North Carolina
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Seven Ancestors Ago–George Shankle (52 Ancestors)
This post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at www.nostorytoosmall.com. According to George Shankle’s Revolutionary War Pension Application of 1832, he was born in North Carolina in 1754. According to the application, he lived in North Carolina in that part of Anson county which was later Montgomery County on the Continue reading
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Church Record Sunday
Register of Pastors NAME DATE OF APPOINTMENT TERM OF SERVICE I have transcribed this to the best of my ability, but I am no handwriting expert. I welcome any corrections! Correction to #14 thanks to Jean Warner. Continue reading
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Four Ancestors Ago–John “Sutt” Morris (52 Ancestors)
This post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at www.nostorytoosmall.com. John Thomas “John Sutt” Morris is my 2nd great-grandfather via The facts: The following was written by my mother in about 1990. John T. “Sutt” Morris There were so many John Morris’s in the Moratock, Eldorado, and Ophir communities in the late Continue reading
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P is for Preacher aka Five Ancestors Ago–LeeRoy Whitson Harris (52 Ancestors Week 16)
is for Preacher. This post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at www.nostorytoosmall.com. Rev. LeeRoy Whitson Harris is my 2nd great-grandfather via The facts: He was a shoemaker according to the 1880, 1900, and 1920 census. In 1910, he was listed as a farmer. Was this just the recorder listing Continue reading
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Church Record Sunday
I’m working to digitize the Church Register I found at my mom’s. Continue reading
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I is for Indian Princess
is for Indian Princess We all have them, right? One of your grandmothers was an Indian Princess. No? Perhaps just Indian then? 🙂 My supposed Indian Princess is Amelia/Melia/Millie who was perhaps Cherokee. She was married to John “Jacky” Morris and lived in Montgomery County, North Carolina, in the 1800s. edited to add: sarcasm. Continue reading
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Five Ancestors Ago–Nancy McSwain Allen (52 Ancestors)
Nancy McSwain Allen was my 3rd great grandmother via her son David Jones Allen his daughter Virginia Allen Smith her son his daughter According to her gravestone, she was born August 22, 1828 and died May 10, 1806. The year of her birth was fairly close to what was reported on each census I’ve seen. Continue reading
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Amanuensis Monday
From GeneaBloggers: Amanuensis Monday is a daily blogging prompt used by many genealogy bloggers to help them post content on their sites. An Amanuensis is a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. Amanuensis Monday is a daily blogging theme which encourages the family historian to transcribe family letters, Continue reading
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Funeral Card Friday
My great grandmother Continue reading
Chasing the Past 
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