Daniel and Sarah Elizabeth Tickle

I realized I never hit "publish" on this post! Rather than back post it, I have simply replaced this week's scheduled post with what was supposed to be last week's post. Sorry for the technical glitch!

The last few weeks' posts have featured families and topics in North Carolina. This week, I thought I would take us back to Virginia.

Sarah Elizabeth ("Betsey") Lineberry was born about 1802 in North Carolina. She was the third of 12 children born to Jacob Lineberry, IV and Mary Elizabeth Fanning. 

Betsey married Daniel Tickle on 22 November 1819 in Guilford County, North Carolina. Daniel was born about 1800 in North Carolina to John W. Tickle, Jr. and Elizabeth Cockelress.

Daniel and Betsey's Marriage Record

Betsey and Daniel had at least the following children:

• Salome Tickle, born about 1820
• Hezekiah C. Tickle, born about 1825
• Peter Conrad Tickle, born 25 August 1830
• Solomon Tickle, born about 1831
• Daniel Lineberry Tickle, born 13 October 1833
• Mary Tickle, born about 1835
• Harvey Bennett Tickle, born 26 November 1839
• Molly Adaline Tickle, born about 1840

All of the children were born in North Carolina, but it seems the entire set of children moved to Virginia when Daniel and Betsey did. (Salome is the only child that stayed in North Carolina since she was married by 1848.) Family legend says they moved to Bland County, Virginia in 1846. In reality, it looks as though they moved around a little bit before finally ending up in Bland County.

For the 1850 census, they were living in Giles County, Virginia.

Clipping from 1850 Census

In 1860, they are living in Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia.

Clipping from 1850 Census

Then, in 1870, they finally end up in Seddon, Bland County, Virginia. By 1880, they have settled in Mechanicsburg, Bland County, Virginia.

Clipping from 1880 Census

Betsey is listed in the Virginia Deaths and Burials Index as having died 15 January 1880 in Bland County, Virginia. If that is the case, however, that would leave me to believe the Elizabeth, age 70, living with Daniel in the 1880 census is actually a second spouse of Daniel's. (It is possible that Elizabeth died in June instead of January if it was a mis-transcription. I have not been able to locate a copy of the actual record yet, so I can not say one way or the other what the situation is.)

I have not found a death record for Daniel yet. I assume he died some time between 1880 and 1900. Without a copy of the 1890 census, I think that may be as narrow as I can get that date range for now.

Sources:

• 1850 Giles County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1860 Wythe County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1860 Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia U.S. Federal Agricultural Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1870 Seddon, Bland County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1880 Mechanicsburg, Bland County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• Guilford County North Carolina Marriage Records, Daniel Tickle and Betsey Linebury (accessed on Ancestry)
• Orange County North Carolina Marriage Records, John C. Low and Sally Tickle (accessed on Ancestry)
• Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, Elizabeth Tickle (accessed on Ancestry)

The Unknown Solomon Lineberry

Sometimes, in genealogy, you come across a mystery. Maybe someone recorded or assumed something incorrectly online and that myth was perpetuated over and over again until people believed it to be truth. Then, as a thorough research, you come across the undocumented name, date, place, or relationship, and you realize there was no basis whatsoever for the initial assumption. The rest of your searches all seem to be focused around proving or disproving what that one person said before you.

The biggest mystery in my husband's family revolves around a man named Solomon Lineberry.

Here's what I know about Solomon. He was born sometime between 1805 and 1810. I know he married a Katharine (or Catharine) M. at least before the 1850 census. Together, they had at least the following children:

• Mebane Lineberry, born about 1831
• Lavinia or Levina Lineberry, born between 1834 and 1839
• Delphine or Delphina Lineberry, born about 1839
• Peter Lineberry, born between 1833 and 1835
• Sophronia or Sophia Lineberry, born between 1838 and 1841
• Leonard Lineberry, born between 1840 and 1842
• Angeline Lineberry, born between 1843 and 1844
• Madison Lineberry, born between 1845 and 1849
• Oliver "Adison" Lineberry, born 15 November 1846

Clipping from the 1850 Guilford County, North Carolina Census showing household of Solomon Lineberry

The first time I came across this family, it was recorded that Solomon was the son of Jacob Lineberry, III, the Revolutionary War Patriot, whom I showcased a few months ago. While Jacob did have a son named Solomon, that Solomon was born about 1800 according to the 1850 census, though most believe him to be born in 1787.

Clipping from the 1850 Randolph County, North Carolina Census showing the household of the older Solomon Lineberry. (He is living next door to his son, Jacob, and two doors down from his nephew, Emerson, here.)

While it was not uncommon for a family to reuse a name when another child previously died, the older Solomon never died. He lived at least until the 1850 census and married and had children of his own.

Another family researcher, Frances Harding Casstevens, wrote a book about her ancestor, the mysterious Solomon Lineberry.

Photo of book cover as found at Randolph Room, Asheboro Branch, Randolph County Public Library

This is her description of how she thinks her ancestor fits in with the rest of the Lineberry family.

"From what information we have been able to gather, I and other members of the family believe that our ancestor, Solomon Lineberry, was the son or grandson of Jacob Lineberry of Randolph county who married Mary Catherine Youngblood. It is known that Mary Catherine Youngblood was of German and Indian descent. The Indian blood appears even yet in the descendants. A picture of Eliza Lineberry Bowman shows this quite clearly. It appears elsewhere in the book.

 Jacob Lineberry's will names a son 'Solomon' but as there were two Solomon Lineberrys in Randolph county it is difficult to determine which was Jacob's son and which was the grandson. A book on the Lineberry family by Capt. W. S. Lineberry, written in 1918, gives all of the children and grandchildren of Jacob Lineberry, except those of John who is named in the will but left entirely out of the genealogy written by Capt. W. S. Lineberry who relied mostly on memory in compiling his family history. If our theories are correct, then our Solomon is the son of this John and Solomon's brothers and sisters were Eva (Moss); Macklen; Peter; and possibly others. As the 1820 Randolph County census is lost we may never be able to correctly determine this."

It is my opinion that Frances' Solomon could very well be the child of John, but I have not found solid evidence of that yet. I am fairly certain, however, that her Solomon was simply too young to have been Jacob's son.

If you know anything about this family or if you descend from either of these two Solomons, please send me a message or comment on this post. I would love to share information and attempt to untangle this particular portion of the family tree.

Sources:

• 1850 Northern Division, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1850 Southern Division, Guilford County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1860 Flint Hill, Yadkin County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• Casstevens, Frances Harding "The Descendants of Solomon Lineberry" (accessed at the Randolph Room, Asheboro Branch, Randolph County Library)
• Tombstone, Ad Lineberry (as viewed on Find-A-Grave)

Radios in 1930 in Level Cross, Back Creek, and Coleridge

A census record shows a wide range of information about a family and community. One of my favorite bits of information that can be gleaned from the 1930 census is whether or not a family possessed a radio.

One of the column-sets of information the census taker recorded.
Lists whether a home was owned (O) or rented (R), the value of the home or cost of rent, whether the family owned a radio (R), and if the family lived on a farm or not.

While invented in the late 1890's, the radio did not start to become popular until the 1920's. As more households began to own radios, more radio stations began popping up. So, a snapshot of who owned radios a decade or less from their first initial boom in popularity can really show a lot about what kinds of things interested a family or community.

For this post, I thought I would highlight the people who owned a radio in the Level Cross township. Out of 110 houses, however, only two owned a radio though: Talton Cox, who lived with John Robins' family, and Minnie Causey's family.

House of Joseph Sawyer and John Robins, located on Coltrane Mill Road. John Robins' household has a radio.

Household of Minnie Causey, located on Highway 70.

Both households, were on a farm. Talton Cox was 59 years old and a lodger in a home (a duplex) that was being rented. Minnie owned her home and was an 87-year-old widow. Talton Cox was an engineer. Minnie had no occupation (her grandson, Wade, was a brick layer and the only wage earner in the home).

Once I realized only two families in Level Cross possessed a radio, I decided to check a few other townships. Back Creek was the next area I decided to investigate. Of 208 families, seven families had a radio. The heads of households for those families are as follows:

Heads of Households (alphabetical) with a Radio in Back Creek:

• Archie C. Bulla, age 30, owned home on a farm, occupation: farmer
• Robert N. Davis, age 71, owned home on a farm, occupation: farmer
• Joseph R. Dougan, age 29, owned home on a farm, occupation: textile worker at hosiery mill
• Claud L. Hicks, age 41, owned home on a farm, occupation: foreman at a gold mine
• Grady L. Hughes, age 29, owned home on a farm, occupation: boarder at hosiery mill
• Claude Routh, age 37, owned home on a farm, occupation: farmer
• Charles W. Wall, age 51, owned home on a farm, occupation: farmer

Coleridge had a few more radios, so I've decided to highlight those families now too. There were 65 families in unincorporated Coleridge. Of those families, eight possessed a radio. Of the 265 families in Coleridge township, 15 families had a radio.

Heads of Households (alphabetical) with a Radio in Unincorporated Coleridge:

• Garland W. Allen, age 28, home owned and on a farm, occupation: (illegible, possibly calier at baul.)
• Obed C Brody, age 34, home owned and NOT on a farm, occupation: spinning room foreman at the cotton mill
• Floyd C. Caviness, age 36, home owned and on a farm, occupation: manufacturer at cotton mill
• Robert L. Caviness, age 63, home owned and on a farm, occupation: merchant of general merchandise
• Aaron R. Crausee, age 62, home owned and worth $800, NOT on a farm, occupation: manager of a garage
• Daniel N. Crausee, age 19, home owned and on a farm, occupation: farmer
• Oren W. Ward, age 60, home owned and worth $2000, NOT on a farm, occupation: overseer at cotton mill
• Robert D. Webb, age 29, home rented for $5 a month, NOT on a farm, occupation: reconstructant(?) foreman for the state highway

Clipping from 1930 Coleridge Census

Heads of Households (alphabetical) with a Radio in Coleridge Township:

• Stanley S. Allen, age 46, home owned on a farm, occupation: farmer
• Dean O. Brower, age 44, home owned on a farm, occupation: farmer
• William A Brower, Jr., age 29, home owned on a farm, occupation: farmer
• E. Willard Brown, age 70, home owned on a farm, occupation: farmer
• Ray E. Caviness, age 46, home owned on a farm, occupation: farmer
• Everett Cox, age 48, home owned on a farm, occupation: farmer
• John C. Cox, age 33, home owned and on a farm, occupation: farmer
• Vergil M. Cox, age 72, home owned on a farm, occupation: farmer
• Benjamin F. Craven, age 65, home owned on a farm, occupation: farmer
• E. Clevenland Craven, age 42, home owned on a farm, occupation: farmer
• H. Frank Maness, age 38, home rented on a farm, occupation: farmer
• William B. Maness, age 47, home owned on a farm, occupation: farmer
• M. Jeanette Pell, age 58, home owned on a farm, occupation: merchant of general merchandise
• J. Edd. Spruce, age 64, home owned on a farm, occupation: merchant of general merchandise
• Clifford S. Stout, age 39, home rented for $10 a month, on a farm, occupation: farmer

Clipping from 1930 Coleridge Census

So, less than 2% of the families in Level Cross, 3% of the families in Back Creek, 12% of the families in unincorporated Coleridge, and less than 6% of the families in Coleridge township had a radio in 1930. I hope to keep working my way through the townships in 1930 and seeing how these numbers stack up to the other areas of the county.

Sources:

• 1930 Back Creek, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1930 Coleridge, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1930 Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)

1910 Randolph County Census clip from "The Heritage of Randolph County, North Carolina"

The following is an excerpt from "The Heritage of Randolph County, North Carolina" book located in the Randolph Room in the Asheboro, Randolph County, Library. It is an uncredited article entitled "1910 Federal Census, Randolph County" located on Page 124 of Volume II of the series.

Photo of the spine and call number of the book at the Randolph Room

At a future date, I hope to go through this list of names and provide more information on any of the men I can and resolve some of the "?" the author has inserted in some of their names and ages. Misspellings and "?" are inserted as the author of the article inserted them, however, I have recreated the list in a bulleted fashion and added the word "age" for clarification for each person.

"Most, but not all, of the following persons were too young to have served in the Confederate States Armed Forces, but the 1910 Randolph County Census stated that they had given service to the Confederacy.  All but two of these men were from the East Franklinville Township, with the remaining two being from Tabernacle Township.  Following each person's name is his age as given in the 1910 Census.  This was 45 years after the War ended.  The names are as follows:

East Franklinville Township:

• James N. Allred, age 60
• Murphy Allred, age 50
• William A. ? Allred, age 53
• William E. Allred, age 51
• Cicero H. Bean, age 53
• George H. Black, age 60
• John F. Brewer, age 55
• Mathew G. Brice ?, age 58
• Alfred J. Brower, age 49
• John H. Burrow, age 53
• Brison H. Cheek, age 57
• George C. Cox, age 60
• James Davis, age 50
• Duncan Dove ?, age 57
• James W. Ellison, age 57
• Joseph M. Ellison, age 58
• Thomas M. Ellison, age 59
• Harris Foust, age 55-56 ?
• Milton W. Free, age 57
• Solomon E. Free, age 51
• Solomon H. Free, age 59
• Alfred Graves, age 50
• Jebes ? T. Hardin, age 51
• John R. Hayes, age 58
• William J. Hobson, age 56
• Emons Holder, age 55
• Franklin C. Holliday, age 55
• Charles R. Hurley, age 50
• Jacob Ivy, age 55
• Thomas M. Jennings, age 54
• William H. Jennings, age 50
• James F. Johnson, age 53
• Charles F. Jones, age 50
• George M. Jones, age 60
• George H. Kinney, age 50
• George A. Laughlin, age 52
• Scott Lineberry, age 52
• John A. McKinnon, age 50
• John C. Maner, age 51
• John P. Marable, age 54
• Avry ? V.? Marley, age 51
• Elias Moon, age 52
• William J. Moore, age 60
• Enoch Pugh, age 59
• Felix Pugh, age 57
• Isaac H. Pugh, age 58
• Willard F. Pugh, age 59
• Alexander H. Redding, Sr., age 53
• John W. Reeves, age 52
• George Richardson, age 50
• Alfred W. Riddle 57
• William Z. ROuth, age 57
• Giles Smith, age 53
• Lanson ? A. Snider, age 59
• John M. Tippett, age 51
• William H. Tippett, age 52
• Cicero L. Trogden, age 52
• Cicero S. Trogden, age 50
• George M. ? Trogden, age 52
• Abram Ward, age 60
• David M. Weatherly, age 57
• Daniel H. West, age 54
• John Williamson, age 52
• Jessie York, age 51

Tabernacle Township:

• Franklin T. Gordon, age 60
• John C. Hoover, age 60

Sources:

• "The Heritage of Randolph County, North Carolina; Volume II" (accessed at the Randolph Room, Asheboro Branch, Randolph County Library)

Cemetery Locations in Randolph County

My favorite thing to do when I'm visiting Randolph County is tour the family cemeteries. In this post, I will organize the cemeteries listed on Find-A-Grave as being located in Randolph County. There are a LOT of cemeteries, so it may be a little lengthy, but I'll organize it alphabetically and by township or city.

NOTE: All of these locations are currently based on the Find-A-Grave users who submitted the addresses or approximate locations of the cemeteries. All cemeteries with two (or three) known names are also according to the Find-A-Grave users. There may still be duplicated cemeteries in this list, and there may be cemeteries currently missing from this list. I hope to refine this list over time and make it more complete and accurate.

Archdale
Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery #1
Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery
Glenola Baptist Church Cemetery
Springfield Cemetery

Asheboro
Allen's Temple AME Church Cemetery
Billy Trogdon Cemetery (aka Allred-Trogdon Cemetery; Trogdon Burying Ground)
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
Asheboro City Cemetery
Back Creek Friends Meeting Cemetery
Bailey's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Barnes Family Cemetery
Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery (aka Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery)
Bethel Friends Cemetery
Browers Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery
Bulla Family Cemetery
Callicutt Memorial Church Cemetery
Cedar Falls United Methodist Church Cemetery
Center Cross Baptist Church Cemetery
Charlotte United Methodist Church Cemetery
Christian Fellowship Church Cemetery
Davis Chapel Methodist Protestant Church Cemetery
Eleazer United Methodist Church Cemetery
Episcopal Church of Good Shepherd Memorial Garden
First Congregational Cemetery
First Presbyterian Church Columbarium
Flag Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery
Giles Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery
God Outreach Ministries Cemetery
Goins Family Cemetery
Grace Baptist Temple Cemetery
High Pine Wesleyan Church Cemetery
Hopewell Friends Meeting Cemetery
Huldah Baptist Church Cemetery
Hurley Family Cemetery
Lucas Family Cemetery #1
Mill Creek Friends Cemetery (aka Old Stone Graveyard)
Mitchell United Methodist Church Cemetery #1
Mitchell United Methodist Church Cemetery #2
Moon Family Cemetery
Mount Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery
Mount Shepherd Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
Mount Shepherd United Methodist Church Cemetery
Mount Tabor Community Church Cemetery
Mountain of Faith Christian Church Cemetery
Mountain View Independent Methodist Church Cemetery
Neighbors Grove Wesleyan Church Cemetery
New Hope Memorial Gardens
New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery #1
New Union United Methodist Church Cemetery
Oaklawn Cemetery
Oddfellow-McAlister Cemetery
Panther Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Pisgah United Methodist Church Cemetery
Pleasant Cross Christian Church Cemetery
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
Pleasant Hill Primitive Baptist Cemetery
Randolph Memorial Park
Richland Baptist Church Cemetery
Russells Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Saint Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery
Saint Josephs Catholic Church Cemetery
Sawyersville Wesleyan Church Cemetery
Science Hill Friends Meeting Cemetery
Shady Grove Community Cemetery
Smyrna Grove Community Church Cemetery
Spoons Chapel United Church of Christ Cemetery
Strieby Congregational United Church of Christ Cemetery
Styles Family Cemetery
Union Grove Christian Church Cemetery
Uwharrie Friends Burial Ground
Victory Baptist Church Cemetery
Walker Cemetery
West Bend United Methodist Church Cemetery
West Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery

Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls Baptist Church Cemetery
Pritchard Family Cemetery

Cedar Grove
Andrew Balfour Family Cemetery (aka Balfour Cemetery)
Saint Mark's United Methodist Church Cemetery

Coleridge
Brush Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery
Concord United Methodist Church Cemetery (aka Concord Cemetery)
Lawrence Moon Family Cemetery
Maness Family Cemetery
Moffitt Cemetery #1
Moffitt Cemetery #2
Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery
Pleasant Grove Christian Church Cemetery

Farmer
Farmer Baptist Church Cemetery
Farmer United Methodist Church Cemetery
Montagnard Cemetery

Franklinville
Bethany United Methodist Church Cemetery #1
Clear View Baptist Church Cemetery
Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
Faith Temple Baptist Church Cemetery
First Baptist Church Cemetery
Franklinville United Methodist Church Cemetery
Grays Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery (aka Grays Chapel; Grays Chapel Cemetery)
Hardin Family Cemetery
Old Salem Cemetery
Whites Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery

Fuller Mill
Laurel Hill Family Cemetery

Glenola
Glenola Community Cemetery

Grays Chapel
Odell Trogdon Cemetery

Jackson Creek
Hoover Cemetery
Mount Tabor Methodist Church Cemetery
North Bend Cemetery
Piney Grove Methodist Church Cemetery

Julian
Gilmore Memorial Park

Level Cross
Timber Ridge Cemetery

Liberty
Amose Grove Cemetery
Bethany United Methodist Church Cemetery #2
Campbell and Pugh Cemetery
Edwards Grove Baptist
Fairview Cemetery
Grace Methodist Church Cemetery
Liberty Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
Longs Friends Meeting House Cemetery
Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery
Melanchthon Lutheran Church Cemetery
Old Campbell Cemetery
Randolph United Methodist Church Cemetery
Richland Gospel Church Cemetery (aka Richland Cemetery; Richland Lutheran Cemetery)
Rock Creek Church Cemetery
Saint Stephen Memorial Garden
Sandy Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery (aka Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery)
Whites Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery

Martha
Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery

New Hope
Ezra Crow Family Cemetery
Griffon Family Cemetery
Hannah Grave Yard
Hopkins Family Cemetery #1
Hopkins Family Cemetery #2
Old Hillsborough Methodist Church Cemetery
Old Union Cemetery
Shaw Cemetery #1
Shaw Cemetery #2

New Market
Gossett Burying Ground

Pisgah
Luther Cemetery
Shaw Cemetery #3

Ramseur
Bible Truth Church Cemetery
Coxs Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery
Deep River Baptist Church Cemetery
Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery
Hickory Grove School Cemetery
Holly Spring Friends Meeting Cemetery
Holly Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery
Kidd Family Cemetery
Kildee Wesleyan Church Cemetery
Lane-Foust Cemetery
Maple Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery
McCrary Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery
Oakland-McCary Cemetery
Old Ramseur City Cemetery
Parks Crossroads Christian Church Cemetery
Patterson Grove Christian Church Cemetery
Pleasant Ridge Christian Church Cemetery
Providence Baptist Church Cemetery (aka Gospel Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery)
Rains-Caveness Family Cemetery
Ramseur Wesleyan Church Cemetery
Rehobeth Methodist Church Cemetery
Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Stouts Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery
Sunset Knolls Cemetery (aka First Christian Church Cemetery; Ramseur Cemetery)
Ward Family Cemetery
York Family Cemetery

Randleman
Country Holiness Cemetery (aka Pilgrim Holiness Church Cemetery)
Ferree's Chapel Cemetery
Galilee United Church of God Cemetery
Harshaw Grove Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
Level Cross Baptist Church Cemetery
Level Cross United Methodist Church Cemetery
Liberty Road Baptist Church Cemetery
Midway Wesleyan Church Cemetery
Mount Lebanon United Methodist Church Cemetery
New Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery
Saint Paul Methodist Episcopal South Cemetery
Saint Peters United Methodist Church Cemetery
Sheffield Cemetery
Whitehall Evangelical Methodist Church Cemetery

Redcross
Red Cross Baptist Church Cemetery

Seagrove
Antioch Christian Church Cemetery
Bethel Church of God Cemetery
Boone-Lucas Family Cemetery
Brower Cemetery
Brown Family Cemetery
Community Baptist Church Cemetery
Fair Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
George Spencer Family Cemetery
King Family Cemetery
Lucas Family Cemetery #2
Maple Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
Nathaniel Tucker Cemetery
New Center Christian Church Cemetery
Old Mount Olivet Graveyard
Piney Ridge United Methodist Church Cemetery
Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery #1
Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery #3
Richard Graves Family Cemetery
Riverside Baptist Church Cemetery
Seagrove Christian Church Cemetery (aka Seagrove United Church of Christ Cemetery)
Seagrove United Methodist Church Cemetery
Smitherman Cemetery
Spencer Family Cemetery
Tucker Cemetery
Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Whynot Cemetery
Whynot Wesleyan Church Cemetery
Yow Cemetery

Sophia
Caraway Baptist Church Cemetery
Flint Hill Community Church Cemetery (aka Flint Hill United Church of Christ Cemetery)
John Wesley Stand Cemetery (aka Robbins Cemetery)
Marlboro Friends Meeting Cemetery
Mount Olive Wesleyan Church Cemetery
Old Union United Methodist Church Cemetery
Rich Family Cemetery
South Plainfield Friends Meeting Cemetery
Trinity Holiness Church Cemetery
Trinity Wesleyan Church Cemetery
Tysinger Family Cemetery

Staley
Church of Living Water Cemetery
Margarets Chapel Church Cemetery
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery
Old Shady Grove Cemetery
Olivers Chapel Cemetery
Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (aka Sandy Creek Cemetery)
Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery #1
Staley City Cemetery

Trinity
Hopewell Cemetery
Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery
Mount Gilead United Methodist Church Cemetery
Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery (aka Mount Pleasant Community Church Cemetery)
Mount Vernon United Methodist Church Cemetery
Mount Zion Methodist Church Cemetery
Pierces Chapel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery #2
Poplar Ridge Friends Meeting Cemetery
Trinity City Cemetery (aka Trinity Cemetery #1; Trinity Memorial Cemetery)
Trinity Cemetery #2
Trinity Baptist Church Cemetery
Westfield Baptist Church Cemetery

Ulah
Vuncannon Cemetery

Worthville
Worthville Town Cemetery (aka Worthville Cemetery; Worthville Community Cemetery)

Need to Find Out
Allred Family Cemetery
Andrews Grove Cemetery
Bailey's Grove Baptist Ministries
Bell Welborn Cemetery
Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery #2
Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery
Branson Mill Baptist Church Cemetery
Brickyard Cemetery
Calvary Gospel Church Cemetery
Cedar Square Friends Meeting Cemetery (aka Friends Meeting Cemetery)
County Home Cemetery
Crow Family Cemetery
Fairview United Methodist Church Cemetery
Faith Baptist Church Cemetery
Gabriel Russell Family Cemetery
Henry Jordan WIlliams Family Cemetery
Hoovers Grove Wesleyan Church Cemetery
Landmark Baptist Church Cemetery
Lawrence Cemetery
Lebanon United Methodist Church Cemetery
Little Family Cemetery
Luther Family Cemetery
Macon Family Cemetery
McGee Cemetery
McMasters Cemetery
Merrell Family Cemetery
Miller Family Cemetery
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Mount Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery
New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery #2
Oak Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery
Old Fashion Baptist Church Cemetery
Old McMasters Cemetery (aka McMasters Cemetery)
Ole Kindley Cemetery
Parks-Stout Cemetery
Pleasant Union Community Church Cemetery (aka Pleasant Union Community Church Cemetery; Pleasant Union United Church of Christ Cemetery)
Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery
Providence Cemetery
Rock Hill Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery
Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery #2
Tabernacle United Methodist Church Cemetery
Taylor Family Cemetery
Temple Heights Baptist Church Cemetery
Waddell Memorial Chapel Cemetery
White Oak Cemetery
Wood Family Cemetery

Oaths of Allegiance, December 1781

On this Independence Day, I thought I would highlight something from the time of the Revolutionary War. Since Randolph County wasn't even formed until 1779, four years after the beginning of the War, I thought I would instead share a list of those men who took the Oath of Allegiance in Randolph County in December 1781. 

This list originally comes from the minutes of the December 1781 session of the Randolph County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions. It has been recreated in several forms over the years, including several Randolph County history books, and now also here.

John Witherington bound to this Court, appeared and discharged and took the Oath of Allegiance, etc. 

Henry Linderman, Aaron York, William Yourk, Edmond York, and John Burgess bound to this Court, appeared and discharged by Proclamation and took the Oath of Allegiance. Paid. 

David Coltran Charged with being with the British, bound to this Court appeared and discharged by Proclamation and took the Oath of Allegiance.

Elias Allred, Charles Hopper, John Aldridge, Isaac Cox, Ezelkeel Troughdon, George Julian, John Downing charged with having joined the British and bound to this Court, appeared and discharged by Proclamation and to the Oath Proclamation.

Stephen Sisne and William Dix (Dics?) bound to this Court, appeared and discharged upon Proclamation and took the Oath of Allegiance.

Daniel Craven, Henry Craven and William Diffy bound to this Court, appeared and discharged by Proclamation and took the Oath of Allegiance.

Walter Ashmore charged with being with Fanning and bound to this Court, appeared and discharged and took the Oath of Allegiance.

Crawford Rush and Robert Hooker, charged with having joined the British and bound to this Court, appeared and discharged and took the Oath of Allegiance.

Thomas Curtis, David Smith, William Ward, Briant Smith, Samuel Curtis, Benjamin Curtis and John Curtis, charged with having joined the British Arme, to this Court appeared and discharged for want of Testimoney and took the Oath of Allegiance to the State of North Carolina.

Thomas Little bound to this Court, appeared and discharged for want of Testimoney by Proclamation and took the Oath of Allegiance to this State. 

That those called non-jurors the Collector are to administer the Oath of Allegiance and abjuration and if refused to take a threefold Tax, etc.

Reuben B. Fanning

My husband's Virginia and Missouri family connections are extensive. Most of his family that ended up in each of those states originated mostly in North Carolina, and even more specifically, mostly in Randolph County. The families I've decided to highlight today are a few generations removed from their North Carolina origins though.

Reuben B. Fanning was born in Virginia around 1804. First cousin, once removed of the David Fanning that ransacked both Randolph and Guilford County, North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War just a generation before.

Reuben married his first cousin, Martha Lineberry, on 4 May 1828 in Giles County, Virginia. She was born in Grayson County, Virginia around 1812. Reuben's father was Martha's mother's sibling. Together, Reuben and Martha had at least the following children:

• Jacob Fanning, born 1829
• Mary Ellen Fanning, born 1831
• Martha Jane Fanning, born 1838

In 1830, Reuben and Martha are living in Wythe County, Virginia.

Clipping from 1830 Census showing Reuben, his wife, their son, and another male adolescent

There seems to be an extra male child, between age 10 and 14, living with them. I am unsure who this could be. It is possibly a younger sibling or nephew, but I can't be sure. The child is too old to be their natural child, so I can safely rule that possibility out.

In 1840, the family is seen living in Lee County, Virginia.

Clipping from 1840 Census showing Reuben, his wife, and their three children.

Martha died sometime after this census, presumably around 1844. If that's the case, her widower didn't seem to wait long after her death to find another woman to help him raise his children. Reuben married Mary S. Owens on 7 April 1844 in Linn County, Missouri.

Excerpt from Linn County, Missouri Marriage Records

Whether they were living in Missouri when they got married or they moved there after they got married is unclear, but by 1850, the family is shown living in Sullivan County, Missouri. 

I know very little about Reuben's second wife. I do know that Mary was born in North Carolina according to the 1850 census. Reuben and Mary had at least the following children together:

• Rebecca Fanning, born 1846
• Reuben Fanning, born 1849
• David Fanning, born 1850
• John Fanning, born 1852

Mary is still living with her children in Missouri in 1860 after Reuben dies around the birth of their youngest child, John. I am unsure when or where Mary died.

Sources:

• 1830 Wythe County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1840 Lee County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1850 Sullivan County, Missouri U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1860 Owasco, Sullivan County, Missouri U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• Linn County, Missouri Marriage Records (accessed on Ancestry)

John and Rosanna L. Bennett

The family that I've decided to highlight this week is a family I haven't researched very much on my own. Most of the information in this post is a compilation of the work of various other researchers on this line. I am hoping by posting this information that others will be able to find me and assist me with this line further.

John Todd Bennett was born about 1786 in Guilford County, North Carolina to Elisha Bennett and Elizabeth Coble (also seen spelled Gobel).

He married Rosanna Lineberry on 5 September 1807 in Orange County, North Carolina.

Marriage Record

Rosanna was born about 1785 in North Carolina to Jacob Lineberry and Rebecca Chrisman. Together, John and Rosanna had at least the following children:

• Daniel Bennett, born about 1810
• Emanuel Bennett, born about 1810
• Sarah Bennett, born about 1815
• Emily Bennett, born about 1816
• Mary Bennett, born about 1818
• Jeremiah Bennett, born about 1819
• John Bennett, born about 1821
• William Bennett, born about 1823
• Eliza Bennett, born about 1824

Based on the birth and death locations of the children, I know that sometime before Eliza was born in 1824, the family moved to Tennessee. Sometime after their daughter, Mary, died in 1833 in Tennessee, the family moved to Illinois.

It is said that the family moved to Savannah, Georgia sometime just before John's death in 1836; he is supposed to have died in Cherokee Nation. This puts Rosanna moving to Illinois as a widow sometime between John's death in 1836 and her own death in 1873. Rosanna is buried at Shiloh Valley Cemetery in Shiloh, St. Clair County, Illinois.

Sources:

• Marriage Record, John Bennett and Roseanah Loinberry (as found on Ancestry - uploaded by melody_pryor)
• Tombstone, Rosanna Lineberry Bennett (as posted by acl on Find A Grave)

Benjamin Beeson

The following is an edited repost of my Patriots Remembered post on DAR Patriot Benjamin Beeson.

Benjamin Beeson was born 14 January 1715 to Richard and Charity Grubb Beeson. Benjamin and his family is rather special to me because my husband and I connect through this family via a few intermarriages of our families. (I love seeing families that married or had friendships centuries ago coming back together in later generations!)

Benjamin was given his Patriot status with the Daughters of the American Revolution because of "patriotic service." His source of service is from the "North Carolina Revolutionary War Army Accounts." He is credited as having "furnished supplies" for the War. As a Quaker by faith, it makes sense that he would not have taken up arms against the British in the War (even though his son, Edward served as a Captain in the War).

Benjamin married Elizabeth Hunter in 1738. According to the New Garden (located in Guilford County, North Carolina) Monthly Meeting Minutes, Benjamin and Elizabeth had the following children:

• Isaac Beeson (born 26 December 1739)
• Benj. Beeson (born 9 February 174?)
• William Beeson (born 11 November 1743/1744)
• Frances Beeson (born 10 December 174?)
• Richard Beeson (born 11 March 1747)
• Ann Beeson (born 3 May 1749)
• Charity Beeson (born 25 August 1751)
• Betty Beeson (born 30 July 1754)
• Edward Beeson (born 1 January 1757)
• Rachel Beeson (born 14 February 1759)
• Jane Beeson (born 22 March 1760)
• Mary Beeson (born 21 September 1762)

Taken from New Garden Monthly Meeting Minutes

Supposedly, Benjamin died in Randolph County on 4 June 1794. I haven't found any supporting documents for this date and location, but that is what other family researchers tend to have recorded for him. I hope to visit his grave in the Centre Friends Meeting Cemetery in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina this summer when we visit North Carolina.

Sources:

• Centre Monthly Meeting Minutes (accessed at the Florida State Society Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Orlando, Orange County, Florida)
• Deep River Monthly Meeting Minutes (accessed at the Florida State Society Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Orlando, Orange County, Florida)
• New Garden Monthly Meeting Minutes (accessed at the Florida State Society Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Orlando, Orange County, Florida)

John B. and Christina W. Smith

John Benjamine Smith was born 25 November 1815 in North Carolina. His parents were Frederick and Elizabeth Lineberry Smith.

John married Christina Charlotte Walk, daughter of Johann Joseph Alexander and Elizabeth Goss Walk. Together, they had at least 11 children. They are:

• Martha Elizabeth Smith, born 1843
• Webster Smith, born 1845
• Lawrance Smith, born 1845
• Caroline Lucetta Smith, born 1846
• John Reuben Smith, born 1850
• Joseph Coke Smith, born 1851
• William J. Smith, born 1854
• Constantine A. Smith, born 1856
• Benjamin Alford Smith, born 1859
• Louisa V. Smith, born 1862
• Frederick F. Smith, born 1863

I couldn't help but notice that the children stopped before the end of the Civil War. I decided to look for military service for John. I thought I found him in the 35th North Carolina Infantry, but that man died in the War, and I know from John's tombstone that John lived until 1895.

Clipping from 1860 Census

John still could have enlisted in the War, but I haven't found him in the service rolls yet in North Carolina, but maybe I've been looking in the wrong state. I do know, sometime between 1860 and 1870, the family moved from Davidson County, North Carolina to Carroll County, Virginia. I've been trying to pinpoint the exact timeframe of their move, and I think I have a pretty good idea of when that happened.

As far as I can tell from census records, all of John and Christina's children were born in North Carolina, so that means the family would have moved sometime after 1863. So, I thought, maybe John enlisted in the War after moving to Virginia. This would have put their move between 1863 and 1865. In my mind though, I imagine moving to another state during the Civil War, even within the South, would have been incredibly dangerous. 

Or maybe the family moved to Virginia after the War since it would have been too risky to move with so many young children during such a turbulent time. This would have put their move between 1865 and 1870. This would mean John probably did not serve during the Civil War. He would have been rather old compared to the 20-something year olds that often enlisted, but I won't be convinced until I check the Virginia records a little more.

The last thing I will say about this family is how I love the work ethic that they seemed to have according to the census records.  In the census clipping above, you see how John had $800 of Real Estate and $400 of Personal Estate in North Carolina as a farmer. Just 10 years and an entire Civil War later, he's moved to another state and he's not much worse off for it.

Clipping from 1870 Census

Most farmers that didn't move lost most of the value of their property after the War. John went from $800 down to just $600 during this time. That's pretty impressive on its own. When you consider he was starting over from scratch with a new farm in a new state in a country still trying to rebuild, it is truly an incredible story. I think I would have liked to have known this man very much.

Sources:

• 1850 Davidson County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1860 Salem, Davidson County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1870 Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• Tombstone, John B. Smith (as posted by Dan Stevenson on Find A Grave)