Cumberland
County Queries
November - December, 1998
I have not had any success in getting info on Silas Pope who m. Edney
Griffin. Is anyone researching the following as there is probably a connection:
John Pope m. Polly Griffin (11/20/1826) and Josiah Pope m. Lydia Davis
(3/25/1822) in Cumberland Co. Silas Pope and John Armstrong were witnesses/bondsmen.
The following Pope's are listed in the Cumberland Co. (no township listed)
1840 Census: Wesley (282), Stephen (286), Josiah (286), Silas (288), Henry
(290), and Isaac (290). The 1830 Census lists Silas (69) and Josiah (69)
in Averasboro. Any help will be appreciated.
Contact: Virginia Smith
zville@earthlink.net
Posted: December 21, 1998
Henry SENTER (c 1760 b. Cumberland, NC-m c 1781 to Rebecca Avant (Avent)d.
27Feb 1832 Green Co TN) parents Stephen SENTER/Mary ? Rebecca Avant b.
1764? Cumberland Co NC-d.after 1853 Carroll Co TN HER parents Peter Avant
<Thomas Avant & Elizabeth?; mother Amy Massie: issue of Henry and
Rebecca were (1) Stephen SENTER b c. 1787 Cumberland NC Stephen was minister;
wife Anna Blalock (2)Drury Senter (b.25 Sep 1803, Cumberland; m. Mary McClure
(3) William SENTER (b. c 1789, Cumberland) m. Jency Ann Butler; He died
Greenville,Sevier, TN. Children: William Butler SENTER (b Greenville TN,
d Texas m Arabelle Gracey; Children: Addiebell Senter and Ella Senter.
Addiebell m. William Armstrong Porter
Contact: Ve Lane laneglenn@zianet.com
Posted: December 21, 1998
I'm seeking information on the family of David FIELDS and Sarah WRIGHT
who were married in Cumberland county in July 1865. Their children were
John, Lizzie, Mary Bell, Minnie, Mattie, and Sarah (b. 1876). They moved
to Robeson county at some time, but I have no dates or locations for them
prior to their marriage.
Contact: Bill Snipes wsnipes@krl.org
Posted: December 21, 1998
Like to contact anyone having information on Cumberland County parents
and siblings of Maria(h) MATTHEWS. 1850 Census lists her father Isaiah
MATTHEWS, age 50, sisters Mary MATTHEWS age 20, Dorcas MATTHEWS age 18,
Nancy MATTHEWS age 14, brothers William J? MATTHEWS age 16, Norman MATTHEWS
age 12 and Clinton MATTHEWS age 8. Mariah MATTHEWS was my G, G Grandmother
Mariah MATTHEWS PAGE is buried in Leon County, Texas.
Contact: Melton E. Durant Route
4 Box 580 Jacksonville, Texas 75766 mdurant@sat.net
Posted: December 21, 1998
I am searching for my roots in Cumberland County (possilby present day
Hoke, Scotland and Robeson Counties also.) My Grandfather was Frank Benjamin
Calhoun born Hope Mill Oct. 1894. His parents were Robert Calhoun and Hattie
Henderson-Calhoun born ? around 1894.
Contact: Patrick (Calhoun) Dennehy
Posted: December 21, 1998
Seeking info on Silas POPE (ca.1780-1860) m. Edna (Edney) GRIFFIN. Lived
in Cumberland Co. early 1800's. Moved to Sumpter Co., GA ca.1840 &
to Dale Co.AL ca.1850. Children born in NC: Andrew, Cullen, Calvin (1831),
Bryant (1834), John (1835), Arch (1838), William (1840), Nancy (1843).
Any help will be appreciated.
Contact: Virginia Smith
zville@earthlink.net
Posted: December 21, 1998
From the Linden area of Cumberland County. Apparently no relation to
the Godwins that Deborah Byrd is researching... A related name is Eason
or Easom of the Wade/Old Bluff area.
Contact: Renee Godwin Cole darla_rgc@hotmail.com
Posted: December 21, 1998
Searching for the parents/siblings of Archibald CAMPBELL of Fayetteville,
Cumberland county. Archibald was b.12 Mar 1811,d.13 Jun 1896. Married Elizabeth
Ann Moore on 6 Dec 1837. He was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church,
Phoenix Masonic Lodge #8, and past commander of the FILI. Also was once
the Register of Deeds in Fayetteville. Am stuck.
Contact: EMBA emba@mail.zebra.net
Posted: December 21, 1998
John Edward FLOWERS was born abt 1813, married Tempe FLOWERS of Johnston
Co., and lived in the section of Cumberland Co. that became Harnett Co.
I am interested in finding who his parents and siblings were. I would appreciate
any help.
Contact: Sylvia Stephens
at stsyl@hotmail.com
Posted: December 21, 1998
Interested in any information on the CUTTS family in late 1700's and
1800's, especially in William CUTTS (married 1820 Cumberland Co.)and John
CUTTS (married 1817 Cumberland Co.) and Daniel CUTTS (md. in Wake Co.)
Contact: Sylvia Stephens
at stsyl@hotmail.com
Posted: December 21, 1998
Is anyone doing research on HAILLS, or some variation of that spelling?
If so, please contact me. I'm seeking a John R. HAILLS whose son John Lyde
Haills was born "in the Carolinas" in 1823. The family migrated
to Warren County (Vicksburg, MS), probably in the 1830's, where John R.
Haills died circa 1840. The "connection" to Cumberland County
is tenuous at best: I ran across a marriage between Thomas HAILLS and Sarah
Carter on 4/28/1811. Given the middle name of John R. Haills' son, "LYDE,"
it's possible there is a tie-in with a family by that name. Does any of
this dovetail with records in Cumberland County? Thanks.
Contact: Harvey Haills McIntyre
Hot Springs Village, Arkansas harveymc@arkansas.net
Posted: December 21, 1998
I'm looking for information on Caroline MEDLIN born around 1855 and
her husband Jerry W.WILLIAMS who is the son of G.W.Williams and Hannah(Rayford)
Williams.
Contact: D. COFFEE NEEMO5@worldnet.att.net
Posted: December 21, 1998
I am looking for a G.W. WILLIAMS who had a wife Hannah around 1855.
They had a son Jerry W. WILLIAMS born 1855. Hannah's maiden name was RAYFORD.
They lived in the Cumberland Co. Fayetteville area.
Contact: D. COFFEE NEEMO5@worldnet.att.net
Posted: December 21, 1998
Here are some of my problems and reasonings associated with Neil An
Rhuad Mor McNeill. The recent issue of the very good book Carolina Scots
by Douglas and Caroline Kelly stirred up some waters, and cleared some
others. One of the stirrings concerned what I had accumulated earlier on
the role of Neil the Red McNeill from other sources. The Kellys recognize
the existence of Neil Red McNeill on page 119 when they associate him with
Archibald Buie and some libertarians. Joseph A. G. Roussos, FSA Scot. in
his book The Argyll Colony: The Last Clan Gathering recognizes Neil the
Red McNeill on page 19 with the following: "Among the immigrants to
arrive in the first years was a sailor turned adventurer named Neill Red
McNeill. He brought another 350 Scots to Wilmington. .... They named him
An Ruadh Mor, meaning the big red one. ... His (companion) name was Archie
Buie." And Roussos again simply restates and and reaffirms the existence
of Neill the Red McNeill adding the fact that he may have named Barbecue
Creek. In evaluating the Kellys book, I discovered that many of the names
that I had obtained concerning Red Neill were identical with those of Black
Neill, another sailor turned landowner who also brought 350 Scots who may
have landed in Brunswick but Roussos says Wilmington. After gleaning out
the duplications I have the following McNeills whose parentage is one or
the other or neither: Neil McNeill b. 1710 m. Isabella Simpson Isabella
McNeill m. Alexander Mc Neill Negolina McNeill m. Robert Stewart Lauchlin
McNeill m. Margaret Johnstone If anyone has any information on these people
and Neill the Red McNeill, I would sorely appreciate it.
Contact: John McNeill mcneill@apk.net
Posted: December 21, 1998
I'm looking for info. regarding Mary JONES, b.ca. 1755 in Fayetteville,
Cumberland Co. She married Daniel Treadaway, 8 Aug. 1776, in Cumb. Co.
She died 20 Aug. 1844 in Hendersonville, N.C. Buried Ebenezer Cemetery.
Thank you.
Contact: Tina ltsapaws@pacbell.net
Posted: December 21, 1998
I also descend from Daniel McNAIR of Richmond County, NC, through his
son, Gilbert McNAIR, and grandson, Daniel McNAIR ("Major", War
of 1812). The earliest appearance of the name Gilbert McNAIR in North Carolina
was a 1771 land patent in Cumberland County, but it is not clear whether
this Gilbert McNAIR is the the same person as the Gilbert NcNAIR, son of
Daniel McNAIR, of Richmond County later. [There were several Gilbert McNairs
in the vicinity by the 1790 census; at least one went to Georgia.] Several
McNAIRs were inhabitants of Cumberland County about 1780 who signed a petition
requesting that the name of the town of Cross Creek be changed to Upper
Campbellton and that it become the county seat. Any information about McNAIRs
of Cumberland County before 1800 will be helpful. A study of Anson County,
NC, records failed to find any evidence that my Daniel McNAIR and/or Gilbert
McNAIR had resided there prior to the formation of Richmond County. By
implication, Daniel McNAIR and his son, Gilbert McNAIR, later of Richmond
County, probably arrived from Scotland around 1770 or 1771 and settled
in either Bladen or Cumberland County.
Contact: Robert T. (Bob) Strong, Jr.
rts2@ro.com
Posted: December 21, 1998
I descend from Ambrose POWELL of Bladen and Robeson Counties, NC, who
appears to have been possibly a brother to Isaiah POWELL and Lewis POWELL,
sometimes spelled BOWELL, both of early Cumberland County records. Isaih
POWELL was the obvious father of Lewis POWELL, "Jr." (i.e., 2nd)
of Robeson County, who served in the Revolution from Bladen County (now
Robeson County). Lewis POWELL, Jr., said he was born in Bladen County in
1750. Isaiah POWELL obviously was a "charter resident" of Cumberland
County, residing there at the time the county was created. Lewis POWELL
("BOWELL") does not appear in records in Cumberland County until
the 1770s, though, when he signed the Oath of Allegiance, operated a Tavern,
and served as a Justice of the Peace. In DAR records he is called "Lewis
Powell, Sr." of Cumberland County, a Patriot. I believe he is the
same Lewis POWELL who owned land in Robeson County and appears to have
died there about 1798, leaving a widow, Catherine POWELL. There is a lot
of confusion in the literature about the several persons named Lewis POWELL
of Bladen, Cumberland, and Robeson Couties. I would like to correspond
with anyone who has an interest in these Powell names.
Contact: Robert T. (Bob) Strong, Jr.
rts2@ro.com
Posted: December 21, 1998
James MOORE also served in the Revolution as a soldier from Cumberland
County. He was born about 1762, possibly in Bertie Co., NC, but place of
birth is uncertain. He served a six month tour with the Cumberland County
militia, being discharged as a Lt. in 1781. After his military service
he went briefly to Bertie Co., NC, where his father was then residing.
He returned to Cumberland County after about 18 months, remaining in Cumberland
County until about 1794, when he relocated to Pendleton District, SC. About
1816, he relocated again to White County, Tennessee, where he resided in
the portion of that county that became Van Buren County. In 1841 he filed
his pension application from Van Buren County. As yet the parents and siblings
of James MOORE have not been identified. On the 1790 census of Fayetteville
town there was a James MOORE who appeared to have 10 children and 15 slaves.
This Moore family does not seem to be consistent with the 1800 census of
my James MOORE family in Pendleton District, SC, which had only four children,
all born after 1790. I will be most gratefull for any assistance received
about persons named James MOORE who resided in Cumberland County, NC, before
1800.
Contact: Robert T. (Bob) Strong, Jr.
rts2@ro.com
Posted: December 21, 1998
Isaac CARTER served in the American Revolution as a soldier from Cumberland
County. He stated he was born in Cumberland County about 1764. He served
three years, 15 days, in the Continental Line and one year in the NC Militia,
a total of four years, 15 days. He was a resident of Cumberland County
until about 1785, when he relocated to Orangeburg District, SC. He married
Nancy Young, probably in Orangeburg District, about 1785. They had 10 or
more children in SC before relocating in early 1810 to Pike County, Mississippi.
In his Pension Application, Isaac did not identify his parents or a brother
he mentioned. Any help in identifying Isaac Carter's parents, who should
have been residing in Cumberland County in the early 1760s, or his siblings,
will be greatly appreciated.
Contact: Robert T. (Bob) Strong, Jr.
rts2@ro.com
Posted: December 21, 1998
There was as second Isaac CARTER who served in the Revolution from North
Carolina who settled in Perry County, Mississippi. That family alleges
that their Isaac Carter was also from Cumberland County, NC. If anyone
can either prove or disprove that assertion, I would like very much to
see the proof. I suspect that the two R. W. veterans named Isaac CARTER
who migrated to Mississippi were confused by early family historians. I
have found records of an Isaac CARTER residing in Bladen County after the
war, after my own Isaac CARTER had relocated to South Carolina.
Contact: Robert T. (Bob) Strong, Jr.
rts2@ro.com
Posted: December 21, 1998
Eager to speak with anyone with possible knowledge of Angus PHILLIPS
family, was married to Janet McKethen of Cumberland Co. and was probable
brother of Katherine Phillips Gibson and Mary Phillips Bassett, all of
whom appear in 1810 Cumberland Co. federal census living nearby. Any help
very much appreciated.
Contact: Sue Bassett Folawn
F122775@aol.com
Posted: December 21, 1998
I'm researching the Ritchie Family. A James Ritchie was on the 1790
Cumberland County Tax Census. I think this was the same James who was the
father of a Alexander Crockett Ritchie who was born in NC and later pioneered
Perry County Kentucky.
Contact: Pr. James R. Ritchie
Jr.
Posted: December 21, 1998
Looking for information on James J. MONROE b. 1812 Cumberland County,
NC. He later shows up on Mississippi tax list with Daniel MONROE
in 1833. Any information would be appreciated.
Contact Janie at jrme@mindspring.com.
Posted: November 17, 1998
WEST
Searching for others who might have information or be related to this
branch of the WEST family in Cumberland Co.. I believe that this may the
Vincent WEST who was the father of John WEST who moved with his father
to Wayne Co. Mississippi around the late 1820's. Thanks.
Contact: Judy West in Texas
wgwcpa@hal-pc.org
Posted: November 17, 1998
Looking for info. on Pauline LOCKAMY b after / abt 1900 married Larkin
BLAND. They lived in Cumberland County at the time of Pauline's death.
Had several children including a set of twins. Twins names Richard and
Ruburt (or Rupert). Born abt 1940. Pauline's parents were John Mason Lockamy
b abt 1862 and Sarah Frances Ranch b abt 1872 . Other siblings were Pernon
Oscar b 1901, Anthemia b abt 1887. Anthemia was retarded and lived with
Pauline most of her life. Please e-mail Thanks.
Contact: Terri FamilyLost@aol.com
Posted: November 17, 1998
Looking for children of Daniel Culbreth. Daniel was born in either Cumberland
or Robeson County between 1810 and 1820.
Contact: Buddy Culbreth
htculbreth@email.msn.com
Posted: November 17, 1998
We are looking for any info on the family of Uriah BASS. He was b. WFT
Est. 1770-1780. He married CELIA BASS. We are sure of the mother but unsure
of the father. Any help appreciated.
Contact: Dwight & Kathie Bass
sammie4@advicom.net
Posted: November 17, 1998
I am looking for information on Neil McLEAN who married Mary Campbell,
daughter of Daniel Campbell. They all went to NE Christia County, Ky 1795-1800.
Any infomation would be greatly appreciated. Didn't know there were so
may McLean's out there. Thanks very much
Contact: Lettie M. Lee GENEMOM@AOL.COM
Posted: November 17, 1998
I am interested in obtaining information on William WHITE b.1754 in
Cumberland Co., NC. He died in 1817. Family records state that he was a
sea captain during the Revolutionary War, captured by a British cruiser,
and held prisoner until the end of the war. He married Mary Ann ROGERS
(b1769, d1825) of Cumberland Co. Known children are Margaret, Jane, and
Benjamin Rogers WHITE. Records refer to B. R. WHITE as the "eldest
son".
Contact: Maude Ann Gilmore
mag42@airmail.net
Posted: November 17, 1998
Huey Jefferson PAGE and Mariah MATTHEWS were married in Cumberland County,
NC on 4 March 1852, had two children, S. Virginia PAGE and Clinton PAGE
before moving to Angelina County, Texas in ca1855. Where did they live
in Cumberland County? Who were their ancestors?
Contact: Melton E. Durant mdurant@sat.net
Posted: November 17, 1998
Neal (Neill) McMillan b. 1795 m. Sarah Agatha Ford b. 1797 (Most often
only Agatha) had son James Alexander McMillan b. 28 May 1823 in Fayetteville.
Need parents of Neill and Agatha and also their marriage date/place.
Contact: Jackie McMillan
Godiva5604@aol.com
Posted: November 17, 1998
My fourth and third G GFS were named Wm. T. STREETY. They are supposed
to have lived in northern Bladen Co. A Margeret STREETY m a Reuban FISHER
in Cumberland Co. in 1800. There has been quite a lot of research done
on the FISHER family, but noone can find anything about who Margeret was.
We are also searching for a connection between STREETY and JESSUP. There
was a William Streety JESSUP born early 1800 and a Mary Streety JESSUP.
We have found Wm Streety JESSUP's grave in Fayetteville and Mary's grave
was on the county line with Bladen. We don't know if there was a family
connection or whether the families were just friends.
Contact: Betty Johannes abelj@htcomp.net
Posted: November 17, 1998
Searching for information on a William CARVER b.April 1753 in Cumberland
county NC and d. Mar. 29, 1836. Married Elizabeth CARVER in 1771. William
was a soldier in the Revolution (DAR number 110720). Family history says
that William also signed the Cumberland County Declaration of Independence.
Can anyone enlighten me on this subject and any family history before William?
Contact: Bill in SC. goldwing@carol.net.
Posted: November 17, 1998
I descend from Daniel McNAIR who died in Richmond Co., NC, [now Scotland
County] about 1793, through his son, Gilbert McNair. There were McNairs
earlier in Cumberland and Bladen/Robeson Counties and I strongly suspect
those in Cumberland County were the proginitors of my McNairs in Richmond
County. Neil McNair married Mrs. Dugal McMullin and in 1761 was the administrator
of the estate of Dugal McMullin in Cumberland County. Archibald McNair
proved a deed in Cumberland County in 1764. John McNair appears in several
Cumberland County records in the 1770s. Gilbert McNair purchased land in
Cumberland County in 1775 and a Gilbert McNair was on a road crew in Cumberland
County in 1785 [proving he was not my ancestor, who was in Richmond County
at that time]. The name Daniel McNair also appears in Cumberland County
records beginning about 1785. I would like to correspond with anyone researching
these McNairs in Cumberland County, NC.
Contact: BoB T. Strong rts2@ro.com
Posted: November 17, 1998
I descend from Ambrose POWELL (d. ca. 1814-1815, Robeson County, NC), Charles POWELL (resided Bladen/Robeson Counties, 1771 till 1798 or 1800, then relocated to Washington Co., GA), and James POWELL (born Bladen County, 1780, also to Washington Co., GA, before the 1800 census was taken in Bladen County). My Powell research suggests that Ambrose POWELL was probably related to Isaiah POWELL and Lewis POWELL of Bladen/ Robeson County, both of whom possibly resided in Cumberland County earlier.
The Cumberland County tax list for 1755 showed Isaiah Powell and William
Powell as tax payers. The Cumberland County tax list for 1767 showed Isaiah
Powell, Henry Powell, Stephen Powell, and Thomas Powell as tax payers.
Thomas Powell died about 1771, when estate papers were filed in Cumberland
County. Information about any of these POWELLS in Cumberland County will
be greatly appreciated.
Contact: BoB T. Strong rts2@ro.com
Posted: November 17, 1998
Isaac CARTER was residing in Cumberland County when he entered military
service, during which he was wounded. He lived long enough to apply for
an receive a survivor's pension. He married Ann Elizabeth ("Nancy")
Young, reportedly of "Dutch" origin, who was apparently a resident
of Orangeburg District, SC. They lived in Cumberland County, NC, for a
few years before they settled in Orangeburg District, SC, where they remained
until 1810. I would like very much to discover Isaac Carter's parents,
whom I presume were residents of Cumberland County, NC. Could he have been
the son of Robert Carter, who was assessed taxes in Cumberland County in
1767?
Contact: BoB T. Strong rts2@ro.com
Posted: November 17, 1998
James MOORE was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant when in service (Rev.
War). After his discharge, he went to Bertie County, NC. He apparently
returned to Cumberland County, then relocated to Pendleton District, SC.
and White County, TN, He belatedly filed for a Revolutionary War Survivor's
Pension but died before it went into effect. I descend from Thomas Moore
of SC, TN and LA, who was apparently the eldest son. I don't think that
James Moore had family in Cumberland County but am curious about (another?)
James Moore familty that was residing in Fayetteville town in 1790.
Contact: BoB T. Strong rts2@ro.com
Posted: November 17, 1998
Seeking information on Lawrence STROTHER and wife Elizabeth who were
in Cumberland County as early as 1759. Had son named Lawrence Jr. who is
shown in 1790 census. Would like to identify other children and descendants
of Lawrence and Elizabeth STROTHER.
Contact: Edward L. STROTHER
edstrother@aol.com
Posted: November 17, 1998
Rebecca Fennelson SINCLAIR, b. 1794, is listed in the Cumberland Co.
1840 census as are her sons, Daniel F. Sinclair, b. 1831, and Duncan F.
Sinclair, b. 1833. I am searching for the husband of Rebecca as well as
her parents. Can anyone help?
Contact: Julia English Spicer
Posted: November 17, 1998
I am looking for the parents of Harvey STONE who are supposed to be
from Cumberland Co. Any links?
Contact: JudiA777@aol.com
Posted: November 17, 1998
Looking for information on the Malcom PRIEST family listed in 1850 Cumberland
Co Census. The 2nd son, Gilbert, is my great-great grandfather and moved
to GA by 1861. He enlisted in the CSA in Decatur Co, GA, May 1861. He returned
to Decatur Co after the war and is buried there. Thanks for the help.
Contact: Deirdre Chatham deirdre@stsi.net
Cherokee Co, GA
Posted: November 17, 1998
