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From: "John S Wilkinson" <>
Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Migration path from Charles Co MD to Granville Co NC
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:01:59 -0500
In-Reply-To: <026401c6fc94$8bdd8df0$0302a8c0@gandalf>


I have a Hezekiah McCotter of Dorchester County MD that migrated to Craven
county NC some time between 1778 and 1780. There were many surnames from the
DelMarVa area that show up in NC.

John S Wilkinson, Rome, New York


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Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Migration path from Charles Co MD to Granville Co NC


How many other families migrated from Charles County to Granville County,
North Carolina and to Alabama? What counties in Alabama? Wasn't there at one
time a page or a database that someone was assembling of Charles County
migrations? Is there was, I've lost the link; if there's not and I'm
misremembering, I'd like to help put together such a thing.

Zachariah Dutton, for what it's worth, migrated to Granville County ca. 1795
and lived out the rest of his days there, dying in 1829. His children left
Granville County before his death (some as early as 1810); six sons migrated
to Morgan and Lawrence counties, Alabama, and one son settled in Anson
County, North Carolina.

Stephen Penn migrated to Surry County, North Carolina ca. 1794-98, then to
Kentucky ca. 1801-03, then to Tennessee ca. 1809/10, and finally to Lawrence
County, Alabama ca. 1818. Zachariah Dutton's sons settled on land adjacent
to him, in Lawrence County and bordering Morgan County. Stephen Penn died in
1839.

Lancelot Chunn, Jr. seems to be the migrant ancestor from Charles County to
Morgan County, Alabama, but I've done no research on this family and have no
idea if they were ever in North Carolina or what path they took. I am
wondering if he isn't somehow kin to Zachariah Dutton, but it's possible
that it's just coincidence. He settled near Valhermoso Springs in the
eastern part of the county, nowhere near where the Duttons settled. Lancelot
Chunn died in 1830.

Joseph T. Richardson

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Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Migration path from Charles Co MD to Granville Co NC


> Dear Posey folk,
> Moving from Charles County, MD to either VA, NC or SC and
> even TN and Alabama was a very common migration pattern after the Rev.
> War. My Rigg family members migrated to Patrick and Franklin counties
> in VA, several locations in NC (most just south of the above named VA
> locations) and even into eastern TN. Some went farther south to
> Alabama. In these "bands of migrating folk" their were numerous
> surnames represented including Poseys, Hannah's (Hanna/Hannan)
> Philpott's Warren's and others. A nephew of my "Rev War period"
> ancestor, Townley Rigg, was also named Townley Rigg and he married a
> Charity and they migrated down to McMinn County, TN. Though our "clan"
> of Rigg, militantly insisted that our name was "Rigg" not "Riggs",
> this TN Townley Rigg became Riggs as he moved south.
> Enjoying the emails about the "unproven history of John
> Posey (b: 1711) family that allegedly moved south to the Carolina's. I
> have some stuff somewhere on him that suggests this is right (that the
> kids moved to the Alabama's.)
> The major genealogical puzzle in this regard (I think) is
> that some believe that this John Posey who was born in 1711 in Charles
> County, had one family in Charles County and then (fled?)across the
> river in Fairfax County, VA. There he had another family (first wife
> died?) and he (John Posey) ended up dying in disrepute (alleged). Was
> this notorious John Posey, the ferryman, of Fairfax, the John Posey of
> Charles County, MD, born in 1711? The reason the Fairfax County Posey
> who ran the ferry (across the Potomac from nea Mt. Vernon to
> Marshall's Point in Chas. Co) was able to get the ferry rights was
> because he had so many contacts of a business nature in Charles County
> that the ferry service was a boon and good for business.
> Feel free to blast away at this theory if you think it is
> false. I'm happy to consider all opinions and think the evidence for
> the above seems fairly thin. But, I always like a good controversy.
> Charlotte Rigg Nugent
> ps, appropos of the Buchanan name, My ancestor, Townley Rigg was born
> in Chas. Co., moved to Fairfax in about 1774/5 to marry Benedicta
> Buchanan who's father's name was James.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> To:
> Sent: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:47 PM
> Subject: [MDCHARLE] Migration path from Charles Co MD to Granville
> Co NC
>
> I noted that this Dutton family migrated to Granville Co NC from
> Charles Co, MD, in the late 1700s. Is anyone familiar with other
> Charles Co MD families who followed this same migration path? I am
> tracking James
> Buchanan of Charles Co, MD, son of James Buchanan who died in
> Charles Co ca 1751. He ended up in old Tryon Co, NC, by the 1770s,
> but there is some evidence that he could have migrated via Granville
> Co, NC where other Buchanans and several allied families (Jones and
> Pettypool, who married into the Buchanans) were found.
>
> If you know of other Charles Co families who migrated to Granville
> Co NC in the 1700s, I would appreciate hearing from you.
>
> Sandra Kidd
>
>
> >> Zachariah DUTTON was born ca. 1750 in Charles County, >>moved
> >>to Granville County, North Carolina ca. 1795, and died there in
> 1829. Six
> >>of
> >>his sons migrated to North Alabama, where I now reside. I
> >>Thanks,
> >>Joseph T. Richardson
> >>DUTTON-ZACHARIAH Listowner
>


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