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My Research is a GENEALOGY QUEST - DEDICATED TO MY PIONEER ANCESTORS Who Immigrated to a New World then settled this Great Place we call America !

My Genealogy Quest started with me first listening to my parents and grandparents not knowing I should be taking notes for future reference and I would be having to rely on memory alot. I was told of family members who had gone before me, shown pictures , taken to reunions, family churches, family cemetary plots,and now am able to look back and thank my family for teaching me the fundamentals of Genealogy research. I didn't know what a Ahnentafel was then. Pedigree was a term I used for my registered dogs. But I did know who my ancestors were and that Colonial Jamestown and Williamsburg Va , Maryland and Pennsylvania played a big part in who I am. (Also Charleston South Carolina.) North Carolina Counties of Anson and Rowan / Davie were where my family settled as pioneer settlers both before and after they fought in the Revolution . Good hard working American's of European -English-Scots-Irish-Normans-Germans -Dutch-French origins with a Few Native Americans connected. This narrative / report is about Pioneer Settlers - Homesteaders- who traveled to North Carolina in Conestoga Wagons along Trading (Paths) Routes first traveled by Native Americans North and South along what we now know as the East Coast of the United States. Some stayed and settled the Carolinas 1750-1790 while others moved the Wagons west to Tennessee or Kentucky , Missouri, Texas, Indiana, and Oregon or South West to Arizona Others Moved South to Georgia and Mississippi.

Here are some of my favorite websites !

Davie Co NC Genealogy url :    http://www.mindspring.com/~davienc/

FOSTERDNA  Project   http://www.fosterdna.org/index.aspx  ( My Group has 35 & 67 Marker test results )

Gary Foster's New "Foster" Surname Research Site @      http://research.surnames.com/default.htm


Descendants of William Foster Sr (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/s/Charles-C-Foster/GENE3-0002.html?Welcome=103460982)

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LAY/1998-12/0914300264 Lay Family archive Ancestry. com

** Charles C Foster is a Published Author of "Conchtown USA" ; A Family Genealogist ; Artist ; Composer and Musician. He is a Genetic Cousin of this author ( fellow descendant of Tilman Foster via Giles Nelson Foster brother of my Grt Grt Grandfather John Murphy Foster)

These pages  belong  to ( Laird )  William L Foster  

US Mail @ P.O.Box 135 ,McFarlan,N.C.28102

                                     Si fractus fortis........Sequor Agnum                           

  My Birth Place "The Great WNC Smoky Mountains !             

 God Bless America and our Troops ........." SLAINTE  Mhath!"......

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My Genealogy research got a big Jump with the ability to research by Computer access to the Genealogy Net and  first started with me not attempting to go back to the times of the Magna Carta but with the Post Immigration family names Foster, Braswell, Ratliff, and Minnick branching out to connect with the other families of Markland, Orrell, Zimmerman, Davis, Dunn, Tucker, Hinson, Diggs & others. After investing in a good software program for genealogy research and documenting  I found several GENEALOGY  WEB  SITE providers that allow me to list my Family Research. Some of the Sites I list at are Gencircles ; Rootsweb, Genealogy .com and FamilyTreeMaker ; all sites that I have Published my Research on line !  ** I was determined to learn the Pedigree of my Grt Grt Grandfather John Murphy Foster and his wife Comfort Ann. I found my Foster Pedigree and much more.

ROOTSWEB is where  MY GEDCOM is Kept on line ! Please visit My New Rootsweb Family report now titled  William Foster's Family & Related Families  ( I update regularly )

Also visit my Gencircles report--- (William Foster's Families ) http://www.gencircles.com/users/wmlfoster/11

My Genealogy .com Pages with Pictures Family Genealogy Pages of William LFoster

My FamilyTreeMaker site Homepage is http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/s/William-L-Foster-McFarlan-NC1/

I later researched my Wife's family names of Rice, Franklin, Sheltons , Tweeds , Sevier,  Wallins and Chandleys. Thanks to my mother in-law Ella Sue Franklin -Rice's excellant memory my research grew with help also from my wife's Cousins ( Sharon Rice Honea; Helen Norman & Locella Rice Velthouse) . These Families are listed now in my Rootweb WFT. along with the related Families back to General John Sevier .

 Researching the Shelton & Franklin connection  I found a Great Franklin page Descendants of Mary aka Glumalclitch Franklin  Great WEB site pages by Joe Payne. Russell (Hugh) Franklin  is my wife's Franklin  Ancestor.  Descendants of Sir John Shelton (Knight)   http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smokymtnman/shelton/pafg11.htm#5

Next I refer you to read my  new research report :  I'm working on the line of  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~iba43fan/Our%20Smoky%20Mountains%20Families.html William Rice who married Mary Gooch  via Spencer H Rice is Brenda's Rice line : reported @  Descendant of  William Rice  http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/a/m/Anita-M-Ramsey-VA/GENE2-0001.html 

My New Pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~iba43fan/Our%20Smoky%20Mountains%20Families.html

SPENCER H.4 RICE (JOSEPH3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born October 20, 1845 in Yancey County, NC, and died March 28, 1920. He married SARAH JANE WALLIN February 05, 1866 in Madison County, NC. She was born 1848, and died WFT Est. 1883-1943. Brenda's Grt Grandparents !
                By researching The Shelton and Franklin Families I learned about the notorious William Duckworth Franklin alias: "DUCK SHELTON. Members of this family  are said to have had links to Cole Younger and Jesse & Frank James.  Stories of Moon Shining WNC Boot Legging .  Mysterious Silver Coins and a link to Sir John Shelton (Knight) .  Also a tragic Civil War story of Brother against brother -neighbor against neighbor involving the Massacare at Shelton Laurel : several WEB site pages provide a Narrative --I found the following using Google search http://members.tripod.com/~verlee/sheltonlaurel.htm  & http://www.pddoc.com/skedaddle/events/shelton-laurel.htm

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For my Research I BACKED UP AND VERIFIED RESEARCH with United STATES CENSUS North Carolina 1790 Plus 1800-1930 (hosted @ USGenWeb Census Project)  1850  Census & 1880 US Census. I learned Census takers took liberties & spelled names different than how the Family Spelled the name: Example Foster was Forster; Braswell was Bracewell; Orrell was Oriel, Diggs was Degge, Tilman was Tiglman , Lea /Lay  Also in the Doomsday Book (1140-1150AD )  family names originally were not listed as they are used today !!!  

 Also to confuse the researcher  some family genealogist have estimated ages with a year such as 1776 when actually the persons date of Birth could be  5 to 10 years older or younger usually older. There are first name  ( naming patterns ) for English Families somtimes repeated over 2 to 3 generations.  Understanding English males had multiple Families as wives died in child birth  so a husbands age could and many times is 10 to 20 years older than the youngest wife.

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MY FORSTER / FOSTERS  

                                  
My FORSTER / FOSTER Family Line goes back to Flanders before they joined with William of Normandy ( William the Conquerer) to move into England & Scotland during (The Norman Invasion) then eventually to 1600 Colonial America . I know this with the help of DNA testing .

The Latest Genealogy Tool has helped connect up Foster Family Genealogist : Example ** Per Alan Foster (Essex, England )." The name Forster came originally from the Latin. It appears in the Magna Carta  on the second or third line where the important officials are named. It reads something like: " to all Archbishops, Bishops, Earls, Barons, Foresters, Sheriffs, " The oldest version Alan has seen written down naming a particular person was dated 1183 AD, and it referred to a Robertus Forestarius  (From #106 Alan's 16 Sep 04 Narrative Foster DNA Project )   Foster < Forster < Forester < Forestarius  (Latin). Also Per Alan Foster "In The British Isles and most parts of North Europe family names have been used only for 1,000years. So while we are in a Haplo Genetic Group called R1b and related back to a "Most Recent Common Ancestor" (MRCA )  ; in many cases the MRCA is only found back 1,000 or more . To learn more about the terms "Haplo Group " "MRCA" and R1b I hope you will visit  The Foster Dna Project @  http://www.fosterdna.org/SearchByGroup.aspx

Per the Late Family Genealogist Gerry Forster : He tells us on his WEB site we are of Flemish Origin ! I refer you to: http://gerryforster.netfirms.com/History/Forster_History_1.htm Where Gerry in an entertaining easily understood narrative relates the Following **Back in "Seventh century AD!  A nobleman named Lyderici, the first man to bear the name “Buc”, was appointed as the first “Royal Forester” of the country of Flanders by Dagobert of Merovingia, King of Frankish Germany and Flanders, in the year 621. With this appointment went the Governorship of all Flanders with his own castle."

Again Quoting Gerry " Lyderic was the only son of Saluart, Prince of Dijon and of Madame Engarde, daughter of Girard (or Gerald), Lord of Rouessilon.  Along with his new appointment as Royal Forester of Flanders, Lyderic was granted what was probably one of the first three coats of arms ever granted. These Buc arms were blazoned as follows: “Gyronny or et azure (gold and blue) of ten pieces, in the middle of an escutcheon gules”. By Richilda, his wife, he had 15 children and he was the first of a dynasty of Counts who governed Flanders.  Antoine, his second son, was First Grand Forester.   Bouchard his third son was named Forester, Lord of Harlebeck.   Estorede, son of the last was named Forester, Prince of Lorraine and Harlebeck. He died 792 AD.   Lyderici II, son of last was named Forester, and titled Count of Flanders and Harlebeck. He died 836 AD.    Enguerrand, son of Lyderic II, named Forester and titled Count of Flanders and Harlebeck.  He built many towns and castles, and died in 852 AD. "

PER GERRY : * " The title of Forester and Count of Flanders then passed to Baldwin I, “Bras de Fer”(Arms of Iron), and his descendants who then held it for several centuries." ** " So that means our basic family group has been around for a total of 1480 years! "    Gerry Forster passed away February 16, 2004  before I could Thank Him. So Quoting him is my way of showing appreciation for his research and work ! 

        We Know from Gerry's works and Dr Bill G Fosters our line did come to England from Flanders  with William of Normandy to Rule and Organize England {“Brythons”, the “Britons” (or “Brigantes” as the Romans called them).Yes Brition was inhabited then by  a several different 5 (Ethnic Groups).** Again Quoting Gerry " No less than five races inhabited Scotland. The Picts, who occupied most of what is today Highland Scotland; the Scots who occupied most of Argyll; the Britons forced up by the Romans out of Northern England into Strathclyde; the “Attacotti” (or Welsh Britons) who took up Galloway. There were also the Angles or Saxons who had recently invaded the southeast of Scotland.  (This is without mentioning the Vikings!)" *** I "William Foster" believe this is why when comparing Our Foster / Forster DNA there  is a variety of different Foster  Lines who don't even match Haplo Group much less test markers . Yet these Fosters or Forsters may have lived both in England and the Colonies as family not sharing whats referred to as a MOST RECENT COMMON ANCESTOR (MALE) nor even knwing this. I refer you to the FOSTERdna Project.

        During  the 1200s we know Surnames were not Common and at the time of the Magna Carta 1215 many family genealogist claim We Fosters -Forsters - Foresters recieved our Surname in the first line of the Magna Carta's Preamble ( I quote below text of the Magna Carta  found @ The Yale Law School  Web Site  http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/medieval/magframe.htm )

"Preamble:" of " The Great Charter of English liberty granted ( under considerable duress ) by King John @ Runnymede on June 15 , 1215 !

            "John, by the grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of  Normandy and Aquitaine, and count of Anjou, to the archbishop, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justiciaries, foresters, sheriffs, stewards, servants, and to all his bailiffs and liege subjects, greetings. "  

       Many then took the surname " Forester " !

      After The Magna Carta We Know  Europe was next confronted by " War " and " The Black Death "  both of which Our Family Survived.   Forsters were in Service to King  Edward .

     After the Magna Carta  Per Dr Bill G Foster's Research Sir Richard Forster fought in the 100 Years War against France with King Edward III at Bordeaux and Crecy. Richard became a general in the Black Prince's army at the Battle of Poictiers in 1356 and was knighted for his part in the battle.

  http://www.fosterquest.com/castlebamburghlite.html

 Sir Richard's son William was b: abt 1355 and married Elizabeth De ORDE b: ABT 1365 in Buckton, Yorkshire, England. William was Knighted for service to King Henry V and served as a General in the battle against France

William b: 1355 & Elizabeth De Orde married ABT 1400 in Buckton, Northumberland, England , Their Son Thomas Forster b aft 1400 resided at Buckton, Parish Holy Island, Durham,England & Married abt 1430  Joan De ELMERDON b: ABT 1405 in  Embleton, Durham, England** JOAN was CO-heir to The Earldom Angus.

Sir Thomas Forster Knight of Etherston Castle & Joan De Elmedon had a son Thomas FORSTER born in , Etherstone,  England who married Elizabeth FEATHERSTONE  born  in Stanhope Hall, Durham, England . They had Roger Forster who went by the name of FOSTER.  REF Sources: Ancestral File (TM) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998

 The Following INFORMATION on the Forsters and Foster comes from the "Genealogy of the Descendants of Roger Foster of Edreston,Northumberland. With Appendix", compiled by Alkman Henry sonFoster and published in London by Adam and Charles Black,1897. It has a preface of ix pages and the body of the text runs to 181 pages including the index. There is listed information on a Generation of Forsters with XIX (19) sons of Thomas Forster b: ABT 1485 in of Etherstone, England  who married Elizabeth  FEATHERSTONHAUGH b: ABT 1489 in Stanhope Hall, Durham, England.  One of the Sons was Roger Forster who used the spelling FOSTER.  Roger Foster m: Joan Hussey in 1540. ** This appears to be my Family line. Roger was 17 when he fled from Northumberland, as explained in a letter of Sir John Forster of Bamborough, dated 17 April 1590. This letter was written to Roger's grandson Thomas Foster of Hunsdon, afterwards Judge Sir Thomas Foster.

"COUSIN FORSTER - After righte heartie commendations unto you,ye shall understand I have received your letter wherein you desire to know or your pedigree, for that your grandfather, as ye have learned, descended out of the house of Etherstone, and tok now whether he was one elder, second, or third, or fourthbrother, and wherefore he fled the countrie of Northumberland, I assure you I can trowhlie satisfie you therein; for your grandfather, called Roger Foster, was my great uncle, and there were XIX brothers and he was the second brother. His father was called Thomas Forster, and his mother's name was Featherstonehaugh; his eldest son was called Thomas Forster, who was my great-grandfather; and it happened that four of the said bretheren at a hunting, and rideing homeward through a town called Newham, for the bitting of a greyhound they and a companyof Karrs fell out, and there began bloodshed and feuds which continued until there was but one Karr of the greyhound living;during which time my grandfather and yours and another brotherof theirs, called Nicholas Forster - mine being twenty yearsold, yrs 17 years, and Nicholas, a child of 14, being a-hunting- were waited on by one of the Karrs and two of their allyancecalled Too and King, who sett upon the three brothers and thought well to have slain them at a place besides Branton,where there stands a crosse yet; but the said Two were slain there, and Karr fled, in somuch that after the said slaughter mygrandfather fled to Ridsdale in ye countie, because he was safe there, and yours fled into south parts, of whom I never heard of since yt time till now....
          At my house near Alnwick, 17th April 1590, your loving cousin,
                                                                                                    JOHN FORSTER." 
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    From looking at this Genealogy Descendant  Flow Chart below  you can see The Foster Family via Rogers son

Thomas Foster  of Ederston Northumberland !

Main sources of chart : The Visitations of Hertfordshire, 1572 and 1634, p.143.  found

        United  Kingdom Genealogy

@   http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Hertfordshire/visitations/index.html

           Click on Pg 143  or goto Sally's Place

@   http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/Wheeler/foster-england.htm

             So from the above Letter  & the chart we know the Foster Family increases in England !  We are left with a Research " Quest " to find the descendants who may have immigrated to The American English Colonies.

              Just from the above research  there appears to be possibly several lines of Fosters  who descend from the XVIII Siblings of Sir Roger Foster who may have eventually Immigrated to the Colonies of Mass and Virginia during the 1600.    2005-2006 Foster DNA Project points to this theory.

            The Earliest Foster I have found in Colonial Va was a John Foster listed among  settlers living at "the Indian thickett" in Virginia, February 16, 1623/4 . Also a John Foster listed in the Muster of Settlers living at "James Citye" in Virginia. ** Source: Muster of the inhabitants of Virginia settlements  American Plantations and Colonies"Hotten's Lists" found @ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/e/e/Sylvia-See-AB/FILE/0052page.html

              Also listed @ the Hotten's List site for settlers ( Settlers living at "Elizabeth Cittie" in Virginia Feb 07,1624/5   are the Garnett Family of Thomas *Foster Family Tradition has Susan of this family identified as  marrying James Richard Foster and being the Mother of brothers Robert b: 1651 and John Foster b: 1653.

Garnett, Thomas  . . . . . . . . 40 Arrived on the Swan in 1610

Garnett, Elzabeth  . . . . . . . 26 Arrived on the Neptune in 1618

Garnett, Susan . . . . . . . . .  3 Born in Virginia

            Additionally with the help of  Dr Billy Glenn "Bill " Foster and his published research along with  the FosterDNA Project I have been able to research my Pedigree. {Dr Foster is the author of "The Foster Family of  Flanders , England, and America " now available  http://www.drbgfoster.com/fosterbook.asp Copies of Dr Foster's Narrative  labeled  "The Immigrant Foster  " or  our "Elusive Immigrant".( by Dr B G  Bill FOSTER ) can be found at  http://www.drbgfoster.com/imm.asp  Dr Foster's own site or on a number of Foster related WEB sites : 

 1 ) Gary Foster's Surname.com site /( The Immigrant Foster )   http://fosterfamily.surnames.com/dr_foster.htm        

 2 )  Faye Moran's  site  has Foster page Labeled   ( "Foster Immigrant" )           http://www.fmoran.com/fosterim.html                              

  3 )  Pam Reid @ her Site "Branches & Roots " .( The Immigrant Foster )          http://www.geocities.com/~pamreid/immigrant2.html

         Dr Foster  gives the Reader a chance to "Form a  theory" of their own of who is their Foster Immigrant  ( Richard A , B ,C - E ) all found in The Tidewater area  in the mid 1600s. But only if you believe your Foster Immigrant was named Richard and referred to as Richard even though some say the (Immigrant of The Southern Foster Lines was James Foster) or  possibly named Richard James Foster or James Richard Foster.  Dr Foster's writtings and thoughts must be read then reread and read again.  Even he states & I  Quote : " I hope I have left you completely confused. You must read, reread and reread and then come up with the answer to our "Elusive Immigrant"."   I --William Foster agree with  this !!  There Definately were more than two Richard Fosters . Plus there are at least six James Fosters , three John Fosters . There was a  James Foster on "The America" in 1635 the same year Richard Foster arrived on the "The Safety ". Also in 1635 there was a  Francis Foster on the "The George". All arriving in the Virginia Colony.  Were they brothers , uncles ,cousins or not related at all to each other. Meanwhile Fosters were arriving at the Mass Colony in New England.  Was one of the James Fosters actually James Richard Foster father of Robert , John  and Richard Foster everybody attempts to connect up to for genealogy ?   One thing for sure Richard Foster {son- in -law to Bart Hoskins and the Widow Foster (Dorcas ) Foster Hoskins}  was a Lawyer and a respected member of the Albermarle Colony  South of Present Day Chesapeake and Virginia Beach Va.  He was not the father of  Robert & John Foster up in Essex Co Va . Was The Immigrant actually Jame Foster (1635 Immigrant ) aboard The ship called America who was living in Kingston Parish, Gloucester (now Matthews) County, VA and was a neighbor of  John Garnett ?   

         Sally Moore Koestler  makes the following working hypothesis at her WEB PAGES "Sally's Family Place " : " We are told the early Fosters owned and commanded their own sailing ships and they brought many early settlers from England to Virginia for which they received land grants.  It has been written somewhere that John Foster, Sr. was the son Richard Foster and his wife Elizabeth.  Richard Foster was granted a patent of 200 acres in Gloucester County, VA near what is now Glass Post Office on 1 April 1655. "Richard was the son of Thomas and Mary Baskerville Foster of England." "Richard was the son of Thomas Foster of Hempshire, England."

http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/Parker/fosterj3.htm

 ****** In an Effort to PROMOTE  Further research and discussion into the Forsters and Fosters who Immigrated to America I assisted in the creation of a WEB Site  Foster Quest a Good Foster Family Genealogy Site. WEB Master Jared L Foster  jared@fosterquest.com  allowed me to give input and with Jared's Skills of developing a WEB Page " FOSTER QUEST " was Born. ******* ( Please visit : FOSTER QUEST- Started 2004  After what I refer to FOSTER BRAIN STORMING ) . 

                    http://www.fosterquest.com/fosterquesthome.html   or http://www.fosterquest.com/fosterquestlite.html 

           Where Heraldry ( Coat of Arms ), and Castles are discussed and able to be Viewed  http://www.fosterquest.com/familycrestlite.html .  Jared Inspired our joining the Foster DNA project and Our research started snow balling along with Foster Quest.

            2006  Foster researcher and distant  Rowan Co NC Foster Cousin Lester (Les) Anderson Foster loaned me The Genealogy Book " The Foster Family " copyrighted 1973 and is found in the Library of Congress Card Cat as 72-93045. This 1 inch thick book was from The American Genealogy Research Institute Arlington,Va. Page 35-39 list Immigrants to the Colonies. To Virginia the Following : 1635 (Armstrong Foster ); 1653 Docar Foster; 1648 Edward Foster ; 1635 Francis Foster on the " George" ; 1653 Francis Foster ; 1643 Giles Foster ; 1638 Henry Foster; 1646 Henry Foster ; 1652 Henry Foster ; 1635 James Foster on "The America"; 1643 James Foster ; 1642 James Foster ; 1646 James Foster ; 1650 James Foster ;1652 James Foster ; 1623 John Foster ;1623 John Foster ; 1641 John Foster ;1654 John Foster 1698 John Foster (indentured servant );1635 Mark Foster;1635 Nicholas Foster ;1645 Permett Foster ;1650 Phillip Foster; 1636 Phillip Foster : 1635 (Richard Foster age 16 on the Safety) ;1638 Richard Foster ; 1648 Richard Foster ; 1654 Robert Foster ; 1652 Thomas Foster ; 1654 Thomas Foster ; 1637 William Foster ; 1635 Zechariah Foster.  The Richard Fosters discussed by Dr Bill Foster are mentioned among this list. How many of these Foster actually relate to one another as Cousins hopely will be determined by the lastest Genealogy  tool: DNA testing of the Male Chromosone passed down father to son over generations.

                Recent DNA testing with my Participation as #109 ( 9 out of 210 )  assigned to  group 7 at the FosterDNA Project has me linked to the Forsters/Fosters of England who came to Colonial Va in the 1600s and settled in Essex County Va. via GLOUCESTER VA . **** Before making contact with Dr B G  Foster &  my joining the Foster DNA project ; I could only place my direct Foster line in the Carolinas starting in Old Rowan County (now Davie County ) area of The Forks Of the Yadkin east of Mocksville,N.C. ** Highway 64 near SHADY GROVE (Advance area) south of OLD SALEM (WINSTON SALEM ) and CLEMMONS N.C. now Bypassed by I-40. With help of Bob Foster (Project Manager Emeritus)  for  Fosterdna Project www.fosterdna.org   bmbfoster@adelphia.net   I now understand more about Genealogy research via testing and comparison of the Y Chromozone Markers to determine  MRCA " The Most Recent Common Ancestor " in past generations. The Foster DNA project has my line related via testing of the Y Chromozone Markers and comparison to Gary L Foster  who is (WebMaster@ Surnames.com)  http://foster.surnames.com/   and Athol Foster a Foster Family researcher  who has the site (Fosters in Dekalb Co Tenn) where you can view our Foster Crest and Motto   http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/3627/      In  Group 7 We all have a MRCA within 500 years. Our next closest MRCA then appears to be to other groups about the time of the Magna Carta.  We have 36 & 67 marker test results available !

                 My Research Points to My Colonial Virginia ancestors before coming to The Carolinas where : James FOSTER b: 1725 Essex Co Va via his Father John Foster b: 1653 @ Gloucester Va- d: 1734 Essex Co Va  then via  John's father (James " Richard "  Foster) (Our Immigrant from England ). The Immigrant's Parents being either (1)  Thomas or Robert Foster & a Miss Isham who later m: Bart Hoskins after Robert's death  or as Sally puts forth ( 2 ) Richard was the son Thomas Foster (a descendant of Thomas Foster & Margaret Browning ). DNA  points to this line !  James Foster was the son of John Foster of Essex Co Va  . James abt 1751 first married Susanna ARMSTRONG b: abt 1730 in   Hanover Co.,Virginia ( she was the daughter of Lancelot ARMSTRONG ) Lancelot Armstrong had two daughters Susannah and Mary who both married members of the Essex County Va Foster family of John Foster. In Virginia James Foster and Susan Armstrong had a child born on 10 Mar 1752 who they named William . William had siblings Major and John . James wife Susan died and he married Elizabeth  PARISH on 28 Oct 1759  daughter of Henry Parish of Goochland ,Va.  Elizabeth Raised her husband's son from ther first marriage.  This Foster Families descendants moved from Colonial Virginia  to The North Carolina Colony and Kentucky then Tenn and Mo.

My 1700s Fosters of Colonial Virginia           moved  to       Flag                     

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******************** My North Carolina Fosters (  #4th Generation Post Immigration & after Colonial VA )  ************************      

_________________________________________Fosters Found in North Carolina  ______________________________________________  

NC  Foster Line ( Generation # IV )  WILLIAM FOSTER  b: Colonial Va circa 1750-75 & d: 1848 Davie Co NC . He is reportedly m: to Sarah Lay of Caswell Co.-( Per Charles Foster's familytreemaker report ). There is no middle name known (nmn) for William Foster but in research he is referred to William Foster Sr.  Via My Research I now believe William moved down from Fluvanna Co / Goochland Co Virginia where he was one of Eleven children of  James Foster and his wives Susannah Armstrong and Elizabeth Parish ( Elizabeth was James' sec wife). I first learned of William from Charles Foster FamilyTreeMaker Report. Then Research assistance from Gary L Foster indicates William was the son of James first marriage to wife Susannah Armstrong. William met The Lay / Lea & Slade Families via his Foster and Perkins Cousins in the Spotsylvania  Va / Caswell Co NC Area.  This is where and how he met & married Sarah Lay  in Caswell Co ( She was the daughter of Obediah Lay and Granddaughter of John & Martha Slade Lay). William & Sarah made temporary residence Rockingham Co.N.C. near the Lay and Slade Family before moving to Rowan Co NC.at the Forks of the Yadkin River (now Davie Co NC) *** Since Obediah died before his father Obediah's daughter Sarah was entitled to a Share of John Lays estate. Sarah by this time was married to William Foster. This has caused confusion by Lay Family Genealogist who listed Sarah incorrectly as a child of John Lay . (John and Martha Lay did not have a child Sarah ) They  helped raise her though and any siblings she had.

Actual Children of John & Martha Slade Lay were : Obediah ; Bird ; Peter : Jesse Valley ; Mary "Polly"& Patsy Lay  per the LFGA . Pittsylvania County, VA & Caswell Co NC is where my Foster Family & Lay ancestors met after John moved from Colonial New England after or during the the Revolution ( Conn. > Colonial Va.> North Carolina ). Martha Slade's family immigrated from England > Baltimore Maryland > Caswell Co NC which was apart of the Hillsborough NC District.  

*****Caswell County, NC Deeds (compiled by Betty Foster, Winston-Salem, NC)and found @

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LAY/1998-12/0914300264

This was posted By Charles C Foster in 1998 !

"DB B pg 93 29 Oct 1772 NC State Grant #370; 50 shillings every 100 acres; John
Lay
300 acres in Caswell on Country Line Cr. Beginning at a Bush _ on Isaac
Dentons
line and on bank of branch running:
Thence with said Denton line E 70 chains and 5O links to a pine, John Graves
Corner
Thence with said Graves line N 13 chains to a post oak said Graves corner

Thence his line W 20 chains to a stake his corner
Thence his the said Graves former survey line W 23 chains to pointers his old
corner
Thence with said Graves line N 21 ehain4 to a poplar on said Graves line and
on the bank of Country line Cr.
Thence up said creek as it meanders .to a persimmon tree on the bank of said
creek at the mouth of a branch Then up said branch as it meanders to 1st
station."

"DB L pg 92 18 July 1799 Peter Lay, Patty Lay of Caswell and William Foster
and Sarah his wife of Rockingham Co. NC heirs and legatees of Obediah Lay
decd to Thomas Slade ,for £13, 10 shillinqs their different lots and divisions
of land which fell to them by the death of said Ohadiah Lay decd in Caswell Co
on waters of Country Line Creek, 24½ acres 11½ acres. Wit: Peter Linkler
James Sinkler
Daniel X Thomas
Robert Mitchell, Wit for Peter and Patty signing
/s/Peter X Lay
Patty X l,ay

William Foster
Sarah X Foster

 For the Slade Family ref to :    http://www.sladegenealogy.net/us/md.htm

 My Rootsweb site List the Fosters I'm related to back in Virginia and after migration from Virginia . Refer to William Foster's Family & Related Families

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 I do not know if William may have been married before his Union with Sarah . Also he was old enough to have fought / served in the American Revolution but I have no  knowledge or proof he did. There are several William Fosters credited from Colonial Virginia as serving in the Colonial Army per the genealogy text / The Genealogy Book "The Foster Family " copyrighted 1973 and is found in the Library of Congress Card Cat as 72-93045.

( After 1800 & after the death of his Father) William Foster, Sr. is found in Rowan Co N.C. while some of his siblings moved to Tenn and Kentucky following pioneer Daniel Boone. William and Sarah Foster moved down The Great Trading Path from Rockingham Co NC through Old Salem / Wachovia to the Mocksville / Forks of The Yadkin area.refer to Trading Path Map located in this report. ***Charles Chuck Foster's research tells us William purchased 30 acres in Rowan County, NC before 1807 (deed not found) then, on 30 Oct 1807 bought 77 acres adjoining Charles McDaniel. William built a house of heavy posts and beams notched and fitted together. The frame was covered with sheathing then sided with clapboard, the roof was shingled with wood. Tax lists for 1815, 1843, and 1847 show his ownership of 102 acres. This property was in a community with other Foster Families near the Forks of the Yadkin River and Daniel Boone's father Squire Boone's property where Daniel developed his skills.

The 1810 census lists William Foster in Rowan County, NC. With him were his wife, 2 daughters aged from 10-16, and 1 daughter and 2 sons aged from 1-10. Nearby lived Robert Foster, over 45, 1 female (his wife), 35-45, 1 daughter and 1 son aged 16-26, 1 daughter and 3 sons aged 1-10. This could be an older brother.

The 1809 Rowan County tax lists in Capt. Samuel Foster's district show William Foster, 107 acres; Robert Foster, 673 acres; Thomas Foster, 600 acres; and James Foster, 100 acres. It seems logical to suppose that these land holdings were adjacent. They were there at the Fork Community area near Mocksville,N.C. along the South Branch of  The Yakin River.

In 1820, William is at least 50. Living with him were 2 females over 45, 1 female and 1 male (probably Tilman) 16-26, and 1 male 10-16. Living nearby were Robert Foster , 45+, Thomas Foster, 26-43, Alsey Foster, James' widow, 45+, Samuel Foster's widow, 26-45, and Elizabeth Foster, 26-45.

The 1830 census lists William with 1 female, aged 70-80, ( This would be Sarah ) . Living nearby were George Foster, Thomas Foster's wife Elizabeth, Robert Foster, Jr., and Samuel Foster's wife, Elizabeth.

After William's death, his personal property was sold on a credit of nine months on 16 Sept. 1848 by G. N. Hanes, Administrator. It totaled $138.66. On 25 Nov. 1850, William's heirs sold his land to William Hendricks for $70. 1850 Davie Co Census list William's Children.

Children of William & Sarah Foster were :

(1.) MARY ANN" POLLY" FOSTER , b. possibly 1797,  in Rockingham Co NC ; d.after 1840 Davie Co. NC. We know when she was born her parents are list in Rockingham Co NC before moving to Rowan Co after selling their inheritace from the Lay Estate ( see Above )

*** Mary Foster m: Jeremiah Potts abt : 1826 in Rowan Co NC (see report 910 pg 282 This marriage mentioned in the Davie Co Heritage Book) Jeremiah was the son of Peter Potts and Mary "Polly Pack ". Mary "Polly "Foster Potts is buried Advance United Methodist Church Cemetery. She was likely named for her mother  Sarah 's Aunt Mary "Polly" Lay  or William's First Wife.

Children of Mary Foster & Jeremiah Potts were:

 ( i )  Andrew Jackson POTTS b: 1827 -----17 FEB 1856 m: Manerva Jarvis daughter of William B & Mary Jarvis

 ( ii ) Francis "Frank" Ashbury POTTS b: 11 JUN 1828 in Davie Co.,NC --03 FEB 1853 m: Letitia CATON

 ( iii )Charlotte POTTS b: 1830 m: Isaiah Temple & then Craver Lanier

 ( iv ) Arch POTTS b: Bef 1830

 ( v ) Jeffrey "Jess" POTTS b: 1835

 ( vi ) Peter POTTS b: 1840 d: 05 Apr 1863

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(2.) LUCY ( Lucinda ?  ) FOSTER, Probably b. 1798, Rockingham Co  NC; d. Bef. 1852; m. JOSEPH SIDDON ? SIDDEN, 01 Nov 1816, Rowan/Davie Co. NC. Joseph b: abt 1790 d: abt 1835 he was the son of  Joseph Sidden Sr & Mary Antilla Speak

Children of Lucy Foster & Joseph Sidden were :

  1. Adelphia SIDDEN b: 27 NOV 1821 in Davie County,N.C. m: Zadock Myers b: 31 AUG 1820
  2. Mary SIDDEN      b: 1823 in Davie County,N.C. d: aft 1850 since  1850 census she is in her brother William's Household
  3. William SIDDEN   b: 1824 in Davie County,N.C. d: 1892 m: Nancy Ann Lenone b: ABT 1832 d: 13 JUL 1895
  4. Mahala Jane SIDDEN b: 3 SEP 1827 in Davie Co.,N.C. d:  3 MAR 1870  she m: John Wesley Shutt b: 9 APR 1823

http://www.fmoran.com/myers.html   Myers Page by Fay Moran List the Myers / Sidden Marriage Generation 2

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(3.) TILMAN FOSTER , b. 18 May 1800, Probably Rowan/Davie Co. NC; d. 19 Mar 1854, Mocksville, Davie Co. NC. Buried @ Fork Highway 64 Davie Co Row 8, #3, Fork Baptist Church cemetery ***  08 Jan 1825 Tilman Married a young Francis "Fannie" Tucker (1812-1874) daughter of Andrew Tucker (1768-1844) and Levice Rumbley (1771-1843) daughter of Edgar Rumbley a Revolutionary Soldier from Maryland. Francis " Fannie " Tucker was the twin sister of Aaron Tucker.

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Later after the death of Tilman  Francis married widower John Banks and they lived briefing in the Jerusalem area of Davie Co before  they  moved to Gibson County, Tennessee,  Grt Grt  Grt Grandmother Fannie Tucker Foster Banks  was buried 1874 far away from her first husband Tilman & their children who where buried at Fork Baptist Church .  Tilman & Fancis son's  Giles " Nelson " ; Thomas ; and Daughter Eliza Foster Deadmon also moved to Tenn. for a new Start.

Children of Tilman Foster & Francis "Fannie " Tucker were :

     ( i )  SARAH ANN FOSTER b: 25 SEP 1827 in DAVIE CO NC  in 7 NOV 1850  m: Henry Casper  b:  1829

     ( ii ) NANCY " JANE"  FOSTER b:1830  mentioned in Azariah's  will--d: 12 OCT 1874 she m:14 MAY 1853 John R Henderson 

         John Henderson was b:18 JUN 1823   Jane then m:  23 AUG 1865  John Cody  They are b: Cody Family Cemetery  Concord Methodist Church

     ( iii ) GILES "NELSON"  FOSTER b:1832 in DAVIDSON CO NC d: 5 SEP 1887  --- 1853 in NC  m: Tabitha EDDINGER and moved to Tenn

     ( iv )  THOMAS M FOSTER b: 2 FEB 1833 in FULTON,DAVIE CO d: 18 APR 1877  m: Sarah Jane Banks  30 AUG 1859 &  moved  to Tenn

     ( V ) JOHN MURPHY FOSTER b: 3 APR 1836 in DAVIE CO NC USA  My Grt Grt Grandfather (see next generation)

     ( vi ) AZARIAH MARCH FOSTER b: 27 MAY 1838 --d: 17 JUL 1904 buried @ Fork Baptist Church 

    ( vii ) SUSANNAH E FOSTER  b: 26 APR 1840 --- d: 12 OCT 1857  FORK BAPTIST CHURCH DAVIE CO ROW 8 #4

    ( viii ) HIRAM LINDSAY FOSTER b: 10 JUN 1842 --d: 5 MAR 1862 in DAVIE CO NC buried FORK BAPTIST CHURCH

    ( ix ) ELIZA C FOSTER b: 15 MAY 1844 in DAVIE CO NC m:Thomas Harvey DEADMOND b: 18 MAY 1845 moved to Tenn

    ( x ) AMANDA EMALINE FOSTER b: 2 JUN 1848 d: 26 NOV 1901 in DAVIE CO NC  Buried Row 13, #14, Fork Baptist Church

    ( xi ) HENRY J FOSTER b: 3 AUG 1850 in DAVIE CO NC d: 29 SEP 1853 b: next to his father at Fork Baptist Church cemetery

(4.)  NANCY FOSTER, b. 26 Apr 1804, Rowan/Davie Co. NC; d. 23 Jun 1894, Yadkin Co. NC. *** Nancy m: 1838  Willim Gabard b: 3 Oct 1803  . Both buried Courtney Baptist Church Yadkin Co

   ( i )  Rebbeca Gabard b: 20 JAN 1845 in Rowan (now Davie) Co.,N.C.d: 29 Jun 1877   m:William Mason Foster b:27 Jun 1832 he was the son

            of  Jesse A & Mary "Polly " Gabard Foster

   ( ii )    Sarah Jane GABARD  b: 25 Jul  1846  in Davie Co.,N C d: 10 OCT 1926 Yadkin Co., NC m: John William ALLGOOD b: 9 Jun 1834

   ( iii )Has No ChildrenJohn W GABARD b: FEB 1843 in Davie Co NC  d: Oct 1843

   ( iv )Has No ChildrenNancy Melinda GABARD  b: 11 MAY 1844 d:21 Feb 1915 in , Yadkin Co, N C m: Stanley Samuel MAY b: 23 Aug 1835

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(5.) WILLIAM FOSTER, JR., b. 30 Apr 1806, Rowan/Davie Co. NC; d. 02 Jan 1897, Davie Co. NC; m.1835 MATILDA MINOR                            b: Aug1816 .                  Matilda was the daughter of Paschal MINOR and Mary (Polly ) HELMSTETER

Notes for WILLIAM FOSTER, JR.: He is  buried in Row 17, #25, Fork Baptist Church, Davie Co. NC

Notes for MATILDA MINOR:d: 4 OCT 1885  She is buried next to her husband, William Foster Jr, in Row 17, #25, Fork Baptist Church.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND MATILDA:

       ( i )  Tilman Monroe FOSTER b: 23 SEP 1839 in Davie Co. N C;  CSA ( Sergeant with Company B,28th Regiment North Carolina ) Death: 1 June 1922 at 7 pm in North Brook Tp(I), Lincoln Co. N C  18 DEC 1866  m: Mary F Best

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      ( ii )    REASON FOSTER b:  1834

      ( iii )   Mary FOSTER b: 1837  married Thomas  P Tutterow  son of David Tutterow and Ruth Bradley. Then she married William L. Foster son of Richard Foster & Eliza GARRIWOOD after America's Death

      ( iv )  Henry Clay FOSTER b: 3 DEC 1842 in Davie Co. N.C. CSA He enlisted in the Confederate army,Co.F,13th Reg't.NC "The Davie Greys" . He was wounded at Gaines' Mill,VA. 27 June 1862; he rejoined prior to 1 Mar.1863, and was promoted to Sergeant 17 Apr.1863. Death: 5 JUN 1917 in Statesville,N.C. m: 22 JAN 1871 Mary Ann HENDRICKS ( HENDRIX )

 Co F 13 Reg CSA NC

      ( v )   America E. FOSTER b: 28 DEC 1844 in Davie Co. N.C. She married William L.Foster, son of Richard and Eliza Foster,on 12 Dec.1869 in Davie Co.

      ( vi )  Martha Elizabeth FOSTER b: 8 MAR 1847 in Davie Co. N.C. d: 20 JAN 1898

     ( vii ) William M. FOSTER b: 3 AUG 1849 in Davie Co. N.C. m: Martha Stewart d: 15 APR 1922 in Davie Co NC

     ( viii ) Ellen T. FOSTER  b: 14 DEC 1855 in Davie Co.N.C.d:  28 JUN 1876  m: 10 APR 1873 Nathaniel Hendrix son of Conrad Hendrix

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***********-My Foster Family Generation ( V )-TILMAN FOSTER  son of William Foster Sr  **************************************

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My Grt Grt Grt Grandfather Tilman nmn Foster b: 18 May 1800. Tilman m: Francis "Fannie" Tucker . Tilman attended Fork Baptist Church {There on Highway 64 @ Fork }. He is Buried in the Church Cemetary a few steps behind the Church. Francis was the daughter of Andrew Tucker and Levice Rumbley ( daughter of Edgar Rumbley) a { Revolutionary Soldier / Rumbley Edgar (Edger) Private, Militia, Capt William Haslett's Company, 28th Battalion}. Francis had a Twin brother named Aaron. This Tucker line moved west where Aaron  is found 1850 Adams,Madison , then 1860 West Locust,Sullivan Co,MO - age 48 married to Nancy Rachel HODSON b: 6 NOV 1813 in Rown Co NC .

  • http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=iba43fanwnc&id=I312  

  • Photo  of Tilman's Headstone ( Fork Baptist Church )     There are unmarked Graves  in this section of Fosters.

  • I learned of Tilman via http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/s/Charles-C-Foster/GENE3-0002.html?Welcome=103460982   Charles C Foster is known as a Published Author , Artist , Musican , and Foster Family Genealogist in Florida ( ref: http://insleyart.com/artist/foster/fosterpub.html )  He wrote and illustrated and supplied photos for  "ConchTown USA" Published in 1991 by Florida Atlantic University Press. He has built Musical Instruments such as a harpsichord and a Viola da gamba.

  • 1850 Davie Co Census Tilman is listed as Tiglman with Francis as family 417A for the Davie Co NC 1850 Census. There is no known middle name for Tilman . The Name Tilman is used by this Foster Family line and also the Family line of Robert Foster . Living close to Tilman are descendants of Zenas Foster and wife Dinah Taylor ( Zenas was a Descendant of Robert Foster of Essex Co Va & Robert's wife Elizabeth Garnett ). Isaac Hillery FOSTER son of Zenas was Tilman's  neighbor. I believe Zenas and Tilman's father William are buried there in Davie Co.as both Tilman and Issac were born Davie when it was known as  Old Rowan Co. ** Zenas Foster place of birth was Charlotte Co Colonial Virginia //   so was Tilman's father William born in Virginia.

  • Children of Tilman and Francis Tucker Foster: Per (1850) Davie Co Census  

    1 ) SARAH ANN FOSTER ( b: 09-27-1828-  d: 01 Nov 1860 ) m:1850 Henry  B Casper b: 1829 in Rowan Co North Carolina, The Caspers are buried in The Old Lutheran Church Cemetery Salisbury NC

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    2 ) NANCY " JANE "  FOSTER ( 6 FEB 1830 in DAVIE CO NC ) m: John R HENDERSON b: 18 JUN 1823 &  then married John Milton CODY   b: Abt 1845

    3 ) GILES "NELSON" FOSTER (1832-1887)m:1853 Tabitha Eddinger (1833-1863) She died 1862 while he was off fighting in the Civil War for the CSA {Co. A, 10th Battalion, N. C., Heavy Artillery for the war. He was appointed Artificer 01 Jul. 1862. Transfered to Co. A, 2nd Regt, Confederate Engineer Troops during August 1863}. Me is buried @ Denmark Presbyterian Church Madison Co, Tenn

  • 1860 Census we find his brother Hiram Lindsay Foster living with him in Davidson Co. After Hiram Lindsay's death Giles Nelson moves to Denmark Tn. His brother Thomas also moved to Tenn before the 1870 Census.

    1. CRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FOSTER b: 14 FEB 1854 THOMASVILLE DAVIDSON CO NC
    2. CHRISTINA VIRGINIA FOSTER b: 15 NOV THOMASVILLE  DAVIDSON CO NC
    3. ROBERT A FOSTER     b: 9 OCT 1865 in DAVIDSON CO NC

  • http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=iba43fanwnc&id=I246   

  •       The Giles "Nelson " Family Family Went West to Tenn  !      Tennessee

    4 ) THOMAS M FOSTER (02FEB1833-18APR1877) m:1859 Sarah Banks his step sister ( Sarah's father John Banks a widower m: Widow  Francis Fannie Foster after Tilman's death.) Family moved to Gibson Co. Tn.before the 1870 census. His brother Giles "Nelson " also moved to Madison Co Tenn. as well as their sister Eliza Foster Deadmon wife of Thomas Deadmon.

    1. Has No Children DeWitt C FOSTER b: 1860 N C ---d: 1935 in San Antonio,Texas
    2. Has No Children Carlton J FOSTER  b: 11 DEC 1862 in Davie Co., NC d: 1905 Gibson,Tn.
    3. Has No Children Elizabeth Francis FOSTER b: 28 DEC 1865 Davie Co.NC d:  24 JAN 1892
    4. Has No Children Delia Adline FOSTER b: 28 Jun 1868 - d: 15 Dec 1893  Gibson Co Tn
    5. Has No Children Charles C FOSTER b: 16 NOV 1869 - d: 1894 in Gibson Co., Tn.
    6. Has No Children Samuel Tilman FOSTER b: 19 AUG 1875 in Gibson Co., TN d: 19 DEC 1934 Little Rock,Pulaski Co.,Arkansas
    7.     Annie Bell Foster B: ABT. 1873 in Gibson Co., Tenn

  •     The Thomas M Foster Family went west to Tenn ! Tennessee

    5 ) JOHN MURPHY FOSTER (03APR 1836-16 NOV 1919)m: Comfort"Ann"Orrell Daughter of Martha Orrell . He served in Co.F, 42 Regt, NC. 1 CSA                                       This Family Stayed in North Carolina Flag

    http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=iba43fanwnc&id=I58           

    6 ) AZARIAH MARCH FOSTER (27 MAY 1838-17 JUL 1904) m:1859 Sarah C. Snyder (1839-1914) Buried at Fork Baptist Church Davie Co N C.

    7 ) SUSANNAH E FOSTER (26 APR1840-12 OCT 1857) buried : Fork Baptist Church Davie Co

    8 ) HIRAM LINDSAY FOSTER (10 JUN 1842 -05 MAR 1862) buried at Fork Baptist Church.

    9 ) ELIZA C FOSTER (b:-15 May 1844 d: 20-FEB 1879) 04 AUG 1864 m: Thomas Harvey  Deadmon ( Deadman or Dedmon )b: 18 May 1845 --they moved to Tenn. Eliza is found in the 1850 Census house hold of her parents Tilman & Francis Foster. She previously has been reported as the daughter of James Foster a possible brother of  Tilman. James' Foster daughter is a different Eliza. * Dedmon family Genealogy list my Line of Davie County Fosters .  http://dedmon.org/html/surnames.html 

  • Children of Thomas Harvey Deadmon & Eliza C Foster :

    1. Has No Children Sallie F. DEADMON  b: 3 MAR 1866

    2. Has No Children Henry C. DEADMON  b: 19 MAR 1867
    3. Has No Children Ambrose J. C. DEADMON b: 29 JUN 1869
    4. Has No Children Rose B. DEADMON b: 22 JUN 1872
    5. Has No Children Owner O. DEADMON b: 7 FEB 1875
    6.      Suddie C. DEADMON b: 21 NOV 1876
    7. Has No Children Thomas J. DEADMON b: 7 DEC 1878

            

              This Deadmon family also went West to Tenn.after the Civil War !       Tennessee

  • 10 ) HENRY J FOSTER (03 AUG 1850 - 29 Sep 1853 ) Buried next to Tilman ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

    *******************-My North Carolina Foster Family Genearation ( VI )  JOHN MURPHY FOSTER  *************************

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    Tilman and Francis' son "JOHN MURPHY FOSTER" b: 03APR 1836-d: 16 NOV 1919 is my Grt Grt Grandfather who married Comfort Ann Orrell Wood ( 17 JAN 1859) in DAVIE CO NC Granddaughter of Daniel Orrell and Susannah Tucker. John served in Comp F, 42 REGT N.C.WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION ALSO CALLED THE CIVIL WAR . HIS OCCUPATION WAS A HOUSE CARPENTER ;HE IS BURIED:@ REEDS BAPTIST CHURCH DAVIDSON CO NC NEAR INTERSECTION OF OLD HIGHWAY 64 AND HWY 150 ROW 9 OF THE CEMETARY. This Family is listed in the Davidson County NC Heritage Book.                   John and Comfort " Ann " Foster were married at Fork Baptist Church

  •  John M Foster proudly served in the Army for the CSA !     Returned to     Flag

  • Grt Grandmother Comfort " Ann " was b: 2 MAR 1843 in DAVIE CO NC  d : 27 JUN 1906 in DAVIDSON CO NC Her mother Martha Orrell named her Comfort after a friend Comfort Clemmons Phelps wife of Col Hiram Phelps. She  was called  Ann.

  • REFER TO: Familytreemaker:genealogy.com/users/f/o/s/Charles-C-Foster/Gene3-0001.htm    http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/s/Charles-C-Foster/GENE3-0003.html#CHILD8

    John and Comfort " Ann "along with John's mother & Family members are listed on the Orrell Family Web site along with related Orrell & Markland Family members.

  • Married: 17 JAN 1859 in DAVIE CO NC

    Children of John and Comfort  Click to enlarge. " Ann "  Foster

    http://www.genealogy.com/users/f/o/s/William-Foster-NC/PHOTO/0006photo.html

     ( A ) GEORGE WASHINGTON FOSTER (b: 20 JAN 1860-d: 03 SEP1938) m: Mary Jane Koontz) daughter of America Hedrick & Andrew Jackson Koontz.

  •   G.W. Foster (Pictured in Davidson Co Heritage Book Article )272.gif

  • Marriage License: 23 NOV 1881 in Davidson County

  • Event: Married By 24 NOV 1881 in H.H. Hartley
  • Event: Marriage Witness  G.H. Gobble

              ( i )   Wade Willis FOSTER b: 21 AUG 1902 in Davie Co. NC. m: Nannie Wilson Henderson Bailey Forrest 1919 . He died 26 Feb 1956 Lexington, N.C.

              ( ii )   Fallie Belle FOSTER b: 20 OCT 1882 d: 5 MAY 1976  Reed's,Davidson Co NC. m: John Washington KOONTZ b: 10 SEP 1877

              ( iii )  Hattie FOSTER b: 21 FEB 1884

              ( iv )  Claudie Mae FOSTER b: 2 MAY 1885 / d:16 Jul 1932 m: 22 Dec 1920 Robert Benjamin Sink b: 03 Dec 1883
     
               ( v )  Ethel FOSTER b: 8 OCT 1887 

  •        ( vi ) Clatie FOSTER b: 27 OCT 1890 d: Aug 1973 m: 1908 Marshall Penix Farabee b: 28 MAR 1890 d: Jul 1983 

               ( vii )  Zella FOSTER  b: 15 APR 1892 m: 1912 James Harper Farabee d: 11 Sept 1912 
               ( viii )  Lola FOSTER   b: 24 JUL 1893 d: abt 1991 Lexington

  •         ( ix ) Infant FOSTER b: 16 JUN 1895

  •        (  x  )  Ray FOSTER   b: 8 FEB 1897 d: 21 MAY 1940

               ( xi )  Ester FOSTER b: 15 NOV 1898 m: Grover Cleveland LOWMAN b: 29 Dec 1888 -d: 9 Mar 1976 

  • --( B ) MARTHA FRANCIS " FANNIE " FOSTER b: 27 NOV 1861 m: JOHN HENDERSON GOBBLE b: 25 FEB 1857 Francis was named for her Grandmother . SHE died 5 Mar 1898  and is buried at Reeds Baptist Church Cemetery

  • Note: Married by H.H. Hartley, JP, at H.H. 5 Mar 1898 Hartley's Res.
    wit: J.T. M. Foster, G.W. Foster, H.S. Foster.

    1.     Lewis Cleveland Gobble   b: 22 Oct 1884 --d: 30 Dec 1950 m: Virginia Girllar Myers b: 12 May 1889
    2. Has No Children Willis Vestal Gobble         b: 23 Sep 1886 m: Flossie M. Lanier
    3. Has No Children Thurman Monroe Gobble b: 2 Nov 1888 --d:  21 Aug 1896 lived 7 years
    4. Has No Children Fletus Lee Gobble            b: 1 Jan 1891 --d: 1 Mar 1961 m: 9 Nov 1913  Lena Blanche Evans b: 10 Nov 1888
    5. Has No Children Kate M. Gobble               b: 8 Apr 1893 --d:  24 Jul 1971 m: 12 Feb 1911 Grover C. Nance b: 13 Apr 1886
    6. Has No Children Otis Stamey Gobble         b: 8 Nov 1895 --d: 21 May 1974
    7. Has No Children Mary Francis Gobble        b: 25 Feb 1898 died within a year  23 Jun 1898

  •     --( C ) JOHN THOMAS "MARCUS " FOSTER (20 Sept 1864-17 Feb 1940) married LELIA MAE CREWS b: 1875 in Arcadia Davidson Co daughter of William & Nettie Crews whose family is listed at Fay Moran's CREWS WEBPAGE:

  • http://www.fmoran.com/crews2.html  CREWS FAMILY PAGE (Generation 3 )

    1.  Hosea FOSTER     
    2.  Thomas FOSTER
    3.  Henry FOSTER
    4.  Fannie FOSTER
    5.  Will FOSTER
    6.  Lynn FOSTER
    7.  Annie Mae FOSTER
    8.  Virginia FOSTER
    9.  Hattie Lee FOSTER

  • *  --( D )HIRAM " LINDSEY" FOSTER b: 3 SEPT 1867 -d: 25 Mar 1949 m: Sallie Markland they lived in Advance,N.C.

  •           They were married  12 JAN 1892 in FORK BAPTIST CHURCH

  • --( E ) MARY (MOLLY) ALICE FOSTER (b: 15 Jun 1870 -d: 23 Sep 1963) m: Willis Call  * Mary was named for her Grt Grt Aun

             Children of  Molly and Willis
                Lonnie CALL
                Eva CALL
                Essie CALL
                Roy CALL b: 26 Jan 1909 d:  Nov 1984 

    --( F )  MINNIE LEE FOSTER (b: 24 May 1871-d: 04 Sep 1955) m: CHARLES MILLER HAUSER (1868-1946) CHARLES was a son of PHILLIP HAUSER. They lived in WINSTON SALEM FORSYTH CO NC Married: 6 MAY 1893 in Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
                  Minnie is buried @ Oak Summit Methodist, Forsyth County, N C

  • 1900 Census of Forsyth Co., North Carolina
    - E. D. 27, Middle Fork Twp, p. 2 (2 Jun 1900) {8007}

  • Minnie Foster And Charles Hauser's marriage is mentioned on the WEB PAGE by Fay Moran :

  • http://www.fmoran.com/hauser2.html HAUSER FAMILY PAGE GENERATION  7
       

  • Children of   Charles & Minnie  

  •       ( 1 )   Maude Edna HAUSER b: 14 NOV 1895 in Forsyth County, N C d: Mar 2000 in Miami, Florida she m: Riley K. Matthews

  •       ( 2 )   Thelma Louise HAUSER b: 16 MAY 1898 she m: George W. CRAFT

              ( 3 )   Dena Lee HAUSER b: 14 OCT 1900 d:  31 Jan 1968

              ( 4 )   Anna Elizabeth HAUSER   b: 6 JUN 1902 --d: 21 Jun 1973 she m: Harry PHILLIPS b: 28 Dec 1900

              ( 5 )   Charles Jennings HAUSER b: 27 APR 1905 m:  Clara CAUDILL

              ( 6 )   Doris Vivian HAUSER b: 7 DEC 1906 ---she m: Theodore Woodson BARNES b: 11 Jul 1899

              ( 7 )  Mary Virginia HAUSER b: 21 NOV 1908 --she m: Vernie R. SNIDER  b: 28 Oct 1903

              ( 8 )   Kenneth John Phillip HAUSER  b: 26 JUL 1911 -d: 10 Mar 1993 Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

              ( 9 )   Marjorie Gwendolyn HAUSER b: 21 APR 1916--d : 30 Dec 1975 m: Conrad STOWE

  • --( G ) STELLA EDNA FOSTER (b:Feb 1877-d: 10 Jun 1900) m: TURNER W DOTY (1868-1946) they lived in  FORSYTH CO NC.  He was the son of Benjamin F Doty & Charity Idol

  • --( H  ) SALLIE BET FOSTER (b: 03 Jun 1880- d: 31 Jan 1966 Winston Salem) m: Mr Spencer

  •  --( I  ) CHARLES M FOSTER (1882-1934) m: BERTIE ELIZABETH MYERS (1886-1972) daughter of Albert Lindsey Myers and Sarah Park 

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  • Children

    1.   Sallie Lee FOSTER b: 24 Nov 1909 in Reeds / Davidson Co. NC d: 21 Sep 1985 she m: Max Roland MONEY b: 11 Oct 1909
    2.   Lloyd FOSTER b: 24 Nov 1909 in Reeds ,Davidson ,NC, d: 1959 m: Louise MCMAHAN
    3.   Earlie Thomas FOSTER b: 8 May 1912 in Davidson County NC d: 16 Dec 1979
    4.   Leona FOSTER  b: 1919 in Reeds ,Davidson ,NC, d: 1999
    5.   Thurman Wilson FOSTER b: 1920 in Reeds ,Davidson ,NC,d: 1989 
    6.   Laura Mae FOSTER b: 1917 in Reeds ,Davidson ,NC, d: 06-30-2006 m: Alfred "Allie" MALLARD b: 23 NOV 1904 d:11 Apr 1960

    http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/o/n/Charles-R-Money-sr/TREE/0002tree.html 

  • --( J ) LOY TILMAN FOSTER b: 15 MAY 1885 DIED 1885

        --( K ) ROBERT LEARY FOSTER (b: 16 Mar 1887- d: 19 Oct 1934)

    1.  Louise FOSTER
    2.  Jimmie Lee FOSTER
    3.  Rudy FOSTER 
    4.  Andrew FOSTER

    Picture  of some of the above children of John M Foster and Ann Orrell Foster later in life !

  •                        Sallie,Molly,Minnie & Hiram Lindsey Foster    Hiram Lindsey Foster and his Sisters Sallie , Mollie & Minnie  !

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    ********************-My Foster Family Generation ( VII  )- HIRAM "LINDSEY" FOSTER******************************

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    John & Comfort "Ann" Foster's son HIRAM LINDSEY  "Tump" FOSTER  was my Great-Grand Father who Married Sallie Virginia Markland daughter of Matthew Markland and Elizabeth Ann Zimmerman. They lived in Advance Davie Co N C where my Grandfather Naylor Cary (NC) Foster Sr was born. They later moved to Statesville , N.C. where they retired & lived with their adult children until death. The Fosters are at rest in the Statesville Cemetery. Hiram Lindsey Foster was b: 03 Sep 1867  & d: 25 Mar 1949. Sarah (Sallie)Virginia Markland b: 16 Jan 1866 & d: 23 Apr 1941 Statesville, N.C.  

  • My Markland  family descends from Immigrant Matthew Markland who was born about 1690 in Wiggin, Lancaster, England and died in Prince George's County, MD, June 18, 1744. Immigrant Matthew Markland married Margaret MORLEY   OCTOBER 22, 1722; She was the daughter of  Griffin and Elizabeth Morely.

  • For the Markland / Zimmerman Family : Guy Zimmerman's SITE   http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guyzimmerman/b319.htm#P24749

    Hiram Lindsey Foster & Sallie  Markland were married: 12 JAN 1892 in FORK BAPTIST CHURCH

         Click to enlarge. Hiram Lindsey & Sallie After their Marriage                        Click to enlarge.  Hiram Lindsey & Sallie Virginia Markland  Foster

  •  Click to enlarge.Advance. N. C                                                       Foster Sisters in Advance , NC

    Children of Hiram "Lindsey" & Sallie Foster

    1. CLYDE C " Pete " FOSTER b: 5 SEP 1892 in ADVANCE ,DAVIE COUNTY NC  m: Daisy Bell Jolly daughter of Edwin Wright Sr. JOLLY 1 b: 13 Dec 1869 in ,Cleveland Co.,NC and : Delia E. SARRATT b: 14 JUL 1873 in Grassy Pond,Spartanburg Co.,SC
    http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=prsjr&id=I8760

  • Clyde "Pete " Foster died Jun 1965 and buried in Statesville, N.C. with Daisy , his parents and his Sisters Ann and Jakie.

  • 2. NAYLOR CARY ( N C ) FOSTER b: 24 SEPT 1894 in ADVANCE ,DAVIE CO NC m: Etta Amellia Minnick

    http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=iba43fanwnc&id=I45

    3. ANN FOSTER b: 24 SEP 1899 in ADVANCE , Davie Co N.C. d: 19 Apr 1993 STATESVILLE , Iredall Co., N.C.

    4. STELLA ELIZABETH FOSTER b: 26 FEB 1902 in DAVIE CO NC m: 25 Nov 1920  David Dewitt Phelps Sr -----She died 09 MAY 1989 

  • http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bjmarkland&id=I2991

    5. JAKIE FOSTER b: 22 OCT 1909 in ADVANCE ,DAVIE CO NC -d: 06 06 2006 STATESVILLE ,N.C

    6. SALLIE SUE DEANA  FOSTER- b: 1907 in ADVANCE DAVIE CO NC

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  • *************-My Foster Family  Generation**( VIII  )  NAYLOR CARY "NC" FOSTER SR ********************

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    Granddad Naylor Cary Foster m: Etta Amellia Minnick daughter of William "Will" Minnick and Virginia "Jennie" Davis of Russell County, Virginia.(The Minnick family initially moved west to MO)  My father and I are named for William "Will" Minnick and our middle name after Lindsey "Tump"Foster. My grandfather Naylor and Grandmother Etta related allot of family information that helped in my research. 

  •           Naylor Foster @  time of WWI            Click to enlarge.  Naylor Cary ( NC ) & Etta Amellia Minnick Foster

  • Naylor Cary  Foster was a US Army  WW I Veteran  ( 317 )  Field Artillery

  • He was a active member of the ( VFW & American Legion)

  • Naylor was the Grandson of Matthew Markland and Ann Zimmerman of Davie County.see  http://www.fmoran.com/markland.html

  • He was the Grt Grandson of Thomas Daniel & Susannah  Zimmerman.    see  http://www.fmoran.com/zimmerman.html

  • His Markland Grt Grandparets were NATHANIEL & Mary Polly Orrell Markland see  http://www.fmoran.com/orrell.html

  • Naylor was a Descendant of Immigrant John Orrell who Immigrated from England to Maryland

  • He was the Descendant of Edgar Rumbley a Patriot of the American Revolution via Edgar's Daughter Nancy Ann who married Daniel Orrell.

  • Naylor Cary Foster, Etta Minnick Foster, Virginia Davis Minnick and William Lindsay Foster Sr are all buried in our Foster Family Plot Highway 64 W Hendersonville,N.C. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  • *************-My Foster Family Generation**( IX ) WILLIAM LINDSAY FOSTER SR **************************

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    Born Oct 04 1922 in Wise Co Va> My father Bill Foster Sr passed away on 22 March 2008 after declining health. He was the eldest of three sons of Naylor NC Foster & Etta Minnick Foster. A Graduate of the 1940 Class @ Hendersonville High School , he attended Western Carolina Teachers College and with the Call to serve in WWII war effort he and his brother Jacob Preston Foster volunteered. Bill recieving a Commission in the USNR and Jacob a Commission in the U S Army Air Corps. Bill while aboard The USS Ellyson saw Service in the North Atlantic Combat Anti Submarine search and Destroy Efforts and later The Normandy Invasion. After WWII he returned to his College Studies and graduated from NC State . He was a Textile Chemist and Researcher until his retirement. Most of all he was My father.

  •     After Commission                                                        William L Foster Sr ( 1922-2008 )

  • graphic - Seal of the US Navy  He served during WWII aboard The USS ELLYSON DD454   1944 CREDITED WITH SINKING A GERMAN SUB May 1944

  •   USS ELLYSON

  • For the Invasion of France. ( D-Day  June 6 1944 ) aboard The Ellyson covered Ranger's assault on Pointe de Hoc to knock out the heavy gun emplacements reported there. On 25 June ships Company saw action off Cherbourg, blasting gun installations, destroying naval mines and laying a smoke screen for larger fleet units.

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  •                                                  FOSTER HALL OF HONOR 

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                 Click to edit.   Jacob Preston Foster  ( 1923 - 1948 )     SEC SON OF NAYLOR AND ETTA FOSTER. "JAKE" SERVED IN WW II AND WAS A POW OF THE GERMANS. JAKE FOSTER WAS KILLED IN AN AIR CRAFT ACCIDENT AFTER HIS RETURN TO THE STATES FROM WW II STILL SERVING HIS NATION AS AN ARMY AIR CORPS OFFICER. HE IS BURIED IN ARLINGTON CEMETARY

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  • REFER: 1790 Census list the Fosters as Forster in the Rowan County ; then later these families are listed as Foster. Davie County 1850 Census list Tilman as "Tiglman" Foster (His headstone reads Tilman) ---In Old Rowan Co My Foster Family met my Orrell, Markland, Tucker, Zimmerman, and other related families who Homesteaded the area after immigrating from Colonial Maryland and Pennsylvania. (See below Map of  Colonial Trading Wagon  Road used by the settlers to come South )

    http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=:2778734&id=I21922

    A Web site I had found valuable to my research was "Orrell Family Association: http://www.orrellfamily.com/index1.htm --My thanks to Robert Orrell for all his help and support.Unfortunately it was taken off line by ReB Orrell for 2004.**Researchers who visited the Original Orrell Family site could view scanned Bible records of Orrell Etchison that document my family line for the Orrell, Rumbly, Tucker , & Etchison Branches (all Families who settled the North Carolina Area now known as Davie-Davidson-Forsyth Counties.) Robert & Reb Orrell Have published several family Genealogy Text. 

    http://www.orrellfamily.com/   NEW ADDRESS FOR THE ORRELL FAMILY

    I found the Will of Daniel Orrell
    Record of Wills NO. H, Page 502 (Rowan Co., NC)  now available on line @ http://www.fmoran.com/willorr.html

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    DAVIE COUNTY,N.C. WEB SITE list the 1850 Census

    http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdavie/>Davie County North Carolina's WEB SITE.Davie County North Carolina's WEB Site

    What a research resource. Thanks to Elizabeth Harris for your hard work and assistance answering Questions ! I suggest anyone visiting and reading my page to visit The Davie County Site. The 1850 Davie County Census pages list my Family members.Davie County 1850 Census Project

    The Jarvis Family & Other Relatives of Historic Old Salem NC A WEB SITE by Faye Moran*** has excellant data on the WACHOVIA Settlement of FORSYTH CO NC (WINSTON SALEM)-and OLD ROWAN / DAVIE CO AND DAVIDSON CO NC SITE. Including my Families of Shady Grove Township (Advance),N.C.

    Researching my Foster-Markland-Orrell-Zimmerman-Knauss Heritage I found and visit regularly Faye Moran's site: Listing over 200 families who live and lived in the Area Counties around Winston Salem-Clemmons- Davie County- Surry County-Davidson County -Rowan County. Counties where followers of the Moravian faith settled.

    Faye Moran's list : (http://www.fmoran.com/markland.html) Markland Family  ;

    Immigrant Matthew Markland b: abt 1674 WIGGIN,LANCASTER ENGLAND 

     Orrell Family ; Orrell Family http://www.fmoran.com

    Immigrant John Orrell I b: 1653 in England http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=iba43fanwnc&id=I4314

     Immigrant JOHANN CHRISTIAN ZIMMERMAN b: 4 NOV 1726 in HOF,NASSAU-DILLENBURG GERMANY  Faye Moran's page Zimmerman Family

    http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=iba43fanwnc&id=I112 

    ***Other Moravian related families I'm linked to are Heidelberg / Friedburg Community Families. Knauss Family Families that moved to North Carolina from the Emmaus Pa area after originally immigrating to Pa from Germany. Boeckel Family http://www.fmoran.com/boeckel.html ; Jacob Meyer Family http://www.fmoran.com/meyer.html http://www.fmoran.com/meyer.html .

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  • My Ancestors are listed in the Famly pages of the Davie County Heritage Book: 

  •  Zimmerman family (report  1117) is listed on page 358

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    My Braswells / Bracewells  via The Immigrant From Grantham

  • Parish, Lincolnshire England  (Rev Robert Bracewell ) to 

  • Isle of Wight Colonial Virginia 

  • Then after a name change to Braswell  -The Family moved into    

  •   Flag North Carolina

        For my Mathernal Side  I am a Braswell descendant of Rev Robert Bracewell via my mother's Father H.E.Braswell Sr. DNA TESTING of a Braswell     male Cousin has proved our line back to  Robert Bracewell . A presentation on the Braswell DNA research was  done @ our Braswell Family Reunion in MaFarlan @ Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Hosted by Braswell Family Cousin  Lib Jones.

  •    The BRASWELL / BRACEWELL Family of America: ORIGINATED IN THE YORKSHIRE AREA OF ENGLAND originally as Scottish family called Braegds or Breadsall. In the Doomsday Book (1140-1150) the name and family is Braisnelle (Norman French "Braucille). Later the family is referred to as Braycewell (abt 1471) Scotland area before settling in Yorkshire area at the time of Oliver Cromwell when the family spelled the name then Bracewell. In Lincolshire the Family was called de Brauncewell (13 century) Bracewell is derived from the Saxon for " a well on the hillside above the village" Did they control the village water source ? The area and people known as Bracewell ended up as victims of the Norman Conquest and were dispossed by William LeTempest who was granted the Saxon Manor "Bracewell" for loyalty to William the Conquerer.

    My Braswell / Bracewell Line? My mothers side of the family tree starts in Colonial Virginia America during the 1600s after The Rev Robert Bracewell (Braswell) immigrated from England and settled in the Isle of Wight area of Virginia / North Carolina. My Line has been proven by the Braswell dna Project.

  • Rev Bracewell's descendants moved South to Anson County, N.C. after the name changed to Braswell.  It was in Anson County attending Braswell & Ratliff Family reunions and listening to my Grandmother Susan Elizabeth Ratliff-Braswell relate family history that the seeds of genealogy research were planted in my mind.

    Researching the Braswell Family connection recieved alot of help from my distant Cousin Guy E Braswell a Braswell Genealogist before he passed  in 2002. Guy co-authored a book with Judith Braswell Yandle "Proud Members of The Braswell Family" (a book for listing & filling in data for the Allied families of Richard & Penelop Blow Braswell of Wayne County,North Carolina and Rev Robert Braswell of London,England who immigrated to Isle of Wight,Virginia".  Copies of this Book are still available. Guy inspired my research. Members of this line gather each year for a Reunion in McFarlan,N.C at the Methodist Church to share information, good food, and to remember those who have past. 

  •     http://braswellgenealogy.blogspot.com/2007/10/rev-robert-bracewells-ancestry-by.html

      # 1.EDMUND BRACEWELL OF LONDON ENGLAND SON OF ROBERT BRACEWELL

      # 2. GENERATION :ROBERT BRACEWELL 1550 - 1613

      # 3 rd. GENERATION: (Our Immigrant ) ROBERT BRACEWELL 1611-1668 m: REBECCA ISARD (IZARD) THEY LIVED IN COLONIAL ISLE OF WIGHT VIRGINIA COLONY .Rev Robert Bracewell was christened 13 Oct 1611at St Andrew Holborn . Robert graduated from Oxford & was a Anglican Minister in Isle of Wight Colonial Va. He purchased 300 acres on Blackwater River in Isle of Wight County and assumed the Parish of Lawne's Creek. Rev  Bracewell was elected to the House of Burgesses of Virginia, but since it was not considered proper that a minister hold a political officebut was suspended  "It is ordered by this present Grand Assembly, that Mr. Robert Bracewell, Clark, be suspended . . . since it is unpresidential and may produce bad consequences."

  • Robert Braswell's will was proved 1 May 1668 in Isle of Wight County VA.

  • REV. ROBERT BRASWELL'S WILL

    In the Name of God Amen, I ROBERT BRACEWELL beinge very weake & sicke of Body but of perfectt memorie, doe make this my last Will & Testament, Revockeinge all former Wills whatsoever, Imprimis I bequeath my Soule into the hands of my Redeemer, who gave it mee, And my body unto the ground from whence it came to be decently buried, And for those Temporall goods God hath given mee I dispose of them in manner as followeth, I give unto my daughter JANE STOCKES her Children, three cowes, To REBECCA WEST my daughter one Cowe & Calfe And one Cowe & Calfe to the next child she shall have, And the rest of all my Estate unto my two sonns ROBERT and RICHARD whome I make my full & sole executors of this my Will, and the mill I desire shalbe finisht, with what speed may bee And to be lett out, only reservinge corne for themselves, and the p.duce of the Mill to be equally divided betweene them both, And reserved to build a new mill hereafter And when built to be left wholly to my sonne RICHARD Likewise I give Seaven hundred Acres of land, where I now live and sixe hundred Acres att the Western Branch of Nancemond County To be equally divided betweene my two sonnes Robert and Richard Likewise it is my desire that noe part or parcell of the estate shalbe disposed of, nor none of the land, untill they both are of full Age, nor no wayes divided But if it shall please God that either of them shall depart this life before he comes of Age, That then the Survivor shall enjoye the whole Likewise I give unto my Servant ELIZABETH HALL when she shalbe free one heiffer of two yeares of Age And likewise it is my desire That my Loveinge friends MR: RICHARD IZARD And GEORGE GWILLIM to be Guardians unto my Children in the time of theire Minoritie, And to see this my Will performed Likewise I give unto the said RICHARD IZARD & GEORGE GWILLIM, ffortie shillings to each of them, to buy them each one ringe, Likewise I Give unto my Daughter ANN BAGNALL one Cowe & Calfe And one Cowe & calfe to her first Child, if it please God she have any, And likewise it is my desire that my two sonnes, ROBERT & RICHARD shalbe putt to schoole untill they cann both write &­ read And this beinge my Will I testifie it with my hand this,

    In Wittness of                                                                           ROB: BRACELL

     GEORGE GWILLIM

  • RICHARD X IZARD
               his marke

     

    Isle of Wight Co.VA Will of Robert Bracewell 15 Feb 1667 prob 1 May 1668 
    This will was proved in open court helf for the Isle of Wight County this
    first day of May 1668 and then recorded Teste John Jenings Clr: Recordes

            On 1 May1668, Mr George Gwilliam and Mr Richard Izard qualified to act as overseers of Robert Braswell's two sons until they might be of age to act as his executors; they were bonded by Mr. Thomas Green and Richard Penny.
     The estate appraised on 11 May 1668 by Gyles Driver, Benjamin Beall, Robert Coleman and Francis Ayres included 63 head of livestock, a servant boy,  a library valued at 500 pounds of tobacco, a sloop, silverware, and cattle at William West's and Mr. Robert Stokes's plantations. W&D B2-p55 IoW VA
      Rebecca Izard signed an account of the estate of the late Mr. Robert Braswell in the hands of Richard Izard on 10 Jan 1669/70.


      # 4th. GENERATION : RICHARD BRASWELL I (1651 - 1735) m: SARAH VALENTINE  SAMPSON daughter of Immigrant JAMES SAMPSON & ELIZABETH BANCROFT SAMPSON   (ISLE OF WIGHT COLONIAL VIRIGINIA)

      # 5th.GENERATION : RICHARD BRASWELL II (1672-1736) m: ELEANOR BRYANT

  • Richard Bracewell, Jr., b.c. 1672, m. Elinor Unknown whom he abandoned in Chowan Precinct, NC, about 1715 and took up with Ann Carver (divo rce then unattainable); died in the midst of much litigation over his estate in Edgecombe County, N.C. between 1753 and 1758; Robert Bracewell b.c. 1674; m. S arah Unknown and died testate in Bertie County, N.C., c.1736; William Bracewell b.c. 1676, m. Mary Unknown and died in Chowan Precinct, N.C. in 1720;Martha, b .c. 1678 and married a Mr. Murphy; Valentine, thought to have been named for hi s mother's family; Ann Bracewell, b.c. 1682; m. Matthew Strickland, Jr.;m. 2nd a Mr. Edwards by 1732. Jacob Bracewell, b.c. 1684 and married Rebecca Unknown; he died c.1719 and his widow remarried to William Wilson by 10 Nov 1724 in Bert ie County; Jane Bracewell, b.c. 1686 in Isle of Wight County, Va.;m, Samuel Wil liams, Jr.; John Bracewell, b.c. 1688. He remained behind and took care of his parents while the rest of his brothers migrated to North Carolina.   

      # 6th.GENERATION : RICHARD BRASWELL III ( 1704-1767 ) m: ELIZABETH BRYANT

  • BRASWELL, RICHARD-Dec. 7, 1767. Jan. Ct., 1772. Bk. 4, p. 193. Wife & Extx: ELIZABETH, lend all remaining property, reversion to children. Son: SAMPSON, land on Tar River and Nahunta Path; Son: SOLOMON, plantation; Son: RICHARD; Son & Exr: JAMES; Son: WILLIAM; Daus: SARAH, MARY and ELIZABETH, 5S proclamation money each. Wit: THOMAS BRYANT, WILLIAM SHERROD, JOSEPH FORT, SAMSON DILLARD, JAMES GRAY.

  • His will, made in Edgecombe County, NC on 7 Dec 1767, reads:

  • "I, RICHARD BRASWELL of Edgecombe County being in good Helath & of perfect sense & sound mind and memory, for preventing disputes which may arise in my Family about the Estate that I have at my Death do make this my last will & Testament in manner following, that is to say...Imprimis. I give & bequeath to my son SAMPSON BRASWELL & to his Heirs forever a Tract of parcel of Land containing fifty acres more or less & bounded as follows, Beginning at a white Oak his corner on Tar River thence a direct course to a new mark't poplar...being at or near the Nauhunta Path thence along the said path to my back line then down the back line to the said SAMPSON's line then along his line to the white oake the first station...Item. I give & Bequeath to my Son SOLOMON & to his Heirs forever all the Remainder of my Land where I now live & the Land or plantation whereon he now Dweleth. Item. I give my son RICHARD five shillings proclamation money. Item. I give my son JAMES five shillings proclamation money. Item. I give my son WILLIAM five shillings proclamation money. Item. I give my daughter SARAH five shillings proclamation money. Item. I give my daughter MARY five shillings proclamation money. Item. I give my daughter ELIZABETH five shillings proclamation money. Item. I nominate Constitute & Appont my loving wife ELIZABETH & my Son JAMES whole & sole Executor & Executrix of this my last Will and Testament IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixt my Seal this Seventh day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred & Sixty & Seven Signed Sealed & delard to be the last will & testament of RICHARD "R" BRASWELL the subsribers in presence of...THOMAS BRYANT, WILLIAM SHERROD, JOSEPH "X" FORT, SAMSON DILLARD, JAMES GRAY." The will was probated Jan., 1772 The inventor contained 14 Negroes, cash, 29 head of cattle and 53 hogs.

      7th.GENERATION : RICHARD BRASWELL IV (1732-1799) m: ELIZABETH DULANEY 

  • RICHARD was born in the part of Bertie Co., NC that later became part of Edgecombe Co., NC in 1741. He moved to Wayne Co., NC before 1776. Wayne Co. is close to Edgecombe Co., NC. In the settlement of his estate, dated 12 Jan 1789, distribution of his property is made among his widow, ELIZABETH the manor plantation, except for 30 acres, during her natural life); son RICHARD, JR. (the "plantation tract of land whereon he now lives," and another tract his father purchased from JOHN YELVERTON); son SHADRACK (part of "the manor plantation after the death of his mother," and 1/2 of a 30-acre tract of pine woods patented by ELIAS FORT); son DAVID ("part of the manor plantation after the death of his mother," and 1/2 of the pine woods.); son SAMPSON (200 acres of a tract patented by ELIAS FORT), son JESSE (the remainder of tract containing 200 acres, and 30 acres of the manor plantation). It was signed by RICHARD BRASWELL, SAMPSON BRASWELL, SHADRACK BRASWELL, DAVID BRASWELL and JESSE BRASWELL. A further distribution gave cattle, certain household goods and slaves to his widow and the same children mentioned above, but also adds RODAH, ANNEY SAUL, JESSE BRIDGERS and MARY BRIDGERS. It is signed by BENJAMIN FORT, THOMAS SAUNDERS, JAMES EDMONDSON and NOAH YELVERTON. Another distribution, dated 7 Feb 1799, alloted to MARY and JESSE BRIDGERS, children of JAMES BRIDGERS and grandchildren of RICHARD, certain money, slaves and cattle. This was signed by JOHN BLOW, JESSE BRASWELL, JOHN SAULS, RICHARD BRASWELL and DAVID BRASWELL. Sep. 13, 1773: RICHARD "of Dobbs County" relinquished the tract that his late father had bought from EPHRAIM PONDER in 1765 to THOMAS FARMER. ( Edgecombe Co., NC Deed Book 2-88; Deed Book C, p. 379). (This deed proves the connection to his father.)

  • Children of Richard IV and Elizabeth

  •     1.  RICHARD  V b: 1755 BERTIE CO, NC m: Penelope Blow Daughter of Benjamin Blow 11 OCT 1778 in WAYNE CO NC

  •     2. SHADRACK b: abt 1753 BERTIE CO, NC

  •     3. DAVID BERTIE CO, NC

  •     4. SAMPSON b:  1757 BERTIE CO, NC d:  21 Dec 1831 m: 21 Dec 1780 Lucretia Wade   
     
            5. JESSE b: 1765                                    m : Rebecca BLOW

  •     6.  RHODAH  b: 1768

  •     7.  ANNEY

  •      8. MARY   

  •       8th.GENERATION : RICHARD BRASWELL V (1755-1839) m: PENELOPE BLOW  b: 27 OCT 1761 in WAYNE CO NC & they moved to Anson Co.N.C.  ( Penelope Blow was the Daughter of Benjamin Blow b: 1739 in Hertford,NC &  Priscilla Braswell ).Descendants of Immigrant George Blow Sr b: 1623 in Lincolnshire, England & d:1675 James City Co Colonial Va. Richard was an American Revolutionary War veteran. His pension, W4888, application was made October 11, 1832 in Anson County, North Carolina. Richard is listed in the DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition. He was born in July 1755 in Wayne County, North Carolina and was drafted there. In 1812 he moved to Anson County, North Carolina. His widow, Penelope Blow, applied July 25, 1840 in Anson County, North Carolina. Richard and Penelope were married October 1780, and he died August 20, 1839. Penelope died August 30, 1846. Children listed in his pension records were: Richard, Jr., Delaney, Elizabeth, Burel or Burwell, Urvin, Benjamin Blow, Pattey, Bryant and Cullen.

  •     To  View his Pension application  http://www.braswell-genealogy.com/Military/Military%20Pensions/richard_braswell.htm

  • Above  document for Richard Braswell  was typed & interpreted by Mary Rayme (mayray@meer.net) descendant of Richard Braswell, using a photocopy of original pension papers available from the National Archives, Pension No.W4888 and a pdf of more complete papers from Carey Braswell. October 15, 2003.]

  • http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/mckstmerrframe.htm  Captain Benjamin Merrell &The Regulators of Colonial North Carolina Names of North Carolina Regulators
    list Richard Braswell.

    Children of Richard & Penelope after  marriage :  11 OCT 1778 in WAYNE CO NC This generation are the Anson Co / Union Co Braswells today

    http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=iba43fanwnc&id=I74

    1. HIRAM BRYANT BRASWELL   b: 22 OCT 1799 d: 30 APR 1871  m: 1828 CATHERINE TRAVIS PISTOLE
    2. BENJAMIN BLOW BRASWELL b: 28 JUN 1795 d:  1860  m: 1830 Mary BAUCOM
    3. IRVIN BRASWELL  b: 2 MAR 1790 d: OCT 1845 m: Mary ROBERTSON then Hannah WATSON and Elizabeth PORTER
    4. ALLEN BRASWELL b: 18 APR 1801 in NC
    5. Burrell BRASWELL   b: 30 NOV 1787 in Wayne Co NC 
    6. Cullen BRASWELL    b: 18 APR 1801 in North Carolina d: 15 MAY 1869 m: Equilla\Acquilla BAUCOM
    7. Delaney BRASWELL  b: 14 MAY 1784 in Wayne Co NC

     9th.GENERATION : HIRAM BRYANT BRASWELL (1799-1871) m: 17 FEB 1828 CATHERINE PISTOLE b: 11 APR 1807.---d: 9 NOV 1875 She was the daughter of Robertson Pistole  b: 18 JUN 1773 in VA COLONY & ELIZABETH TRAVIS b: 18 NOV 1778.  Robertson was the son of CHARLES PISTOLE b: 15 SEP 1733 in PRINCE GEORGE/DINWIDDIE CO VA & Nancy Robertson b: 1752 in  Colonial Va .

  • This family lived in North Anson Co ( Ansonville / Lanesboro ) Community areea near Red Hill Church.

  • They are Buried on the Old Braswell Farm /Cemetery (Hightower Hill ) Anson Co

    1. Has No Children Edward Travis BRASWELL b: 30 AUG 1830 in Anson Co,NC died as a child
    2.   *HIRAM BROWN BRASWELL b: 4 OCT 1832 d: 1888 m : Mary Jane Boyette ( 1838-1920 )
    3. Has No Children Hampton Bell BRASWELL b: 4 OCT 1832 Died in 1867 serving in the CSA during Civil War
    4.     CHARLES EBEN BRASWELL b: 6 JAN 1841 d: 9 JUN 1900 m: 11 FEB 1871  Lydia M STUBBS  parents of  Sheriff William Sidney Braswell
    5. Has No Children MOLLIE MARY BRASWELL b: 1842 d: Aft 1880 m:  Daniel Pratt  see 1880 Pee Dee / Morven Census
    6. Has No Children GEORGE BRASWELL b: 1844 in NC d: in Texas
    7. Has No Children DUDLEY BRASWELL b: 1849 in NC d: aft 1870

     10th.GENERATION : HIRAM BROWN BRASWELL ( 1832-1888) m: 10 Mar 1856  MARY JANE BOYETTE  ( 1838-1920 ) they  moved to Bethal Church Community south of Wadesboro from Ansonville / Lanesboro area of Northern Anson Co ,N.C. Bethal cross Roads is on High  742 . Mary was the daughter of Stephen Boyette and a Granddaughter of John Keene . Her mother  Catherine's Family were from Kintail, Ross, Scotland ( The McRae Family of Anson Co.via  Immigrant Finlay McRae of Kintail, Ross, Scotland who died @ Sea before his sons and Daughter made it to North Carolina) '

    1. JOHN FRANKLIN BRASWELL b: 12 APR 1857 in ANSON CO d; 28 APR 1863  DIED OF DYPTHERIA
    2. NORA FLORANCE BRASWELL b: 14 FEB 1860 d: 1 JUN 1892 m: 1878  GEORGE "FRANKLIN" MYERS
    3. LAVINIA MADRA "Aunt Beanie" BRASWELL b: 18 MAY 1862 d: 30 SEP 1930
    4. FLORA ANNA CATHERINE BRASWELL b: 27 AUG 1865 d: 1 OCT 1904 m: Andrew Jackson BROOKS
    5. Flaxie Girtrude BRASWELL b: 1873
    6. ROSA ARDILLA (Aunt " Arrie") BRASWELL b: 6 APR 1878 d: 20 MAR 1951 m:  James Thomas GAINEY
    7. MARY ELIZABETH BRASWELL b: 9 MAR 1863 d:  24 FEB 1957 m: EDWARD EUGENE MYERS
    8. HIRAM EUGENE BRASWELL b: 21 JAN 1876 d: 25 SEP 1952  m: 6 NOV 1907 Susan Elizabeth RATCLIFF
    9. CHARLES H BRASWELL b: 6 AUG 1870  d: 24 FEB 1941 m: Elizabeth Hamer RATLIFF

  •  11th.GENERATION : HIRAM EUGENE BRASWELL ( 1876 -1952 ) m: 06 Nov 1907 SUSAN ELIZABETH RATCLIFF ( : 1887-1972 )  Both born -Lived - Died in Anson Co N.C.  They are buried in the Morven Cemetery. Susan Eliabeth Ratliff was the daughter of Charles Henry Ratliff  (see My Ratcliff / Ratliff Family section) .Eugene (Bud ) Braswell moved to McFarlan from Bethal in Anson Co . McFarlan  was a new town built on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad  The  Grady Switch just west of  Old Sneedsboro a Port on the Pee Dee River at the NS / SC State Line on what is US Highway 52.

  • Click to enlarge.   H.E. Braswell Home 1905 Click to enlarge. HIRAM EUGENE BRASWELL   abt 1900

    Click to enlarge.Susan Elizabeth (Bess) Ratcliff -Braswell abt 1900                                                                                                                                  She was a1961  Justice of the Peace for Anson Co NC                                                                                                            

  • Click to enlarge. 1960s (Bess)  and her Children  ( r to l ) Catherine , Merle , Elizabeth  , Eugene , Claire  & Sarah

  •                                                                             2005            Click to enlarge.

  • 12th.GENERATION : SARAH BRASWELL m: WILLIAM L. FOSTER SR.

  •  13th. this author  William L Foster Jr.  

  • Braswell Geanealogy Library Foy Braswell has a good reference WEB site for our family! *************************************************************************************************

    My RATLIFF / RADCLIFF /RATCLIFF Family:

    Below Coat of Arms per Clarence Ratcliff

    Reports for the family tell the story of the Family back to the time of the "Norman Invasion" Radclyffes Descendants of Leofric lll Earl of Mercia !! The name Ratliff / Ratcliff used in America originally relates to the family of Radclyffe Tower in early England.

    Radcliffe Tower Manchester England to William Ratcliff  of Colonial Maryland

  • who along With his son Thomas moved to Anson Co N.C.  http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=iba43fanwnc&id=I85

    Thomas Ratliff(1756-1830) married (06 Mar 1779 ) Sarah Degge/Diggs daughter of William Degge and Judith Haley.

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    With the Help of the research of Clarence Ratcliff , Marion Ratliff , May B. MacCallum  ( Eva Mae Britts notes ) , Howard Hazlewood , Betty Carson ,and Ed Ratliff  I have Found  my Colonial Ratcliff Line started after Ratliffs/Radcliffes/Ratcliffs Immigrated to Colonial Talbot Maryland area from England (Immigrant ) Richard Ratcliff . Then moved South to Anson Co North Caolina where they connected with the Degge/Diggs; Henson/Hinson; and other families I've been able to research.  

                  County Seal

    William Ratcliff (1727-1777/78) migrated from Maryland to Anson County,N.C. He first married Eleanor Ellen Burke- Hall  : 1749 in MARYLAND. Eleanor died in Maryland but we know she was the mother of William Ratcliff's son Thomas (My Ancestor) who was born in Maryland.  William then married Susannah Thomas Curtis in Maryland. Eleanor was the daughter of Thomas Burke / Burk & wife Sarah  QUEENS ANNE CO MARYLAND. Eleanor was first married to Edward Hall  and William & Eleanor were allowed to live on the Hall families Estate until her Death. Then William was not Eligable to continue to reside on that Hall Estate.

  • Only Child of William & Eleanor : THOMAS RATCLIFF b: 1756  (My Ancestor ) Thomas was named for his mother's father. Thomas moved with his Father & Stepmother to North Carolina .                              

    Note: William Ratcliff / Ratliff moved from Queen Anne's County, Maryland to Anson County, North Carolina with his family sometime late in 1769. He settled along the south side of Jones Creek about two miles from the mouth on the southwest side of the Pee Dee River adjacent to 300 acres of land purchased by William Pratt from Archulus Mooreman on 6 Noverber 1769 (Deed Book 7, page 252 witnessed by Stephen Thomas, Stephen Thomas  Jr. and Thomas Mooreman). The Thomas and Mooreman families settled in this area earlier. The 300 acres of land granted William Ratcliff by North Carolina Grant #28 is found recorded in Patent Book 20, page 649, issued 18 April 1771. The land was surveyed on 24 January 1770 by Robert Jarman, Deputy Surveyor, with William Pratt and Stephen Thomas, chainers. Robert Jarman married Mary Ann Pratt, sister of William Pratt, in Queen Anne's County, Maryland before 1760. William Pratt acquired 155 acres of land per Grant #30 recorded in Patent Book 20, page 649 on the same date of 18 April 1771 that was surveyed on 8 March 1770 by Robert Jarman with William Ratliff and Christopher Watkins, chainers. The land grant joined William Pratt's original 300 acres and was just east of William Ratliff with land on both sides of Jones Creek

  •  SUSANNAH THOMAS b: ABT 1722 in MARYLAND she died in North Carolina. 

    William and Susannah had the Following Children

     ( i ) JOHN RATLIFF b: 1761 in NC d: 1841 m: NANCY THOMAS b: 1785 in Richmond NC

     ( ii ) JAMES RATLIFF b: 03 MAR 1783 in QUEENS ANNIE MD married Frances HAMER b: 15 NOV 1769 they settled the Cason Old Field area of Anson Co (Highway 742 South @ SR 1003  Deep Creek / Gullege Area ) James is buried in Cason Old Field Old Ratliff Cemetery

  • Children of James & Frances :

    1.     James Hamer (Col. Jim) RATLIFF b: 24 OCT 1793 m: Mary Jane Grady --d: 15 FEB 1849 in Anson County
    2. Has No Children Susannah (Sooky) RATLIFF b: 28 NOV 1795 --d:  16 JUL 1865
    3. Has No Children Nancy RATLIFF b: 17 MAR 1802
    4. Has No Children Rebecca RATLIFF b: 14 JAN 1804
    5.     Rachel RATLIFF b: 3 SEP 1806 m: Thomas H. GULLEDGE   --she d: 18 SEP 1884
    6. Has No Children Elizabeth RATLIFF b: 1808
    7. Has No Children William H. (Capt. Bill) RATLIFF b: 29 AUG 1809
    8. Has No Children Mary Ann (Miss Ann) RATLIFF b: 19 JUL 1811 --D 1881 b: Old Ratliff Cemetery, Anson Co., Cason Oil Field, NC
    9. Has No Children John RATLIFF b: 12 OCT 1814

  •  ( iii ) WILLIAM RATLIFF JR b: 1760 d: 1819 in Wilcox Ala m: Mary (Polly) HINSON b: Cal 1764 in NC? d:  Bef MAR 1841 in AL

        ( iv ) ZACHARIAH RATLIFF b: 1765 in ANSON CO d:  1833 in Madison Co.,MS  m: Elizabeth Thomas b: abt 1767 in Anson Co.,NC

  • (They Moved to Mississippi)                                Mississippi

  • Children of Zachariah and Elizabeth:

    1. John RATLIFF b: 16 AUG 1799 in Anson Co.,NC
    2. William RATLIFF, SR. b: 12 SEP 1794
    3. Zack RATLIFF b: abt 1797
    4. Rebecca Elizabeth RATLIFF b: 6 JUL 1797 in Anson Co  NC
    5. Hannah RATLIFF b: 21 APR 1801 in Anson Co NC

  •  ( v ) ROBERT CLOTHIER RATLIFF b: 1764 in ANSON CO NC m: Elizabeth Fields  Robert died 1815 in New Orleans La

    1. Has No Children Winefred RATLIFF b: abt 1798
    2. Has No Children Susannah RATLIFF b: abt 1800
    3.     Robert RATLIFF b: abt  1801
    4. Has No Children William RATLIFF b: abt 1802
    5.     John RATLIFF, SR. b: abt 1803
    6. Has No Children Harriet L. RATLIFF b: abt 1804

                    This Ratliff Family moved South to Miss then New Orleans LA

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