grail, my son and I searched for our family grail today. We found it in the woods so far from anything, a ghostly specter of what had been our ancestral home, no longer watching proudly as the sentinel it once was, but broken and barely standing, neglected and alone. I thought of all the family reunions, gatherings and such that when I was a little girl I used to dread so much. But as I saw it there today so lonely and alone, I wished for one more golden day that I could go back home. My ancestors will never know that I cared enough to search for them today. But I am here because of them and my son because of me. So the spirit of a family abides for all Eternity. DAVIE COUNTY GUARDIAN ACCOUNTS, 1844 - 1868 (cont.) From the North Carolina State Archives (CR 033.510.10) Transcribed by Grace Wight and Marcia Masser gdn is the abbreviation of “guardian for” Guardians were appointed to be responsible for orphans, children of living parents when the children were receiving money from estates – or other sources – such as grandparents. The guardian was in most cases a relative or neighbor. A parent could be appointed as guardian of their own children if they were inheriting from the mother’s estate or from another relative. Orphans were mostly fatherless; sometimes both parents were deceased. A child fourteen years and older could select their own guardian. This still holds true today. Anyone under twenty-one years of age was called “infants”. Guardians were required to submit a yearly report to show expenditures for the child’s schooling, medical, clothing, room and board, etc. If the guardian was not doing his job, he could be replaced. In most cases the guardian either moved, died, or was not capable of doing his job. More can be found on guardian affairs in the N.C. State Archives. There are guardian records with much more detail than presented here. These records are Guardian Records 1838-1918. These are arranged by family surname. Any interest by anyone who might have a record prior to the formation of Davie County in 1836 should consult the Rowan County records. FEBRUARY TERM 1847 - FEBRUARY TERM 1849 summary is in Dossier, 2005, edition 1. FEBRUARY TERM 1850 - FEBRUARY TERM 1855 summary is in Dossier, 2009, edition 4. FEBRUARY 1855 - DECEMBER 1859 is included here. The following is an abbreviated version. For full version of Mrs. Wight’s and Mrs. Masser’s notes, from November 1846 - December 1859, see http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncdavhgs/Under “Other Links”, click on Davie County Guardian Accounts.This is in .pdf format and can be searched. Many other names are listed in some of the full versions of each Guardian Account. February term court 1855 (continued) Joseph M. Hauser gdn Simeon Jarvis Elijah Gaither gdn John H. Comer J.D. Click dgn Sarah E. Click Lemuel Bingham gdn Bettie F. Kelly, William F. Kelly Nelson Travillion gdn for Henry M. Austin Matthew Fulford gdn Martha C. Baxter B. Baily gdn Thomas L. Kelly, Albert Kelly & Abner Kelly Hiram Phelps gdn Enoch Faw Calton W. Bessent gdn Jesse F., Marta A., Francis Click J.D. Click gdn William H. Click and D.W. Click Joseph A. Hawkins gdn R.P. Smooth, Nathan Smoot, Mary Smoot William O. Smith gdn F.M. Hendricks and Henry H. Hendricks George Cornatzer gdn F.M. and A. Cornatzer Jesse D. Click gdn Jacob Graves Jesse D. Click gdn Mary J. Click Levi Fulford gdn Albert Mesley Levi Fulford gdn James Nash and John Nash Elijah Martin gdn Laura and Hetty Richardson D. Ijames gdn E.M. Anderson Lemuel Bingham gdn Sarah E. Kelly Abraham Allen gdn Jane and Eleanor Allen Thomas A. Smith gdn Jane Smith May Term Court - 1855 A.M. Booe gdn James S. Booe Thomas Furches gdn Amanda Baity November Term Court - 1855 Richard H. Lowry gdn M. Owen and Robert Owen February Term Court - 1856 Joseph A. Hawkins gdn Nathan Smoot, R.P. Smoot, Mary Smoot C.W. Bessent gdn Jesse F. Click, Martha Click and Francis Click Nelson Travillion gdn Henry M. Austin David M. Crenshaw gdn James W. Neely Milton Gaither gdn Thomas H. Gaither, Martha E. Gaither, Zachariah L. Gaither & Frances M. Gaither Joseph M. Hauser gdn Simeon Jarvis Levi Fulford gdn Josephine N. Mesley, Joseph O. Mesley, Miles A. Mesley Levi Fulford gdn James E. Nash Robert F. Johnston gdn John W. Chesher William O. Smith gdn Francis M. Hendricks and Henry H. Hendricks Jesse D. Click gdn Sarah E. Click, Daniel W. Click, William H. Click Jesse D. Click gdn for Henderson Clement Chivan Spry gdn William H. Graves and Sarah E. Graves Chivan Spry gdn Jno. F. Graves and Mary J. Graves B. Bailey gdn T.L. Kelly, Albert Kelly, and Abner Kelly Charles Anderson gdn William H. Powell and Henrietta S. Powell William H. Anderson gdn Thomas M. Anderson Denton Henderson gdn Mahala Keller and Thomas Keller Elijah Martin gdn Laura Richardson and Hetty Richardson Basel Gaither gdn Nicholas Gaither Daniel S. Sheek gdn Sarah Linn Henry B. Howard Charles M. Sparks May Term Court - 1856 Providence Neely gdn T.E. Neely and M.A. Neely November Term Court - 1856 W. Stonestreet gdn M.W. Gowan’s heirs February Term Court - 1857 Calton W. Bessent gdn Jesse F., Martha A., Francis Click William O. Smith gdn F. M. and H.H. Hendricks J.M. Hauser gdn Simeon Jarvis R.H. Lowry gdn Robert Owen Levi Fulford gdn Josephine N. Mesly (Mesley) Levi Fulford gdn Joseph O. Mesly (Mesley) Levi Fulford gdn Miles A. Mesly (Mesley) William O. Smith gdn H.H. Hendricks William O. Smith gdn F. M. Hendricks David Ramsay gdn Richard L. Dismukes N. Travillion gdn Henry M. Austin Basil Gaither gdn Nicholas Gaither Milton Gaither gdn Noah Gaither Milton Gaither gdn T.H. Gaither B. Bailey gdn Thomas L. Kelly B. Bailey gdn Albert Kelly L. Bingham gdn Bettie F. Kelly L. Bingham gdn Sarah E. Kelly L. Bingham gdn M.F. Kelly Joseph A. Hawkins gdn Mary Smoot Elijah Martin gdn L. and H. Richardson D.H. Cain gdn W.H. Steelman Daniel H. Cain gdn W.H. and J.W. Steelman H.B. Howard gdn C. M. Sparks D. Ijames gdn Nancy Anderson’s children Wm. Deadman gdn E.M. Deadman June Term Court - 1857 Wm. H. Anderson gdn Thomas M. Anderson D.M. Crenshaw gdn Jas. W. Neely December Term Court - 1857 B.W. Parker gdn William Booe W.G. Brown gdn E. and L. Wyatt Powell March Term Court - 1858 H.B. Howard gdn Delilah Cornatzer H.B. Howard gdn S.M. Cornatzer Daniel H. Brown gdn for James H. Brown J.G. Stewart gdn for George, Christina, Louisa and Jane McDaniel J.M. Hauser gdn for Simeon Jarvis L. Fulford gdn J.O. Mesley L. Fulford gdn A. Mesley Thomas Furches gdn Amanda J. Baity Samuel Taylor gdn J. Clouse M. Gaither gdn M. Gaither M. Gaither gdn L.S. Gaither M. Gaither gdn F.M. Gaither M. Gaither gdn Thomas H. Gaither W.H. Deadman gdn E.M. Deadman Jos. A. Hawkins gdn Mary Smooth L. Bingham gdn W.F. Kelly C.W. Bessent gdn J.F. Click C.W. Bessent gdn M.A. Click C.W. Bessent gdn F.A. Click W.O. Smith gdn F.M. Hendricks W.O. Smith gdn Sarah A. Smith W.O. Smith gdn L. P. Smith H.B. Howard gdn C.M. Sparks B. Bailey gdn Thomas L. Kelly B. Bailey gdn Albert Kelly B. Bailey gdn Abner Kelly L. Bingham gdn S.E. Kelly L. Bingham gdn Bettie F. Kelly A.M. Booe gdn Jacob Booe June Term Court - 1858 D.M. Crenshaw gdn James W. Neely D. Horn gdn Wilford Horn D. Horn gdn Cynthia Horn M.G. Richards gdn B.G. Coon M.G. Richards gdn Robert A. Coon M.G. Richards gdn W.P. Coon N. Allen gdn Thomas Cornatzer N. Allen gdn Penelope Cornatzer Providence Neely gdn T.E. Neely Providence Neely gdn Meeky Ann Neely September Term Court - 1858 W.A. Meroney gdn Thomas Butler Abraham Allen gdn Jane Allen December Term Court - 1858 Daniel Sheek; estate of Joshua Carver Daniel Sheek gdn W. and M. Mock March Term Court - 1859 C.W. Bessent gdn M.A. Click C.W. Bessent gdn Jesse F. Click B.N. Allen gdn Penelope Cornatzer B.N. Allen gdn Thomas Cornatzer D.M. Crenshaw gdn James W. Neely C.W. Bessent gdn F.A. Click Milton Gaither gdn Thomas H. Gaither W.O. Smith gdn Samuel L. P? Smith Milton Gaither gdn M.E. Gaither Milton Gaither gdn Z.T. Gaither Milton Gaither gdn Francis M. Gaither N.B. Howard gdn Delilah Cornatzer Elijah Martin gdn Jesse Richardson heir H.B. Howard gdn S.M. Cornatzer H.B. Howard gdn C.M. Sparks W.O. Smith gdn F.M. Hendricks Daniel H. Cain gdn W.H. and John Steelman Daniel H. Cain gdn Wm. H. Steelman Daniel H. Cain gdn John W. Steelman Joseph A. Hawkins gdn Mary Smoot James G. Ramsey gdn R.L. Dismukes C. Anderson gdn H.L. Bowell June Term Court - 1859 J.N. Frost gdn James F. Frost Providence Neely gdn M.A. Neely Levi Fulford gdn M.A. Mesley Levi Fulford gdn Joseph O. Mesley Joseph M. Hauser gdn Simeon Jarvis September Term Court - 1859 B.F. Lunn gdn C.C. Sanford W.O. Smith gdn F.M. Hendricks H.R. Austin gdn M.M. and Jane Ratledge J.W. Johnson gdn Benjamin J. Martin December Term Court - 1859 J.P. Kerfees gdn Wesley Leach Basil Gaither gdn Nicholas Gaither J.P. Kerfees gdn Sarah Leach J.P. Kerfees gdn J.F. Leach G. Bailey gdn Abner Kelly DAVIE COUNTY, N. C. APPRENTICE BONDS Before the development of the various social programs devised by the Federal and State government the counties had to provide for the care of orphans. Sometimes parents could not support their children. Children were then bound out to a master who in turn was to provide the child training comparable to vocational training and give them the necessities of life. Many times the apprentice records are overlooked by people doing research for a lost child. These records are rich in information. In the record you can find names, ages, sometimes a date of birth, parents and the training the child was to receive. Also included were the names of the master, the Clerk of Court, and witnesses, the date of the indenture. A child over fourteen years of age could bind himself or choose his master. This was not limited to the poor. Wealthy parents could bind their children to learn a trade or skill. The apprentice's age was usually given. The service for males was usually until age 21. Females were usually bound until age 18. In return for the work provided the master was to provide: education such as reading, writing, arithmetic to the rule of three (defined in this issue), sufficient diet, washing, lodging, apparel, and medical care. In most cases annual reports were to be presented at Court and filed. This assured the court that the child was not being mistreated. When the indenture was over, the child was given at that time freedom dues, new clothing, a Bible, tools and perhaps a horse. Through these records you can also get a good idea of the variety of occupations of the people in the community. Don't forget these records if they are available. PREVIOUS ISSUES containing apprentice info: 2004 issue 2 had Feb 1829-November 1837 2004 issue 3 had 1837 2004 issue 4 had 1838 2005 issue 2 had 1839 (these are not totally in chronological order) The editor has these records plus records through 1859. They will appear in future Dossiers and on the web site. Stay tuned and check back on the Internet. USE THIS UPDATED PAGE FOR ORDERING ITEMS AND/OR PAYING DUES. 2010 1 January (Postage has increased and state taxes increased 1%.) (Out of state residents do not pay state tax when ordering.) BOOKS:Author non- NC NC res.No.Price Davie County...A Brief History, paperback James W. Wall, 128 pages $9.00 $9.39 The Daniel, Squire, and John Boone Families in Davie County James W. Wall, Howell Boone, and Flossie Martin $8.00 $8.31 Davie County Marriages 1836-1900 Nancy K. Murphy $25.00 $26.55 Davie County Marriages 1901-1959 Nancy K. Murphy $25.00 $26.55 Davie County Cemeteries, a 2-volume set D.C. Historical/Gen. Soc. $55.00 $58.88 1860 Federal Census-Davie County Nancy K. Murphy and Everette Sain $20.00 $21.16 1870 Federal Census-Davie County Nancy K. Murphy and Everette Sain $20.00 $21.16 1880 Federal Census-Davie County Nancy K. Murphy and Everette Sain $20.00 $21.16 MAPS OF DAVIE COUNTY: Lagle Land Grant $8.00 $8.31 Hughes Historical $8.00 $8.31 1887 Alderman $6.00 $6.16 POSTCARDS OF DAVIE CO. SCENES (set of 8)$2.50 $2.50 CD of 72 issues Davie Dossier, 1987-2008 $7.00 $7.39 TOTAL COST, send to DCHGS below includes tax, postage & handling Davie County Heritage Book, $45.00 non-NC resident; $48.10 NC resident. Make check to Davie County Heritage Book. Use DCHGS address below. The Historic Architecture of Davie Co.,non-NC resident cost is $30; NC resident cost is $31.94.History of Davie County, hardback, by James W. Wall, 449 pages; non-NC resident cost is $30; NC resident cost is $31.94. Make check to Davie County Public Library. Use DCHGS address below. The Civil War Roster of Davie County by Mary Alice Miller Hasty and Hazel Miller Winfree can be ordered. This book, published by McFarland, incorporates biographical and military service sketches of 1,147 Davie County Civil War veterans, with accompanying photographs where possible. Non-NC resident cost is $60. NC resident cost is $64.26. Checks should be made out to M & M Books and sent to Mary Alice Hasty, 105 East Brick Walk Court, Mocksville NC 27028. Images of America, Davie County by Debra Dotson and Jane McAllister was released on July 27. This 128 page book of old photos and descriptions can be ordered from Jane McAllister, DCPL, 371 N. Main St., Mocksville NC 27028. Make check to Jane McAllister. Non-NC resident cost is $26.99. NC resident cost is $28.69. MEMBERSHIP for a calendar year is still just $5.00/year. Life Membership is $100 per person. We are 501(c)(3) and dues are tax deductible. Below is a registration form for your use; checks, payable to the Society. DAVIE COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Frances Atkinson Beck 1131 Wagner Road Mocksville, North Carolina 27028 NAME _____________________________________________________________ ADDRESS _____________________________________________________________ E-MAIL ADDRESS _____________________________________________________________ Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society 371 North Main Street Mocksville, North Carolina 27028 Our fiscal year begins on January 1 and that’s when annual dues are received. Some of you paid dues late in 2009 and were credited for the year 2010. A quick look at the year listed by your name on the mailing label of this newsletter will show if you need to pay dues.If the number 10 is listed beside your name, this means that your dues are paid through 2010. See page 7 for paying dues. Life Membership is $100 per person. We are 501 (c) (3) and all donations are tax deductible. DAVIE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION PROGRAMS at 7 pm at the library: January 26, Beth Hill, Historic Site Manager of Fort Dobbs State Historic Site, Iredell Co., NC. February 23, Larry Campbell, using Ancestry.Com to its maximum potential. March 23, Debra Dotson and Marie Roth, Photography in Genealogy.