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Local History & G~nea1:ogioµ Sod.ear J

.. -- -COOPllATINO WITH THI DALLAS PUILIC l.lllAIY

Volume II March, 19;6

rincorporat!d ~ough the P,toteiiicmal ser- .

vices ot one r't our l!ml'bers, Dee Brow Walker, . ~ society vu in­corporated l.Ut fall Ul24er the lava ot . the Stato .ot Texas. The tollow1ng members vere elected to servo on our Board ot Dil'ectors tor· the palcdar year i9;61 Presidm!t •••••••••• .Tobn Pla·th Green Vice Prasident ••••• Charles L. Byron Vice President ••••• Hrs. w. o. ilvis Vice President ••••••••• c. L. HolaJ:ld Treasurer ••••••• Hrs. c. LeSlle Bil't Secretary ••••• Hrs. Dee Brown Walker Ec!itor ••••••••••••••• Eazel Peterson Director •••• Hrs. George P. Carlisle Dil'ector ••• Margaret Scroggs Carruth

• • • OUr Ir1l'h and Scotcb-Irish Heritage

.Americana ot tiiab. descent v1ll t1.n4 their rm 17 names 1D o 'Hart• s

_.Irish rri~' tbs pure Irish 11-neage Vo 1, and tbs J.nglo­Il'ish 1D Volume 2, up to the year 1616~

So caretul vere the Gaels ot Ire­.land ot thoir history and genealoa tti97 mainta.1.Ded a class ot man to preserve t:bm. 1'hese vere the Bards 1d1o presaived or~ the 11neage at tbs olana, 'Vbich vus, accordiJlg to the Cod.a ot Bammrabi \ c .19;0 B.C.) a man's rigbt to inherit pro­perty by proot ot nine male llneal ante~edents u a mnsmm:s requisite.

Descendants ot the Phoenicians, Scytb1•ns, etc., came by sea tram the aouta ot Alia M1J1ol' to Spa1n (Iberia) continn1ng on their jour­ney about 1000 B.c., the colonists in search ot tin and trade, land- . ed in Irel.SDd. !heir descendants were driven into biding vhen tho Gaels ( Go1dals) came at_ about tbo

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1'rm Pp11t ~ cow ot a: - diUT, vri ttan 1n --

18?11-, . is ncv 1n the ·Genaaloa De-. partment ot the Dallas Pnbllc Li­

brary. Pend.sd.on was ginn tor the copy to -be given to the L1bra­ey b7 Hiss: Pamq Ta.rver ot Dall.;. as, Texas, ovner ot tho original doC:ument and great gr•nddaugbter · ot the autbor, ~emin B. Tarver.

1'11e diary has a vealth ot Tarv81' fg1ly records, beg1nn1ng vith tbe immigrant ancestor wbo cm:lO to this caantr)" trcm W&µs :·aJ?but';tbe -7881" 1700 alld settled 1D Borth­ampton cot1nt7, !forth Carolina. .& VG?'J' complete fem117 chart is re­corded beg:!nn•ng vitb· the ·w1ter's father, Ben3md.D Tarver, born 1n 1761 1D llortl:w!pton county. iltbo onl.7 toarteen 79ara old, he served 1n tbs !levolut10!Mll'7 War under Oolanel Peoples.- : " . !he name taryer· can bO traced back to the time ot VI 111 em the Canquel'or as tba Imme appears 1n the po;asdv ~P. a book 1D which the names or ~tDe landowners !n England vere recorded b7 order of tbe Conqueror. '?he ~pdq ~ is nov 1n the Ball()Recorcrs;-~'~and. - (

·= · • - HllCh ot - tbe 4111.?7 1a dnated to te111ng about tbs mda of living 1n lJortb Carollna am ·tennessee during the ear~ nineteenth cen- · tar7. .l detailed description 1s presented W.vidl.7 ot the long jour­Dfl1 trom ?fortti C&rollna, to ~mmes­see, aada bT tbe f1m17 wen the author. vaa sevan JU1'S or age. 1he bal'dah1pa as well as the 301' and vomer·ot the unsettled. lands ee po1SD8Dtl.7 described.

!be establlsbmant .ot the Me~d­. 1st faith· aa vall as .JLIZQ' ot the

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J-~IUG DATES Alfi PROGRA}Je

The dates !or tho Local History nnd Genolllog1cal Soc1oty meetings for the ~prine oonths or 1956 are as rollovs:

FSBRUA..fiY 28, 7:30 p.a., :Tuesday AuditoriUil, Dallas Public Lil?i"a.ry \

~ E. B. Comstock: Research in Jlev York

MAH.CH 297 l2s00 noon, Tburaday Downtown B:-'1l1Cb, DS:A

J'obn Plath Green: Governor Tryon and His Pa.lace

APRIL 2:1+, 7:30 p.a.1 _Tuesday Auditorium, Dallas Publlc Library

Hrs. L1nn1e Wright Barrott& Researches 1n , Virg1n1a

MAY 31 1 12:00 noon, Thursday. Downtovn Branch, IMCA

- - - Hrs. W. B. Cha:mbors: Bosearch 1n North Carol1.nn and Kentucky

J'UliE 26, 71,30 p.m., Tuesday Awlltor1um, Dallas Public Library

Meetings or tho Board or Directors will bo had 1n the Library Boa.rd Boom on the 1'oll0V4ic dotes at 1'our o •clock 1n the afternoon: · !".arch 8; April 5; May 3; am .Tuna 7.

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• • • V1rg1n1a Sourceo

For ttiose \Co are interested , in Colonial. data cay be found 1n V1rg1n1a genealogy, the recant add1- Crozier's V1rg1n1s, Colonial H1ll-t1on to tho Library or addition- t1a1 \dlich contllins rosters or a1 volutlos or COlendar g! Virginia a1llt1a units ccnt1onod 1n Hon-State Papers 1n icportent. Only 1ngs Statutes and 1n other books. volw:ios 2 and 3 are nov missing rro::i_ Croner•s- book- 1.ncludes units tho sot. . - - serviDg 1n Lord Duntloro Is War or

1??1+--nlso discussed in Pocugent­.m Hi :itopr gr. purn:iore' s War, ed1tod by R. G. ThwJ.tes.

S\rem's Virgin!a Historical Index proV1de!I an index to tlla Cnlendnr

. · series, as veil ll!l to Tyler's Q!lnrt­erly Historical & Genenloglcal Mnf­•z1ne, W1l11m {& Hni7 college Qu!r -orly Il1stor1cal P.agazine, Virginia t!aP.azine 21: History §:; Bior:raphy, !Q­ver flor!olk Caunt? V1rg1n1a Mt1-oua..:y, Virginia Historical. Register n:ld Hentng's Statutes ~~go.

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V!rg1n1n 1 s Eastorn Shore, by Whitolav gives o.n account or CD.Il;Y early V1rg1n1n t'1Cli.11es wo settled 1n Acco~ock and Northu:i­borland countios, acmo or lo'boti vont into Maryland nnd Dolnvare.

Seo nlsD": Torrence's Virginia Will~ and Adclnistrnt1ons.

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our Irinh N)d Scoteb-Ir1sh Hor1tpgo (Continued troa Pago i) ...

timo tho Brytho:~J o.n.otbor division or tho Colta, l od in Br1tnin and \llllos.

Quoon Eli~aboth tho First command­ed ttult tho oral tl1story and gonoa­logy or tno Gaols bo col!lli tted to n pomnnont rocord, rosult1~ in tho "Annala or tho Four Mnotoro 1 cov­or!ng thoir rocords to 16i6 A.O. Thla is tho chior aourco or o•nnrt's Pccligroop.

Tho "Plantation ot Ulstor" VaD tho outca:io or contllct botvoen nor­tborn Iri:Jh Chioftain:I and. Jw:ios tho First or England. Tho1r land va:.i cont1scatad and g1von to Scot­tish and Engl1ah lo.ndlords 1nbsontoo ownorD o.nd tollovoro or ~ho King. Soao or their ront rollo nro oxtant.

Scotch Prosbytori&ru1 and English Pur1tnno voro coved 1n aa tonanta, but thoy wro not pora1ttod to pur­ehllao tho land. Whon tboir lone loasoa oxp1rodi tho ront vus otton· coro than doub od 4!ter thoy bad apont yonrs dovoloping tboir b0ld-1ng o. Outraged nt tt11s 1njuot1co1 tho Scotch-Irish (Scots living Ul Iroland) oo called to d1.tteron­t1nto thoa tree tho Scots living 1n Scotlnnd; nnd tho Puritans, bogan lonV1ng 1n Boatloads ror A:Doricn.

Tho tirst croup numborln8 800, rroo tho Valley ot tho Bann, County Londondorry, Irolandl nrrivod in Deaton Aneust t+, l7lu. In tbo lo.nd or tbo P1lgr1o!I or nov Ell.gl4nd, tho Scotch-Ir1ah voro tithod to bolp tho Puritan Church, not or thD1r !al th, 'Which vna Proabytor1nn. Tb.is vaa oxactod ot all malos or sixtoon or ovor. Thoir oojourn.1.ng terminn­tod 1n Q vory tov yonro, wnon. thoy continuod tho1r journoy 1n abnrch Of froodom to WOrDl'l.ip and CiVe CD tho1r conacionco dictated into Ponn­aylvnnia, wbero thoy wore polltll.X­od tor tho Qunkor Church, also not or their taith. C. Hoving on t.o tho Vnlloy or V1rg1n-1n, they woro a.gain taxod, ror tho upkoop or tho Church or England.

In this lnst trek1 the seoteh-Irisb vore accocpanicd oy people tram Con­nocticut and bY many ot tho Quaker8 • Tholr noxt moves to Horth Carolina, Tennessee, Kontuck;y, eto., vore csoro sat1stying1 as they lott behind tbem and their descendants, vwst nebievo­ments in goverment, schools the boot in tbe lond, 1D:!ustr1eo, and a her'o 1 s rosi:itonco to every !arrl ot tyranny. .

· In searching tor tboir records u tboy pnsaed !roe Pennsylvania, look Hopevoll Mooting records 1n the Val­ley or Virginin.. In Pennsylvania, oearch 1Zl Chester county, tho Tom­ohipa of' Nev Britton, Londondo1T1, London Grove1 _East and Wost · Notting­ha::l, West Fall.Ow!ield, Uppor and Lover Ox!ord. In Llmcastor county, Ponnsylvunin1 sonrcb n.~ Little Brit­ton, Coloroino, Sudbury, Snl.i:sbury, Buck:s, and Donogol. In the Valley or Virginia, tho ~ennsylvania Pros­bytorian Bocords or the Presbytery or Donogol, or Derry, ot Hanover, or Tat0J:10 cnrry much about itiner­ant 1:11.nistors 1nto tho vest.

For understanding tho causes or tho "Plantation or Ulster", road Oroono's History !?.!: tbe English foopla.

For transplantations 1n .Amor1ca, rond ~ Records or !h! S1ppson F~l;r-{192?) by Holon A. S1.1;%pson, nn n pamphlet (1929 F.d1t1on) .has tbo corroct1ons and additions.

For North Cnrol1na1 Worth Ray's ~ Tr1boa 2.( llgrth Carolina, TO'iiiiesnoo dou~lns, etc. 1 ond Chalk­loy's 011 Aw!usta Hocords tor tho Valloy o V1rg_1n1a. Seo also 'Jnd­doll' s H1~torx ·~ Auf!U!Jtn Count1, Virgin4. /

For Ponnsylvnnia ooo nll or Gil­bert Cope's and also Charles Hiuma's bookt11 llorthnmpton c0t03txa Ponnql­vnn:1n, and Ob.to Geqealoa.

Tho Jlorth Cnrolinian, a nov mag­azine, by Willla.o Perry 1 . 1s cnrry-1..1).s/aata. hitherto tmpubushed, and supploocnts Hathavny1s Register.

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OU:r Itj.sh !UB Scoteh-Xrish Rerita~~ (Continued !'?'Ol:l Pago 3)

Tho Roverend .Tames Sb.av author or Tho .. S-cotch-Irish 1n History, quotos Bnncro.rt 1n his book as tol­lov::1: "The first public voice 1n America ror d1ssolv1.Dg all connect­ion vith Great Britain camo not rroc the Puritans . ot Nov England, tho Dutch at ?lov York nor tho Planter of Virg1.n1a, wi troc the Scotch-Irish Prosbyterinns." Hr. Sh.av continues: "As thoso vere 2-to-l to other colonists and vero cost roce.nt su.rrerors from porso­cution 1n England, Scotland, and !rolaM, they \.'Oro tho tirot to op­pose oppression. It vas at Chnr­lott~ 1 Mocklenburg county, ?lortb Cnroll.nll7 May 19, 1775, wero re­presontnt:1ves drev up a aeries ot resoluticns 'Whieb vere tho t1rst deed or Declaration ot Independence. Mecklenburg va:1 almost \/holly set­tled 'Id.th people troz:i tbe north or Irolan!. Charlotte becm:io the ~ ~ or .A:lorican Independ­~ ~Sbav bolongs to the Shav Gardens Ftm1 ly'.

--Margaret Scruggs Carruth • • •

Tarver FnmilY (Contimled rro::i Pngo ·l)

onrly c!.n1.sters nre discussed. Sev­eral or tho c1nister•o tam111es cnrriod 1n to tbo Tuvor tm:iily and quite a bit or in.formation is o.vail­ablo about th.em.

Tho W'ltiring errorts or parents to obtain schooll.ng tor tbo1r cbil.dron in Tennossoo is another ptuise or lite t.old 1n cuch detail by tho ' writer.

In about 181+1 sovoral mccbors ot tho Tarver tamily coved f'rom Temi­e ssoe to Texas. They settled 1n Wnsh.1.ngton county, in and near Bron­ba.!:1. .

or Brunsvick county, Virginiii !Ung; EdllBl'd Morris; L. P-. Bilck­er; .Tobn Povoll • Ell Hancock; Harri II i Burdi.DO i CW born j McWhi.r­ter; J'obn Brooks• Sterling Brown; Robertson; J'obn L. Compton; Keener and colonel A. M: Levis. ~ !

-Mrs. Lillian Sc!f'vertz 438 ~..ayr·snt Drive Dnllas, Texas

• • • Strictly .for Arnntoµr2

Tho tollo\11.Dg article 1s intend­ed t:g_heJ.p tho aca.teur genealogist ~~&fl tart 1n Te::ms. The ·Fed­eral. Censms and North Carolina re­cords are used as an exacple·.

Tho first thing you, as a begin­ning genealogist, shoul.d do is to write (9?1Clos1ng a sta::iped, sel!'­addrossed envelope) or go to see all tho older relatives 1n ycur ta::iily and a:sk them to tell you \ih.at they kn.av about your sncestors. Try to get run nm:ios and exact dates an1 places as rnr as possible. Also ask tor names ot poople vitb whoa tbey claim kinsb.1p, and hov, they are related. ~ to locate ttie .t'mUy Bible and .all old letters or documents; and, 1.t' possible,have · photostatic copies made, together vi th date or Clll teriel ancs. address ot present owner.

?lov, 1t you must :1tart . 1n TeX:!\ go to the Dallas Public Library search tho 1880 Texas census, which is on m1arot1lo, tor the county were your parents or grand parents lived. This is tedious vark, but very reVDl'ding, as, 1n t10st cases each person enu:erated tells his ago, 1n what state or toro1gn counb-7 be vas barn, and in what states his tathor .and cotber vore barn.

For example.! bero is a typical

e tather Mother Other tamillos centioned,

vith fa.aily records, includes

fl~ Censu~:rM8~) · · " some Smith,J'obn UC UC . ?iC

6:11.tb ,Mary 45 Ky Va Va

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Smitb, Hell . 21 n , J'obn 16 11 ,J'eremah 10 n ,J'mes 91+

Mo HC Ark n

Tox " tfC •

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As you aee,you can nov search the 1790 Census or Borth Carolina tor ~th'a, and can ~11m1nate the ones who do not have a son under sixteen. note tbe· counties in which your prospect m.icht bave lived and seo if' he bad an:r no1ghbors.tWbose names you might recognize. U not, study the books 1n the North Carolina section or tho Library. Beads l.2.£­iaation .Qt f'~ Carolipa Co!Ultiep and . Histo 1 uecotda 2t Horth

Coµp.tx Records.!. g:storx Carolee, eta. Par pa bJ"

s you ve an idea as to Wien Smith tam.1).y 1s yours. How you can write to the clerk or the SUperior Court ot the county in vbich ha lived aDd see it ·ameone (!or a reo) v1ll look over the index or villa and deeds aJld send you a list or tbe Smith's recorded there.

The Genealodcal Guide, vhich is the index to the DAR ma.games 1n our'~t.ibrary mq holp yau. There are genealogy questions end ans­"-ers ~ genealogical data 1n all the volumes. It you think you have a Revolutionary ancestor search the ancontor.s' indexes to !be Lin­eage Books or all the patriotic societies. Perhaps you can !ind a lead there.

VirkU.!1' ~nd1UR ~ Aper1can Genealogy scaetimes hO!p, bUt the genealogies quoted are not alvays accurate and no sources !or statEltlents are given. ·

Tho most revnrding search or D..ll. is to go to tbe county court house and study tbe records personaJJ.y.

Lot us icpress upon you tbe im­portance or vr1t1ng down the source or each bit or data you collect. Do

· thl:: ror each generation 1n your cbnrt.

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From there on,. :your WCC'9ss de­pends on :your persevoranco in rol­loving your leads. Ot courso 1 sometimes tbero are no recordu an.cl your search is fruitless, but ; this i1 seldom the caso. Bo auro . to read histories or lf9rtb . Carolina 8.Dd Tennessee, and reciember that !ennas1ee vn11 part ot Ilorth Car-olina until 1?87. · .

The Search Room in the Educa­tional. Building in Raleigh · has duplicates or moat or tbo county records in book ronn, or on m1cro­r1lm, vi th indexes. There arc Elail7 county h1stor1o:J, and cm:io­tery records there . also, · and n pro!essional gene~ogis~ v1ll search them tor a tee.. Mo:at or the records or service in tho Rov­olutionary Var tor North Co.rol1n-1ans are available. The North Carolina Land· Ot1ce has tbe·.1 ori­gblal· lond grant . -records, and · o. co=plete tile or the cilitnry wrrants tor l.an4 1n vestorn North Carolina and 1n Tennessee, gi.von as pay tor service 1n the Revolution. These records are indexed and the stnrr ot ao.ch department is courteous and v1ll-1ng to bolp.

The Latter- Day Saints• records ot North Carolina 1n their Salt

Lake City libro.ry aro duplicates ot those 1n the Search Rom:l 1n Ral.eigb. Die 1953 ijnndI Book m Genealogists 1s val.Wlble 1n tb.at it gives a brier history or each stato, the date or tort:Dtion or each county the various countY seats·, and !o vhich county otri­cial to vrito ror intormtion. The Annual ExcbllJlgO Edition Of Ih,2. Genea1ogicnl Helpor 1s use­ful 1n tbat sub~cribers list not only their O'Wil names and address­es vi th n.ai:ios or the to:lllies on whom tboy are doing research, but

• also a surname index. Perhaps you can correspond vitll soae one listed vbo is 1nte~ested 1n the so.mo fm:l- -ily on which your r,o.re vorking.

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Striotlt tor Amateura your oountrJ' and 1ta people than .(Cont2nued t1~ Page 4) betore, 10 10U1" 11•rab Will not

'1'!1• Biarr of tbe Bat1onal Ar- have been 1n nin. aat U · J'OU cb1Yea and Recorda serncea, Oen- keep •41gg2ng•, we t'eel eUl"O )'OUr eral Sar11aa·_, '"•2n111tration, eearch "111 bear a reward2ng vaeh1ngton 25, D. c., Will send "-u.1.t. JOU U{»OD :request •nd for a sm&ll ' . e.a•to t th v-f'ee (See March 1955 11111ue or tb1.11 .i:.u.4 rs - or - e ,,.,,ntb maga:1no) oop1ea ot J11lltu'7 re­cords, pension :records, etc. Some times the pena1on appl1cat1ona ccnt•Sn a great deal or nluable 1ntormt1on, ~lnd2.ng pagee trua tm:d.lJ' Bibles. •

Read the October 1955 11111ue or ·the DAR Jl&pz1ne (pages 1003 -1007) tor a moet complete 11et or 1rustruot1ona ror raearob.

. 'l'be Board ot D1:reo tors ba t'e pub:µa~ed tbe tol.lov1ng pol107 ror tutu:re ueuea ot our upnne.

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Bighe ueuu Will be d18-t1"1buted annn•lJ.1'. Alao eaob iaaUe "111 have its own gwup or Mitol'll - tor - the - Month, With Ba:el Peterson the Co-ord2mt1ng JW.tor. . · Publ1aat1orus tor tho Spring

montba ot 1956 "111 be made ae tollowai U none or tbea• euggeat1ona

baa helped J'D11 fl.nd ~ur ancestor,. - ---;vou m&T be aaaured that JOU "111\ March "1'8. v. a. 1>1.Jton Cba.1nun mow mo10 about th• b1.ato1"7 or Ap1'11 Mi.ea Prancea Thm' 11 CbaUmm

Ma7 B. B. Comstock CM2nsan

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