Misc. Dobber Records

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BIOGRAPHIES	Col. Wrightstill AVERY
CEMETERY INFO.	REPORTS: Location of Gov. Caswell's Grave? * Report on the Search to Locate the Grave of Richard Caswell, 1729-1789 * The Search for Richard Caswell's Grave * Addendum to the Cross Report from THE BLOUNT PAPERS: Information on the Laws of NC concerning cemeteries THE CEMETERIES OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NC AND OTHER STUFF By W.D. (Bill) Floyd - Excellent off site data base for SC and some NC Cemeteries Help Save the Caswell and other Cemeteries Hardy Family Cemetery These people were out of Greene County-Off Site Link Obituary Central
CENSUS	1790 Dobbs County Census
CHURCHES	Rainbow Church Ministers and other tidbits Early Methodist Church Dalys Chapel photograph Free Will Baptist Historical Collection (New Link April 11, 2008)
COLLECTIONS	William L. (Bill) Murphey Collection, Index for the Collection which can be found at: Manuscript Division, Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. NOTES ON THE SYBIL HYATT COLLECTION Some Hargett Information from the Sybil Hyatt Collection Glasgow Land Fraud Warrenton Land Fraud Swiss and Palatines to New Bern A List of Known Persons who left Switzerland and Germany to settle in New Bern, North Carolina in 1710. Compiled by Victor T. Jones, Jr. Local History and Genealogy Librarian, New Bern-Craven County Public Library My Virginia and North Carolina Genealogical Exchange by Forrest Davis King -his ancestors immigrated to the Surry / Isle of Wight / Nansemond Counties in the late 1600s and relocated in Warren County, North Carolina. Over 300 descendancy charts mostly dating to the pre-Revolutionary War period are available for your review. The Murphrey Family History: This Web site has been developed to document the Murphrey family which first came to Virginia in the mid 1600s. Branches of that family later migrated to North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas. Particular emphasis has been placed on descendants of Captain John Murphrey who moved from Virginia to Dobbs County, North Carolina circa 1747. The Murphrey Letters (1768 - 1776) Here are just three out of 16 letters July 3, 1768 - Letter from Michael Murphrey to Patsey Hill September 30, 1768 - Letter from Captain John Murphrey to Drewry Aldridge, Sr. October 1, 1768 - Letter from Drewry Aldridge, Sr. to Captain John Murphrey
MAPS	1779 map of North Carolina showing the South Carolina border. Off Site Link Rare Map Collection at the Hargrett Library at the University of Georgia Oldest Land Grant at Kinston, Lenoir Co., NC by Charles Holloman  Map showing townships of Pitt, Lenoir, Greene and Craven Counties.   Composite Map Of Kinston,NC 1762-1850 LOCATION FINDER (off Site) Searchable Town/County/State data base. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
NEWSPAPERS	Historical Newspaper Articles relating to Dobb's County Genealogists UPDATED APRIL 16, 2007 Craven County Jones County Lenoir County Greene County (coming soon) Misc. Counties mentioned in the articles posted in one of the four above counties. North Carolina Newspapers Newspapers published in North Carolina since the North Carolina Gazette first appeared in New Bern in 1751. The North Carolina Division of Archives and History and the State Library of North Carolina coordinated the North Carolina Newspaper Project (NCNP), an extensive program to locate, catalog, and microfilm North Carolina newspapers.
MIGRATIONS, NEIGHBORHOODS, LODGES, ETC	BOUNDRY DISPUTE: John FREEMAN and Frederick DICKSON   Two prominent planters living on Rainbow Creek in 1794 DEFINITIONS: Genealogy related words DOBBER NEIGHBORHOODS Then and Now Bucklesberry, Tickbite, Shine Township, Sandy Bottom, Sugar Hill Institute Dawson s Crossin Hugo DOWN HOME COOKING: Recipes & links to local restaurants  INTERESTING COURT CASES FAMILY MIGRATIONS ROUNTREE MASONIC LODGE
WILLS	John KENNEDY Will, July 19, 1832 submitted by Bev German (photocopy- may load  slowly) Many of our Ancestors Wills can be found in the NCGENWEB Archives

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