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136 results for "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal"
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44214
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The author notes valuable materials discovered in the personal bibles of six prominent planters in the counties of Edgecombe, Nash and Wilson in North Carolina. Specifically noted are the bible of Jacob. S. Barnes, the bible of Nathan Parker Daniel, the bible of Lewis Ellis, the bible of William Wilkins, the bible of David Winstead and the bible of William Woodard.
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44461
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The Chapel of the Cross is an Episcopal Parish in Chapel Hill, Orange County, N.C. Information abstract records all black persons, except for owners and clergy, the associated event and date and sponsor.
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44174
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Bladen Precinct was formed from New Hanover Precinct in 1734 and named for Martin Bladen, a Lord Commissioner for Trade and Plantations. St. Martin's Parish became the parochial district for the county with approximately 30 families listed at the time. the earliest know tax list for the community dates to 1763. the oldest religious settlement in the county was that formed by Quakers.
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44146
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Preserved in the North Carolina State Archives is a list of accounts from the firm of Davies & McKenzie, cheifly coverin the area of Bladen and New Hanover Counties. For reasons not understood, the list was forwarded to the North Carolina General Assembly in 1790. the firm ceased functioning with the death of Davies in 1753.
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44483
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The article notes of particular interest a list of members of Capt. Lenoir's Company found in the Peter Thompson Collection at the N.C. State Archives.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 9 Issue 4, November 1983,
p234-235, map
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44800
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White's store is believed to have been located on the south side of present Tarboro Street in Wilson. His books represent 775 accounts of varying lengths. This article abstracts names and dates of person with whom White did business.
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44414
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This is an abstract of a ledger owned by Samuel Landers. Landers was born in Ireland in 1792 and died in Lincolnton in 1864. He was a Methodist preacher and carriage maker.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 50 Issue 3, July-September 2024,
p256-264
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44806
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The author asserts that when genealogists begin the quest of search land owned by their ancestors in Catawba, they face a formidable obstacle Explanation and maps are provided that reveal a myriad of boundary changes linked to counties from which Catawba emerged. Catawba was formed from a portion of Lincoln county in 1842.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 17 Issue 4, November 1991,
p194-200, map, f
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44216
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The problem of British merchants collecting several million pounds of debt after the end of the war was a protracted one. Finally on January 8, 1802, an agreement was reached by the two countries on the payment of claims. The author notes this as the first in a planned series of articles on the subject. This first article deals with the Report of Special Agent William Duffy.
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44841
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"The Cumberland Battalion (also Guard) was the State of North Carolina's last active military effort to aid the settlers in its western lands against Indian depravations."
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 18 Issue 4, November 1992,
p194-204, map, f
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44172
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The subject of real estate terminology is expanded on by the author of this sketch. Information is taken from a genealogy workshop held by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History on July 19-20, 1975. An alphabetical listing of terms and their meanings is given.
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44511
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It is noted a bonus item in this diary is a record of the collection of fees for marriage licenses in 1765 and 1766 for Halifax County. A unique item, the diary shows the migration of a prominent attorney from Maryland to Halifax County N.C. in 1765, where he assumed the duties of the Clerk of Court for Halifax County.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 10 Issue 4, November 1984,
p223-226, il, map
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44807
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In North Carolina until 1808, only the General Assembly had jurisdiction over matter of divorce and separation. However, beginning that year, divorces could be obtained in the county Superior courts for impotency or adultery.
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44199
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In colonial America, divorce could only be granted through legislative act. After the Revolution,, laws regarding marriage and divorce were slow to change. In North Carolina, an act passed in 1796 gave only four specific reasons divorce could be granted. In 1808, the North Carolina Assembly passed an act concerning divorce and alimony.
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44742
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Now defunct, Dobbs originally contained portions of Jones and Wilson Counties and the whole of Wayne, Greene and Lenoir Counties. Information abstracted here is from the original 1769 list preserved in the Secretary of State Records.
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