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Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Guilford County
Family Websites
- Allred Family Organization
- Baldwin Family ~ includes many Quaker Baldwins of Guilford County
- The Beeson/Beason Family Homepage ~ by Gail Harvey Budda, with many Guilford County connections
- Benbow Family Genealogy ~ a Quaker family which immigrated to Pennsylvania about 1718, & migrated to Guilford County from Bladen County NC in the 1770’s
- Clodfelter Family ~ website by Don & Jeanine Hartman
- Cunningham, Field, Hamilton, Hoskins, Julian, McCuiston, Moody, Short, & Witty Families ~ by Fredric Saunders
- Dick Family of Guilford County information on Benbow website ~ a Presbyterian Scots-Irish family which arrived in the area before 1768
- Dicks Family ~ Peter Dicks & Esther Maddock ~ an English Quaker family which arrived in the area in the 1750’s; the host of this website has done a wonderful job of researching the family’s early generations
- Farmer ~ Descendants of Christian Farmer, ~1740 – ~1820 ~ Christian Farmer, a man of German heritage, settled in Guilford County in the mid 1700’s; this page focuses on his descendants who moved to Morgan and Hendricks counties, Indiana
- Farrington Family ~ those buried at Sandy Ridge Cemetery
- Gore Family Home Page
- Gregory, Harris, Hudson, Morgan, Owens, Robbins, Saferight, Wall & Watkins Families
- The Hinshaw Family Association ~ by Jan Hinshaw
- Kelley & Kelly Families of Guilford County NC, GA, & AL
- Benjamin McFarlin Chronology ~ by Cheryl McFarlin Corey
- Mendenhall Family Association ~ a Quaker family which produced several people who were prominent in the area’s history; Guilford’s Mendenhall Plantation was the home of Richard Mendenhall
- Michael Family ~ Rowan Roots website by Dan Patterson has information on families of Old Rowan County and the area’s history
- Pegram Family Album ~ page by Nola Duffy
- Phelps Family Roots in North Carolina
- A Short Family Story and Windham Tale
- Simpson Family Website
- Stallings, Stubblefield, and Kernodle
- Stanley Family Association ~ a Quaker family which arrived in the area in the 1700’s
- Tatum Genealogy ~ by Ronnie Tatum ~ researching Edward Tatum and his descendants in Brunswick County, VA; Guilford County, NC; Stokes County, NC; Logan County, Kentucky; Green County, MO; and allied families
- Teague Family
- Abraham Woodward & Hannah Thornbrough ~ Quaker allied families and descendants who lived in Guilford County
Surname Lists with Interested Researchers
Albright, Hunt — Michael Brown
Allen, Baker, Bartlett, Bassett, Boone/De Bohun, Brevard, Burton, Chandler, Curtis, DeGraffenreid, Farmer, Foster, Hairston, Hatcher, Hudson, Jefferson, Johnson/Johnston, Lanier, Lashley, Lawson, McAdoo/McAdow/McDue, McElwee/McElyea/McElyee, Mayo, Morton, Moss, Patrick, Paine/Payne, Randolph, Renfro/Rentfro/Renfrow, Shelton, Shropshire, Sims/Symes, Stovall, Trent, Underwood, Watson, Wheeler, Williamson, Witt/DeWitt, Woods — Tony Johnson
Andrew/Andrews, Thompson — Carol Andrews
Arnett, Brashears, Davis, Galloway, Hendricks/Hendrix, Kennedy, Newland, Owings, Prior/Pryor, Ruley, Skimmerhorn, Underwood — Virgene
Benbow (a Quaker family from Wales), Dick (Presbyterian Scots-Irish family), Dicks/Dix (English Quaker family), Forbis/Forbush, Hall, Heath, Long (John Wesley Long family), Moore (descendants of John Moore [d. 1795] of Rowan & his sons, including Camm), Paisley — Katherine Benbow
Blackburn, Davis, Johns, Moffitt — Audrey Hausen
Blair, Coe, English, Gray — Elizabeth Harris — [website]
Bond, Bunker, Hunt, Mills — Kathy
Brashear, Cumming/Cummins/Kimmons/Kimmins, DeGraffenreid, Endsley, Kimmons/Kimmins, Lawrence, McCuistion, McGee, McMurry, Nelson, Ruth, Vance — Pat Kennedy
Bratten/Bratton, Parsons — Sarah Bratten married James Parsons in 1822 — Marilyn
Carl, Charles, Cobb, Michael, Waggoner — Dan Patterson — [website]
Chipman — David E. White
Christopher — Daniel Christopher b. 1760-1770 in NC, & son William Nicholson Christopher, b. 5 Mar. 1799 in Guilford. Daniel’s mother was Sarah (or Sallie) Boone married to a John Christopher. — Sharon
Clapp — Marilyn Wagner
Clapp, Holt, Summers/Somers, Woods — researching African-American people with these surnames — Jaime S. Graves
Clark, McPherson, Morton, Murray, Webster — Joyce Harrison — [website]
Clark, Loy, Smith (Elisha Smith), Summers — R. Wayne Phillips
Climer, Heath — Reuben Climer married Elizabeth Heath in 1825 — Susan
Clodfelter — Don & Jeanine Hartman — [website]
Coleman / Coalman — specifically James Preston Coleman’s family and siblings; he was born in Guilford in 1814 and died in Hayesville, Clay County, NC, in 1874 — Kay Thomas-Brower
Cox, Stout — Patsy V. Seay
Cummings — Captain John C. Cummings, born c1745 PA, died c1790 Guilford Co. [also]
McQuiston — Samuel McQuiston, c1779-1849— Elaine Cummings Myers
Cummins/Cummons — 1758 to 1828 — Linda Taylor
Cunningham, Field, Hamilton, Hoskins, Julian, McCuiston, Moody, Short, Witty — Fredric Saunders — [website]
Cunningham — Charles E. Carroll
Duff, McDowell — Marlyn J. Duff
Edmiston/Edmondson, Gilston — Charla Manica
Edwards — Ores J. Edwards whose father was Levi “Preston” Edwards, whose father was Joseph Edwards — Lynette Edwards
Erwin/Eirwin — Steve Erwin
Farmer — interested in descendants of Christian Farmer — Sharon Farmer
Freeland, Gibson, Nicks, Richardson — Dot Pourteau
Gaddis — descendants of Archibald Gaddis, b. c. 1750, d. c. 1800, had 5 sons: Archibald, James, John, Ansel & Elijah — Bryson Hatfield
Gilbert/Guilbert, Strickland — Sue Howard
Goochee/Doochee — Randall Hughes
Grant, Kinman, Lett, Tyndell — Sherri
Groome — Jacqueline Groome Arbuckle
Hartgrove — Samuel Hargrove, b 1776 VA, d 1850 Crawford County, Arkansas; on Guilford 1790 census — Cindi Tipling
Hendricks/Hendrix, Kirkman — Susan Wilkins
Hodgin/Hodgson/Hodson — Hank Hodgin
Hoffein/Hofheintz/Huffines/Huffhines — David Huffines
Houston/Huston, McAdoo — Robert Houston, born about 1761, married Margaret McAdoo in November 1784 in Guilford County — Lois Humphrey
Huffman/Hoffman — Mara Harris
Kelley/Kelly — Raymond Kelly — [website]
Landreth, Malcolm, Page, Woollen — James A. “Jim” Miller, Jr.
Lashley, Oakes — Ellen Kerley
Law, Sprouse — Andrew Law b circa 1740, & wife Margaret, children: James, Elisabeth, Rachel, Robert & Andrew Jr. Daughter Elisabeth married in 1799 to Aaron Sprouse b 1771 in NC. — Lauren Moretti
Low/Lowe/Lau — Ianthia Gerringer LaMarr
Lowman/Lohman — Toni L. Nash
McAdoo, Tait/Tate — Shirley Bengston
McElwrath — Martha McElwrath Leadbetter married Robert Dwiggins in Guilford Co., NC, 17 Dec 1836. Looking for information on Martha’s family. Also, who was the Leadbetter she married? — Jo Wilson
Macy, Swain, Williamson — Jeffrey D. Kemp
Major/Majors — Mona Sarratt Knight
Maxwell, Phibbs — Rachel Grace
Milliken/Miliken/Millikan/Millikin/Milikin — Keith Hunter
Mills, Wheeler — Patsy Taylor
Payne — Tony King Payne
Pegram — Nola Duffy
Robinson — Marque Lethenstrom
Shelton — Marie Reedy
Simpson — Denise Woodside — [website]
Smith, Sullivan, Willis — Penny Sharp Stanley
Tabor/Taborn/Taburn — William Harrison Tabor, born 1800, Guilford, & others with same or similar surnames & mixed racial heritage — Fran Tabor
Tatum — Ronnie Tatum — [website]
Wall — Tim Walls
Weeks — Christine Bates
Winchester, Witty — Cathy Gowdy
Winchester, Witty — Warren Winchester
Wrenn — Mary Ellis — [website]