New Hanover County, NC

Posted Queries for June thru July 1998

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BRADLEY, MITCHELL posted by Sharon Jones Vega on Saturday, June 6, 1998: BRADLEY, Richard and wife MITCHELL, Elizabeth. Would like to exchange research on Richard and Elizabeth BRADLEY. Richard was born abt. 1730 unknown where. He married Elizabeth MITCHELL probably in New Hanover. He died in New Hanover in 1782.

RABONS, SKIPPER, WATSON posted by Sherrie on Saturday, June 6, 1998: SKIPPER, RABONS, WATSON Anyone with information on any of these families, please Email me. Maybe we can share. Sherrie

GARRELL, HOWARD posted by David L. Langenberg on Wednesday, June 17, 1998: "Seeking information on J. W. GARRELL, of Wilmington, North Carolina, who died between 1906 and 1909. He is mentioned in a Wilmington Messenger article of 3 March 1906 but was dead before September 1909, when his widow, Jennie Mabel (Rockey) GARRELL (b. 1865) married James "Fox" HOWARD, theatrical entrepreneur of Wilmington. The 1906 newspaper article noted that GARRELl sold land "on the north side of Smith's creek on the Castle Hayne road ... a part of what is known as the Sans Souci plantation" for a brickyard."

HEATON posted by Tom Heaton on Wednesday, June 17, 1998: I am seeking information on my grandmother, Winnie (Bole) HEATON, who died in childbirth in the mid to late 1920's in Masonboro NC (New Hanover County). She was buried with the baby. She and her husband, Melvin HEATON had three children; Alvin (b. 1914), Percy (b. 1917), and Marshall (b. 1923). Melvin sold fish from a cart. The family had moved to NC from Michigan for Winnie's health. I have some photos of her house in Masonboro that I could email.

SMITH posted by Judith Smith Lynch on Thursday, June 18, 1998: Hello, Saw your wonderful website and wonder if I can post a query to your genealogy crowd. Am looking for George SMITH of New Hanover who appears on legal documents dated 1741, 1751 and 1775. Any books or descendants of this George Smith would be greatly appreciated. Am fairly new at this and live in Ohio, a long way from Carolina libraries.

BLACK posted by Barbara Curtis on Thursday, June 18, 1998: Searching for information about Daniel Jasper BLACK

SUMRALL, WILLIAMS posted by Kitty B. Hoffman on Sunday, July 12, 1998: Seeking information on two brothers from Wilmington, NC: Henry and John Paul (J. P.) WILLIAMS. Family tradition is that JP WILLIAMS was born in Wilmington, NC July 16, 1869. He move to Palatka, FLa.as a young man to work in the lumber business. It was in this capacity that he was sent to buy lumber in the Hattiesburg, MS area. There he met and married Mary Alice SUMRALL, my grandmother. His brother, Henry WILLIAMS was believed to be the eldest brother. He remained in NC, married and had one known child, Eloise. Nothing is known of his wife. His daughter, Eloise died as a child or teen. Henry was a protestant minister of the gospel, either Mehodist or Baptist. In his old age he suffered a stroke. The church sent him in a wheelchair via train to Cocoa, Fla. where his brother, JP lived. Henry died sometime later and is buried in a known but unmarked grave on Merritt Island, Fla. Henry and John Paul were believed to be orphaned and adopted out together. JP WILLIAMS died at home in Green Cove Springs, FL on 8 Nov 1941. He was not a veteran of any war.

COSTON, HAWES, THALLY posted by Kevin Coston on Sunday, July 12, 1998: I am seeking information on James COSTON and Hugh Thally COSTON. Hugh was b. 1808 in New Hanover County, North Carolina & resided in Wilmington at time of his marrigage in 1834 to Tabitha E. HAWES of Bladen County. Hugh COSTON family migrated to Texas circa 1855-1856. Hugh's father believed to be James COSTON and mother believed to be Ellizabeth THALLY. I have no other information on James COSTON and Elizabeth THALLY. Name of Hugh's first-born son was James Francis COSTON. Thank you very much,

ELWELL, FILYAW, GARRIS, HENDRY, HENRY, MURPHY posted by Mary Ellis on Sunday, July 12, 1998: HENRY/HENDRY ELWELL MURPHY FILYAW GARRIS Names mentioned in vacant estate of Robert W. HENRY, 1859, District Court, St. Mary Parish, LA

GRUBBS posted by Jane G. Hall on Sunday, July 12, 1998: I am looking for information on the GRUBBS family in New Hanover County! Thanks for your help!

CROOM posted by John H. Croom, III on Sunday, July 12, 1998: Seek current owner of CROOM Family Bible which was in the possession of Nathan P. Xanthos and/or his mother, Anne Jane CROOM Xanthos Tuttle as of October 1972. Their last known address was 1903 Market St., Wilmington, NC 28401. Anne Jane CROOM is believed to have died in February 1977.

DAWSON, ROUSE, WILLIAMS posted by Kelly Paul Graham on Monday, July 20, 1998: I am looking for the parentage of Francis/ Frances ROUSE. She was the Mother of Joseph DAWSON (born c1745 in Wilmington/ New Hanover/ NC) and his brothers William and Jonathan DAWSON. The boys' father, Jonathan DAWSON, was born about 1719 in Britian (England?), and migrated to NC, dying at sea after 1750. Francis was born about 1723. Francis ROUSE Dawson remarried (or was she married the first time?) a Gen. WILLIAMS and moved to Edgefield/ 96 District, SC, where the DAWSON brothers grew up before the American Revolution.
In the first US Census of 1790, a few ROUSEs are listed in NC:
Sander (Alexander?) ROUSE

BROWN, KEATON, KORNEGAY posted by Sheila Lawrence on Friday, July 24, 1998: I am searching for Sarah KEATON born 1808 she married Lewis William KORNEGAY 13 April, 1830. She was the daughter of Alexander KEATON and Catherine BROWN. She (Sarah) was the grandaughter of Hamilton BROWN, Jones County NC. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance