A history of Rowan County, North Carolina [database on-line]. N C.085.30001, and (3) MS Tax Lists. "Rowan County Land Ownership Map Section #3,", "Salisbury Historic District: Showing 30 Nineteenth Century Structures,", Dexter, Darrel. (Records of Augusta County, VA Volume I, p. 33) Prior to VA, Forbush is mentioned in St. Marys County, Maryland in accordance to Maryland Calendar of Wills, Volume 8 p.49 and prior to Maryland is found in Lancaster County, PA during the year of 1735 in accordance to Lancaster Common Pleas pamphlet 8 dated in the year of 1735. My numbers reflect a more modest 25 prior to 1759. All the Bryans and Forbis went west with Daniel Boone, except for Elizabeth Forbis The actual surname was spelled in accordance to the record; land grants of NC. Q The early pioneers made land claims to the Crown (under the current governor) in Bladen county until 1750, when the area of the Catawba Valley became Anson county. "The North-Carolina Mercury and Salisbury Advertizer," [1799-1801], Reynolds, Juanita. Yadkin Co. A Poindexter man moved their monuments and desecrated their grave causing the problem. WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. A history of Rowan County, North Carolina : : Rumple, Jethro : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive A history of Rowan County, North Carolina : by Rumple, Jethro; Daughters of the American Revolution. My ancestor, Charles Vanderford or veere, also lived in this area and was part of the group who moved to Kentucky with William Bryan and the Boone ancestors. G purchased land from Lord Granville in 1764, but a subsequent petition to Governor Tryon, who was trying to assess back taxes, suggests he and others in the area were renting their land from Granville prior to purchasing, and had an agreement at the time of purchase that taxes prior to that were declared by Granville to have been paid as part of the rent. George and sons Robert, James, John and George Jr., along with Morgan Bryan, blazed the way to the Carolinas. Daniel Boone was an early American frontiersman who gained fame for his hunting and trailblazing expeditions through the Cumberland Gap, a natural pass through the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky. In the middle of the nineteenth century, a community appropriately known as Gold Hill prospered for several years during North Carolinas gold rush. "Rowan County Land Entries 1752/53,", Bennett, William Doub. Enter your location: (later Cabarrus) in 1756, which he mentions in his Rowan County will, along with his Rowan plantations. Y "The Confederate Prison at Salisbury,", Linn, Jo White. Several weeks after North Carolina joined the Confederacy, Governor Henry Clark was commissioned to construct a prison for incoming Union prisoners of war. Augusta County,Va. I am, however, stuck as to who George Sr. father was. My direct paternal ancestor, Jacob Rtschi, (imagine the variations of THAT name!) Livingstone College (1879) was founded by a group of African-American pastors to teach students how to assist the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. The History of Rowan. Rowan County Government website. "North Carolina Taxation During the Revolution,", "Cowan Marriage Record from Tennessee Co., TN,", Linn, Jo White. My best lead as to his origins are as follows: b. around 1685 Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Early Settlers of Rowan Co (NC) This purports to be the listing of all folks in the 1790 census, but everyone on the page of my ancestor & his friends, associates, and neighbors in the Forks of the Yadkin appears to be missing. Meyers, Miers, etc.) There was one extended family who made up a large portion of the 1717 Germanna colony. Since you have information on the Turners do you have any information that might help my search for the 22 Roberts brother from Maryland to Anson/Rowan? of the 2nd Germanna colony who is listed here. James was fined five shillings for contempt of court and five shillings for swearing in accordance to Rowan County Court Minutes. Henderson was born in Hanover County, Virginia Colony on April 20, 1735. Morgans James is buried at the Boone Burying Ground located at Eatons Baptist Church. However, DNA testing has provided some evidence that ties all of these families together with their distant common ancestor, Anna Barbara Schone. At that time more than thirty Native American tribes were living in present-day North Carolina. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency. 11, no. The patriarch of this family was man named Cyriacus Fleischmann. Holabird Americana published February 2022 Auction Catalog on 2022-02-01. I do hereby nominate & appoint my beloved sons Robert Forbis and James Forbis Executors of this my last will and testament. Rowan will, A59 And he has 2 references to Martin Wallock (Walck, Walk), but doesnt recognize him as German. His wife was the former Anna Barbara Schone. These are some names found in the Rowan/Cabarrus/Stanly area that I believe may have Germanna connections: Karcher (Carriker), (pretty sure about this one, as they are one of the original families, also), Zimmerman (Carpenter), also original family), Weber/Weaver, Benegar/Penninger, Isehour (Eisenhaur, Isenhouer, etc.). 3, 1889-1909, Record of Sales, Mortgagees, Trustees and Executors, 1916-1959, Record of Executors and Letters Testamentary, 1926-1942, Qualification of Trustees Under Wills, 1933-1956, United States Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000, North Carolina Births and Christenings 1866-1964, North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979, North Carolina, Civil Marriages, 1763-1868, North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994, North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975, North Carolina, County Divorce Records, 1926-1975, Kannapolis North Carolina FamilySearch Center, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan_County,_North_Carolina, https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/4/4d/Iginorthcarolinaa.pdf, http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/sources.htm, https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/f/f5/Iginorthcarolinap.pdf, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Libraries, Fayetteville, Elizabethtown, and Wilmington Trail, Wilmington, Highpoint, and Northern Trail, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Rowan_County,_North_Carolina_Genealogy&oldid=5249321, Brumfield, Lewis Shore. T who married James Jones. Daniel Boones descendants through his wife Rebecca Bryan. Which names are you thinking of, Steven? He had a brother, Thomas Henderson. Just found this wonderful site as I am researching the families of my Boone ancestors and a William and Edward Roberts who are also my descendants through William who was born abt. Either the clerks, etc. Scottish Scones. (And thanks for the information on the Davie County Meyers, who definitely were not my line.) It is a pity because lack of documentation has basically put an end to my family research. The younger Garret (Daniel) had a second grant, (as did his father) but his first sounds as if it is either adjacent or very near Michaels , which was:North side of the Yadkin River, about a half mile above the mouth of Reedy Creek, while Daniels was: North bank of the Yadkin Riverincluding the mouth of Reedy Branch. Reedy Creek is in the southern part of present-day Rowan, and not far from the Cabarrus and Stanly lines. 1746 d. April 1781 m. Elizabeth Wiley b. More details about these early families are stored in numerous files and databases of Piedmont Trails. Rowan citizens eventually composed the Rowan Resolves, an article composed in support of American Independence. 3 min read. M Also in the original group were the Blankenbuhlers (Blankenbaker/Blanketpickler/Pickler). He was just 20 years old and unmarried when he arrived in Virginia. Mill creek on the north side of the creek in Yadkin Co. Our research indicates that relationship with the Bryan Family points to this. Samuel and Mary came with Bryans and Boones to establish Bryans Station in Kentucky and in their later years came with son Luke to Marion County, Indiana. He shows sons as Peter and John in accordance to the probate records of Somerset. Thank You for the question !! The following links provide access to select sets of historical county maintenance maps that NCDOT's Mapping Section stores in its archives 1930 NC County Road Maps (8.9 MB) 1936 NC County Road Maps (9.5 MB) 1944 NC County Road Maps (21.4 MB) 1949 NC County Road Maps (24.0 MB) 1953 NC County Road Maps (23.1 MB) 1957 NC County Road Maps (22.1 MB) A possible source of clarification is an article in #3, Summer, 2000, Volume 27, of the Guilford Genealogist, William Forbis Family, VA-NC. and Martin Wallock (Walk, Walck, Valck?). 9/8/1738 Christened First Presbyterian Church, Phildelphia, PA d. 1806 in Guilford Co. This thirty year span of migration forever changed the landscape along the Yadkin River and many other areas throughout the Carolinas. And in the case of some of these, they were already Anglicizing the names themselves.) Lewis Jones b abt 1602 in Wales d.4/11/1684 Watertown, Mass, Josiah Jones 10/2/1643, Capt James Jones b. Rowan County's most popular and historic landmark has remained the Old Stone House. Senator who backed President Wilson and his foreign policies that led to World War I. Augustus Leazer (1843-1905) served in the North Carolina General Assembly, and he advocated the founding of the North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College, the precursor of North Carolina State University. They record the beginning of the church as 1745, and records indicate there was probably a German presence in the area by the late 1730s. Anne Forbis b. C1741 More on James Jones who married Elizabeth Forbis after her first husband Isaac Ferree was killed by the Indians in 1758. John Mills was received at Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in North Carolina on 8/1/1752 on a certificate from Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Opeckan, Virginia dated 6/1/1752. "Rowan County Natives Buried in the Old Wetaug Cemetery," [Wetaug, Illinois], Condon, Sindey S. and Darrell Dexter. J Johns area. They came by way of Endland and Virginia. "Rowan County Loose Estate Papers," [1753-1850], Spencer, Betty Dan Gilliam. Submit a complete postal address for best results. Approved. George Forbis bef. Chronicles of Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virgina 1745-1800 North Carolina State Archives Stack File No. William Forbis Jr. b. C1733 Davie County was formed from a portion of Rowan County in 1836. I believe that this William Forbis was George Forbis our ancestors brother, their There were many Myers who settled in the Piedmont area of NC and I was referring to the present day Davie County family whose origins stem from the Maryland area before 1740 and up to the American Revolutionary War. I believe my Jones was a son of the Jones you talk about. "Rowan County in the Mexican War or the Aborted Company A,", "Applications for Pensions for Rowan County Civil War Veterans Who Were Wounded or Pensions for the Wives of Veterans Killed in Service,", Cook, G.W. It is well established by Germanna researchers that a large portion of the 1717 group migrated south into NC and into the Yadkin River valley(s). 1/2/1760 d. 5/13/1779 From the Rowan Tree Inn and Hotel. Page Three In 1745, his family moved to Granville County, North Carolina. "Bounty Land Warrants Recorded in Rowan County,", Bennett, William D. "List of Rents of Confiscated Property in Rowan, 1783,", Bennett, William D. and Jo White Linn. Be the first one to, Rowan County (N.C.) records : early settlers / Eugene H. Bean, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). In May of 1861, North Carolina seceded from the Union and the Confederacy sought a site in Rowan for a military prison. Many scenarios come into play with surname spellings. "The McCubbins Collection: The Rowan Public Library, Salisbury, NC,", Linn, Jo White. They are believed to be the . WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. "Annotated Unrecorded Wills of Rowan County 1805-1868,", Linn, Jo White. It sits on Bryan Mill Creek, now called Hauser Search the history of over 797 billion North Carolina Census 1790 -1840 . George Forbis Jr. b. est 1738 D. unk. It was formed in 1753 from Anson County, whose early records were lost to fire. Two of the Boones lived and died near my ancestor in Putnam County, Indiana. Colonel Charles F. Fisher, the namesake of Fort Fisher, was born in Rowan County. Download page 151-200 on PubHTML5. W B Proved in August. "First Presbyterian Church Baptismal Records,", Linn, Jo White. My ancestor is George Forbush. I used to love imagining that Mary had walked in my back yard! High 57F. "Jersey Settlement Origins: First Families of Jersey Settlement,", Linn, Jo White. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Deed Bk.#5, page 251. They spoke languages derived from three language groups, the Siouan, Iroquoian, and Algonquian. Original data: Rumple, Jethro,. 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