Cumberland
County Queries
July - August, 1997
I am searching for information on the JOHNSONs of Cumberland County,
North Carolina. My g-g-g-grandfather was Randal JOHNSON, b. 1783, son of
Duncan, son of Randal (some documents may list them as JOHNSTONs). I would
appreciate any help. Thank you.
Contact: Mitch Wesley
Posted: August 30, 1997
I am researching Charles CAMPBELL whose Cumberland County estate was
settled in 1761. Elenor CAMPBELL was the administrator of the estate.I
am trying to connect Campbell descendants who later migrated to Marion
County, South Carolina and Robeson, Bladen and Columbus counties in North
Carolina to this family.
Contact: Charlene Campbell Kell
Posted: August 29, 1997
Isaac (Newton) CLARK b. 1839 in NC. 1850 Cumberland Co. Census, Fayetteville
Dist, pg 16 (?): James SUNDAY, Furrier and Harness Maker has several young
men as apprentices. One is named: Isaac CLARK, age 12 b. NC. This is probably
my husband's G-GF who appeared on the 1870 Census, Moore Co., Carthage
Dist., NC as Issac N. CLARK, age 31, harness maker. He is married to Sallie
J. (Keith) age 26, both b. NC. 1880 Census, Moore Co., Carthage Village.
Was Issac an orphan in 1850? Anyone know his parents or have other information?
Contact: Mrs. Wilbur P. Clarke,
Jr
Posted: August 29, 1997
Looking for any information on the family of Malcolm SMITH. He was born
in Scotland in 1718 and died in 1778 in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
He married Sarah (Peterson) McKISSIC in 1745 in Cumberland County. They
had at least one son, Archibald SMITH, who was born August 18, 1756 in
Cumberland County. Archibald married Catherine BROWN who was born Feb.
20, 1753 in Cumberland County. Malcolm SMITH was one of the earliest elders
of the Long-Street Presbyterian Church. He also helped organize the Old
Bluff Presbyterian Church in 1758.
Contact: Ann Rossini
Posted: August 23, 1997
I have run across Alexander PATTERSON of Cumberland Co., N.C. who died
in 1839 and left George McDuffie PATTERSON of Talledega Co. Al. guardian
of three children: John W., Eliza, and William C. Am interested in any
info on this family. Contact: PaFae
Posted: August 23, 1997
KIRVEN/KARWON, Thomas and Cade - ? Revolutionary War Soldiers of Cumberland
Co., NC moved to Darlington Co., SC. Cade m. twice: by first wife had a
dght. Verzilla who m. 1st John Brown and 2nd Michael Ross. Michael and
Verzilla ROSS supposedly adopted "niece" Lacy Elizabeth COLVIN.
Were Verzilla and Lacy's mother sisters? Was Lacy's mother's name Sarah
Jane? Both of Lacy's parents died when she was small: father, John COLVIN
in 1820 and mother in 1822. Lacy's sister, Mary Ann COLVIN m. James Edward
Bryce of Darlington Co., SC. Any help would be appreciated.
Contact: Jane Power
Posted: August 23, 1997
Looking for birth place and ancestors of John ELLISON and Nancy SURLS.
John ELLISON b.1795 NC d. Aug. 6, 1866 Crenshaw Co. Al. m. Dec.17, 1819
Cumberland Co. NC. Nancy SURLS b.1799 d.aft 1870 Crenshaw Co. Al. Three
of the children were born in Ga. others Lowndes Co. Al. John and Nancy
were in Lowndes Co.Al. by 1830. Have information on family in Al. will
share. (Part of Lowndes Co. made up Crenshaw Co. when it was formed in
1864).
Contact: Rubye Phelps
Posted: August 20, 1997
HORTON, Anthony Wayne 1804-1853 of Fayetteville, N. C. Married Isabella
JORDON (daughter of Dillion JORDON & Susan SHEPARD) Would like to exchange
information with anyone researching this line.
Contact: David Ivey
Posted: August 20, 1997
I am looking for information on John Alexander MCLEAN b. 29 Oct. 1805,
Harnett Co. NC married Mary Mathilda NORRIS abt 1830 in Mississippi. Would
also like to know about his father Duncan MCLEAN b. 1775 Cumberland Co.
married Mary MCALLISTER Cumberland co.1802.
Contact: Gwen McLain Chapo
Posted: August 20, 1997
The 1755 Cumberland County Tax List lists Edward CONNER, my 7-8 great
grandfather. Interested in any information regarding him, any wife, child
names, etc. Believe Edward CONNER arrived c. 1739 on ship "Thistle".
Contact: Jeremiah Hackler
Posted: August 20, 1997
The SEALE and MUSE families arrived in Cumberland Co from Prince William
Co VA. James MUSE Sr. and wife Sophia POPE MUSE and their grown children
James MUSE, Jr. and Charles and Lydia MUSE SEALE settled in Cumberland
about 1753. Would like to correspond with descendents.
Contact: Timothy Hudson
Posted: August 14, 1997
Seeking help on parental and family info for Absalom CUTTS/CUTS m. 22
Jan 1840 Stokes Co. to Rachel GIBSON, per Automated Archives CD#4. Absalom
and Rachel are in Jefferson Co, TN, in Fed Census 1850. Issue: Sarah, Martin,
Jane, Latin, and Salome (mine). The Cutts name in NC seems to first come
from Cumberland or Stokes Co., according to pre-1850 census indices.
Contact: Lou Minor
Posted: August 14, 1997
WYATT
Trying to find information on my g grandmother, Sarah Jane WYATT, and
her family. Her father was a baptist preacher. Information on the name
WYATT will be most useful, also on Jimmy D. BARNES who married SARAH. SARAH
also married a TART, don't know his first name. Also my grandmother Rosa
Lee BARNES who marriedJ immy Paul L LONG. Any information on these names
would be most useful.
Contact: Rosa Frye
Posted: August 14, 1997
BRYANT/BRIANT
BRYANT, Jonathan Evans, b. 11/23/1828, NC married Sarah Ann EDWARDS,
b. Dec. 22, 1828 (daughter of Joshua EDWARDS and Mary BULLARD) on 9/8/1847
in Cumberland Co., NC. They moved to GA before 1850. Who were parents of
Jonathan Evans BRYANT? Also searching for any information on: King BRYANT
and Bartrim BRIANT of Cumberland Co., 1820-1840.
Contact: Martha Ross
Posted: August 10, 1997
EVANS, Jonathan -- lived in Cumberland Co., 1820-1840 -- any information
appreciated.
Contact: Martha Ross
Posted: August 10, 1997
Elisha STEDMAN b. in Ashford, Windham Co., Ct. m. Mary Owen daughter
of Col. Thomas Owen and Eleanor PORTERFIELD, d. Fayetteville, Cumberland
Co., NC. I am trying to complete the N.C.STEDMAN Family history and badly
need information concerning the descendants of Elisha STEDMAN.
Contact: Carolyn Burgess Knott
Posted: August 10, 1997
I am looking for any info on Lewis BARGE, Sr.,an early resident of Campbellton
and Cross Creek and any of his children: George K., Polly, Lewis, Jr.,
Abraham, Richmond, Edward W., Abel, Sarah, Rachel and John Robinson.
Contact: Madelon & Don David
Posted: August 10, 1997
Searching for land or other records regarding the sale of land that
Daniel SHIPMAN purchased in 1735 which was located about 8 miles south
by southeast of Fayetteville, in the Big Bend, aka Carver's Neck, of the
Cape Fear River. This was an early Quaker settlement. (I have more details
regarding the location of this land.)
Contact: Nadine Shipman Sinkwitz
Posted: August 10, 1997
Need parents of John BLUE m Margaret LAMMOND, dau of Angus LAMMOND,
Bladen Co. Ch baptised Bluff Presbyterian Church, Cumberland Co., NC Ch
were: Daniel, Malcolm, Angus, Elizabeth, John Jr.,Alexander, James, Neil
McDiarmind, Archibald. John BLUE died KY about 1832.
Contact: Marjorie Miller
Posted: August 6, 1997
HALL
REWARD CONSIDERED! to any one who can provide information on: Jessie
Martin HALL supposed to have been born in Sampson County, NC abt. 1860.
Wife Jane Ellen MCKENZIE d. in 1922 in Cumberland Co. and was buried in
PEARCES MILL TWSP. Children: Ida Hall, Shep Hall, Fleet Hall, James Hall,
Haywood Martin Hall, Della Hall. Need Jessie's info and any info that might
locate grave sites for Jane, Della and Jessie.
Contact: Jack F. Hall
Posted: August 6, 1997
Searching for info on James M. TAYLOR who married Jane JONES in Cumberland
CO., NC in 1810. I am related to a William TAYLOR and Elizabeth??. William
TAYLOR was born 03/15/1818 in NC and was in Coffee CO., AL living next
door to his brother James B. 1816 in NC by 1860. Any help or suggestions
would be appreciated.
Contact: Bobby King
Posted: August 6, 1997
I am looking for information on Duncan MacRAE who was Postmaster at
Fayetteville probably in the 1790's. He was born in 1769 in Strathglass,
Scotland, and married in Fayetteville in 1790, I think, to Rhoda Young.
Contact: Ann Cameron MacRae
Posted: August 6, 1997
Who are the parents or any other family information John H. MCCRANIE
(MCRANIE) (MCCRANEY) born abt 1757 in N. C. or Scotland, died 23 February
1852 in Telfair Co. Georgia. John H. MCCRANIE married Catherine Laslie
in Cumberland Co., N. C. on 27 Jan 1803. She is the daughter of Daniel
Laslie and Mary McCLelland of Richmond County, N. C.
Contact: Owen McCranie
Posted: August 5, 1997
Looking for family info on Cumberland County resident Robert Winship
STEDMAN (1837-1868) buried in Cross Creek Cemetery, Fayetteville.
Contact: Chris Davis
Posted: July 28, 1997
KERVIN/KERVEN/KARWON
Cade KIRVIN left a large family in Darlington, SC. By his first wife,
???, he left daughter Verzilla who married John BROWN and 2nd, m. Michael
Ross, Baptist minister. Thomas and Cade said to be Revolutionary War soldiers
of Cumberland Co. Was Thomas Cade's father or brother??? Am actually trying
to find if Verzilla had a sister who died in 1822, m. John COLVIN, and
had, among others a dght, Lacy Elizabeth COLVIN, who was raised by "her
uncle, Michael Ross." ANY help would be appreciated!! Am happy to
share information.
Contact: Jane R Power
Posted: July 16, 1997
Looking for information about the marriage of William SMITH and Celia
HOGAN in Cumberland County NC about 1774.
Contact: Bill Neinast
Posted: July 8, 1997
Seeking info. on Philip PETTIFORD (c1754-1825) who lived in Cumberland
Co., NC from 1790 to 1825. Wife was Patience BASS and children were William,
Jefferson, Nancy, Mildred, Sarah, Maria and Gillie (1790-1830's) PETTIFORD.
I have info. on his descendants by Gillie PETTIFORD.
Contact: Robert Jackson
Posted: July 8, 1997
I am researching Sion TEDDER born about 1772 in NC. He married Nancy____?
and left Cumberland Co. NC between 1810 and 1820. By 1820 he was in Wilkinson
Co., Ga and by 1830 he and his family were in Montgomery Co. AL. Sion TEDDER
died in Montgomery Co., AL in 1851. He had sons named James, Thomas, John
W. and probably Elijah and Eli. Elijah TEDDER was next door in 1830 with
a family. By 1840 there was no Elijah, but an Ann was listed with family.
Sion TEDDER was bondsman for the Elijah TEDDER that married Sallie POPE
COBB in Cumberland Co., NC in 1805. This Elijah was likely a brother to
Sion. Seeking ANY information, and will share.
Contact: Edith M. Tedder
Posted: July 8, 1997
GULLY, CALCOAT
Jesse GULLY and Hannah CALCOAT were married in Cumberland County, NC
12 December 1827. Family tradition says that Hannah was the ward of Jesse's
grandfather Ezekiel SLOCUMB. She is buried in Nexhoba County, Mississippi.
She was my gggrandmother. Any help with this line will be deeply appreciated.
Contact: William Ray Wilson
Posted: July 8, 1997
McDANIEL
William David McDANIEL was born 1809 in NC. I believe he was probably
from the Bladen/Cumberland area. He was in Leon Co., Florida by 1838, was
on the 1840 census in Thomas Co.GA, then back to Leon Co. where he remained
as a circuit riding Baptist preacher. Does anyone know of other McDaniels
from the area? or about other families from the area who might also have
gone to Florida about the same time?
Contact: Jackie McInnis
Posted: July 8, 1997
TALBOT
Looking for information about the John Nixon TALBOT Family and his ancestors.
Also looking for information regarding his son Stephen Bragg TALBOT.
Contact: Jo Grasso
Posted: July 8, 1997
McLAURIN
I am looking for information regarding the Duncan McLAURIN family residing
in Fayetteville, NC. Duncan McLAURIN (1812-Feb 10, 1895) married Charlotte
AUTRY (d. 1891). Looking for information regarding his ancestors and/or
descendents.Variant Spellings: McLerran, McLearen. Duncan's father, John
McLerran ( born <1744), John's Father Duncan McLerran Jr. (1759-12/6/1821-born
in Scotland) and his father Duncan McLearan born in Scotland, his uncles
Archibald McLearen, and Daniel McLerran).
Contact: Jo Grasso
Posted: July 8, 1997
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