Alleghany Historical-Genealogical Society, Inc.

P.O. BOX 817, Sparta, N.C. 28675

President: Wilma R. Foster			
Vice President: Peal Reeves
Secretary-Treasurer: Lou Reid Landreth

Vol. 5, No. 1		 	             March 1983	 		BULLETIN NO. 14

From the President:

	WELCOME TO SPRINGTIME and by all historical “sayings”, it’s time to really get to work on all those things that we have let go during the winter.  This especially means “us”, I am sure!

	We need, first of all, to again give special thanks to Lou Reid, June, Zim and others who have worked so very hard on getting the History Book on the way to the publishers. They have spent untold hours in hard labor and they deserve all the praise and encouragement that we can muster.  Let’s not forget this now and when the book comes out, that without them, the book would never have become reality.

	Work continues toward getting at least a portion of the Flod Crouse house for our Museum. Roy Crouse, Museum Chairman, will report in detail on this project when plans are finalized.

	MEMBERSHIP FEES should be paid at your earliest convenience, and we really need to work on increasing our membership.  Everyone bring at least one friend to the next meeting!

	Now that th time has come that we can really get back in the swing of things, I have appointed some new committees and have made a few changes in others to give member a chance to serve in different capacities.  I do appreciate all who have agreed to serve and am looking forward to a fruitful year for our Society.  The following is a list of our committees and current chairmen:

	CEMETERY			- Elvira Crouse
	GENEALOGY		- Lorene Sturgill
	HISTORY			- 
	LIBRARY			- Pauline Jolly
	MEMBERSHIP		- Irene Wagoner
	MUSEUM			- Roy H. Crouse
	PROGRAM			- Marjorie Armentrout
	PUBLICATIONS		- June Zimmerman
	PUBLICITY			- Pearl Reeves

From the Committees:

HERITAGE BOOK COMMITTEE:

		Lou Reid Landreth, Co-Chairman
		Mrs. June Zimmerman, Co-Chairman
		Mr. M.O. Zimmerman
		Mr. and Mrs. Roberts J. Andrews
		Mr. and Mrs. Robert Black
		Elizabeth Campbell
		Elvira Crouse
		Hazel Cooper
		Annie Blanche Collins
		Dorothy Irwin
		Pearl Reeves

	Our family histories, over seven hundred of them, will be in the hands of the publisher before the end of the month.  While they are working on items together.  We have a long way to go, but it looks like we will have a book that we can be proud of.  

INQUIRIES:

	Kathy Johnson, Littleton, Colorado wants to know if anyone is researching the MANARD family.  Would this surname possibly be the same as Mainer or Mainor?  Also, is there anyone researching the PERRY family?  She would like to correspond with anyone regarding the Perry’s of Alleghany, Stokes, Ashe or Surry Counties. 

	Interested in DANIEL HOLLOWAY, born ca 1795, married first, Mary “Polly” Woodruff, married second, Sarah “Sallie” Baugus.  Polly died sometime before Aug. 4, 1868 when Daniel made out his ill leaving his property to Sallie and her son William Baugus and daughter, Nancy Baugus.  To each of his other heirs: Phoeba Caudil, John Halaway, Visrah Sparks, Jane Brown, Polly Baugus, Daniel H. Halaway, the sum of one dollar.  Daniel had two other sons General and Andrew J. The Daniel H. is probably Daniel Hanks Holloway to whom was deeded in 1856 “a negro man named Jefferson, a negro woman named Sousanna and a negro by named Jefferson.”  Daniel Holloway had property in both Alleghany and Ashe.  Anyone who has further information and would like to exchange, write Orella Holloway, Tillamook, Oregon.  

	Mrs. W. H. Crouse, Charlotte, N.C. is searching for: 1) birth record for Jacob Krause b. 6 Aug. 1801 in Wilkes or Mt. Airy area, d 1835 at Hope, NC.  2.) dates for Margaret Alford (Mrs. Andrew) Krause, dau. of William and Mary Alford and any information on the Alfords; 3) Wendel Kraus’ wife’s name, when, where married, her parentage; 4) Melchior Karus’ wife’s name.  She married second, George Kao about 1750/51; 5) parents of David Edwards of Guilford Co. and wife’s name; 6) info on Andrew Allison and wife, Margaret; 7) parents of William P. Walker of Wake, then Guilford Co., his wife, her parents.

INQUIRIES:

	Mr. Harry W. Harcourt has had to discontinue his research on the Sheets family.  If you have inquiries on Sheets, he refers you to Mrs. Peggy (Sheets) Manning, Lancaster, PA.

	Mrs. Ulys Jackson, Harrison, Arkansas, is most interested in finding out more about William Edwards b. 1745 in England, d ca 1830; and Nancy Carter Edwards b ca 1750 in England, d ca 1835; both buried in the Brooks Cemetery.

	Would like to contact the person who has the photograph of Thomas Jones, Sr. (1802-1886) that appeared in the 1976 Alleghany County history.  She is descended from Thomas Jones’ daughter, Elizabeth (1827-2877) who married James Welborn Shepherd (1827-1899).”  Thomas D. Hamm, Bloomington, Indiana.

	Mrs. Elsie L. Edwards, Albermarle, N.C., is searching for information on Edwards, especially William Edwards and a David Edwards who married Jane Anders “of a Dutch family” and Bennett Washington Edwards who married Eliza Torbot Fisher Elliott.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

	“This Moody Family of Western North Carolina and Scattered Descendants” is now available.  It is a large 8 ½ x 11 book containing 529 pages of text, photographs, documents, and index.  There are over 4500 names including Boyd, Plott, Boone, Leatherwood, Howell, Francis, Campbell, etc.

	This is a comprehensive work involving over twenty years of research.  It begins in the 1600’s and continues to the present time, following the Moodys from Jamestown, Virginia to South Carolina, Granville and Chatham Counties in North Carolina, and into Haywood County.  

	The price is $35.00, plus $2.00 for packaging and mailing.  Send your order and check to: Frances Moody Nadeau, Fort Pierce, Florida.  

RENW YOUR MEMBERSHIP!

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EARLY LITTLE RIVER, NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS’ MOVE
to WHITE RIVER, INDIANA IN 1814 to 1840 Era

In searching for ancestors, it was discovered that a rather special relationship exists between the early settlers of the Little River area in North Carolina and those settlers of the White River area of Lawrence County, Indiana during the 1814 to 1840 period.  An extraordinary number of common surnames and a very high percentage of the given names occurred at both places.  Indian history verified that many of the settlers were from the Little River area.
An early tax list was found which serves as a guide of just who were at Little River.  Of the ninety-six (96) taxpayers, seventy-one (71) or seventy-four (74%) percent have surnames which occur both places and of these, forty-seven (47) have exact given names.  The names on the list are marked by a symbol to denote name occurrence as:
	FN= Same Full and Surname;			S= Surname occurrence only.
In addition to those listed, there are other surnames in Lawrence County common to the Alleghany area, such as: Blevins, Collins, Coulter, Isom, Landreth, Miller, Pennington, Rector, Terrill, et al.

It appears the offspring went forth initially and were joined by their parents later.  Some settled and stayed, some relinquished their entries and returned home while others paused briefly and continued west as new lands opened.

Lawrence County, Indiana is a good place to look for new leads on descendents of the Little River pioneers.

FN	Edward Edwards	100ac		100.		1wp		Little River
FN	John Edwards		50ac		22.				Little River
FN 	Richard Edwards	150 ac		100.		1wp		Little River
FN	Starling Edwards	500 ac		500.		1wp		Little River
S	Stoke Edwards	140 ac		50.				Little River
FN	William Edwards	1500 ac	1500.		1wp 2 bp	Little River
FN	William Edwards	200 ac		200.		1wp		Little River
FN	Young Edwards	148 ac		148.		1wp		Little River
FN	Young Edwards	300 ac		300.				Little River
	Meleth Fann		125 ac		100.				Little River
S 	Absalom Fender	100 ac		100.		1wp		Little River
S 	Daniel Fender		100 ac		100. 		1wp		Little River
S	John Fender		100 ac		100.		1wp		Little River
S	Nimrod Fender	160 ac		160.		1wp		Little River
	William Gambell	199 ac		50.		1wp 2bp	Little River
	William Gambell	399 ac		100.			         Cranberry Creek
	William Genings	100 ac		120.				Little River
	Simon Gross		200 ac 		100.				Little River
	Jonathan Hanes	200 ac		200.				Little River
	Will Harbart &
S	Robert Thomson	400 ac		200.		2wp 1bp	Little River
S	William Harden	350 ac		175.		1wp		Little River
FN	Jesse Hill		200 ac		200.		1wp		Little River
	John Hoppes		300 ac		200.		1wp		Little River
S	Leonard Johnson	300 ac		150.				Little River
	Robert Kates		200 ac		50.				Little River
S	George Long		50 ac		30.				Little River
	John Lorance		100 ac		100.		1wp	No Location Given

	There is only one early tax list for Ashe County extant, that of the year 1815.  The following is the district of Captain Williams (the Little River area of Ashe that became Alleghany in 1858).  The information contains NAME, NUMBER OF ACRES, VALUATION IN DOLLARS, WHITE POLLS, BLACK POLLS AND LOCATION OF LAND:
	Samuel Brackins	409 ac		$200		No Location Given
S	Jacob Brinegar	300 ac		350.	1wp		Little River
	John Brower		640 ac		100.			Little River
	John Brower		  -		  -	1wp		    -
	Francis Bryan		1500 ac	750.	1wp 1bp	Little River
	Morgan Bryan		150 ac		100.	1wp		Little River
FN	William Burten	100 ac		100.	1wp		Little River
FN	Allen Burton		300 ac		200.	1wp		Little River
FN	John Burton		350 ac		200.	1wp		Little River
	John Choat		  -                      -          1wp                       -
	Joseph Choat		240 ac		200.	1wp		Little River
	Seberte Choat		800 ac		800.			Little River
FN	John Conley		300 ac		300.	1wp		Little River**
FN	William Conley	3720 ac	3000.	1wp		Little River**
FN	David Cox  Jr.		530 ac		125.			Little River
FN	David Cox Sr.		50 ac		15.			Little River
S	Rankin Cox		200 ac		50.	1wp		Crab Creek
S	Samuel Cox		340 ac		75.			Little River
	Dudley Creek		150 ac		100.	1wp		Little River
FN	Adam Crouse		690 ac		350.	1wp		Little River
S	Jacob Crouse		325 ac		300.	1wp		Little River
S	Jacob Crouse		-		 -	1wp		    -
	John Dugles		200 ac		200.	1wp		Little River
FN	David Edwards	760 ac		760.	1wp		Little River
	Peter Lorance		100 ac		75.	1wp	    No Location Given
FN	William Maxwell	950 ac		700.			Little River
FN	John McBride		1200 ac	1100.	1wp		Little River
FN 	Mosses McBride	320 ac		160.	1wp		Little River
S  Frederick Mikee (McKey)	200 ac		150.	1wp		No Location
FN	Levy Mitchael		200 ac		100.	1wp		Little River
FN	Abram Mitchel	600 ac		600.			Little River
FN 	Isaac Mitchel		150 ac		150.	1wp		Little River
FN	Robert Mitchel	150 ac		125.	1wp		Little River
	Daniel Moxley	174 ac		200.	1wp		Little River
	William Moxley	250 ac		500.	1wp		Little River
	Robert Nall (Tenn.)	900 ac		225.			New River
	Augustine Pacemore	200 ac		175.	1wp		Little River
FN	James Pase		200 ac		200.	1wp		Little River
S	Ezra Philips		300 ac		150.		   No Location Given
FN	Jesse Phips		50 ac		60.	1wp		Little River
S    Nathaniel Pug (Paugh)	150 ac		50.			Little River
S	Luthar Purkins		450 ac		200.	1wp		Little River
FN    James Riggan (Riggins)	    -                    -         1wp		Little River
S	Samuel Scott		600 ac		400.	1wp		
S	Jeremiah Smith              -                      -	1wp		     -
FN	Thomas Smith		250 ac		125.			No Location
S	John Spurlin		400 ac		360.	1wp		Little River
FN	Zachariah Spurlin	800 ac		400.			Little River
FN	Zachariah Spurling Jr.	 140 ac		100.	1wp		Little River
FN	Jesse Toliver		600 ac		200.	-	2bp	Little River
FN	Chars Tolliver		330 ac		515.			Little River
FN	David Tolliver		150 ac		100.			Little River
FN	John Tolliver		200 ac		200.	1wp		Little River
FN	William Tolliver	250 ac		200.	1wp		Little River
FN 	Joseph Tompson	300 ac		100.			Little River
FN	Henrey Waggoner	160 ac		80.			Little River
FN	Adam Waggonner	930 ac		930.			Little River
FN	Eliza Waggonner	552 ac		275.			Little River
FN	John Waggonner	200 ac		250.			Little River 
FN	John Waggonner	-		-	1wp		       -
FN	John Weaver		-		-	1wp		Little River
S	Robert White		100 ac		35.	1wp		Little River
FN	Henry Williams	160 ac		75.	1wp		Little River
FN	John Williams		400 ac		400.	1wp		Little River
FN	Richard Williams	510 ac		800.		2bp	Little River
FN	Vinson Williams	400 ac		300.	1wp		Little River
S	Allen Woodruff	1800 ac	500.	1wp 	1bp	Little River
S	John Woodruff	-		-	1wp		       -

(END OF WILLIAMS DISTRICT)

Sources: Courthouse Records of Ashe County, North Carolina and Lawrence County, Indiana; History of Lawrence County.

Submitted by: Arnold R. Kegel
		Everett, WA