State Archives

Today I went to Raleigh to the NC State Archives. This was my second visit. I was able to locate the following information:

• Joel Clark's Death notice in Burke Co. Gen. Society Journal
• John Gibb's Death notice in Burke Co. Gen. Society Journal
• Court Record for George Deal
• Court Record for John Robinson
• Family information for George Deal
• Land Transaction Record for Ralph and William Holefield

I already knew about the death notice for Joel Clark and the land records for the Holefields, it was nice to get my own copies. The rest I stumbled upon.

I was also able to copy some pages from the Jerimiah and Alexander Clarke Book. These pages show the families of Jerimiah Clark(e). I'll be able to add a great deal of detail to that family in my family tree using that info.

Holcombe, Double Island Baptist, and Charles Robertson Cemeteries

 

I went to Yancey County today to see the fall leaves...and to do some more cemetery digging. I was able to visit three today, all in Yancey County.

Holcombe Cemetery-

I knew it was in Burnsville, but that was about all. When I first got to town I passed the Holcombe Funeral Home. Dad told me he figured they were connected, so I stopped. It turns out he was right. The cemetery was just a couple of blocks behind the funeral home. I was able to locate the graves of John H Edge and his wife and son. I was also able to locate Bonnie Autrey's grave. I had found these people listed on http://www.findagrave.com/ and was able to track them down.

Double Island Baptist Cemetery-

I had visited this cemetery before, but was looking for someone else's graves (didn't find them). I found a transcription that was done by Gwen Bodford about five years ago. I located George Robertson/Robinson and his wife Susannah Woody. I also found the graves of three slaves who lived with George and Susannah as well as several of their children and grandchildren. There were many other Robinsons in this cemetery; some next to George and Susannah.

Charles Robertson Cemetery-

I would have never found this cemetery without the help of Gwen Bodford's cemetery transcriptions I found online. She also provided directions to the cemeteries. This cemetery was in terrible shape. It's sad to think that all these people have been virtually forgotten. It's clear no one is visiting this cemetery or caring for it. I was able to find all of John Robertson/Robinson's children and their spouses who are buried here, but I couldn't find John and Susannah's graves. I contacted Ms. Bodford to ask if she could provide further information and she actually sent me pictures of both graves from 2005. They have been covered over with growth or debris and I'm afraid that John's tombstone has been toppled since 2005. If it were still standing I feel sure I would have found it. I plan to return to this cemetery with mom and dad and I also am going to try to think of ways to get this cemetery cared for!

The Clark Reunion

Today I went to the Clark Family Reunion in Morganton. I was hoping to get more information on Mills Denton and on the Crawley Line. There were lots of nice people at the reunion, so that worked out ok. I wasn't able to get too much new information because I was basically stuck in the same places as those at the reunion who are working on the family genealogy. I did get a few names of brothers, sisters, and cousins of my direct line and it motivated me to focus on those families more in my family tree.

I still think going to distant family reunions could pay off with new info...it just didn't this time.

From John W Edge to George Robertson

Today I found information about the Robinson/Robertson line. After having worked on John W Edge's family yesterday, I started looking at his wife (Emiline Robertson) and her family. I used Google to search for George Robertson and found that Emiline's grandfather and grandmother(George Robertson & Susannah Woody) are buried in Double Island Baptist Cemetery.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rob4993&id=I00139
http://files.usgwarchives.org/nc/yancey/cemeteries/dblislebc.txt (entry 229 & 230)

I was also able to use Google to find Emiline's father and mother (John W Robertson & Susannah Bailey) is buried in the Charles Robertson/Robinson Cemetery.

http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/yancey/cemeteries/robnsn05.txt

John W Edge Family

Today I have been looking at my records on Ancestry.com and I'm trying to clean up some mistakes in John W Edge's family. His son that was listed as S Manserel I believe is mis-transcribed from the 1910 census. I believe it should be S Manassas (Nass). I have removed S Manserel and attached the 1910 census record to Stanley Manassas Edge.

http://trees.ancestry.myfamily.com/tree/4349725/person/-1515308755

I also have switched David William Edge to William David Edge based on his tombstone and some census information.

http://o.mfcreative.com/f1/file13/objects/d/9/3/dd939e95-04d6-4ed6-958a-048e3aa54966-0.jpg

I have also concluded that Laird V Edge is a name that was mis-transcribed from the census. I believe this is supposed to be David W Edge who is of course William David Edge.