From: Bob Edwards [cheoah1@hughes.net]
Subject: Garland Genealogy in Wayne Co, NC

My names is Bobby M Edwards, President Emeritus of the Garland Family Research Association (GFRA) that was begun in 1926 to capture all data possible on families with the surname Garland(and associated families).  We are incorporated in the State of NC and our database now contains 132, 000 names; 48, 000 marriages and 75 0000 sets of notes.    We have a DNA Project and have established that seven Garland males  who were in East TN and Western NC have lineage back to a Peter Garland of Isle of Wight Co, VA and his second spouse, an unknown Grace.  He left a Will which named his children  the amount of land (and where)  he left each.

At the current moment we are concentrating on his son, John Garland, Sr who married 1st Mary Joyner and 2nd a Martha,  and his son, John Garland, Jr, both of whom lived progressively thru Greene County and then Wayne County. NC   John Garland, Jr married 1st Mary Innes, daughter of  Colonel James Innes and 2nd to Elizabeth White, daughter of Robert and Elinor Hope White.  After the death of John Garland, Jr  in 1806, she married Drury J Aldridge.

John Garland, Jr and Elizabeth White had children, Kinchen Garland; Sarah W Garland; Rufus King Garland; Elizabeth John Garland; Elinor Garland and John Garland, all except the last, John Garland, married and had families.

John Garland, Jr had a half-brother, Joseph Garland, born ca 1705, Isle of Wight Co, NC, an died after 1771 in Greene Co, NC.  Land transactions whether for Isle of Wight Co, VA , Greene Co, NC and Wayne Co, NC , by have the same descriptive locations.  We have purchased all the volumes of genealogy for Isle of Wight Co, VA and numerous CD records from the US Genealogical Publishing Company and have exhausted these kind of sources.  We are appealing to a number of known and respected websites for any assistance, or, clues, that might be of assistance to us

Bobby M Edwards
4494 Sweetwater Road
Robbinsville, NC 28771         (828)479-6596        cheoah1@hughes.net

From: James Brown [jcbrown63@hotmail.com]
Subject: RE:  George Washignton Brown

I was reading Mr. Hollowells writings (http://www.betterthanmost.com/wayne/history/articles/wartimeTOC.htm)
in the article about Early residents and soldiers. He mentions a store that is ran by Geo. W. Brown. He is discussing someone being shot and then dying before entering the store. I am trying to locate information about Geo. W. Brown and this store.

Jimmy Brown
jcbrown63@hotmail.com

From: Jan Thorne [jan.thorne2@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 2:58 PM

I am secretary for the French Thomas the Hugenot Uzzell clan.  We recently held our nineteenth known reunion and a question was raised concerning Thomas Uzzell.  It has always been said in the family history that he served in the Revolutionary War, however we cannot find any documentation that he, or any Uzzell/Uzzle/Uzle/Oisel/Yousell, etc. from our lineage served in that war.  Can you point me in a good direction?

Thank you for your help!

Sincerely,
Janet Thorne-Phillips

From: Catherine [cmcpratt@pobox.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 1:35 PM

I am researching my Great Grandfather, Robert Philip Howell. He was born in Fork Township, Wayne County and after the war moved to Goldsboro with his wife in 1868. According to a memoir written by one of his daughters, they “bought a large corner lot on the south side of West Centre and Spruce Streets, and in 1877 built his house where he and mother reared their family of eight children.” She describes a town with “the railroad in the middle of the town and in front of our house.” Can anyone tell me if those streets still exist in Goldsboro and whether there is a house on that corner? Also, what would Fork Township be today?

Catherine Pratt  cmcpratt@gmail.com

From: Johnny & Linda Overby [jmoverby2@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 5:35 AM

Seeking info on Alonza Washington Brown, b.  December 1865 Grantham, Wayne County, NC;  d. Selma, Johnston County, NC & his wife Idella F. Smith Brown, believed to have married about 1890. Son: James C. Brown b. 1 April, 1892, d.  March 1933.  Idella was the first wife of Alonza, second wife was Urzula. Any info on the Brown family from Wayne County would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!

From: John Martin [johnboy0419@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 3:43 PM

My name is John Martin and I am researching the South of the Neuse Martins.  My GGG grandfather was Lewis Martin married to Charity Grant.  The problem that I run into is that I can't determine who Lewis's father is.  I have seen where several people list Joseph Martin as his father however Joseph lived on the North side of the Neuse.  I have been informed that there was no connection to the South side and the North side Martins even though no one can back this with fact.  Can you help me or point me into the right direction.
John T. Martin

From: CBritt [just4ceb@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 2:28 AM

I'm looking for the gravesite of Joseph Whitfield (1770-1835) and his wife Mary Grady Whitfield (1774-1849, daughter of William & Ann Elizabeth Barfield Grady). Joseph was the son of William Whitfield (1743-1817) and Hester Williams from Seven Springs, Wayne County, NC.   Thanks. 

From: Julia Dickinson [krissyy2@windstream.net]
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 6:48 PM

Can you help me out with any information about the Howell/Kearney family from Wayne County in the mid l800's?  Thank you,
Julia Dickinson

From: justcallmejoe247@suddenlink.net
Subject: Reaves William Family

I am looking for information on the William Reaves Familly of Wayne County North Carolina. William was born circa 1752 in Wayne County and married Elizabeth ? They had eight children...Stephen, John, Lovett, Lee, William, Adam, Elizabeth and Peggy. Stephen is my 4XGfather. Any information would be greatful. I show that William was a plantation owner in the 1770's. More than likely through an inheritance or other. Thanks for the help.

 

From: Jeff Reasons
Email: jreas96@aol.com
 
Surnames: Reasons, Sollis, Rhodes
 
I am looking for history on the Reasons family living in Wayne County in the late 1700's (may be in Wilson County now). James Reasons, believed to be son of William (who was in Revolution and got a land grant in Wayne County). Father of William believed to be Richard of Craven County born 1720. Reasons family moved to Tennessee about 1831, and Mary Sollis Reasons and her father Abraham Sollis moved with them.

Thank you.