No Post This Week

I had my first DAR meeting as an officer this weekend, so I did not have a chance to prepare a post. Instead, I will leave you with a photo I took at Gettysburg during the 150th anniversary of the Battle.

Copyright, 2013

While I don't know if any men from Randolph County fought with this unit, Ramseur is the name of a town in Randolph County, so I was convinced there had to be a connection. Sure enough, Ramseur was named after Confederate General Stephen Dodson Ramseur. I hope to do a post on him in the future.

Guilford Charge

While working on my Daughters of the American Revolution-themed Patriots Remembered blog last weekend, I found myself combing the North Carolina Colonial and State Records. I came across something that caught my eye and pertained to my husband's family. This specific excerpt discusses the founding of the German Reformed Churches in North Carolina.

The most exciting part of this document is that it is the only reference I have found that actually suggests the inhabitants of central North Carolina originally migrated from Pennsylvania. While I knew they were German and that a lot of Germans settled in Pennsylvania, I hadn't found satisfactory proof that that's where the people from Guilford and Randolph County came. I have seen a few other researchers suggest that they probably did, but they provided no sources to substantiate their claims. This does that.

The other exciting part of this document is the fact that it mentions several of my husband's family names. The one in particular I was happy to find was the Leinberger name. If I am correct, this name eventually evolved into Lineberry. As with the suggestions that the Germans in Randolph County came from Pennsylvania, I have seen unsourced references to this spelling for the Lineberry family. Until now, I assumed this spelling was just a theoretical possibility; one of the spelling variations the family researchers utilized but didn't actually find documented. This opens up a whole new realm of research avenues for this line of the tree.

The following is the related excerpt I found in the colonial records. Some of the names listed are names I do not recognize, but I hope to do a little extra digging now to see if I can unearth anything on these other names and lines.

It has been mentioned that the Reformed (German) Churches in North Carolina are, owing to their number, weakness and the paucity of ministers, divided into several pastoral charges, and of these we propose to gather what we can of their founders and history. 

GUILFORD CHARGE. 

The immigrants to this region—now making parts of Alamance, Guilford and Randolph counties—came in wagons by the emigrant route of those days from Philadelphia, through Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, bringing their household furniture and farming tools, accompanied by young men coming to seek their fortunes in this new country. These came mostly from the counties of Berks, Lancaster and Schuylkill, and a few from Maryland, from 1745 to 1760, perhaps. This was then Orange and Rowan, and these German settlements were made on the waters of Haw River and its tributaries—Alamance, Reedy Fork, Beaver Creek, Stinking Quarter, Sandy Creek, etc. These were the Albrights, Clapps, Fausts, Holts, Sharps (Scherbs), Laws, Graves (Greff), Summers, Cobbs (Kaubs), Cobles, Swings (Schwenks), Cortners (Goertners), Ingolds, Browers, Keims, Staleys, Mays, Amicks (Emigs), Smiths, Stacks, Neases, Ingles, Leinbergers, Straders, Wyricks, Anthoneys, Scheaffers (Shepherds), Weitzells, Trollingers, Longs, Isleys, Shaffners, Foglemans, Sthars, Brauns, Reitzells, with others. 

Their first place of worship was in a log building near where Law's Church now stands, on the old road from Hillsborough to Salisbury, now in the South-east corner of Guilford County. It was a union Reformed and Lutheran Church. This union was brought to an end by the divergent sentiments growing out of the sentiments and feelings that culminated in the Regulation movement and the rebellion of the colonies. Rev. Samuel Suther, who had recently come from the County of Mecklenburg, an advanced patriot, was the Reformed pastor, and under his inspiring guidance the Albrights Goertners, Clapps, Fausts, the Scheaffers, Ingolds, Schwenks and Leinbergers, who were of Reformed stock, at once moved to a schoolhouse near where the Brick Church now stands, and, there undisturbed by factional differences, erected an altar where to serve God. Suther was pastor until the close of the war, and was the animating spirit of the community. Soon this small log house gave way to a larger and more comfortable place of worship, whose corner-stones a few years since could still be seen. In these years Ludwig Clapp and Christian Faust were Elders, and Ingold and Leinberger Deacons, and even in these dark years the church grew and was prosperous. Rev. Bithahn, of Lincoln, succeeded Suther after three years. His ministry was a short one, he dying suddenly on a Sabbath evening after preaching a long-remembered sermon. His grave is in the Brick Church cemetery unmarked, and to-day no one knows his resting-place. For twelve succeeding years this church was without a pastor. In this time the Rev. Andrew Loretz, with unflagging devotion, four times in the year made visits to the Guilford churches and ministered to their spiritual wants. In 1801 Rev. Henry Dieffenbach became pastor, and for six years had the oversight of this church. He was a student of Dr. John Brown, the apostle of the Reformed Church in Virginia. During this time Jacob Clapp (of Ludwig) and John Greff were Elders. There was now again an interval of fourteen years, during which time the visits of Rev. Loretz were again made annually until his lamented death. It is not to be supposed that these godly people were content with these infrequent ministrations. They were wont to meet in their place of worship on the Sabbath—had services of prayer and praise, when Jacob Clapp (of Ludwig) or the school-master, Scherer, read a selected sermon. In 1812 Captain Wm. Albright, an Elder of the church, a patriot captain of the war of the Revolution, was sent to attend the meeting of the Reformed Synod in Pennsylvania to secure the services of a pastor for the Clapp church, as it was yet called. The Rev. James R. Riley, a young minister, was deputed by the Synod to visit all the Reformed Churches of the South. In 1813 he made the visit on horseback, coming by the emigrant route, and spent several months among the Guilford churches. On October 16th was had a memorial communion, the largest, till then, ever held in the Clapp church. Fifty-seven were added to its membership. On this occasion the old log church, large as it was, could not hold the congregation, and it had become dilapidated and uncomfortable. In their joy and gratitude the congregation proposed to erect a new frame house of prayer, but at the suggestion of Mr. Riley it was determined that it should be of brick. From thence it was no longer the “Clapp” church, but the “Brick” church of the present day. So harmonious and liberal were the people, that no difficulty was experienced in raising the needed funds for the purpose. This was, perhaps in 1814, and in this church's palmiest days, when Captain Albright, John Clapp, Jacob Clapp, George Clapp, Barney Clapp, Col. D. Clapp, Daniel Faust and Daniel Albright were the leading spirits in the church. Still no permanent ministry could be had, owing to the paucity of preachers, and the churches were dependent on the casual visits of missionaries sent by Synod until 1821, when Rev. John Rudy became pastor of the associated churches in Orange, Guilford and Randolph. After a successful ministry of four years he returned to New York. In 1828, the Rev. J. H. Crawford, of Maryland, was elected his successor. His pastorate lasted twelve years. It was now that the pulpit service was heard in the English language. For the welfare of the church this was none too soon. In 1841, Rev. G. William Welker, the present pastor of the church, took charge of it. It is a large congregation, mostly composed of the descendants of those early German immigrants from Pennsylvania. In the grave-yard, hard by the church, rest in unmarked graves Tobias Clapp and Peter Goertner, who were in the Regulation battle; and there also sleep Capt William Albright and Barney Clapp and Matthew Schwenck, and others, who were soldiers in the War of the Regulation, and the passer-by who stops to read may find other humble graves of noble men, and that of George Goertner (Cortner), who was the civil leader of this community of Germans.

Sources:

• Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Volume 8, History of the German Reformed Church in North Carolina, Pages734-736 

Formation of Randolph County

Virginia colonists founded the Carolinas in 1653. In 1664, the first two counties were formed. Albemarle and Clarendon Counties were the original two counties. Albemarle comprised the northern part of the state, and Clarendon the southern part of the state. In 1667, the Clarendon settlement was abandoned; the county was thus discontinued.

By the time Albemarle County was six years old, in 1670, four precincts formed. Starting at the coast and working westward, the precincts were Currituck, Pasquotank, Berkeley, and Shaftesbury. Eleven years later, Berkeley precinct was renamed Perquimans precinct. Just four years later, in 1685, Shaftesbury precinct changed its name to Chowan precinct. In 1689, Albemarle County dissolved leaving behind the four independent precincts.

In 1696, Bath County formed just south of the existing precincts. Nine years later, in 1705, Bath gained its own precincts. Starting at the coast and going westward, the precincts were named Wickham, Pamptecough, and Archdale. (Archdale was slightly south of Pamptecough.)

North Carolina and South Carolina separated from one another into distinct colonies in 1710.

Seven years after Bath segregated in to its precincts, all three precincts changed names. From east to west again, the precincts were now Hyde, Beaufort, and Craven. (Craven was slightly south of Beaufort.)

North Carolina didn't see any changes for about 10 years after that, but in 1722, a couple more changes happened. Chowan precinct, located in the former Albemarle County, splintered into two. Chowan remained the eastern section, and the new precinct Bertie formed in the western section. In Bath County, Craven precinct split into two. Craven remained in the northwestern part of the region, and Carteret precinct took over the southeastern region.

Bath County and precincts of the former Albemarle County saw more changes in 1729. Before now, the northernmost precincts of North Carolina were Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan, and Bertie. Tyrrell precinct formed from the southernmost portions of Currituck, Pasquotank, Chowan, and Bertie. Because it took from all of those precincts, Tyrrell extended from the intracoastal waterway all the way to the precincts of Bertie and Beaufort. In Bath County, New Hanover precinct broke off from what was previously part of Craven precinct. New Hanover formed near what was originally Clarendon County.

Five years after the formation of New Hanover, the precinct split into three sections. Onslow precinct was the easternmost (and smallest) section, New Hanover remained in the middle, and Bladen was formed from the western most section.

In 1739, all of the "precincts" were redesignated as "counties." This meant North Carolina suddenly went from one county (Bath) and several precincts to having 13 counties. (Bath no longer had any designated area, so it ceased to function as a county.)

Edgecombe and Northampton Counties formed in 1741 from Bertie County. Northampton County claimed a small region in the northern part of the county, while Bertie County remained in the southeastern most section. Edgecombe County now consume the entire western part of the former County extending all the way down cutting off Beaufort County and sharing a new border with Craven County.

Over the next few years, North Carolina's counties saw many changes. In 1745, Hyde County expanded and claimed some of what was previously Currituck County. The next year, Edgecombe and Craven Counties both split. Granville County took over the westernmost part of Edgecombe, and Johnston County took over the westernmost part of Craven. In 1750, Anson formed out of the western part of Bladen and Duplin claimed the upper third of New Hanover.

In 1752, Orange County formed. It was made up of the northeasternmost part of Bladen and the westernmost parts of Granville and Johnston Counties. By now, all the counties in the state had definitive borders with the exception of Anson County, which comprised the western half of the state.

Anson divided into a northern and a southern section in 1753. Anson remained in the southern part, and Rowan County became the northern part. The next year, Cumberland formed in the top half of Bladen County.

Beaufort County took some land from its southern neighbor, Craven, in 1757. Halifax formed in the northeast section of Edgecombe County, and Dobbs County claimed the northernmost part of Johnston County by 1758. The following year, Hertford County formed from a combination of land from Bertie, Chowan, and Northampton. Pitt County formed in the western part of Beaufort County in 1760.

Mecklenburg County formed in 1762 from the western section of Anson County. In 1764, the southernmost tip of North Carolina became Brunswick County after taking land from both Bladen and New Hanover Counties. The same year, the eastern part of Granville County became Bute County. Tryon County took over the western part of Mecklenburg in 1768.

1770 brought a lot of sudden changes in the state. Guilford County formed from the western half of the Orange and the eastern part of Rowan. Wake County formed by taking pieces from Johnston, Orange, and Cumberland Counties. The remaining section of Orange County segmented further so that Chatham County formed out of the lower third of the county. The leftover Rowan County split into a northern and southern portion. The northern portion became Surry County; the lower remained Rowan. And Carteret County gained Ocracoke Island.

A couple of years later, in 1773, Surry took some additional land from Rowan County. Martin County took over the eastern portion of Halifax and the western portion of Tyrell in 1774. By 1776, the western border of the state started to take shape as the District of Washington formed at the ends of Surry, Rowan, and Tryon Counties.

More development came in 1777. Camden formed in the northern section of Pasquotank. Edgecombe's western half became Nash County. Caswell claimed the top part of Orange County. Wilkes County formed out of Surry and the District of Washington. Rowan split, and the western portion became Burke County. And District of Washington became Washington County, located in what is today's Tennessee.

The next year, Gates County formed from pieces of Chowan, Hertford, and Perquimans. The southwest portion of Craven County became Jones. Anson's northernmost part became Montgomery County. And, finally, in 1778, Randolph County formed in the lower portion of Guilford County.

Map highlighting Randolph County, North Carolina from ncpedia.org

North Carolina's counties have changed a lot since 1778, meaning Randolph's bordering counties changed a few times in the coming 100 years, but Randolph County's borders haven't changed much themselves. Today, Randolph County shares its borders with Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Guilford, Montgomery, and Moore.

Sources:

• History of County Formations in North Carolina, 1664-1965
• North Carolina History Project: Randolph County

James C. and Martitia Stout

My husband's fourth great-grandmother was a Stout. (Sarah Stout, born about 1807 in North Carolina, to be specific.) His Stout family is actually proving to be rather difficult to research. (All I have is a name and an estimated birth from a census!) To help try and figure out the family, I started working researching all the Stouts in the area hoping I may come across the right Stout family. That's how I found this branch.

James Calvin Stout is an in-law of an in-law of an in-law in my husband's tree. I actually have two James Calvin Stouts in the tree, but for this post I'll stick to the younger one. He was born about 1862 to Calvin Newton Stout (son of the older James Calvin Stout) and Emily J. Bray.

James married Susana Martitia Brown on 25 September 1881 in Randolph County, North Carolina.

Clipping from the Randolph County, North Carolina Marriage Record Book

I don't know anything about her except her estimated birth (about 1862) from census records. I do know that, together, they had at least four children.

• William Oscar Stout, born about 1884
• Fannie Stout, born about 1893
• Leslie Stout, about 1897
• Annie Stout, about 1902

Clipping from the 1900 Census

Clipping from the 1910 Census

It seems from the census that for his entire life, James lived in Columbia, Randolph County, North Carolina. (I have yet to find him in the 1880 census, but I have a feeling if I comb page-by-page through the Columbia census of that year, that I will find him.)

He was listed as a farmer, as was his father before him. Since he was too young in the 1870 census to be a farmer in his own right, and I have yet to find him in the 1880 census, I do not have any agriculture census records for James. I hope to look into his father's records a little more to see if I can guess what kinds of crops James may have tended, but that's a post for another day.

James died on 8 March 1935 in Columbia, North Carolina. His cause of death was myocarditis, but I can't read one of the contributing factors. I can tell it says "and broncho-pneumonia," but I can't make out the first word.

Clipping from Death Certificate of James Calvin Stout

I hope to ask someone with more of a medical background about this later to see if they can make it out.

Sources:

• 1870 Columbia, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1900 Columbia, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1910 Columbia, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1920 Columbia, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1930 Columbia, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• Death Certificate, James Calvin Stout (accessed on Ancestry)
• Marriage Records for Randolph County, North Carolina (accessed on Ancestry)

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.