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Anderson,
Katherine English," Rev. Alexander
Fletcher English, 1830-1896,"
Transylvania County
Heritage Book Committee. The
Heritage of Transylvania County,
North Carolina, 1995.
Waynesville, NC: Don Mills, Inc.,
1995, 90.
McCrary,
Mary Jane, "The English Family,"
The Transylvania Times, 92,
no. 72, (28 SEP 1978).[Based
largely on the obituary of A. F.
English from the August 1896
Sylvan Valley News. -
LHR]
McCrary, Mary Jane.
"Pioneer Preachers," chapter in
Transylvania Beginnings: A
History. Easley, SC: Southern
Historical Press, 1984,
68-82.
New, Donna,
"Genealogy - My Hobby," Ancestry
World Family Tree, http://www.ancestry.com,
Updated 18 JAN
2003.
Price, R. N. Holston
Methodism: From Its Origin to the
Present Time. Vol. Vol. IV.
1844-1870. Nashville, TN:
Methodist Episcopal Church South,
1912, 191 & 267.
Symer,
Dennis, "The Pickelsimer Family,"
Ancestry World Family Tree,http://www.ancestry.com,
Updated 15 OCT 2002.
1900 -
Twelfth
Federal Census
of the United
States. SD
9, ED 111,
Sheet 2A (from
microfilm -
LHR)
Dwelling # 27,
North Brevard
Township,
Transylvania
County, North
Carolina
Name
Description
Mollie English
Head, white,
female, Oct 1832,
widow, born in
North Carolina,
father born in
North Carolina,
mother born in
North Carolina,
farmer, able to
read & write,
owns home
- Mattie
Daughter, white,
female, Jun
1866, single, NC,
NC, NC, able to r
& w
- Nola
Daughter, white,
female, Feb 1878,
single, NC, NC, NC,
able to r &
w
Schenck,
Carl, "Report on Resources
Available within the Confines
of Pisgah National Forest, The
Property of George W.
Vanderbilt,"
Summary
Report written to
assist in sale of Pisgah Forest
while Schenck was employed as
forester. This report
highlights all potential
commercial uses of the
property.
Notes
Section II -
Enumeration of Existing
Pastures
"On Avery's Creek (old
English and Perry Places) -
70 acres"
Orchards and Fruit
Trees
"The orchards at the
old English place, at
Davidson's River, at the
so-called Rich Bend, at the
Sarah McCall place, at the
old Banther place, etc.,
are famous in Pisgah
Forest."
Section III -
Enumeration
Lower Davidson's
River
3 very good and large
farm houses (English, Orr,
Cagle) - $1200
Lumber inspector's
house brand new - $250
1 school house -
$50
3 one room cabins
(Ananias, negro cabin, Ed
Smith) - $140
7 two room cabins (John
Perry, Hollingsworth, Leroy
O'Kelly, Neill place, R. O.
English place, M. D.
English place, Thrift
place) - $$420
2 three room cabins
(Jasper McCall, John Smith
at saw mill) - $200
Carl Alwin Schenck
Collection, North Carolina
State University Special
Collections
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