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Category Archives: North Carolina
Butler Owens Confederate Pension Record
One of our subscribers was looking at the new 1901 Confederate Pension Applications on Digital North Carolina and found an application for Butler Owens in which he states he is part Indian and part white. He apparently joined the Confederate … Continue reading
Posted in Confederate, Military, North Carolina
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Nathaniel Bezzelle, Bissell, Indian
On the Norfolk County, Virginia, Register of Free Negroes and Mulattoes in 1851, Nathan Bissell, is listed as #1629, 23 years, 5 ft 4 inches, Indian complexion, Indian descent, April 22, 1851. In the 1860 Census of Norfolk County, Virginia, … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina, Virginia
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Enoch Going, Indian
STOKES COUNTY COURT. … On Wednesday there was a case which excited considerable interest, the case of the State vs. Enoch Going. The State was represented by Mr. Solicitor Masten, and Going was defended by J.R. McLean and A.H. Joyce, … Continue reading
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American Indian Records on Ancestry
Recently Ancestry.com added several sets of American Indian records to their collection, and some are free. This link should take you directly to the American Indian Collection search function at Ancestry. This collection includes the following data bases:
Posted in Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Five Civilized Tribes, Freedmen, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Osage, Research, Resources, Seminole
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Married in the Manor and Custom of the Time
Primus Tyler was a slave, bought by the Quakers and freed. You can read the whole story on Lisa Henderson’s blog, Fourth Generation Inclusive. I’ve excerpted a piece here from a letter where Primus describes the marriage customs of an … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina, Slaves
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Ring Found in Indian Grave Inscribed “Think of Mary”
Charlotte News, Charlotte, NC, Sunday, July 3, 1921 “There has been one incident in my life that has fascinated me for years,” declared T.J. Saulter, traveling sales man of Norfolk, Va, who was in Charlotte Saturday. “My pet hobby is … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina, Tuscarora
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1765 North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia Map
This 1765 map of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia shows the locations of Native tribes and villages. Georgia 1765: Mintz, S., & McNeil, S. (2013). Digital History. Retrieved 26 Feb. 2014 from http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ Hat tip to Yvonne for this … Continue reading
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Buckskin Williams’ Indian Store, Lenoir Co., NC
North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register Extracts http://archive.org/stream/northcarolinahi00hathgoog/northcarolinahi00hathgoog_djvu.txt Please note that this document has been scanned and optically read. This means that in places the old type may not have read or been interpreted correctly, causing anomalies in the print … Continue reading
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Notes on the Indian Burial Mounds of Eastern North Carolina (Between 1882 and 1915)
Notes on the Indian burial mounds of eastern North Carolina (between 1882 and 1915) By J. A. HOLMES. So far as is known to me, no account of the Indian burial mounds, which are to be found in portions of … Continue reading
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