Alleghany Historical-Genealogical Society, Inc.

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

President: Bessie McMillan			
Vice President: Mildred Torney
Secretary-Treasurer: Lou Reid Landreth

Vol. 7, No.4	 	             	  December 1985	 	BULLETIN NO. 25

FROM THE PRESIDENT:

	I want to thank all of you for the support you have given me during this term of office. This time last year when we were trying to nominate new officers for the Society, no one would take the jobs.  Later, I reluctantly agreed to be your president even though I had just lost my husband and was burdened with much grief and responsibility to deal with. You have been kind and thoughtful to me and I appreciate it beyond measure.

	I wish I could have accomplished more, but things are looking up and we can expect 1986 to be our best year ever.  Lets all work together toward that goal.  

	In March I asked Alice Doughton to be chairman of the History Committee as we had fallen down completely in establishing an active committee in that area.  

	We were all delighted with the confirmation by Mr. Pete Church that we will have a room in the new Higgins Agricultural Center building to start a museum—at Long Last.  It has been nearly two years since we had a museum chairman, so I have asked Lou Reid Landreth to be Chairman of the Museum Committee.  She has served as Secretary for the Society for six years and it is only fair that she be relieved of this responsibility.  The museum project will require much concentration.  It will need coordination and Liaison with the Agriculture Center and the development of a record system, office equipment and other needs.  It is the consensus that Lou Reid will be ideally suited for this project.  

	I would like to have been able to get the cemeteries finished and a book underway.  This project has been going on over six years and needs to be completed.

	We have had several nice programs and guest speakers at our monthly meetings and I want to commend the Program Chairman, Irene Wagoner.  In the past year we’ve had programs by Mrs. Margaret Motsinger, Pete Church, E. Leff Wagoner, Duane Davis, Mrs. Cora T. Neville, T.J. Worthington, John woodruff and Peter Karasz.  Our heartfelt thanks to all of them.

	Just a reminder to renew your membership for 1986 and to recruit new members.  We need additional money and additional help.  PLEASE HELP!

	My best wishes of the season to all of you.  May you have joyous holidays and a New Year filled with bountiful blessings.

	The following marriage records		ALLEGHANY COUNTY 
are taken from the Registrar’s Office			MARRIAGE RECORDS
at the Court House in Sparta, N.C.

Name of Male		Name of Female			Father of Male		Mother of Male

Wm. Willis		Candis Brown			Not known		Patsy Willis

Houston Collins		Amanda Edwards			Randolph Collins		Celia Collins

W.A. Miers		Martha Nablet			Alexander Miers		Sarah Miers

John Taylor		Sarah Stamper			Stephen Taylor		Elizabeth Taylor

Thomas Quisenbery	Martha Pierce			William Quisenbery     Eveline Quisenbery	

Joel Ward		Nancy Lundy			Stephen Ward		Mehala Ward

Stanford Carico		Meryan Ward			Martin Carico		Ann Carico

James H. More		Isabella Straup			David More		Serfina Grub

James H. South		Nancy Osborn			James South		Jane South

James T. Snow		Serah E. Brooks			James Snow		Anna Snow

Thomas More		Elizabeth Snow			John More		Polly More

Thomas Price		Caroline Williams		David Price		     --

Caswell P. Finely		Nancy McNite			Jesse Finley		Sarah Finley

Welbern Woodruff	Nancy Rector			Aaron Woodruff		Phoeby Woodruff

James F. Price		Sarah Sturgill			Jefferson Price		Sarah Price

John Dickson		Elizabeth Ann Goins		Eli Dickson		Nancy Dickson

William Lovlass		Caroline Wyatt			Armsted Lovlass		Elizabeth Lovlass	

Wiley Caudill		Susan Crowse			Daniel Caudill		Winey Caudill

Joel Tedder		Martha Roil			Benjamin Tedder		Mahala Tedder	

William Shoemake	Mahala Caloway			Calvin Shoemake		Nancy Shoemake

Cind Wright		Emily H. Frank			Harrison Wright		Polly Wright

James Hally		Margerite Wills			Clabern Hally		Ann Nuton

David Shinault		Sarah Edwards			Richard Shinault		Sarah Shinault

Caswell J. Taylor		Caroline Long			A.J. Taylor		Lenna Taylor

Wm. H. Thompson	Mazey C. Reeves			R.B. Thompson		S.C. Thompson

Father of Female	Mother of Female	     Date		        By Whom Married 

James Brown		Flora Brown		Feb 11 1870		PC Higgins, JP	

Isom Edwards		Linna Edwards		Mar 17 1870		PC Higgins, JP

Thomas Nablet		Hannah Nablet		Feb 16 1870		PC Higgins, JP

S.S. Stamper		Lydia Stamper		Feb 29 1870		Rev. T. Woody

David R. Price		Seryan Price		Dec 23 1870		PC Higgins, JP

John Cox 		Sarah Cox		Nov 20 1870		PC Higgins, JP	

Marvie Ward		Jane Ward		Nov 17 1870		PC Higgins, JP

George Stroup		Nancy Stroup		Oct 2 1870		PC Higgins, JP

Caleb Osborn		Berbary Osborn		Aug 7 1870		AF Phipps, JP

Hardin Brooks		Cessy Brooks		Sep 19 1870		MVB Naman

Lefayt Snow		Nancy Snow		Sep 20 1870		AF Phipps, JP

Elan Willams		Patsy Williams		Oct 11 1870		DC Jones, JP

Nicholas McNite		Mary McNite		May 5 1870		PC Higgins, JP

Columbus Rector		Rosamond Rector		May 15 1870		PC Higgins, JP

James Sturgill		Juda Sturgill		Jan 8 1870		Rev. WB Halsey

Thomas Goins		Sarah Goins		Dec 2 1871		John Parsons, JP

Zebede Wyatt		Mary Wyatt		Sep 11 1871		John Parsons, JP

John Crowse		Tina Crowse		Oct 1 1871		Rev. JJ Caudill

William Anders		Serah Anders		Aug 10 1871		Rev. JJ Caudill

Marshal Caloway		Polly Caloway		May 14 1871		FS Doughton, JP

Jesse Frank		Sally Frank		Aug 5 1871		FS Doughton, JP

Granvill Wills		Martha Wills		Aug 17 1871		FS Doughton, JP

Morgan Bryan		Susan Bryan		Oct 14 1871		Rev. Morgan Bryan

John R. Long		Mary Long		Dec 11 1871		Rev. BE Caudill

George T. Reeves		Nancy Reeves		Nov 2 1871		Rev. BE Caudill

Name of Male		Name of Female			Father of Male		Mother of Male

William Bemand		Tiny Rook			Joshua Bemand	        Elizabeth Bemand
Floyd Anderson		Anna Halsey			McCoy Anderson		Aley Anderson
Alfred J. Vaught		Martha J. Grubb			John Vaught		Mary A. Vaught
Solomon O. Edwards	Margaret Pugh			David Edwards		Jane Edwards
Gebriel Joines		Nancy Blevins			C. Joines		        --
Mikel Hendricks		Sally Porter			John Hendricks		Susan Hendricks
Issah Sparks		Cherity Willey			Ruibin Sparks		Nancy Sparks
Daniel Whitead		Sally Edwards			Wm Whitead		Nancy Whitead
Joseph Spicer		Martha Brackins			James Spicer		Tamsy Spicer
J.M. Delp		Dilby Halsey			George W. Delp		Nancy Delp
Drury Pasley		Pandora Bell			Jefferson Pasley		Mary Pasley 
John Weaver		Phebe Vanhoy			James Weaver		Anna Weaver
Martin Crowse		Nancy Adaline Hill		Ben Crowse		Minta Crowse
John Hill		Polly A. Lovelass			Hiram Hill		Cyntha Hill
N.S. Davis		Laura M. Wright			Marlin Davis		Mahala Davis
John Shoat		Melinda Ball			Samuel Shoat		Mary Shoat
Charles Kenedy		Rosamond Stamper		Theodore Kenedy		Caroline Canady	
James C. Landreth	Cathay Phipps		Stephen Landreth		Lucy Landreth
Daniel Halloway		Fanny Caudill		Isaac Halloway		Mary Halloway	
Jesse Cook		Melinda Phipps		David Cook		Mary Cook
Henry Boon		Elizabeth Delp		Andy Boon		Patsy Boon
L.E. Ayers		Martha King		Not known		Not known
S.F. Chappel		Ana P. Anderson		Not known		Not known
Griggs Hampton		Sarah McNite		Not known 		Not known
John Richardson		Margaret Moxley		Alexander Richardson	Martha Richardson
James Pool		Eliza Jane Delp		Not known		Thurza Pool
William R. Thompson	Mary E. Handy		David Thompson		Anziline Thompson
Henry Richardson	Nellie Schoat		Alexander Richardson	Martha Richardson	
S.J. Irwin		Caroline Andrews	Wm Irwin		Nancy Irwin

Father of Female	Mother of Female	     Date		            By Whom Married 

Joseph Rook		Not known		Apr 26 1871		Rev. WB Halsey
Merras Halsey		Serfina Hasley		Feb 26 1871		Rev. JL Pugh
William Grubb		Susan Grubb		Feb 26 1871		Rev. JL Pugh
Joseph Phipps		Nancy Phipps		Jan 11 1871		Rev. DC Caudill
William Blevins		Nancy Blevins		Jan 16 1871		CJ Edwards, JP
Robert Porter		Susan Porter		Mar 21 1871		FS Doughton, JP
Levi Willey		Nancy Willey		Jan 11 1871		MVB Naman, JP
Thomas Edwards		Nancy Edwards		Apr 9 1871		CJ Edwards, JP
Joshua Brackins		Lucy Brackins		Mar 8 1871		CJ Edwards, JP
Robert Halsey		Mary Halsey		Jan 26 1871		Rev JL Pugh
William Bell		Rebeca Bell		Mar 26 1871		Rev. Wm B Halsey
Milton Vanhoy		Nancy Vanhoy		Apr 26 1871		Rev. Wm B Halsey
David Hill		Catharine Hill		Mar 24 1871		DC Jones, JP
Armsted Lovelass	Elizabeth Lovelass	May 30 1871		HS Reeves, JP
Wm. D. Wright		Rebeca Wright		Aug 22 1871		HS Reeves, JP
Vinson Ball		Serah Ball		Aug 3 1871		Rev. Morgan Bryan
Joshua Stamper		Susan Stamper		Feb 23 1871		Rev. JW Landreth
Hugh Phipps		Edy Phipps		Jan 29 1871		Rev. JW Landreth
Not known		Not known		Feb 27 1871		John Parsons, JP
Not known		Not known		Dec 25 1871		PC Higgins, JP
Not known		Not known		Sep 27 1871		PC Higgins, JP
Not known		Not known		Nov 26 1871		PC Higgins, JP
David Moxley		Susan Moxley		Oct 15 1871		Wm H Joines, JP
Levi Delp		Elizabeth Delp		Dec 10 1871		Guy Mc Reeves, JP
John Handy		Sarah B. Handy		Oct 3 1871		Guy Mc Reeves, JP
Joshua Schoat		Margaret Schoat		Sep 19 1871		Wm H Joines, JP
James Andrews		Elizabeth Andrews	Oct 10 1871		Wm H Joines, Jp

	Mrs. Pauline Jolly has submitted the following list of people who are seeking genealogy data and have left their names at the Library:

NAME AND ADDRESS					FAMILIES BEING RESEARCHED

Mrs. Eleanor Waters					John Tolliver & Tabitha Howell,
Woodstock, GA						James Tolliver & Mary Baldwin
							Tolliver-Peter Whitaker & Francis White

Mrs. DeNola T. Collins					James Collins & wife Elizabeth Lewis
Jerkin, KY						Collins

Donald Lyle Andress					Great Grandfather Byrum Andress
Coal Valley, IL

Laura M LeBaron					William Alfred Brooks’ ancestors.
Canada							Nancy Mahalia Duncan m. Joshua 
							Stoneman Edwards.
	
Pat Walton						William F. Campbell, descendants
Troutdale, VA						Polly DeBoard Campbell, dau of Jim
							And Della DeBoard.

Dr. William Turner					Murray/Murry, Hodge, South
Santa Ana, CA

Helen Cottingham				Murray, South, Hodge
Beckley, WV

Benson C. Wagoner				Great-grandfather Benson or Bence
Kansas City, MO					Wagoner, father of Oda Lee Wagoner
						Grandfather to Marion Benson Wagoner

Gilbert Lyon					Genry before 1875, George Washington Lyon
Glade Valley, NC					b. about 1830.

Mabel L. Combs					Susan Stamper Long, dau of Jonathan Stamper
Chatham, VA

Barbara Hokada					Madison Boman
Marion, VA

Bertha Hendrick					Ally Hill; Aaras Hill b 1852, Rufus Hill 
Falls Church, VA					b 1855, Catherine Hill b 1856, Genette	
						Nancy Hill m Thompson Taylor

Johnny L. Sheets					Mary Ellen Sheets, Charles Leon Sheets,
El Paso, TX					Thelma Sheets, Wilburn Sheets. 

Shannon L. Joines				William H. Joines b. Ashe Co. 1828.
Tipton, Indiana					Died Alleghany Co. 1911.  Husband of Candis
						Andrews, b. Ashe Co. 1831, d. Alleghany 1911
						Father of Franklin Joines (my great grandfather)
						Frances, James, Charly Jane & Laura.

Mr. & Mrs. L.T. Sloane				Reeves, Davis, and Toliver
Davenport, IA

Thomas E. Wilson				John and Cynthia (Isom) Wilson, both born about  
Independence, VA				1812 or 1813.  Information on any Wilsons.

Melissa Mitchell					James Franklin Mabe, B 1859.  His mother
Bluefield, WV					was Eliza, came to W. Va. as a child. Father
						unknown.  Also Mabe, Mitchell, Jarrett, Lunsford,
						Rector, Bell.

James Cox					Cox, Reeves, Thomas, Elliott
Roanoke, VA 

Mrs. Loy Heare					Cox, Reeves, Osborne, Elliott, Thomas, Pugh.
Joppa, MD

Sandy Dalrumple					Sincoch, Smith 
Barnesville, OH

Rollin and Faye Dixon				Rhoda Hall, wife of John Mabe.
Jeffersonville, Indian

Betty Harris					Preston and Pleasant Richardson
Carlsbad, CA

William L. Poole				Poole, Settle, South.
Macon, GA

Vianne Absher Gillespie			Absher, Moxley, Irwin, Toliver.
Peoria, AZ

Bonnie Ray Reeves			Reeves, Joines, Hamm, Moxley.
Independence, VA

INQUIREIES:

Mrs. Letha Whitehead of Marion, Indiana would like to know if anyone has information about Samuel Brackins.  He was born ca 1815 and died ca 1894 in Alleghany County.  He owned land on Pine Swamp.  His children were Rhoda, William, Franklin and Elizabeth.  Who were his siblings and parents?  Who was his wife, Nancy?

Mr. Thomas R. Smith of South China, Main is searching for information on his great-grandfather, Lewis W. Smith.  The only record he has is that he was enlisted as a private, Co. E, 67th Regiment, North Carolina Troops, Feb. 1 1863.  He ahs reason to believe that he spent his early life in this part of North Carolina and later in Carroll and Grayson Counties, Virginia.  

Delwood S. Jackson, of Cincinnati, OH would like help with the following:

1.	Aaron Woodruff, b. Jan 1847, m Susan E. (Sue), b. May 1854.  Would like to have family name of Susan and confirm name of father of Aaron.  
2.	Adolphus Woodruff, b. Apr 1857, m. Mary A., b. Jan 1860.  Would like to have family name of Mary and confirm name of father of Adolphus.  
3.	Francis Bryan, Jr., b. 6 Oct 1814, m. Margaret Carson.  Their children born in the 1840s: John, Ann, Robert, William, Phoebe and possibly Jane or Sarah Jane.  Would like to have parents of Margaret and material of the marriages and families of their children.
4.	Phoebe Bryan, daughter of Francis Bryan, Sr., m. Hughs Roberts.  Phoebe b. 30 Dec 1819 and they had children: John, Francis, Abram, Catherine, Nancy, Melinda, and Fannie.  Would like to correspond with descendants or persons with family information.

PUBLCIATIONS:

	HOPPERS, MOXLEY, TOLIVER AND RELATED FAMILIES by Lorene Moxley Sturgill is now available.  This is a lovely book, 8 ½ X 11, album style, hardbound in colonial blue with gold trim, printed on the highest quality archival paper, over 500 pages of family connections and illustrated with over 300 photographs.  It may be purchased at the library or ordered from Mrs. Lorene M. Sturgill.  Price (subject to increase) is $35.00 per book, plus $1.58 NC sales tax.  Add $2.50 per book to cover postage and handling.  

A NOTE FROM THE SECRETARY:

	This year-end finds us again searching for officers to nominate at the January annual meeting.  It has been my pleasure to serve as Secretary for SIX years. I tis time that I be relieved.  Records and routines have been established.  We are selling only a few of the Heritage books each month, meaning that the payments to the publishers and to the NC Department of Revenue for sales tax are no big deal.

	I was delighted that our membership hit the 150 mark in 1985, five of which are LIFE members.  PLEASE don’t fail to renew your membership.  Due should be paid in January if you haven’t paid them before.  Our goal is to exceed the 150 members in 1986.  We need you.  It’s going to be a good year.

	Our enthusiasm has been renewed by the fact that we now have a site and will be working with the county committees in planning the space which we will occupy as a historical museum in the multi-purpose building at the Higgins Agricultural Center.  A museum is only as good as its records.  In fact the history of an item and the people who used it is more important than the item itself.  I am already acquiring books and studying about record systems, labeling, legalities, etc. for historical museums.

	We welcome contributions to the Society and hope that you will help us on the office equipment, files and machines necessary for the museum.  We are a non-profit organization and all contributions are deductible from your income tax.