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- |
Description | volumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm |
Subject(s) |
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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 note | Includes index. |
General note | Volume 2 has copyright date of 2016. |
Genre/form | Genealogy. |
Genre/form | Local 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 |