Inquiries 2008-2011
Inquiries
2003-2007
CCHA prints requests for historical and genealogical information on our website. Inquiries may be submitted to history@chathamhistory.org (please use the text
Inquiries Pagein the Subject line) or the post office box. We only post Chatham County, NC related inquiries, and they should be brief and precise.CCHA lacks resources to research inquiries. If you have any information that would help the inquirers, please correspond directly with them.
| WHITEHEAD | October 4, 2011 | Bluffdwlr@aol.com |
| I am looking for the father of Josiah Whitehead born about 1749 died in 1809. He was married to Mary Murphy. Thanks for your help. | ||
| HOLADAY & QUAKENBUSH | September 27, 2011 | JoAnn Scantlen atol44@sbcglobal.net |
| I'm looking for a marriage record for Henry Holaday and Sarah Quackenbush in 1783. You can reply to atol44@sbcglobal.net . Thank you. | ||
| HEADEN/HANNER | July 31, 2011 | Alex Hanner bekahboo714@gmail.com |
| I am researching Dorcai Headen and Oran Alston Hanner. My name is Alex Hanner and I am very interested in my family history as Chatham County really intrigues me. Any information or links would be very much appreciated! | ||
| COPELAND | August 12, 2011 | Susan Frenzel sbfrenzel@gmail.com |
| Seeking genealogical proof for birth, marriage, death and names of children for: Nicholas Copeland b. 1732 Essex Co., VA and died 20 Sept 1773 in Chatham Co., NC, m. Dorothy Ripley d. 1795 Chatham Co., NC. He did receive a Granville Land Grant in Chatham Co. in 1761. Also seeking someone who is a descendant of Nicholas Copeland. Thank you. | ||
| MORRIS | August 29, 2011 | Ross Smith rsmith6670@msn.com |
| John H Morris was born in 1818 in NC. He married Jane Coggin or Coggins who was born about 1824 in Chatham Co NC. They married in the early 1840s based on the year of birth of their first child and lived in the Gulf NC area. They were listed in the 1850 Chatham Co NC census, in the 1852 Moore Co NC tax list and in the 1860 Moore Co NC census in the area of Moore Co that became Lee Co NC. They lived just across the county line in the Buffalo P O area of what is now Lee Co NC. They were back in Chatham Co NC in the 1870 and the 1880 census. I am trying to find who the parents were of John H Morris born in 1818 and died in 1908 and buried at the Grace Chapel Christian Church Cemetery in Tramway NC just south of Sanford NC. Any help is appreciated. | ||
| NEAL/NEIL | August 29, 2011 | Ross Smith rsmith6670@msn.com |
| Sallie Neal or Neil was born about 1804 in Chatham Co NC and Lydia Neal was born in 1809 in Chatham Co NC. They both married Oldhams in Chatham Co NC. I am trying to find who the parents were of Sallie Neil and Lydia Neal. Is anyone researching the Neals or Neils of Chatham Co NC that could help? Thanks. | ||
| WATER POWERED MILL | July 27, 2011 | D.Jernigan dwj041745@gmail.com |
| I am interested in purchasing and restoring an old water powered mill. I would appreciate anyone's assistance in locating one. Thank you. | ||
| BROOKS | July 10, 2011 | Jo Gilliland gilley@wat.midco.net |
| Looking for a connection between the John Brooks family from Chatham Co. Local Indian tribes. | ||
| MOYLE/MOILE | July 2, 2011 | Cissy Terry terrycissy@gmail.com |
| I am looking for information on Samuel Moyle(1840-1864) who married Marinda Gilmore maybe daughter of John Gilmore. Where they are buried and how did they die? Both died in 1864. His name is spelled Samuel Moile in the marriage records, but that is wrong. Thanks. | ||
| SELLERS | July 17, 2011 | Elizabeth Fortune ebfortune@gmail.com |
| I am looking
for any information on my 5th great grandmother,
*Jemima Sellers*
(1757 - 1827). She married
Gasper Gallman
in Edgefield, SC about 1775 and died there is 1827. I have
in family notes that
Jemima was born in Chatham County, NC around 1757. I
have no other information for her or her parents. If anyone has information on the Sellers name in Chatham County during the early to mid 1700s, I would be most grateful for the assistance. Thank you. |
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| HARRIS | July 24, 2011 | Jim and Bev Wiggins jimerly@embarqmail.com |
| I am looking for information about W. S. Harris, who represented Chatham County as a NC State Senator for the 1860 -1861 legislative term. I do not know what the "W. S." stands for, and I cannot find Mr. Harris in the 1860 census for Chatham. Any clues will be appreciated. | ||
| MUDLICK SCHOOL | May 8, 2011 | Hal Robinson hrobster@triad.rr.com |
| I am looking
for information on the one room schoolhouse in northern
Chatham county called
"Mudlick School".
I would really love to see a picture of it. Any one willing
to share information may contact HalRobinson at
hrobster@triad.rr.com
. (If anyone knows about this school please also send information to history@chathamhistory.org . It is believed that the school was on Mudlick Trail that turns off of Tom Stevens Rd. An article was in the Chatham Record some years ago about this school. A copy of that would be helpful too. Thanks. CCHA) |
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| MURRAY | May 26, 2011 | Randy andyam@roadrunner.com |
| My great, great grandfather, Jesse Alan Murray, was born in Chatham County, North Carolina on August 8, 1811. I have been unsuccessful in locating information on his father and other ancestors. I'd appreciateany information anyone has. | ||
| HOLT, JOHNSTON, FOUSHEE, POE, GILMORE | May 4, 2011 | Sybilene Gilmore Lanzone sybilene@lanzone.net |
| I am searching for my family connection to the Holt, Johnston, Foushee, Poe, and Gilmore's of North Carolina. My Great-grandfather was Ivy Moore Gilmore (Ivey or I.M.). He was married to Elizabeth (Ella). My Great-great-grandfather was Stephen Gilmore and his father was John Gilmore. Thank you for any help you may have. | ||
| EDWARDS & PHILLIPS | April 27, 2011 | Bonnie Headley lass20001@msn.com |
| I am looking for the parents of Nancy Edwards b. July 8, 1802. She married Lewis Phillips, Jr. on Feb. 3, 1831, at her fathers home. | ||
| COTTEN/COTTON | April 9, 2011 | Sue Lazara Sue@lazara.org |
| I seek information on the family of Richard Cotten (Cotton) and/or Carney Cotton who lived in Chatham County in the 1830s. I believe Richard Carney Cotton served in the House of Commons for several terms during the 1830s and I'd like to know more about his political leanings, family businesses, personal life, related families, etc. Thank you. | ||
| BEAL | March 16, 2011 | Mary Yarber mkybr@sbcglobal.net |
| Looking for a paper trail connecting Benjamin Beal to his son Micajah. Micajah was born in Chatham County in 1795 and died in Giles County, Tennessee, in 1830. His wife was Honor Malinda Leonard. Benjamin and wife, Nancy Taylor, died in Greene County, Missouri, in 1844. Would appreciate any help in linking Micajah to his family. | ||
| BOYS SCHOOL | March 7, 2011 | Gayle Sterken gaylesterken@yahoo.com |
| I am looking for any information on a private boys' school located in Siler City during the mid to late 1800's. My great-great-grandparents had a boarding home for the boys that attended this school and I'm interested in learning as much as possible. Their names were Sarah Hornaday and George William Coble. They had a large family....some of the names of their children: Mae, Ivy, Emma, Jenny, Minter. Any help would be most appreciated. Gayle M. Sterken 281-830-3868 | ||
| PHILLIPS | January 24, 2011 | Tim Phillips tim.phillips@dirxion.com |
| I am looking
for the parents of a relative named
Richard Phillips, born in Chatham, North Carolina
around 1801. He later married
Mary E. Carter and moved in the 1840's to Arkansas. Their children were: - Paralee Phillips 1839 ? - Alexander Phillips 1843 ? - Francis M Phillips 1845 ? - Matthew F Phillips 1846 ? - William H. Phillips 1846 ? - Mary D Phillips 1849 ? - Hannah J Phillips 1850 ? Any help would be appreciated. |
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| PEARCE, BLAIR FAMILIES | November 29, 2010 | J. Pyle pyb@earthlink.net |
| CCHA has received a collection of old photographs with various members of the WILLIAM WADE PEARCE (1890-1965) family from Albright Township, with other family names of Blair, Hinshaw, Thompson, and Fox. We are looking for descendants who could help identify some of the unnamed individuals from photos taken about 1911. | ||
| McDUFFEE | August 24, 2010 | Jackie McDuffee jmcduffe@nctc.com |
| Do you have any information on the McDuffee family that lived in Chatham county N.C. in 1788. I can trace my heritage back to George Niel McDuffee born in 1788 in this county. If you do please send the info to jmcduffe@nctc.com . Thanks: Jackie McDuffee, 8745 Scottsville Rd., Lafayette, TN. 37083 | ||
| BREWER LINDSEY | August 17, 2010 | Ronald Ferrall ronferrall@hotmail.com |
| I am looking for any information about Delilah Hodgson Brewer Lindsey. She was born around 1760 and died about 1810 in Chatham County, North Carolina. She married Peter Brewer and then in 1783 she married James Lindsey in Chatham County. Any information as to her birth and death dates and where she is buried would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. | ||
| FORE/MOORE | August 13, 2010 | Annette Tallant nett@cox.net |
| I am looking for information on my grandfather JAMES WILLIAM FORE, born July 28, 1877, in MOORE COUNTY. His parents were WILLIAM HENRY FORE and ELIZA FORE (maiden name MOORE). Any information would be appreciated. Annette Louise (Fore) Tallant. | ||
| ELLINGTON | May 10, 2010 | Anna Louise Fulks alfulks@earthlink.net |
| I am looking for the names of the parents of Woodard Hampton Ellington, born March 12, 1809, in Chatham County, NC. He died 27 June 1876 in Chatham County, NC. Woodard was my great grandfather. He was married to Gracey Bland on 28 November 1833. I would appreciate any information on Gracey Bland as well, i.e. her parents and where they were born. I have a copy of the marriage bonds for Woodward H. Ellington to Gracey Bland as well as that of his marriage to Mary Jane Caudle on 15 May 1848. Any information that you might have would be appreciated. Thank you very much. Anna Louise (Ellington) Fulks | ||
| BOLING | May 17, 2010 | Ella Conner cmella04@roadrunner.com |
| I am looking for information on ROBERT and ELLA BOLING who lived in Cape Fear Township, Chatham County, North Carolina in 1930. They had six children then: Jessie, Bessie, Nellie, Clinton, Robert, Jr. and Eugene. They rented their home and Robert was a railroad laborer. Robert and Ella are my paternal grandparents and I would appreciate any information you may be willing to share. Thank you. | ||
| JOHNSON | May 4, 2010 | Loy Devine Loyandpat@aol.com |
| It is believed that Hansel Johnson was born in Chatham County within a few years before or after 1815. He spent most of his adult life around Gold Hill, NC. At times he was in Rowan County and at other times he was in Cabarrus County, just across the county line. He married Sarah (Sally) Earnhardt in Rowan county in 1844. She was born in 1825. Any information regarding Hansel and other members of his family will be greatly appreciated. | ||
| TEMPLES | April 27, 2010 | John H. Temple, Harwell, Georgia jhet1968@hartcom.net |
| Looking for information on, and descendant of, Benjamin Temples who is shown as head of household in 1790 Chatham, NC, US census. Census indicates 4 males under 16, 2 males over 16, and 2 females. | ||
