Durham-Orange Genealogical Society

Query: Carr

lthompson — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:56:04 +0000

5/13/2013 18:39:59

coyla jean ward

127 greg ln

stony point, nc 28678

“I am Paul CARR and Rella Ree ADAMS CARR’s grandaughter. I have found my Grandfather’s, fathers name and his wife, their birth years, marriage date and children. I cannot seem to find who Joseph CARR’S parents are or his wife, Artillia, parents. I cannot afford the pay memberships of Ancestry.com or other sites such as that. If you could please just give me a free link to the information i seek, I would be very grateful. Yes, I am willing to share the information i have. Paul CARR is buried in Rosewood Cemetery in Hillsboro,NC. My grandmother, Rella Ree ADAMS CARR, moved to Statesville, NC. My Mother’s name is Maxine, her brothers name is Quentin Elwood. Thank You.

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Query: Camp

lthompson — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:58:07 +0000

5/13/2013 1:03:43

Alan Powell

alanpowell2000@yahoo.com

“Greetings:

I am trying track the movement of my wife’s ancestor, Thomas CAMP. According to family lore, he moved to the Orange County/Durham area around 1765 and possibly operated a mill in the area. He and his large family migrated to Tryon County in 1775-1776 shortly after the conflicts in Alamance. There are conflicting reports that he was a Loyalist and a Whig with neither giving any reliable confirmatory support. I am trying to find information that positively places his family in Orange County and anything that might give answer to “”why”" he moved on to Tryon County. Any suggestions of help would be greatly appreciated,

Alan”

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Query: Whitted and Scarlett

lthompson — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:30:20 +0000

5/9/2013 20:16:22

Herb Englishman

5 Peridot Place

Durham,N.C. 27703

herbandbetsy@earthlink.net

Researching the white/black (slave) family connections between the WHITTED and SCARLETT families of Orange County. If anyone has information on these families and their connections please contact me . This will enable me to complete my research on the families and how they are connected.

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Query: Watson

lthompson — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:37:30 +0000

5/6/2013 20:07:16

laura burgess

16 woodstock ct

san rafael ca 94903

scottishrn@sbcglobal.net

“I am looking for the grave of John WATSON who died inJuly 15,1835 in Orange county. He was fought in the American Revolution in Guilford Court and received a revolutionary war pension as did his wife Lydia Horner WATSON.

He was born Aug 20 in 1751 in Orange county to John WATSON.

He is is my grandfather times 6″

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Query: Geddes/Gattis/Gaddus

lthompson — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:16:16 +0000

4/5/2013 9:07:24

Martha Fontenot

1418 Deer Ledge Trail

Cedar Park, TX 78613

Fontenotmartha@yahoo.com

I am helping a Prospective Member of DAR trace her lineage to John GEDDES/GATTIS/GADDUS who moved from PA to Orange County, NC with the Presbyterian Group. He received a land grant. I found his will which names her ancestor, Isaac GATTIS, who moved to Lincoln Co., TN. I also found a John GADDUS from Hillsborough, Orange County, who was appointed as a juror in Feb., 1777. Is there a list of person’s who signed oaths of allegiance to the provisional government that was set up in 1777, and was John GADDUS on that list? I am hoping he is the same John GEDDES, as I found that the name spelling was later changed to GATTIS. If an oath can be found, how can I receive a copy?

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Query: Holloway

lthompson — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:14:27 +0000

4/3/2013 9:49:32

Kitty Jones

10107 Bottoms Rd.

Troy, Texas 76579

kittysjones@hotmail.com

I am interested in finding the parents of Mary Elizabeth HOLLOWAY born in 1844/46 in Durham, Orange Co. NC. She has a sister Martha Frances HOLLOWAY several years younger. We can find them in Mississippi in 1890, but cannot find them on the Census in O.C.,N.C. for those years. Mary married a David A. CLEMENTS in Dec. of 1860 and then he died in the C.W. She then married Robert JONES in N.C. in July of 1865 in O.C.,N.C. then they moved to Mississippi. We know they were illiterate. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Mary E. is my husband’s great, great, great grandmother.

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Query: Edwards

lthompson — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:06:22 +0000

4/2/2013 12:08:12

theresa williamson

browningbigfifty@msn.com

“I am researching the John EDWARDS (1730/40-1818) family history, his father was John EDWARDS, his son Young EDWARDS. I have traced them to a Orange Co. 1779 tax/census record, I am looking for an official copy of this document. Can you help direct me to a resource?

Thanks”

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Query: Scarlett, Lockhart, Holloway

lthompson — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:08:19 +0000

4/1/2013 10:16:54

Herb Englishman

5 Peridot Place

Durham, N. C. 27703

Herbandbetsy@earthlink.net

“I am currently researching the SCARLETT, LOCKHART, HOLLOWAY families of the Eno Community. If anyone out there has any information to share please contact me. Anything I publish will be donated to the Libraries in the area.

The Durham County Library has copies of my work on the COLE, BREEZE, SYNNOTT, and CABE Family of the area .”

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Query: Page

lthompson — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:59:28 +0000

3/27/2013 10:26:07

Loretta Hill

Bridgeport, TX 76426

lmhill35@embarqmail.com

“Howard Shuler PAGE was aboard the submarine, Pompano, with my uncle. The submarine went down during WWII.

Would you check any sources you might have to see if we can find family? I have exhausted any Ancestry contacts that seemed promising.

The USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park in Honolulu, Hawaii is establishing a Pompano Family Network. Recent developments may prove to be successful in finding out what happened to that submarine and relatives will be notified if such is the case.

The web site www.OnEternalPatrol.com (WWII boats) you will find a memorial page for Howard Schuler on that site. They need a photo of him.

We know father was Arthur Bernard PAGE living at 221 S. Alston in Durham, N.C. as that was where he was when he was notified that his son was missing and later dead. He can be found on the 1930 and 1940 there.

The US Navy is seeking permission from the Japanese government to do an identifying dive on the wreck they find this summer off the coast of Honshu, Japan which they believe to be the Pompano.

Finding family for these sailors has just hit the top of the list. I hope you can help.

My email address is lmhill35@embarqmail.com

Loretta Hill ( in Texas)

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The Durham Daily Globe newspaper to be digitized

Ginger Smith — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:03:22 +0000

North Carolina is participating in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LC) which is endeavoring to digitize historic newspapers across the country in order to make them available online for research.

The Durham Daily Globe will be included in the list of titles to be digitized in 2013.

The Durham Daily Globe started in Durham, North Carolina in 1889 by publisher Edward A. Oldham. It was published daily with an additional Durham Sunday Globe published on Sundays from 1889 to 1894.

It had previously been called The Daily Tobacco Plant (1888-1889) and the Durham Daily Recorder (1886-188?).

Following 1894 the title changed to The Globe-Herald, the Morning Herald, and the Durham Weekly Globe.

If you can’t wait until 2014 when the digital copies of this newspaper will be posted online to the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America site, you can view the microfilmed copies of this newspaper at the following locations:

Duke University Library, Durham County Library, East Carolina University, the North Carolina State Archives, the State Library of North Carolina, and UNC-CH.