Draughn, William (1911) Head, Anthony (1846) A majority were probably Tories, but the Whigs, headed by a few daring spirits, held the Tories in check, and drove them to the mountain . Gallaway, R R (1901) Smith, Hezekiah (1881) Spencer, John (1831) Note: At the headwaters [here called the Fitzwilliam River] on the NC/VA line-20,000 acres to Col.William Byrd of Virginia. Greene County gained from Craven County-----1801 Edgecombe County gained from Pitt County-----1801 Walton County established by Georgia in "Indian Lands" area of North Carolina (boundaries undefinable)-----1803 This was a very active time period as families began migrating to the area in vast numbers. Howard, Jesse (1832) Graves, Joseph (n. d.) In 1859, Hardin E. Taliaferro of Surry County, North Carolina, wrote in his book Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters, "The early settlers were pretty equally divided between Whigs and Tories. Crutchfield, Jesse (1909) It was called the Waxhaw settlement and was the birthplace of . Brower, M M (1906) Roberts, James (1787) that not only did they need the tax money from the Moravians, they Some of this may be explained by the fact several Tory Families left for more pro-British areas. Martin, Obediah (1826) Snow, W W (1901) I am looking for any Litchfields in the mid to late 1700s. Yadkin County was formed from Surry County is probably the only county in the state that has records of all existing marriages in the county. Beavers, Abigail (1803) Hill, Zephanias (1839) Wolff, William (1773) Denny, Martin (1885) Inman, Morrison (1887) Goen, Huel (1847) Snoddy, Julia A (1884) Emanuel, Isaac (1798) Sparger, Murlin (1878) Smith, John B (1903) Williams, John W (1899) Key, Martha (1884) His son, John Hardison was a delegate to the 2nd Continental Congress. Satterfield, A J (1889) Draughn, E M (1910) Herman Cox was the first Cox member to settle along the river in 1757. Noah, J W (1922) Moore, Thomas (1889) Haynes, Shade (1901) Welbourn, Moses (1783) Starling, A A (1888) Arnold, James E (1907) Box 679 The early settlers of French Huguenot descent were Poindexter, Laffoon, Lambert, Laurence and Hardin. fresh and dried beef and hides for leather. Booker, Joseph (1907) Houzar, John (1784) Venable, Nancy (1863) A. Hadley, Joshua Hadley's great-great-grandson made the move to Mount Airy. Chapel, Margaret (widow) (1883) Your email address will not be published. Surry County, North Carolina: Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties. Surry County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,359. Howell, Thomas (1783) Coker, Solomon (1782) Harris, Robert (1809) Harding, Rany (1811) Hill, Robert (1896) Venable, James M (1907) Woodruff, William I (1837) Owen, Sir Payton (1896) Anberry, George (1861) Walker, Erasmus (1883) do you mean the Samuel Willis of Willis Neck Craven County. Martin, J W (1889) (H) Hardin's District #4, 43 families, 55 polls, 9277 acres of taxable land. History and Formation of Surry County Clark, Alsey (1829) Williams, Robert (1830) Brown, W N (1921) If so, they paid quit rents to them, as to avoid being required to work on the landowners land and house. Collins, Regina (widow) (1892) The Moseley Map was created in 1733 by Edward Moseley (1682-1749), who was Surveyor General of North Carolina from 1710 just after the famous John Lawson and was marketed at the time as A New and Correct Map of the Province of North Carolina.. Davis, Joseph (1873) Jervis, Polly (1881) My dads side of the family owns land over at Core Point, and in fact, the Tripp Cemetery is at the end of Down Shore Road (where they own property). Edwards, Ann (1820) Critchfield, Richard F (1872) 578 East Main Street Majority of these families migrated from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Virginia. Venable, Stephen (1903) I am a descendant of Jesse Adams who settled in Lewis Fork on the Yadkin River. Davis, Daniel (1827) Flinchum, James E (1877) Hollinsworth, W R (1885) Shore, John (1840) There was also something called clabber; this If i can assist let me I am in Va. Beach area. Tucker, Mary (1857) In February 1991, Susan M. Trimble of the North Carolina Colonial Records Project compileda full index to the map, complete with grid locations for the names indexed, and it was published by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Historical Publications Section. Faugerson, John (1783) Combs, William (1800) Lakey, Francis (1822) Whitlock, Jock (1892) was effective 15 February 1778. McGlomery, George (1777) Tufts, James W (1902) Kennedy, Temperance (1851) Nichols, William (1866) Carmichael, T E (1899) Lamb, Henry (1817) Bowles, William (1860) Venable, James (1881) Love, John (1787) Hanes, Isaac (1806) Masters, Nicholas (1810) Lewis, Anthony (1866) If you are planning a genealogy trip in the future, the Deep River area from Guilford County to Chatham County, NC is filled with data from the Colfax area to Moncure. Burrus, Thomas (1799) Adkins, William H (1863) I have been striking out everywhere I have looked. Bingman, Eli (1880) Easley, William (1838) Roberts, Jesse (1864) Cockerham, P C (1893) History and Formation of Surry County. Bohannon, W C (1906) Wright, Gideon (1783) annexed to Surry in 1792. Pettit, Benjamin (1820) Forkner, Dalton (1886) Harrison, William (1827) This was while North Carolina was still a British colony. Lynch, Mellie J (1903) Wolff, Lawrence (1842) linsey-woolsey. Zachary, William (1850) Truitt, Samuel (1801) Axsom, Frank A (1893) Bass, Moses (1819) Cox, C P (1911) Fleming, Mordecai (1898) Looking for Chaplain/Chaplins in the Currituck Co. area. Spencer, John (1840) Stone, Wesly (1881) Jessup, Letha (1874) The first settlers of the area in present-day Wilkes County were primarily German and Scot-Irish immigrants. Perkins, John A (1899) Majority of these families migrated from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Virginia. McGuffin, R F (1902) (To do a quick search, use your browser's search function. [G] PASQUOTANK PRECINCT between Little and Pasquotank Rivers: Hall, Nixon, Lowry, Evans, Salton, Boyd, Baily, Swann, Pritchard, Hague, Palin [J], Pendleton, Davis,Mabson [F], Reed [W]. Shore, Ann Mariah (1899) This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. cotch-Irish settlers from Pennsylvania began settling in the area during the mid-1700s. Rierson, James W (1908) Fletcher, John (1802) Tilley, Millard (1905) Speer, Jacob (1796) Howell, David (1817) Bitting, Walter R (1853) Stanly, William (1870) Names were Best and Sawyer and others. Who was Caroline married to cuz? County was divided and the southern part became Forsyth County. Isaacks, W A (1894) Ivy, Benjamin J (1864) Where? He moved to Kentucky . Dunnagan, Reuben (1867) The Cox families you mention are my ancestors. Mark A York, York (n. d.) Wright, Thomas (1840) Many believe that the original members were all from Nantucket, Massachusetts, but this simply is not true. Thompson, George W (1856) McAden, R Y (1893) Note: the Perrys married into Cumbo family also related to the Meherrin tribe. Roberts, John (1808) Smith, Catlett (1883) Possibly Tyrell, Currituck, Hyde or surrounding counties. Moore, Henry A (1877) Dowling, Susannah (1831) Fulps, George (1786) Robert Tripp b.1722 d. 1800 moved from Providence RI to Core Point, Durhams Creek, Beaufort, NC. Gillespie, Sally (1878) Phillips, J B (1886) Rutledge, William (1781) Simms, Matthew (1824) Eason, Thomas (1777) Sandling, A S (1892) Encyclopedia of North Carolina (University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill, NC 2006). Inman, John H (1896) Herring, William C (1829) Graff, John Michael (1784) Poindexter, Richard R (1896) Bryant, Eliza E (1923) Dodson, Stephen (1873) Oglesby, Micajah (1831) educated, practical, wise to the ways of the world and highly Copyright 1998 - 2023 Grayson County Virginia Heritage Foundation Inc. and New River Notes. Donnahue, Henry (1777) York, Nancy (1894) Vance, Samuel (1789) Smith, Isaac (1837) Lindsey, Laban (1840) Lundy, M A (1894) Carolina to put the rest of the Wachovia Tract in Surry County borders. fresh and dried beef and hides for leather. Flinchum, W M (1881) My 8x grandfather was named Jasper Hardison. Cook, Isham (1858) Carter, Lydia (1849) Thompson, Joseph (1852) Segrove, John (1833) Lawson, Henry (1893) Poindexter, Thomas (1807) Kennedy, C H (1882) The birthplace of William Tryon, the oppressive royal governor of the North Carolina colony, was known as Surrey County in England. Keirsey, James (1892) McCraw, William (1851) Johnson, Emily (n. d.) Stone, Elizabeth (1874) His family cemetery bears many headstones of the Willis clan. Reece, J J (1897) Snow, Thomas (1843) Hampton, Collins (1805) These could be from the German region as you stated. Marion, Christina (1892) Walker, Elizabeth (1853) Forkner, Martin (1847) Riddick, Nessie (1911) Carter, John (1847) In addition to the Saura, the mountain dwelling Cherokee had claims in the region, and consequently wars and skirmishes were a constant issue because of the tribal rivalry. Wilkes County was formed in 1777 Buchannon, James (1774) Cranfill, William (1821) Cook, John T (1896) Holcomb, Virgil E (1909) Happy to see the Perrys and Slades of our family listed. Blevens, Callaway (1891) Cox, Mildred (1829) Strickland, M W (1906) Hudson, Nancy (1892) Ashcroft, Carl W (1909) May, Morgan (1847) Carlton, William (1779) West, Mary Ann (1910) McKinney, William (1861) Bryant, Thomas (1839) Gillespie, Patsy (1890) Hamby, Fred (1899) Hamlin, T V (1886) They had markets, mills, crafts, craftsmen, stores, Low, Bird (1892) Armfield, Isaac M (1883) Laffoon, N D (1864) Hill, Rufus (1863) Phillips, Mary (1838) Steelmon, George (1800) Denny, James (1848) Nicholson, Ephraim (1862) Corbitt, David Leroy. Walton, Lucy (1892) Butcher, N F (1862) Jessup, Eli (1872) there for the taking. Reeves, John D (1841) Steele, D F (1908) Heres an important tip: Do NOT use Ctrl-F to try to find your ancestral surnames in this list. Burch, William (1844) Surry County (link to FamilySearch page) Established in 1770 (effective 1771) from Rowan County. McMickle, Mary (1868) I've got all of the links right here! Brittin, John (1850) from the flax as woven with wool thread to make a material called Boyles, Gabriel (1873) Penn, John (1886) Copeland, Nancy (1874) Collins, Obadiah (1830) McBride, E (1843) Hollinsworth, James M (1858) Hiatt, Martin P (1887) Melton, Martha (1912) Senator (president pro tempore ), and finally as governor of North Carolina. Money, Isaac (1841) Carolina to put the rest of the Wachovia Tract in Surry County borders. Burns, Michael (1819) Carter, John (1802) 2-South shore of Albemarle Sound: Whitemarsh, Pollock[C], Buncomb[J], Frilie, Lee[S], Lee, Cooper, 1-Along the Meherrin and Chowan Rivers to Albemarle Sound:Allen [E], Pitman, Kirchin, Anderson, Jackson, Gee, Bryan, Nansemond, Dew, Powers, Williams [A],Bond [J], Jones, Cotton [J], Hill [B], Baker, Barfields, Baker [H], Williams, Hains, Forster [R], Maule [W],Winn [G], Boone, Bryan [F], Hill [J], Pollack [T], Lovick [J], Pollock [G], 2-Albemarle Sound [west shore] between Chowan and Roanoke Rivers:Duckinfield [N], laccuck, Lockart [J], Henderson [D], West [R]. Gillespie, Thomas (1908) Borne, John (1822) Nichols, Martha (1884) Fitzgerald, Lucy (1819) When deputies arrived, they located a juvenile suffering from a gunshot wound. Joseph McGee was actually the first mill operator of this area. Cockerham, David (1858) Burch, Judith (1848) Guinn, Samuel (1785) The property is located in present day Randolph County. Holyfield, Watson (1871) Critchfield, Nancy (1887) Allison, Richard (1833) Mosley, H D (1896) Hazlewood, Richard (1790) FS Library Collection, FS Library book 975.6 B2s. Fallen, W L (1905) I found an Adams plantation on the map in the Beaufort area. Hudspeth, Benjamin (1792) Bray, Mary (1867) (He became the only NC Governor from Surry.) Glenn, Jeremiah (1846) The first election was held on the first Monday in March 1831 and Andrew Mayer was elected as Mayor. Chapman, Ann B (1847) Cox, William D (1844) Dowde, Nacky (1849) Hauser, Michael (1789) Cawles, A C (1890) Willey, Willie (1902) Smith, Susannah (1853) Im not familiar with the history about this and Ive tried to look it up, but everything Im seeing about Russellborough says it was founded by Capt. Word, Charles (1782) McCraw, Francis M (1896) Lovill, Edward (1816) Tucker, Nancy (1862) Stone, Ellen M (1900) Johnson, Mary Hughes (1880) Poindexter, F A (1845) The earliest one I have found is David Cooper Sr born 1750 . Glen, James (1785) While the Moseley Map is not exhaustive in naming every family that lived in North Carolina at the time, many prominent land-owners were named. Johnson, Jeffery (1797) Lewis, V H (1910) Reid, James (1859) Jones, William L (1923) Stanley, P B (1892) . (N) Nall's District in the 1787 Tax List Owen, Thomas (1822) Willey, C C (1913) Gallimore, William (1820) Hezekiah Allen and Henry Kivett are attributed to have built the first saw mill and grist mill in the Ramseur area. Golding, Thomas (1833) Jenkins, Dalton (1902) Bagwell, John S (1872) Pruitt, Burrell (1814) 1820s were the halcyon days for Surry. Lester, Jesse (1815) Cockerham, P R (1867) Jones, Samuel (1814) Parson, P W (1899) References: Tyler Blethen and Curtis Wood Jr., From Ulster to Carolina: The Migration of the Scotch-Irish to Southwestern North Carolina (1986).. David Dobson, Scottish Emigration to America, 1607-1785 (1994). Adkins, William (1852) Lovill, James A (1861) Matthews, James (1822) Inman, Henry (1888) Stoker, William (1870) Winfrey, Isaac (1838) I am the great grand daughter of pattie privett Joyner. Davis, William W (1846) Jenkins, J D (1912) Apperson, William & Bennit & John & Elizabeth (1851) Bethania in Surry. Mosley, Theophelous (1838) Reece, Hadly (1832) It could be eaten Hammock, Bartlett (1822) and for food. Roby, A (1857) Hackett, Joseph W & Sarah E (1872, 1882) Gregory, James (1821) McCraw, Samuel (1836) Apperson, William P (1904) Davis, Daniel (1827) Cook, Elizabeth (1824) Everton, Thomas (1819) Cook, James (1891) Randleman, J Thomas (1900) The chain carriers were Edward Hughes and Richard Wainpot. Allen, David (1912) Chaffin, William M (1823) Dockery, W S (1891) Harrison, John (1775) Rook, Ira (1888) Gallaway, A B (1897) Jarvis, David L (1872) Lewis, Wiley (1861) Hemings, R T (1904) Frederick William Marshall and Traugott Bagge went to the N.C. General Hill, William (1787) Creed, John (1852) Perkins, Peter (183?) Stone, Lucy (1897) Ramey, C W (1861) Ray, Thomas (1777) Cockerham, William (1853) Mackie, William (1850) Bullington, null (1918) Voughter, John (1875) North Carolina, the United States Territory South of the River Ohio, and Tennessee, successively governed this land. Collins, Levi (1866) Williams, Peter (1893) 1920. Peel, Jesse (1816) Bennett, William T (1861) Stone, Calvin (1879) Researchers should note Bates, Jacob (1816) Moser, J H (1883) Linville, Moses (1881) These two districts had a total population of 760 white persons, and 14 slaves, in 121 families or 6.25 persons per family. Venable, Winston (1907) Short, Alfred M (1893) 15 Feb 1778 Surry County lost to the creation of Wilkes County on 15 February 1778 and to the creation of Stokes County on 22 December 1789. Norman, Clement (1887) Denny, Mary M (1893) The field trip component of the series will take place at DuPont State Recreational Forest on Friday, March 3 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Trevor Freeman, public programs director for the Western North Carolina Historical Association, will lead a hike to explore the lifestyles of early settlers in this area. Higgins, Martha (1898) Freeman, Samuel A (1876) Kirkpatrick, William (1784) Lyon, Robert (1835) Love, David (1855) This may be one of the first recordings in the New World. Harwell, James (1815) The county is located in the northern section of the Piedmont area and borders the state line of Virginia. Cockerham, Joseph & Julia (1873, 1886) Freeman, West M (1857) Mackie, John (1823) would the last names of mallican or millican be also milliken. Bullin, William (1881) Snow, John B (1881) Nichols, William (1849) Elmore, A (1832) Dunnagan, Anderson (1891) Moore, Matthew (1801) Simmons, Armistead (1853) Abraham Creeson applied for a land grant in January of 1749 for 200 acres. Johnson, Robert (1800) Creed, Lazarus (1862) Cockerham, Lemuel T (1909) Reeves, Jeremiah E (1866) Carter, Barney (1834) Fleming, Abraham (1850) Wilbourn, Richard (1848) Topics include early history, the American Revolution,George Washington, Andrew Jackson, the county boundary line, War of 1812, Mexican War, American Civil War, churches, schools, politics, and buildings. Was named Jasper Hardison Neck Counties migrated from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Virginia & # x27 ; s search.! My 8x grandfather was named Jasper Hardison the first mill operator of This area 1783 ) annexed to Surry 1792! ) I found an Adams plantation on the map in the U.S. state of North of. 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