OBCGS Annual Workshop A Rousing Success
Yesterday, I was priviliged to be able to attend the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society‘s annual Fall workshop. This year’s speakers were archivists and librarians from Western North Carolina...
View ArticleTombstone Tuesday: Daniel D. and Levina Alexander
Daniel D. Alexander Sr., Born Aug. 29, 1803, Died Nov. 10, 1853 Levina wife of Daniel D. Alexander, Sr., Born Oct. 10, 1805, Died Jan. 2, 1880 Daniel D. Alexander, Sr., and his wife, Levina, were the...
View ArticleTombstone Tuesday: Etha Mae Watson, Norton Cemetery, Jackson Co., NC
Etha Mae Roberts was born in 25 June 1886 in Jackson Co., GA, the daughter of Alsa and Sally Morgan Roberts. She married first to Elbert Hudson, and second to James “Woodfin” Watson. She died 1...
View ArticleNewspaper Clippings: Sgt. Thad J. Watson and Sgt. Clarence E. Fisher
These clippings were passed down to me in an envelope containing a letter informing my grandfather’s family that he was missing in action. There are no notes explaining which newspaper these were...
View ArticleTombstone Tuesday: Elizabeth Alexander Watson and Lavina Jane Watson
Elizabeth Alexander wife of James Watson 1833 – 1865 Our loved one Lavina Jane Watson 1864 – 1865 Asleep in Jesus Elizabeth and Lavina were buried in the Alexander Family Cemetery, also known as the...
View ArticleFeature Friday: Two Marriages from the Franklin Observer, 16 March 1860
The following two marriages were extracted from The Franklin Observer, published in Macon Co., NC, and edited by C. D. Smith and L. F. Siler. Only two issues of The Observer are known to be extant: the...
View ArticleA Sunday Walk Around the Blogs
Trust Judy G. Russell to start the week off with a bang. In Monday’s post, O death! Thy name is woman, Judy explores women who received the death penalty in the United States, from colonial times to...
View ArticleThe Darnell-Teague Connection
Harrison Darnell was my great-great-great-great grandfather. He was born by his own statement on 15 April 1815 in Wilkes County, North Carolina.1 His mother was Catherine Darnell,2 a somewhat...
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