Notebook - North Carolina No. 4

Carpenter, Reva. Anson County North Carolina Abstract of Wills 1750-1880, San Diego, CA: Grasshopper Press, nd

Anson County was formed from Bladen County in 1750 which was 39 years prior to statehood, and the birth of our nation. The first permanent settlement in North Carolina Territory was established in 1653 by settlers coming south from Virginia. It was not until 80 years later that the population reached 14,000 persons. Prior to the revolution North Carolina experienced three great waves of immigrants.  In a matter of a few years came more than 20,000 Highland Scotch immigrants they settled mostly in the southeastern section of the state. Later large groups of Scotch Irish came from Pennsylvania.  Most of them settled in the western section of the state. By the year 1760, there were approximately 15,000 German immigrants in Forsyth and Guilford counties.

Will Book II, 1750-1880

page 47 Wiliam Gurley - probated Oct. session, 1804, wife, Milinder. Sons: James, Willis and William Gurley. Daughters: Eldest Elizabeth Austin, Jean Pool, Sarah Lauhorn (land adj. John Lauhorn), Dorcas and Ferabee. A calf to Charloty Austin and mentions Jaen Pool's three sons - Alexander, William and Nathan Pool. Executors: Willis Gurley and Leonard Musselwhite.  Wit: Richard Austin & William Gurley.

page 49 Jacob Gurley - June 19, 1820, sons: Josiah, Daniel, Nedham, Jesse, William, David and Benjamin Gurley.  Daughters: Susanna Gurley and Unity Whitley.  Grandson Joseph Gurley. Executor: Jesse & William Gurley.  Wit; Richard Austin & Willis Gurley.

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DenBoer, Gordon. North Carolina: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, nd.

Chronology of Anson County

17 Mar 1749/1750 - Anson created from Bladen - includes all of modern Union, Stanly, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland and portions of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Rowan, Davidson, Randolph and Robeson

Ahnentafel #363 - Esther Cutter / Cutler

Esther Cutter or Cutler

Born: ca. 1720
Died: 23 January 1789, Morris Co., New Jersey

Buried: First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Woodbridge, New Jersey. Tombstone inscription: Esther, wife of Benjamin Freeman, died Jany. 23, 1789 aged 69 years. 

Married: 
1) Charles Marsh
2) Benjamin Freeman, Sr. ca. 1775 as his third wife

Records:

1756 - Sep. 20 - Esther was named in her father's will along with her sisters:

Moreover my Will is and I do order that my Son William Cutter shall pay to my

Notebook - Dad's Families No. 3, Part III

Gwinn, Sherman. "Lathrop Studied Art Behind the Plow," The American Magazine, November 1927. Available on JSTOR through academic libraries.

Article about William L. Lathrop opening quote: He looked and saw that beauty is everywhere - in the newly-turned earth, in stones, even in banks of mud; and he longed to paint the wonders of his eyes revealed to him -- He dreamed, he worked, he suffered disappointment; and then, at last, won fame by his pictures of simple scenes.

Quote: I learned that comfort and ease - and cost - have nothing to do with real beauty. The costliest house is often an atrocity; the humble cottage may be a jewel of beauty. To me, an old freighter, rust-streaked and battered by the storms, is more beautiful than a newly painted ship. Its scars are the wound chevrons of its service. The seas, and not men, have painted its colors; and the seas are master artists.

You may see beauty in the newly painted ship. The old freighter, you may say, is ugly. The view you take is the consequence of your training. You have been taught, perhaps, that the thing which suggests comfort, ease and luxury is beautiful, and that which suggests discomfort and toil is unbeautiful. William Lathrop.

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Lothrop Foundation. Lothrop Lathrop Family News Vol. 4, Jan. 1991, Barnstable, MA

Lo/Lathrop Namesakes

• Lathrop Wells, Nevada

• Lathrop, Michigan

Ahnentafel #362 - Charles Marsh

Charles Marsh

Born: ca. 1720
Died: Feb. 1765 Monmouth Co., NJ

Buried: Feb. 1765 Historic Presbyterian Burial Ground, Middletown Monmouth, NJ

Married: Esther Cutter

Records:


1740 - July 24 - Charles purchased 3 tracts of land in the the amounts of 6 acres, 4 acres and 5 acres from Samuel Jaquess in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ.  The deed was verified in court on April 10, 1749 and recorded on Nov. 26, 1765 after Charles' death, probably as part of the probate of his estate. 

Notebook - Kentucky No. 2

Antoniak, Eleanor. Kentucky Marriage Records, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1983. 

Lincoln Co., Marriages - the dates are mostly the date of the issuance of the license, but in a few instances the date of the marriage ceremony is given; this being obtained from the few returns of officiating ministers.  

1781 - 6-24 Pope, Henry, Margaret, dau. of Michael Goodnight1781 - 6-3 Spears, Jacob & Elizabeth Neely

Shelby County 1792-1800 - it will be noticed that in a number of instances two dates are given for the marriage of the same couple.  This is probably due to the fact that the copyist gave both the date of the bond and of the return made by the minister.  Frequently as much as a year's time elapsed between the two.  

Colglazner [Colglazier?], Polly & Samuel Kulbrath? Mar. 29, 1799, wit: Samuel Colzure & Daniel Colglazure. 

Ahnentafel #361 - Anne Wood

Anne Wood

Born: before 1727
Died: after 1753

Buried: Unknown

Married: James Clark ca. 1735 as his second wife

Children:
Jeremiah
Elias
Rachel
James
Mary Ann

Research Log

Eastern Kentucky University Special Collections, Dec. 21, 2001

Townsend F. 457.M17 N6630 McDowell - McGee

Col. Joseph McDowell md. 1) Sarah Irvine, daughter of John, 2) Prudence Armstrong, 3) Jane (--?--)

son by first wife - Samuel md. 1) Marion Ball, 2) Martha Hawkins

Samuel McDowell, son of Judge Samuel & Mary (McClung) McDowell & grandson of Col. John & Magdaline (Woods) McDowell was born 8 Mar. 1764 and was a revolutionary soldier, he married Anna Irvine.

Children:
William Adair b. 21 Mar. 1795 md. Mariah Hawkins Harvey

Children:

• Sarah Shelby md. Bland Ballard
• Henry Clay md. Anne Clay, granddaughter of Henry Clay
• William Preston md. Kate Wright
• Edward Irvine
• Mary Keith
• Magdalene Harvey
• William Adair

Lathrop Reunion

Howard Dale Lathrop, Gene Austin & George Lathrop

Yesterday we gathered at the Gathering near Fairfield for the Lathrop family reunion. 

In Memoriam - Yvonne Lathrop

Jewel Yvonne Lathrop, 85, of Fairfield passed away at 4 p.m. on friday, Aug. 25, 2017 at Wabash Christian Retirement Center in Carmi.

She was a homemaker.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the 1st Baptist Church in Fairfield, with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at the Johnson and Vaughn Funeral Home.

Yvonne was born in Wayne City on January 17, 1932 to Clarence and Estes (Bailey) Wolfe. 

She was a member of the 1st Baptist Church in Fairfield.

Yvonne is survived by two daughters, Cheryl (Steve) Hammil of Louisville, Ky., and Anita Morris of Fairfield; a son, Rick (Beth) Lathrop of Indianapolis, Ind.; four grandchildren, Gretchen (Jon) Smeltzer, Jason (Lyndsy) Hammil, Landon Morris and Kelsey Morris; five great-grandchildren, Alea, Laurel and Asa Smeltzer and Porter and June Hammil; a brother Gail (Carolyn) Wolfe of Lovington, Ill.; a sister Verna Deana Woodward of Collinsville, Ill. 

Yvonne was preceded in death by her parents, husband Glen Lathrop, and three brothers, Dale, Delmer and John Wolfe. 

Memorial may be made to the 1st Baptist Church Kingdom Kids. 

Ahnentafel #360 - James Clark

James Clark

Born: ca. 1708 New Jersey
Died: 1753, Elizabeth, New Jersey

Buried: Unknown

Married:
1) before 1726, wife unknown
2) ca. 1735 Anne Wood in New Jersey

Records:

1752 - Dec. 19 James wrote his will:

In the name of God this nineteenth day of December in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and fifty two. I James Clark of the Burro: of Elizabeth and County of Essex and province of East Jersey yeoman being very Sick and weak in Body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be unto God for it Calling to mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die Do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say Principally and first of all I Give and recommend my Soul into the hands of him that gave it and for my Body I recommend it to the Earth to be Buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the last General Resurrection I shall receive the same by the mighty Power of God and as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with in this life. I Give Devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form