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Re: George Silvers,MD. NC.b late 1700

Posted by: Cindy Ray Peters Date: February 28, 1999 at 11:57:35

In Reply to: Re: George Silvers,MD. NC.b late 1700 by Phil Rutledge of 352

Hi Phil,

I am sorry ,I was incorrect about My Rachel being Charlies sister. She was his fathers Jacob sister.There were 12 of them, I have there names if you want them.

According to the Toe River Valley Heritage Vol 1 &2.

Your Jacob was a brother of my grandmother Rachel m Edward Wilson. There father was George J. Silvers Jr. b 10-28-1753 Fredrick Co. Md. m Nancy Ann Griffith b 1766, they had 12 kids.

George Jr. father was George Silver Sr. (Jurg Silbers) b 2-1731 Germany m Sissy Market (Elizabeth Schmieden)Germany.

Jacob married Elizabeth Wilson they had 1 child Charles 10-3-1812 Elizabeth died during child birth. Jacob married Nancy Reed and they had 12 children.

I have a good story.

Jacob was a farmer and a Babtist min. in the Kona area for 50 years. Because he couldn’t read or write. His wife Nancy Reed would read the bible to him and he would memorize the scripture he used in his sermon.

He married Nancy on 10-6-1814 in Buncombe Co. Nc. She was the daughter of Samuel Reed.

They are buried at Silver Family Cem. in Kona, Nc.

Hope this helps!

Cindy Ray Peters

via Re: George Silvers,MD. NC.b late 1700.

John’s History Corner

Henry Gilbert Silver

Henry Gilbert Silver (1801-after 1880) was the ninth child born to George Silver Junior and Nancy Ann Griffith. Henry was born on October 26th, 1801, into an Evangelical Lutheran family. He would have been about five years old when the Silver family arrived in what is now Kona. Unfortunately, Henry did not leave us a lot of information on himself. It is sufficient to say that he did leave 17 offspring.

Henry married first Sarah Martha “Sally” Wilson, daughter of Edward Wilson. She was born about 1800 and died about 1842. This marriage produced seven children: (1) Nancy N. Silver who married George Silver “Big George” Wilson. (2) Rachel Silver married Thomas “Tommy” Thomas. (3) Elizabeth Silver married Thomas A. Wilson. (4) Eliza Jane Silver married Ervin Ray. (5) Lucinda Silver married Isaiah Henson. (6) Martha Silver (Martha must have died very early in that we have no information on her whatsoever.) (7) Sarah A. Silver married H.L. Hensley and moved to Georgia.

After Sarah Martha passed away, Henry married Nancy Ann Howell, born about 1824 and died after 1880. She was a daughter of Thomas Howell and Piety Wilson. This marriage produced 10 children. (1) Piety Louella Silver married Thomas S. Willis. (2) Frances “Frankie” Silver married Joseph Honeycutt (3) Cynthia Silver of whom we know nothing. (4) Thomas C. Silver married Rachel E. Allen and Amanda Jane Honeycutt. (5) John Britt Silver married Elizabeth Nancy Jarrett. (6) William Jasper Silver married Sarah C. Ball and Lula Mildred Gill. (7) Rev. Henry Gilbert Silver married Judith Lavette Grindstaff and Ruie Catherine Dills. (8) Margaret M. Silver, again we have no information on Margaret. (9) Malinda “Linda” Silver married Albert Laws. (10) Levi D. Silver m. Mandy L.

Henry is buried in the Rose Branch Cemetery in an unmarked grave. Most of Henry’s children moved east into McDowell, Rutherford, Gaston and Cleveland Counties.

via SILVER THREADS.

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Okay, so here’s where I try to make brief sense of the jumble of posts up until now.
Quite simply I am searching for answers to questions — the majority of them, these days, are about Native American heritage/genealogy and where my ancestors actually “came from”.

One page of hand-written notes from the past few days include the following locations:

In NORTH CAROLINA:
1- Dimsal, NC
2- Weaverville, NC
3- Buncombe County
4- Big Lick, Stanley County
5- Orange County
6- Swain County
7- Hickory, NC
8- Hollow Poplar
9) Montgomery County
10) Catawba County
11) Honeycutts, NC
12) Sampson County

Other locations:
1- Scott County, Virginia
2- Ellijay, Georgia
3- Roane County, Tennessee
4- Carter County, Tennessee

Surnames I am hoping to find further information on in these areas include:

Bailey, Briggs, Byrd, Griffith/Griffin, Garland, Honeycutt, Hampton, Letterman/Leatherman, Radford, Silvers, Wright…

NOTE: Names in bold are most like ancestors (if not noted as KIN, by an ITALICS).

And so, this is where I am at with finding my answers — somewhere in the “Toe River Valley” of North Carolina — with an interwoven genealogy of a community of people who MOST likely have Native American heritage; but have hidden it for so long, that finding solid proof is not easily done.

I will keep searching.

As time, energy and new leads permit me.

– Cathy Ann Abernathy

weavercat@gmail.com

Fifth Great-Grand father:

George William Byrd [46062]
B: abt 1755 in Richmond, Virginia
D: abt 1825 in Jacks Creek, Yancey County, North Carolina
Married: Margaret Annie Hudson/Hutson
B: abt 1760 in New York or England
D:
bef 1870 in Yancey (now Mitchell) County, North Carolina

Children:
1) Annie Byrd – Married: John Griffith
2) William Kinsey Byrd – Married Elizabeth Williams
3) (Christopher) Samuel Dempsey Byrd – Married: Mary “Polly” Briggs
4) George Washington Byrd
- – - – - -
Possible connection through “J. H. Honeycutt” (one of several possible John Henry Honeycutt’s as a direct ancestor – Virgie Ann Honeycutt‘s father).
Will be looking into this further…

NOTE

: Virgie Ann Honeycutt married Ivey Lee Abernathy - they were my PATERNAL grandparents.

– Cathy

A collection of records and links for those researching their Creek – Muskogee Indian ancestors.

via Creek Indian Researcher – records and links.

Southeastern United States Indians, Traders, Commissioners, Agents, Interpreters, and Others Involved in Indian Affairs

-A Bibliography-

via IndianTradeBiblio.

Page 1

CHARLES N. AND MARGARET (RIDDLE) BAILEY

My ancestor Charles Bailey was born sometime between

1789 and 1794 on Storey (Story, Storie) Branch, a tributary of

Little King Creek in Wilkes County, N.C. (now Caldwell). When

he was less than ten years old, he came to the wilderness of

the Toe River Valley. Details of that difficult and fantastic

journey may be found in the story of his parents, ANSEL AND

ELIZABETH (BRADLEY) BAILEY

via CHARLES N. AND MARGARET (RIDDLE) BAILEY My ancestor Charles Bailey was born sometime between.

# ID: I07554

# Name: George Washington Byrd

# Sex: M

# ALIA: Broke Leg /Byrd/

# Birth: 7 MAR 1813 in Burke Co, NC

# Death: UNKNOWN in Red Hill, NC

# Burial: AFT 1880 Red Hill Cemetery Red Hill, Mitchell Co, NC

Father: William Kimsey Byrd b: 21 MAY 1778 in VA

Mother: Elizabeth Williams b: 4 OCT 1784 in Sweetwater, Monroe Co, TN

Marriage 1 Elizabeth Honeycutt b: 1828 in , Yancey, NC

Children

1. Has No Children Mary Lucretia Byrd b: 11 NOV 1861 in Yancey Co, NC

Marriage 2 Betsy Jane Phillips b: ABT 1814 in Burnsville, NC

* Married: 16 JAN 1834

* Married: 16 JAN 1834 in Red Hill, NC

Children

1. Has No Children Betty Byrd

2. Has No Children Lula Byrd

3. Has No Children William Byrd b: 1835 in Yancey Co, NC

4. Has No Children Lazarus Byrd b: 1837 in Yancey Co, NC

5. Has No Children Charles Byrd b: 1838 in Yancey Co, NC

6. Has No Children Samuel Carson Byrd b: 3 MAY 1842 in Yancey Co, NC

7. Has Children Mitchell T Byrd b: 1843 in Yancey Co, NC

8. Has No Children George Byrd b: 1845 in Yancey Co, NC

9. Has No Children Elizabeth Jane Byrd b: 1849 in Yancey Co, NC

10. Has Children Hutson Byrd b: 1851 in Clarktown, NC

11. Has No Children Blake Byrd b: 20 JUL 1853 in Mitchell Co, NC

12. Has No Children James Byrd b: 1855 in Mitchell Co, NC

Marriage 3 Mary Ann Clark

* Married: 7 SEP 1875 in Yancey Co, NC

Children

1. Has No Children Mary Elizabeth Byrd b: 29 JUL 1861 in Wautauga Co, NC

2. Has No Children Robert Vance Byrd b: 3 NOV 1863 in Yancey Co, TN

3. Has Children Jinsey Byrd b: 20 DEC 1865

4. Has Children Minnie Esther Byrd b: 11 MAR 1879 in Bakersville, NC

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Ostergard Family History WC.

# ID: I40312

# Name: Franklin Pate

# Sex: M

# Birth: 1863 in NC

# Death: 1936

# Burial: King Cem., Elk Shoal, Yancey Co., NC

Father: Robert Nat Pate b: ABT. 1835

Mother: Ellen Higgins b: 15 MAY 1836 in Yancey Co., NC

Marriage 1 Sallie A. Angel b: 1868 in Yancey Co., NC

Children

1. Has No Children Aphemia Pate b: ABT. 1897 in Yancey Co., NC

2. Has Children Sheridan Pate b: 22 OCT 1899 in Yancey Co., NC

3. Has No Children Roscoe Pate b: 18 FEB 1903 in Yancey Co., NC

4. Has No Children Flora Pate b: 12 APR 1906 in Yancey Co., NC

5. Has No Children Mack D. Pate b: 11 MAY 1908 in Yancey Co., NC

6. Has No Children Ruby Pate b: 1914 in Yancey Co., NC

7. Has No Children Ruth Pate b: 6 OCT 1914 in Yancey Co., NC

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: The Toe River Valley, NC.