Thyatira is one of the oldest Presbyterian churches in the state and the author and his family were church members.  The book includes some beautiful sketches of the church as well.

If for some reason you are unable to view the book pages above, you can access the book here.

The book includes sketches for

• Rev. Robert Archibald
• Rev. Humphrey Hunter (1755-1827)
• Rev. Robert Hall Morrison (1798-1889)
• Rev. John Joseph Kennedy (1838-1912)
• Rev. Robert Zenus Johnston (1834-1908)
• Rev. Wm. E. McIlwaine
• Rev. Robert Newton Davis (1818-1871)
• Rev. James Davidson Hall (1806-1892)
• Rev. Edward Payson Davis
• Rev. R. P. Smith

If for some reason you are unable to view the book images above, you can access the book here.

If the image of the book does not show for you, you can access the book here.

image from the 1910 volume

Yearbooks for Barton College are now available at the Internet Archive.  The school was formerly called The Atlantic Christian College.  

The yearbook has been named The Pine Knot & The Collegiate. 

1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926  1927  1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |  1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982

If more volumes become available over time, this information will be updated. 

Pages from John Motley Morehead and the Development of NC

Last night I abstracted an obituary for Joseph Motley Morehead (1840-1911).  While doing some online searching so that I could connect potential researchers to the obit, I learned of this book at the Internet Archive.

Now, what was interesting for me was the picture of his home, Blandwood. I grew up in Greensboro and would always pass this house as a kid either from my school bus routes, just going around town, etc. I have not yet learned much about the history of Greensboro, but I had no idea who lived in this house – now I know! How neat is that!

Blandwood, Home of John Motley Morehead

A link has been added to it from the History page.

Recently added to the NCGenWeb Digital Bookshelf are links to online, digitized issues of this paper that span 1889-1917. The paper is filled with information that can contribute to your family history research and is worthy of checking out.

excerpt from the Biblical Recorder

Weaver College yearbooks from 1920-1934 have recently been added to the DigitalNC website and links have been added to the Yearbooks page.  The school was located in Weaverville Buncombe County before it later merged with Brevard College in Transylvania County.

With these additions,  I’ve now been able to add the index of graduating senior classes from these years as well.   To see the list of more than 350 students that graduated from the school during this time frame, click here.  More than a third of the students listed a Buncombe County city as their hometown.

The first issue of the yearbook has a wonderful inscription from the yearbook editor, Jean Franklin, to the college president, Dr. Willa B. Player.

The inscription reads

This is the first edition of the Bennett College Yearbook, 1961-1962, compliments of the junior class and the yearbook staff.

I hope as you read this first pictorial account of the life at Bennett you will be constantly reminded of the unyielding determination of everyone concerned to produce something that would be memorable and cherished by the Bennett family in the years to come.

I look forward to seeing more of these important volumes come online. You can find a link to them under “Guilford County” on the Yearbooks page.