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PEOPLE, PLACES, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, ETC. OF
UNION
COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA,
ANSON
COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
and also:
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
STANLY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
LANCASTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
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1840
January 24, 1840, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette
(Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Lydia GRIGGS
to William MOORE, January [no date], Anson county.
January 31, 1840, WESTERN CAROLINIAN (Salisbury,
Rowan Co, NC)
-Married: Thomas TEEL
[Teal?] to Miss Annis BAUCOM,
January 12, 1840 in Anson county.
February 4, 1840, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette
(Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Shepard LEE of Anson county to Carolina CRUDUP, February [no date], Montgomery county.
February 21, 1840, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette
(Wake Co, NC)
-Married: James HARRINGTON
of Anson county, to Jincey HENRY,
Feb. [no date], Richmond county.
March
21, 1840 SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
Pernina RUSHIAN
[Rushing] wife of Philip RUSHIAN
born Anson Co., N.C.; married there; died Stewart Co., Tenn., Feb. 10, 1849.
Source: GENEALOGICAL
ABSTRACTS FROM REPORTED DEATHS THE SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE 1838-1846.
By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith.
November 17, 1840, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette
(Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Harriet M. FLURANOY to Rodin STATON, October 11, Anson county.
-Married: Bryan GRIFFIN
to Martha ROWLAND, Oct. 30, Anson county.
December 4, 1840, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette
(Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Rev. Edwin GEER
of Wadesborough, to Margaret Ann BECKWITH of Raleigh, Dec. 2, Raleigh.
1841
Wednesday,
Wednesday, January 6, 1841, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 22nd, Dr. Benjamin INGRAM to Miss Ann J. BENNETT,
daughter of the late William BENNETT, Esq.
-Died: On the 24th,
at his residence near Morven, Anson County, Mr.
Herbert PEARSON, aged 73 years, native of Virginia…..
Wednesday,
Wednesday, January 20, 1841, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: on the 8th,
at her residence on the Pee Dee in Anson county, Mrs. Winnifred INGRAM, aged 89, relict of Joseph INGRAM,
sen….
January 29, 1841,
Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Ann J. BENNETT to Dr. Benjamin INGRAM, January (no date), Anson county.
Wednesday,
February 24, 1841, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county, on
the 11th, Mr. Robert M. WALL to Miss Mary LANIER, all
of Anson.
February 26, 1841, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Mary LANIER to Robert M. WALL,
Feb. 11, Anson county.
Wednesday,
April 14, 1841, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Anson county on the
3rd, Michael BEARD.
April 16, 1841, HIGHLAND MESSENGER (Asheville, Buncombe Co.,
N.C.)
-Died: Alexander TROY,
late solicitor for the fifth judicial district of N.C., March 20, 1841 at
Wadesborough.
April 23, 1841, WESTERN CAROLINIAN (Salisbury,
Rowan Co, NC)
-Died: Michael BEARD, a native and former
resident of Salisbury, aged 76, April 4, 1841 at his residence in Anson county.
May 7, 1841, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette
(Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Truxton KIRK to Tabitha BILES,
May [no date] Stanly county.
-Married: Mary PENNINGTON
to Hudson BILES, May [no date] Stanly
county.
Wednesday,
June 2, 1841, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 23rd, Mr. Hugh M. INGRAM of Richmond county, to Miss
Nancy M. INGRAM, daughter of Mr. Joshua INGRAM of Anson.
Wednesday,
June 16, 1841, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county,
Mr. Willis J. WILLOUGHBY to Miss Eliza BOGGAN.
June 18, 1841, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Eliza BOGGAN to Willis J. WILLOUGHBY, June [no
date], Anson County.
July 6, 1841, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette
(Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Mary E. KING to Dr. Wm. P. JENNINGS,
July [no date] Wadesborough.
Wednesday,
July 7, 1841, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Wadesboro, Dr.
William P. JENNINGS to Miss Mary E. KING, daughter of the late
Alexander KING.
Wednesday,
August 11, 1841, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Anson county on the
1st, Tristram T. CARAWAY, son of
Archibald CARAWAY, Esq., aged 17 years and 8 months….
August 13, 1841, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Elizabeth BULLS of Wake county, to Dr.
Wm. H. BENNETT, of Anson county, August 12, Smithfield, Johnston county.
Wednesday,
September 1, 1841, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Anson county on the 6th, John Henderson GRACE,
son of Mr. James H. GRACE, aged 3 years.
Wednesday,
October 6, 1841, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: At his residence in
Chambers county, Ala., on the 24th of August, John GRADY,
Sen., aged 76 years. Raised
in Wake county, removed to Anson county about 1800, resided there until the
latter part of 1837 when he removed to Alabama.
October 15, 1841, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Allen NEWSOM to Charlotte W. HOWELL,
October [no date], Stanly county.
Wednesday,
October 27, 1841, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 21st, Mr. A. S. BEARD, of Davidson county, to Miss Martha
HINSON, daughter of John HINSON, Esq., of Anson.
Died: On the 26th,
in Stanly county, Rev. George SHANKLE,
aged about 90, a revolutionary soldier….
-Died: In Anson county on the
20th, aged 84, Mr. Michael NASH, a revolutionary soldier….
October 29, 1841,
Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: A. S. BEARD of
Davidson county, to Martha HUISON [HINSON ?], Oct. (no date) in
Anson county.
November 2, 1841, THE
MECKLENBURG JEFFERSONIAN (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co, NC)
-Died: Edmond WILLIAMS, Oct. 17, 1841, 50 years, Bell Air [Belair?], Lancaster District.
Wednesday,
November 3, 1841, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Concord on the 25th
of September last, aged 32, Mrs. Maria N. COLEMAN, wife of Daniel COLEMAN.
Wednesday,
December 22, 1841, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Marshall county,
Miss., on the 25th, Col. Samuel P. INGRAM of Marshall county,
Miss., late of Anson county, NC, to Miss Rebecca SCOTT, daughter of
Robert SCOTT of Hardeman county, Tenn.
December 31, 1841,
Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Mary Maria GARDNER to Wm. H. HUNTLEY of
Anson county, December (no date), Guilford county.
1842
January 8, 1842, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette
(Wake Co, NC)
-Died: Catherine Stanly GEER,
July [no date], Wadesboro.
Wednesday,
January 12, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Guilford county
on the 21st, Mr. William Henry HUNTLY,
of Anson, to Miss Mary Maria GARDNER, daughter of Abel GARDNER of
that county.
-Died: At his residence in La
Grange, Tenn., on the 12th, V.T. CHEARS, aged 26, formerly of Anson county.
Wednesday,
January 19, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 13th, Mr. Andrew J. THOMAS to Miss Neomy
CAPEL, youngest daughter of Mr. James CAPEL.
-Died: In Anson county,
Norman McLEOD, aged over 90, a native of
Scotland.
January 21, 1842,
Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Neomy CAPEL to Andrew J. THOMAS, January (no date),
Anson county.
-Married: Mary Maria GARDNER to Wm. H. HUNTLEY
of Anson county, January (no date), Guilford county.
January 25, 1842, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Died: V. T. CHEARS
of Anson county, Dec. 12, La Grange, Tennessee.
Wednesday,
January 26, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on the 20th, Mr. Hezekiah HOUGH,
Jr. to Miss Julie E. MARTIN, daughter of Mr. James H. MARTIN, dec’d.
Wednesday,
March 26, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: On the 16th,
at the residence of William P. KENDALL, near Wadesboro, the Rev.
Benjamin KENDALL, aged 55. The
deceased had moved from Stanly to live with his son, in whose house he died….
Wednesday,
March 30, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Richmond county on the 15th, Mr. J. L. WALL of Tindalsville, Anson county, to Miss Caroline E. E. NICHOLSON,
only daughter of Sheriff NICHOLSON.
Wednesday,
April 13, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Wadesboro on the 4th,
Mr. Thomas PARKE, father of Dr. PARKE, born 22 February 1761 at
the family residence, White Castle, near Silgo,
Ireland….
Wednesday,
May 11, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: Near Lilesville, Anson county, on the 1st,
Dr. George M. MENDENHALL of Westville, Miss., to Miss Elizabeth J. THOMAS,
daughter of Mr. J[illegible] THOMAS.
May 12, 1842, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Dr. George M. MENDENHALL of Westville,
Mississippi, to Elizabeth J. THOMAS, April [no date], Anson county.
Wednesday,
June 1, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In the vicinity of Lilesville, Anson county on the 29th,
Francis Marion LONG, aged about 10 months, infant of Mastin
C. and Ann LONG.
Wednesday,
June 22, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 9th, Mr. J. P. NELMS to Miss S.
J. PARSONS, all of Anson county.
June 24, 1842, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: J. P. NELMS
to Miss S. J. PARSONS, June [no date], Anson county.
Wednesday,
July 13, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county, on
the 5th, Mr. John G. McLENDON of
Barbour county, Ala., to Miss Elizabeth McLEOD.
Wednesday,
July 27, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 5th, John G. McLENDON, formerly
of Cheraw, S.C., to Miss Elizabeth McLEOD.
-Married: In Anson county on
the 10th, Mr. Edward VICK, Jr., to Miss Martha COATNEY, daughter of Mr. William COATNEY.
July 29, 1842, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: John G. M’LENDON [McLendon]
of Cheraw, S.C. to Elizabeth M’LEOD [McLeod],
July [no date], Anson county.
-Married: Martha COATNEY to Edward VICK, Jr., July (no date),
Anson county.
August 30, 1842, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette
(Wake Co, NC)
-Married: John McDOWELL of Bladen county, to Miss RANDLE,
August [no date] Stanly county.
Wednesday,
August 31, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In
Stanly county on the 18th, Mr. John McDOWELL
of Bladen to Miss Mary RANDLE.
September 9, 1842,
Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Franklin DUMAS
of Richmond county to Jane WALL, September (no date), Stanly county.
September 23, 1842, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Died: Mrs. John L. WALL of Anson county, September [no date], Cumberland county.
Wednesday,
October 5, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Anson county on the
7th, James PERMENTER, Sen. Also, on the 15th,
Miss Mary INGRAM. Also, on the 19th, an infant daughter of Mastin C. and Nancy LONG.
-Died: In Anson county on the
20th, Susannah GATHINGS, infant of James J.
and Martha W. GATHINGS.
October 7, 1842, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: John D. WILLIAMS to Caroline LILES,
October [no date], Anson county.
Wednesday,
October 12, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 4th, Mr. John D. WILLIAMS to Miss Caroline LILES,
daughter of Mr. Rufus S. LILES.
Died: In Anson county on the
29th, Robert E. CHAMBERS, aged 10, youngest son of Wilson CHAMBERS.
Wednesday,
October 19, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Richmond county on the 3rd, Mr. John MOORMAN, Sen.,
aged 73. Also, on the
6th, aged 68, Mr. John C. MORRISON, Sen.
-Died: In
Stanly county on the 10th, Mr. Lindsey F. CAGLE.
October 21, 1842, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Died: Robert E. CHAMBERS, October [ no date], Anson county.
-Married: Roland FOREST to Jane A. MOSS,
October (no date), Stanly county.
Wednesday,
October 26, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In
Stanly county on the 2nd, John M. ALLEN, formerly
Sheriff of Montgomery.
Wednesday,
November 16, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Cabarrus county, Mr. Alexander N. NEELY, aged 34. Also, Mrs. Elizabeth NEELY, aged 57.
Wednesday,
November 23, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 17th, Mr. Thomas C. CAPEL to
Miss Eliza WINFREE, daughter of G. B. WINFREE.
Wednesday,
December 21, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: On the 15th,
Major Vincent PARSONS to the beautiful and accomplished Miss Sarah BUCHANAN,
all of Anson.
Wednesday,
December 28, 1842, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 22nd, Mr. William SPENCER to Miss N. Jane CURTIS,
all of Anson.
1843
Wednesday,
February 8, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: on the 12th,
Major Mial WALL of Anson to Miss Margaret MacEACHIN. On the same day, Mr. William GIBSON to Miss Catherine McNEILL, daughter of Mr. Duncan McNEILL.
Wednesday,
February 22, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 12th, James CHILDS to Miss Lively GADDY.
Wednesday,
March 1, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Marshall county, Miss. On the 23rd of January, Mrs. Mary
H. LILES, wife of Mr. James T. LILES, formerly of Anson……
Mar 7, 1843, THE
MECKLENBURG JEFFERSONIAN (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co, NC)
-Married: Col. Absalom SHERRILL of Catawba County and Miss Sarah McALPIN of Anson, Dec. 20, 1842, Anson County.
April 27, 1843, CHARLOTTE JOURNAL (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Union County, on the 14th of March last, Mr.
William HOWARD, in the 79th year of
his age. Mr. HOWARD was a soldier in
the Revolution.
Wednesday,
March 8, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In the vicinity of
Wadesboro on the 23rd, Mr. John S. BIRCH of Chesterfield
Dist., to Miss Lucy H. WADDILL of Anson county.
Wednesday,
April 12, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Stanly county on the 2nd, Mr. George SIDES to
Miss Ithamey CAGLE, only daughter of James CAGLE,
dec’d.
Wednesday,
May 10, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 2nd, Mr. Hampton R. WEST to Miss Elizabeth A. MEACHUM, daughter of William S. MEACHUM.
May 12, 1843,
Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married:
Elizabeth A. MEACHAM to Hampton R. WEST, May (no date), Anson county.
Wednesday,
May 17, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: At his residence in
Anson county on the 8th, Mr. James B. LINDSEY,
aged 41, leaving a wife and two small children….
May 19,
1843, HIGHLAND MESSENGER (Asheville, Buncombe Co., N.C.)
-Died:
W. J. BAILEY, a native of Anson County (no date) in Darlington District,
S.C., when thrown from his sulkey and dashed against
a tree.
May 23, 1843, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Died:
James B. LINDSAY, May [no date] Anson county.
Wednesday,
June 7, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: On the 25th,
in Anson county, aged 55, Mrs. Jemima CHAMBERS,
wife of Wilson CHAMBERS.
Wednesday,
June 28, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Anson county on the 17th, Rev. Archibald HARRIS,
aged about 68…..
July
18, 1843, CHARLOTTE JOURNAL (Mecklenburg Co., NC)
-Married:
Hugh C. CASKEY and Elenor
McATEER on June 29, 1843 in Union County, NC
by Rev. S. C. MILLER.
Wednesday,
July 19, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 2nd, Mr. Stephen COLE of Richmond county, to Miss Polly BROOKS
of Anson.
July 25, 1843, CHARLOTTE JOURNAL (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Married in Union County, on the 11th inst., by John BLOUNT, Esq., Mr. Loyd
GRAY to Miss Mary, daughter of Winney IVEY.
Wednesday,
August 9, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Anson county on the
29th, Mrs. Elizabeth ROBINSON, wife of Mr. Thomas ROBINSON.
August 22, 1843, CHARLOTTE JOURNAL (Mecklenburg County, NC) (photocopy)
-Married in Anson County, on the 2d
instant, Mr. Albert WALLACE of
Mecklenburg county, to Miss Lydia KERLOCK [CARELOCK]
of Anson County.
-Died in Waxhaw settlement, on the 30th of July last, Viney, aged 19 years, daughter of widow Patsy McCOMMON. Also,
on the 3d instant, at 4 o’clock, p.m., John Milton [McCOMMON], aged
27 years, at 9 o’clock, her only daughter, Anne Ephna
[McCOMMON],
aged 21, and at 11 o’clock, her only surviving child, Wade [McCOMMON], aged 18 years. Thus
has a whole family become nearly extinct in one short week...
-Died, on the 6th inst., William S. aged 8 years, and
John T. aged 6 years, sons of Wm. and Agniss OWEN of Waxhaw.
-Died, on the 27th July, Mary, aged 7 years, and on the
9th inst, Jane, aged 12 years, daughters of Hugh and Martha McCOMMON of Waxhaw.
August 25, 1843,
Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married:
Lydia KERLOCK [Carelock
?] to Albert WALLACE of Mecklenburg county, August (no date),
Anson county.
August 29, 1843, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Died: Anne Ephna McCOMMON, August 3, Waxhaw settlement
-Died: John Milton McCOMMON,
August 3, Waxhaw settlement
-Died: Viney McCOMMON, July 30, Waxhaw settlement
-Died:
Wade McCOMMON, August 3, Waxhaw settlement
September 19, 1843,CHARLOTTE
JOURNAL (Mecklenburg County, NC) (photocopy)
-Married at Goose Creek, Union County, on the 1st
instant, by R. E. WILSON, Esq., Mr.
Charles MARECHAL,
Merchant of Camden, S.C., to Miss Mary BLACKBURN,
of Lancaster District, S.C.
-Married near Wadesboro, Anson county,
on the 6th instant, by the Rev. A. H. SMITH,
Mr. Angus M. LIVINGSTON to Miss
Martha D. COVINGTON.
Wednesday,
September 20, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: At his residence in
Anson county on the 27th, Mr. Jordan FLAKE, aged near 70.
September 26, 1843, CHARLOTTE JOURNAL (Mecklenburg County, NC) (photocopy)
-Died in Union county, (Waxaw
Creek) [sic: Waxhaw Creek] on the 9th inst., John M. GODFREY, son of John and Rebecca GODFREY, of cholera infantum,
after an illness of a few days, aged 7 months.
-Died in the county [Mecklenburg], on the 16th
instant, Jane N., daughter of Nancy and W. ROSS, aged 11 months.
-Married in the vicinity of this place, on the 20th
inst., by the Rev. J.M.M. CALDWELL, Mr. Thomas
H. BREM, Merchant, formerly of Cabarrus
county, but now of Georgia, to Miss Martha A., daughter of Dr. Stephen FOX…
Wednesday,
October 4, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: At her residence in
Anson county, Mrs. Edith PRATT.
October 6, 1843, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Elizabeth WILSON to E. J. STREATHER [Streater?],
Spet. 19, Anson county.
-Died: Mrs. Edith PRATT, Sept. [no date] Anson county.
Wednesday,
October 11, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: Recently in Anson county, Mr. Benjamin S. COX to Miss Frances S. BENNETT. Also, Mr. Angus M. LIVINGSTON
to Miss Martha COVINGTON. Also, Mr. Emery M. WEST to Miss Sarah L. DOUGLAS.
October 17, 1843, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Francis S. BENNETT to Benjamin S. COX,
Oct. [no date] Anson county.
-Married:
Sarah L. DOUGLAS to Emery M. WEST, October (no date), Anson
county.
October 24, 1843,CHARLOTTE
JOURNAL (Mecklenburg County, NC) (photocopy)
-Died in Union county, on the 18th instant, William WILSON, Esq., Sheriff of the county.
The new county has lost one of its most efficient citizens.
-Died in Cabarrus county, on
the 8th instant, after a long and severe illness, Archibald HOUSTON,
Esq., at an advanced age.
-Died in the county [Mecklenburg], on the 15th
instant, Mr. Joseph Y. WEDDINGTON, in the 23rd year of his
age, after an illness of six days.
Wednesday,
October 25, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Anson county on the 10th, William JOHNSON, aged
85. He served in the Revolutionary War.
October 27, 1843, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Died:
William JOHNSON, Oct. 10, Anson county.
October 31, 1843, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Died: Joseph Y. WEDDINGTON, Oct. [no date],
Mecklenburg county.
-Died:
William WILSON, Oct. 8, Union county.
Wednesday,
November 1, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Union county on the
18th, William WILSON, sheriff of that county.
Wednesday,
November 8, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Salisbury on the 30th,
aged 36, Mrs. Jane W. DAVIS, wife of D. A. DAVIS, and daughter of
Mr. James WALL of Anson…..
-Died: In Union county on the
19th, Col. C. P. CRAWFORD, aged about 45.
November 10, 1843, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Died: Col. C. P. CRAWFORD, November [no date],
Union county.
-Died:
Mrs. D. A. DAVIS of Anson county, November [no
date], Salisbury.
Wednesday,
November 22, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 9th, Mr. William CLAPP to Miss Matilda THOMAS,
daughter of Mr. James THOMAS.
-Married: In Anson county on
the 26th, Mr. Philip GATHINGS to
Miss Elizabeth WHITE, daughter of Col. J. WHITE.
-Died: In Anson county on the 6th, Ephram
HUNTER, aged near 66.
-Died: In Cabarrus county on the 12th, Arch’d
[Archibald] McCURDY, aged 92, a Lieut.
in SUMTERS Regiment in the Revolution….
-Died: In Johnston county on
the 3rd, at the residence of Mr. B. R. HINNANT,
Mr. John C. JONES, son of Samson JONES, formerly of Anson.
Wednesday,
November 29, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Union county on the
2nd, John McCORKLE, aged 42.
-Died: At Walkersville [what county?] on the 9th, Sarah Ann WILSON, daughter of
the late William WILSON, aged 14.
December 1, 1843, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Died: Ephraim HUNTER, Nov. [no date], Anson county.
-Died: Capt. Samuel WEDDINGTON, November 1,
Cabarrus county.
-Married: Wm. CLAPP to Matilda THOMAS,
November (no date), Anson county.
-Married: Philip GATHINGS
to Elizabeth WHITE, November (no date), Anson county.
Wednesday,
December 6, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Cabarrus county on the 16th of October, Mrs. Mary FURR, widow of Paul FURR, Sen., aged 80. Also, on the 1st of Nov., Capt. Samuel WEDDINGTON, aged about 70. Also, on the 17th, Mr. Isaac BLACKWELDER, aged about 83, a Revolutionary soldier……
December 8, 1843, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Died:
John McCORKLE, Dec. 2, Union county.
Wednesday,
December 27, 1843, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Cabarrus county on the 14th, the Rev. John ROBINSON,
D. D. aged about 80.
-Died: Also in Cabarrus
county on the 4th, Mrs. Margaret SMITH, relict of Maj. Robert
W. SMITH, decd. And on the 22nd, Mrs. Mary JOHNSTON, aged 68,
consort of John JOHNSTON.
1844
January 6, 1844, THE
MECKLENBURG JEFFERSONIAN (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co, NC)
-Died: Sarah Frances THOMAS, daughter of Rev. James M. and Ann P. THOMAS,
Dec. 20, 1843, 1 year, Anson County.
Wednesday,
January 10, 1844, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: At his residence in
Stanly county on the 27th, Mr. Thomas WADDILL, Sen., aged 73…. [lengthy obituary]
Wednesday,
January 17, 1844, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 6th, Mr. Calvin J. BRASWELL to Miss Mary M. SULLIVAN,
daughter of Capt. Isaac H. SULLIVAN.
January 27, 1844, THE MECKLENBURG JEFFERSONIAN (Charlotte,
Mecklenburg Co, NC)
-Died: Elizabeth YANDLE, daughter of William
and Elizabeth YANDLE, Jan. 16, 1844, 17 years,
Union County.
Wednesday,
January 31, 1844, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Wadesboro on the 23rd,
Mrs. Emily WADDILL, wife of Gen. James M. WADDILL, leaving a husband and four small
children…..
-Died: In Cabarrus county on the 23rd, Mr. Charles BLACKWELDER, soldier of the Revolution, aged 83.
February 2, 1844, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Died: Mrs. James M. WADDILL,
Jan. 23, Wadesborough.
Wednesday,
February 7, 1844, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Anson county on the 26th, Oriana
Tabitha TERRY, only daughter of James L. and Mary J. TERRY, aged
17 mo. and 10 days.
Wednesday,
March 6, 1844, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Anson county on the 28th, at the residence of Col. Thomas
WADDILL, Mary Emily, infant of Gen. James M. WADDILL, aged 41 days.
March 8, 1844, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Died: Mary Emily WADDILL,
March [no date], Anson county.
-Married: Mary WILLIAMS to Mr. H. ALLEN,
March [no date], Anson county.
-Married: Lurry CASWELL
to Sarah ROBERTS, March (no date), Anson county.
March 22, 1844, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married:
Mary Ann ADAMS to John PRATT, March [no date], Anson county.
April 26, 1844, THE
MECKLENBURG JEFFERSONIAN (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co, NC)
-Married: Miss Jane CHERRY, of Union, age 20, and Mr. John PORTER
of Lancaster, age 60, April 11, 1844. By Rev. STOWK. Union Co. [see conflicting info. in abstract below.]
April
26, 1844, CHARLOTTE JOURNAL (Mecklenburg Co., NC)
-Married:
Jane CHERRY, age 20 of Union County, NC and John PORTER, age 64
of Lancaster District, SC on April 11, 1844 in Mecklenburg County, NC by Rev. STRICKLIN.
June 1844, The Christian Magazine of the South (Winnsboro, SC)
Died near
Portersville, Tenn., on the 23rd of November, 1843, Mrs. Margaret McCAIN, in the 87th year of her age. The deceased
had been an exemplary member of the Associate Reformed Church at Tirzah, in Waxhaw, from its first organization, whence she
removed in 1839.
Wednesday,
July 24, 1844, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 10th, Mr. Bogan D. VAUGHAN to
Miss Elizabeth BROOKS, daughter of Mrs. Sarah BROOKS.
-Died: At his residence in
Union county on the 4th, James GATHINGS,
aged 65…..
Wednesday,
July 31, 1844, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Anson county on the 14th, Mr. Jesse COX, aged
64. Daughter Jane,
aged 14 also died…..
Wednesday,
August 6, 1844, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: On the 22nd,
at her residence a few miles south of Wadesborough, Mrs. Elizabeth COX,
wife of the late Jesse COX, aged 55.
-Died: Mrs. Ann S. LONG,
wife of Mastin C. LONG, and daughter of the
above Jesse and Elizabeth COX.
She died only 3 days after her mother…..
Wednesday,
August 28, 1844, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: At the residence of
his father in Anson county on the 6th,
Edward J. PARSONS, aged 17….
Sept. 1844, The Christian Magazine of the South (Winnsboro,
SC)
(abstract)
Died: Lancaster Dist., June 29th, age 23, William
P. CRAIG, eldest son of James D. and Elizabeth CRAIG.
Wednesday,
September 11, 1844, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In
Stanly county on the 18th, Eliza Ellen COCHRAN,
daughter of Abram B. and Mary COCHRAN, aged 5 yrs., 4 mos. and 10 days.
-Died: Also in the same
county, on the 1st, Abram B. COCHRAN, aged about 40, leaving
a wife and one child.
Wednesday,
September 18, 1844, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: at his residence in
Union county on the 3rd, Mr. Enoch SIKES.
-Died: At his temporary
residence, the parsonage of Pleasant Grove Circuit, in Union county, on the 8th,
the Rev. Abel HOYL.
September 24, 1844, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Died: Enoch SIKES, Sept. 3, Union county.
Wednesday,
October 2, 1844, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: At Davidson College,
on the 15th, Mr. John BECKHAM, aged 15, son of S. BECKHAM of
Lancasterville, S.C……
Wednesday,
October 16, 1844, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Anson county on the 30th, Thomas Alexander, son of Hugh
M. and Ann M. INGRAM, aged 1 year and 4 months.
Wednesday,
October 23, 1844, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Anson county on the 17th, Thomas Jefferson WADDILL, the son of Thomas and Eleanor WADDILL, aged 8.
Nov. 1844, The Christian Magazine of the South (Winnsboro, SC)
(abstract)
Died: Lancaster Dist., Sept. 1, at age 28, James Pringle
CRAIG. Left mother and sister.
(abstract)
Died: Lancaster Dist., Sept. 20, age 23, Jane Minerva, wife
of Capt. J. P. DAVIS, eldest daughter of Col. J. W. and Martha L. HUEY. Had little brother and younger sisters.
November 19, 1844,
Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Anna James HARRIS to Richard PARKER,
November (no date), Stanly county.
-Married: Franklin KENDALL to Margaret MOSS,
November (no date), Stanly county.
Wednesday,
November 20, 1844, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In
Stanly county recently, Mr. Richard PARKER to Miss Ann James HARRIS,
daughter of Daniel HARRIS.
-Married: Also in Stanly
county recently, Mr. Franklin KENDALL to Miss Margaret MOSS,
daughter of Thomas MOSS.
November 29, 1844, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Died: Joab M. G. BELK
of Lancaster, South Carolina, Oct. 26, Davidson county.
1845
Wednesday,
January 15, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Union county on
the 19th, Mr. Sidney RANDLE to Miss GATHINGS,
daughter of the late James GATHINGS.
January 30, 1845 The Hillsborough Recorder (Hillsboro,
Orange County, NC)
-Married: In this county on
Thursday the 23rd inst., by Samuel N. TATE, esq., Mr. Robert J. MEBANE, of Wadesborough, to Miss Susan
A. GASKILL.
January 31, 1845, THE
MECKLENBURG JEFFERSONIAN (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co, NC)
-Married: Mr. McEwen FINCHER and Miss Mary PHIFER of Union. Jan.
9, 1845. By Daniel WENTZ, Esq.
February 7, 1845,
Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married:
Susan A. GASKILL to Robert J. MEBANE of
Wadesborough, February (no date), Orange county.
Wednesday,
February 12, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Anson county on the
6th, Henry Durant WALL, infant of James WALL.
March 1845,
CHRISTIAN MAGAZINE OF THE SOUTH (Winnsboro, S.C.)
-Died
at his residence in Union County, N.C., on the 25th November, 1844,
Andrew McCAIN, in the 80th year of
his age. The deceased was a native of the county in which he died.
March 7, 1845, THE
MECKLENBURG JEFFERSONIAN (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co, NC)
-Married: Mr. Leonard HELMS and Miss Abigail MULAIR
[MULDER?], Feb. 23, 1845, by
William H. SIMPSON, Esq., Monroe, Union County.
Wednesday,
March 19, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Morven,
Anson county on Wednesday, Mr. Robert PARSONS.
April 18, 1845, THE MECKLENBURG JEFFERSONIAN (Charlotte, Mecklenburg
Co, NC)
-Died: Mrs. Jane M. DUNN, March 31, 1845, about 47 years, Union County.
Wednesday,
April 23, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: At the residence of
Col. Moses SANDERS in Anson on the 20th, Mr. James TICE
to Miss Cornelia Ann HANNAH, all of Anson.
Wednesday,
May 7, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: At Mill Grove,
Cabarrus county on the 17th, Mrs. Mary A. HARRIS,
consort of C. W. HARRIS, aged 34.
May 9, 1845,
Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Eliza Ann BENNETT to Dr. C. C. M’CASKELL [McCaskell],
April 24, Anson county.
-Married:
Eliza KIRBY to John EDWARDS, April 22, Anson county.
Wednesday,
May 14, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 24th, Dr. C. C. McCaskill
to Miss Eliza Ann BENNETT, daughter of James C. BENNETT. Also, on the 22nd,
Mr. John EDWARDS to Miss Eliza KIRBY, daughter of the late
Benjamin KIRBY.
-Died: In Union county on the
13th, Mr. Robert HOWIE, aged about 47.
Wednesday,
May 21, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 8th, Mr. William C. WATKINS to Miss Flora McBRYDE.
-Died: In Cabarrus, on the 5th,
Capt. William A. LONG, aged 31.
May 27, 1845,
Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married:
Flora M’BRYDE [McBride
?] to William C. WATKINS, May (no date), Anson county.
June 3, 1845,
Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married:
Rev. John L. GAY to Anne Eliza PARKE [Parker
?]of Wadesboro, June (no date), Barbour county, Alabama.
Wednesday,
June 4, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 25th, Mr. Thomas B. HARRINGTON to Miss Louisa BOGGAN, daughter of Mr. John BOGGAN
of Montgomery.
-Died: In Anson county on the 16th, aged 87, William GERMAN,
soldier of the revolution, native of Queen Mary county, Md…..
[lengthy obituary]
June 10, 1845,
Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married:
Louisa BOGGAN to Thos. B. HARRINGTON of
Montgomery county, June (no date), Anson county.
Wednesday,
June 11, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: At the residence of her
son in Stanly county, Mrs. Mary CRUMP, relict
of the late John CRUMP, aged about 100.
Wednesday,
July 9, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: Near Chesterfield C.H., S.C. on the 25th, Mr. Dickson P. GORDON
of Anson county to Miss Zilphy Ann SELLERS,
daughter of the late Hardy SELLERS.
-Died: At his residence in
Mount Croghan, Chesterfield Dist., S.C., on the 8th,
Henry I. KING, formerly of this town.
Wednesday,
June 25, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Richmond county
on the 21st, Dr. A. H. INGRAM of Anson to Miss Caroline T. STEEL
of Richmond, youngest daughter of John STEEL.
July 4, 1845,
Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married:
Zilphia Ann SELLERS of Chesterfield District, South
Carolina, to Gordon P. DICKSON [ Dixon
?]of Anson county, June 25.
August
8,1845, CHARLOTTE JOURNAL (Mecklenburg Co., NC)
-Married:
Frances HASTY daughter of Stephen HASTY and Joseph McLAUGHLIN on July 31, 1845 in Union County, NC by
Rev. STRICKLING.
Wednesday,
August 13, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Union county on
the 31st, Mr. Joseph McLAUGHLIN to
Miss Frances HASTY, daughter of Stephen HASTY.
August 18, 1845, THE
MECKLENBURG JEFFERSONIAN (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co, NC)
-Married: Miss Frances HASTY, daughter of Stephen HASTY, Esq.,
and Mr. Joseph McLAUGHLIN, July 31, 1845, by
Rev. Mr. STRICKLING [STRICKLAND?]
in Union County.
Sept __, 1845, The Christian Magazine of the South (Winnsboro,
SC)
(abstract)
Died: At his father’s residence, Lancaster District, SC, June
5th, Robert Freeling [NELSON], age 24.
At the same place, on the 10th of June, Alexander Boston [NELSON],
age 22, sons of Robert and Jane NELSON. [Members of Tirzah]
September
5, 1845, HIGHLAND MESSENGER (Asheville, Buncombe Co., N.C.)
-Died:
Miss TYSON, daughter of John TYSON of Anson county,
aged 16, suicide by drowning herself in Brown’s Creek, August 15, 1845.
Wednesday,
September 10, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Cabarrus county
on the 28th, Mr. Noah A. MOSES of Anson county to Miss Roena MOTLEY, daughter of Robert MOTLEY of
Cabarrus.
Wednesday,
September 24, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Cabarrus county
on the 11th, Mr. Davidson HEARNE of Stanly, to Miss Leah
Caroline MELCHOR, daughter of Mr. C. MELCHOR.
September
26, 1845, CHARLOTTE JOURNAL (Mecklenburg Co., NC)
-Married:
William CLARK and Miram H. LEWIS on
September 18, 1845 in Union County, NC by Joseph T. DRAFFIN.
September 26, 1845, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Died:
Moreaux M’RAE [McRae],
Sept. 12, Wadesborough.
September 30, 1845, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Davidson HEARNE of Stanly county, to Leah Caroline MELCHOR,
September (no date), Cabarrus county.
Wednesday,
October 1, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: Near Lilesville, in Anson county, Mr.
Benjamin S. COX, leaving a wife and one child.
-Died: In Wadesboro on the 12th,
aged 18, Mr. Moreaux McRAE.
October 3, 1845, Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Eleanor WILLOUGHBY of Wadesborough to
Thomas W. GOODLAKE of Mecklenburg county, Sept.[ no date] Concord.
-Married: William CLARK to Miriam H. LEWIS,
September (no date), Union county. [note: I don’t see a marriage record for them in
Union County, NC].
Wednesday,
October 15, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on the 2nd, Mr. Christopher C. STRICKLIN to Miss Susan S. SIBLEY, daughter
of Col. E. M. SIBLEY, all of said county.
October 24, 1845,
Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Elizabeth GORDON to William M’COMB [McComb]
of Mecklenburg county, October (no date), Anson
county.
Nov. __, 1845, The Christian Magazine of the South (Winnsboro,
SC)
(Abstract) Died:
Oct. 25, 1844, age 22, at
Davidson College, J. Mushatt G. BELK, eldest son of
Thomas BELK, Esq. and Lucinda BELK.….. parents members
of Shiloh, Lancaster District, SC.
Wednesday,
November 5, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Cabarrus county on the 18th, Mr. John PHIFER, aged
67.
Tuesday,
November 18, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Concord on the 2nd,
Dr. W. L. HUIE, aged 26 years and 9 mos.
Tuesday,
November 25, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: At his residence in
Union county on the 14th, Nathaniel BEVENS
[Bivens],
aged 58….
Tuesday,
December 2, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Cabarrus county on the 7th, Mr. Robert W. COCHRAN,
aged 18. Also, on the 8th, Miss Margaret A. COCHRAN, aged 21,
and on the 13th, Mr. Robert COCHRAN, aged 57.
December 12, 1845, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Died:
Nathaniel BIVENS of Richardson’s creek, November 14, Union county.
Tuesday,
December 16, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Married: In Anson county on
the 13th, Mr. Nehemiah T. LILES to Miss Lucy Ann STURDIVANT, all of Anson.
December 16, 1845, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Died:
Mrs. Benjamin KIRBY, December [no date] Anson county.
Tuesday,
December 23, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
-Died: In Anson county on the 9th, Mrs. Margaret BEARD,
widow of the late Michael BEARD aged 82.
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