ECU Libraries Catalog

Central North Carolina collection / researched and compiled by James Vann Comer.

Author/creator Comer, James Vann author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Sanford, NC : Comer Genealogical Services, 2015-
Manufacture Info Akron, OH : 48 HrBooks, 2015-
Copyright Notice ©2015-
Descriptionvolumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Volume 1. Academies/schools throughout book with teachers found in Masons -- Bastardy records (1869-1873) & throughout book -- Cemeteries/graveyards & stories of witches -- Churches (Euphronia Presbyterian: 1844-1895) -- Court house (Moore County, N.C. Floor collapse -- 1823 & Fire -- 1889) -- Divorce records (1870-1871) -- Indians (Indian Mound & Devil's Tramping/Tromping Ground) -- Ku Klux Klan (1866 & 1869 incidents) and game cock fighting -- Masonic lodges (Pansophia No. 25, Chalmers No. 151, Carthage No. 181, Crain's Creek No. 213, White Hill No. 321) members biographies -- Mormons (Central NC: 1895-1921 & Cameron Branch: 1895-1898) -- Old Roads (Conner Road/Cotton-Williams Road/Raleigh Road) -- Plank Roads (Fayetteville & Western and Graham & Gulf) -- Buie/Gilchrist/Campbell/Browder Settlement (ghost town) -- Dowd's Mills / Town of Carbonton -- Carter's Mills (ghost town) and story of James Lakey's murder -- Town of Carthage (county seat) -- Chalmersville & Crane's/Crain's Creek (ghost town) and town of Cameron -- Parkwood (ghost town) and story of moonshiner "Bone" Taylor -- Savage Spring settlement (ghost town) -- Revolutionary War (Chatham & Moore) soldiers in Masons -- Mexican War (Chatham) & Civil War (Chatham & Moore) soldiers in Masons -- Comer photographs.
Contents Volume 2. Churches (Crain's Creek, Sandy Run/Deep Creek Missionary Baptist) -- Court House (Harnett County, N.C. Fires- 1881, 1892 & 1894) -- Dobbins' Mill (Barbecue Creek [Harnett County]) -- Hanging (Benjamin Douglass "Ben" [1869] Moore County) -- Ku Klux Klan -- Masonic Lodges (Buffalo, 172 [Lee]; Mount Vernon, 143 [Chatham]; Pine Fores, 186 [Harnett]) -- Mineral Springs [Betts'/Chalybeate Springs (Hector's Creek Twp., Harnett County, N.C.); Hickory/Mount Vernon Springs (Matthews Twp., Chatham County,N.C.); Mineral Spring/Jackson Springs (Mineral Springs Twp., Moore County, N.C.) Lemon's Mineral Springs (Greenwood Twp., Lee County, N.C.)] -- Mining (Coal [Egypt Fire Damp Explosions- 1857 (two), 1895, 1899, 1900; Powder Explosion- 1863; Coal Glen Explosion- 1925. All mining victims listed; Governors visits-1860 & 1864], Copper, Gold and Iron Ore) covering from above High Falls to below Buckhorn Falls -- Newspapers (Chatham, Harnett, Lee & Moore) -- Pastors (Rev. Orren Churchill, Rev. William Green King, Rev. William Henry Harrison Lawhon, Rev. Martin McQueen) -- Public hangings- Chatham Coutny, N.C.'s last public hanging- William S. Shackleford [alias- James P. Davis] (1890) harnet County, N.C.'s last public hanging- Edwin Purvis "Ed" (1897) Moore County, N.C.'s last public hanging- Ben Bostick (1891) -- Central North Carolina Railroad towns- Western R.R. (Spout Springs, Swann's Gulf, Ore Hill); Raleigh & Augusta Air Line R.R. (Moncure, Osgood, Colon, Sanford, Worthy's Crossing, Morris Town, Munn's Station, Lemon's Springs, Johnstown Crossing, Cameron, Robers' Crossing, Silver Springs/Walnut Grove Crossing, Bynum's/Winder/Vass, Manly Station, Blue's Crossing/Aberdeen, Keyser) -- Mechanic's Hill Community [now Robbins, N.C.] -- Academies/Schools (Cool Springs, Crain's Creek pp. 4-5, James Maske/Caldwell/Lemon Springs pp. 236-239, Mineral/Jackson Springs pp. 54-55, Mount Vernon Springs pp. 46-51, Poplar Springs, Sanford High School) -- Union Home School (Students and parents/Guardians listed 1878-1899) -- The Rosenwald Schools (Black) -- Williams (1869), Jefferson (1887) and Lee (1907 Counties -- Miscellaneous -- Postscript (Volume 1) -- Business and full name indexes (3,820 entries),
Abstract "My intention in this publication is to fairly represent the complete history of Central North Carolina by merging oral tradition, genealogical research and historical research."
General noteIncludes index.
General noteVolume 2 has copyright date of 2016.
Genre/formGenealogy.
Genre/formLocal history.

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner NC Stacks F253 .C66 2015 V.1 ✔ Available Place Hold
Joyner NC Stacks F253 .C66 2016 V.2 ✔ Available Place Hold