2012 2.pdf
DAVIE DOSSIER
Issued by
The Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society
Mocksville, North Carolina
April 2012, Issue 2
2
Davie Dossier 2012 2, April
Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society
MEETINGS ARE HELD AT THE HISTORY ROOM OF DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY AT 7 PM.
President, Linda Leonard Board of Directors, Pat Reilly and Claude Horn
Vice President Dossier Editors, Marie Roth and Doris Frye
Secretary, Pat Reilly Webmaster, Marie Roth
Treasurer, Marie Roth
Our Website: 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
→ Index to Bible Family Records at DCPL
→ Order blanks so you don’t tear up Dossier
→ Townships as listed on Census, 1790—1930
→ Meeting Dates and Programs
→ Guardian Accounts, Davie Co., 1846—1859
→ Apprentice Bonds, Davie Co., 1829—1959
→ 1974 booklet about old school in Davie
→ Additional info: History of Davie County Schools
→ Branson’s NC Business Directories for Davie Co.
→ Sources for black family history
Another Website about Davie County genealogy and history:
Http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Davie_County%2C_North_Carolina
DAVIE COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MEETINGS AND NEWS
Meetings on the fourth THURSDAYS in 2012 at 7pm at Davie County Public Library History Room.
January 26; Kyle Swicegood will present a program about the Flight of Honor program. Recognizing and pay-
ing tribute to military veterans is an important part of our history and genealogy.
February 23; Topic: The Great Wagon Road. We will view a DVD describing it.
March 22; Cynthia Doxey Green presented a program covering three subjects: Family History Center in Winston
-Salem, www.familysearch.org, and British research. Dr. Green was professor of genealogy at Brigham Young
University and member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. She serves as a volunteer in the nearby Family His-
tory Center.
April 26; talk by Michael C. Hardy, author of North Carolina in the Civil War.
Web site: www.michaelchardy.com
May 24; talk by Dr. Richard Starnes "The Divided Mind of the Civil War in North Carolina". This is a Road
Scholar program from the NC Humanities Council.
June 28; Betty Etchison West presentation about her new book about Cana section of Davie County. See page 7
to order a copy.
If you would like to receive your Dossier as a PDF attachment in an E-mail rather than getting a
paper copy, please send an E-mail message to the editor at hildegarde39@yahoo.com . Please
state “E-mail my Dossier instead of mailing a paper copy” and include your E-mail address.
3
Davie Dossier 2012 2, April
MAPS
When Sam began his historical/genealogical study of his ancestors, he was given an old hand-
drawn map created by his great grandfather that showed the location of all the buildings on his farm,
the nearby neighbors and cousins, and the closest town to the farm. The small stores were all penciled
in and labeled. Sam got a wonderful, comprehensive view of that earlier time, and he felt as though he
had seen that world with his own eyes……
Fiction? Well, maybe not. You could leave that legacy for your descendants. It could be with
paper and pen, or now in our digital age, you could use Google Maps. One such map that I created is
on the Internet at http://g.co/maps/35c3d . I was helping someone research his family and created this
visual to help him see the extent of locations for the family whose last name was Large. Type in this
URL (2 lines up) to see an example of what you can do to plot your family’s history.
There are many examples on You Tube showing genealogical research methods This one
shows the basics of creating a map: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS3-znFewI8 . This is an
older You Tube. Instead of My Maps, Google now calls them My Places. But the rest of the directions
should be the same.
Another interesting You Tube is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fKI2v4cXls . It illus-
trates several features of using Google for genealogy research and documenting. At 3:27 position, he
discusses Google maps and street view.
When you locate the address of your ancestor, you can type this address into Google Maps and
then use street view to see if the house is still there. Google Maps is available for the entire earth, not
just U.S. You can also enter your own address to get a view of your own house. We were getting a
new roof at the time, and you can barely see the house for all the trucks and old roofing material on the
ground.
The basic rules for creating a Google Map:
1. You must have a free Google Account and sign into it.
2. Go to www.google.com and click on Maps icon.
3. Click on My Places
4. Click on red box: “Create Map”
5. Click on the words Untitled, and type your title.
6. Click in the description box and type your own description of this map.
7. Choose whether to make this map public or unlisted (private). If you make it public and someone
else is searching your same topic, they can access your map.
8. On the right side of the screen, click the Plus Sign to enlarge the map so that you can find the loca-
tion you wish to enter. (Sometimes you must wait for a few seconds for the scene to change.)
9. When you have the exact spot you want to mark, click once on the blue shape (like an upside down
rain drop) and then click once on the location on the map. You can type a title, and you can type a
description. Click OK when through.
10. Enter other locations.
11. When through marking all spot, click on Done in the left column. This saves your map.
12. To edit this map later, you must sign in to Google and then click Edit at the left of the map.
13. You can view this as a map, or as a satellite image by clicking boxes at the upper left.
14. Google Earth is a more advanced program that you download for free. I used Google Earth to get
latitude and longitude numbers for schools in History of Davie County Schools.
4
Davie Dossier 2012 2, April
DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
Library Centennial Celebration
Sunday, May 6, 2012 2:00 to 4:00PM in Library Auditorium
Davie County Public Library will mark 100 years of library service in Davie County with a community
reception on Sunday, May 6 from 2 to 4PM. You are invited to attend this special occasion. In the weeks before
the reception, historical photographs and artifacts from the library’s collection will be on display in the library
lobby.
Mr. James Wall, in his History of Davie County, tells us that a library sponsored by several Mocksville
citizens was functioning in the Davie County Community Building (the old courthouse in the center of the
square) in May 1912. In July 1912, the Davie Record reported on the receipt of 120 new books from the “Lend
a Hand” Society of Massachusetts, thanks to the efforts of John D. Hodges. At that time, the library was open in
the afternoon Monday through Friday and all day Saturday. In 1914, the county commissioners approved two
rooms in the building as a public library to be run by the Woman’s Club of Mocksville for three years. Club
members sponsored ice cream parties, plays and programs to raise money for operating the library.
A Brief History of Library Buildings in Davie County
The Davie County Public Library began functioning in December 1943 in space provided on the second
floor of the Sanford building. The library’s collection of 1,000 books was a loan from the State Library.
By November 1944, the library had moved into renovated rooms in the basement of the (second) court-
house. In October 1954, the public library occupied the ground floor of the Davie County Office Building where
space for 10,000 volumes had been secured.
Fundraising for a new library building began under the leadership of Knox Johnstone in November
1964. The fundraising volunteers reached their goal of $90,000 in March 1965. Davie County Public Library
was dedicated on Sunday, April 24, 1966.
By the mid-1980s, the library had outgrown its space. Fundraising began in 1989 under the leadership
of Elizabeth Martin. The $900,000 raised went toward renovations and a 5,000 square foot addition. A dedica-
tion and open house was held on Sunday, August 2, 1992.
Martin-Wall History Room at Davie County Public Library
The library’s Martin-Wall History Room contains a treasure trove of resources on Davie County history
and families. The late Flossie Martin and county historian, James Wall, were instrumental in founding this col-
lection of local history and genealogy works. Doris Frye built on their work for over a decade.
Browse the print collection including general genealogy books, Davie County census records, cemetery
records, and marriages, as well as specific family histories. View microfilm records of Davie County newspa-
pers dating back to the early 1900s. Check our surname files for copies of articles and obituaries of Davie resi-
dents. Your history of your family and of our county are waiting for you in the History Room.
— Articles submitted by Jane McAllister, Director of Davie County Public Library
National Library Week was
April 8-14 — it’s not too late
to say thanks to your library
and your librarians !
5
Davie Dossier 2012 2, April
DANIEL BOONE
Daniel Boone Festival
Saturday, May 5, 2012, 10:00—6:15
On the square in Mocksville
Displays from our Historical/Genealogical Society (Please help us ),
Fort Dobbs, and other historical groups
Entertainment, Vendors, Children’s Activities, 5 tours by our Society
……………………………………………………………………………………………………...
Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
A committee is planning a driving trail through several counties with emphasis on Daniel Boone.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………...
Boone Trail Markers
Between 1913 and 1938, J. (Joseph) Hampton Rich, a resident of Mocksville, North Carolina, took it
upon himself to keep the memory of Daniel Boone and his travels alive. He did this by placing 358 metal tablets
between Virginia Beach, VA and San Francisco, CA. Although many of the tablets are associated with locations
visited by Boone, many were simply placed wherever Mr. Rich could collect the necessary donations from
schools, communities, etc. to erect a monument. He established the Boone Trail Highway Association to further
his project. From the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s, the Association published a newsletter which detailed the
efforts to install new monuments.
The force behind the Boone Trail Markers was Joseph Hampton Rich (1874-1949), a graduate of Wake
Forest in the class of 1898. This was the same year that the Battleship Maine was sunk in Havana Harbor, Cuba,
and the Spanish-American War began, a pivotal time for Mr. Rich. He had several careers: teaching in public
school; representing the Institute of Heraldry of Washington, DC; preaching in churches (he attended seminary
in Kentucky) and operating the Piedmont Print Company in Winston-Salem. He ended his career as Clerk Li-
brarian of the North Carolina State Senate. He chose to celebrate Daniel Boone's trail because of its contribution
to the settlement of mid-America by way of the Boone Trail and because he was captivated by "the pioneer
spirit" of that era.
Everett G. Marshall researched this subject for six years and wrote a book entitled, Rich Man: Daniel
Boone. It describes in 13 chapters, and 323 pages, the biography of Mr. Rich, his objectives for the Boone Trail
Highway, its connection with the Battleship Maine (each metal marker was made with salvage from the famous
battleship), how the Boy Scouts related, plus the documentation on the 135 known original sites, and photos of
the 46 surviving monuments, and a wealth of historic and related material.
See http://www.trading-ford.org/rich_man.html for ordering the book.
Over the years many of the markers have been lost to highway construction and general urban sprawl.
In the late-1990s, a group of descendants of Daniel Boone established the Boone Trail Highway and Memorial
Re-Association with the intent of locating the markers which remained. Approximately 60 tablets have been
located thus far.
Davie County has two of these markers. One is at the corner near the Court House in Mocksville, and
the other one is at the southwest corner of the intersection of highway 801 and Farmington Road.
See page 6 for photographs. This is also on our Web site with photos in color.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………...
Books About Daniel Boone
Davie County Public Library has 42 books about Daniel Boone. There is a special collection in the His-
tory Room for you to browse at that location. Our Society sells a booklet which describes the family. See page
7 to order.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………...
Internet
If you type “Daniel Boone” (with quotes) into Google Search, you will get 4,420,000 hits. Obviously,
you would need to search with some additional words, such “North Carolina” or “Davie County”, etc.
6
Davie Dossier 2012 2, April
Front and Side View of Daniel Boone Marker on the Square in Mocksville, NC
Words at left: This Memorial Erected to Daniel Boone, hunter, explorer, backwoodsman, soldir (sic), surveyor, roadbuilder,
legislator, magistrate. He lived and learned woodcraft in Davie County 1750-85. Squire and Sarah Boone, parents of
Daniel Boone, pioneers of the Yadkin whose remains are interred one mile N.W. in Joppa Graveyard; coming from PA
1749. Erected by the Boone Trail Highway Association
Words at right: Top: Boone Trail Highway on top; Lower Edge: Metal from Battleship Maine in Tablet. Daniel Boone
DAVIE COUNTY DANIEL BOONE MARKERS
Daniel Boone Marker in Farmington, N.C.; intersection of Highway 801 and Farmington Road
Center Photo Words: Boone Trail Highway. Metal from Battleship Maine in Tablet. Daniel Boone
Right Photo Words: Daniel Boone lived 2 miles S.E. His parents are buried 8 miles S.
Here passed the armies of Greene and Cornwallis to Guilford C.H.
This memorial erected by the Village Improvement Society.
7
Davie Dossier 2012 2, April
.ORDERING ITEMS AND/OR PAYING DUES. (Out of state residents don’t pay state tax when ordering.)
Davie County Heritage Book, non-NC resident cost is $45; NC resident cost is $48.10. 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 incorporates biographical and military
service sketches of 1,147 Davie County Civil War veterans. 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. 128 page book of old photos and descriptions. Order 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. Images of America, Mocksville by Debra Dotson and Jane McAllister. Book 2 features photographs in Mocks-
ville and a few other Davie communities. The same ordering information applies as listed for book one.
Looking Back at Davie County in the1950s and 1960s by Charles Crenshaw and Ron Smith. This 304 page book of 700 photographs
taken by Ron’s father, Gray Smith, will bring back memories of people and places in Davie County. The book is $40 (tax incl uded) and
postage is $4 more. Mail orders to Charles Crenshaw, 421 Park Avenue, Mocksville NC 27028
History of Davie County Schools, 318 pages, by Marie Benge Craig Roth has photos, locations, longitude/latitude, names of students,
and teachers. There is an 18 page index of 3,222 names. A chronology describes the evolution of the school system in Davie. Make
check to Marie Roth for $40.26 for non-residents and $43 for NC resident. Order: 276 Park Ave., Mocksville NC 27028.
NEW BOOK: Preorder: Davie County in World War One by Marie Benge Craig Roth has 670 biographies of Davie men and women
who served, photographs, old letters, description of military bases, and extensive index. 400 pages. Make check to Marie Ro th for
$42.47 for non-residents and $45 for NC resident. Order: 276 Park Ave., Mocksville NC 27028. Mailing date: May 31, 2012.
Cana Connections, 201 pages, by Betty Etchison West; Life in Cana in the Thirties and Forties and Special People with Cana Connec-
tions. There are many biographies and photos of people and buildings. Order from Betty West, 3532 NC Hwy. 801 North, Mocksville
NC 27028. Make check to Betty West for $35, which includes tax and shipping.
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 (DCHGS) Send my copy by E-mail instead
Davie County Public Library, 371 Main Street of paper; yes, no
Mocksville, North Carolina 27028
NAME _____________________________________________________________
ADDRESS _____________________________________________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS _____________________________________________________________
Title Author non- NC NC No. Cost
BOOKS:
Davie County...A Brief History, paperback James W. Wall, 128 pages $9.00 $9.39
The Boone Families in Davie County 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, 1700's, drawn in 1977 $8.00 $8.31
J.T. Alderman, 1887 $6.00 $6.47
Wilson F. Merrell, 1928 NEW ! $6.00 $6.47
POSTCARDS OF DAVIE CO. SCENES (set of 8) $2.50 $2.50
CD of all issues Davie Dossier since 1987 $7.00 $7.39
TOTAL NUMBER AND COST
Make check to DCHGS and send to address at bottom of page. Prices include tax, postage, and handling.
8
371 North Main Street
Mocksville NC 27028