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2007 1.pdfDAVIE DOSSIER January 2007 1 Davie Dossier Issued by Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society Mocksville, North Carolina January 2007 Issue HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWS The Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society meet on the fourth Tuesday every month, unless otherwise notified, in the History Room of the Davie County Public Library. Please keep this in mind when you are filling out your calendars. At the September 28, 2006, meeting, Bill Urdanick presented a program, displayed his “Land Grant” map, and helped to locate areas where members now live. A review of the Society’s participation in the Daniel-Rebecca Boone Wedding celebration was held and there is talk of another celebration in 2007.Elizabeth Martin suggested we consider a life-time membership in the Society and after discussion it was agreed to make this option available for anyone who would like to do so for a one-time donation of $100. On October 24, Priscilla McCullough made a presentation about “Revolutionary Women” and their lives during that period of history. Linda Leonard had a display of Davie County Historical points of interest and shared details about them. At the November 28th meeting, Linda Leonard made a beautiful Power Point presentation of Davie County History to the group. Included were the 1804 Olive Branch Cemetery and the Mocksville Town Square War Memorial which lists 346 names of Davie County citizens who have been killed in past wars. At the January 23, 2007, meeting, Diane Webb told of arrangements for the group to tour a 1797 home in Huntsville called the “White House” which in now owned by Ross & Batty Morton. It was announced that the “Daniel Boone” celebration will be held on August 24-25 in Mocksville and the Society is making plans to participate in the historical presentation and tour. Please note the address label on the front of the Dossier to find the expiration date of your membership in the Society (the year is noted after your name). On the last page of the Dossier is an application blank for use in renewing your membership. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CLEMENT PLANTATION HOUSE The Clement Plantation House, C. 1828, a two-story regional Federal home is on the National Register of Historic places and has been completely restored. It is decorated with antiques and period colors and retains the seven original fireplaces, flooring, woodwork and pegged doors. By legend, Jesse Clement threw barrels of water and corn into the dirt for the pigs to rout and mix into mud for the bricks, which were handmade by his servants to build the house. This home sits on 13 serene wooded acres in the heart of Mocksville, within easy walking distance of the downtown historic area and is now open as a bed and breakfast. For more information, contact Mike and Margaret Cevasco, 290 East Maple Drive, Mocksville, NC 27028 or phone 336-751- 2335. MARTIN-WALL HISTORY ROOM Gleanings from The Davie Record, published 1899-1957; editors: E.H. Morris and Frank Stroud, Sr. These items are from the spring of 1908: BANK of DAVIE County and State Depository Paid in Capital $20.000 W. A. Bailey, President T. R. Bailey, Vice-President Jas. McGuire, Jr. –Vice-President T. J. Byerly, Cashier E. L. Gaither, Auditor We offer every accommodation possible in harmony with safe banking. Interest paid on time deposits. Special attention given to collections. Money to loan on approved security. Give us your account. We sell American Banker’s money orders. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Mrs. Helen Tucker and her niece, Miss Marly Stroud, took dinner with Mrs. C. D. Crouch’s family Sunday. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Elsewhere will be found an account of the death of Capt. Chas. G. McCulloh, taken from a Missouri paper. Mr. McCulloh was a native of Davie, and settled in Missouri over 50 years ago. He was a brother of the late Jas. McCulloh of this county, and was an uncle of Messrs. Chas. Goshen and D. F. McCulloh of Davie. We extend our sympathy to these relatives. Peace to his ashes. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Donations to Famine Relief Fund H. F. Tutterow 1.00 F. P. Potts .50 F.. A. Foster .50 J. A. Current .50 W. F. Stonestreet .50 H. C. Merony .50 E. H. Morris 1.00 + + + + + + + + + + + ++ + + + + + + + + Some of those opposed to the graded school are grossly misrepresenting things. We will not call any names, but the guilty conscience needs no accuser. Mr. O. B. Eaton, formerly of Davie County, was nominated for Mayor of Winston last week for the fourth time. As a general thing, a Democrat has to leave Davie to get elected. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Mr. E. L. Gaither spent a portion of last week at Greensboro, assisting in the trial of Mrs. Estella Hanes against the Southern Railroad. Mrs. Hanes got judgment of $7,000. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + It’s too bad to see people who go from day to day suffering from physical weakness, when Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea would make them well. The greatest tonic known. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. C. C. Sanford + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In the Democratic municipal primary held here last evening the following ticket was nominated. For Mayor, A. M. McGlamery; Commissioners, J. T. Baity, V. E. Swaim, G. E. Horn, R. P. Anderson, and J. E. Johnstone.An election has been ordered by the board of aldermen for May 7th for the purpose of voting on a $5,000 bond issue and a special tax for the establishment of a graded school, provided for by a special act of the last legislature. The above appeared in Monday’s Charlotte Observer. We wonder “who writ it”. NEVER HEARD OF A MUNICIPAL PRIMARY in Mocksville until we read the above. There are DAVIE DOSSIER January 2007 3 something like 80 or more Democrats in the town of Mocksville, and there were 17 votes cast for Mayor in the courtroom Saturday evening. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * FORT DOBBS Fort Dobbs special events and living history weekends are made possible by the generous support of the Friends of Fort Dobbs whose mission is to serve the missions of Fort Dobbs State Historic Site which is “Preserve and interpret North Carolina’s only French and Indian War fort site to all citizens and visitors.” More information can be found at www.fortdobbs.org Some of the schedule for 2007 : March 3-4: Scouting the Frontier April 21-22: War for Empire 1737 May 12-13: Fortifying the Post August 11-12: Guarding the Frontier October 26-28: Trade Faire November 10-11: Food at the Fort December 8-9: Wintering in Wartime * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Bryan Family From the History Room Files Dr. John K. Bryan, of Scotia, New York, is one of the foremost authorities of Bryan genealogy, having spent decades collecting material. He has visited the Davie County Public Library many times, contributing information to the library’s Bryan collection. A few weeks ago, he was in Davie County to promote a project to erect a highway marker designating the site of the Morgan Bryan homesite. Morgan Bryan was the grandfather of Rebecca Bryan, wife of Daniel Boone. One result of Dr. Bryan’s search is that he found so many descendants with the name ‘John Bryan’. He wrote a whimsical comment which reads as follows: WHY THE BRYANS CRAMMED 50 MEN INTO 7 NAMES I have been forced to conclude that they did it on purpose. They were not ignorant or unimaginative.Traditionalism doesn’t adequately explain it. Some 50 Bryan men of three or four generations lived in the same area for 35 years. Their sole purpose in sharing ju st seven names was to confound their descendents and hopelessly confuse would-be genealogists. What a grand joke it has been. The ghostly guffaws of those who were in on it can still be heard. I have personally detected distant horselaughs and muffled giggles when absorbed in attempts to correlate mismatched court records, deeds, dates, historic events, family tradition, and the opinio ns of prior researchers. Those bemused Bryans delight in my frustration. They’re laughing at me across 200 years. Old Morgan Bryan arrived in the Forks of the Yadkin from the Shenandoah Valley in the winter of 1747-48. With him were five of his boys and son-in-law, William Linville. Married sons Joseph and Morgan Jr. came south to Carolina to rejo in the clan a year or two later. By the mid-1750’s, all seven Bryan boys were married. Some already had several children. At about that time, patriarch Morgan must have convened his sons at his Mansion House on Deep Creek in the present Yadkin County. “Boys, “ he said, “We’re agoin’ to fix ‘em.” And he outlined his plan. l. Each of the seven would be allowed to name one son in honor of a close family friend or the father-in-law. 2. The other sons were to be named for papa or a fraternal uncle. DAVIE DOSSIER January 2007 4 3. The seven brothers would continue to live within 50 miles of each other. 4. As third generation sons married, they would establish homes within the same area. 5. Every effort would be made to extend the above conditions to the fourth generation. “The idea,” old Morgan explained, “is to get as many Bryans as possible with the same given name into the same neighborhood at the same time.” “Our descendents will go crazy trying to sort everybody out!” chortled Joseph Bryan. “The Rowan County clerk will go nuts,” laughed Samuel. “And the Court Recorder,” chuckled Morgan Jr. “And militia paymasters,” cackled John. “And our creditors,” howled James. “And our wives,” giggled William. “And we’ll save a bundle on monogrammed shirts,” Thomas said. Tommy was a little strange. “Done!” shouted old Morgan. They spilled out of the cabin, tears streaming, holding their sides. “Fetch the jug!” the patriarch ordered and they headed for the barn to consecrate the agreement. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * US CENSUS FOR DAVIE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Townships as listed by www.ancestry.com Contributed by Marie Roth 1790 Davie was part of Rowan County Townships not listed on census 1800 Davie was part of Rowan County Carolina Lexington Not Stated Salisbury 1820 Davie was part of Rowan County Battalion 1 or Salisbury Side Battalion 3 or Forks of Yadkin Battalions 2 & 4 or Lexington Side Salisbury 1830 Davie was part of Rowan County Townships not listed on census 1840 Davie County Townships Townships not listed on census 1850 Davie County Townships Townships not listed on census 1860 Davie County Townships Chinquapin Farmington Fulton Hunting Creek Liberty Mocksville Shady Grove Smith Grove 1870 Davie County Townships Calahaln Clarksville Farmington Fulton Jerusalem Mocksville 1880 Davie County Townships Calahan Clarksville Farmington Fulton Jerusalem Mocksville Smith Grove 1900 Davie County Townships Calahaln Clarksville Farmington Fulton Jerusalem Mocksville Shady Grove 1910 Davie County Townships Calahaln Clarksville Farmington Fulton Jerusalem DAVIE DOSSIER January 2007 5 Mocksville Shady Grove 1920 Davie County Townships Calahaln Clarksville Farmington Fulton Jerusalem Mocksville Shady Grove 1930 Davie County Townships Advance Calahaln Clarksville Farmington Fulton Jerusalem Mocksville Shady Grove * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * FROM ITALY TO MOCKSVILLE Excerpt from article by Jane McAllister Published in the Davie County Enterprise, September 28, 2006 Sisters, Daughters of Renowned Sculptor, moved here in 1914. Imagine growing up in Florence, Italy and moving to Mocksville in your later years. That is just what sisters Anna Barker Gibson Powers (Nan) and Ellen Elizabeth Powers Lemmi did in 1914, along with Ellen’s grown daughter Josephine, who worked as a bookkeeper for C.C. Sanford & Sons. Their father, Hiram Powers, took his family to Florence to pursue his art in 1837 where he lived until his death in 1873. He was a renowned American sculptor –his most famous statue Greek Slave (1844) was exhibited in London’s Crystal Palace and subsequently purchased by the Smithsonian and now rests in the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Family squabbles and lawsuits arose in 1880 over the rights to Hiram Powers’ works and name. Ellen married to help ensure some financial support for Nan and herself. The ‘Villa Powers’in Florence passed to the two sisters upon their mother’s death in 1894, but finding the property too costly to maintain, they elected to return to the US.A family friend, charged with finding an inexpensive place to live for the sisters, knew James McGuire, Jr. of Mocksville and the girls moved here in 1914. Ellen was a widow who had a grown son and daughter. The Rev. and Mrs. E.P. Bradley were next-door neighbors to the Powers sisters and her reminiscences were shared with Mary and Jane McGuire in a letter. Apparently, on their voyage from Italy to the US, the sisters traveled in steerage to care for their cats. They lived for awhile in the Grant Daniel home (corner of S. Main & Water Sts.) then to the Meroney house, and finally the old Brown house. At the Brown house, they erected a building in the back yard to house the cats, with a runway to the second story of the house for the cats’ convenience. Long accustomed to living in an Italian villa surrounded by high walls, the sisters feared the local traffic. They would stay up until the wee hours of the morning until the car and pedestrian traffic died down and then sleep until noon. They generally dined outside under a grape arbor. Mrs. Lemmi shared stories of visits in their childhood home by such famous literary luminaries as Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Annie Powers died in 1919 and was buried in Joppa Cemetery. Josephine Lemmi moved her mother Ellen to Rutherfordton in 1932 where she died at age 80 and was cremated in Washington. Ellen’s son, Charles Lemmi, was a professor at Goucher College in Baltimore, MD. He died in 1943. Josephine never married and died in 1955. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * DAVIE DOSSIER January 2007 6 DANIEL W. SMITH BIBLE RECORD Copied from a Family Bible belonging to Daniel W. Smith of Smith Grove,Route #5, Mocksville,Davie County, N.C. Mr. Smith is a great-grandson of Samuel and Hannah Smith through their son Thomas, born 1784, and his son Jonathan, born 1817. Samuel and Hannah Smith’s children were: Jane Smith born April 2, 1770 John Smith born March 10, 1774 William Smith born May 3, 1777 Samuel Smith born November 14, 1779 James Smith born January 26, 1782 Thomas Smith born August 16, 1784 Levi K. Smith born December 7, 1786 Sarah Smith born December 17, 1789 Perry Smith born September 1, 1792 Deaths: Thomas Smith died December 14, 1858 Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Davie County, NC August Term 1840 Book I, pp. 200 and 209. Levi Smith appointed Administrator on Estate of Samuel Smith, Sr., deceased. Bond fixed at 100.00 Levi Smith died November 24, 1840. See tombstone in Bethlehem Cemetery, Davie County. He had evidently declined to qualify, probably on account of ill health, so his will is dated October 27, 1840. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Book I, pp. 224, 328 William Smith was appointed Administrator on Estate of Samuel Smith, Sr., deceased; gave Bond for $100.00 and qualified. Record Book 2, Settlement of Estates, p. 46. Among buyers at sale of Sam Smith’s property on October 31, 1840, is John Smith, Sr. who bought a Bible for 50 cents. Total sales of personal property amounted to $52.47 … . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * HUMOR Thanks to: C. Fields. who writes: While searching for our great-great-grandfather we found a family whose 11th and final child was named Enough FIELDS. Looks like they meant it. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Thanks to: Juli Risener Morgan While researching Lunenburg County, Virginia records, I came across a death register at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/lunenburg/vitals/dea6566.txt There I found a Joe PHILLIPS, who died 30 January 1867 at age 65. Cause of death is listed as "worn out." DAVIE DOSSIER January 2007 7 D C H G S 2007 OFFICERS President:Aubrey Wensil Vice-President:Linda Leonard Secretary-Treasurer:Frances Beck Board of Directors:Dale McCullough Diane Webb Bill Urdanick Dossier Editors:Nancy Murphy Doris Frye ITEMS FOR SALE Postage and handling included in price Davie County...A Brief History (Wall) Paperback 7.50 The Daniel, Squire, and John Boone Families in Davie County (Wall, Boone, & Martin)5.00 Davie County Marriages 1836-1900, by Nancy K. Murphy 25.00 Davie County Marriages 1901-1959, by Nancy K. Murphy 25.00 Davie County Cemeteries, a two-volume set 55.00 by D.C. Historical & Genealogical Society 1860 Federal Census-Davie County, by Murphy & Sain 17.00 1870 Federal Census-Davie County, by Murphy & Sain 17.00 1880 Federal Census-Davie County, by Murphy & Sain 22.50 Maps -Lagle Land Grant 6.50 -Hughes Historical 6.50 -1887 Alderman 2.50 Postcards (set of 8 )2.50 Davie County Heritage Book 24.00 These items can be ordered from the Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society Office. North Carolina residents need to add 7% sales tax to the total. Membership for Calendar year 2007 is still just $5.00/year. The number following your name on the address label indicates the year through which your dues are paid. Below is a registration form for your use; checks are to be made payable to the Society. DAVIE COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Frances Atkinson Beck 1131 Wagner Road Mocksville, North Carolina 27028 NAME _____________________________________________________________ ADDRESS ____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ EMAIL ADDRESS _______________________________________________________