Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross Genealogy Files

1970s-2000s
Manuscript Collection #1454
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Ross, Elizabeth (Betsy)
Physical description
14 Cubic Feet, 14 records containers
Preferred Citation
Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross Genealogy Files (#1454), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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ECU Manuscript Collection
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This collection contains genealogy files compiled by Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross of Greenville, North Carolina, primarily related to families in Beaufort, Craven, Martin, and Pitt Counties, North Carolina. These files include individual family files containing family sheets and genealogy notes, plus abstracts of public records that she did from microfilm and the actual records, and notebooks of genealogy notes that include indexes to their information.

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This collection contains genealogy files compiled by Elizabeth Ross primarily related to families in Beaufort, Craven, Martin, and Pitt Counties, North Carolina. These files include individual family files containing family sheets and genealogy notes, plus abstracts of public records that she did from microfilm and the actual records, and notebooks of genealogy notes that include indexes to their information. Besides covering family lines she was related to such as Ross, Grimes, James, Nelson, Andrews, Ellis, Godley, Butler, Galloway, and Whichard, these files cover families Elizabeth Ross was distantly related to, or, in many cases, was not related to at all but they lived in the same geographic areas.

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Custodial History

July 16, 2024 (unprocessed), 22 cubic feet; This collection contains genealogy files compiled by Elizabeth Ross primarily related to families in Beaufort, Craven, Martin, and Pitt Counties, North Carolina. These files include individual family files containing family sheets and genealogy notes, plus abstracts of public records that she did from microfilm and the actual records, and notebooks of genealogy notes that include indexes to their information. Besides covering family lines she was related to such as Ross, Grimes, James, Nelson, Andrews, Ellis, Godley, Butler, Galloway, and Whichard, these files cover families Elizabeth Ross was distantly related to, or, in many cases, was not related to at all but they lived in the same geographic areas. Also included in the total cubic footage of this collection are 8 cubic feet of books and journals (including publications written by Elizabeth Ross and Roger Kammerer which were published by her Flag Publications) that will be transferred to the North Carolina Collection. Gift of William A. Ross, brother of Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross.

Source of acquisition

Gift of William A. Ross

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Container list
Box 1 Folder a Alden, Alligood, Archbell (and Blow), Ashe, Atkinson Files
Box 1 Folder b Adams File (Beaufort and Pitt Counties, North Carolina)
Box 1 Folder c Albritton File (Pitt County, North Carolina; Georgia)
Box 1 Folder d Allen File
Box 1 Folder e Alston, Anderson, Anderson (and Galloway) of Georgia and Alabama Files
Box 1 Folder f Andrews, Alford Gray Andrews (North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Mexico) Files
Box 1 Folder g Andrews Family Sheets (Part 1)
Box 1 Folder h Andrews Family Sheets (Part 2)
Box 1 Folder i Andrews Family Data [Bible records, cemetery record, land records, clippings, wills, etc.]
Box 1 Folder j Andrews Family (Northampton County, Virginia; Georgia; Tennessee)
Box 1 Folder k Andrews Family in North Carolina Censuses
Box 1 Folder l Applewaite Family (Isle of Wight County, Virginia); Archbell Family (Beaufort County, North Carolina); Armstrong Family
Box 1 Folder m Arnold Family (Pitt and Beaufort Counties, North Carolina)
Box 1 Folder n Askew--Forehand Families; Averett/Everitt Family
Box 1 Folder o Bagnall, Baker, Baldree, Baldwin, Ballard, Barber, Barnes, Barnhill Families
Box 1 Folder p Barrow Family File
Box 1 Folder q Barwick, Bass, Battle, and Baxter Families
Box 2 Folder a Bell, Benbury, Bennett, Benton, Berkeley, Best (see also Hardy, Sutton), Biddle, and Biggs Families
Box 2 Folder b Blackledge and Richards, Blackshear, Blanchard (Chowan and Gates Cos., North Carolina), and Bland Families. Bible records for Blanchard, Bond, Boyce, and Copeland Families.
Box 2 Folder c Blount Family Sheets (Pitt, Beaufort, Chowan, and Tyrrell Cos., North Carolina)
Box 2 Folder d Blount Family
Box 2 Folder e Blount Family
Box 2 Folder f Bonner Family
Box 2 Folder g Blow, Bond, Bowers, Boyd, Bracewell, Braddy, Bradley, Braxton, and Bridgers Families
Box 2 Folder h Bright, Briley, Brinkley, and Brock Families
Box 2 Folder i Brooks Family from Rachel Brooks Hord. [also includes Hardee and Moore Families]
Box 2 Folder j Brooks Family from Roger Kammerer.
Box 2 Folder k Brown Family
Box 2 Folder l Bryan Family
Box 3 Folder a Bryan Family of Northeastern North Carolina and Southeastern South Carolina..
Box 3 Folder b Bryan Family of Macon County, Georgia.
Box 3 Folder c Bryan Family Bible Records of Bertie County, North Carolina.
Box 3 Folder d Buchanan, Lionel M. and Elizabeth C. Higgs, Family
Box 3 Folder e Buck Family of Pitt and Beaufort Cos., North Carolina
Box 3 Folder f Bulluck/Bullock Family of Buncombe County, North Carolina
Box 3 Folder g Burnet/Burnett and Moseley Families of North Carolina and Virginia
Box 3 Folder h Burney Family of Pitt and Beaufort Cos., North Carolina
Box 3 Folder i Butler Family of Chowan, Tyrrell, Bertie, and Craven Counties, North Carolina
Box 3 Folder j Butler Family Data for Craven County, North Carolina
Box 3 Folder k Butler Family Data for Craven County, North Carolina; correspondence with Helen Butler and Howard L. Butler.
Box 3 Folder l Butler Family material from Donna Mae Powell.
Box 3 Folder m "Descendants of Charles Butler of Craven County, North Carolina" by Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross. Second draft.
Box 3 Folder n "Descendants of Charles Butler of Craven County, North Carolina" by Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross. Working manuscript. 1996
Box 3 Folder o "Descendants of Charles Butler of Craven County, North Carolina" by Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross
Box 3 Folder p Bynum and Byrd Families
Box 3 Folder q Byrum Family from Ben Askew (1999-2000)
Box 3 Folder r Byrum Family information from Harvey B. Harrison
Box 4 Folder a Campen, Carr, Carrow, Carson, Chapman, Churchill, Clark, Cobb, Cockroft, Cooper, Corprew, Cotten, Cox, Crandall, Crawford, and Cullen Families
Box 4 Folder b Calvert Family of Virginia. Also includes a memoir of Helen Read called "My Mother."
Box 4 Folder c Campbell and Capehart Families
Box 4 Folder d Cannon Family of Pitt County, North Carolina
Box 4 Folder e Carson, Carstarphen, and Carter Families
Box 4 Folder f Cason Family of Virginia, Georgia, and Pitt County, North Carolina
Box 4 Folder g Caton Family
Box 4 Folder h Chance Family
Box 4 Folder i Cherry Family
Box 4 Folder j Clark Family
Box 4 Folder k Cobb Family
Box 4 Folder l Coburn (Cockburne) Family
Box 4 Folder m Cockroft Family
Box 4 Folder n Coffield Family
Box 4 Folder o Congleton Family of Beaufort and Pitt Counties, North Carolina
Box 4 Folder p Copeland Family
Box 4 Folder q Copeland Family (Jesse Macon Lawrence, Jr. material)
Box 5 Folder a Corbett (Corbitt) Family. [See also Edwards and Wooten Families.]
Box 5 Folder b Cotten (Cotton) Family. The Cotten Family of North Carolina by Bruce Cotten.
Box 5 Folder c Cotten (Cotton) Family Data
Box 5 Folder d Coward and Cox Families
Box 5 Folder e Crafton (Crofton) Family. [see also Notebook Families-Direct Line]
Box 5 Folder f Crandall Family of Pitt and Beaufort Counties, North Carolina
Box 5 Folder g Crawford and Creecy Families
Box 5 Folder h Crisp Family (family sheets)
Box 5 Folder i Crisp Family Data
Box 5 Folder j Culpepper Family of Virginia and North Carolina
Box 5 Folder k Curry Family
Box 5 Folder l Darden, Davis, Dawson, Deberry, Dickinson, Doty, Dupree, and Duckinfield Families
Box 5 Folder m Daniel Family
Box 5 Folder n Davenport Family
Box 6 Folder a Davenport Family of North Carolina and Virginia [from Sam Davenport in Norfolk, Virginia, 1993]
Box 6 Folder b Delamare (De La Mare) Family of Craven County, North Carolina
Box 6 Folder c Deloach and Dew/Due Families (mentions Bridgers and Cotten Families too)
Box 6 Folder d Dixon Family of Beaufort, Greene, and Pitt Counties, North Carolina
Box 6 Folder e Durant Family of Northeastern North Carolina (see also Barrow, Sutton, and Hatch Families) Dowty Family of Beaufort County, North Carolina
Box 6 Folder f Eason, Eborn, Eden, and Ellison Families
Box 6 Folder g Ecklin Family of Beaufort County, North Carolina
Box 6 Folder i Edmundson/Edmondson Family of Edgecombe and Halifax Counties, North Carolina
Box 6 Folder j Elks Family of Pitt County, North Carolina
Box 6 Folder k Ellis Family
Box 6 Folder l Ellis Family Data
Box 7 Folder a Elmore and Etheridge Families
Box 7 Folder b Eubanks/Yewbanks Family of Pitt County, North Carolina
Box 7 Folder c Evans Family of Beaufort, Pitt, and Edgecombe Counties, North Carolina
Box 7 Folder d Everett Family of Martin County, North Carolina; Exum Family
Box 7 Folder e Ficklen, Flake, Fletcher, Fonvielle/Fonville, Foy, and Franck Families.
Box 7 Folder f Fillingame (Fillingham, Fillinghim, Filingin, Phillingin) Family of Craven and Pitt Counties, North Carolina, Illinois, and Indiana.
Box 7 Folder g Flanagan Family of Pitt County, North Carolina by Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross, July 1989. [Bound and unbound drafts]
Box 7 Folder h Flanagan Family Raw Data (and correspondence)
Box 7 Folder i Fleming Family of Edgecombe and Pitt Counties, North Carolina
Box 7 Folder j Forbes Family
Box 7 Folder k Forehand Family by Dianne Hobbs Mickey
Box 7 Folder l Forehand Family
Box 7 Folder m The Forehand Family of Northeastern North Carolina by Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross and Michael V. Baker. August 14, 1998, revised draft.
Box 7 Folder n Fornes Family
Box 7 Folder o Gale, Galloway, Gaskins, Goff,and Graves Families. (Gardner Family see Moye Family, Grist Family see Hill/Slade/Grist Family)
Box 7 Folder p Gainer Family of Pitt and Beaufort Counties, North Carolina
Box 7 Folder q Gaylord Family. Gladson Family of Pitt County, North Carolina.
Box 7 Folder r Godley Family Sheets for Beaufort, Bertie, and Pitt Counties, North Carolina
Box 7 Folder s Godley Family of Bertie, Beaufort and Pitt Counties, North Carolina
Box 7 Folder t Godley Family of North Carolina. Some Godleys of the British Isles of the 19th Century.
Box 8 Folder a The Godley Family by Elizabeth Ross (August 1994 working draft). Also more notes related to Godleys in Beaufort, Craven, and Pitt Counties, North Carolina.
Box 8 Folder b Godley Family of Texas. Godley--Wiggins family connections.
Box 8 Folder c Godwin Family
Box 8 Folder d Goodwin Family (also Baker, Forehand, Boyce families). Information collected by Michael Vance Baker in 1998.
Box 8 Folder e Gorham Family of England, Massachusetts, and Beaufort and Pitt Counties, North Carolilna. Green/Greene Family of Chowan and Pitt Counties, North Carolina.
Box 8 Folder f Griffin Family. Also includes 1992 draft of "Griffin Families of Northeastern NC" (by Elizabeth Ross ??)
Box 8 Folder g Grimes Family Sheets (Folder 1)--Direct Lines (related to Norfolk County, Virginia, and Northeastern North Carolina)
Box 8 Folder h Grimes Family Sheets (Folder 2)--Direct Lines (related to Northeastern North Carolina, Mississippi, and Georgia)
Box 8 Folder i Grimes Family Sheets (Folder 3) concerning William Grimes II line in Northeastern North Carolina (especially Martin County)
Box 8 Folder j Grimes Family Data
Box 8 Folder k Guilford Family of Beaufort County, North Carolina