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From: "Karen Johnson" <>
Subject: [Q-R] Re: QUAKER-ROOTS-D Digest V03 #17
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 20:27:16 -0500


Re: £ sign
To make the £ sign on an iMac, simply press the option key and the 3/# key
at the same time.
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>QUAKER-ROOTS-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 17
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>Today's Topics:
> #1 RE: [Q-R] NC Quakers ["malinda" <>]
> #2 [Q-R] Articles requested, for Quak ["Benjamin S. Beck" <benjaminbeck@u]
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>Thanks for the Carson info. I descend from Margaret Carson (1762-1829) who
>married John Reed 5 Mar 1779 in Guilford Co NC.
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>To make the £ sign ...press Alt+ 0163 (using the number pad to the right of
>the
>keyboard, NOT the numbers across the top). After you depress the Alt+ 0163
>keys,
>turn them loose and the £ will appear.
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>~malinda
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Amy Crump [mailto:]
>Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 5:56 PM
>To:
>Subject: Re: [Q-R] NC Quakers
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>Hi Josette, Below is the site for the Cane Creek Mtg. I haven't looked
>for the others, but you might check one of the search engines. Google
>quickly brought up Cane Creek.
>www.rootsweb.com/~ncccmm/ccpccc.htm
>
>I happen to have the Engstrron booklet and did find the Carson name. This
>is what I found on page 10
>"Following the Jacksons, Finchers, Taylors, Few, Milllers, and Wileys into
>the northeast section of the Valley came John Dennis and his brothers
>William and John Burney; John, Moses, and Alexander Carson; Richard
>Williams; William and Francis Day, theh millers Moses, John, and David
>Embree....."
>
>
>Following the name "Carson" above is footnote 31 which reads:
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>"Alexander (x) Carson :(Cearson, Careson, Kerson, etc.) d. 1791, with wife
>Margaret (Rencher?), d. 1802, sons Robert A. and Samuel and daughters Alice,
>Mary, and Elizabeth on July 14, 1760 acquired a 108-A. land grant "on both
>sides of Eno" (N.C. Land Grant Book, 14, 379). The Carson Mill was placed
>on this tract. James, d. 1808, and Moses Carson may have been Alexander's
>brothers. The 1779 Tax List reports Moses Carson's worth as 2719 (pounds),
>James' as 2275.5 (pounds) and Alexander's 1494.1 (pounds) None of these
>older Carson men appears to have been a registered Quaker, but three of the
>Carson wives wer enrolled members at Cane Creek M. M. and John Carson
>married the Quakeress Esther Stubbs Cloud, widow of Joel Cloud, as her
>second husband. Younger members of the Carson family, Thomas Carson and
>John Carson, Jr., were enrolled members at Wrightsboro M.M., although John
>Carson, Jr. was disowned January 5, 1782 for "bearing arms in a warlike
>manner." See Hinshaw, I.377, 1047; O.C. Will Books B-136, Will of Alexander
>Carson, d. 1791; C-127, Will of David Carson, d. 1798; D-61, Will of Mrgaret
>Carson, D. 1802; D-219, Will of James Carson, d. 1808.
>
>(on the tax lists above the Carson men's worth is preceded by the symbol for
>pound, which I'm not sure how to duplicate, so I did write in the word).
>
>On p. 11, the Carson family is again mentioned: "like the Jackson, the
>Maddocks were the nucleus of a sizable clan who formed a dense webwork of
>family connections. They were related by marriage to the Dicks, the
>Finchers, the Dennises, the Clouds, the Carsons, and the John Slater
>family....."
>
>Hope this is helpful. The booket is not indexed, but I think found all the
>references.
>Amy
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Josette L. Maxwell" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Monday, January 01, 1996 12:08 AM
>Subject: [Q-R] NC Quakers
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>> I'm hoping someone can tell me exactly where (modern map)
>> the following MM or Meeting Houses were located:
>>
>> Wakefield
>> Eno
>> New Garden
>> Guilford
>> Cane Creek
>>
>> Secondly, was wondering if anyone had a copy of phamplet/small
>> book by Mary Clair Engstrron titled Early Quakers of the Eno RIver
>> Valley - published in the 1980s. If so, would be most grateful if
>> you could check for Carson surname.
>>
>> Thanks for your assistance.
>>
>> Josette Maxwell
>> Boone NC
>>
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>Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:46:09 -0000
>From: "Benjamin S. Beck" <>
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>Subject: [Q-R] Articles requested, for Quaker Connections magazine
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>Quaker Connections, the magazine of the Quaker Family History Society
>(www.qfhs.co.uk), welcomes
>articles on British & Irish Quaker families and Quaker meetings. Examples include:
>
>* short accounts of the Quakers you are investigating
>* longer articles on aspects of your research and findings
>* articles about sources for Quaker family history
>* short histories of Quaker meetings
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>If you would like to submit an article for publication, please send it as
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>With thanks in anticipation,
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>Benjamin S. Beck
>Commissioning Editor
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