Joseph Abbott was born in Virginia in 1805. He married Keziah Narcessia in Virginia. They had nine children. Keziah was born in Tennessee in 1806. Following their marriage about 1820, the family moved to North Carolina. After various moves, the family then migrated to Missouri from Virginia between 1842 and 1844 and settled in Polk County. Keziah died in Vernon County, Missouri in 1859. Joseph died in Vernon County, Missouri in 1866. Descendants have...

R. David Grooms was born in 1948 probably in North Carolina. He married Rhoda Kathryn Haney and they had two children. Information on many of their ancestral lines which go back to the colonial south is given in this volume. Stories of the Revolutionary and Civil War experiences of several family members are included. Several lines run back to the Cherokee nation. Today descendants live in North Carolinam, and elsewhere in the south. Includes Grooms,...

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Coffey (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. In the 1600s, some immigrated to Barbados and Jamaica (West Indies), and to North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. In the 1700s, some settled in Nova Scotia (Canada), and in Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,...

History of the Rickman family originally of England. The early ancestor of this family was William Rickman, who lived at Marchwood, Elfing, Hampshire, England in 1556. The first American ancestor, Dr. William Rickman (1731-1784), settled near a hamlet called Milford in Virginia in 1770.

William Dack married Jane Code, and immigrated in 1817 from Ireland to Québec, Québec, settled in Leeds County, Ontario and later moved to Lanark County, Ontario. James Whitford Dack (b.ca.1806), a son, married widow Jane (James) Wellwood (widow of William); they became converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and immigrated to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1843. They later became members of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints,...

The Alexander and Stevenson families originated in the Carolinas. Samuel moved to Arkansas and then on to Texas although he kept connections in Arkansas. His son John Alexander was born 27 January 1777. John married Jane Stevenson in South Carolina. She was born 3 April 1779. John died 27 May 1860 and Jane died about 30 March 1873. "Both are buried at Black Oak, Washington County, Arkansas."--P. [3]. Descendants and relatives lived in Arkansas,...

Information about the Rickman family. Includes the family history and life of Dr. William Rickman, who was born in England ca. 1731 settled in Virginia. He was the director of Continental Hospitals in Virginia from 1776 to 1780. After the death of his first wife, he married Elizabeth Harrison. He died in Charles City County, Virginia. Family members live in Henderson County, North Carolina.

Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of Henry Dixon (or Dixson) who was born ca. 1633 and married Rose (surname unknown) sometime prior to the year 1661. They lived in Armagh, Co., Northern Ireland and were the parents of seven children. Their son (William) immigrated to America ca. 1676 and married Ann Gregg sometime prior to the year 1692. William and Ann were the parents of seven children. Descendants lived in Delaware,...

Colonel Samuel Beck (1796-1876) lived in Randolph County, North Carolina and married Tabitha Langston (1796-1856) in Pickens, Oconee County, South Carolina in 1812. They moved to Rabun, Georgia in 1822 which was just across the river from their parents' homes in South Carolina. Ancestors and descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Montana, California, Arizona, Texas, Washington, Oregon, Idaho...