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2021 02 Davie Dossier, April 2021 page 1 DAVIE DOSSIER Issued by Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society Mocksville, North Carolina April 2021, Issue 2 Davie county heritage book Davie Dossier, April 2021 page 2 DAVIE COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY President, Linda Leonard Vice President, Marcia Phillips Secretary, Pat Mason Treasurer, Marie Craig Board of Directors, Claude Horn Dossier Editor, Marie Craig Webmaster, Marie Craig Websites for Davie County Research: Our Website: https://sites.google.com/view/dchgs . Description of books and maps for sale: https://sites.google.com/view/dchgsbooksmaps Historical Data to research: http://www.daviecountync.gov/440/Genealogy-Local-History . FamilySearch Wiki for Davie: http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Davie_County%2C_North_Carolina FamilySearch records for Davie: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=191015&query=%2Bplace%3A%22United%2 0States%2C%20North%20Carolina%2C%20Davie%22 Davie County GenWeb: http://ncgenweb.us/davie/ Davie County Public Library: http://www.daviecountync.gov/440/Genealogy-Local-History . Genealogy data in newspapers, Bibles, Daniel Boone Family info, church history, and Flossie Martin records. Back issues (1987-2016) and index of the Davie Dossier are online at http://www.daviecountync.gov/440/Genealogy-Local-History . FindAGrave for Davie County: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?name=&locationId=county_1680&page=1#cem -2640813 Digital Davie: https://www.digitalnc.org/exhibits/digital -davie/ Cemeteries in Davie: http://cemeterycensus.com/nc/davie/ Meetings are supposed to be on the fourth Thursdays at 7 pm at Davie County Library History Room. NATIONAL CONFERENCES National Genealogical Society: May 19-22, 2021, online. See https://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/ (NGS has merged with Federation of Genealogical Societies.) RootsTech was February 26-29, 2021, online. See https://www.rootstech.org. Archived online. North Carolina Genealogical Society has webinars on Wednesdays. https://www.ncgenealogy.org/webinars/ Davie Dossier, April 2021 page 3 Financial Report for Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society for 2020: Balance brought forward 1/1/2020 $8,406.11 Sale of books and maps $ 187.80 Memberships $ 261.55 Expenses $ 569.39 Balance, 12/31/2020 $8,286.07 Thanks to our Life Members: Hal and Kathryn Abbot, Michael W. Anderson, Stacy Beck, Larry Campbell, Robert Bailey Lee Carmody, Mike and Margaret Cevasco, Marie Craig, Donald Cover, Charles Crenshaw, Wayne Frye, Sharon Fuller, Elizabeth Harris, Rolland K. Hauser, Pamela A. Hazen, Sandra Heifetz, Claude Horn, David Joyner, Dianna Beck King, Jack Koontz, James Myers, Karen S. Patrick, James L. Roberts, Bill Roesel, Carl Smith, Sy lvia Stroud Smith, James G. Wall, Kathryn H. Weiss Themes of previous Dossiers Date Newspapers 2012 4 Lights in Mox 2013 1 Census 2013 2 Trains 2013 3 First Courthouse 2013 4 Stephen Morgan Smith 2014 4 1915 2015 1 Where’d that come from? 2015 2 Random New Stuff 2015 3 Serendipity 2015 4 Lee Family 2016 1 CCC 2016 2 Books about Davie County 2016 3 Vintage Photographs 2016 4 Cemeteries 2017 1 Misc 2017 2 Decade Spotlights 2017 3 Family Bibles 2017 4 1850 and 1860 census 2018 1 1950 in Davie County 2018 2 Farmington Cook Book 2018 3 Preserving Special Things 2018 4 Libraries 2019 1 National Historic Registry 2019 2 Verifying Validity 2019 3 1941 Davie Business Directory 2019 4 Clinton 2020 1 Cooleemee 2020 2 Richard Sterling 2020 3&4 Churches 2021 1 We have missed not meeting during these 1 4 months because of Covid -19. We hope that all of you have been well. Perhaps this has been a time for you to pursue your own study of your family history and your involvement with Davie County history. North Carolina Archives is seeking logs and diaries that people have kept during this time. In your April 2017 Dossier, page 5, is a table of the deaths of 58 people in Davie County in the 1918 - 1919 Spanish flu pandemic. A recent broadcast of the Website, ExtremeGenes, contained an interview with a professor at BYU who is directing his students to study the families involved with flu pandemic in other parts of the US and follow up by searching the following years to see if there are any after effects of the pandemic such as early deaths, other serious illnesses, etc. As of April 16, 2021, Davie County has had 51 deaths from Covid -19. There are many more people in the county now, so the 58 people with flu would be a much higher percentage. If you have comments about what this time has meant to you in terms of priorities and history research, please share them with us. We look forward to meeting as a group in the future. Davie Dossier, April 2021 page 4 DAVIE COUNTY HERITAGE BOOK In 1992, a committee was formed to study the possibility of publishing a volume of family-submitted genealogies. Also to be included were a short history of the county and descriptions of communities, churches, businesses, historic sites, buildings, and events. This was a huge undertaking. Several of the members of our Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society were on this committee. This was not a projec t of DCHGS. Don Mills Publishing worked with them to prepare the manuscript. Page ii of the book and the following page list these workers: Terry Dedmon, Chairman, Julia Spillman Patton, Co-chairman, Grady L. McClamrock, legal counsel, Mrs. Wm. C. Anderson, Rev. Wm. C. Anderson, Mary Young, Hayes Ratledge, Pearline Seaford, William M. Seaford, Priscilla Allen Correia, Frances (Pan) Beck, Edith Zimmerman, Ella Gray Smith, J.D. Purvis, Ruby Angell Purvis, Bobbie Angell Daniels, Grady Anderson, Susan Tutterow Young, and Jack Seaford. Pan Beck and Edith Zimmerman managed the financial part of this book through the years. When Pan died, Edith asked me (Marie Craig) to become treasurer in December of 2010. Linda Barnette, is the assistant treasurer. There were various financial notes, bank state- ments, and descriptions that I organized into a brief history. I will condense this on these two pages. Photo at right from newspaper publicity. Caption: History Room Librarian Doris Frye, Pan Beck, book committee member Julia Patton and Edith Zimmerman gather material for the upcoming Davie County Heritage Book. Submitters could add a maximum of 500 words and one photograph for free. Additional words were 10 cents per word and additional photos were $12.50. After the submissions from people were complete, there was much editing and typing to be done for the 648 family histories. The committee sold the book before it was totally finished. $49,103.11 was collected in pre-sales. In 1997, 900 books were ordered. They sold for $55 each. [We sell them now for $40. See page 7.] The 900 books arrived in 72 cartons, and the weight was 3,384 pounds. They were kept in the 4-H room in the back of the fire department near William R. Davie School. I can imagine that was quite a procedure to receive, store, and distribute them. There was a profit made, and donations were given to Daniel Boone Trail, $500; Cherry Hill marker, $800; Library History Room, $500; Cooleemee Historical Association, $750; Boy Scout Troop #505, $400; our DCHGS, $300; and Davie County Museum, $1,000. Davie Dossier, April 2021 page 5 In January of 1999, 300 more books were ordered. Donations were given to Zollie Anderson Museum, $400 and Advance Academy, $500 from the profits. In December of 2005, 200 more books were ordered. There are no records of donations from profits. Perhaps sales slowed, and the inventory prevented further gifts. On December 7, 2011, fourteen copies of the books were donated to the superintendent of Davie County schools for use in school libraries. A copy was also given to Davie -Davidson Community College library. Since December 2010, 73 copies have been sold. The balance in the checking account is $3,160.04. There is an annual debit of $600 to pay for landscaping/mowing at Richmond Pearson Cemetery in Cooleemee. When we think about researchers submitting their descriptions for publishing in 1995-1996, we first think that’s not very long ago, but time flies. That’s 25 years ago, and possibly the submitters were middle - aged and no longer with us. There is information in the book that is available nowhere else. Some of the old photographs included could probably not be found today. We are indebted to the many volunteers who organized, typed, edited, sold, lifted, and shared their time and talents to produce Davie County Heritage. If you have a copy of this book, take another look. Occasionally, on eBay, there will be a copy for sale for $150. USES AND FEATURES OF THE HERITAGE BOOK There is an extensive index of surnames, buildings, and descriptions in the back of the book. The main thing to remember is that when you see in the index for example, Piedmont Aviation, 896, this means Article 896, not page 896. Individuals are not listed in the index, but surnames include all the articles where that surname appears. There is a separate military index. Advertisements in the back mention some businesses that are no longer in operation. Medical information about doctors, clinics, and the hospital are articles 308-362. The education section is articles 73-117. [This was valuable to me when I wrote my first history book History of Davie County Schools. I have consulted this book for all of my eight history books. I did not include it i n my last book Composite Index of Davie County History Books because of length.] Military articles are 181-226. Section 198 is J.D. Hodges’ description of his experiences in the Civil War. Articles 756-758 describe his life, family, schooling, and educational service to Davie County. An entry that caught my eye in flipping through the book involves a builder. A woman wrote about her grandfather. He had a sawmill and bought land on the northwest side of downtown Mocks- ville. He built houses and named the streets for h is children: Gwyn, Gray, and Tot. Those of us in Davie County know exactly where those streets are. He also showed her a horse show ring west of Mocksville. It was moved when Ingersoll Rand factory was built. He donated land for Davie County Hos pital and was co- owner of the drive-in movie. All of that information would have been lost if it hadn’t been written down. Davie Dossier, April 2021 page 6 In article 820, Andrew Lagle is honored with two pages of tributes. The previous article was a profile of his father, Hugh Lagle, who worked as Mocksville Superintendent of Water Department and St reet Maintenance. Andrew tagged along even as a young boy and learned skills. Hugh served in World War One and was in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Afterward, he served in these important jobs in Mocksville and was also assistant fire chief in the town’s volunteer fire department. Andrew followed in his footsteps. He served the town for forty years after returning from his military duty in World War Two. He supervised the water system and waste system. Since water is a very important part of attracting industry to a community, his work helped Davie to grow. His duties involved studying maps of the county, and he flew over the county to get a bird’s eye view. In studying old land grant records, he realized that in his flights he was seeing lines of trees that were the actual lines of the land grants in the 1700s. He decided to produce a Davie map of original land grants. He thought it would take a few months to do, but actually took five years. [These are for sale in the History Room of Davie County Public Library, or can be ordered. See page 7. An index comes with it.] The long article continues as people honored him on his retirement. [I remember reading a newspaper article that he and another man planted the four oaks that graced the center of Mocksville. Excessive size and age caused their removal but four more are growing in their place.] We turn the water spigot and clean water comes out. We take that for granted, but we don ’t think about how much work and planni ng went into that simple gesture of ours. We read history books such as Davie County Heritage, and we don’t appreciate the hard work of the committee that planned, advertised, edited, and sold the books. It’s interesting to look behind the scenes and learn about processes. Section 143, 144, and 145 describe three hotels that were in downtown Mocksville. The Davie Hotel was located where the Davie Courthouse now stands. It was a large two-story building of log construction, with a single story annex on the north side. For many years the Davie Hotel was the center of social activity in Mocksville. There were many balls, dances, skating parties and receptions held, and it was the lodging place for many prominent persons who arrived in town. The hotel was built sometime in the 1830’s. There was a large barn on the back of the hotel lot where horse traders boarded horses. Later, the Kelly family owned the hotel and it was sometimes called the Kelly Hotel. Dr, James McGuire had his office upstairs. The hotel was destroyed by fire on 14 December 1904. The Swicegood Hotel was located where the Davie County Enterprise Record office is now. It was a large two - story frame building, with porches running the length of the building, both upstairs and down. It was later renamed the Mocksville Hotel. The article said it burned on Thursday, October 30th but didn’t list the year. It also describes the owners, Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Walker and their son Everette, 14, and Wade, 7. To determine the year of the fire, I found this family in the 1930 census with Everett, 13, and Wade, 6. The next year, 1931, would have been the year of the fire. But if his 14th birthday came right after the census was taken, the fire might have been in 1930. But the article said that the fire was on a Thursday. So, I used my calendar app in RootsMagic and learned that October 3 0 was on a Thursday in 1930! The census was taken on 14 April 1930, so the family only had about six more months before their hotel/home w as destroyed. Everette went back into the fire and rescued his brother who recovered from his burns an d later excelled in football and became athletic director of the University of Mississippi. Everette received the Carnegie Medal of Honor for his heroism. Their address in the census was South Main Street in Mocksville. He is listed as “Dealer Automobile” and his wife, Ella is named “Proprietor Hotel.” Their financial worth is listed as $15,000. [An online inflation finder changes this into $236,569 in 2020.] Hotel Mocksville was opened in 1935. A third story was added in 1937. The location is not mentioned in this book, but checking the index in Composite Index of Davie County History Books led me to page 35 of Images of America, Davie County. The three story building is still in Mocksville with various stores through the years. The movie theater occupied part of it. Thanks for enjoying the Heritage Book with me. Davie Dossier, April 2021 page 7 Description of books and maps for Davie: https://sites.google.com/view/dchgsbooksmaps BOOKS AND MAPS FOR SALE, prices include postage and tax; check to DCHGS (no cash or credit card) Title Author Total Cost # Cost Davie County. A Brief History, paperback James W. Wall, 128 pages $6.50 The Boone Families in Davie County Wall, Howell Boone, Flossie Martin $8.00 Davie County Marriages 1836 -1900 Nancy K. Murphy $25.00 Davie County Marriages 1901 -1959 Nancy K. Murphy $25.00 Davie County Cemeteries, a 2-volume set D.C. Historical/Gen. Soc. $55.00 1850 Federal Census-Davie County Forsyth Genealogical Society $15.00 1860 Federal Census-Davie County Nancy K. Murphy and Everette Sain $20.00 1870 Federal Census-Davie County Nancy K. Murphy and Everette Sain $20.00 POSTCARDS OF DAVIE CO. SCENES, (set of 8) $2.50 Maps: Prices below, postage is $5, mailing tube is $2; example: all 4 maps cost $12 Lagle Land Grant Map, $2 Hughes Historical Map, 1700's, drawn in 1977, $1 J.T. Alderman Map, 1887, $1 Wilson F. Merrell Map, 1928, $1 Davie County Heritage Book, cost is $45; Make check to Davie Co. Heritage Book. Use DCHGS address below. The Historic Architecture of Davie Co., $13; History of Davie County, hardback, by James W. Wall, $13 . Make check to Davie County Public Library. Use DCHGS address below. Davie County History Books by Marie Craig. Check to Marie Craig, 139 Sterling Dr., Mocksville NC 27028: History of Davie County Schools, 318 pages, has photos, locations, longitude/latitude, names of students, and teachers. There is an 18 page index of 3,222 names. 318 pages. $43 Davie County in World War One, 670 biographies of Davie men and women who served, photographs, old letters, description of military bases, and extensive index. 400 pages. $45 Davie County Veterans’ Memorial, has lists of all war deaths, biographies and photos of WW2, Korean, Vietnam, and Beirut Bombing deaths. Tom Ferebee’s talk at the dedication in 1987. 190 pages. $33. Remembering Davie County Protection and Service Personnel, contains biographies of the five law enforcement personnel who died on duty and also photos and descriptions of the monument erected in their memory. The monument also honors all first responders in Davie Co. Paperback, 14 pages. $17. Davie County in the Spanish-American War, contains biographies of the 15 men who served in this war and the resulting war in the Philippines. 65 pages. $20 Mary Ellen’s Diary, 1924, the fictitious diary of a twelve year old girl in 1924 in Mocksville. Included are clipp ings and illustrations to verify the events. Paperback. 49 pages. $15. Composite Index of Davie County History Books. The indexes of 16 Davie County history books are combined. 17,000 entries. Order from: Lulu.com. Search for book title. Looking Back at Davie County II by Charles Crenshaw and Ron Smith. $45. Mail orders to Charles Crenshaw, 421 Park Avenue, Mocksville NC 27028 Davie County Mavericks, Four Men Who Changed History by Marcia Phillips, the stories of Daniel Boone, Hinton Helper, Thomas Ferebee, and Peter Ney in Davie County. $25. Mail orders to Marcia Phillips, 315 McClamrock Road, Mocksville NC 27028. Eatons Baptist Church Cemetery in Davie County, North Carolina by Pat Mason. A new book which lists all burials through June 2020. Dates, obituaries and articles are included. $30. Pat Mason, 295 Griffith Rd., Advance NC 27006. DCHGS, 371 North Main Street, Mocksville NC 27028 Davie Dossier, April 2021 page 8 Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society 371 North Main Street Mocksville NC 27028 If you would like to receive your Dossier as a PDF attachment in an E-mail instead of a paper copy, please send an E-mail message to the editor at dchgslist@gmail.com. Please state “E-mail my Dossier instead of mailing a paper copy” and include your E-mail address. This saves money, time, postage, effort, and paper. The number beside your name, above, shows the year for which you last paid $5 dues. Example: if you have a 1 9 by your name, you have paid dues through 2019. DUES CAN BE PAID FOR 2021 NOW. MEMBERSHIP for a calendar year is still just $5.00/year. Life Membership is $100 per person. We are 501(c)(3) and dues are tax deductible. Below is a registration form for your use; checks, payable to the Society. 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