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From: (Elizabeth Harris)
Subject: Re: Jesse/Mary Langston Holder
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 13:10:06 -0400 (EDT)


At 10:52 AM 10/25/00, M&D Hobbs wrote:

>Would a stopover in Guilford/Granville make a difference in the migratory
>route, Elizabeth?
>
>Guilford was a site of early Quaker settlement, wasn't it? I believe the
>earliest settlers to NC from Penna. were originally Quakers (and Germans)
>which ties in with my family lore

This is correct.

>of the Holders having been Quakers - emphasis on LORE. I am still looking
>for parents of Abraham Holder, b.VA 1782-90 d.1846 in Greene Co.PA. Where
>is he??? Over 20 years of searching and I still can't find a family to
>take him in.
>



Guilford County is pretty close to Surry, and was a major Quaker
settlement. The Moravians were just to the west of Guilford, in what is
now Forsyth (part of Stokes until 1849). Beyond that, the next counties
are Surry and Yadkin. Until 1789, Surry, Yadkin, Stokes and Forsyth were
all Surry.

Granville County is east of Guilford, but would be a reasonable transition
point for someone coming westward from Bertie, so this might indeed be the
sequence that ties a Bertie Co. family to Surry.

A rough map, if you don't have an NC map handy:

Virginia border-------------------------------------------------------

Surry Stokes Rockingham.....Granville............................Bertie

Yadkin Forsyth Guilford.................................................

next door to each other /// several intervening counties/// a LONG way////








and South Carolina is way down here!


Elizabeth Harris


NCGenWeb project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/
Winston-Salem NC area genealogy: http://users.erols.com/fmoran/


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