Sunday, February 22, 2015

Iva McElroy, my wife's great-grandmother

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Click to Enlarge Iva Griffith McElroy I usually blog about my adventures while researching my own genealogy, but for a long time I...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

Brother George Williams' slaves

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                                                                  Photo/ Lib. of Congress Click to Enlarge Modern handwritten note in ...
Sunday, February 8, 2015

More details about Brother George Williams discovered

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One question those of us who claim genealogy as a hobby often hear is, “how far back have you gotten?” When asked (and frequently without...
Sunday, February 1, 2015

An account of the remarkable occurrences in the life and travels of Colonel James Smith

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Click to Enlarge John Wayne as Colonel James Smith in "Allegheny Uprising." Although my ancestors migrated from North Carolin...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Ridley Wills, Haywood County Fugitive

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Click to Enlarge William Ridley Wills 1898 - 1957 In the early 1920s, a group of fifteen or so writers, poets and literary scholars who...
Sunday, December 14, 2014

Ralph Lauren ad or vintage Methodist campground photo?

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Photo / Elma Ross Library Camp Pieus at Windrow's Camp Ground Click to Enlarge If you, like the good-looking folks in this photo fr...
Thursday, November 27, 2014

Haywood County's first entrepreneur, Hiram Bradford

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Click to Enlarge Since today is Thanksgiving, a time when families gather together to express gratitude for their blessings, I wanted t...