One hundred acres were laid out for Francis Ladson, the first Ladson in Carolina, under the terms of a purchase receipt from the Lords Proprietors dated 6 May 1696. No other or more formal grant than the receipt, and the warrant thereupon issued on the same day, appears to have been made, but Francis Ladson evidently took possession and by his will in 1717 left the 100 acres to his 6 children: Francis, Mary (who married Daniel Johnston), Sarah (who...

Periodical serving as a clearinghouse for genealogical data on various families from the Southern United States, primarily Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Ozark region. Includes information about their ancestors who came from Austria, Bavaria, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Normandy, Prussia, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Wales. Some immigrated...

Peter Mallett, son of Peter Mallett (b. 1711) and Mary Booth, was born in 1744 in Tashua, Connecticut. He married Eunice Judson Curtis, daughter of Jeremiah Judson Curtis and Mary Edwards, in 1765 in Stratford, Connecticut. They had two children. He married Sarah Mumford, daughter of Robinson Mumford and Sarah Coit, in 1780 in Cross Creek, North Carolina. They had thirteen children. He died in 1805 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Ancestors, descendants...