From Bev

Below is 2nd e-mail from Marsha regarding her Roach line:

 

This is what I input into my family tree, based on the information I received from someone who had done a lot of research into the Littleberry Roach lineage.  I can't give you the name of my source because I can't uncover it right at this moment.  I'll give it to you later. This is what I have listed:

Littleberry Roach was born about 1753 in either NC or VA.  He was
married to a woman named Jane (last name unknown).  They had at least 6
children:
1.  James S. Roach born Dec. 4, 1776 in NC?   m. bet 1808 and 1810  d Nov
20, 1851 wife's name:  Elizabeth Sarah Dunlap   [This was my Roach line.]
2.  Henry Roach  born in 1782
3.  Jeremiah Roach  born bet 1794 and 1802
4.  William Roach  born bet 1794 and 1802
5.  Littleberry Roach
6.  Mary Roach
I'll write you more later.  It's very late right now.
Marsha
 

----- Original Message -----

From: Lois Grizzard

To: [email protected]

Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 8:46 AM

Subject: Re: [WAT-SC] Hestket

 

Bev,

I don't think you did.

Lois

----- Original Message -----

From: Bev Harrell

To: [email protected]

Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 8:32 AM

Subject: Re: [WAT-SC] Hestket

 

To Group: Can't remember... Did I send you the 2nd e-mail I received from Marcia Roach wherein she adds more information about her Roach family line?  Lots on my mind these days. Bev  [email protected]

Lee, I wrote to you several years ago about the connection of Stokes, Rowan, and Surry counties in NC and I pursued this until family events interfered with my research.  I saw enough in Surry at the time to believe that there was a connection of the Joseph Watkins, Sr. family to Surry.  .The following is info I collected at that time and I have more in my notes somewhere which I will attempt to find later.  .

“The families in Pendleton and Greenville Districts were from Stokes County, NC., originally Rowan County, where they lived in the 1770’s.”

 “Capt. John Kees was granted land on Tugaloo 10 Jan. 1787, which he sold 5 Feb. 1801 to David Barton. He, Jacob and Elijah Kees were in Pendleton in 1790.  Peter Keys and wife, Lettie, and John and Joshua Keys lived some distance away in what is now Anderson County.”  Pg. 34

1800 Census of Pendleton District, South Carolina, Compiled with an introduction by William C. Stewart, Foreword by Carleton E. Fisher, published by National Genealogical Society

I recall reading also that a man named Cleveland organized a group from Rowan County to migrate to the Tugaloo River area of the Pendleton District.

 

These are census records I have to date but don’t vouch for it being a thorough search of these NC counties.  I recently sent some of this to Lois and it appears that she has been following up on it.

 

1771 EARLY TAX LIST  –  SURRY COUNTY, NC

Watkins, Henry

 

1786 TAX LIST - SURRY COUNTY, NC, AKINS DISTRICT

Watkins, George 400, 1, white

 

1790  CENSUS – STOKES COUNTY,  NC  PAGES 179 AND 180

Thomas Watkins     10300  pg.179
Compare to Thomas Watkins in Pendleton District, SC 1800

Jewel (?) Watkins  11400 pg.179
Wadkins, Henry  - 41800  pg.180

Smith, John    43200  pg.180

 

1790 CENSUS - ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

Frick, Jacob -  1 2 1 0 0   1062

Frick, Henry - 2 4 2 0 0  1061

Note: The three Fricks brothers who married JosephWatkins, Sr.’s daughters were the sons of  Henry Fricks of  Rowan County, South Carolina and grandsons of  Jacob Fricks.

 

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING  ON SAME PG. - 1790 SURRY COUNTY, NC CENSUS

Joseph Watkins   - 1 2 5 0 0 pg.184  line 5

Watkins   George                1 2  6  0  0  pg.184 line 2

See also George Watkins 1840 Pickens County, SC

Denny, (?)Samuel  12300 pg. 184

Johnson, John  20100  pg. 184

Johnson, John  12500  pg. 184

Johnson, Isaac  10000  pg. 184

Denny, Hezekiah  14600  pg. 184

Denny (?) William  22500  pg. 184

Roach, John  10100  pg. 184

Roach, John, Junr.  11100  pg. 184

See also John Roach connection to Henry Watkins, Sr. - Pickens County, SC

 

1800 CENSUS – SURRY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Joseph Watkins   11101-21110 pg.698

Note: James Watkins is recorded on line under this household. 

Denny, Joshua 10100-10010 - pg.646

Denny, James 52001-2101000 p.618

SURRY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

1804 - SURRY COUNTY, NC DEED ABSTRACT Source: Ref 5, Pg. 34

DB K, p 143, 9 July 1804  STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA to JOHN ROACH.  300 acres No 1632, 50 shillings for every hundred acres.  On the waters of Hunting Creek adjoining Riht’s NE corner post. 

REFERENCES

see  WATKINS  [ E-mail: 9/23/03]