Too many Williams, and Marthas for that matter. My Halifax County, North Carolina, Carter line is full of them. The purpose of this post is really for my own sanity. Perhaps a relative will stumble upon it and fill in a blank or two. Read along to enjoy and understand why family historians and genealogists …
The Murder of Pattie Bird
On a Monday in September of 1857, Pattie Bird set out on her normal route from her home in Halifax County to the town of Weldon, North Carolina. She lived just a couple miles from town with her 17 year old son, Willis. Pattie shopped at Parker's store in Weldon that day. She purchased nine …
Save the written word…
Proof that preserving the written word is important…… Family cousin’s letters sent to my Mom tell a story possibly not recorded anywhere else. Before reading these letters, I never thought to question that my Great Grandmother Melvina and her Father, David H. Smith were buried anywhere other than in the Pinehurst City Cemetery in Pinehurst, …
The Letters
Anyone who has had a conversation with me in the past couple years most likely knows about the letters. The letters my sister and I found in my mom's attic. The letters my sister so graciously let me possess. The letters my grandparents wrote to each other almost daily just shy of 100 years ago. …
Paulina and Theodosia
This Mother's Day, homage is due to two women who will not show up in anyone’s direct ancestry line. Paulina Smith and Theodosia Harris both entered my family’s lineage as stepmothers to my Grandmothers. Both of my Grandmothers being the youngest child in their families, I can only imagine that Paulina and Theodosia may have …
250ish year round trip
500 miles apart at birth. 175 miles apart when they raised children. Ida Smith Reynolds and Lorena Susan Dickens were 6th cousins, once removed. Each was my grandmother. Ida was my Grandmother Kyzer, my maternal grandmother. She was born and raised in Dooly County, Georgia. A school teacher, she met my Grandaddy through teaching and …
