I'm interested in migration information from Rowan Co. NC to Southern IN.
My Washington and Clark Co. Bennetts and Prathers were also from Rowan
and Iredell Counties. Does anyone have info on resources about families
migrating together and other migration patterns? Why were so many people
leaving NC and VA and moving to IN? I'm really interested in learning
more about the massive migrations.
By the way, I live just outside of Charlotte NC, not far from Rowan and
Iredell Counties. Although I work full time and trips to the courthouses
during business hours will be infrequent, I can do research at the
libraries. Also, the Charlotte library has a huge local history room, so
if anyone wants me to check resources while I'm there doing my own
research, just let me know. I'll do whatever I can to help....time
permitting of course.
Now if there's anyone living near Jackson and Washington Co. IN, I could
sure use some local help from there...time permitting of course. I plan
to make a trip back there in the spring.
Herb, I took at look at your rootsweb page and noticed you have Marquis
Field Bennett listed. I have information on his parents if you need it.
He was a brother to my gggrandmother Delilah Bennett who married Townsend
Nicholson.
Regards to all...
Anita (Hobson) Aldrich
Hobson, Gilbert, Persinger, Wheeler, Nicholson, Bennett, Mallicott,
Prather
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From: "Marsha McWilliams" <rmmcw(a)effingham.net>
To: INWASHIN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 20:42:05 -0500
Subject: RE: Amos Wright, Sr. death date
Message-ID: <000f01c15cf6$81e281e0$b0b4220c@oemcomputer>
Herb,
The only Amos Wright I could locate on the 1850 Washington Co, IN census
was
Amos Wright, 45, b: KY, wife, Jane, 45, b: KY and their children.
You had written and asked me once if I might know where Peter & Rachel
(Wood) Wright went after their marriage. While searching the 1850
Indiana
census, I found the following in Monroe Co, IN, Indian Creek twp, pg.
349:
Peter Wright, 55, Farmer, b: NC, wife Rachel, 73, b: NC, Elizabeth, 55,
b:
NC ... this is what the census had. I believe that Rachel's age was
probably 55 and Elizabeth's age was 73 (census writer's error.) IF this
is
the correct Peter & Rachel, then who was this Elizabeth? Peter's mother
was
Elizabeth (Lowe) Wright, but it is said that she was dec'd by then.
Another interesting 'find' was on the Greene Co, IN census, listing a
Philbert Wright, 50, b: NC with wife, Nancy, 44, b: NC and their family.
Any idea if they were connected to the Rowan Co, NC Wrights?
Marsha
IL
-----Original Message-----
From: Herbert Arkin [mailto:harkin@cfl.rr.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 6:47 PM
To: INWASHIN-L(a)rootsweb.com; WRIGHT-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Amos Wright, Sr. death date
I have 2 sources with different dates.
1. Lillie Elizabeth Wright lane white's book gived the death date as
oct
14, 1864
2. The Washington County historical society Cemetery book of Washington
Township gives Oct 14, 1846.
Does anyone have another source which might help or know what the
tombstone or death record actually says?
thank you
Herb Arkin
40,000 Descendants and relatives of Richard Wright, Sr. of Rowan
County,
North Carolina who emigrated to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and
Missouri. Web page:
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