The Durham-Orange Genealogical Society of North Carolina will hold its next Monthly Meeting at the Bennett Place next Wednesday, February 1, 2012 from 7-9 pm. The topic will be The McCulloh Great Tracts – Their Impact on Genealogy Research presented by Stewart Dunaway. All meetings are open to the Public.
Date: February 1, 2012
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Topic: The McCulloh Great Tracts – Their Impact on Genealogy Research
Speaker: Stewart Dunaway
Location: Bennett Place located at 4409 Bennett Memorial Road, Durham,
NC 27705-2307 – (919) 383-4345 – http://www.nchistoricsites.org/bennett/
*Note* Stewart will sell and sign books at the end of the meeting.
About the topic:
The McCulloh Great Tracts – and their impact on
genealogy research
Henry McCulloh was a typical adventurer in the realm of colonial
politics and economics. He is said to have been a merchant of London,
and his home was at Turnham Green, Middlesex County. He probably became
interested in North Carolina through his relations with Gabriel
Johnston, to whom he advanced considerable sums of money between 1726
and 1733. McCulloh’s deepest interest in the New World was that of a
land speculator. In 1737, the Crown delivered to Murray Crymble and
James Huey, trustees for McCulloh, warrants for 1,200,000 acres in North
Carolina, on condition that 6,000 foreign Protestants should be colonized.
Related information about the topic:
http://piedmontwanderings.blogspot.com/2010/01/settlers-in-tract-11.html
http://piedmontwanderings.blogspot.com/2010/01/great-tract-11-and-haw-river.html
http://www.carolana.com/NC/Royal_Colony/nc_royal_colony_henry_mcculloch.html
About the speaker:
Stewart Dunaway, formerly an executive of Siemens Telecom (FL), is
retired and now spends time researching colonial and revolutionary war
history in North Carolina. He has published myriad historical books as
well as genealogy-related material from the State Archives. He has
transcribed over 19,000 records from the Archives, now provided in book
form. His books can be found on the internet at:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/sedunaway.
Stewart, his wife Maryellen, and daughter Sarah reside in Hillsborough.