GUILFORD COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA GENWEB
COUNTY COORDINATOR'S PAGE
COUNTY COORDINATOR'S PAGE
MY
INTEREST IN GUILFORD COUNTY
I volunteered to be CC because the
Guilford site was an orphan at the time, and I wanted to see if I could
build it into a good resource for those trying to research their Guilford
roots from near or far. It's an ongoing process, and I do greatly
appreciate the positive comments I often receive from others. That
makes all the time and effort worthwhile.
I live in North Carolina, but I do not live in
Guilford County. However, my grandfather and many of my relatives grew
up there, and a number of them still live there. I visit the county
several times a year to see relatives and
do more
research. My Scots-Irish ancestors arrived in the Guilford area before the county
itself was created, with the earliest known record of my father's line
coming from the
Rowan County 1768 tax list. That means I have over 240 years of roots
in the area. My
husband's father grew up in Guilford County, where his Quaker ancestor's
family moved in
the late 1770's. His branch of the family stayed in the area, and
therefore he has a long list of Guilford names in his family tree as well.
Guilford seems to be the only county in NC where I do not have to spell out
or pronounce the surname Benbow!
The combined list of our Guilford surnames include
Anderson, Benbow, Cobb/Kopp, Denny, Devault, Dick (Scots-Irish), Dicks/Dix (Quaker),
Donnell, Forbis, Fries, Hall, Heath, Hendricks, Hoffman, Long, McAdoo,
McKee, McLean, Moore, Paine, Paisley, Sanders, Scott, Stanley, Walker,
Wilson, Woollen, and Wright. Also, we both have roots in neighboring
counties, including the counties of Rowan, Orange, Randolph, and Cabarrus.
I have deep Virginia roots on my mother's side, going back to Jamestown, and
we both have old New England roots as well, with Mayflower ancestors on both
sides. My husband has a line that traces back to New Amsterdam in New
York. I have a deep love of history, and it becomes even more
enjoyable to me when I work on family genealogy.
As the historian for the Benbow family, I
maintain a website to which I am
adding family information gradually as I select what I want to make available.
That website contains information on the Benbow family and some allied
families as well, and it will contain more information in the future as I
choose family groups and media to add to the site. Obviously, that
website contains a number of Guilford ancestors. Take a look at it, if you're
interested:
As the county coordinator for Guilford, I
am responsible for the maintenance of the website itself, but I do not
provide -- in my function as county coordinator -- free look-ups or
assistance with research. You can consult our look-ups page for that
service.
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