Tatum, Pink, D, Flossie Martin letters, surname EatonROWAN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Edith M. Clark History Raom
201 Nest Fisher Street
p 0 Box 4039
Salisbury, NC 29145-4039
Miss Flossie has helped.fill these cabinets with more than 200 years of Davie County history.
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¢ By CAROLIN DARKEN'
Post Staff Writer
j MOCKSVILLE - Need to know what
'year Daniel Boone's parents settled in _
Davie County? Or when the.firsl traveling
!ministers began preaching at makeshift
uneeting-houses here?
I Ask Flossie Martin
A petite, smiling woman, Mise Martin
-'r' •''''
s been answering questions about Davie
- =
untyever since she began workinginthe
the other half" help her solve most of the
rary here 19 years ago.
Miss Flossie, as she is known to the
'..:7::1,f,,•'
indreds of people who appeal to her for
•.�+ry: "
fp unearthing their family roots, collect-
UNORTHODOX
g their church history or writing books
"I have always been somewhat un,
A articles, spent all of her adult life as a
orthodox," she explains. "and sometimes
ience teacher.She never planned to become a librar-
it helps here in the library."
n, she says, although she has always been
Mia. oftwe.'s "unorthodox" streak
terested in the history of her native
avie County.
I retired from teaching in 1960 and
t � ,
,tided to volunteer at the library for
f r. '�, ^�rit.
imething to do," she explains: Mrs.
t+ j y
anny Gregory Blackwelder,, who was
s
'
brarian when I started, said she put me to
,ork in the history room because I kept.- r
i r
sking her so many.questions about his -
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lrlri,
When Miss Flossie began her volunteeri511'$.!��
into the
r
m
•.work, the library was cramed
County office build-
. families in Davie County and "is related to
basement of the Davie
the other half" help her solve most of the
ing on Main Street.And in those days, the library's entire
•�:<,_`�
• history collection consisted of a few clip- -
•.�+ry: "
pings and books, Miss Flossie recalled.
UNORTHODOX
HISTORY ROOM
"I have always been somewhat un,
` But in 1966 the library moved to a _
orthodox," she explains. "and sometimes
'b spacious modem building on North Main
it helps here in the library."
P Street, with an entire room set aside. for.,.
Mia. oftwe.'s "unorthodox" streak
" the historical material which Miss Flossie..
lovingly helped collect and catalogue -_---- - -- - - -
f
filing
Much
of the
was given to the libraryeof t ny Miss Flossie Martin talks about her beloved Davie history �•::
Davie County residents, Miss Flossie ex-
-plains.
. families in Davie County and "is related to
"One of our first big donations was the
the other half" help her solve most of the
' Mary Jane Heitman Dapers, she says.
various woes of the visitors who find their
She was the county historian for years .,
and, when Mary died, the library asked her
way into her history room. '
family to donate her papers.'
Included in the papers are rough drafts '
UNORTHODOX
of talks Miss Heitman gave to various
"I have always been somewhat un,
clubs, articles she wrote for local news•
orthodox," she explains. "and sometimes
papers and a mound of clippings on Davie
it helps here in the library."
('comfy history.
Mia. oftwe.'s "unorthodox" streak
the project, which took Mocksville's town�� ..�
supervisor, Andrew Lagle, nearly five Vii,
years to complete.
"Andrew compiled fists of all the ori-
ginal land grants in the county ... and thenoi
he compared those with old maps ... and:, ,
even took aerial photographs of the county,
too," she says. 'b . 1
Not all of the people who use the history' • t
room are from Mockaville or Davie Coun-
.. . -. _+-,- fx l f i
thea been answeringg questions about Davie
County ever since she began
" families in Davie County and "is related to
'
the
the other half" help her solve most of the
working In the ,.•
t.librairybere 19 years ago. . n -!
v th
various woes of visitors who find their
,
: «
,..
,,;. way into her history room, -
Mies Flossie, as she is known to
r•w: •,�•:i.
f
-the
hundreds of people who appeal to her for
"I have always been somewhat un -
_ y
•;
orthodox," she explains. "and sometimes
• help unearthing their family roots, collect-.
`Ing
it helps here in the library."
,
Miss Flossie's "unorthodox" streak
means she doesn't mind calling a neighbor
their church history or writing books
Viand articles, spent all of her adult life as
or a friendofa-friend who might be able to
more and more material was donated.
There are diaries, including an tersely.
a,
science teacher. - i
day-to-day
written account of the day-to-day struggles
"One time last fall, a man from
Wachovia Bank here tame in, doing sortie
of a country school teacher, sketches of
;of
county buildings, old photographs,
She never planned to become a hbrar.
volumes of tax records with peeling leather
"s
bindings — and much, much more. -
Iran, she says, although she has always been
"People just began to get interested in
know a member of the family who used to
bringing things in ... I think interest in
pnterested in the history of her, native
historical things has really grown in recent
told us all about the lot.
years," Miss Flossie says.
(Davie County:
jii`.",'r•�`vt'>
native of the area is that 1 know most of the
copies of family genealogies, student pa -
t "1 retired from teaching in 1980 and
pers and even books, from authors who
`. an original Davie County family ..."
found help and information at Miss
.decided to volunteer at the library for
Flossie's history room.
students find topics for research papers.
isomething to do;' she explains. Mrs
Fanny Gregory Biackwelder,l who was
J'
.•
librarian when when I started, said she put me to
work in the history room because I kept t
�3r
asking her so many. questions about his-
.tory!„ :.�.'
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a -
When Miss Flossie began her volunteer
;'.work, the library was crammed into the
°r
i basement of the Davie County office build-
it , •'
J t`�'Xc ;
! rr',
ing on Main Street.
- And in those days, the library's
entire
history collection consisted of a few chp-
`pings and books, Miss Flossie recalled,
v
HISTORY ROOM
But in 1966 the library moved to a
spacious modern building on North MaI
Street, with an entire room set aside for.,,
the historical material which Miss Flossie.-=
s
Lbas lovingly helped collect and Icatalog ue
t:.. Much of the material in the rows of tidy - - ' ' = >,
Wiling cabinets was given, to the library by ' - i��Miss .Flossie Martin talks about her beloved Davie, history - �•::.
Davie County residents,Misv,Flossie ex ` % - - =; - ' • r
�plains.:,a:
"One of our first big donations was the:
" families in Davie County and "is related to
Mary Jane Heitman a ers," she sa
p p says.
the
the other half" help her solve most of the
"'She was the county historian for years
v th
various woes of visitors who find their
,
�- and, when Mary died, the library asked her
,..
,,;. way into her history room, -
family to donate her papers."
Included in the papers are rough drafts
' '"" UNORTHODOX
of talks Miss Heitman gave to various
:clubs, articles she wrote for local news-
"I have always been somewhat un -
papers and a mound of clippings on Davie
orthodox," she explains. "and sometimes
County history.
it helps here in the library."
Gradually, Davie Countians learned
Miss Flossie's "unorthodox" streak
means she doesn't mind calling a neighbor
:about Miss Flossie's history room, and
'
or a friendofa-friend who might be able to
more and more material was donated.
There are diaries, including an tersely.
help relate a bit of Davie County history.
day-to-day
written account of the day-to-day struggles
"One time last fall, a man from
Wachovia Bank here tame in, doing sortie
of a country school teacher, sketches of
;of
county buildings, old photographs,
.
work for a client," she recalls. "The deed
volumes of tax records with peeling leather
called for a church lot, and he was curious
bindings — and much, much more. -
about the history of the lot ... I happened to
"People just began to get interested in
know a member of the family who used to
bringing things in ... I think interest in
own the land, so I just called him up. He
historical things has really grown in recent
told us all about the lot.
years," Miss Flossie says.
"One thing that helps about being a
And frequently, the library receives
native of the area is that 1 know most of the
copies of family genealogies, student pa -
old names ... I can usually tell if a family is
pers and even books, from authors who
`. an original Davie County family ..."
found help and information at Miss
Miss Flossie is also willing to help
Flossie's history room.
students find topics for research papers.
I.IHE TOPSY
"More often than not, there will be a
letter with some information in it, or
several typed pages of genealogy, or some-
thing, on my deskwhenI come in to
4 work," Miss Flossie says, laughing at
another librarian's description that the
history room 'is like Topsy - it.just
grew "
Of course, she's had plenty of help over
i� the years.
"There's no way we could have the
I-' history room at all without the help of lots
t of other people," Miss Flossie insists.
"What they do is far more important than
F what I do."
y Dedicated volunteers such as Nancy
E Murphy, Jane McGuire, Helen Crenshaw,
3 Mrs. Henry Hollar and Pink Tatum, have
spent hundreds of hours indexing articles
F and books, cataloguing new material and
+ transcribing lists of names from all the
d graveyards in the county, Miss Flossie
says
"We just couldn't have a history room
without the volunteers," she adds, horri-
fied at the widespread notion that she is
the driving force behind the history room's
success.
-' While Miss Flossie leaves much of the
"technical work to her staff of eager volun.
t, teen, she concentrates on "people prob-
lems" — dealing with the hundreds of
visitors who need personal attention and
assistance each year.
Miss Flossie readily admits she has had
almost no formal training in library science
but a steel -trap memory and the fact that
she knows the backgrounds of half the
"7 know of lots of things that need more
research done on them and that would
. make good topics for papers," she says. "I
go through the local papers and I always
have those in mind when I look for items to
save."
Although some visitors' questions can be
answered easily, other projects have taken
months or even years, Miss Flossie says.
One of the most complicated under-
takings was the drawing of an Wriginal land-
grant map of Davie County.
Miss Flossie helped collect material for
the project, which took Mocksville's town
supervisor, Andrew lagle, nearly fivy t
years to complete. r,,,
"Andrew compiled fists of all the on-.+
ginal land grants in the county;.. and then,u
he compared.those with old maps ... and:,
even took aerial photographs of the county,
too," she says. - r : 1
Not all of the people who use the history"•
room are from Mocksville or Davie Court, r
ty. Frequently, out-of-state residents alio"- +
write or Visit the library for help. ,
"In the 19th century, a lot of people._
came here and settled, and then laleF,
• moved farther west," Miss Flossie-
- "Now, these people want to know about.
their ancestors, so they come back east-', ,,,
"Last weekwehad a couple from Texas;:.. -
and a woman from Tennessee, someone.. ,
from Hickory and a student who Was = ,
working on a thesis for Greensboro Coli-+
lege," Miss Flossie says, consulting a guest _!
register by the history room entrance.""''
Although Miss Flossie is now into her-
80s, she still reports to work at the library.,
most mornings, or "whenever I can..,
And there is still much to do, she says,
with a satisfied glance around the room, '
"There is just an unbelievable amount
of work that goes Into organizing all the:: '
material," she says. "For one thing, w¢ .
have a whole drawer full of copies of the
"Davie Record" (a newspaper formerlg; '
printed in Mocksville) that need indexing,,,
"We also have a file on inquiries from,
people all over the country who want help -
and I haven't even begun to look into -a- -
drawer full of tape -recordings."'
Somehow, you just know that Miss
Flossie is going to get it all done.
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Miss Flossie Martin, at work in the history room of the public library.(Photo by Garry Foster)
Miss Flossie Martin -- Senior Citizen Of The Month
H there is a question about DavieSton,
�stoy�ed her with an uncanny
earning Davie County History is
remarkable, end the data now available
County history, Miss Flossie Martin is
memory. At the mention of a historical
to local citizens would have been Im-
the person to ask.
whim, she can recite dates, names and
bible to attain without her skilled
One can almost see data clicking
plaCes that otherwise might have taken -
help and devotion."
through her mind as without written
days to research. Even more
Mar Martin began her wort m
reference, she recalls historical facts.
remarkable, almost all are completely
her
library volunteer to r
"Miss Flossie," as she is af•
fectionately known, is loving guardian of
accurate.
- Her astounding achievements through
that time
retirement in 1116) Since that time she
can be found almost daily diligently
the history room at the Davie County
volunteer work and her neverending
working on Davie County's historical
Public Lbirary. Here, she guides weary
lineage seekers to facts that mayFlossie's
curiosity for history, prompted Miss
selection as Senior Citizen of
records. The local library room was one
provide hidden links to yesteryear.
the month.The announcement was made
of the first in Cher area and has served as
a model for various other libraries in
She is remarkable in that her love for
this week by Mike Garner, Mocksville
surrounding counties.
.
_ Recreation Department director.
A school teacher, Miss Martin
People come from far and near to
retired
has devoted time toistorical research
discuss lineage and historical data with
Mica Flossie. The local history collection
throughout her life. It was only after
in 1960 however, that she
is used by rpasmrchers throughout the
- retirement
became a historical volunteer at Davie
United States. At first, Information was
acquired through Mies Flossie's
County Public Library. Here, she
researches and fgas data relating to
research and clipping, but now people
have begun to bring to data to be bled
every facet of Davie County history.
Davie County
for sate keeping and future reference.
David Fergusson,
Public Librarian mid,"Miss Flossie has
Her insatiable curiosity for history
keeps her busy. She has developed a
---finable to us in the formation
personal love for facts into an organized
-'^-� room-"
_.,-
informational source that benefits
^^� waling to explore.
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Saturday morning -
Dear rink:
You are s -mebo y wvorthknowing !
Some of the data you sent -j- had planned to write and ask you to investigate
for me.
V.rs. cI_ubbi-;s noes not sive me enough information some -imes.
Gasoer S-zin too twc grants for 522 and 200 acr_s of land between. "ear and
Adutc mans creeks.
:'•.lexander wobbins, "illiam wiles, L,aniel Lewis had grant to ajdoining tract
Lobbins land lay to the west and north t doppa graveyard is on th:.:t tract)
�yilliam miles sold to •lenry Clea,ent ( vviley `�le::ent, L'r. �-le �-lement
family graveyard, uncle Jacob aton land- all belonge:: to t. at tract.
Lan:iel Lewsgrant was to the south.
Appy eptly about the wnole of early Niocksville was lOCaLed on th._.t Sain gran
This 1 would like to prove.
Of course, ri-:ht now wt:� are stru paling with t at Lr. Jar::es i-lartin property
and the house ( we knew it as the i":ajor Clemsant douse) that was "the old
Pearson house".
Jesse i�earsot-1 boug ht f roia L-, . Henry l reeling ( who sold to 'reeling? )
it , Daniel --- two acres ` can fit into the pla
min, th=.- :.
D . Aartin must have Nought from nesse re&rson, Lbenezer Nelson or .K.
Ones.
In e maoles keel -rr_earinc in trese deeds.
L•,e tres�lC- 'nl�t^ e i.: eds is that who ever wrote z ,ei:. town wo,�:1C:: SO[:t�tl::e5
give incorr_ct directions.
Ga: per Yain sold zj--out %11 his land and -- can trFicemost of it Co --ugh ilson
whose daughter married .A,rchibald garter, but the boundaries given, can not
make jibe with SainIs outline!
One thingis certain % acre of thn_� 3oseph Pearson lot is in that -piscopa.l
church lot- now vacant, at the corl,lier of "alisbury :.,.d riaple streets.
"is widow deeded it to t. -e church trustees in 1845.
Adjacent land owners are not named in t at deed , but "r. ".Lartin_was owning
then what we - knew as the i-iajor `lement home place k he married ;r. r-Lartin's
dauuhter).
When next y -:u are in the court house, h,:ov; about fist: no for A.R. Jones
involvment. it looks like benezer j"else nibbled away bysale of lots along
the northern part of his tract during the time he had it from Daniel rain
in 1815 until h sold it to "illiam Hall in 1828.
"ell, its a great game!
She had done t Q Y -2helb and brought pelma
Kitty came by yesterday afternoon. ,
back on Wednesday so She could attend one of r,itty s girl scout affairs.
Then took Velma home riday morning.
Kitt is involved in too many tIAngs, she has to dovetail her tivities on
a closely planned schedule.
V . % T11
T u 4 tS r.:T c:pwY ,,,� 7.x: ,�, . ,•, t �. :,,,r
My fr'iend�,, 1"irs. Harris , is still trying to get over her operationd� when
she does and starts back on her schedule, she -says -- can go. to 5,,ralisbury
with her every Friday, if "' want to.
When 1hristine gets settled down and her children all through visiting,
see to it t at she plans s -me visits up this way, `-ome early on a pretty
day and we can go up t..e rudding road, to klrmington etc,
we had .getter be doing these things while we can still get around!
Mond._y morning
Lo not h:�--e time to reread previous comments- or correct errmss
The enclosed maps show th-t- between 1815 and 1828-benezer it elson
dis used of lots and the txm new names appeuriing are A.R. Jones and
A-lttlegerry nose- and ter. L',Iartin. Oesse 17'earson hos disappeared.
It would to k like that jis estate would have be -..n settled by someboyd.
A.R. Jones or hiw own brother "ichard M. Pearson.
•'ell, I don't know.
Helen anc 1 wen` going to "inston this morning, but her cousin Lmma Johnsor
Smith died and the funeral is this afternoon.
Pattie may remember the lady, from her own Farmington days.
"ad better be going for 1 seem to have much running round
to do,
nave a good week end and if you Bind any new data on our
problem, let me know. �` /
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Thursday
Dear Pattie and Pink:
Here I sit in the church office substituting for the sec. who'called me this
morning at eight to say she was ailing, could I take over for a while. I
came crepareo to ti -.rite my own letters and such like! I was optomistic, for
,tween telephone c411s and folks coming into office, I did not even start a
letter.
Lou ex -ac is to p b._ck this afternoon- proved tire doctor's medicine curs he
Cne Ivr,-,&.ncc m -e i/ , s, -.1 --wing c? ed&n L: L:.l s t ,.•• :
C ,e was a .:.Ioiier c:hot'..
.nd .vcLter
he�:tor inspector, � ii s church w not on his list, ..Dut he was asking to see
. d 1 w • s not aAout to let a strance manto t..e
said .moi e� an c-_ ger h &—ors.
bokLer room, so •c,_lled C. -Dude :-orn Jr. who came right up and stayed with
the*nspector.
Lately, 1 h, -v•_ :)een working all day uoing researci, on -,-vie County sc:,00ls
along with Jim ,vall, t. -.e county history V.*triter.
He has to slww town once i:: a while on doctor's orders and I sur=e do not
want hir. to pass off the scenpe le`vaing ;:n unfinis:-:ed i:istery, so 1 try to
do lot of `[_-:-.etime-consum.img researc.n. 1. guess i do it p�:rtly Because
I get hold of a problem, I won t turn loose until I have sea.rcriec ;.very _zs
possible anc;le.
e�
Agasta Semin;ry is an exam. -Ile. 1 was thinking of con tactinc, you t%;o &--Gut
your :"emorios on that when 1 ran into court proceecir.yS.
l I find t at stock compa :y w s orgsniced iA 1587 at oncord _>c..00l :.Ouse
for thle Fury ose of buiici..g a sc.•oci.
1 I. have not fin--'- r`a.diy\q the r,ap rs, mut get the _tea that i'.r.=-odges and
thAre.st of the stock :oldcrs -,a:c -0M` -I` of cissacreer,znt on the r,iat _er.
Still Co nctknow w.'Aen he built tr:e brick :.cace-my bui l tine.
Had. Cri.:; lm_-- s f r _:m cur cc, -;sin `_Vc.rs. 011t no 4,crkJ -::-s to ;_='
S �O i":un4 i4 IG �ee:Tt:� t ... S. e S t�r �cC to ckS�I=�
proc_,ress in �. ,.on ..,.c , r -
on time unci S, ..or_ 2d i:: Row=.n 1 br&ry , : otti-nc no further t :�t d:ay.
1 shall :;ri r-_ her _t 'yrou = re :Jack in � =.1_.:_jury anti we will See w_-_ -.-
next. next.
Yesterday :: :,gin carne- i:_ --Fr... X1cr_ndson of Jane curches
who married Tsaaid�oker.
::e ;:orked for ;;cme tit=le ir; o, -,,r re, --ores, sev•ral tort ections z:i r:.en i
started ci:ecki'�c his corrections in tnen C,,k�lar cencalc:_1 sor:�e rase�rchar
had =diven ti=e li bra.ry, I (fliscov .red t:vt Che ;entler:,an hac been a vice
presi cent of �.,icaao University!
I guess we better set outselves to c::..plete recor;,,s on wilvt wn w&nt the
future Q.ene_•ations Know about t .eir ance,_:tors !
tecenti.., Helen -,-,rote I -'scar "ich a�-.out Dim' s inter....st iM old free sci.00ls,
so scar wr -te k tl":roug u lady actino; as his sec.) a several nec•:sy
account of vh-at went on at :�ocky male :;cool_- ( ti=e free sc►.00l r,c cy I -ale)
Jim w.;: -_ celiuhted to o;et t:.:�t aata.
its soon as t :l.s ilu :.ties Gown, nG 1 ;_jGt two teati re )1-�icec and ry . rien6 Li.
goes to Sal - sbury ev try :.eei. gets back on sc_.ecule t her college _ _U9, er i
at r►orr,e in bet, t.:r:..:.tened it some : ort of y -:ver) *�I am cog►.ing cones, be
be it morni n or a;..:ernoon or whenever sh% _oes.
eY..�.�.: ��.!'tca Jc'- '.3I7C:t;7.'.S, y"LJ�. .... u':�v,� ..c.,s, c-4R�,• .� '.... :? .['• *i44.iW}:. '�'.''.i ` t _
I call Phoebe ofice in a whiie, or she _calls me. I do noth ink that her work, t
with Bertha Johnson is as easy as it once was* '-
Phoe; told me recently th-t sire is trying to keep from getting pn _umonia again
this year as she did winter before last. Z)he landed . in g6p ital for a few
days that time.
Bertha's Lnouse is biq and drCfty -and cold as the north pole bet-:'.een the den
where they sit and the kit- :en. t hoete says ,. 1� s have been brininc in so mac �
f _cd t:. _-:e cock-, but little, just ----.rsm t -.ings up ( in (half hz::ted kitchen
ti. ; `yl .a r.:�n• r
,rr.ile outs -ice t::e clean. " 4t ' is -w---rm.
Lem ger u , the: e j L t berore C.' ri_ t �sr�: nd t .e ro�rt� was
warme
Velma :' ..S ll ti:iS ':ic:y .::;OC:i, two:JC�.;S ::::;rin� ..i'"15tmc.S, u% is:✓dCk %O:a2 now.
Le:'ter Ch1 ;�:ed ter^.-,lzjcw bone on C..ri t: tas dF-y, t .e r._st of ` 0 : 1G-
•r11t.':out ;CCiC, nts.
Velma' s c._u:3 :ter Kitty " -:,lts nG' f --m- cif- ov,--r C:,ri trna.s day and we all
had dinner toc:<-,t:1:er. the i••artins were down at L,e-ient se
however , Velra� Q:nc {did sj:are in tc,e annual 3al:r.sok f Grail _� ::ri.:.tm:Is morning
brea.�fast, %,, ,=c .._s ; t Ley _er's t:.ls ti::,e.
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., ade Bro%..n hc:s teen-;rom:-teCi in his state jotJ, so he and vilr►:a will be in
Raleigh ror tc.ree years still, l t.in:_ it. is. r
T::eir mUrried dz.u(,�.ter (i�_argar-7t . cse, wor :ing in "as .lnc;ton and living in i d. )
are ex. ecting an heir in l gay. j:, -ir son, in t.:e navy, gave iZ s @�k�sx girl
a ring
-�azzl D::1 ty s S::ith _ _nni::11' s d�uginters h r i tm.s t::eek. ,�;::_ and zel
Elizj.neth s:ent tide day of for Christmas with velmu and me -n%-A, we had j=elerl for
lurch too.
Hazel :cep s busy wit:. that � eresitr: -is-rary :-s of t e -�r..sent.
?1 ;t rrmirss me, we are C011ectinc i ir`' L. C,-iur(::h b ill'='tins wi ::, V1eLv Of CeU -L
natti� O: �'S ii1� Q-' i::_'re _..a ".:len Jnr 1 =r �y on c�►'i:mlttee. cel sent. :ii _ On2 O�
her rz._ r gay. no -w -_---Lout %/cu Vic `tt _ndinc; your c:.urc'r: s (��'�tie, are
you st-ll and senLLng us sa:;.cles from t:-churci:es.
fir. Barnes :ad u :ed the s.rchitec--s dr:�winq fcr our bull... tins, trey gave out
before he left and he fiad not renewed the order, so we are lanni ng s--met:,i ng
different.
I said "r�ir- t ',-'I-Lurc',-'I-Lurch"-�urch" because, I believe in going to t': -Ie best you know to try f
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Good morning!
Now, if ' could on1y drive, o someone going to Salisbu,
would call and ask if 1 did' nth along.
Mrs. Harris does not go regularly now, but says she wil'
go down and work at that office within a week or so and
lets hope nothing' in ""artin family will prevent me from
going along.
Perhaps I have not told you, but the latest crisis was
caused by nelen. 1n November she found a lump in her
throat, finall y went to the surgeon about it and afte
a week, of tests, he put her hospital r'eb. 10th and
operated -the next day, removing the thyroid gland on
one side.
It had several nodules in it which proved to be harmle
and she came out of hospital last '�unday. "er neck an
throat are still pretty sore, though ter. Elate removed
all dressings yesterday and told her she was getting
along O.K. pp
I think her daughters and sister-in-lwwtCha&A* ie's U:if
are keeping her supplied with soft diets th,-t slide he
throat easily.
he hks been my main dependance for getting out of tow
and thc_t not too much so, because of her various
ti
ngs she has to keep up with- rent houses, Lountr
C ub decorating and furnishing c mmmittee, etc.
My hip is doing O.K., but wal:.ing tires me now and 1
take a cane along��is
f ' h_ve to go up end down steps.
I sort -r believe arthritis that bot.:er-s me most
anyway. Have had some art Xitis for a long time, but
during r eb. it hays really bothered me.
As usual, 1 have several projects on hand. I still w a
to loge the boundaries of that early vasper Sain gra
Henry Clement bought adjacent Daniel Lewis land and
the 1�illiam miles tract and `-leme*F land staid in thc_t
family for about 3 genearations, so we know that side
ain grant pretty well, but who all bought thelexand
Jobbins grants north and west of amain.
he offered to come on up here and meet h. --r herd ' bCtt
she is like Helen, sdie wants to talk to her son by
herself!
Annie ''all' s Qranddaughter, Lee 'laughter pl=ans to be
Married - arch)21 and at first they were inviting no
one of the family, now they are talking about includin,
Velma and mel
Kitty Burrus Felts is a joy and 1 wish she lived here
in Mocksville. Ohe runs over to see me about once
a week and brings lunch along, so we can visit, but sh
will not leave until all the few dishes are washdd
I see by the Recorder that First Lhurch in L"mberton
has called a pastor at last.
" year ago a committee from there stopped by to call
on the Browns ( B nnie and Viola _lived in Lumberton)
Said committee wes�on its way to Lenoir to talk to
Fred Barnes, the man who resigned this church JL_,ne
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he is tops, I think and both he and i'lartie are growinc
They stopped here one evening a week or so ago. ad r
been to visit a member in hospital tie.
I was struck with the observation that they are still
growing and impgoving.
'2his was their first church as a pastor, and 1 could
see where he was headed even then.
"ish the "'eminary could turn out a few more like that.
the one we have now is a far cry from being of his
caliber.
"yell those clock hands are going round and I will
be getting off to the funeral service.
'Hill call you sometime for a telephone visit.
have a good day.
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Pink, you are a recularSBerlock Holmes!, Jim Lyall in
his chapter of Mocksville quoted nowan minutes of
1820 when commissionrs were appointedt to lay off
75 acres of Letitia Oilson's land and sell tx.e lots.
Your deed book 27 page 664 aug. 1823 says the same
commissioners were to sell the lots at auction and
under those instrucktions were selling a lot to the
Firm of Cowaaa and McNeely lot if 19.
If that lot was on Salisbury 6t. in Mocks Old Field,
then the others were too, or Wilkesboro and perhaps
Huntsville read.
Perhaps other o -s were sold and adjacent owners
might be mentioned.
Other possible purchasers could have been Ephraim
Gaither, Mumford Pearson, Samuel Frost.
P
ely his residence on alisbur�r�Pw4�bn a qch records contain fh more ysclVs.
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Then, there is James MacLamroch's Jacob Keller.
He seems to think Keller's land w..�s right here in
Mocksville.
Mock' s old field w.�s in a 250 acre tract of Gasper
''gin's grant. the grant adjoined Alexander Dobbins
whoeacreslay onthe west and north of ''ain,
"william Giles was on the east and Daniel Lewis on
the south.
Keller's land , part of it, joiner s:-meone who was
next to Sains but not next to Sain.
Today Friday morning now) Lester takes me back to'
see t e doctor in Charlotte. i walk very well, but
back le muscles get tired between here & library.
"m enclos9ng the Ric and nedwine article. The W*S
paper also wrote it u p. Beings he is ari exDaviecountyito
I decide to file in in our recon s. 1 sketch of his
anceEstral connetions should be attached thereto.
"upoose i ou and Pattie give me the facts- date,+ , names
of parents and Tatum ancestors etc.
Annie Pearl co--ld not believe it for she had tasked him
to contribute a Dew to the Jerusalem `-hurch and he was
"not able to do sop.
I to d A.P. that Richard was like Phoebe- everything she
got or the church got, had to go for missions.
tight now, some radio preacher has her interets and
contributions.
She called me one night this week. ,`'edar 'reek's 100th
annivervary comes up in 1972 abd they are beginning to
work on a church history.
Guess I had better stop and be ready for Lester Jr.
when he arrives. L',. -,e appointment is for 10;30 and
Charlotte is 50 miles away!
It looks li a we have exhaus-ed all possibilities of
locating the time of 'r. James i`iartin's location in
Mocksville, but it* as in the 18201s
L8ts of things were ta::ing place here then. Guess that
why the P.G. name was changed from block's old i-ield in
1810 to Mocksville in 1822 or 23 the P.O. Department is
uncertain of that date.
Trill let you hear more after this trip. relengtve me a
list of questions to ask the doct r.
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Gbenezer r'elson to ::Zexan(r er-croCls 1 acre o:: the 'al : snury road in
vicinity of I,cck' s '--Lu 1 ield
-:�egini at sone in saiu rcz-d and gong north EO -e:.. east 5 c.,,:. -ins to s -F -,Ke
mouth lc cek.;. e s r c_ns :c s z n :e
"out^ C C, -e w=s Z 5 ...:.a.i:iS st_.ke, `.. en to -er7n:ling r o r 100.00
"itnessed b Ees:•jel.l naroin and A .= . Jones.
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fhis is pa t or the tract ±or,:,erly ovr::ed by "-asp er amain
.Nook 26 care 791 l"Ov. 32 1821 oonaL anN"eison sold to games irmst% eere and 2
rods n. -_;-r 1-ock s "lc ` icici oe inrii u at corner cr fess:_ :�. rearscn at 3....
This is where jon�.Z:,n i,eison now lives
3ook 26 ;a_'c 7:7 Duly 14, 1829
Ebenezer iielson to Jno. l,-elsCn aroove on waters or Lear `'reek
on south side of "ocks 15,,Cl- i Tela next lands or d.,•.. rearson and `'benezer
nelson o'ln-:ch tract s a Dart.
-Jr. .lex.anter ~choo-L aid not ii-Je long, "ill in �a isb_,ry.
::e mcnzions his or_; ce i:: .-,e �ti►iii. _ l�
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t0•=eve cone? C�; e In ;---.-Id take t e decease'c doctor s ofzi uliQ bra=rice.
i hive i(.un-a no deeds or any Gt efr r: ct to reve ..:'_! i::_ncn.
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o: -go back to the doctor PIriday, weather permitting
and will let you know his report. I walk without the
canebutthe soreness is not all gone yet from the
muscles.
Phoebe vised me ( by telephone) last wedk. she
sounded chipper— even though their pipes froze and
they have to get water from the next door neighbor
until plumbers can repair their pipes. she wc-s telli
about it and laugl-ling.
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Dear Pink:
Will this snow and sleet ever let up:
6o far, 1 have kept busy- the church secretary brings me letters to the
church members to foldl- i have cu;'t lots of clippings from the papers
saved for me, gott" them partly mounted -�:nd ready for the dry mount, but
t^ere is still a lot of •s-idy on classification of some. 0.0 a are constantl,.
having to add new classifications to the file.
1 have writthe lots of notes and letters, made many prone calls, been ou_
some on the few good days we have had
also
I ha e gottrA all your deeds together, studied and worked on them right
lauch.
You certainly have done a wonderfully intelligent job of hunting those lo -
For instance, by putting together what you got and adding some notes 1 ha(
1 can core up wit. the fact that Gasper_sain sold his son 'Jeorge 142 acreF
of land; this Georc,e sold to Joshua Hawkins, nawmins sold to rkigh ilson,
except two acts he ha sold in jflock's old ` ield, one to dward
alt.
Parker.
Barker sold to "eorge 1"umfrod and Mumford sold to Jesse Pearson.
His widow conveyed the lot to A.G. Carter- 1 am not sure to whom �-arte:
s , Ld it.
4f course wd still can't identify the rears :n- 'r. Martin lot.
Jesse Pears:.n bought 2 lots from John ''reeling in 1811
bought a 2 acre lot from Daniel 'ain in 1815
bought a � acre lot fr- Lm "eorge I'lumford in 1816
He may hav hGd more to s, but these are G11 we have deec:s for.
Now, loo<: at m- ps 1 gave you. I figure that Mocks' s old field was in
Ahdrera flock tract he sold to dug 1 +�ilson. shat tract is 1Jcted in the
nor ,h west secti n of 'asper ain grant.
The tr-.ct Daniel ✓ain sold to "benezer 'nelson ir3 1815 just about, r,ae to
be south of the i°lock tract ^nd thus "near Vlock' s old field" or "so . th of
�Icck' s old i:: ld" .
V*Vhen i1elson sold Hall t1he tract in 1828 Qesse Pears::n lots had disappe re
but Martin and Jones -.erg. loc tec in the same area.
Ebenezer Nelson had been selling io s as well as rearson and Jones
:-.Gs buying somebDdies tracts, ._.s etiell as Little berry "ose.
In other words, the man iel 5ain tract became mouth '*'ock::ville and the ''oc
tract 1'*Iortr: 1'locksville( how far m:=:rth)
East of VI -in yt. Carter h4irs owned the land over to about the r ilroad
or to the Lle Lent land just beyond. ( that was "'illiarnn 'Jiles tra t).
I wish we coo' d fit the dock 196 acres, hawkins 140 acres and 'Daniel 'ain
98 or 99 or wh�:t ever acres toget1her. -` thinok we would just about h,ve
a mup of early "iocksville..
You started to copy bo.;k 24 :;a -,.,e 664 division of Letitia's land, but
wrote that you were out of paper, time and patience, so stoppedo
Sometime when you have all three, how about copying that description.
My theory is that the original Hugh "ilson land extended as far north
as the picnic grounds.
Andrew Mock's north line adjoined lands of "lexander 1$obbins.
If we could locate the buyers of Loblins north and western adjoining lands
we might be on our %Nay to settling a lot of questions.
Now here is a problem that might bring som.._ money in to the person solving
unday afternoon a James ricClamrock, lawyer, frog, lzreensboro spent right"14,.,
time telling Jim "'all and me about his famil 1' , beginning in-'cotland.
His Davie `-ounty ancestor carne in from Va. late 17CC or early 1800.
His ancest: r was Geor _e r1cClamrock who married 'here C.,,ristina Keller,
da ghter of Jacob Keller.
Their only child, James McClamrock, married Frances 'lawkins, daughter of
""illiEum naw::ins.
This PicClamrock family graveya-d is loc_ted on the present T:,G. Angell
The Grensboro lawyer wabketo restore the graveyard, erect stones etc.
IHle does not seer:, to have dates, birth, marria-e etc, h
c�at,a�ysheeaskse�omeWenenh 'cou�drge<< goovhlisSupyyandrniu itp iee48o�o'ss
him not c-lall.
You want the job? his address is James G.. y. MaclLamrockzox 1588
Greensboro 27402.
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He says he offered Lent Ijamas $400.00 for an old surveying instrument that
had belong to ieorge. I j ai;:u.s refused to sell)
moo, i guess he will pay for some dates or facts to substantiate his claims.
As for me, i am still snow bound. Lid ::ope for cleared path to the library
today- but no, ju t more snow.
1 h_ve too much time to sit around andw:nder if my hip is healing as it
could and if any paihs I have m--ving around or due to rt..ritis or opera�i--.r
Right:. now, think 1 si�L:ll go to kitchen end finish ba'..ing the to .�. cakes I
started this morning- how about a -up of coffee and som�: of t..ese tea cakes
by `Mama' or `-ousin &*th's :,r somebodies receipt.
Wednesday morning; If Mocksville had any taxie service, °:.,�uld get off thi
lot �.nd t_-, library. f=old and frozen again this m:;rn�n,;, -it is the ice
under foot that 1 am afraid of. rink, you did a good de . d w1r.en sending
me all those d( ds. I h ve ss;ent lots of time working on .:.hem, tr,,ing to
locate the exten o. Mock's 41d `ield.
So. far I have had enough worthwhile things to do, to not mind t e shut-im
problem, but ' have c.bout used up all available material now.
l*he hip is much better, so far, but 1 am afraid of ice=
Guess I better see :low many mistakes
get this out to the mail man.
there are and
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Bear Pink:
You are certainly a very valuable cousin! � All of this Mlock: da a 'tb ok '
time. I- hake copied out names and book ref erenceEs to all. the r''ocks
you sent.
Also, the deeds as abstracted ( Mere I could not figure out a word)
Id you will decipher the encircled words, I will add to my records.
This should show the Mock ancestor hunters that we have tried to
supply a back ground of Rowan County Mocks.
Peter and John are in the Old "utch Meeting House records, but beings
I haVe been shut in by this ice since 4/ednesday, have not. been #o libr
to check. 0 yes, Andrew is.there too.
Andrew went to Tenn in tke 1190's and f see fro,:. your notes ti,at a
John went to Ind.
Peter and one other ( forge t which one) went to a. ( Now Damascus).
There are as of now, 6 Mock families in our Telephone boo k— all in
Advance area, so some body' must remained inYidavie "-ounty.
Unless, some of the Abbott s families crossed ove d�Ao pavie.
The bone�zotor dismissed me , I still have the medical doctor, tooth
doctor and eye doctor to go. Then comes the month of "'arch,
Can you get LJhristine in the frame of mind to come on into A avie Co.
and to Mocksville.
Annie Peartcalled me the other night Qnd days "we will go to visst
Pattie and Pink, come a nice day", he shall see.
Have seen no more of E.C. Being chairman of this Davie County
board has its headaches. ;
ooleemee thinks this libraryshould keep that one going. I think
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S__rl i noton Mills must haVe been to -Q p« ernalist for the�ood of the
people themselves. ivot, all some have very independent and forward
planning attitudes, but we do not have enough money to supply the ori
library with a collegetsrained librarian.
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Today long about 11, when trees were still ice covered and the temp. hardly
above freezing. Kitty came dashing in. ''he had gone to attend a funeral
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in r`org ton ony%ed., back to ghelby that night and spe t Frid. there.
Her mother afraid for her to start to W•S, her husband phoneing to "co a on
$n." tty said she was between her mother and her husband, but s�e did stay
on
till ,Igis morning.
If I to! Kitty" come over and lets go to salisbury, she would be righthere.
But she t as two daughters, her husband(and his mot er in Baptist Hospitals
besides all her civic activitrs. she is the most energetic member of this
family d 1 hope she does not wear herself out ahead of ting.
I have been working on income tax and have it as far along as I am willing to
go. Am'Itired of trying figure out answers to the new questions ed. ecperts
have puts in to make it easier! _
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Think I;jshall let Martin and "actin finish that page.
Outside 2 can see that ice is finally falling from the -trees anima fog is
appearing near the ground— all several hours behind the scheduled time given
by the Weather man.
The family here keep on the move. Bob, Lester's youngest was a legialLatsenn__
page a week or so ago. 2his week, George's oldetest daughter, Mary Brook, i
in laleigh doing the same thing. Elizabeth teachers school and cleans house
She is s bad as j'hama about house cleaning and scrubbing. Brook being out
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64 and �aving entirely differe _t interests from me, I do not kwwp_ up with so
well. .Helen and 1 ware out there for lunch last Sunday. Brook apparently
does that sort of thing with great east—
S)ae reminds and of Mama nn the way she can become involved in appeals from
folks who claim to be down and out and in need of help
Between listening to reports on the astronauts and watching to see what kind
of bird is feeding at the feeders outside the window, and am making too_ _
many mistakes in this typingg.
Will call you again soonEalk. �1J�
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Good morning i We have sunshine in Mocksville this morning, and
the question is, how shall I use it. The janitotial service ( game
Sat. morning) does not dust the furniture, and besides if the had, one
could not tell it by today. Anyway, as always 1 must make a choice of
hvw shall spend "each golden minute" we used to have to memorize
poems about in Gousun ''`attie Laton's classroom.
Am enclosing tje clipping which ; had started to mount for Tatum files
in library, but nerhaps, some one of his grand or great grand children
might like to have it for a family -history -scrap -book.
Just lay the clipping on a page and press it down with a hot iron.
I am indexing the "ouse deed abstracts ( or trying to, 1 can see why
most of these indexes are not complete or inaccurate$
Anyway I am fibding the Dartleson name and a letter from a nartleson
ancestor hunter in texas, comes in.
I have been interested in the name for some time for 1 have wondered
where Bartleson vlill `-reek was. As i study muse's deed abstracts,
I am coming to the conclusion that that -reek may have been in or
near mouth Mocksville.
kouse abstracts mentions the creek several times and lad "adjoing land
of Richard Bartleson.".
The lady writes that nichard and son 'ohn died here soon after "evolutic
(guess she is hunting oAR ancestor), but that the son of �`-ichardrj
Zackariah, left here in 1800.
So, my interest is still in the location of that creek.
I did enjoy my telephone visit with Pattie yesterday afternoon.
I may not be able ti sweep and pull weeds with this ailment, but can
talk my head off and enjoy visits and feel the better for itl
I still have to st p dishwashing abd all related jobs- sometimes in the
middle of it.
Well, come c riday I will find out what the doctor says.
I seem to be no judge for can start the day on top of the world, and
beBore the sun goes down have slid half way down from the top!.
Mrs. LeVito has just called to tell me that she and her husb nd are
out of town for the day.
rAaybe I can get the letter out before the mail man arrives, i f '' do
not stop to correct mistakes - yes, i make them wen when using just
one finger same as ever
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Tne Harry deed he wants is Bk 2 p. 271* Also, h+
sounds like he is not as far fromthe end as he once
was-'.
Maybe we will see that plat yet. But don' t ,-;et your
hopes too high, when y said th..t you we e back, the
comment was good, i will ha,,e some mo_ e for her
soon.
I called a ��an ju :7 nowwho trims and cuts t rees ars
shrubs down and ask him to come and cut me out of t.
junjle that rias gr..wn up around me.
Lid your folks ever sow turnips in the s ring?
Lester did -his year a today Ithey brought: me greens
and t1L.urni �s. Fish you htNA a f w of the _urniz s. it
gre _ns are not so food as in f: 11. Helen & I went
dOibraryl� aor3'e�` prnl�h�urcatalog� then I came by
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Greetings! I am still on'the trail of t. at grant to Squire Boone on
Elishas Creek.
The grant contained 640 acres and the creek crossed it, according to
the deed.
He gave to his son Squire Jr. who sold 50 acres of it to Henry Baker.
Baker conveyed it to Jacob Booe.
The other 590 acres Jr. sold to Jacob Felker and Felker sold to
Abraham n,, am s .
Adams soLd to George Mumford in 1792 ( Mumford also had a plantation on
Dutchmans Creek)
George sold to his father `"obinson Mumford, The next owner was Giles p.
Mumford (1814).
He died and tke widow w sthe next owner, Then ?????
Next to Squire Boone's grant, Jacob Hinkle took 656 acres- this tract
lay west of Boone's land.
Date of grant 1755.
Jacob Hinkle sold to Jacob r'elker ( thus Felker, at one time, owned
Boone's 590 acres and Hinkle's 656 acres.
Felkersold to "a cha d Dartleson who sold to "'avid Caldwell in 1782.
J.K. Rouse attenptedto follow up later owners of the Mumford prperty,
but that may be in Davie County deeds. I�, we could find out later owner
of that old original ''quire noone grant,
here is the spot.ft we colyictell avidson-ounty,
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However, checking the adjoining Jacob Hinke tract would be a help and t
that would still be in "'owan, beginnig with `avid '-aldwell.
Bo th tracts would have to be north east and east of Niocksville.
Alexander "obbins owned 'hundreds of acres north and west of `asptr Sain.
Cannon Brown and baniel Leviswere south of sain, yyilliam "iles was
south and east (Henry Clement bought from '-7iles and "'aniel Lewis )
I have not been s;;le to find a deed showing owners of all the land on
the east, ( of Casper Sainj but the Bartleson, McElheney, etc. adjacent
lands were down to:„ard Lphesus and deeds sometimes refer to them as
being on "Waters of "utchman `'reek” and or "waters of Dear `'reek,,.
Most of the original `'lement lands seem to have been east of the
R.R., except for the Dr. Clement home lot and the Masonic picnic grounds
oomewhee, between Lexington "oad and "'utchmans and "lisha 'reek and
North iqocksvi le east of "'lain ~t. and north of the old H.0• school
building, -L feel we should find theacob Hinkel and quire Ooone
grants. Those gran -s were about a Zile in each direction.
Confusing?, yes, 1 know.
Anyway, when you are where the deeds are somed y, you mi ht see if
you can find out cohere'avid �ald-,:ell sold.Cv
5119. Zack "artleson. ( RichLrd had died in about 1887, 1 think they
Tuesday morning and starting off a beautiful day.
weather.
can use some gooc
VeDna cage up, saw her eye doctor Thursday who told her t at she need not
t P
come back for a year- that was good news.
Kitty took her home Sunday morning and is coming by here this morning o he
return to Winston.
C arles Jr. and family come down for next week. 'his time they will visit
with me for an "hour or so " next ''unday and another hour or so 1`'onday aft,
nefetofore, they h_.ve made my house their headquarters.
My ailment has been less troublesome this week, but 1 can not sweep, scrub
pots and pans or dig weeds from yard. y have been digging about half a
dozen dandelions a day, but that is all.
Lester Or. is struggling with a very painful case of bursitis in his
right shoulder- here at incometax rush time.
"elen plQns to spend some time in �)urham when I'lary linthicum gets home
frons hosp:.tal- she had a sure enougr, heart attack.
Phoebe left the hospital last week and went back to "wren y'akeys. ''he
seems to be doing O.K. , but 1 do not know what, ifanything, t. e c.octors foL
wrong with her.
Guess 1 better stop and looK over my mistakes and correct a few of them.
"ave a good week.
r James Datum
Recheck the following.
Book 9 page 75 1880 larant to Joseph Moler 247 acres next McLlhaney and
Dartleson.
Book 15 D. 233 1796 'a,uel Hughes lets yhomas ✓ean have 128 acres "'-art
of dant" above. Next ric`'lhaney, Z. Bartleson, John Langford & JamesT,a. tum
Hook Bk. 19L p 719 1806 Wean heirs soled X35 acres to John bail. next
Mc"lhaney, artleso , John Langford and ames Latum
"Land Samuel Hughes let deceased Thomas Wean have".
Book 22 page 603 or 703 John 4.aile sold Joshua t'rinegar 125 acres
next the same men as in above deed ( had been conveyed by the legatees of
1homas kxk* Dean in 1806.
The first grant has given the metes and bounds, the other three do not.
If you can get them, we might be able to ocate the ;ames tatum tract.
Andrew " agle is now interested inlocating ha tleson's creek and that means
putting on a map a lot of th land east of i"locksville between Lutchmans anc
Fear reeks. If I can just keep Andrew interested.
Ae has alrady platted 'asper "ain' s grant and I think that is really our
starting point. "illiam "iles sold to "enery 'lement and we surely know
where that lement land was adjacent to i''ocksville on the east or --).E.
(My compass points are mighty confused.)
Daniel Lewis was south of 1-7iles and of ''ain ( all grants) . Alexander Lobbis
was north and west,
-Lf Andrew can locate the �cuire Boone tract on E., ishas `"reek and t at
O acob Hinkle tract, we are pretty far on the way.
You see the H'nkle grant went to Richard Dartleson and his son Zachariah so_
if off ( VDn't know it got back from Caldwell to bartleso ).
Anyway, ndrew will need some metes and bounds. _however, *hat we are hunti
is bound to be somewhere between "locksville and ,phesus and pe.haps more
over toward ,utchmans "reek.
'hat McElhaney is a "next to.. in a number of deeds in t..at area, but 1 dor
he had any di ectly an bear ~reek.
I am,sending this plats of iAne- not a good as ^nderew can plat, for he say
the^1qx:kXgxMHzxgxgffffgxj:jxzxxxxxx Casper Zlain boundries all meet- they do
not or me= and die says that north boundry is out here between to hospital
and Joppa, or may�.e he meant the west boundry for that is where is seems tc
me to be- and that was 'jobbin s grant too.
The Charles burrus family came in yesterday and spent moat of the day with
me, t ey went on to Kitty s last night, will be back here t..is afteroon on
their way to helby where t ey wkll spend a week..0 or the rest of it.
Enjo-yed them very much. Mail time- as usual:
Saturday morning.
Dear ,)ink=4 whether his name be Robert or acob, you evidently got them
all, including t e one who sold to Casper S ain. Andrew ha3 not been
ablIe to fit that tract into to Casper ''ain purchase and we had hoped our
copy was incomplete in its description, but I guess we all agree on that
w,_en Andrew finishes his research on these grants east of Mocksville, I
think we can fit `James Latum into t e picture. 'hat O tophel (however
it is spewt) Booe gra t is the obstacle right now. 1 was afraid we
would have to h.ve that, but so many deeds refer to his grant- and i had
never located it.
Anyway- all this to say that you did earn t e dollar, so here it is back
From your note, i gather that eattie is still at hospital. Tell her
that is t e way they did me, everybody who came in- nurses, doctors (
except the one who had admitted me in the first place) kept saying "you
are going ho<<;e tomorrow".
I finally made it, but that angina keps bothering me, more or less, all
the time. However, spent most of gursday and r riday at t e library.
Clearl,d out most of the accumulation of clippings to be mounted, catalog
and filed,
she morni g paper has another one that must be kept- the sale of 1500
acres of t e "airston place, also that the dwelling has- been placed on
the list of historical sites. Lam counti,,,g on you to save any cost
stories that are given in that pa..er.
Phoebe called last evenin- for a talk. ` ays she and "nnie "illiams are
getting along very well. 1'j ey ha:. been sitting out i" the sunshine
watchim,.g a boy word r►nnie' s garden.
'>aid Jeffry Coltraine had been 6-y -`f. and they had gone over to the old
house to "look at some books"- the sarne ones that hazel ha told her
should just go into fi4 13!.
Ohe let -out this bit of inrormation- tr.at she had had a sort of "dizzy"
spell, so they had not remained long. I had not told her about
Pattie and she was rather upset over that. I remember now that I had
refrained on purpose, as she had not been long out of hospital he self.
but of course, she did not say y was to blame for her not knowing.
She hdd seen Virginia hocks ( daugh-:ter of 'arah hen ricks I-oltrain,
rather recently. "he is in a wheel chair now. "as two sons.
-TeI14Pattie I was sort of sorry that her first copy of Lnterprise, had
the story of some storm damage to a building at the Jerusalem place.
�t�ex�a��c�C�tx�sxs
Mrs. "rade Groce was around recently and she is still working an her
Pudding n4dge story. y gather that she plans to write her own story,
using ti,e information provided by Pattie, Sadie and Phoebeo y was of
Little help.
"ish she wound be getting at it, for 1 am curious to see what she does
with it.
Tamorrow afternoon 1 am looking for Kitty, "etsy and Velma to stop by
on their way to 1helby. Betsy is to spend a week with velma and plans
"to paint a picture" under Velma's supervision while there. Yes, the
latest generations seem to continue to dabble in art and music. 1jeorgE
thinks his daughter, Mary Brook, is talent�id along those lines, "'he
trouble at present seems to be that she does not have her great grand
mother jvlartin's sticktiveness ( that word is not in my dictionary, so
am guessi g at a spelling).
It can be a exasperating characteristic, but it does get thi;ags done
")o long- and give Pattie my continued sympathy, we should have p cked
an abcessed tooth to be v.rong with us, something that one can Y)a,e
fixed and thereafter, get along fairly well.
I think we had better add a foot note to our iaton family his ory, abou
this matter of "pump" failures- Made, Philip, Lester, noy, Oohn-----
�OWn PUBLIC LIBRARY om
Edith M, dark Nistory
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P 0 Box 4039
Salisbury; NC 28145-4039
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Saturday afternoon.
Dear Pink:
B urning hot outside, and not too much better in here where the window air-
conditionaer is running.
This morning I did pull a little grass out of the lemon lily bed, but not
eno4gh to make any great impression- guess 1 should have gone to library and
found out where r=ndrew Lagle is o_. his maps.
The last time 1 saw him, he was needing metes and bounds for several deeds
or grants.
You told me to send them to you and you might hunt them up some day. Vwe
will let the library pay for having t..e work done, so am enclosing a dollar
to start with.
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Here is his list:-. / LO
Book --9''�age 71AAnd book 0 f ag e 41- Basil "ai ther
George L agle or Logel or however it is spelle
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'Book 9 page 51(e "517Lasper Rowland
Book 8 page 394 -A'rMichael Coon
,.,,Book 4 pages 555-557 Paul Brodk /( sometimes 2rock)
—Book 4 paces 141, 142 Charles Hunter •
vBook 4 pages 144-146 Charles Hunter.---"
As soon as Andrew saw the James Tatum deed, he got out t e work sheet and
drew it in the hole waiting forit.
He says that land was about a mile b ow overhead bridge onSalisbary road,
on left handside in t. -.e vicinity of Deadman koad.
On Deadman road is, a once very nice locking two story frames house with an
interesting mantle i it and a wonderful scuppernon vine -4 used to hearkLer
It was built by a C�ick ( LoUise Stroud's ancestor) They had children, his
widow married a headman with children, then they had children- 1 think
Louise has told me, a total of 17 children. The house has been kncwn as
"The ''eadman house".
I decided to call Andrew 1'agle and ask how he was progressing. He says if
he can get the above deeds plus inn in Book 4 pages 93-95 iMcLullough to
David Jones) he will Lse this part of the map and make prints. I shall se
that he makes enough for you to have a copy. I could not make out the
Peeler deed at all, but Andrew did! he poured if for some time though,
it was smart of you to send two copies of that one.
there is not much family news except that ;Lester had surgery Wed 22nd.
Varicose veins. He got out of hospital last '-'uesday afternoon. That wasa
relief, for they had found an x-ray of the glss bladder, either a bad
picture or trouble in that organ. '"e were told that they would take anothe
and if the condition was really then..., they would operate the next day.
Howeve , they got that x-ray read after noon, it showed to be O.K. and he
was dismissed. ne cleard out quickly, evidently, for "elen went out to
find the verdict and he had been gone ten minu-es, they said, she
followed him home, he was gone there too, then sr -.e finally ran up with him
at t..e office, feet proped up an his desk ( as prescribed) reading his
mail!.
Elizabeth was al-eady back in school when he had his operation, so she had
to keep up with that work, get Bob ready to go back to Oak Aid e and then
take him over t..ere. ~he did not come up for air for sevzral days!,
1 tried to call gena i1aL ris to tell her about the service for `attie, as
1 felt sure gena would want to go if sheomanage it. Only her husband was
home, said she had gotten so nervous, edgyi.etc. that he had sent her to
the beach cottal-,..e for a few days. Two friends went with her- all of whom
have worked together, frying chicken for picnic baskers, in ceramic classe-
working up pottery of all sorts, etc.
`'o, she did not know about theservice until she got home and told me
''unday at church that she would certainly have gone down, if she had been
here. She read about it in the Enterprise, which that paper had
cbpie._ from the Salisbury Post.
1 think of you so often and have some ida of how lonesome it is for you
now. yventually, one sorter adjusts but 1 find that 1 miss friends and
relativesanaawful lot. Annie Hall was my dependance for family things
J,,st befoie she went to the hospital, as it turned out, 1 called her one
morning and says "come over and s::end the day with me". She did, f even
remember the kind of sandwiches we made. i guess, 1 do not real*y miss
a lot of people, but the ones - do, _just keep missing. Pattie is one c
that group.
Some time and thougth consuming work is most of the answer, 1 think.
One trouble wish us is that our ro.;ts have gone pretty deep and it is hard
to pull t1,em up and redirect them.
Vena says we can go see you one of theses dyas, but ? will call before we
start, so be sure yLou are there.
7 Love to you,
/o
Tuesday
Bear Pink:
I am certainly glad you read the `'alisbury • Post and Braley'sFootnotes to
H;story! L have been wondering and wondering wh o Miss Alice rearson was
and what became of Mrs. 'jiles rearson after his death. Now, y know.
I alk still fixx trying to find out about the �esse rearson rouse.
I have learned that the "ajor Cle.ent house on Salisbury ot. was known as
the "esse rearson house, but did he build it, w,.em etc. 'Jr. "enry Sprinkle
lives there now and would like to know these things. ne and wife retired
to 1,ocksville ( she is a sister of congressman Gordan) and his mother was
reared next door to this house.
Somebo:..l s�bulddo research on that ` earson fami y other than the judge, 'ne
letter - have, writt", evidently by an in-law, calls tnem a "black heajkted
lot.".
You asked about the laylorsiaille graveya d record. yes indeed, 1 have a
shelf started on oth,=r county graveyand records and last week had accason
to consult one of t em on a "arwood family- another family that moved from
Lal,,ie county to greener pastures.
Theere is no use everasking y.:;u ifyou have i:ea d of some yatum- you have:.
It does look like some important item of identification could be located.
Come to think of it, if ti.ey carne down to manage that rearson farm, may the
rearson family would be enlig-tening- if rec :rds could be. located.
I think t..ere wasconnection soirewnere between ` earsens and rlu.-mtfords- oDut
they were curious too- as well as the ` earsons.
AK v ethodist 1Anister's wife here, l�rs. i,,nderburk, is i►u..ti:.g her ,arwood
ancestors and she itwas, who ha the Hardy Datum intermarriage. I was
told the she carNe back to library latt `'at. and got out yc.ur Tatum book.
However, that was nother direct line connection.
The r�arwood were on the east side of 1`,ocksville and ' dia find- no maybe
that was someother family.
Last week a ",rs. uray from Texas, sent me her rock r amily compilation.
vne i1i�ck man h_d 30 children k three wives), so no wonder the "locks are
sco numerous and ignorant of t:.eir relatives!
Oomeone has ju t called anc wants to collect cemetery records as a project
in vyall's history class. "ow wonderful, did we h-.ve any in the county
that had not been recorded she asked: R-lenty, 1 ass,red her, take your
choice.
This seems to be the news from here- except the t George s son, "'ill t
at "uke now, has cut his hairreal short!
if his Uncle `ester would only cut his beard, we would be a -etter looking
family.
Love
P.S. Andr .w Lagle came into libra y this afternoon. '"e talked about
reducing size of his plat forconvenience in hadnling. mounds like it
might be expensive unless they were ma e in la ge quantities. limey, pe..i1G
are too unfinis:.ed in ar earance or workmanship, do not know.
,anyway, he likes to make the plats and says he will do other sections of
the county, can get the metes and wounds of tracts.
1 told him you were interest&d in doing the t for the No -reek area. Just
be s re and get names, dates and tc.e said metes nd bounds with nZiLnes of
adjoini g property owners.
I am writing d.K. :`.Ruse about tris ofier to-,. "ouse told me last week he
would runt up grants and deeds if ' wo id tell him wi^,at as ne--ded.
1 wo id say any pla,.e in which a person is interested.
"e might work on the Bryant- -aton holdi..gs on "utchmans and -edar "-reeks.
1 already ha,4e a good many of those tracts.
"e sh�.11 see!
Kitty came over this afternoon and brough.. me "odes and ends" which made a
wonderful supper for me. "he also took me down toWx'crtin^s store. 1f
witty lived in 1*1,cksville you would be seeing something of me. s,he is
good comp;_ny too. her tried chicken anc r_vey tasted like i- used to
taste.
"he also :;rouyht sot Ucooked - wi ss :.ar6, t:.i: k s:.e sai- it
+t is 1n exc._lent ch-nge rrom the -Teens we _save in 1-ocksville.
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You work fast!This Dillard line souMdaddysivahlagfrom the D.A.R. standpo&
But, am sorry you went to all this trouble, all my friend was aski g was
Is there a recent Dilla d family history, of so by whom written and publt-stl e j
However, I shall send him this material too. ne has wo ked on'kny of p—
his family lines he learams about and ti.e ramifications are most inter-
ing. I have an idea that his hobby is running into blank walls now and
he was thinking about giving his collection to our library- or to the
RRwan Library. "ill eihher one of them keep Directors who will be
concerned to at least KEEP such records if they get them? I am growing
cynical on that subject.
J.K. R Ouse was here -"unday a-'ternoon, said i had not answered his last
questions, so he came up with anot4er 45-50 deed abstracts on our topic
There are some duplicates of theones you had copied, but I surely was gle',J
to hove the duplica:,ew to correct mistakes in some of his copie s4
Amongst usall , You, Rouse and Lagle, we are clsoing iu around "lock's 'old
F_ eld with the original grants. I have foc,nd that I cha d 'artleson lan i
(formerl a O acob Hinkle rant) was sold b his executors and the last
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owners we have for various tracts of that 656 acre grant were deeds to
John, R,,I.,ert, Hezekiah Foster, John Nail and Abraham March, Abner May
John Nail's tracts might be the key if only they had giver, thd(metes and
bounds! I coVld draw pictures of them.
Anyway, the Clement property ( Uncle Jacob Caton later owned part of tha H
was the "illiam "iles errant east of the R.R. Statioj and track.
You had sent "lexander Dobbins grants once upon a time.. ne was west &
North of txibuaA ( Joppa Crave yard was in that 1800 acres) . ''amuel Austin
bought from the 'lobbi..s heirs and Austin sold 35 acres to Littleberry
Rase- that takes care of "ich nark, nose '-emetery and around there,
ns for the diagrams 1 sent you, just put them in file 13 when you are
through with ;.he..
Among .douse deeds is a copy of one from James Tatum to John Linville,
"both of Ash County, N.C.) for 118 acres on Lutchmans 'reek next to
John McLlhaney, John Langford, John nendricks r'ug. 23, 1804
Book 22 page 505 ( I think the first figure is a 51 it might be a 3.)
Things are moving along here about as usual. I just go out and LOOK at
the weeds inz flower beds and am trying to get my consent to just dig
up flowess and sow grass seed.- but if there should be no lawn mowers
thG would not help.
Here I stop for I do want the mail man to take it wL.n:: he- come
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ROWAN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Edith M. Clark History Room
201 P 0 Box 4039Fisher teet
Salisbury, NC 28145-4039
Saturday night.
Dear Pink:
The other day `'ndrew Lagle says " 1 whish 1 had time to go to ''alisbury "
and look up some land grants- he wanted James .Tatum, nnthony Peeler,
George Logal ( L agle)- in fact, he is inching tow and mouth Aiver.
Viell, I found among the deeds and grants now filed at libray, your co py
of what I made out to be a deed to fames Tatum. However, Andrew seems t
think I h -,Te it labeldd wrong. Lo you have your copy of said deed?
He also wanted ben j amin L'entley, , and 1 found a copy of that sent by "ouse
Do -,; ou suppose firs. taylor would copy the ones he wants without charge -
Except, r,,ndrew plans to put his plats on linen and o xxkmnx scale with
the aerial maps of avie ~ounty. -Ile says he willbe ble to make prints of
that.
One trouble is the inaccurate surveying done by the surveyors of those
days. H.wever, some of the old boun:.eries are siill visable from the
air, s® he can estcblish triose lines and then has to add to or substract
chains from mQny of the grants.
McLlhaney, he says, vaned what we knew as the "eorge reezor lands.
"ell, you may not know, but rattie will.
Daniel Lewis landlay west of the railroad and next to 1',Iculhaney.
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George lriartin is on the Squire SRone land etc.
Yeste-rday afternoon,__ went to library to finish some jobs i had started,
soon:, Pers. Le slie Daniel came in, all excited and bubbling over with hE
successes. She had been hunting the newspaper and court records account:
of the trial of '-ushrod Barker who had killed his wife's boy friedn, so
he believed..
The trial had been held in Yadkinville and she found records here, thefe
and in � al iegh.
Folks open closet doons and rattle family skelitons until '` begin to
wonder what sort of folks lived around here hundr ;: years ago:o
The stories are sordid and the same old themes.
Velma came inr'it nic day afternoon and was up nee or at "itty s for a
week. riitty took her home `riday and her voice over the phone last nicht
sounded as though she was glad to back with her own airconditioner.
Hazel visited with me an afternoon„earlier.,, She was up spending tr,e
week end with riazel Elizabeth. While in Winston she went out and visit
the Ploravian "ome. She says, that xxxk when she moves from her present
apartment, sheplans to go into a rest home.
l�hat i`lor.avian 'some sounds betterttLhan any of the others. l�rere seem to
be about a dozen of my friends and ;Salem class mates there now- and they
have a waiting list. "zael says she believEEs it is nicer than the
Baptist 'Lome.
The trouble is, so far as -- am concerned, the guests in these `tomes, pla,,.
games, go to chapel or other meetings, do craft work- none of wrlich am 1
any good at.
vers. Kate r'erebee "reenhalgh is pres::ntly at r1edicenter- and very unhapp-
1`he plcc-e has chanted owners recently and g am told thc: food allowances
are too small for ' Aunt :ate, aays a neice, for she is a biq eater.9
The family here keeps on the go. Today Lester, `'lizabeth and Bob were in
Boone. '''ester,,has been appointed to another term of service on :the Board of
Appa lachian tate University and seems to me like he is always going up
there to a meeting or dinner or celebration of some kind.
George is putting all three of his children in college or boarding school.
fhe town is putting a curbing down on that street by 'e ti use and they cut
his yard down and also back amost to the trees.
U,1ke Power 'o, finally got options on the 1000 acres they wanted and are n
now testing to see if they can pout a nuclear power gne.. ator on it. 'he
people down below Cherry `fill refused to seeliny options on their land.
The new options are further up the ricer- old "endrix lands y am told.
Russell "essent's daughter was in library the other day. 4he brog4b two
essent libles for us to copy the family records from.
I learned that Blanch Clement and ' missed the gessent plot in cemetery at
U e--usalem, so "ancy and her step mother ( A};�h liraves) went down and copied
those records fan us.
Sunday morning. _
I figured, that some day, Joe Hampton "Ich wouDd become a legendary figure
to write about!
-his morning the "inston Journal has a story on JRe and his arrows.
I will get a copy Gnd send you. 1 am not sure that all statements made i
article are true, butvho expects that from historians?.
vve have in our library�a lot of notes, clippings, letters, etc. that he lef.�
with someone in Surry o. saying to keep until he called for them- he neve
caller:, so, sometime after his death tr;e man sent the whole lot of items
back to the family. 'f course, T got t. -em and decided, after looking
through the collection , that it would make a good research project at
some future date.
Maybe l had better let the story writers know about the file.
Monday morning.
1 wen-- to church yester ay Gnd that is all. i .Lh is m.-,rning is atarting o
cloudy and 1 am slowly getzing a i ew r onday morning jogs done.
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Thursday morning.
-You are a gold mine! What will I do for
Davie County stories in Salisbury Fist, when you go b
back north? to say nothing of all these deed etc.
I am duplicating some and sendi:.g to Hndrew Lagle
to use in locating Bartoeson Creek- and thereby
pin pointing esquire Boone and other grants between
)utchmans and bear -reeks that are needed to locate
Mock's uld r'ield.
N w, here is another item needed; sometime when at
tale library see if you can locate a history of the
Dillard family, by whom written and published.
A man called, by telephone, yesterday to ask that
question- andhe was calling from a mid western town!
He is evidently hooked on ancestor -hunting:., for he
talked ( a person to person call) for 20 minutesi.
-19,0- �`- -` Answers to questions`/,Vd
Miss ,,$lessie Marcia with the Garner descendant -"e
e 17 gorth Main steer Moclaville, N. C. 270ound that he neededto do muchmore
_ research:. Do not know what luck
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use has had hunting Uncle reter's
house. "e was at library �'ed., but 1 ha,
company here. Kitty & her dau. had com
get lielma, "elen was just in from
.,gland- & that was all '' could manage
t same time.
Andre agle still needs 'tophel Booe's metes & bo
for the GRANT from Granville 1 gppese, before he ca
get along on that pbat. Andrew comes from the
George Logall you found.
Today Helen and the George Martins start out for Va
George's son ( Wilson) graduates from Episcopla
nigh and oq e of his daughters is at `airfax 'all.
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Monday morning
11,:ornin,,s are my best -ie tier writing times and wh-n
events interfer with that plan, - just do not get
antr:ing alon, the letter writing done.
Youe-rants and deeds came ` riday. 1 did et thL-m
studied and cc.:lled-:ndrew -ayle to tell him they
would be at the library fc�his regular ~at. morning
study p._L iods- teen he nad to come after t..em, oecauSE
the man had finally come to trim shruboery and trim
house overhani n limbs.
I believe he can now get to work and `ompl.te his
area map,
ays he will yo ahead a nd make prints or his tov.n
map. y am w„rnaerin _ if you wo-id really be espe _ial
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interested in that, Lut will certainly send the
other when he does ;rake his prints.
e do thank you for e.__ng about c:e maps or dedcs yo
have located and sen . 'he extra dollar is for the
one 1 forgot to enclose. A. had already realized tha
You should go i to paL,-tne. ship with Firs. Linn and
get to work on abstracZ.s of 1`ow_n grants, etc. tr-,�, 1
to about 1%385- certainly, for the 1, ear 11180. for
that se�-rns to h-ve been the year -hat zo�ks of 1 adkin
went down and recorded grants/
w1ill write la er, any local news th,-t mi, -ht be of
interest- not that ' rally know or any!
'2hanks again and if Nndr-w should need more help,
will s Lid anu
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ROWAN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Edith M. Clark History Room
201 West Fisher Street
P 0 Box 4039
Salisbury, NC 28145-4039
Dear Fink: Monday /
Another one of those "cloudy, cold days". nd the weatrier man promised
better weathe- than this. (The fire trutkhhasjost gone sailing by, a bad
day for fires.)
I sent Christine the Zar.kary chotocop ec story, but am afraid itwas j;_.st
Carrying coal to Aewma tle.", 1.: also wrote her that -- think the narold
Voglers are in the Home, cut _ can find out for her- if can re-
member zo write a no :e to my friend r1argaret PicCuiston:.
Perh= s = toid you that -•ndrew Lagle ' s mother is in hospital still. I tails
to hi:n 'at. mornirlg on phone aria he said "sne is' nt doing any good.' 1
think dim -,all told me that she is in serious condition.
Andrew was at -Library for a snort while that morning, he said. "aid he was
wanting Noland and dames v-hi taker gran is or early deeds now* l;,at means
he �.as working then on r-he area around Qak grove, just outside cf "locksv:.l
Said he hyo learned that "the mountain field" referr- to in near i,ocksvil-
deeds was wha- t is now Sanford rvenue, out Grout where inflesol "and is.
''aid, that on clear days one can see the moun�ains ±r...,n that loc:�tion.
Ihiave not met up with ndrew for several weeks now, so do not know how his
plats are sh& ing up. Thin: he works at first one spot, then another.
rie did s-gy that he wisi:_d he could n"ve ALL the early grants and s_ id tell
you to s`na n0zes on C-.ny you found. l,.e trouble is, none of us r.:_�ve a ? i
of whici� grnts we alre3e`I co_=ec::
:e did s,_--_y he w.s needing -owan land tracts es around the lout s.
Velma went back to _�):ielov on one of ne tew sunny a_ys ',t e h6ve hal;, elven s(
Kitty returned to r-insta the next day in the rain.
LJid � tell you that sI an-, studying chemistry now? Bob i'viartin' s parents
decided tJ'IGt he need coaching in that su:)ject. the troaUi,�: is, -- need it
too, for 1 had forotten about all-..'1 ever kne:•J on the subject and now I
am discovering that there is lot more to ;snow. the book - tc.u.nt seems
like a pr i..rier con-; erred to the one being used now. so much m:,re is knl_- Lrin
about structure of atoms than Teras ,:nown then and when you talk anout tir.ing.
-�
can't see, y ,,et lost.
However, I h ve _-ut in some long hours that 1 might have spent to rea.ter
adva.n.ace, on local history collecting.
At Beast, I wonder about it.
t
Now it is income t;=x time again! mtrbe 1 had better see if ivixon s lawye.
won I t ake out my tax report for me.
The night the 1.
i gi-q.
Lights ent out here, 1 was talking to 'genao her history is up and down day
and the doctor was considering sending her back for more tests. Ohe had to
resign as ci:airman of the library board k though did not get off the board)
and B.C. Tatum bec�:me chairman. I do not know how thep are getting along
with the job of f i. -,ding another librarian.
Av,en I do net to 1 ihra ry y :gym too busy to spend much time chatting with the
staff members- and they are busy Loo.
-he last time i heard from d .K. Mouse he was wor<i ng on nis cn :ter an early
craftsmen in '"avie k and probably other counties around too). I have put
out the word, asking, anyone informed on that to-Dic to communicate with us, bu^\
have dra%,.n only blanks so far. j aic send him a note remi;,ding him that som;
of our cr6nts and deeds do mention the occupations of grLntees- such as
blacksmith, shoemaker, wheelright, gunsmith etc. rie has -,ndl ew 1'agle
hunting for "r. i-.1exanoer =)chool's office here in 1'locksville.
Tuesday morning.
Last night a local lady called and her conversation ran on like a water fall.
I was rying to tell her if she wanted to know where her "Oarwoods or II&rwoods
or whatever the name is, lives: to go to �alsibury find the early grants and
deeds to that family :�nd then '"ndrew Uagle coin d fit them into his plats and
tell her where the land is. 1 , eventually, got that said, but she was much
like a school c►-ild, wantea to know, but wantec som::one else to do t work.
->he is t. -.e l:.cy lf:no has a hardy 1atum marry�_�nc a +iarwocd, said sr:c had a '-ara
Tatum history sketch A;rit--ne by a 90 ye,.�r o_d man, sometime rack, bu;. that
ing ,.: r hus � nd is ons _ot of
marr
e -s her cr.ly +atum connection, it eems. ij:.
some -thodi st churc .es in t..e county anc she was doing this research for a
Jim -,,all class. "o far, n:.-rie of t :. t class -. s turned in their research
problems to to library, thougY.1 understand that isw..ere t�',ey are supp;;,sed to
be filed.
Bob came in for his chernistry study while + was writing this letter, yeste. day
H, s teacher h,.a told 'nim she was giving him an incom ,lt te, so he could have
more time to make up the part the class had ;efore he carne back. y have not
been able to Enid out what they did at mak i.. cr:emistry except talk abou`�
the drug problems. Maybe that Bic' more good tion knowing now to work gas
law problems!.
Honeful-1y , today is to be nicer than yesterday:.
i
ve arr ink
Your letter came mat. morning and 1 went rihz on up zo library, thinking
^ndrew L6gle might come in- he did, so cid Grout a dozen graded school kid
hun ir.g material for tr,_-ir lit le essa•�/s. That teGcr`ler ha.. evidently c
checked our subject m --tier and knew topics to assion.
,:ndrew was gl :.d to s.ee the "hitGker and i,-oland deeds and proceeded to f i d
more deeds ar stracted. •
He wrote Lr:em down cn this ca d, then this aftetnoon, -L was .talking long
distance with a "client and grabbed up somethi to ma. -,e notes on- got you
card. so Gy no attention to that and c:_ncentrate on "r:drew_s needs.
i gave him your sympathy mesv=,.ge, w.ic ne ste, e'a to aopreciatej"e said
hiL mot .. -.r really :,.ricumonia at tn._ 1 _ut nad gone in with a heart t
condition plus some unknowns. l..ev did an autopsy and found Lriat trey
were lucky to h:;.ve h. -.d ti -ie pneuir, :nia at the tiu'te it developed.
i guess my note to you was nct clear, ti hCA _ meant to say was both loolGnd
and �,1nit�ker famiies. li.ere -S a iV'ol,_.n-, s �-reek bock of Uak "rGvoe
r,et hodist L._u'rch and an ole "hiiaker's hurc i ceii,�tery at the forks of the
former i,locksville-z''ar; in:;tcr. road.
R�bnz now yip, is fuscinut,ed 'J1Lr'. tie -ali s;:)ur'j `'t. areza is-. ",ock:,vilie.
t.'i -L is the oldest ;c r t o*" IC -Own -**,nd It tco.
Lor_:.lc
-,:L--/lo-sent ; :. more Tayld)r recoics too. _�OL-aA j•e crc _rs �
of r'ie::� �.:"s �r'.G 11� it is exN-Kiva C'i_lt is mortem' accurate. zor
' y � r•; 1 s . �+
Inst .ce a reader r.4s trouole w -4 -ch r:_riy of tie letzers, so Many rioui isnes
that it is difficult to know w1.Gt 't if__ 1 learned t .t caic�: the tax
1i.ster s original records.
1•,r. ya.ylor -is still working at t; -Ls "il_iam, _:t finds not*.:.i:g- tciey
s -e1 -- �'- "hick rei;;i��Cs me, ::�;
ar,. a.. -elusive as tn� � Gtum s. � o:� � the :;reaci-ier s
wife :_ncient lidrwood Story, t•:hat co you -v;G: t Lme to find out about that.
�- gave her your address,:ut fear sine will .1_v: r stop tal::ing long enough
to .wrote a letter!.
HL c a re-, ;ue.:t .;roma G n-, gin in (jam' a. 1 st week, his problem is Lent n x:igxxx
3
c i.�rds. "rs. reacock had �y'ven hire; ::,y name. dye do ..ave 8 aose�,h
c^ girds o "uess that is the groper Cate- in "owan r�corus.why sale sent
s
him to d--ve- ut no luck. '
T},is ribpon is torn out: 'm orderin•. a new one and just won t try to
type anymore until it comes.
i,,ond:-,y morning
Scent. most or" last eveni g phonl c Ground to these Kii:lbrouuh descendants,
huntin sc%ieone �iil1i::.:� to coo ;er-are with tiicir unceStor-hunting cousin in
0.
OIJ is. as deli .rated to ht ve c{ed out some coc,:erative membeis of the
f amily, so r.o, e tip.:: t collection can go on smoothly.
I w s rea]. interested in the clipping- and tr:en in some old Yadkin I-ounty
p&r"ers 1 was look. -Lig through tnis week en(:t, rounc a little story on that
deline narks at church on her 102nd. birti-,day- along tvith two other people.
One of our mail routes goes into sadkin County, so our libr&ry riles are
beginning to take in Yadkin too.
Froth church and community histories overlap.
J„st keep on sending such clippings. My host --taking friends nd relatives
have pr --raised to kee- an eye out for such, nut NOr., , -:)lVCLE CLIt-elTdv Hj-.VL
a single o e of them saved.
I will get the Nooks for C -risteen and may be Erle to send them down to you
by hand some tiem, or sha. 1 y mail ti -se:... to her,
,jood' health and lots of ,.,or k to Keep you
busy this week!.
/o/y.*/ 73
L).d you ever -.ear o ---tardy -I atum= "as in rowan cx
moves to mount-Lins. -accord-n l to Iirs. `urder-urk-
a local 1'-ethlodisz: iAni5ter 5. 'Ian for
M j. d eai; n s w, th her so _ contGct_�'irs?L y P . ,
e . �Gy�e ^bt&& t ��Lfi be c&:,ing your way. e cid t
l-ble C -A mies yatum' s land, but ti -ie Deadman road cross(
that tract. You can cr�eck his plat with your deeds.
"e are going to see "-bo-.t havin this map in
size. I h-ve an idea there might be a demand for sus
Pu,oebe 'Izz-,s gone to vino to stay wi ti; a4 alone -living
l*irs. Lull this winter. lady "goes to bed wit: i
s,.:n”. "Phoebe lik",s to listen to her :TV prea..•.ers
until late at night". there just is not any good
answer, is ti -.ere. have you started coli cting No Cr
grants: 1`+aybev e could L.et ,,ndrew L. to plat t..em- b,
on a smaller scale.
I went t;trough "rs.LinnIs %.ostraczs_ or deeds in nowan 1651-1762 and pickec
out triose tnat see, -,,ed to awp,ly to ✓&vie and w ich we do not have records of.
5or,.etime ,/4ren you feel 1_ke playing you mi,ht contribute these to the ma er
for (Lndrew- just to ke°.p hir:, moving along as a Meals of stimulation.
gill _ o'.:ell _s so:.:e .:crt or .rocncludes sl:etc..es of a
few in coulnt -'s. `'e r... -s LI; Wali -o r i u ten 1- tr,_-I
e' irt one se_uls � :.e ` -,uire :=COf.e l O_ '-,u;.se) _nc Jii:. C.�s aS ea, .
1 v v
to ilei ni... .._ t.: l ci .r..�t ��or,e zr:::. _ ori -ii-..a -reek, Teter r.�i_ stc,
is to h_ -i:" ..ord i:, ir, z :;r :Lr 1 :;.ai lunyj el�.:::..t will p,.,t down wr;er..
all can fu:.ure -.:,00n re e",-.rci-e s c, -.n se4: roor o-. tree LC -.vie -ounty land
=Cod"! O'vVned l - : Z r h s _ ILr::-::y '-:0nE' OZ Lhe -ind for t e
trait.
ji%-:; 1::s riot to_, :��� .:i:0 tke L::n ire, ,:ut i �,. .iZ% -an '-'ryc:ri or
J
-)Gmuel, t::�� y�r i "c�%� _in, is OCe. '�+�<<,ue1 c:�-:ems li�nc 11 over ti:e cc;.:�lt`y
1 certLinly do not i.:.ve ml -:c.. or tkat record.
Lcor:.=1G -&ylor ilas our ven u or, ri nc:'Inu iris ' illiQrn •-e ry vfaylor _.. a.
nephew of -Tenor-'aylor antis now inve's , matin, -curry County.:it1 i
two O% ycylcrs carne -urrltilck SrJriO were relaL2G 6 -Cone :. rs
o rob... ly in t:... we:s :;ern art.
"',rs. r(_-•acock' s r'.lc.. Clint ::unti:-:-g c is Out Or luck, so
f E,r as C<:.n zfiArld amon-, our reccrds . 6ur one k-LcI►:4 ds Oi t;lE: :ter lOC 6tic 5
On•''U1 Izin._, gecko - rOLi�s-ly trie rc=..son 1'r'S. rac.C:1Ct:
sent..r:t_
l_:r:c.V jett=nc, �lcnc, rr.l
'relMa c -lied S`
cn .:ni--try, i- tote her y ..:s r,t t.-,;=
S"I.:-) - =C7: :.` - - '-,D- So zure _ C:.:t Cb. l..�S2 kldS�CI'�; �:� _..�r`,._ t..�t
some C;:�rGl�.. .ri�l_ till jL'_ .;r i.:.0 n-C=Ss r'�' i:i=OrmdtlUri i:. `_O t:��lr
he-_. s co::.eS arcurnd
�L:r y:.rd :.Gn, �yec.: Gl, rias deveio ec: neUrt ai ln(ent, and elen dna
knoww,.ere we can turn Tor a re�:1 _C�:.:el.t. �'; r o�:r: lot is L:. ice toe size
Or tnl.s G'le ;l;ci ti:c+In she hcxs a r:=lr a oiock cCross tr:E roEL6 rroL-.i filer cri v.,
are two rent houseso "enters lard. keep up Lr:cir own yards, i(iucn less
tnot land down in Troni. Or t,lem t(.w"rG the plC:lic grounds.
guess, �- willl:L:V t0 Start .�GGing :lit :.ulti,-1yiny iGr tliC:;�E' 1r.CO�.:�' t Y.
s o
i.%:e&tner has ce-_n nice to ha_e, out y gess en suiiimz�r comes -�
fruits ,.�ve f:,een killed c, -use i.e plc_nts t.:ou��.i:t s_ r n,:, c:�:i r;: lig ter:;.
put out. trieir i :c: lok,.ers cit c-ot bli:.,:,ted y ,:n --aril rre ze, y will be sor
guess hid better t eegin Lo std-_ t tree day
Sunday morning .
Dear _ ink:
What on earth do I do with my time? --leems like by the time I have kept
appointments iwth the eye doctor, occulist, I.D., dentist, the la#I teho
works on my hair, the druggest, the janitorial -'ervice, the grocery store
shopping date- and get some work done at the library, time is gone. 'hat
does not`i clude trying'to keep things in order around here and a little
food cooked, B,b's daily chemistry lesson ( my studyA!by for that lesson,"
extra) l just do not find enouch hours in wr+'%,h to keen up with my
correspondence!.
anyway, one of my main ambitions n( -w is to keep -narew Lagle at work on ou
project.
Your letter yesterday morning contai:iec a gold mine for him.
Mrs. Kollar he 9 completed coming about all the other deeds you had sent.
(Ti3ere were 55 of them). of course I.did not hove the indexing done, but
did give him that set to check through.
1 found that he wants the ones you sent yesterday to be included in the
phamNlet 1 will staple toget:ier, so will give them to '`,rs. nollar to type
up right away. `Len, -L can let Andrew take one set home to*work with
there at odd times and we wil have duplicate conies of all of them at the
library.'
I h ve hunte,_ up the Dobbins- Austin- wither set you sent a long time ago
and will include them in the set, also, some others that 1 may find wh_ch
had alro.ady copied.
he thinks we now have about all on 'utchmans `'reek up to about Cana where
1 : Gotcollected the baton ones.
�om,e t.:at you s _nt yesterday atie on up the creek, but we have onl; a few
of triose upper creek grants.
Apparently, ti.ose people along South "I.trer were large land ol..ners. re hove
some from Cooleemee on up Hunting 1 --reek, but nlbne below I-oolee<<.ee along th
river.
1 shall chekk my -)ugar Lreek deers anc grants, I'hink -- have a lot of them,
but only abstrac �.s along ',-edar `-reek.
I hake made a* careful list of all dezds, so � can make the incex and will
send lou a more exact copy.
Andrtw was reading your last contribution and car.►e to: that ilamilton-ricriahan
part and he ::s:_ed "Mow did she get all this in order, did she put it
together this way 1".
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I don't know how much Tatum history you have been a -,le to get, but there
does not seem to be a reverence anywhere to Jesse, indicating his arrival
from where or when.
Oe researcher asked for just that data if we could find it. looked
- through all ovr indexes for that period and did not find the man, even as
a witness to a deed. 1 remember isnot .er case in w::ich oc.r only data on
the man was that.. he had signed a deed as a witness, but it fitted in with
information t�-.e researcher had, so h_ -Aped to complete his problem.
Sometimes a deed will refer to -another tract owned b the grantor or
grantee. for which we have found no deed. That ha stumped me about
place across the street from me. The deed book gives a reference'to
another book and deed- 1 have not located that deed andl surely would
like to. But I am stopped, the chain of owners is broken.
I am ready for church and will go with helen. 1 really preferred to
�stay home and hear lir. Lolly at First Church, Winston-Salem, ne is
giving a series of sermons on the Ap,ostile's greed and is at critical
statements in the t`Vbelieves:' I wo�id love to find out how he explains
that.
MG
the
HR, explained one belief by leaving out the bothering word- not even referr
ing to it. "owever, I suspect he was using a copy that the churches have
done a little revising on.
"bile I think of it, I should expglain why I sent two deeds to you in my
last letter. Mould like to have them, but was confused by something,
I don t remember what just now.
'`e still do not have a librarian. E.C. Tatum is chairman of the Board
again, since V; na had to resil-n t at position. Maybe izrzxx libraians
the kind w,-- want, are not looking for places like Mocksville. 1`
You h,. a been good about sending me clippings from the Post, so can you
watch out for the "one man art show" my Janitorial oervice ' employee
says he will put on in Salisbury soon.
He says he is a portrait painter c.nd sells his pictures - for a price.
He admires Velma's work around here and, I suspect, s ends some cleaning
time lo -.king at the various articles of a t craft scattered ro nd about,
v'4hat is his n-ame: I do not remeber. for it is not a in -me c -,mm n anong LaviE
b -..ticks, but he signs the pictures w.
I am glad you sent as much Bryan-Eryant as ycu did. I think the Bryans
were reall , a better family th,n the moon s c_nd ._y�, s.._uld get a mo:
complete file on them.
In fact, richt now jameswall is preparing a series of pc«pers o�%, people
of these forks of the dadkin for a book Bill Rowell is getting together.
5 uire Boone and the Bry ants ( do not know which one, but imagine it wo lc
be Piorgan Sr.[- if he can keep records straight on the "organ "ryans).
Carl hoots says there is an old graveya^.d up in iadkin, thQt is thought tc
have been a BrM an burying ground and they did take their first land on
this side of the ladkin on Deep Lreek, at least some of teem were there
soon. ISorgan dr. bought on i•lill Creek in_ l8 aVie in 1755 and was ad j acent t(
_.land on the n, -ver owned by "illiam and 'nomas. the Bryan j were road
okerseers ' court juriors, tax colla_ctors, church builders ( rhat from
Moravian ecords). Jome of them owned land on all the creeks across the
county, etc. etc.
Yr,u did not say whether I had sent you the map of "avie. i fi-, L one here
addressed to you, so let me know.
Have just h ad another thought, on theltums. ')o you suppose any of the
rearson deeds would have any mention of 1atums or other deeds down in the
roint and Around Cherry hill. "rs. Mc`ubbins uses to iNclude a lot of
extra references to Lavie County people « places, "owerr, ,O belie . that
her supply :,-f information has been greatly depleted. Loose sheets of pap
are too tempting to some researchers:
rPin
k, don t let this care you away from the co rthouset... 4k
The list of numbers on the one sheet are,mostly from �utchmans `-reek, i.
and might fill in some holes in that map.
"hen and if you start on t_.e sugar +ree- cedar reek deeds. what is
he camping grounJ of the 'rev. Teter -zton and his Pa. friends or relatives, a
as well as Riches and kin. IN,,
The legendary cabin that ebecca noone is said to have lived in was near
Timber aide church on Sugar free `reek. "e hive onedeed that Joseph
Brya her father, 1 suppose) witnessed. 1 would like to find some
evidence thatJ.seph owned that cabin site and so help prove the tradition
a fact. Ld�vard noon #mgXzaXgXXX aup there, but it was _=ter "aniel
had gone on to Ky to live. "ave never found any deed to show that he
dic get a gr_-nt.
Be sure and see if ;.0 can find the i.c�lhanney Grant, it was mdse in 1752
and for 50 years that tra:_t of land asthe main point for identifying all
deeds and gr nes around it.
1 am aho t ready to start incexing all this m"terial,except that 1 do ne
ROWAN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Edith M. Clark History Room
201 West Fisher Street
P 0 Box 4039
Salisbury, NG 28145-4039
-d weatfi-r on so V;',
says ��)-C �-Lylill
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/IV/2�9wC'3 his di'--Lanci
recu .. y mind at z
:ews J �s --hEit "rS. vroce 'v.�s szi.
to visit s -:it;: yo -i folks
--- _Eonday afternoon, "cr starting
indifineite, but it w s
soon after lunch. hlep at chur-h
office "'onday tc, rning.
'elm& retur s from -J- to *S that
moVninG t not
iE in - o iMe"ES13-S
t:. ..sk she plans Co VISI v on
t:Di
,r-- - -Alen - it- turned r r. -ri, urhaI%onL.. -- orou
1-,ary. -inthicum 1:%ith i,er. M. is recov.rinLl; from
surgery. 1 &i -,i still wo--.!,in,.; on tl-,o--e census lisps
i�ly bring the 1-30 one for you to 1--ck OV r.
s 3 e K 4 - 1 .'i ��'.�- .. - .: �; " T"�': z F"j•[ jx .?y� _ �x '�- �•�`S! '.%Ai I, .s t_ IQ w..,
', . i 'tet '•iIA•• x
r t4
;t, �i •i�) ".1 {t% �. 1 `,.riles"� 6;YXx+.V._ft
yrY, t.'tyii-1�!'. }IJ*a'r4Ln•�4��*s`
_ . _. .. •- - QL----�•A r�. - - _ _ " .. _ `•,.-�.-� �.t_,.,.`7 ��� .'� �1/.-4Vti� y i ii ' + �;i?TlLF '.�~�.T•_• �~� r ..-
Slowly,- here it comes i. `�iffere t typirrT O'Ukerent: paper, etc.
I havte not the ked the finale typing- it . has'•aIl been-- cio"ne b -retired
typist) retired to marriage) , so r am trusting to their training.
I think Firs, `'romin got hold bf- one or two that haer not been checked.
But checking after being arranged differently is more than my eyes can
take.
♦ have t e.last two sheets , 2035 & 2036 ready to be checker, but the
promised checker landed in hospital with gall baldder ope.ation, so tha
will hcdd off, g
As for pages 2033 & 20349 y can not read enough names to make that wort
wile, but will send you my efforts witri a copi/ � of e, -ch page and let
you try your hand at those two.
I have spent this rain; afternoon comFiling the Uccle Joseph �atan
data for, J� riles riarian Iyolf , h.ustarn, - fexas.
He is the thrid member of that line that has shown some interest.
he says he is going to Pz. this summer to work on the '"olf s and will
include the 9eatons. t5&t is why S am trying to cjive him t: -.e N.I-•
background. Plan to write him about the ga. situation next.
Ralked to `wren Lakey rec ntly- a ellen from (inszon has put a 22,000
dollar bid on the Phoebe land.
Saturday
"his letter is not being written very fast either
At library yesterda y, took your last deeds, called the Lagles and b
before long "ndrew came rushing in. Lately, he comes f 4st when call
him to report anoti_er s he ran thouch them, he
Pxclained tc•:ice, "this fills a hole/.
F:�rt of ;,leis av--lanche o.- deec.s re(.u,:_-:--ted. fr—,
•-P_Cr'�. ..�.:�- L i end reads fc-ii,ii 1--i-ctcricz- to � nc' rEfc-re :c�-.-s
If Besse �atum left any data, it must h ve been lost, for 1 do believe
you and _ndrew have searches every possible spot.
I asked Buren 1'akey about the Tatum land ( S..O.O and he does not know
either.
risen I told him that Jim "all has t..e Phoebe "atop house on the histori
tour in June, "wren said he would beuin pushing Edell i aures to finish
work on windows and doors and then get the g: ounds worked on and sow gra
wh ch will hove to a covered with s traiw and r.�ay be what the historical
sccie_y will see. 1 do wish we could get the complete line of deeds.
v
J?K, rR^„se cane in yes :erday, brine --inch co;_ies of his lateSt-.)cok-
"From Blowing +pock to loeor•fetown- or what ever. "e was a little
depressed because of the trouble he has had with the printers and
checke s- says there are mistakes in spite of all his efforts.
"e has several Levie '-ounty stories and references, also in pis
Huntsvillle 'avern story gives some facts about U cle °eter -aton.
Yadkin historians write often about Huntsville,.but the only history
they know is about tr,e "r. Hunt house and'the Hunt tragedy. ( that is
my kin on the Martin side,'or Poindexter). -6
Huntsvillle has a lot of other history connecte d with it- and 1 could
give them more about Peter Lorton too.
You will not want to.1-uy one of the bcoks, but ycu might read it at
the
Lost n -".,-;ht a recent fac.i in "vie cortact4d me. Ai -Raul ✓avidson
living down in the `-ooleemee junction area k these Inglesaul-_and
men have rented or built all over the county- whereever lots are
available. " N.Y. cousin had writtne him that o:e of their ancestors
named Hartwell, had lived in MRcksville, NIC'- so rlr. ",avld son is
joining the searchers for ancestoas.
I asked him why so many i.en seer, tc be out rnce--tcr huntin• nc,,, "e
said he did'nt know unless it ams ecause they wanted to leave the
fcc__y n�l::e (En records for Ll.eir SUCCeediRg :j filer 1Cn5.
ycu. what are
you lacking there besides 33,34, 359 362
Guess ' will stop now and listen to the news by radio- not that it
makes you feel any better.
"id y tell you that i•Irs. H,,sk Ea -.d Pli__bezh _rtin Y:-ve
i, _'.un':: collection?
_ C q,...�T�d �o�y�on�:
2� e'dn37�IJ�
otj:__ - ;v Q�`..J`_�y.,.: �.• �ci. ��e:�_.S .c�.,
« t..esw inaex pages_ repro_ duce�t even amY senQirty_ ou the
'incomplete 20350** -:his is« the form in which y ,give.. tllem to rIrs. Cromin
--she-Puth '�iie�1. t` .:` .ins0"_;;;:iI e �va:� ,.. .:;�..�
e :.er- order and ty-es� but due_ to her other,Gtivitiersc
t
she d o " • �.. • ' :� . , _ '+.:: : r: :.• � � � .. , � _ . __ :, � _. " �: =� .. _ , .. .► --1 � :.-
es r�o .,e,. Ground o coni q in to type, vial s nd it yo _�.ou, if
she ever do?' CGi:i� tE t% Job*
Mrs. Lagle got al' t ` �_r.ry:,ec �r�.n s a t:Gna c..I1Cl -
` is ���:�s� �o be
i,
orki :, on them, y
• - - -- 1 - - .. _ - . 1 L :a � ._ « . 1...: _ j 1 V � i l .i. J � i C... .. J i ..... .. .. t 1 . _ - _ •_
..ndrew. 1 ex ect is w�itiny for ctmq_le _ZQ get. down-id-Oarrnest to
that plat.
The otiier ,�y Lnt.e..seofc� s•er«t is do .�ol.d :�ho#�ogI�F/b _of 'a school
grour-I, nc:(:ies �:nd Cc;;.::.;/ unknown.
SP, fa -r I .:gdess ..In-ve ..lie tc. c.:erC, _ _C@I:Ci' G'. .'c' 1C_l Il' 1rleCi•
..c:}_en --t the �iI:.E LE _rc-dee sc.-�oc1; : � tec ��"1 �i Ci.', Ci i'ZCi c_ �
.. _
c- �� lt:.Er, c. teacher c that rericc:, tis :y _ u=.
1, 4;ho of u E t -
'� : t.5. ;a �; : e Re i yw i- �Irsi�=: i r`�.[:_ �.1, (44jz - : ram G# . `L�t,;S f; � 5 C-
_ c cf .f it -Ie. t1':e
ot..er day.
I hove learned to just it and sooner or. 1., ter,_ �t l- turn. ,*p i
• -- _
another file.
Kitty came over yeste_ cc.y ,i tErr.00n, brou:;h t me sotte vegetable souo and
a cake. i gave her some newly baked tea cake. and apple . sauce.
lifter she left, l vwent on to librGry Gnd Ot t c -e inftses cions, t. -,en
went on over and visited withFarah aa.ither who is a year olde t an I
am and still drives- t. ough folks are sc�:red for her. `'he f:..ri`:C Lc,
brir.c' r..e he-n,e, I ii_L
n�eG ond, c_r.c'4_a, :alking:.
AS I car"C into `1�r; : ►V n(- C oror ,,'.7 � �. c� _�r Cc lt:Ci , 1 BEd
1 _
me a plate w th my supper on it:, A most welcome sight and tasted much
better than my cooking does. `ler turnip careens were ir, .rvelous.
Yesterday afternoon, Lloris ri yc a library staff Tier�ber, and I discussed
things the history room volunteer workers can be doing during the next
few weeks.
I ha,,,e learned the hard t;uy, thGt every item in t: at room s`lc•ule rte
indexed S., c. j•r:. C re.
For ins �:.,;.rce 'cc _
' .I.e E tEr tt:,Ert 11ey cA-.o �=ti hcdd z.ttrc.cr
for the historical►itindecr3-r-�.�,t�'sGTenca.ua�: to file in o e lace all
-� - the r=. i cic s C-rd 1 ii_E , there are. many references, �r�l quSb j?laces as
a store ledger, list of riocksville voters, stories of incidents that
-happened- all of these need to be f ileal where the rese4rchez_ ckn loc�_te
1: t• :� -.... .1. i . - 'A - - ...`/..Ili
them. Ile have one important reference to. Hinton Aowan helper,jin a
- letter- wanted-by a biographer from N.Y. and so on- when this, tY ing
starter I could kee'. "I-- such references in r,,y ind. , n.- now.,
-hank you fcr ke:.; in u- .pith L.:.viou n._y re- e C=r
;;Eer, the lat article I am filing,
If we don't start insisting on punliciziA out noted natives, `rowan 1-o.
will . soon - have claimed - theme ally = _
I will agree that those early people were here before 1836, but rowan
might-at le-ast locate- them i:rr-the-gcrrks-*of -Ifadkin Fart 'of-Kowan.
'yell, we will keep on trying to yet the Whole truths, not just ,4'ic-lf ones
the truih of 'Chea,-.:Ler is, 1,ere is r:o such, thine �_:s a stric-L11, 1—ccuntY
histcrytic,
Kitty and Kelen arranged y-esterd&y- fore Ditty to' come for' me 'Sunday
j.ndhelpme` getentered at hospital.
T. eycalled yesterday and asked me to bring 60 dollars deLc.:;�t on roo.r:
rent* 'he' fir-stc ti-ire- I' hake had -thQ-t reque5't
I should have as<ed if tt:ey wanted it in cash or couluf- -in an, ce on a
check. .L hen Z one �..:ed, would they silver or money!
I like Bz;. t i st Hospital doctors-, � u-t could suggest many ir: rov.: ta
on at--her-.r-h._.ses of th=:t set u
1\*i4-ty s_.ys j ..t least "y�L h -e ake i or:-5It- tt jetsy L n d .:e
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201 West Fisher Street
P 0 Box 4039
Salisbury, NC 28145-4039
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