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DJ Allen, JP — 1893
April 6, 1883 Rec’d of Jones Allen JP fines State vs John Talbert 1.00 ” vs Henry Furr .50 ” vs Henry Hooks .50 $2.00 This April 6th 1893 Geo. D Palmer C. Treas DJ Allen served as Justice of the Peace for Stanly County for many years. Unfortunately, I cannot find any information on Continue reading
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Finding Proof
My goal for this year is to go back through everything I have and prove what relationships I can. Then, I can formulate some good research questions for moving forward. At first glance, my fan chart looks pretty good. But I’m not sure I have proof of the relationships the further out we go. I Continue reading
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Finding long lost relatives
After a looooong hiatus, I’m back. Even though I’ve been at this a while, my attention span often gets in the way of me doing deep dives into finding people. I’m also wondering why such the struggle because today, she was pretty easy to find. I just used a few different words and a different Continue reading
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Unusual Name–Three Ancestors Ago–Alice Virgillia Harris
This post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/. A few of the unusual names that show up in my tree. Another, Alice Virgillia. It’s been recorded in a book about the Harris’ as Virginia. However, my grandmother was always emphatic that it was Virgillia. There’s a few reasons Continue reading
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Challenge — One Ancestor Ago
This post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at http://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/. Challenge I buried my father today. Not the challenge I was going to post about this week. He had cancer and was five minutes into his first chemotherapy treatment. At first, I thought I would Continue reading
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Six Ancestors Ago — John “Jacky” Morris
First This post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at http://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/. John “Jacky” Morris is my fourth great grandfather via: The Facts: This week’s prompt is “First.” John “Jacky” Morris is in many ways first. He was my first roadblock. He’s also the first mystery in which Continue reading
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December 29, 1888
$20.00 One day after date I promise to pay John A Tyson or ??? twenty dollars balance said of 8% interest per annum until paid Dec 29th 1888 DJ Allen {Seal} What was DJ Allen paying $20 for in 1888? That would be just over $3000 in today’s money. Let’s see… This is to certify Continue reading
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December 5, 1888
I have this day released a bay mare that I had a mortgage on that was the property of WF Caudle + said Caudle has trade(???) said mare to Jones Allen Esq Dec 5th 1888 D N Bennett Continue reading
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December 31, 1888
Rec’d of ML Burnhardt One Dollar as ? in case State against 1 Sid? Harris col for 2 days attendance before DJ Allen JP DK Thompson Through some cursory census searches I’ve found some names but I’m certainly not sure I’ve found the right people. The only ML Bernhardt I can find is in Rowan Continue reading
Chasing the Past 