Alleghany Historical-Genealogical Society, Inc.

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

President: M.O. Zimmerman				
Vice President: Lorene Sturgill
Secretary: Lou Reid Landreth
Treasurer: Mildred Torney

Vol. 3, No. 1		 		March 1981 			BULLETIN NO. 6

From the President:

	The Constitution and Bylaws of the Society have now been printed as a pamphlet.  Anyone desiring a copy may obtain it upon request.

	Only about fifty percent of the members of the Society have renewed their membership for 1981.  Delinquent members are urged to renew their membership at an early date so the Society can be assured of having sufficient funds to carry out its program goals.  Since the Museum is now receiving donations, additional expense is being incurred to properly display the items.  Any additional financial support, which is tax deductible, will be greatly appreciated.  

	The Society is in receipt of a letter from the State Coordinator of the North Carolina Committee for the Study of Abandoned Cemeteries which states in part: “Your survey is one of the better organized ones and I am certain your final results will be as interesting as they are thorough.”  A “well done” is certainly in order to all those who have worked so hard on the cemetery project.

	Now that museum pieces are being collected, we must not overlook the historical aspect of the effort.  The Society needs to begin the task of weaving the genealogical, museum and historical items of interest into the community setting.  We must attempt to record the histories of our local families, professionals, persons, and basic industries that meant so much to the development of Alleghany County.

	You will note a change in the printing of the Bulletin. This is due to the fact that we have found a more economical source for its publication.

	At the meeting of the Board of Directors on February 26, 1981 Mr. Roy Course was elected to fill the vacancy created when Mrs. Lorene Sturgill was elected Vice-President at the annual meeting of the Society.

From the Committees:

Cemetery:  The Secretary reports that as a result of our inquiry sent to property owners by the Tax Office we expect to have about 22 burial places added to our original list.  Surveys not yet completed and the 22 new finds will total somewhere around 250 cemeteries for the county.  207 have been completed to date.

We thought you would enjoy seeing the names and dates of some of the earliest births as well as the ages of some of our oldest people.  From completed surveys, the Secretary has prepared a list of nearly three pages of such information.  The first installment follows:

FROM ALLEGHANY COUNTY CEMETERIES
Surveyed before March
People born before 1809 & those who lived the longest

Cemetery		Name of Person		Born Earliest		Lived the Longest

Allison			M. Allison		05-20-1771

Andrews, James		James Andrews		           1802

Andrews, William	William Andrews		           1792	
			Aby Andrews		           1793

Antioch Methodist	Hannah Harris		12-28-1799
			William Lewis Harris	03-04-1794		103y, 11m, 7d. 

Antioch Baptist 		Martha T. Absher					101y

Bell			Elias Pritchet		05-15-1794
			Anna Pritchet		07-04-1795

Brooks			William Edwards		           1745
			Nancy Carter Edwards	           1750		Both born in England

Bryan, Francis I.		Phebe Woodruff Bryan	08-22-1777
			Francis I. Bryan		06-25-1770

Bryan, Morgan		Morgan Bryan		08-09-1795
			Susan H. Bryan		02-11-1800

Carson, John/Andrew	John Carson		10-26-1789
			Ann Carson		10-26-1795
			Andrew Carson		           1790
			Margaret Carson		            1792

Caudill, James F.		Elvira C. 					99y, 10m, 26d.

Cheek, Chesley		Pheby Cheek		03-    -1802

Cheek William 		Matilda Cheek Collins				99y, 1mo, 16d.

Crab Creek		Sarah Jane Truitt 					99y
			Kenny Andrews					100y, 9m, 19d.

Crouse, Henderson	Benjamin Crouse		           1800
			Wady Crouse		           1807

Edmonds Com.		Celia South		10-25-1804

Edwards, Center		Berry Edwards		02-20-1799
			Ruth Edwards		           1800

Edwards, David Jr. 	David Edwards, Je.	04-16-1774
			Jane Edwards		08-18-1777

Edwards, Elizabeth	Elizabeth Andrews Edwards         1776

Edwards, Isom		Young Edwards		05-28-1781	
			Catherine Cox Edwards	06-01-1792
			Henry McMillan					106y.

Elk Creek		Eld. George Douglas 	01-14-1792
			Isabelle Douglas		09-01-1794
			Zachariah Osborne	07-15-1781
			Polly Hoppers Osborne	06-12-1788
			Caleb Osborne		06-22-1804
			Cynthia Cox Gambill	04-17-1782
			William Gambill		           1779

Evans, J.A.V.		Peg A. Evans		05-19-802

Halsey, Wm.		William Halsey		03-23-1760
			Rachel Cobb		           1762
			Juda Halsey		08-09-1791

Hicks, Catharine		Catharine Hicks		10-18-1806

Higgins, John 		John Higgins		12-25-1807

Higgins, Thomas		L.H. Linville Higgins	04-08-1796

Joines, Thomas		Oscar F. Petty					99y.
     (Whitehead)		Thomas Joines		01-15-1802
			Lydia Joines        		10-02-1801
Jones, Allen		?Elizabeth Jones Spurlin	           1801
			?Daniel Jones		           1788

Kings  Creek		Mary Herrin Sturgill	           1781
			James Sturgill		           1781

Kirby 			Jesse Kirby		01-07-1802
			Sarah Kirby		12-04-1803

Landreth, Stephen	Lucy Swindall Landreth	           1808

Liberty			Beatrice Fender Wagoner				101y, 7m, 6d.
			Henderson Cheek		01-07-1804

Liberty Knob		Rosie Sanders		           1795

McMillian, F.J. 		Rudolph Faw		12-31-1805

McMillian, John		John McMillian		11-13-1756
		     Marion McMillian (LeMonte)                1763
			Alex B. McMillian	08- 17-1799
			Polly McMillan		11-20-1798

Genealogy: Since many people have expressed an intere3st in the Holbrook family and records, we have copied all the information which is written in the family Bible and present it below for all those who may be seeking information:

W.K. HOLBROOK BIBLE RECORDS
(All spellings and dates are copied exactly as stated in the Bible)

Marriages

W.K. Holbrook of Sparta, N.C. to Mira A. Parks of Sparta, N.C. on
			Jan. 16, 1876, in Sparta, N.C.

Maggie Lee Holbrook to Garnett W. Cornett, June 7th, 1910.
Lola Belle Holbrook to Geo. A. Womble, Jan. 11th, 1911.
Julius C. Holbrook to Lulu B. Burton, Mar. 16th, 1903.
D. Bower Holbrook to Beatrice Ginther, Oct. 1st, 1924.

BIRTHS

W.K. Holbrook				Nov. 24, 1850
Mira A. Holbrook				May 16, 1858
Ora B. Holbrook				Oct. 28, 1876
Callie M. Holbrook				Feby. 7, 1879
Julius C. Holbrook				March 31, 1881
Lola B. Holbrook				June 17, 1883
Maggie L. Holbrook				March 12, 1886
David B. Holbrook				Dec. 20, 1888
Infant         “					Oct. 27, 1891
Rufus V. Holbrook				Mar. 31, 1893
Julius Holbrook Womble			July 3, 1913

DEATHS

Ora Blanch Holbrook				6/14/1878
Callie Mae Holbrook				5/17/1880
Infant Holbrook					(no date given)
W. Kelly Holbrook				May 26, 1897
Julius Cleveland Holbrook			Aug. 10th, 1923
D.B. Holbrook					Oct. 12, 1928
Mira Adlade Parks Holbrook			Feb. 6th, 1935
Rufus Vance Holbrook			Aug. 14th, 1958
Lola Holbrook Womble			no date in the bible but a clip from Winston-							Salem Journal of Jan. 7, 1968 states 
¡°Entered into eternal rest Saturday, Jan. 6, 1968.”

Maggie Lee Holbrook Cornett		10/5/72
Geo. A. Womble				7/4/1914
Lula Burton Holbrook (Cleveland)		1/9/50
Garnett Wiley Cornett (Maggie)		3/12/57
Nora Lee Martin Stuart Womble		4/17/71
Charles Edgar Stuart, Jr.			5/19/66
Julius Holbrook Womble			8/13/80

MILITARY RECORD

Rufus V. Holbrook—Was inducted into U.S. Army as a private on April 26, 1918, discharged from the draft on May 11, 1918 as physically unfit for service because of “Lack of three serviceable opposing masticating teeth”. Enlistment Record, from 3-3164, states “Enlisted, or Inducted” August 30, 1918 at Sparta, N.C. Honorable Discharge from U.S. Army was Dec. 12, 1918 at Camp Greene, N.C., #477514, Private, 1st Company, Recruit Camp 4.

LIBRARY: Typed copies of the Alleghany Census for 1870 and for 1900 are now on the shelves for easy reference.  Our thanks go to the following for this very tedious and time-consuming job of reading bad writing and thin microfilm and of typing endless pages:

Ann Triplett and Susan Martin for copying the 18070 census by hand in their spart time at the Library last summer,
Lou Reid Landreth for typing up their notes,
Pauline Meals for transcribing the 1900 census from film for Cherry Lane, Cranberry and Glade Creek,
Lou Reid Landreth for transcribing the 1900 census from film for Gap Civil, Piney Creek and Prathers Creek.

MUSEUM: The Museum Committee is now locating artifacts of personal, household and farm, arts, Indian artifacts, Revolutionary and Civil War items, items relative to our early professions and businesses, representing the lifestyle and culture of Alleghany County.

	One of the first donations to the Museum is from the family of the late Dr. Leff Choate.  Among the many different items from Dr. Choate’s offices are: examining table, sterilizer and table, surgical instruments, microscopes, saddle bags and contents, medical bags and contents, bookcases with several books, ledgers and some pictures which hung on the office walls.

	James M. Winfield, Sparta, donated a sixty-gallon copper still, complete with cap and worm—all handmade.  Many years ago, this still was in operation somewhere on the North Fork of the New River.

	Dave Sturgill, Piney Creek, donated a cord bed.  This represents one of the very early styles of beds in the county.
	
	Mrs. Larrie Cooper, Ennice, donated a trundle bed.

	Mrs. Wilma Foster has donated a loom-woven wool coverlet which is over 125 years old.

	Bill Irwin donated the first copy of the Alleghany News, Volume 1, Number 1.  He is also donating a historic picture of a 1918 gas pump, showing his father and grandfather pumping gas in front of the Twin Oaks Motel.

	Mrs. Clyde Delp is consigning a rare desk which was made by Sidney Allen while he was in prison.  This brings back some well known history for Alleghany citizens.

GENEALOGY INQUIRY:

	Mrs. Norma W. Brooks would like the parents of the following:

		Jonathan Welch Gentry, born 12-25-1815
		Ulyssess Sylvester McLean, 4-28-1858
		Young Nathan Brooks, 3-29-1805
		Moses Woodruff, 9-12-1734
		William B. Kennedy, 5-13-1798
		John Riley Cockerham, 5-25-1847
		William Riley Baugus, 1-8-1871
		Daniel Jay Robers, 5-12-1846