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SUMMEY, JOHN, 1771, to Moult- James Walker and Themas Skoot. land.
WILLS. ALEXANDER. Ex. Sept. TWITTY, WILLIAM. "William 2. 1773; prob. Apr. 1774; brothers, Twitty's nuncupative will made in James Thomson. of County Dowr. Presence and proved by the Oath of Kingdom of Ireland; Alexander
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Thomson; sister, Jean Thomson; sis- one-half miles east of the village ter's children. Probated before An- of Lincolnton. The original con- drew Neel, clerk of the court. tract, secured by the Historical com- WATSON, WILLIAM, 1778, to mission, is dated April 27, 1816. The old document, somewhat muti- Anna and Molly.
WILSON, WILLIAM. Ex. May 29, lated, will be restored scientifically 1777; prob. Jan. 1778. Wife. Anna; by the Historical commission and daughter, Molly; friends Joseph Camp preserved for exhibition and for use and George Blanton; children of by students of history who are Joseph Camp and Joseph Hopper.
turning more and more to the study WHITESIDES, WILLIAM. EX. of textile manufacturing, in which Oct. 24, 1777; prob. Jan. 1778. Wife, North Carolina made notable pro- Elizabeth; sons, Davis, Robert, gress before the civil war and dur-
Thomas, William, Samuel, Adam, ing the past generation has attrac- Francis; daughters, Margaret, Eliza- ted national attention. The old
beth. (bequeathed real estate Augusta county, Va.)
in spindles, though somewhat rusty, are in a good state of preservation
WILL, GERHARD Ex. July 3, and show plainly the signs of their 1778. Wife, Mary Barbara; sons, handwrought construction. Daniel, Jacob, Conrad; daughters, Elizabeth, Madgalene, Eve. Christ- iana, Froncia.
The following is the text of the contract, which is signed by Schenck in German:
Articles of agreement made and entered into this 27th day of April. 1816, between Michael Schenck & Absalom Warliek, of the County of- Lincoln and State of North Caro- lina, of the one part, and Michael Beim, of the County and State aforesaid, of the other part, Wit- nesseth: that the said Michael Beam Caro- obliges himself to build for the said
Raleigh, Jan. 23 .- North lina's distinction of having the first Shenk & Warlick. within twelve cotton mill established south of the months from this date, a spinning Potomac river is forcibly presented machine with one hundred and by an authentic manuscript con- forty-four fliers with three sets of tract and two handwrought iron footed rolers, the back set to be spindles just obtained, and now on of wood. the other two sets to bu exhibit, by the North Carolina His- of iron; the machine to be mad . torieal commission from Judge in two frames with two sets of Michael Schenck, Hendersonville, of wheels; one carding machine with the eighteenth judicial district, and two sets of cards to run two rop- son of the late David Schenck. his- ings, each to be one foot wide, with torian and judge.
a picking machine to be attached
The cotton mill, which historians to it with as many saws as may be consider the first south of the Poto- necessary to feed carding mia- mac, was built by Michael Schenck chinc; one roling (or roping?) with in 1813 on a small ersek one and four heads. All the above
(In abstracting the above wills, the information given on the Cross Index to Wills is used where the original will is missing.)
N. C. Had South's First Cotton Mill
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chinery to be completed in a work. MORE ABOUT THE HILLSBORO CLOCK man-like manner. And the said Beam is to board himself and find all the materials for the machine and set the machinery going on a branch on Ab Warlick's land below Assistant Attorney General, State of North Carolina Raleigh, N. C. where the old machine stood; the said Shenk and Warlick are to have the house for the machine and the BY HON. FRANK NASH. running gears made at their ex- Mr. C. R. Ross has an interesting pense; but the said Beam is to fix and well-written article in the Jan- the whole machinery, above describ- uary number of your Quarterly en- titled: "A. Clock that Kept Time for Cornwallis." ed thereto; the wooden cans for the roping and spinning and the reel to be furnished by said Shenk and The history of that clock is found- ed entirely upon tradition. I have necessary for the machinery to be never been able to find any con- Warlick; all the straps and bands furnished by said Shenk & War- lick.
temporary allusion to it in the Col- onial or Revolutionary records. The In consideration of which the said Shenk & Warlick are to pay the said Beam the sum of thirteen hundred dollars as follows, to wit: three hundred dollars this day, two hundred dollars three months from this date, one hundred dollars six tradition itself is well founded that it was presented to the town of Hills- boro about 1769, by George III. Whether it was so presented by the King or by the Earl of Hillsborough acting in behalf of King George is not especially material. Its first lo- months from this date. and the bal- cation was in the tower of old St. ance of the thirteen hundred dol- Matthew's church. That stood on the lars to be paid to the said M. Beam northwest corner of Churton and within twelve months after said ma- Tryon streets in the town of Hills- chine is started to spinning. In boro. testimony whereof, we have here-
Judge Iredell in one of his letters unto set our hands and seals the to be found in McRee's Life of Ire- day and year above written. dell, first visited the place some ABSALOM WARLICK, (Seal) time in 1775 and he comments on *MICHEAL SCHENCK, (Seal) MICHAEL BEAM, (Seal) the handsome church that he found there. Though he does not allude to * (In German) the clock specifically it may well be Test: Robt. H. Burton. assumed that the clock itself con- stituted part of that handsome church.
Miller-Desire information per- After the Revolutionary War, in taining to John Miller and wife, Jane 1784, the tower of the church be- Smith, born in Rutherford county, coming ruinous it was taken down N. C., who moved to Indiana early and the clock placed in the cupola in the 1800's-Hugh Th. Miller, La- of a market house which stood at fayette at Fifth, Columbus, Ind. the intersection of King and Chur-
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ton streets. Vehicles going north and terian church. That church was not south and east west passed through built until some time between 1812 the archway of the market house. and 1816; I think it was completed
This intersection is located at the in 1815. The first Presbyterian con- exact point where the electric stop gregation in the town was organized sign is now to be found at the inter- in 1816. section of these streets. In 1825,
Lead was very much sought for to about, this market house was torn make bullets in the Revolutionary down and the clock was stored in an War. It may have been that the clock old warehouse that stood on
the was deprived of all its leaden parts north side of King street. There it for that reason. There was a tradi- remained until 1845 or early 1846 tion that the bell from the clock was when the present Court House was deposited in the Eno River by the completed. The clock after being re- frightened inhabitants upon hearing paired by Mr. Lemuel Lynch was of David Fanning's Raid in 1781. Now placed in the cupola of the Court as a matter of fact the citizens of House where it has since remained. Hillsboro were taken completely by
These statements in regard to the surprise by that raid. They knew of clock were derived directly from Mr. it only after Fanning's men had en- Lynch himself, who about 90 years tered the town. of age died about 40 years ago. The When Mr. Lynch repaired the
statement in regard to the bell found clock it required many new parts to at Fanning's house is based upon what make it the useful time piece it has is contained in Carruthers' Life of been since. The bell itself upon Caldwell. Carruthers says that a new which the stroke of the hammer falls bell had been purchased for the to mark the time was purchased at church but had not been installed at that time. It is, of course quite pos- that time. The clock itself had none sible that the clock was keeping of the adventures stated by Mr. Ross adequate time when Lord Cornwallis in his article. As it did have a bell and his army were there. February upon which the strokes of the ham- 1781. It is also quite possible that mer marks the time, it may well Lord Cornwallis observed the clock have been that the bell which the as he observed the church. In all Regulators destroyed was the bell human probability, however, the clock
of the clock because with that in- was at that time as silent as the stalled in the tower of the church church itself.
there was no necessity for any church bell.
Old St. Matthew's church was burned about 1791 after it had been Of course the clock itself was used for several years as a free never in the steeple of the Presby-Academy.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
MARKING SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
curing application blanks from the Those interested in preservatiion War Department and applying for of local history can render distin- headstones for soldiers who sleep in quished service to their respective unmarked graves in their communi- communities and counties by se- ties. At the present time there are
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thousands of unmarked graves of even gone further and searched out Confederate veterans in North Caro- graves, applied for markers and erect- ed them at their own expense.
lina, and within another generation the very location of many of the graves will be forgotten.
Upon application, headstones will be furnished for unmarked graves of soldiers, sailors, marines and army nurses who served in the Army or Navy of the United States, (includ- ing Revolutionary soldiers and Con- federate veterans) whether regular or volunteer, and whether they died in service or after muster-out or hon- orable discharge.
All interested in this undertaking should request the Quartermaster General's office, of the War Depart- ment, Washington, D. C., to furnish a supply of Form O. Q. M. G. No. 623, (application blanks). A notice in your local newspaper to the effect that you will make application for headstones for unmarked graves of sodiers will bring a heavy response.
Application blank's call for the fol- lowing information: Name of soldier rank, company, regiment, State or- ganization or vessel, date of death, name and location of cemetery in which interred, name and address of consignee. In case of World war vet- erans, the Division number and State are also required. Those handling applications should require as much of this information as possible to be brought in by applicant, otherwise you may get a large number of ap- plications on hand which will neces- sitate quite- a bit of research work, especially as regards organization numbers.
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We deeply appreciate the hearty and substantial support given us by the large number of men and wo- men interested in North Carolina history, both in this and other states. To date we have subscribers in seventy-four of the 100 North Car- olina counties, while THE RECORD goes to subscribers in the District of Columbia and twenty-nine states, as follows: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Michigan, North Dakota, New York, New Jersey, Nebraska, Oregon, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas. Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming and Washington.
Incidentally, Miss Flora Boyce, of Kwangju, Korea, is our most distant subscriber. Miss Boyce spent several years in China, and after that taught school in Fayetteville three years. She formerly taught school in Ral- eigh also. She is now connected with the Presbyterian mission in Kwan- gju, Korea, having gone there last August.
We also appreciate the many com- ments and notices, regarding THE RECORD. which have appeared in the various newspapers and histori- cal publications. The Indiana Maga- zine of History, The American His- torical Review, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
A number of individuals and coun- ty historians, also U. D. C. chapters, and our own beloved North Carolina have already done a great work in Historical Review have especially securing markers for graves of al- been very liberal in their comments, diers, and in many instances have and use of space, as well as other
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publications, for which we thank you the rate will be advisable," Clarence H. Smith, Curator, Henry County
very much.
We have on hand more than one Historical Museum, New Castle, Ind. hundred complimentary letters. Space will not permit the publication of these. Shortly after the appear- ance of the first number Col. Sam- uel A. Ashe, of Raleigh, North Car- olina's venerable and beloved his- torian, wrote "I have not read all of your first number, but enough for
GENEALOGICAL QUERIES
Boone-Mr. Ben T. Boone, of me to compliment you on it and tell Landrum, S. C., wants material per- you that it please me. I rejoice taining to the Boone family in N. C. that you have entered on this work. (We suggest that Mr. Boone get and hope that the magazine will not in touch with Mr. J. C. Coulter, 1516 only be of great benefit to the state, Richland St., Columbia, S. C., who is secretary-treasurer of The Boone but a pecuniary success for you. . .. The time has come for such a maga- Family Association in America. Ed.) zine as yours, and should receive Clark-McGill -- Want information large support. You will awaken an on Ann Clark, born Sept. 14, 1752. interest that will be of great advant- She married John (?) McGill and age to the state, in fostering a pride lived in Fayetteville. Her daughter, that will tend to devotion."
Elizabeth McGill was born in Fayette-
"I have just had occasion to look ville August 8, 1787. Mary, daugh- over the first number of your publi- ter of John McGill and Ann Clark cation, and hasten to congratulate McGill, was born October 17, 1781. you upon its material and scope," John born October 12, 1783; Thomas says J. S. Saunders, General Alumni and Peggy (twins) born January 8, Secretary, University of N. C., of 1790; Susan born November 22.
Chapel Hill. Dr. A. R. Newsome, 1794; Ann born December 18. 1795: secretary of the North Carolina His- Elsey born April 24, 1799. Elizabeth torical Commission writes: "I con- MeGill married John Marshall in gratulate you on launching the pub- Augusta, Ga., June 8, 1805. Anyone lication under such promising circum- possessing information regarding this stances. ... I am certain that the family . please communicate with Mrs. field preempted by THE RECORD E. T. Agerton, 820 Academy Ave., is ample to support such a magazine, Waynesboro, Ga.
and indeed there has been a consid-
Cullerhouse-Cazar- Miss Lois
erable demand for such periodical. I Briles, of 407 Atlanta St., Marietta. am glad to see it. and assure you Ga., is interested in any material that I shall be glad to co-operate in pertaining to the Culberhouse and any way possible, and assure you that Cazar families, of Rowan county. N. it has my hearty good wishes." C.
"Possibly you find it best to start Duncan __ Hay-Want any informa- the publication at so low subscrip- tion pertaining to the Duncan fam- tion rate, but .... I do not doubt but ily, of Halifax county. N. C., and that your readers will soon find, that the Hay family, of Halifax county. in justice to yourself, an increase in N. C., and Greene county, Tenn .---
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Mrs. W. H. Hay, Camp Smith, Peeks. noted Bantist minister in western kill, N. Y.
North Carolina. Am interested in
Johnson -- Wanted, names of chil- any information concerning them. dren of John Johnson (born 1774) Especially desire place and date of who married Penelope Davidson, birth of Tobias Peterson, and maid- Mecklenburg county-Mrs. J. Parrish, Box 187, Selma, Ala.
P. en name of wife. W. M. Peterson, at- torney-at-law, clo Peterson and Lew- of js, Pendleton, Oregon.
Logan --- Miss Mary Greenlee, Old Fort, desires information regard- Small-Wanted, ancestry of Ben- ing the Logan family of which Capt. jamin Small, whose will was probat- James Logan was a member. Capt. ed in Carteret county, March, 1752; Logan married Jane Gracey, of Ire- and that of his wife, Miriam. Their dell county. They migrated to west- children were Benjamin, Jr., Jonas, ern N. C., to the vicinity of Oid Fort, Amos, John Knite and Sarah
where, in January, 1780. Capt. Lo- Jessup; also WINKLER-Wanted an- gan was killed by the Cherokee In- cestry of Adam Winkler, who died in dians.
Rowan county, N. C., in 1799, and
Morrow -- Any information con- his wife Catherine. Their children cerning James Morrow, a son of Wil- were Daniel, Adam, Mary Foutz, liam Morrow, Regulator of Orange Dianna Motsinger, Magdalene Hawn, county, N. C., will be appreciated. Catherine Burkhart, Barbara Perren -Mrs. C. J. Seawell. Kershaw, S. C. and Elizabeth Winkler. Also SIM-
Nowis (Knowles ?)-Miss Ella L. MONS-Want ancestry of William Galloway of 612 Park street. Barnes- Simmons, who died in Rowan county ville, Ohio, would be glad to receive N. C., in 1772, and his wife. Their any information relating to Willough- daughter Rebecca married William by Nowis (Knowles?) of Beaufort Raper, of Guilford county, in 1770. county, whose name appears in the -Miss Pearl Idol, 409 West High First Federal Consus of 1790, and St., High Point, N. C. who, according to that report. was own.r of 20 slaves. It is thought he was a planter of the Pamlico River territory.
Person-The Federal Census of 1790 show John Person. two sons under sixteen and four females as residing in Rutherford county, N. C. Was this John father of Joseph D. David and John Pearson? Any in- formation regarding the North Car- olina branch of the Pearson family will be welcomed. W. L. Pearson, Stuart, Okla.
Smith-Hon. Stuart Smith, of Scotland Neck, N. C., has informa- tion relative to the Smith family that will interest H. M. S., of Monroe. who inquired for this information in the January number of The Record !. Sewell-Sheppard Sewell. of Cum- berland er Moore county, N. C., was born about 1800, married 1825 to Mary Autry. Anyone having infor- mation regarding this family, or their descendants. communicate with Mrs. Sallie S. Hollingsworth, Edgefield, S. C.
Peterson-Tobias Peterson. died about 1856, located on Hollow Pop- Winkler-Gilstrap-Elliott __ Wise- man-Wright. Information wanted lar Creek. in present Mitchell coun- ty. N. C., and reared a large family, pertaining to any of the above fam- One son, Moses Peterson, h came a flies, prior to the Revolution, Zella
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Atkinson, 2611 East 73rd Street, cal sketch of each of the early Chicago, Ill. churches Other data is also includ-
Walke. -- Mrs. B. C. Trotter, of ed, which makes the volume one of 455 Main Street, Reidsville, N. C. value for genealogists.
desires information about the fam- ily of Taylor Walker. the first sheriff
"Jeffersonian Democracy in North of Washington county; also infor- Carolina, 1789-1816." is the title of a publication recently printed by
mation concerning the descendants of Downing Davis, of £ Washington the Columbia University Press, of county. His son, O. W. Davis, mar- New York. The author is Delbert ried Miss Margaret Clifton.
Harold Gilpatrick.
Marion B. Pickens, Jefferson City, Mo., wishes to learn something of
The University of North Caro- the ancestors of Thomas Ray and his lina Press has published "The Clinch- wife, Charity Teague Ray. who emi- field Railroad. The Story of a Trade grated from North Carolina to Ohio Route Across the Blue Ridge Moun- in 1804. Father of Thomas Ray sup- tains". William Way, Jr., is the posed to have lived near Fayette- author. ville, Cumberland county, Charity Teague probably near the same place.
BOOK NOTES
"The Country Church in North Carolina." by Jesse Marvin Ormand of the Duke school of Religion, has been published by the Duke Univer- sity Press, of Durham. This is prob- ably the most thorough study of the
"Papers and Letters of Governor Angus Wilton MeLear, 1925-1929" country church in N. C. ever made, has recently been published.
The according to press reports. In the volume, authorized by the Council survey the results of several years' of State, is 948 pages in length,and intensive research is made known. much larger than any since the first Prof. Ormand is a native of North record book, Governor Locke Craig's Carolina.
was printed. D. L. Corbett, chief Li- brary Assistant of the North Caro- Prof. E. J. Woodhouse, of the lina Historical Commission, edited faculty of the University of North the work, and William H. Richard- Carolina, has agreed to prepare a son, editor of the publications for book on the history and growth and the State Department of Agriculture, future possibilities of Charlotte and who was private secretary to Gov- Mecklenburg county. University stu- ernor Morrison, prepared the bio- dents will begin work next October graphical sketch.
on gathering data, and the book will be issued next January. Prof. Wood- a
Mrs. Watson Winslow (now Mrs. house several years ago wrote M. H. Evans) has recently publish- book called "Agricultural Mecklen- ed "A History of Perquimans Coun- burg."
ty." a book of 488 pages, devoted to abstracts of land deeds, petitions,
Rev. S. M. Rankin, of Greensboro, marriage records, a short narrative has recently completed a book on history of the county, also histori- "The Rankin and Wharton Families
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and their Geneal gy". There is an arrangement of genealogical tables est, has succeeded in obtaining clear wonderful in its simplicity whereby, title to copyrights on John Charles with the aid of an alphabetical in- McNeill's two books of poems "Songs dex. the line of any person of any Merry and Sad" and "Lyrics From branch of these families may be Cutton Land." and arranged for the quickly traced. The author has de- immediate republication of the vol- voted due attention to the historical umes in editions to supply all de- background, starting with one Ran- mands. kin of 1270. There are 295 pages of text matter and illustrations, togeth- er with several blanks for carrying forward the individual family record.
"The Cooper Family, History and Genealogy. 1661-1931," by Murphy Rowe Cooper, has been received. This book of 148 pages presents the
A delightfully refreshing volume subject in an interesting and at- tractive manner and is replete with of New Jersey genealogy has been received by THE RECORD. This human interest stories which con- is Dr. Orra Eugene Monnette's "First nect well with the general subject. Beginning with James Cooper 1st. born in England in 1661, a nephew Settlers of Ye Plantations of Pis- cataway and Woodbridge, Olde East New Jersey, 1664-1714." This vol- of Anthony Cooper, Earl of Shaftes- ume covers a period of fifty years, bury, the author traces the family and is an essential work for those to Pennsylvania, thence to Virginia engaged in New England genealogi- and North Carolina and adjoining cal research. Four volumes, each states. Fleet Cooper, born in Penn- Sampson complete in itself, have been pub- sylvania, emigrated to lished to date. Part one is introduc- county, N. C., prior to the Revolution tory and historical with surname lists, Eight of the 25 chapters deal with first settlers, Staten Island. maps, etc. the Cooper, Alderman and allied The other three volumes contain vital families of Sampson and Vance records and gleaning's from early counties. Separate chapters give the New Jersey records, and other data history of the Mississippi, Kentucky, pertaining to the early settlers. The West Virginia and Tennessee Coon- author plans to issue, from time to ers and allied families. The three time. further volumes until it is closing chapters are "Some Distin- brought up to date. The choice and guished Coopers," "The Cooper Ideal arrangement of material is so ex- in Education" and "The Coopers and cellent as to make the volume unique Prohibition."
in its field. It is a fine specimen of book work; and is especially rich in North Carolina family names. The Thirty-second annual state Confer- volume itself bears witness to the ence of the North Carolina Daugh- odefatigable research and labor re- ters of the American Revolution is being held in Durham ( March 8-10.)
puured of Mr. Monnette.
Mr. J. L. Memory, of Wake For-
As The Record goes to press the
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LATE NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST
The article "Halifax Stands Out in Wilkes county and place on it a in History," appearing in the Jan- bronze tablet with an inscription deal- uary number of this publication, ing with the work's and accomplish- should have been credited to Miss ments of Mr. Harris, who is the editor Gertrude Carraway, of New Bern, of The. Charlotte Observer. This N. C. bridge located between Boone and North Wilkesboro, on Highway No. A home around which tender mem- 60, is the highest highway bridge in ories clus ered was burned in Sect- the state. land county, a few days before Christmas. It was the home of Don-
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