FYI
Landowners
We have here included the major names associated with Woodwards and related
families. For those interested the Guilford County Genealogical Society
offers for sale maps, histories, census records, cemetery records and
various other publications to help in your research. Reasonably priced and
your purchases help support genealogical societies. The names listed are
only a sampling of those listed. The Genealogical Society also sells back
issues of the Guilford Genealogist including the one referenced above.
Remember that Guilford County was formed from Rowan County in 1770 so any
dates previous to that time are actually in Rowan County land records if you
are trying to locate an original record.
At the bottom of the page we have posted a 1759 Tax List for Rowan County
that M. D. Monk located. No Woodwards were there that early but Thornbroughs
certainly were and many, many other names from Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Note: Locations of the major Quaker Monthly Meetings are noted
Guilford County Landowners with date of purchase and map key
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1759 ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA TAX LIST
This tax list [excerpts below] was found between the walls of the old court
house by Wm. D. Kizziah, Register of Deeds. When found, it was but scraps of
paper, but was fitted together and transcribed by him. This list was made
before Rowan Co, NC was divided into other counties and is the oldest tax
list ever found in Rowan (to my knowledge). It contains no figures and is
not typed here as copied. I have put the "a's" together, the "b's
together,
etc. When a slave or negro is listed with another's name, I left those names
as they appeared on the typed list. Some names in the "b's" were torn off
or
could not be read. They are listed at the end of this page. There is a copy
of this list, as transcribed by Mr. Kizziah, in the Rowan County Library,
Salisbury, NC. [We do not know the identity of "I" in this paragraph - it
came with the list.]
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James CARUTH-----Negro DUMBO-----
Walter CARUTH-----
Adam CARUTH-----
James CARUTH.....
James CARUTH-----
Robert CARUTH
Peter KING......
Richard KING.....
Robert KING.....
James KING.....
John KING & Negroes JOHN and VALDRICK.....
Edward KING.....
Peter KING..... ______ KILLONHOOK......
Johnson KING....
John WITHERINGTON
Barry