I'm intriqued with light fixtures that are made from re-purposed or recycled items. I found photos of these on the internet and find them fascinating. Somebody is very creative!













This one is really cool. I think it's the stainless steel drum of a washing machine!

A rolling pin is used to shape and flatten dough. Two styles of rolling pins are found; roller and rods. Roller types consists of a thick cylindrical roller with small handles at each end; rod type rolling pins are usually thin tapered batons. The standard length for a French rolling pin is 20 inches. The standard length for a roller rolling pin is 12 inches.





The rod type rolling pin is also known as a French rolling pin. They are used by rolling the rod across the dough using one's palm. The pins may be tapered at one or both ends for more pivot control in certain tasks. The rod is easier on your hands and wrists. You place your palm on each end of it and roll using even pressure across the dough. Your hands touch the dough and touching the dough too much risks heating the dough from your hand warmth, so you need to work quickly.





The Roller style consists of a thick heavy roller made of a variety of materials with thinner handles which extend through the roller. They are used by grasping the handles and pushing the pin across the dough. You need to apply more force on the dough the dough is not stretched as evenly because you're exerting pressure in uneven ways.

Some rolling pins are one piece with handles, a cross between both types of rolling pins. Some are specialized with textured surfaces that mark and indents the dough surfaces for special breads and pancakes.

Rolling pins come in a variety materials including glass, ceramic, acrylic, copper, brass, aluminium, silicone, wood, stainless steel, marble, and plastic. Some are hollow and are able to be filled with cold or warm water to better roll a desired food. Marble rolling pins are often cooled in a refrigerator for maintaining a cold dough while making puff pastry. Many wooden rolling pins stick to the dough and a wooden roll cannot be chilled for pastry. Marble rolling pins are heavy and can really squash delicate pastry and is prone to chipping. But they remain cold. Stainless steel rolling pins hold cold well and are always easy to clean, usually well balanced. But they're heavy and may feel too cold to the touch. Silicone, and other non-stick surface rolling pins, can be chilled if needed. Silicone rolling pins don't stick and they're really easy to clean. Glass rolling pins allow cold water inside them to keep them chilled for rolling the dough but don't let them sweat on the dough.









How can you display a rolling pin. Whether you have one or many there are lots of ways to display them.




















































Here is my vintage celluloid rolling pin that I displayed using chrome coat hooks.

My Mom, Dad, Aunt Janis and I went to the Spring Home and Garden Show today. As always we really enjoyed it. The first day is when everything is the freshest and it was Senior Day which means the tickets were at a discount for everyone 55+. We had such a nice time. I got some flavored olive oils, some olives and some Sangria mix (it goes with a bottle of wine, add to the freezer and let it semi-freeze until it's a slushy like a wine Icee). Here are the photos I took today.

Cast Iron Cookware

Just after purchase
When you first purchase a new cast iron pan remember new (not old pots) cast-iron pots and skillets have a protective coating on them, which must be removed. American companies use a special food-safe wax; imports are covered with a water-soluble shellac. In either case, scrub the item with a stainless steel scouring pads (steel wool), using soap and the hottest tap water you can stand. This is the only time you do this. Now you are ready to season the pan.


Season:
Line the bottom of your oven with tin foil to catch any drips.
Heat the oven to 250-300.

Coat the pan with lard, shortening or bacon grease. Don't use a liquid vegetable oil because it will leave a sticky surface and the pan will not be properly seasoned.

Put the pan in the oven upside down. In 15 minutes, remove the pan and pour out any excess grease. Place the pan back in the oven and bake for 2 hours.

Repeating this process 3 times is recommended as it will help create a stronger "seasoning" bond.

You can heat the oven 400-425 but the pot/pan will smoke. This is not unusual.

To keep it clean:
Never pour cold liquid in a hot cast iron pot/pan. It will crack on the spot. For repairs, see below. Don't cook acidic foods in cast iron. Never put in the dishwasher.

Clean the cookware while it is still hot by rinsing with hot water and scraping when necessary.

Never use a harsh detergent, as it can remove the seasoning. Do not use a scouring pad or soap (detergent) as they will break down the pan's seasoning. Use plastic scrub bun or brush. Towel dry thoroughly. Then spray lightly with vegetable oil, (Pam, for example), wipe with a paper towel, and store.

Don't keep food in a cast iron pot. Take food out as soon as it's cooked and serve in serving dishes or store in plastic ware.

Store your cast iron cookware with the lids off, especially in humid weather, because if covered, moisture can build up and cause rust. Keep in a cool, dry place where air can circulate. Should rust appear, the pan should be re-seasoned.

*Tips*
Cast iron is porous and seasoning makes it hold the oil in it's microscopic pores. The oil makes the pot/pan slick. The more you use your cast iron pot/pan, the better. It's best to slowly heat up the cast iron pot/pan so it doesn't warp. Never pour cold liquid in a hot cast iron pot/pan because it will crack.

If too much oil or shortening is applied to a pan in the seasoning process, it will pool and gum up when the pan is heated. In this case, the goo can be scraped off and some more grease rubbed over the spot, or the pan can be re-scrubbed and re-seasoned. Heating the pan upside-down may help prevent gumming but protect your oven by using a foiled-lined baking sheet or aluminum foil to catch the grease. Seasoning at higher temperatures, approaching the smoking point, of the oil used will result in darker seasoned coatings in less time that aren't sticky or gummy.

Acidic items like tomato sauces will be darker from iron leaching out, but many people with iron deficiencies do this for extra iron in their diet. It is best not to use your cast iron for acidic foods.

Don't use your cast iron to boil water in, it melts the seasoning oil and the oil floats on top of the water and ruins the seasoned finish and causes the pan to rust. The pan would have to be re-seasoned.

You may want to use different frying pans for different jobs because the oil that seasons the pan can leave tastes. For instance you might not want to use the same pan to fry fish, as frying chicken so that the fish won't taste like chicken and the chicken like fried fish. You may also want to use your cast iron frying pans for frying things with oil. I wouldn't try to cook eggs without oil in a cast iron frying pan. You need some type of lubricating medium. Swish that oil all around the bottom and sides of the pan before starting your frying. This helps in the cleanup.

If you have a rusty cast iron pan, you can make a paste of vegetable oil and salt to bring it back to life. Wipe out all the dust and place on stove top and heat on medium low heat for 5 minutes. Add enough vegetable oil to coat the bottom heavily. Add 2-4 Tbsp coarse salt. Using a pot holder to hold the pot, gloves and paper towel to scrub. Add more ingredients as necessary. When finished, wash with hot water and dishwashing soap. Thoroughly dry, coat with shortening, lard or bacon grease. Wipe off excess. Season if necessary. If it's heavily rusted you can have it sandblasted but don't concentrate the blaster on any one spot for too long as it can affect the pot.

If a cast iron pot is cracked, it can be fixed if you know what you are doing. You have to thoroughly clean the part then drill 1/8" holes at each end of the crack. Next preheat the entire part (500 to 1200 degrees F). Then weld while still hot with a nickel alloy filler metal. Right after the weld bead is finished it should be peened for about a minute to relive stress. After welding the part must be cooled down slowly over several hours to avoid cracks next to the new weld.

For more check out my blog post on the Pros And Cons of Cast Iron Cookware.

Some people use their cast iron cookware on a near daily basis. They are just tools to cook with. But, with cast iron, there is so much to know on how to season a pot, how to care for it and how to use it that you invest in your cast iron cookware and they become more than just cooking tools. My parents actually have a small collection of cast iron cookware. My Dad's mother used her kitchen wood burning stove to cook with more than she used the electric stove sitting across from it. So he was attracted to cast iron cookware because of his childhood. I've learned how to maintain and use my cast iron skillets but I still take them to Dad for seasoning. He and Mom know how to do it. I could do it but I get them to do it for me. We have 4 sizes of cast iron frying pans, a griddle and some large cast iron cooking pots. We use the frying pans all the time and the griddle occasionally. We rarely use the large cooking pots.

For more on the care of cast iron cookware check out my blog post on Cast Iron Cookware.

Pros of using cast iron cookware:
Cast iron is an excellent heat conductor, heating evenly and consistently

Cast iron can withstand very high temperatures, which makes it great for searing and frying. It sears better than anything else.

Cast iron pots allow precise and sustained cooking temperatures.

When cooking with cast iron heat is spread evenly throughout the pot; there are no hot spots; this makes iron pots great for slow cooking.

Has a non stick surface if well seasoned (but food can stick if you don't keep it well seasoned).

It lasts and lasts, you can pass it down to your kids, heck, your grandkids. It's durable! It's a classic.

Pretty inexpensive to buy considering how long it lasts.

Can go from stove to oven.

Won't warp.

Iron can leach into the food which can be good for you unless you have excess iron in your blood already.


Cons of using cast iron cookware:
You can't clean it in the dishwasher. You have to know what you are doing when cleaning so that you don't ruin the seasoned finish.

It's heavy! I have weak hands and this is a real problem for me.

You don't boil water in cast iron cookware as it melts the seasoning, the oil floats on top of the water and is lost. You have to re-season the pan if you do this.

Not recommended for glass top stoves as it can break it and scratch the surface. We use our cast iron skillets on our glass cooktop but we are careful and haven't had a problem. We don't use the heavier cast iron cook pots on the glass topped stove.

Can't cook acidic foods in cast iron as it ruins the seasoned finish and draws too much iron into the food.

It takes time to heat up. It takes time to cool down. You can learn how to use this to your advantage.

If you tend to just stack dirty dishes and wash occasionally, then don't use cast iron cookware. It needs to be cleaned as soon as you are finished with it. You never fill with water and let it sit (rust). Learn how maintain your cast iron cookware or you will ruin the finish. Rinse them out with hot water and a clean sponge or paper towel as soon as they are cool enough to be touched. Dry thoroughly, even sitting back on the warm stove eye to dissipate all water. Then wipe with oil or lard and store in dust free area (the oil finish can collect dust if you don't use it often enough).

Takes effort to season, clean and maintain. You have to learn what you are doing and how to keep it in good working condition.


How to display your collection of cast iron cookware? I did a Google search and found some wonderful ideas. Thanks to those who shared these for the rest of us! The main thing to keep in mind, when you are hanging cast iron, be sure you hit a stud because cast iron is heavy!

There are some things you need to know before you look for cooking pots.

"Reactive" cookware is made from a material that reacts chemically with other foods. Cast iron, aluminum and copper. Copper is the best heat conductor and aluminum is the second best heat conductor. Cast iron is an excellent, durable heat conductor. But if you cook acidic foods in an aluminum pot, your food will taste metallic and can discolor some sauces. Aluminum is a very soft metal so even using a spoon or whisk to stir can cause the reaction. Aluminium exposure has been suggested as a risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Anodized aluminum has a hard, corrosion-resistant surface. Copper is the same way and is usually covered with tin or stainless steel on the inside (replacing the lining is called tinning) to keep food from reacting in your copper pot. Copper leaching into your food could cause copper toxicity. Copper is so good at conducting heat it is used as the core metal in the very best "clad" cookware.

"Nonreactive" cookware is made from clay, glass, enameled cast iron (as long as it's not chipped), or stainless steel. These are not good heat conductors but they also don't leach and react with food. Stainless steel is the most durable and good stainless steel pots will have a disk or two of copper and/or aluminum bonded to the bottom of the pot. Stainless steel pots often have an inner core of aluminum and/or copper (and the higher end pots have a copper-clad bottom). The reason this is done is because these two metals are very efficient heat conductors. Since the aluminum or copper is encapsulated in stainless steel neither of the reactive metals come in contact with the food.

Now aluminum pots are typically clad on both their inside and outside surfaces, providing a stainless cooking surface all around. Copper is typically clad on its interior surface only, leaving the more attractive copper exposed. Some people are afraid of a stainless steel pot leaching nickel, a potentially toxic metal but this is not a hazard unless your pots are scoured harshly with steel scouring pad.

High-quality copper cookware sets are the definition of functional art. They are excellent for cooking and look very chic in the kitchen. But they do lose that copper shine. If it bothers you to have dulled and patinaed copper pots, then you either spend your time polishing them or you get stainless clad copper and forget about it. Copper is harder to upkeep. Actually cooking with it is means your pot gets hot faster and the heat travels up the sides of the pot which means if you are boiling something, the liquid can dissipate faster (reduction is quicker) so you need to keep an eye out so it doesn't boil dry and burn.

Pure stainless steel is easy to clean and maintain, is durable but doesn't conduct heat very well. So many companies encapsulate an aluminum and/or copper disk in stainless for the bottom of the pot. A layer or disc of aluminum may be surrounded in another material, such as stainless steel. The aluminum core is sandwiched between other layers of steel. You want to look for 18/10 stainless steel which is the highest quality.

If it is three ply or multi-ply this means it has an aluminum and/or copper layer encapsulated in the middle, with an easy to clean interior cooking finish, and a durable exterior layer. You want to look for 18/10 stainless and feel the sides of the pot and make sure it's thick enough stainless to be durable. Some pots have the multiply bottom but thin sides.

All clad pots are designed with this encapsulated layer of aluminum or copper, not only in the base of the cookware, but extending all the way up the sides, for excellent heat retention and distribution.

Here are some diagrams that I found online to give you a visual picture of how stainless pots can be made. I'm not advocating any name brand. I'm sure they are all wonderful pots. I'm just trying to give the reader an idea of what is available out there. If you are looking for stainless pots, you can do a Google search and find what you like.

The encapsulated bottom.
 





All clad pots (this is a descriptive term but All Clad is also a name brand.)







Notice how this all clad frying pan is thicker looking.



Copper cookware without the tinning (do not cook food in a pot like this) and with the tinning (coated with tin or stainless steel inside).

Edward Howes was born 9/1/1815 in Maryland. On 1/27/1845 he married Mary Ann Sibley in Baltimore County, Maryland. Mary Ann Sibley was born 6/1/1820 in Frederick County, Maryland to Richard James Sibley, Jr. and Mary Ann Gardner. Mary Ann was the 2nd of 9 children. Richard James Sibley, Jr. was born 7/15/1792 in Maryland and died 5/5/1844 in Maryland. Mary Ann Gardner was born 9/24/1798 in Maryland to John Gardner and Cassandra Dowden. She died 2/11/1869. The Howes name was spelled Howes, Howse, House, Hawes.


Edward Howse and Mary Ann Sibley had 11 children:
1) Elizabeth Ann Howes (DOB 12/9/1845 in Montgomery County, MD; DOD 5/31/1885 in ?) married ?

2) Richard Thomas Howes (DOB 4/28/1847 in Montgomery County, MD; DOD 5/10/1937 in Lisbon, Howard County, MD) married Mary M. Unknown (DOB 7/28/1852 in Maryland; DOD 8/10/1934 in Montgomery County, MD).

3) John William Howes (DOB 12/2/1849 in Montgomery County, MD; DOD 1/4/1939 in Montgomery County, MD) married Helen Mary Gaither (DOB 6/5/1853 in Maryland; DOD 5/19/1929 in Montgomery County, MD).

4) James Edward Howes (DOB 1/28/1851 in Montgomery County, MD; DOD 3/6/1917 in Washington, DC) married Willie Arburty Dwyer (DOB 4/20/1860 in Maryland; DOD 11/5/1933 in Springfield State Hospital, 2nd Street, Sykesville, Montgomery County, MD).

5) William Fenton Howes (DOB 3/30/1853 in Montgomery County, MD; DOD 11/2/1913 in Montgomery County, MD) married Caroline Virginia Dwyers (DOB 8/18/1856 in Maryland; DOD 7/21/1932 in Montgomery County, MD).

6) George Robert Howes (DOB 2/27/1855 in Montgomery County, MD; DOD 2/20/1943 in Montgomery County, MD) married Mary S. Unknown (DOB 10/10/1855 in Maryland; DOD 4/9/1913 in Montgomery County, MD).

7) Julian MacGruder Howes (DOB 5/21/1857 in Montgomery County, MD; DOD 4/17/1925 in Ballston, Arlington County, VA) married Sidonia Harrington or Sidonia Allen (DOB 2/1856 in Montgomery County, MD; DOD 11/11/1922 in Rockville, Montgomery County, MD).

8) Mary Eliza Howes (aka Mollie Howes) (DOB 6/10/1859 in Montgomery County, MD; DOD 1/25/1928 in Montgomery County, MD) married George Eldridge White (DOB 12/1855 in Maryland; DOD ? in ? ).

9) Caroline Rebecca Howes (aka Carrie Howes) (DOB 4/20/1861 in Montgomery County, MD; DOD 1/11/1933 in Bethesda, Montgomery County, MD) married Thomas Jefferson Groomes (DOB About 1862 in Maryland; DOD ? in ? ).

10) Charles Edgar Howes (DOB 7/26/1864 in Montgomery County, MD; DOD 10/30/1865 in Montgomery County, MD)

11) Levin Gilbert Howes (DOB 10/15/1866 in Montgomery County, MD; DOD 10/18/1907 in Montgomery County, MD) married Blanche M. Townsend (DOB 3/11/1869 in Maryland; DOD 8/12/1950 in ).


1850 U.S. Census of Cracklin, Montgomery, Maryland; Roll: M432_295; Page: 317A; Image: 10, Lines 10-14, "Edward Howes"
Edward Howes, 31 yrs old (DOB 1819), M(ale), W(hite), Farmer, Born in MD
Mary A. Howes, 27 yrs old (DOB 1823), F, W, Born in MD
Elizabeth A. Howes, 4 yrs old (DOB 1846), F, W, Born in MD
Richard T. Howes, 3 yrs old (DOB 1847), M, W, Born in MD
John Howes, 1 yrs old (DOB 1849), M, W, Born in MD


1860 U.S. Census of District 4, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: M653_478; Page: 270; Image: 271; Family History Library Film: 803478, Lines 22-31, "Edward House" (sic)
Edward House, 40 yrs old (DOB 1820), M(ale), W(hite), Farmer, $0 Real Estate Value, $1000 Personal Estate Value, Born in MD
Mary A. House, 35 yrs old (DOB 1825), F, W, Born in MD
Elizabeth House, 15 yrs old (DOB 1855), F, W, Born in MD
Richard T. House, 13 yrs old (DOB 1857), M, W, Born in MD
John House, 11 yrs old (DOB 1859), M, W, Born in MD
James E. House, 8 yrs old (DOB 1862), M, W, Born in MD
William J. House, 7 yrs old (DOB 1863), M, W, Born in MD
George R. House, 5 yrs old (DOB 1865), M, W, Born in MD
Julia M. House, 3 yrs old (DOB 1867), F, W, Born in MD
Mary E. House, 1 yrs old (DOB 1869), F, W, Born in MD


1870 U.S. Census of District 4, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: M593_591; Page: 455A; Image: 471; Family History Library Film: 552090, Lines 6-15, "Edward Howse"
Edward Howes, 52 yrs old (DOB 1818), M(ale), W(hite), Farmer, $0 Real Estate Value, $1,000 Personal Estate Value, Born in MD, Cannot read or write
Mary A. Howse, 42 yrs old (DOB 1828), F, W, Keeping house, Born in MD
James E. Howse, 18 yrs old (DOB 1852), M, W, Farm labor, Born in MD
Elizabeth Howse, 22 yrs old (DOB 1848), F, W, At Home, Born in MD
William F. Howse, 17 yrs old (DOB 1853), M, W, Farm Labor, Born in MD
George R. Howse, 14 yrs old (DOB 1856), M, W, Farm labor, Born in MD
Juliam M. Howse (sic), 12 yrs old (DOB 1858), M, W, Farm labor, Born in MD
Mary E. Howse, 10 yrs old (DOB 1860), F, W, Born in MD
Caroline R. Howse, 8 yrs old (DOB 1862), F, W, Born in MD
Leven G. Howse, 4 yrs old (DOB 1866), M, w, Born in MD


1880 U.S. Census of Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: 512; Family History Film: 1254512; Page: 339A; Enumeration District: 113; Image: 0667, Lines 22-28, "Edward House" (sic)
Edward House, W(hite), M(ale), 65 yrs old (DOB 1815), Head, Married, Farmer, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Mary Ann House, W, F, 60 yrs old (DOB 1820), Wife, Married, Keeping house, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
George E. House, W, M, 23 yrs old (DOB 1857), Son, Single, At home, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Mary E. House, W, F, 21 yrs old (DOB 1859), Daughter, Single, At home, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Catharine House, W, F, 18 yrs old (DOB 1862), Daughter, Single, At home, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Eleventh House (sic), W, M, 13 yrs old (DOB 1867), Son, Single, At home, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Ella Brown, B, F, 8 yrs old (DOB 1872), No relation, Single, Servant, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD


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Mary A. Howes
Birth: unknown
Death: unknown
Burial: Forest Oak Cemetery, Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Created by: The Ancestry Detective
Record added: Oct 11, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 59973410


Edward Howes died 1/7/1891 in Montgomery County, MD. Mary Ann Sibley Howes died 9/22/1893 in Montgomery County, MD and is buried in Forest Oak Cemetery, 300 block of N. Frederick Ave, Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, MD.


Sources for their children:

2) Richard Thomas Howes
1880 U.S. Census of Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: 512; Family History Film: 1254512; Page: 338D; Enumeration District: 113; Image: 0666, Lines 1-5, "Richard T. Howes"
Richard T. Howes, W(hite), M(ale), 32 yrs old (DOB 1848), Married, Farmer, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Mary Ann Howes, W, F, 27 yrs old (DOB 1853), Wife, Married, Keeping house, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Edgar P. Howes, F, M, 4 yrs old (DOB 1876), Son, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Morris E. Howes, M, W, 2 yrs old (DOB 1878), Son, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Elwood T. Howes, M, W, 5/12 mos old (DOB 1879), Son, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD

1900 U.S. Census of Laytonsville, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: 625; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0049; FHL microfilm: 1240625, Lines 51-61, "Richard Howes"
Richard Howes, Head, W(hite), M(ale), Born April, 1847, 53 yrs old, Married 25 yrs (DOM 1875), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer, Can read and write, Rents farm
Mary M. Howes, Wife, W, F, Born July, 1852, 47 yrs old, Married 25 yrs, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Maurice E. Howes, Son, W, M, Born Nov, 1877, 23 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer, Can read and write
Thomas E. Howes, Son, W, M, Born Jan, 1879, 21 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer, Can read and write
James H. Howes, Son, W, M, Born Sept 1881, 19 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer, Can read and write
Francis B. Howes, Son, W, M, Born Oct, 1883, 16 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, At school
William E. Howes, Son, W, M, Born May, 1885, 15 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, At school
Guy R. Howes, Son, W, M, Born July, 1886, 13 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, At school
Florence M. Howes, Daughter, W, F, Born May, 1890, 10 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Herman P. Howes, Son, W, M, Born Aug, 1892, 7 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Effie B. Howes, Daughter, W, F, Born Sept, 1894, 5 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD

1910 U.S. Census of Rag Town Road, Election District 4, Howard County, Maryland; Roll: T624_562; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0055; FHL microfilm: 1374575, Lines 6-14, "Richard T. Howes"
Richard T. Howes, Head, M(ale), W(hite), 63 yrs old (DOB 1847), 1st marriage, Married 35 yrs (DOM 1875), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer, Can read and write, Owned farm
Mary M. Howes, Wife, F, W, 58 yrs old (DOB 1852), 1st marriage, Married 35 yrs, 10 children with 8 still living, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Morris E. Howes (sic), Son, M, W, 32 yrs old (DOB 1878), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farm laborer, working out, Can read and write
James H. Howes, Son, M, W, 29 yrs old (DOB 1881), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farm laborer, working out, Can read and write
William E. Howes, Son, M, W, 25 yrs old (DOB 1885), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farm laborer, working out, Can read and write
Guy R. Howes, Son, M, W, 24 yrs old (DOB 1886), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farm laborer, working out, Can read and write
Florence M. Howes, Daughter, F, W, 19 yrs old (DOB 1891), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Herman P. Howes, Son, M, W, 17 yrs old (DOB 1893), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farm laborer, working out, Can read and write
Effie B. Howes, Daughter, F, W, 15 yrs old (DOB 1895), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD

1920 U.S. Census of East of Florence Road, Lisbon, Howard, Maryland; Roll: T625_653; Page:1A; Enumeration District: 62; Image: 469, Lines 33-35, "R. Thomas Howes"
R. Thomas Howes, Owns farm free of mortgage, M(ale), W(hite), 71 yrs old (DOB 1849), Married, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD Farmer
Mary M. Howes, Wife, F, W, 68 yrs old (DOB 1852), Married, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Emory Howes, Son, M, W, 42 yrs old (DOB 1879), Single, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Laborer on farm

1930 U.S. Census of Hipsley Mills Road, Lisbon, Howard, Maryland; Roll: 876; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0011; Image: 229.0; FHL microfilm: 2340611, Lines 33-34, "Richard T. Howes"
Richard T. Howes, Owns farm, M(ale), W(hite), 82 yrs old (DOB 1848), Married at 27 yrs old (DOM 1875), Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer
Mary M. Howes, F, W, 78 yrs old (DOB 1852), Married at age 23 yrs old, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD

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Richard Thomas Howes
Birth: Apr. 28, 1847
Death: May 10, 1937
Husband of Mary M. Howes
Father of Francis Bell Howes
Burial: Mount Carmel Patuxent Cemetery, Brookeville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Created by: Kim K
Record added: Jul 05, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 28059141

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Mary M. Howes
Birth: Jul. 28, 1852
Death: Aug. 10, 1934
Wife of Richard T. Howes
Mother of Francis Bell Howes
Burial: Mount Carmel Patuxent Cemetery, Brookeville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Created by: Kim K
Record added: Jul 05, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 28059559


3) John William Howes
1880 U.S. Census of Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: 512; Family History Film: 1254512; Page: 421B; Enumeration District: 117; Image: 0827, Lines 34-38, "John House" (sic)
John House, W(hite), M(ale), 24 yrs old (DOB 1856), Head, Married, Farmer, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Hellen House (sic), W, F, 25 yrs old (DOB 1855), Wife, Married, Keeping house, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
William House, W, M, 8 yrs old (DOB 1872), Son, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
John House, W, M, 2 yrs old (DOB 1878), Son, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
George House, W, M, 3/12 mos old (DOB 1880), Son, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD

1900 U.S. Census of Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: 625; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0061; FHL microfilm: 1240625, Lines 36-43, "John Howes"
John Howes, Head, W(hite), M(ale), Born Dec, 1849, 50 yrs old, Married 28 yrs (DOM 1877), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer, Can read and write, Owns farm
Helen M. Howes, Wife, W, F, Born June, 1853, 46 yrs old, Married 28 yrs, 10 children with 9 still living, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farm laborer, Can read and write
John G. Howes, Son, W, M, Born Apr, 1878, 22 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farm laborer, Can read and write
Spencer C. Howes, Son, W, M, Born June, 1884, 15 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
See M. Howes, Son, W, M, Born June, 1886, 13 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Elias R. Howes, Son, W, M, Born June, 1889, 10 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Charles R. Howes, Son, W, M, Born May, 1891, 9 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Mary E. Howes, Daughter, W, F, Born Mar, 1894, 6 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD

1910 U.S. Census of Election District 9, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: T624_566; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0115; FHL microfilm: 1374579, Lines 98-100, "John Howes"
John Howes, Head, M(ale), W(hite), 61 yrs old (DOB 1849), 1st marriage, Married 38 yrs (DOM 1872), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer, Can read and write, Owns farm
Helen M. Howes, Wife, F, W, 58 yrs old (DOB 1852), 1st marriage, Married 38 yrs, 10 children with 9 still living, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Richard Howes, Son, M, W, 16 yrs old (DOB 1894), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Mary Howes, Daughter, F, W, 14 yrs old (DOB 1896), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD

I could not find John William Howes or Helen Mary Gaither after the 1910 U.S. Census. I got their dates of death from a family tree on Ancestry.com but there is no source for their DOD's.


4) James Edward Howes
1900 U.S. Census of Laytonsville, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: 625; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0049; FHL microfilm: 1240625, Lines 34-42, "James E. Howes"
James E. Howes, Head, W(hite), M(ale), Born Jan, 1851, 49 yrs old, Married 21 yrs (DOM 1879), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer, Can read and write, Rents farm
Willie A. Howes, Wife, W, F, Born Apr, 1860, 40 yrs old, Married 21 yrs, 8 children with 7 still living, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Eleanor Howes, Daughter, W, F, Born Jan, 1880, 20 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer, Can read and write
James W. Howes, Son, W, M, Born Jan, 1882, 18 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Walter M. Howes, Son, W, M, Born Oct, 1883, 16 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Gracie B. Howes, Daughter, W, F, Born Aug, 1887, 12 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Marian M. Howes, Daughter, W, F, Born Jan, 1891, 9 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Susie R. Howes, Daughter, W, F, Born Jun, 1893, 6 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Charles H. Howes, Son, W, M, Born Apr, 1899, 1 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD

1910 U.S. Census of Olney, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: T624_566; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0114; FHL microfilm: 1374579, Lines 48-50, "James E. Howes"
James E. Howes, Head, M(ale), W(hite), 59 yrs old (DOB 1851), 1st Marriage, Married 32 yrs (DOM 1878), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer, Can read and write, Rents farm
Alberta Howes, Wife, F, W, 49 yrs old (DOB 1861), 1st Marriage, Married 32 yrs, 10 children with 9 still living, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Elnora Howes, Daughter, F, W, 29 yrs old (DOB 1881), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Walter M. Howes, Son, M, W, 26 yrs old (DOB 1884), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Susie Howes, Daughter, F, W, 16 yrs old (DOB 1894), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Charles H. Howes, Son, M, W, 11 yrs old (DOB 1899), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Clinton Howes, Son, M, W, 8 yrs old (DOB 1902), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Edwin E. Howes, Son, M, W, 4 yrs old (DOB 1906), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD

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James Edward Howes
Birth: Jan. 28, 1851
Death: Mar. 6, 1917
Husband of Willie A. Howes
Father of Elnora Howes
Burial: Mount Carmel Patuxent Cemetery, Brookeville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
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Record added: Aug 04, 2008
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Willie Arbuty Howes
Birth: Apr. 21, 1860
Death: Nov. 5, 1933
Wife of James E. Howes
Mother of Elnora Howes
Burial: Mount Carmel Patuxent Cemetery, Brookeville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Created by: Kim K
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Find A Grave Memorial# 28761653

Obituary of Willie A. Howes
Funeral services for Mrs. Willie A. Howes, 73 who died at the State Hospital, Sykesville, were held from Mt. Carmel Church. Burial was in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery. She had been in bad health for a long time. The widow of James E. Howes, the deceased was born in the county and was well known throughout the Olney and Laytonsville districts. Mrs. Howes is survived by nine children, Nellie, Winfield, Walter, Charles, Clinton, Earl, Mrs. Grace Howes, Mrs. Susie Howes and Mrs. Marian Bolton. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Allie Dennis, Ilchester; Mrs. Lillian Groomes, Pittsburgh and a brother, Calton Dwyer of Baltimore. Twenty seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren also survive. Note; Mrs. Lillian Groomes is Delilah Dwyer Groomes


5) William Fenton Howes
1900 U.S. Census of Laytonsville, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: 625; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0049; FHL microfilm: 1240625, Lines 77-82, "William F. Howes"
William F. Howes, Head, W(hite), M(ale), Born Mar, 1853, 47 yrs old, Married 23 yrs (DOM 1877), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Blacksmith, Can read and write
Caroline V. Howes, Wife, W, F, Born Aug, 1857, 42 yrs old, Married 23 yrs, 7 children with 6 still living, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Sadie V. Howes, Daughter, W, F, Born Aug, 1882, 17 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, At school
Lydia E. Howes, Daughter, W, F, Born Sept, 1884, 15 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, At school
Bessie E. Howes, Daughter, W, F, Born Nov, 1888, 11 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, At school
Herbert C. Howes, Son, W, M, Born July, 1892, 7 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD

1910 U.S. Census of F Street, Precinct 9, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll: T624_154; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0183; FHL microfilm: 1374167, Lines 62-71, "Wm O. Howes"
Wm O. Howes, Head, M(ale), W(hite), 29 yrs old (DOB 1881), 1st Marriage, Married 3 yrs (DOM 1907), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Cashier at bank, Can read and write, Rents home
Agnes G. Howes, Wife, F, W, 28 yrs old (DOB 1882), 1st Marriage, Married 3 yrs, 2 children with 2 still living, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Wm Oliver Howes, Son, M, W, 1 yr and 11/12 mos old (DOB 1908), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Emmett E. Howes, Son, M, W, 9/12 mos old (DOB 1909), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Wm F. Howes, Father, M, W, 59 yrs old (DOB 1851), 1st Marriage, Married 31 yrs (DOM 1882), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Blacksmith horse city, Can read and write, Owns farm
Caroline F. Howes, Mother, F, W, 53 yrs old (DOB 1857), 1st Marriage, Married 31 yrs, 8 children with 6 still living, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Bessie E. Howes, Sister, F, W, 21 yrs old (DOB 1889), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Saleslady at dept store, Can read and write
Herbert C. Howes, Brother, M, W, 17 yrs old (DOB 1893), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Clerk at grocery store, Can read and write
Edgar J. Murphy, Boarder, M, W, 26 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Letter carrier city, Can read and write
Emmett E. Bell, Boarder, M, W, 22 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Agent Insurance, Can read and write

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William Fenton Howes
Birth: Mar. 30, 1853
Death: Nov. 2, 1913
Burial: Mount Carmel Patuxent Cemetery, Brookeville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Created by: Kim K
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Find A Grave Memorial# 28511789

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Caroline V. Howes
Birth: Aug. 18, 1856
Death: Jul. 21, 1932
Burial: Mount Carmel Patuxent Cemetery, Brookeville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
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Record added: Jul 25, 2008
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6) George Robert Howes
1900 U.S. Census of Laytonsville, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: 625; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0049; FHL microfilm: 1240625, Lines 43-45, "George R. Howes"
George R. Howes, Head, W(hite), M(ale), Born Feb, 1855, 45 yrs old, Married 16 yrs (DOM 1884), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer, Can read and write, Rents farm
Mary S. Howes, Wife, W, F, Born Nov, 1853, 44 yrs old, Married 16 yrs, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Wm E. Groomes, Nephew, W, M, Born Feb, 1885, 15 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write

1910 U.S. Census of Laytonsville, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: T624_566; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0101; FHL microfilm: 1374579, Lines 32-35, "George R. Howes"
George R. Howes, Head, M(ale), W(hite), 55 yrs old (DOB 1855), 1st Marriage, Married 26 yrs (DOM 1881), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer, Can read and write, Owns farm with mortgage
Mary S. Howes, Wife, F, W, 54 yrs old (DOB 1856), 1st Marriage, Married 26 yrs, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Oliver Roberts, Nephew, M, W, 21 yrs old (DOB 1889), Single, Born in MD, Father born in PA, Mother born in MD, Farm laborer, Can read and write
Florence A. Roberts, Niece, F, W, 18 yrs old (DOB 1892), Single, Born in MD, Father born in PA, Mother born in MD, Can read and write

1920 U.S. Census of Laytonsville, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: T625_671; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 118; Image: 404, Line 41, "George R. Howes"
George R. Howes, Head, Owns farm, M(ale), W(hite), 64 yrs old (DOB 1856), Widowed, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, No occupation

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George Robert Howes
Birth: Feb. 27, 1855
Death: Feb. 20, 1943
Husband of Mary S. Howes
Burial: Mount Carmel Patuxent Cemetery, Brookeville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
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Mary S. Howes
Birth: Oct. 10, 1855
Death: Apr. 9, 1913
Wife of Geo. R. Howes
Burial: Mount Carmel Patuxent Cemetery, Brookeville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
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Find A Grave Memorial# 28761852


7) Julian MacGruder Howes
1900 U.S. Census of McClellan St, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll: 158; Page: 6B and 7A; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 1240158, Lines 90-100 next page Lines 1-2, "Julian M. Howes"
Julian M. Howes, Head, W(hite), M(ale), Born May, 1856, 44 yrs old, Married 24 yrs (DOM 1876), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Run maker (wood), Can read and write, Rents home
Sidonia Howes, Wife, W, F, Born Feb, 1856, 44 yrs old, Married 24 yrs, 13 children with 13 still living, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Lilly E. Howes, Daughter, W, F, Born Nov, 1878, 21 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Dressmaker, Can read and write
William H. Howes, Son, W, M, Born Mar, 1880, 20 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Carpenter, Can read and write
Viola Howes, Daughter, W, F, Born Aug, 1881, 18 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Dressmaker, Can read and write
Ida Howes, Daughter, W, F, Born May, 1883, May, 1883, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Dressmaker, Can read and write
Iven Howes (sic), Son, W, M, Born Dec, 1884, 15 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Driver milk wagon, Can read and write
Kate Howes, Daughter, W, F, Born Feb, 1886, 14 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, At school
Albert Howes, Son, W, M, Born Dec, 1887, 12 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, At school
Julian Howes, Son, W, M, Born Sept, 1891, 8 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Clifton Howes, Son, W, M, Born Dec, 1892, 7 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Roland Howes, Son, W, M, Born Dec, 1895, 4 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Bertha Howes, Daughter, W, F, Born Feb, 1900, 3/12 mos old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD

It seems that Julian MacGruder Howes and his wife, Sidonia Harrington (or Sidonia Allen) separated and lived in different households.
1910 U.S. Census of Arlington, Alexandria County, Virginia; Roll: T624_1620; Page: 34B; Enumeration District: 0009; FHL microfilm: 1375633, Lines 51-57, "Morris Early" (sic)
Morris Early, Head, M(ale), W(hite) 38 yrs old (DOB 1872), 1st Marriage, Married 9 yrs (DOM 1901), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Well digger, Can read and write, Rents home
Katie Early, Wife, F, W, 26 yrs old (DOB 1884), 1st Marriage, Married 9 yrs, 4 children with 3 still living, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Cannot read or write
Carrie G. Early, Daughter, F, W, 7 yrs old (DOB 1903), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Harry L. Early, Son, M, W, 5 yrs old (DOB 1905), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
David J. Early, Son, M, W, 4 yrs old (DOB 1906), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
J.M. Howes, Grandfather, M, W, 52 yrs old (DOB 1858), 1st Marriage, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Well Digger, Can read and write
Rolley R. Howes, Brother-in-law, M, W, 14 yrs old (DOB 1896), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Attends school

1910 U.S. Census of Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: T624_566; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0107; FHL microfilm: 1374579, Lines 87-88, "Sidonia Howes"
Sidonia Howes, Head, F(emale), W(hite), 55 yrs old (DOB 1855), 1st marriage, Married, 16 children with 13 still living, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Dressmaker in own home, Can read and write
Bertha A. Howes, Daughter, F, W, 10 yrs old (DOB 1900), Born in District of Columbia, Both parents born in MD, No occupation, Attends school

1920 U.S. Census of Eighth Street, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll: T625_205; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 24; Image: 735, Lines 22-25, "Sidonia Howes"
Sidonia Howes, Head, Rents home, F(emale), W(hite), 65 yrs old (DOB 1855), Married, Can read and write, Born in MD, Father born in VA, Mother born in MD, No occupation
Clifton G. Howes, Son, M, W, MD, 26 yrs old (DOB 1894), Single, Can read and write, Both parents born in MD, Manager of grocery store
Roland R. Howes, Son, M, W, 24 yrs old (DOB 1896), Single, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Tile setter house
Bertha A. Murphy, Daughter, F, W, 19 yrs old (DOB 1901), Married, Can read and write, Born in District of Columbia, Both parents born in MD, Telephone operator hotel

1920 U.S. Census of Railroad Avenue, Arlington, Alexandria, Virginia; Roll:  T625_1879; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 793, Lines 27-28, "Julian M. Howes"
Julian M. Howes, Head, Owns home, M(ale), W(hite), 62 yrs old (DOB 1858), Married, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Well pump contractor
Lillie Donderlson (sic), Daughter, F, W, 41 yrs old (DOB 1879), Married, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Clerk U.S. govt

I was not able to find sources for their deaths. I got these dates from an unsourced family tree on Ancestry.com


8) Mary Eliza Howes "Mollie"
1900 U.S. Census of Olney, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: 625; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0059; FHL microfilm: 1240625, Lines 70-78, "George E. White"
George E. White, Head, W(hite), M(ale), Born Dec, 1855, 44 yrs old, Married 10 yrs (DOM 1890), Born in MD, Father born in MD, Mother born in Germany, Miller, Can read and write, Rents home
Mary E. White, Wife, W, F, Born June, 1860, 39 yrs old, Married 10 yrs, 5 children with 5 still living, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Miller, Can read and write
Elsie M. White, Daughter, W, F, Born Aug, 1891, 8 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Attends school
Charles E. White, Son, W, M, Born June, 1893, 6 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Attends school
Roland G. White, Son, W, M, Born Apr, 1894, 5 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Lula B. White, Daughter, W, F, Born Nov, 1895, 4 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Lillian M. White, Daughter, W, F, Born Apr, 1898, 2 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Edgar Phillips, Nephew, W, M, Born Sept, 1887, 22 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, NO occupation, Can read and write
Clara Irving, Niece, W, F, Born Nov, 1874, 26 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Dressmaker

1910 U.S. Census of Olney, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: T624_566; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0113; FHL microfilm: 1374579, Lines 36-42, "George E. White"
George E. White, Head, M(ale), W(hite), 54 yrs old (DOB 1855), Married 22 yrs (DOM 1888), Born in MD, Father born in MD, Mother born in Germany, Grist mill, Can read and write, Rents home
Mary E. White, Wife, F, W, 50 yrs old (DOB 1860), Married 22 yrs, 6 children with 5 still living, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Elsie White, Daughter, F, W, 20 yrs old (DOB 1890), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, No occupation, Can read and write, Doesn't attend school
Charles B. White, Son, M, W, 18 yrs old (DOB 1892), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, No occupation, Can read and write, Doesn't attend school
Roland G. White, Son, M, W, 16 yrs old (DOB 1894), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write, Attends school
Lula B. White, Daughter, F, W, 14 yrs old (DOB 1896), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Attends school
Mary S. White, Daughter, F, W, 12 yrs old (DOB 1898), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Attends school

1920 U.S. Census of Laytonsville, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll:T625_671; Page: 3A and 3B; Enumeration District: 118; Image: 404 and 405, Lines 47-50 next page Lines 51-52, "George E. White"
George E. White, Head, Owns farm, M(ale), W(hite), 64 yrs old (DOB 1856), Married, Can read and write, Born in MD, Father born in MD, Mother born in Germany, No occupation
Mary E. White, Wife, F, W, 60 yrs old (DOB 1860), Married, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, No occupation
Elsie M. Haines, Daughter, F, W, 27 yrs old (DOB 1893), Married, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, No occupation
Charles E. White, Son, M, W, 25 yrs old (DOB 1895), Single, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Carpenter
Lulu B. White, Daughter, F, W, 22 yrs old (DOB 1898), Single, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Teacher in public school
Meehe Haines (sic), Son-in-law, M, W, 23 yrs old (DOB 1897), Married, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Mechanic in garage

I could not find them after the 1920 U.S. Census and I got their dates of death from an unsourced family tree on Ancestry.com.


9) Caroline Rebecca Howes "Carrie"
1900 U.S. Census of Brooksville, Montgomery, Maryland; Roll: 625; Page:21A; Enumeration District: 0060; FHL microfilm: 1240625, Lines 31-39, "Tho Jeff Groomes" Tho Jeff Groomes, Head, W(hite), M(ale), Born Dec, 1879, 29 yrs old, Married 16 yrs (DOM 1884), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Laborer, Can read and write, Rents home
Caroline Groomes, Wife, W, F, Born May, 1879, 30 yrs old, Married 16 yrs, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Clarence Groomes, Son, W, M, Born Apr, 1885, 15 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Laborer, Can read and write
Molly Groomes, Daughter, W, F, Born Sept, 1886, 13 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, At school, Can read and write
Howard Groomes, Son, W, M, Born July, 1887, 12 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, At school
Nettie Groomes, Daughter, W, F, Born Apr, 1891, 9 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, At school
Lucy Lea Groomes, Daughter, W, F, Born Oct, 1893, 6 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Robert H. Groomes, Son, W, M, Born May, 1895, 5 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
John Groomes, Son, W, M, Born Feb, 1897, 3 yrs old, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD

1910 U.S. Census of Brown Road, Colesville, Election District 5, Montgomery, Maryland; Roll: T624_566; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0110; FHL microfilm: 1374579, Lines 27-37, "Thomas J. Groomes"
Thomas J. Groomes, Head, M(ale), W(hite), 47 yrs old (DOB 1863), 1st marriage, Married 29 yrs (DOM 1881), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer, Can read and write, Rents farm
Caroline R. Groomes, Wife, F, W, 47 yrs old (DOB 1863), 1st marriage, Married 29 yrs, 11 children with 11 still living, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Mary E. Groomes, Daughter, F, W, 22 yrs old (DOB 1888), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, No occupation, Can read and write
Howard W. Groomes, Son, M, W, 21 yrs old (DOB 1889), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, No occupation, Can read and write
Nettie E. Groomes, Daughter, F, W, 19 yrs old (DOB 1891), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, No occupation, Can read and write
Lucy Lee Groomes, Daughter, F, W, 17 yrs old (DOB 1893), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Robert H. Groomes, Son, M, W, 15 yrs old (DOB 1895), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Attends school
John E. Groomes, Son, M, W, 12 yrs old (DOB 1898), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farm helper, Attends school
Ethel I. Groomes, Daughter, F, W, 10 years old (DOB 1900), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Attends school
Laura M. Groomes, Daughter, F, W, 8 yrs old (DOB 1902), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Attends school
Sophia C. Groomes, Daughter, F, W, 5 yrs old (DOB 1905), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD

1920 U.S. Census of New Cut Road, Election District 2, Baltimore County, Maryland; Roll: T625_654; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 794, Lines 26-33, "Thos J. Groomes"
Thos J. Groomes, Head, Owns farm with mortgage, M(ale), W(hite), 58 yrs old (DOB 1862), Married, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer
Carrie R. Groomes, Wife, F, W, 58 yrs old (DOB 1862), Married, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Mary E. Groomes, Daughter, F, W, 32 yrs old (DOB 1888), Single, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
John E. Groomes, Son, M, W, 21 yrs old (DOB 1899), Single, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Laborer on farm
Ethel I. Groomes, Daughter, F, W, 19 yrs old (DOB 1901), Single, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Laura M. Groomes, Daughter, F, W, 17 yrs old (DOB 1903), Single, Can read and write, Does not attend school, Stenographer Mfg record
Kathern S. Groomes (sic), Daughter, F, W, 14 yrs old (DOB 1906), Attends school, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD

1930 U.S. Census of Granite, Election District 2, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 845; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0017; Image: 1044.0; FHL microfilm: 2340580, Lines 2-11, "Howard Groomes"
Howard Groomes, Head, Rents farm, M(ale), W(hite), 42 yrs old (DOB 1888), Married at age 24 yrs old (DOM 1912), Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer
Gertrude Groomes, Wife, F, W, 45 yrs old (DOB 1885), Married at age 27 yrs old, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Worthington S. Groomes, Son, M, W, 15 yrs old (DOB 1915), Single, Attends school, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Margaret A. Groomes, Daughter, F, W, 13 yrs old (DOB 1917), Single, Attends school, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Howard R. Groomes, Son, M, W, 10 yrs old (DOB 1920), Attends school, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
William C. Groomes, Son, M, W, 8 yrs old (DOB 1922), Attends school, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
J. Fred Groomes, Son, M, W, 3 yrs old (DOB 1927), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Elwen G. Groomes (sic), Son, M, W, 1 yrs 6/12 mos old (DOB 1929), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
Thomas J. Groomes, Father, M, W, 69 yrs old (DOB 1861), Married at age 21 yrs old, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, No occupation
Caroline R. Groomes, Mother, F, W, 69 yrs old (DOB 1861), Married at age 21 yrs old, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD

I was not able to find them after the 1930 U.S. Census and got their dates of death from unsourced family tree on Ancestry.com


11) Levin Gilbert Howse
1900 U.S. Census of Olney, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: 625; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 0060; FHL microfilm: 1240625, Lines 5-7, "Gilbert Howes"
Gilbert Howes, Head, W(hite), M(ale), Born Feb, 1867, 33 yrs old, Married 1 yr (DOM 1899), Born in MD, Both parents born MD, Farmer, Can read and write
Blanche M. Howes, Wife, W, F, Born Oct, 1869, 30 yrs old, Married 1 yrs, 0 children, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Can read and write
Clarence Groomes, Laborer, W, M, Born July, 1893, 16 yrs old, Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farm laborer, Can read and write

1910 U.S. Census of Olney, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: T624_566; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0114; FHL microfilm: 1374579, Lines 38-41, "Blanche M. Howes"
Blanche M. Howes, Head, F(emale), W(hite), 40 yrs old (DOB 1870), Widowed, 2 children with 2 still living, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer, Can read and write, Owns farm
Townson Howes, Son, M, W, 8 yrs old (DOB 1902), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
George R. Howes, Son, M, W, 4 yrs old (DOB 1906), Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
George Rigby, Hired man, M, W, 40 yrs old (DOB 1870), Single, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Laborer general farm, Can read and write

1920 U.S. Census of Olney, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: T625_671; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 135; Image: 824, Lines 71-74, "Blanche M. Howes"
Blanche M. Howes, Head, Owns farm, F(emale), W(hite), 51 yrs old (DOB 1869), Widowed, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Farmer
Townsend Howes, Son, M, W, 16 yrs old (DOB 1904), Single, Attends school, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Student in college
George R. Howes, Son, M, W, 14 yrs old (DOB 1906), Single, Attends school, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD
George Q. Ridgley (sic), Hired man, M, W, 58 yrs old (DOB 1862), Single, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, Working out general farm

1930 U.S. Census of Laytonsville, Montgomery County, Maryland; Roll: 876; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0002; Image: 668.0; FHL microfilm: 2340611, Line 11, "Blanche M. Howes"
Blanche M. Howes, Head, Owns home valued at $7500, F(emale), W(hite), 62 yrs old (DOB 1868), Widow, Can read and write, Born in MD, Both parents born in MD, No occupation

I did not find her in the 1940 U.S. Census. I could not find a source for their deaths so the dates are from an unsourced family tree on Ancestry.com.

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The Book of Me, Written By You– Prompt 26: Technology

What technology changes did your ancestors see?
What technology changes have you seen?
Did your family own one of those early changes? – such as television
Do you like or dislike technology?
What do you think has been the best technological change in your lifetime and historically?


What technology changes did your ancestors see? Of course, it depends on which ancestor you choose to focus on. For today, I'm going to focus on my Dad's father, Oscar Alexander Huneycutt who was born 12/26/1898 and died 1/15/1976 at the age of 77 yrs old.

Oscar Alexander Huneycutt was born in Anson County, NC to William Eli and Eva Malinda Boon Huneycutt. But he spent his whole life in Stanly County, NC. In the 1900 U.S. Census William Eli, his wife and Toddler Papa were actually living with William Eli's older brother, Alexander "Alex" McKinley Huneycutt, and his wife, Nannie Scarborough Huneycutt, and their first 3 children. Many times families did this so they could double up on the work and make enough to get started on their own. The farm they were working was rented which probably meant they were sharecropping. I.e. they would share the crop with the owner of the land. You can imagine putting in all that work and having to divide it 3 ways and support 2 families. And it must have been a little crowded in the typical sharecroppers cabin with 4 adults and 4 children.
They were the typical farm family. William Eli was blacksmith, as well as, a farmer. In fact, I have a table that he made for Papa and Grandma when they got married. It's a large old wooden kitchen table held together by nails that he made. I also have the mantle he put up (again using the nails he made) in their first farm house. My Dad still has his old bellows, anvil and some of his blacksmithing tools and a wagon he made. So my Papa was born in a rural farm family literally in the horse and wagon days. The first automobile was introduced in 1886 with the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, by German inventor Karl Benz. But most people, especially those in the rural farms of America, wouldn't see them until Henry Ford began mass producing them in 1908 with the Ford Model T, when Papa was 10 yrs old. I don't know when he saw his first automobile and what his first automobile was.

My Papa was 2 years old when the century turned over. I'm sure he didn't remember that New Year's Eve. There were probably no parties, fireworks displays, champagne. Being on the farm in North Carolina, they probably had a kerosene lantern or candles and were early to bed. It seems that New Year's Eve was on a Sunday and my family were devout so I'm sure they went to church unless someone was sick. People attended the closes church to their home. So if you were Baptist, you went to the closest Baptist church. And that's where you joined and stayed until you died or moved somewhere else. There wasn't church shopping in those days like there is today. It was a practical, logistical matter. If you had to walk or hitch up a wagon or buggy and drive to church then you went to the closes church to your home. And it was where your neighbors would be too.

When they woke up that Monday morning to a new century, I'm sure it was early. Probably still dark outside. The parents started the wood stove for heat and breakfast. Papa was the eldest of their 6 children. He wouldn't have a sibling until 12/27/1900 when his first sister was born, Clara May Huneycutt. She wouldn't survive and died not quite a year later. The next child would be twins, Allie and Dallie, born in 1903. Grover Cleveland, Papa's little brother, would be born in 1905 and the baby of the family, Vernia May, would be born in 1908 when Papa was 10 yrs old. Vernia was mentally handicapped (not Down's Syndrome but something else). She lived with her parents until their death and then she spent time with her siblings and, finally, in a home for the mentally handicapped. But she was well taken care of and was part of our family get togethers. Eva Malinda Boon Huneycutt was 25 yrs old when she had Papa and was 35 yrs old when she had Vernia so Vernia wasn't a late pregnancy. I've often wondered what Vernie's problem was and what was the cause. Was it something that modern medicine could have prevented?

Back to the morning routine, I remember my Grandma (Papa's wife, Vivian Mae Barnes Huneycutt) getting up early. Papa fetched wood from the woodshed and water from the old well. She would start the wood stove which was on one end of the kitchen and do most of her cooking on it despite having an electric range on the other end of the kitchen! Yes, they had built a newer little farm house when my Dad, their youngest child, was in high school. It had the modern convenience of an indoor bathroom, indoor plumbing, new well with well pump, electricity and screens on the windows. But they still did things the old way that they had learned from their families. They preferred the water from their old well which meant you used a bucket on a rope and a winch. I can't say that I blamed them. Their new well had such hard water that it rusted every fixture they had although I'm sure it was the same water because they were only maybe 50' apart. LOL! They kept a dipper by the well and the girls and I were fascinated by drawing water and drinking from the dipper. Yes, a communal dipper! They also kept one hanging over the sink in the kitchen, a communal water glass but it was a dipper. On hot summer days, Grandma used the electric stove. All other times of the year, she still used her wood stove until she got too old to manage getting the wood and water in. She was proficient at making a huge breakfast every morning for us. I don't know if she always made such large breakfasts when we weren't around but I would think so because it gave them the energy to do the hard work they had to do for the day.

So I would assume Great Grandma Eva Malinda Boon Huneycutt was somewhat the same. I'm sure she and Great Grandpa William Eli Huneycutt got up early and started their day with getting wood and water. She cranked up the wood stove and started making breakfast. My Grandma made a pan of biscuits every morning along with scrambled eggs, bacon AND sausage, grits and red eye gravy and coffee. They had deep saucers with their coffee cups and many times I watched my Papa pour his light, sweet coffee in the saucer, blow on it and drink it from the saucer. This wasn't unusual at the time and was not considered bad manners like it would be today. And if you consider that red eye gravy is nothing but bacon/sausage grease with coffee poured in it, it's a wonder they didn't all die of high cholesterol! They didn't waste anything back then. So maybe little Toddler Papa learned his coffee drinking habit from his father and/or mother.

Either before or after breakfast, they had animals to tend to. Pigs to be slopped, chickens to be fed, watered, eggs collected and washed, horses and/or mules to be fed. Cows to be fed and milked. And then the long day of farming and/or blacksmithing began.

Blacksmithing is a virtually obsolete handicraft now, an art that is practiced by few. You have Farriers to take care of shoeing horses now. But blacksmithing included shoeing horses, making nails, making wagon rims, repairing wagons, making plows, etc. And it was labor intensive. You can enjoy seeing blacksmithing done at historical festivals, re-enactments or see a set up at many historical parks. It's really nice to watch the men work the metal into things. We've seen them at the Cowpens Battle Re-enactment, the Walnut Grove Battle Re-enactment, etc. But metalworking has come a long way since those days of rural blacksmiths.

Let's take a quick look at some of the Industrial Revolution breakthroughs that changed farming life forever:

Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin and a pioneer in the mass production of cotton. He graduated from Yale College in 1792. By April 1793, Whitney had designed and constructed the cotton gin, a machine that automated the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber. The cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the United States. Prior to his invention, farming cotton required hundreds of man-hours to separate the cottonseed from the raw cotton fibers. Simple seed-removing devices have been around for centuries, however, Eli Whitney's invention automated the seed separation process. His machine could generate up to fifty pounds of cleaned cotton daily, making cotton production profitable for the southern states. Eli Whitney and his business partner Phineas Miller had decided to get into the ginning business themselves. They manufactured as many cotton gins as possible and installed them throughout Georgia and the southern states. They charged farmers an unusual fee for doing the ginning for them, two-fifths of the profits paid in cotton itself. So planters began making their own versions of Eli Whitney's gin and claiming they were "new" inventions.
Cyrus McCormick, a blacksmith, broke new ground with the invention of the successful agricultural reaper in 1831. Demand for the McCormick reaper became greater than this Walnut Grove smithy could produce. Cyrus formed a partnership with C.M. Gray to purchase lots on the north bank of the Chicago River and a factory was constructed. They were on track to produce 500 reapers for the 1848 harvest. McCormick offers farmers a “full refund guarantee” if not satisfied. A huge Chicago fire destroys the McCormick Reaper factory; however, the company’s safe was retrieved with all records intact. After insurance settlements the fire cost Cyrus a personal loss of $600,000. A new factory which was completed in February 1873. Finally on May 13, 1884, after serving his company and community for over 75 years, Cyrus Hall McCormick dies. Cyrus is survived by his wife, Nettie Fowler and his brother Leander, who joined him in partnership in 1856. On August 12, 1902, International Harvester Company was formed by Cyrus McCormick, Jr. and several leading equipment manufacturers including Champion, Deering, Milwaukee and Plano. The new company had a 95% market share in harvesting implements. International Harvester enters the tractor manufacturing and shipping market, shipping 14 tractors across the country. Within two years, the company is shipping several hundred tractors. In 1919, the McCormick Farmall tractor is born. The Farmall is still considered to be the tractor that industrialized the United States, starting in 1922. Farmall tractors are painted red for safety reasons, replacing their familiar gray color. This marks the beginning of “Big Red”.

In 1837, John Deere, blacksmith and inventor, had little more than a blacksmith shop, a piece of discarded polished steel, and an idea that would help farmers. He fashions a polished-steel plow in his Grand Detour, Illinois, blacksmith shop that lets pioneer farmers cut clean furrows through sticky Midwest prairie soil. In 1848 , the growing plow business moves to Moline, Illinois, 75 miles southwest of Grand Detour. Moline offers water power and transportation advantages. Deere chooses a new partner, Robert N. Tate, who moves to Moline and raises the rafters on their three-story blacksmith shop by July 28. In 1852, Deere buys out his partners. For the next 16 years, the company is known variously as John Deere, John Deere & Company, Deere and Company, and Moline Plow Manufactory. John's son, Charles Deere, was an outstanding businessman who established marketing centers, called branch houses, to serve the network of independent retail dealers. By the time of Charles Deere's death in 1907, the company was making a wide range of steel plows, cultivators, corn and cotton planters, and other implements. In 1918, the company purchased the Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company in Waterloo, Iowa, and tractors became an important part of the John Deere line. manufactured the popular Waterloo Boy Tractor at its facilities in Waterloo, Iowa. Deere & Company continued to sell tractors under the Waterloo Boy name until 1923. Deere management decided to build a Model D prototype in 1923, designed by Muir L. Frey (father of Ford Mustang designer Donald N. Frey). The Deere Model D was produced from March 1, 1923 to July 3, 1953, the longest production span of all the two-cylinder John Deere tractors. Over 160,000 were made.

Small grains had been harvested by hand for centuries, cut with sickles or scythes, hand-raked and tied into sheaves. Grain harvesting machines first appeared in Great Britain in about 1800, and in the U.S. a decade or two later, but most failed. Obed Hussey and Cyrus McCormick developed successful reapers during the 1830s. McCormick's machine became the more popular one; today he is credited with inventing the reaper. When grain was being cut by hand, the method for separating the kernels from the straw was equally slow and labor intensive. Grain was hauled to a barn where it was spread on a threshing floor and either beaten with hand flails or trampled by animals. That knocked the kernels free of the straw, which was then raked away. The remaining mixture was winnowed by tossing it into the air where the wind was relied upon to blow the chaff and lighter debris away from the heavier grain, which fell back onto the threshing floor. The first threshing machine with a revolving, toothed cylinder and concaves was invented in 1786 in Scotland by Andrew Meikle. Brothers Hiram and John Pitts are credited with invention of the first successful American separator in 1830.

Until the end of the 18th century, American farmers relied primarily upon their own strong backs and arms and those of family members, hired men or slaves. New farm machines, then being developed, required more power, so oxen, horses and mules were pressed into service. Stationary steam engines were used early on to run cotton gins and mills. The additional power required by improved threshing machines led to the development of portable steam power, which made its first appearance in 1849. At first, horses were used to haul portable steam engines from job to job. During the 1870s, several inventors developed practical drive systems and the self-propelled steam traction engine became common

By the 1920s the steam traction engine was on it's way out, but it paved the way for the gasoline tractors that followed. Although a "traveling thrasher" (or combined harvester-thresher) was patented as early as 1828, the first successful machine was built by Hiram Moore in 1834. Moore's combine successfully cut and threshed grain, although it had to be winnowed later. After the Civil War, big horse-drawn, ground-driven combines were developed in the wheat-growing regions of the Northwest. In 1871, B.F. Cook put a steam engine on a combine to drive the mechanism, decreasing the number of horses needed to pull the machine. In about 1886, California farmer George Berry built a combine around a steam traction engine and voilà: the first self-propelled combine.

The rise of the automobile gave us the truck. Trucks to haul produce and animals became essential tools and still are whether they are pickups or transfer trailer trucks. Along with this, the invention of rubber tires for tractors, automobiles and trucks was essential. The first tractors has steel wheels and made for a "bumpy ride". And, of course, the canal and river system was replaced by the railroad and now by the Interstate superhighways.

Let's take a breath and become thoughtful for a minute. Just think how for thousands of years, farming had been done the same way. Very little inventiveness existed for the farmer. As labor intensive as farming is, it took a lot of hands to produce what they could. It's why slavery was invented... cheap labor. Sounds like today doesn't it? But really, it was just that, cheap labor. If farmers were going to supply food for their families and enough product to sell, it took a lot of working hands doing back breaking work. Just like today, we try to invest our money in tools that will make our work more efficient and produce more product to sell so we can make more money. But back then, their only tools were extra hands. So if they had extra money to "invest", they invested it in buying slaves who would help them work the farms, take care of the home, help raise the children and take care of you in your old age. Investing in slaves was a business decision AND an investment for your old age future sort of like our 401k's, pensions and social security are today. I'm certainly not saying that slavery was a good thing. It was not! Horrible abuse occurred and we paid for it with a bloody civil war. But maybe you can see how it got to be where it was.

So, as I said, things hadn't changed for thousands of years until the 1800's when the Industrial Revolution began. Men began to come up with inventions and the political and economic tides were such that these inventions could make them money. We all know that money is the motivator. If they didn't think they would make money on their inventions, they wouldn't waste their time inventing. In school, most children just roll their eyes and hunch down at their desks when the term "Industrial Revolution" comes out of the teacher's mouth. But if we really thought about the changes it brought we would be stunned.

Great Grandpa William Eli was probably still a horse or mule farmer which meant hitching up a plow to your horse(s) or mule(s) and walking behind it every step of the way as you plowed the ground. Plows were an improvement over hand turning the soil and hoeing it but still an exhausting and tedious job. Then came the planting. You had to plant foods for your family to consume, food for your farm animals to consume and product to be sold. The cash crop was usually cotton or tobacco in Stanly County, NC. Both are labor intensive crops which is farm-ese for HARD WORK! William Eli Huneycutt had no slaves, his father had no slaves, his grandfather had no slaves so he knew hard work intimately.

Papa grew up in this atmosphere. In fact, he and Grandma had bought a small working farm in Stanly County, NC before the Great Depression. He owed $300 on it when the stockmarket crashed and the banks began calling in the loans. The bank would want his land so it could be sold for a profit and give them some of their cash back. He was in real trouble. Thank God, a friend loaned him the $300 to pay off the mortgage and he paid that man back every cent. During the Great Depression, Papa would hire himself and his 2 mules out for a day's work for 25 - 50 CENTS a day! He never borrowed money or financed anything again. He did everything in cash. He finally got his brand new John Deere tractor close to the end of WWII. My Dad still has that tractor and remembers well the day it was delivered to the farm!

So Papa had gone from horse and wagons and handplowing behind a horse or mule to automobiles and tractors. He went from drawing water from the well to an electric pump that brought water straight to the house through their indoor plumbing. He had gone from wood stoves to electric stoves and oil heat. He had gone from screenless windows to screened-in windows to air conditioning.

According to the 1930 U.S. Census Papa didn't own a radio set so he went from no radio, to radio entertainment to television and movies. Movies on the big screen! I can only imagine the fascination a young person would have had for the movies when it was so new. We are used to it today and we expect better and better special effects, high definition, surround sound and 3D. But when it was all new, it must have been something.

He went from having no telephone to having a telephone. I remember he and Grandma had an old black telephone, the same heavy one lasted them from the time they installed it until they died! Unlike today's phones which have to be replaced frequently. It was heavy and well made and never gave them a moment's trouble. And Papa and Grandma were on a party line. I remember picking up the phone as a little girl and hearing other people talking on the line. It was like accidentally walking into someone's home. They finally got a private line and had to pay extra for the privilege. And I remember the short telephone number they had until so many people got phones they had to isue longer numbers like the ones we have today with area codes. The first cell phone was a bag phone that had a battery the size of a car battery. My Mom paid $2500 for that phone and the coverage was awful! They we went to car phones that were installed in cars and used the car batteries. Then back to bag phones but these were smaller, more the size of a purse. Then you got the heavy handheld phone, the flip phone, and now the smart phones. So Papa lived during an exciting time as the first cell phones were installed in cars in the early 1970's. They were rarely seen being so expensive but they were available before he died.

Man had been trying to fly for hundreds of years but the first flight by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, NC occurred in 1908 and then it was just for a few seconds. By the time Papa died in 1976 he could have flown on a jet plane. And the first man who landed on the moon was Neil Armstrong in 1969. So Papa had lived through the era from thinking the moon was made of cheese to a man actually walking on the moon and coming back to tell of it!

The Z1 computer, originally created by Germany's Konrad Zuse in his parents living room in 1936 to 1938 and is considered to be the first electro-mechanical binary programmable (modern) computer and really the first functional computer. The Colossus was the first electric programmable computer and was developed by Tommy Flowers and first demonstrated in December 1943. The Colossus was created to help the British code breakers read encrypted German messages. The Atanasoff-Berry Computer, known as the ABC, started being developed by Professor John Vincent Atanasoff and graduate student Cliff Berry in 1937 and continued to be developed until 1942 at the Iowa State College (now Iowa State University). The ABC was an electrical computer that used vacuum tubes for digital computation including binary math and Boolean logic and had no CPU. On October 19, 1973, the US Federal Judge Earl R. Larson signed his decision that the ENIAC patent by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly was invalid and named Atanasoff the inventor of the electronic digital computer. The ENIAC was invented by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania and began construction in 1943 and was not completed until 1946. It occupied about 1,800 square feet and used about 18,000 vacuum tubes, weighing almost 50 tons. Although the Judge ruled that the ABC computer was the first digital computer, many still consider the ENIAC to be the first digital computer because it was fully functional. First delivered to the United States Government in 1950, the UNIVAC 1101 or ERA 1101 is considered to be the first computer that was capable of storing and running a program from memory. On April 7, 1953 IBM publicly introduced the 701, its first electric computer and first mass produced computer. Later IBM introduced its first personal computer called the IBM PC in 1981. In 1968, Hewlett Packard began marketing the first mass-marketed PC and the first desktop computer, the HP 9100A.

So Papa went from paper and ink to a computer age. He barely missed the introduction of the first IBM personal computer in 1981. I remember it and had one soon afterwards and have had one ever since! My first computer had 2 floppy disk drives. My 2nd one had 10 mb of hard drive space. I love my computers and the Internet.

And this doesn't count the medical revolutions that have taken place. Where babies were once birthed at home, now they are born in hospitals. Instead of people using folk remedies, there was actual medicine, surgical techniques, medical technologies. It seemed to explode after the War of Northern Aggression. Up until then, the typical American knew nothing about germs, hygiene, what caused diseases and plagues. Papa lived through the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918-1919 when he would have been 20 yrs old. I'm his granddaughter and if I had been born at any other time in history I would not have lived very long but because of medical technologies, I have been able to live and have a good quality of life compared to what people had before.

When I look at what my Papa saw in his own lifetime, it amazes me. As I've said, thousands of years saw little change in how the farmer lived his life, grew his crops and provided for his family until the middle 1800's. For the next 150 years technology exploded and changed the human experience forever. We also suffered the War of Northern Aggression, the Spanish American War of 1898, WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War and the modern wars since the 1990's. We have seen more human beings murdered in purges, wars, genocide, starvations, and just pure evil than any previous generation of mankind. How do human beings adjust to such rapid change? With my Papa and Grandma, they just put one foot in front of the other. Some things they kept doing the old way and some things they saw the value of doing it the new way and would take it up. Papa learned to drive, he bought a tractor. After he died, Grandma took a driving class and learned to drive herself. They had an old black and white television and watched As The World Turns religiously. In fact, Papa would come in for lunch and lay down to watch ATWT and take a short nap. My Dad still does this today. I remember how Grandma would take this quiet time to string beans, peel peaches, hem a skirt or something useful while watching the soap opera. But one day, while Papa took his nap, he quietly died in his sleep. Grandma noticed he was sleeping longer than normal and when she went to wake him, he was gone. What a shock it was to her.

If you ever wonder why your parents still do some things the old way, just remember it was what they were raised in and are comfortable with. But they've come a long way since their parent's and their grandparent's days.

There are some dog breeds with minimal amounts of shedding. While no dog is completely hypoallergenic, these breeds can be more compatible with humans with allergies because they produce less dander or shed less fur than other dog breeds.



Bichon Frise - Known for their cheerful disposition and sweet nature, are happy little clowns. They love activity and require regular exercise. The hair grows continually and does not shed, so extensive grooming is a must to prevent mats. The Bichon Frise loves human company and demands much of your attention. They were bred to be companion dogs and do well with children and other animals. They are social, intelligent, train easily. Here is a cute little Bichon with a shorter clip.





Dachshunds - Standard and Miniature, aka Doxies. They are curious, clever, lively, affectionate, proud, brave and funny. Devoted to its family, it can be slightly difficult to train and housebreak, but not impossible. Dachshunds travel well. Prone to spinal disc problems so always be aware when you pick them up, lift them, and don't let them jump off of furniture. Very little grooming needed.






Poodles - Toy, Miniature and Standard (There is no such thing as a "teacup" poodle. That term was used to described very small poodles but it's not an official size variation of the Poodle. It only describes a toy poodle that is smaller than the standard.) Ever wonder why poodles were in so many circus dog shows? Because they are a very smart breed and train easily. Being one of the most trainable breeds, it is highly responsive and loves being around it's people. They live to please. They do need grooming but you can get shorter cuts that are easier to manage. But it needs to be done regularly. Since they don't shed, their fur will continue to grow like a human being growing out their hair. If not regularly cut it becomes less manageable.



Portuguese Water Dogs - is a swimmer and diver of exceptional ability and stamina. This highly intelligent utilitarian breed is distinguished by two coat types, either curly or wavy. They have a spirited disposition, self-willed, brave, and very resistant to fatigue. Rugged dog, well built. They require grooming. This would be a great dog around an active young family as long as they have time to spend with their PWD.



Standard Schnauzers - The medium sized Schnauzer between the Giant Schnauzer and the Miniature Schnauzer. Sociable and affectionate, especially loves children. Naturally protective, they will also alert members of the household to any potential danger. The breed is very intelligent but can be strong-willed. Requires grooming.



Yorkshire Terriers - is a small terrier that was bred to catch rats in English clothing mills. They should convey an important air. The Yorkshire Terrier is active, very overprotective, curious, and loves attention. They are not recommended for a household with young children because they are terriers but are easy to train. They need activity, physically and mentally. They tend to be yappy and require grooming but the barking makes them good burglar alarms and it can be controlled as long as you give them good exercise to mellow them out. Your Yorkie doesn't have to sport the show cut. You can cut your Yorkie in a short and easier to manage haircut.




Maltese - Gentle, loving, trusting and devoted to it's owner. Very intelligent, can be trained, very alert to suspicious noises which makes them good burglar alarms. They need grooming. Watch out for sunburn on any exposed skin (like at a hair part). May be difficult to house train and the family needs to beware of the dog becoming the leader of the pack (the household). They can become snappish, jealous, unstable, separation anxiety, obsessive barking. These are not Maltese traits but developed when they are not trained well. It requires daily grooming because it's silky hair can mat easily and daily wipe the eyes to prevent stains and around the mouth to prevent staining. Here is a Maltese with a short cut.

Have you every come upon a tool that was so simple that you couldn't believe you'd lived most of your life without using it before? I have and thought I would start revealing little things and tools that are truly handy. Not just the newest fad but something that I found was really a handy and important tool in my household.

The first one is the toothpick holder. For some reason, my Mom didn't keep a supply of toothpicks like I do now. I've always used toothpicks when leaving a restaurant but it was only about 10 yrs ago that it smacked me up the side of the head... toothpicks at home! I hate the cheap flat toothpicks! I mean I really hate them. My husband made the mistake a few years ago of buying the flat toothpicks despite the word "round" on the shopping list. I made him use them until they were gone and now he realizes why I hate them so I doubt I'll ever have that problem again. LOL! We couldn't wait to finish that box of flat toothpicks and I almost threw a party to celebrate the last one.

Anyway, once it occurred to me that I could have them at home, I wanted something to keep them in besides the flimsy box they come in. It never occurred to me that there were actual TOOTH PICK HOLDERS! I know I sound dense, but really it was just one of those little things that hadn't gotten my notice before. Anyway, on a trip to Niagara Falls, I saw a toothpick holder in the souvenir shop. I bought it and we used it a few years but then I accidentally dropped it. Of course, by then I knew there were tooth pick holders out there so I looked for them at yard sales and thrift stores to find my next one. I found a pretty old copper one and got that. Then at a yard sale I found someone's tooth pick holder collection and I bought a pretty blue glass heart. So I have 2 tooth pick holders now and having those toothpicks by the kitchen sink is very handy.

If you never thought about this handy, dandy little tool, get you a tooth pick holder and some ROUND toothpicks and see if you don't use them too. I honestly think using a toothpick after every meal can help keep plaque buildup down on your teeth. Just use good manners, don't throw a toothpick on the ground to trash the entrance of someone's business. And, at home, don't leave your used toothpick lying on a table top for that little "fairy" to pick up for you. Your wife, girlfriend or Mom shouldn't have to go behind you and pick up after you like that, especially personal items like used toothpicks, tissues, underwear, spit cups, etc. And don't chew it to pieces and spit it on the floor. That's very disrespectful because someone has to vacuum and mop your floors and you shouldn't deliberately trash your home and their hard work. That would be like you spending a couple hours on a Saturday afternoon washing and polishing your car only to wash a neighbor walk up to it and spit a long tobacco stream right on the hood. You would be angry and disgusted, angry because they ruined your hard work and treated it like it was nothing and disgusted because, well, because that's nasty.

Did you know there is actually a tooth pick holder collector's society called the National Toothpick Holder Collector's Society? There are so many to choose from. You can go elegant, funny, cute, retro/vintage, souvenir, etc. Leave it on the table with your salt/pepper shakers or leave by the kitchen sink, in your silverware drawer, wherever it works for you.

Here are some neat toothpick holders that I found doing a Google image search.











































This vintage Tupperware salt and pepper set are in a stand that actually holds a few toothpicks in the handle.





























This was unique. Businesses often have little giveaways for their customers. These freebies are often combs, ink pens, magnets, coffee cups. This business had their logo stamped on a plastic salt and pepper pair with a little holder. The trumpet shaped holder's handle holds toothpicks.

I hope this is the correct name for this utensil, a sporkit. For years I struggled with serving spaghetti until I bought my first sporkit. It works like a charm. If you don't have one, get one! We use it all the time. A very handle kitchen tool.

Another kitchen utensil that I use constantly are scissors. There are many ways to use scissors in the kitchen so having multiple pairs might make sense. For instance, I use some for opening packages, clipping coupons, snipping herbs, cutting string, etc. You want a strong pair and you might want a couple of other pairs for different jobs. I gave a pair of kitchen scissors to my niece one year for a gift and she said what I already knew, "That was one of the most useful gifts anyone's ever given me. I use my kitchen scissors all the time!"


Scissors are so handy in nearly every room of the house. You don't have to have just one pair of scissors. I keep different pairs in my bathroom, a pair in my bedroom, two in my kitchen and one pair in my laundry room. They all have their places and when I'm through, I put them back where they belong. Having multiple of some things is efficient.

I've cooked since I was 17 yrs old and still don't have confidence in my chopping and mincing. I'm always scared that I'm going to cut myself. So for mincing onions, I use an onion holder. I wish I could be like those chefs on TV who can use their santoku or chef knife to chop and mince with ease. But it's still a job that I'm not proficient at. I feel like I've got 2 left hands when it comes to chopping and mincing. I've often wondered if those finger guards would work and give me the confidence to learn how to use the santoku or chef knives. I tend to use the smaller utility, kitchen and paring knives. But I can really recommend using an onion holder and it's a staple in my kitchen utensils. It's pretty inexpensive considering how handy they are for mincing onions.

I wanted to empty some drawers in my kitchen which were filled with food storage bags like Ziplocs and food wrap. I searched on Amazon for ideas. I was ready to buy something! But every food wrap storage device had negative comments. They were flimsy, hard to use or didn't tear correctly. So I ended up just getting a bin, having my husband screw it inside a cabinet door for the food wraps. That is working great. But the plastic food storage bags were another thing. I couldn't seem to find anything that organized them and worked. I really can't take credit for the idea that finally came to me. It had to be the Lord because I'm not this inventive. But it suddenly came to me. A cheap way to store and organize. If it doesn't work, I'm only out a few bucks. So I went to the cheapest place and bought some oven mitts. For the smaller food bags, I stuffed some paper towel in the bottom. Then I folded the bags and stuffed them in the mitts. I bought some magnetic hooks at Walmart and hung them on the side of my refrigerator. See what you think.

They used to be made of rubber on wooden, or plastic, handles. The old rubber ones lasted a long time. I remember licking the cake batter off Mom's spatula. Yummm. I still prefer batter or dough uncooked!

Now, they are mostly silicone on wooden or plastic handles. The silicone doesn't seem to last as long as the old rubber ones.

The smaller spatulas help you get the last out of that jar of Duke's mayonnaise. The larger ones help you get everything out of the mixing bowl. They are so handy that it's one of those kitchen tools you take for granted and don't pay a lot of attention to. But get at least the two sizes for your kitchen.


My collection of large and small silicone spatulas. You can see my smaller one is getting ragged and it's only a few years old. It's the one I use the most.

I really like baskets. For some reason they appeal to me. I have more than I need so I did a Google search to see how people are using baskets to help organize the baskets. Here are the great ideas that I found!




















































































































































































Here are some of the ways I use my baskets and I expect to use some of these ideas for other baskets! The first one is by my door to collect things as I come in or out.





This vintage picnic basket is in my living room holding some seasonal decorations.



This holds outdoor dog coats by the back door.



This holds my craft paints.



This holds pierogi molds in my kitchen cabinet.



I buy my trash bags in Costco so they come in large rolls. I put the roll in this basket.



Laundry basket, of course.



My clothespin basket



This past Saturday, my husband and I went yard sale-ing and I came across a yard sale where the woman was selling her Longaberger basket collection. I wish I had gotten them all. But here are the ones I did get! All of them for $36! I love them!

OK, I know you can use a hand mixer to whip potatoes. That's great and works well. I still have the original hand mixer that I got when I got married in 1977 and it still works perfectly. I also have my wonderful Kitchenaid mixer. But both of those can create more mess to clean up than it's worth. So I rarely made mashed potatoes. Then I bought an old potato masher. I just liked the look of it. And believe it or not I can use it easily and throw it in the dishwasher. And, if it tears up, no big expense. You can purchase new potato mashers too. But here is my old one.

I never had one of these until about 5 years ago. A salesman came by selling Cutco knives. I bought some and one was thrown in. I ended up liking it so much that I've bought another one ( much cheaper one). A very handy utensil and I recommend everyone have at least one. I can spread the mayo and cut the tomato for a sandwich with the one utensil. A serrated knife cuts tomatoes much easier. And we really do use it. By the way, I've really liked my Cutco knives.

OK, this is another basic that people take for granted. Everyone has a slotted turning spatula. These are hard working tools in the kitchen. You need a bigger one and a smaller one. And you want a good quality so that it doesn't bend on you. I, personally, don't like a silicone or plastic turning spatula because they simply don't have the edge that a metal one has. But metal ones will scratch your pots and pans and that can be a bad thing if you use coated cookware like enamel cast iron, teflon nonstick coated frying pan or anodized cookware. If you have something like that in your cabinet, then have a silicon, plastic turning or wooden spatula to use with them. You are looking for a metal handle that won't bend and an edge that is nice and thin for picking up those eggs to turn them. They need to be able to lift and support heavy items but have the thin, flexible edge to maneuver delicate foods like lifting hot cookies from the cookie sheet.


In your kitchen utensils you can have one good spatula or several different kinds like the metal fish spatula, wood spatula, large and small metal spatulas, silicone spatula, and the hamburger spatula. Whatever you have the room for. A single spatula goes for a few bucks to $75.00 depending on the material, the honing for a thin, sharp edge and the name brand. I'm too cheap to pay $75.00 for one but you might be getting what you pay for or it might be overkill for the average family cook. Anyway, I looked for a handle that didn't give and bend, a thin edge and some flexibility in the spatula part.

Nansemond County, VA (Information from Wikipedia)
In 1634, the King of England directed the formation of eight shires (or counties) in the colony of Virginia. One of these was Elizabeth City Shire, which included land area on both sides of Hampton Roads. New Norfolk County was formed in 1636 from Elizabeth City Shire. It included all the area in South Hampton Roads now incorporated in the five independent cities located there in modern times. In 1637, New Norfolk County was divided into Upper Norfolk County and Lower Norfolk County. Upper Norfolk County became Nansemond County in 1646. In 1910, Suffolk, the county seat since 1750, became an independent city, but remained the county seat.

Under the Virginia Company of London, in 1619, the area which became Nansemond County was included in Elizabeth Cittie [sic], a one of four large "boroughs", or "incorporations". In 1624, the Virginia Company lost its proprietary charter, and Virginia became a royal colony. In 1634, the King of England directed the formation of eight shires (or counties) in the colony. One of these was Elizabeth River Shire, which included land area on both sides of Hampton Roads, as had the earlier Elizabeth Cittie. Two years later, New Norfolk County was formed in 1636 from Elizabeth River Shire. It included all the area in South Hampton Roads now incorporated in the five independent cities located there in modern times. The following year, in 1637, New Norfolk County was divided into Upper Norfolk County and Lower Norfolk County. Upper Norfolk County was officially redesignated the County of Nansimum by the House of Burgesses in March 1646; by the October session, this was also being spelled as Nansimund.


Bladen County, NC(Infomation from Wikipedia)

Bladen, Rowan and Anson Counties, NC

Bladen County was formed in 1734 as Bladen Precinct of Bath County, from New Hanover Precinct. It was named for Martin Bladen, a member of the Board of Trade. With the abolition of Bath County in 1739, all of its constituent precincts became counties.

Originally, Bladen was a vast territory with indefinite northern and western boundaries. Reductions in its extent began in 1750, when its western part became Anson County. In 1752 the northern part of Bladen County was combined with parts of Granville County and Johnston County to form Orange County. In 1754 the northern part of what was left of Bladen County became Cumberland County. In 1764 the southern part of what remained of Bladen County was combined with part of New Hanover County to form Brunswick County. In 1787 the western part of the now much smaller county became Robeson County. Finally, in 1808 the southern part of Bladen County was combined with part of Brunswick County to form Columbus County. Bladen County is considered the "mother county" of North Carolina because of the 100 counties in North Carolina, 55 of them at one point belonged to Bladen County. It is also the fourth largest county in North Carolina.


Anson County, NC (Information from Wikipedia)
The county was formed in 1750 from Bladen County. It was named for George Anson, Baron Anson, a British admiral, who circumnavigated the globe from 1740 to 1744, and later became First Lord of the Admiralty.

Like its parent county Bladen, Anson County was originally a vast territory with indefinite northern and western boundaries. Reductions in its extent began in 1753, when the northern part of it became Rowan County. In 1762 the western part of Anson County became Mecklenburg County. In 1779 the northern part of what remained of Anson County became Montgomery County, and the part east of the Pee Dee River became Richmond County. Finally, in 1842 the western part of Anson County was combined with the southeastern part of Mecklenburg County to become Union County.


Rowan County, NC (Information from Wikipedia)

Old Rowan County, NC







Old Rowan County, NC became these counties


The first Europeans to enter what is now Rowan County came with the Spanish expedition of Juan Pardo in 1567. They established a fort and a mission in the native village of Guatari, believed to be located near the Yadkin River and inhabited by the Wateree. At the time, the area was ruled by a female chief the Spaniards called Guatari Mico. The Spaniards called the village Salamanca in honor of the city of Salamanca in western Spain, and established a mission, headed by a secular priest named Sebastián Montero. The Spaniards abandoned the area at some point before 1572.

The county was formed in 1753 from the northern part of Anson County. It was named for Matthew Rowan, acting governor of North Carolina from 1753 to 1754. The county seat is Salisbury. Initially Rowan included the entire northwestern sector of North Carolina, with no clear western boundary, but its size was reduced as a number of counties were split off. The first big excision was to createSurry County in 1771. Burke and Wilkes Counties were formed from the western parts of Rowan and Surry in 1777 and 1778, respectively, leaving a smaller Rowan County that comprised present-day Rowan, Iredell (formed 1788), Davidson (1822), and Davie (1836). Surry, Burke and Wilkes subsequently fragmented further as well. Depending on where the ancestor lived, you may want to look at records for some of these later counties also. Records of very early land grants in the Rowan County area will be found with Anson County

Originally, Rowan County was a vast territory with an indefinite western boundary. Reductions in its extent began in 1770, when the eastern part of it was combined with the western part of Orange County to become Guilford County, North Carolina. In 1771 the northeastern part of what remained of Rowan County became Surry County. In 1777 the western part of Rowan County became Burke County. In 1788 the western part of the now much smaller Rowan County became Iredell County. In 1822 the eastern part of the still shrinking county became Davidson County. Finally, in 1836 the part of Rowan County north of the South Yadkin River became Davie County.


Guilford County, NC (Information from Wikipedia)
At the time of European encounter, the inhabitants of the area that became Guilford County were a Siouan-speaking people called the Saura. Beginning in the 1740s, settlers arrived in the region in search of fertile and affordable land. These first settlers included American Quakers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New England at what is now Greensboro, as well as German Reformed and Lutherans in the east, British Quakers in the south and west, and Scotch-Irish Presbyterians in the center of today's Guilford County. The county was formed in 1771 from parts of Rowan County and Orange County. It was named for Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford, father of Frederick North, Lord North, British Prime Minister from 1770 to 1782.

Friedens Church, whose name means "peace" in German, is in eastern Guilford County, at 6001 NC Hwy 61 North, northwest of Gibsonville. It is a historic church that has operated continuously since the earliest European settlers came to this area. According to a history of the church, Rev. John Ulrich Giesendanner led his Lutheran congregation from Pennsylvania in 1740, into the part of North Carolina around Haw River, Reedy Fork, Eno River, Alamance Creek, Travis Creek, Beaver Creek and Deep River. The first building used by Friedens Church was made of logs in 1745 and served for 25 years. The second building, completed about 1771, was much more substantial and remained in use until it was replaced in May, 1871. The third building was destroyed by fire on January 8, 1939. Only the columns in front survived. The structure was rebuilt and reopened in May 1939.

The Quaker meeting played a major role in the European settlement of the county, and numerous Quakers still live in the county. New Garden Friends Meeting, established in 1754, still operates in Greensboro.

Alamance Presbyterian Church, a log structure, was built in 1762, though it was not officially organized until 1764 by the Rev. Henry Patillo, pastor of Hawfields Presbyterian Church. It has operated on the same site in present-day Greensboro since then. According to the church history, it is now using its fifth church building and now has its eighteenth pastor.

On March 15, 1781, the Battle of Guilford Court House was fought just north of present-day Greensboro between Generals Charles Cornwallis and Nathanael Greene during the American Revolution. This battle marked a key turning point in the Revolutionary War in the South. Although General Cornwallis, the British Commander, held the field at the end of the battle, his losses were so severe that he decided to withdraw to the Carolina and Virginia coastline, where he could receive reinforcements and his battered army could be protected by the British Navy. His decision ultimately led to his defeat later in 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia, by a combined force of American and French troops and warships.

In 1779 the southern third of Guilford County became Randolph County. In 1785 the northern half of its remaining territory became Rockingham County.

In 1808, Greensboro replaced the hamlet of Guilford Court House as the county seat.


Randolph County, NC (Information from Wikipedia)
Some of the first settlers of what would become the county were English Quakers, who settled along the Haw and Deep River. Eno Rivers.[4] The county was formed in 1779 from Guilford County. It was named for Peyton Randolph, first president of the Continental Congress. Randolph County was the original location of what became Duke University.

The county is home to one of the last remaining covered bridges in the state. The Pisgah Covered Bridge, in Union Township, is in the southwestern part of the county and was destroyed by a flood in 2003, but has been completely restored and is still standing.[5][6] In 1911, a new county called Piedmont County was proposed, with High Point as its county seat, to be created from Guilford, Davidson and Randolph Counties. Many people appeared at the Guilford County courthouse to oppose the plan, vowing to go to the state legislature to protest. The state legislature voted down the plan in February 1911.


Perquimas County, NC
Perquimans was formed as early as 1668 as a precinct in Albemarle County. It was named in honor of an Indian tribe. It is in the northeastern section of the State and is bounded by Albemarle Sound and Chowan, Gates, and Pasquotank counties. The present area is 261 square miles.... Hertford, established in 1758 on the land of Jonathan Phelps, is the county seat. There is no description of the precinct when it was established.

Gates was formed in 1779 from Chowan, Perquimans, and Hertford.

... that all that part of Hertford County that lies on the North East side of Chowan River, and all that part of Chowan and Perquimons Counties, that lies on the North Side of Katherine, and Warwick Creeks, and bounded as follows, (that is to say) Beginning at the Virginia line, on Chowan River, thence down the said River to the mouth of Katherine Creek; thence up the said Creek, to the mouth of Warwick Creek, thence up said Creek to the Head, thence a direct line to the Head of the Indian Branch in Perquimons County, thence down said Branch to the Great Dismal Swamp, thence a North east Course to the Virginia line thence Westerly along said line to the beginning, and all that part of Hertford, Chowan, and Perquimons Counties, included in said lines, shall be and is hereby established a County by the name of Gates.

The lines between Pasquotank and Perquimans, and Camden and Gates were ordered to be run in 1804; because of the difficulty of establishing and marking the lines in the Dismal Swamp, they had not been previously marked.

... beginning near the fork of Little River, and running northwardly to the south-west corner of a ridge, known by the Middle Ridge, then along the west side of said ridge, crossing Colonel John Hamilton's turnpike road, to the north-west corner thereof, thence a northwardly course to a ridge in the desart known by Colonel Jesse Eason's Ridge, then a north course to the line that divides this State from the State of Virginia.

The dividing line between the counties of Chowan, Perquimans, and Gates was authorized to be established in 1805.

... That the said commissioners ... shall begin the dividing line between the counties of Chowan and Perquimons, at such place on Yeopon river, above Elliot's mills, as they may think proper, due regard being had to the former reputed line, and shall run thence along the said reputed line to Sunday ridge road, and from the said road to the intersection of the line of Gates county, and thence along the said line, as far as it extends on the heads of Chowan and Perquimans counties, and shall make or cause to be made returns of their proceedings to each of the courts of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the said counties to be deposited and kept among the records thereof; and the said lines when so extended and laid off, shall forever be established and confirmed as the dividing lines between the said counties.

In 1814 the act of 1805, establishing the boundary line between Perquimans, Chowan, and Gates, was amended by naming a new commissioner, which indicated that the line had not been established at that date.

In 1818 an act was passed which authorized the boundary line between Pasquotank and Perquimans to be run and marked. No description is given in the law.

The dividing line between Chowan and Perquimans was authorized to be run and marked in 1819.

... commissioners to complete running and marking the dividing lines between the counties of Chowan and Perquimons, ... shall commence running at the bridge in the lane called James Hataway's Senr. and run a direct course to Caleb Goodwin's bridge in Bear swamp, from thence a direct course to where the crane pond crosses the sandy ridge road, thence up the sandy ridge road to here the Gates county line crosses the said road ... the said commissioners shall cause to be made correct copies of their survey; one of which shall be filed in the Secretary's office and one in each of the Clerks offices of the court of pleas and quarter sessions in the counties of Chowan and Perquimons.

In 1819 the boundary line between Perquimans and Gates had not been established so as to be widely and definitely known. Therefore, an act was passed which authorized the establishment of said line. No description is given in the law.

(above from Formation of the North Carolina Counties, by David Leroy Corbitt, pp. 173-175, with corrections; published 1996 by North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History.)



Joseph Lamb was born in 1735-1736 in Perquimans County, NC -

Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2001,
Name: Joseph Lamb
Spouse: Frances Beeson
Parents: Henry Lamb
Birth Place: Nansemond Co, VA
Birth Date: 1736
Marriage Place: New Garden, Guilford Co
Marriage Date: 23 Jul 1761
Death Place: Randolph Co
Death Date: 1820

-or 1738 in Hopewell, Frederick County, Virginia

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004
Name: Joseph Lamb
Gender: Male
Birth Place: VA
Birth Year: 1738
Spouse Name: Frances Beeson
Spouse
Birth Place: NC
Spouse Birth Year: 1744
Marriage
Year: 1761
Marriage State: NC
Number Pages: 1
_____________________________________
Name: Frances Beeson
Gender: Female
Birth Place: VA
Birth Year: 1744
Spouse Name: Joseph Lamb
Spouse
Birth Place: VA
Spouse Birth Year: 1738
Marriage
Year: 1761
Marriage State: NC
Number Pages: 1

His parents were Henry Lamb and Elizabeth Henley. Although Elizabeth being a Henley is debatable. Little is known of Elizabeth, wife of Henry Lamb. It's not been definitively proven. There is a record that gives his wife as "Gulielma". Was this a 2nd wife? Was Elizabeth actually Gulielma Elizabeth Henley? Or was the "Gulielma" record a mistake?

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004
Name: Elizabeth Henly
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: Henry Lamb
Spouse
Birth Place: VA
Spouse Birth Year: 1696
Marriage
Year: 1720
Marriage State: NC
Number Pages: 1
_________________________________
Name: Elizabeth Henley
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1725
Spouse Name: Henry Lamb
Spouse Birth Year: 1697
Number Pages: 1
_________________________________
Name: Elizabeth Henley?
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1700
Spouse Name: Henry Lamb
Spouse Birth Year: 1697
Marriage
Year: 1739
Number Pages: 1
_________________________________
Name: Henry Lamb
Gender: Male
Birth Place: VA
Birth Year: 1696
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Henly
Marriage
Year: 1720
Marriage State: NC
Number Pages: 1
___________________________________
Name: Henry Lamb
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1697
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Henley?
Spouse Birth Year: 1700
Marriage
Year: 1739
Number Pages: 1
__________________________________
Name: Henry Lamb
Gender: Male
Birth Place: VA
Birth Year: 1700
Spouse Name: Elizabeth
Spouse Birth Year: 1700
Marriage
Year: 1725
Number Pages: 1
________________________________
Name: Henry Lamb
Gender: Male
Birth Place: MA
Birth Year: 1697
Spouse Name: Gulielma
Spouse
Birth Place: NC
Spouse Birth Year: 1701
Marriage
Year: 1720
Marriage State: NC
Number Pages: 1


Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000
Name: Elizabeth Lamb
Parents: Henry Lamb, Elizabeth
Birth Place: Nansemond, VA
Birth Date: 1740
Death Place: Perquimans, NC
Death Date: 1801


American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1999
Name: Elizabeth Lamb
Birth Date: 1700
Volume: 99
Page Number: 178
Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941. The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.: 7 Jun 1909, 1054

Quaker records show on February 4, 1739 the family of Henry Lamb were in Nansemond County in southeastern Virginia.   At that time they requested permission to move to Perquimans County, North Carolina, where they stayed for 21 years. On October 1, 1760, Henry and some members of his family moved to Rowan County shortly before his death.

Note: According to the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. 1 North Carolina page 57 Perquimans monthly meetings 1739, 2, 4, Lamb, Henry & family rocf Nancemund MM., VA.

Quaker records show on February 4, 1739 the family of Henry Lamb were in Nansemond County in southeastern Virginia. At that time they requested permission to move to Perquimans County, North Carolina, where they stayed for 21 years. On October 1, 1760, Henry and some members of his family moved to Rowan County shortly before his death.

Unfortunately the records in Nancemond CO., Virginia have been burned three times and Quaker records for that area were hidden (and probably lost to us forever) due to persecution of the Quakers for their stand on slavery.

Henry moved his wife and eight children to Perquimans Co., N.C. from Naunsemond Co., Va in 1739. He was a Quaker and the cruel treatment of that sect may have been part of the reason for his move.

The MM of Friends in Perquimans (sometimes called Walls, later Piney Woods) received the Lamb family on a certificate from Nansemond MM on 4 April 1739.

Patrick Laughley proves rights for importation of 13 people including Thomas Lamb and Henry Lamb. No information as to the date of this act or where the information came from. This could mean Thomas (3 generations earlier) had a brother, also named Henry.



Joseph's father, Henry Lamb, died 2/10/1761 in Old Rowan County, NC. Here is his will:

Original will found at City Hall, Salisbury, NC
The Will of Henry Lamb
In the name of God Amen, the Seventh Day of February in the year of Our Lord 1761, I Henry Lambe of the Parish of Saint Luke in the County of Rowan and Province of North Carolina being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to God, there forecalling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, that is to say, Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that give it and for my body, I recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christing like manner at the discression of my executors and as touching such worthy estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in this life, I give and devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form Inprimis, it is my will and I do order that...

In the first place all my just debts and funeral charges be paid and satisfied.

Item, I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth, my dearly beloved wife, all and singular full power, authority, rite and title to all that is mine or belonging to me during her life if she continues a widow and at her death or marriage to be equally divided between Isau, Jacob, and; Joseph, Elizabeth and Bethia. Only reserving the wench (unreadable) to Joseph my son and to Jacob and Isau to have the wench Letty to Isau and Jacob. The land in (unreadable)To my sons Isau, Jacob and; Joseph if they live together, and if my son Isau will not come up here to live on the land, I leave the the hole land to my sons Jacob and; Joseph, whom I likewise constitute, make and order my only and sole executors of this my Last Will and Testament. Item, I give and bequeath unto my son, Thomas Lamb, Esau, and Mary a shilling a piece to be paid by my executors after my decease. Utterly disallowing revoke and disannul all and every other former Testaments Wills and Exed. by me in any ways before this time, named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above mentioned. Before singing and sealing the two negro wenches disposed of the one named ____ to Joseph Lamb and the other wench named Leaty to Isaac and Jacob. Signed sealed pronounced and entered by the said Henry Lambe as his last will and testament in the presence of us the subscribors
Signed
Henerey (his X mark) Lambe
Witness Benjamin Beeson, Chris Nation, ____Procter ____?

Joseph Lamb married Frances Beeson on 7/23/1761 in Rowan County, NC.

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004
Name: Joseph Lamb
Gender: Male
Birth Place: VA
Birth Year: 1738
Spouse Name: Frances Beeson
Spouse
Birth Place: NC
Spouse Birth Year: 1744
Marriage
Year: 1761
Marriage State: NC
Number Pages: 1
_____________________________________
Name: Frances Beeson
Gender: Female
Birth Place: VA
Birth Year: 1744
Spouse Name: Joseph Lamb
Spouse
Birth Place: VA
Spouse Birth Year: 1738
Marriage
Year: 1761
Marriage State: NC
Number Pages: 1


Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy North Carolina Yearly Meeting, Vol. I, New Garden MM Mins. and Marriages
Marriages Lamb 1757, 9, 29. Robert, Roan C. m Rachel Taylor
1760, 11, 29. Henry rocf Perquimanns MM, N.C., dated 1760, 10, 5
1760, 11, 29. Joseph and Jacob rocf Perquimanns MM, N.C., dated 1760, 6, 4
1760, 11, 29. Thomas rocf Perquimanns MM, N.C., dated 1760, 10, 1
1761, 6, 7. Elizabeth, dt Henry, Roan Co., m Samuel Ozburn
1761, 7, 9. Bertha, dt Henry, Roan Co., m Benjamin Beeson
1761, 7, 23. Joseph, s Henry, Roan Co., m Frances Beeson
1762, 9, 25. Cert rec for Frederick from Fairfax MM, in Monockasee, VA, dated 1758, 3, 25, but he never appeared
1764, 6, 14. Jacob, Centre, Roan Co., s Henry, m Sarah Stone
1765, 12, 28. Reuben and w gtc Welses MM, this province
1767, 10, 7. Joshua, s Thomas, Centre, Roan Co., m Miriam Powel
1778, 5, 30. Samuel & w rocf Center MM, N.C., dated 1778, 4, 18


Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000
Name: Joseph Lamb
Spouse: Frances Beeson
Parents: Henry Lamb
Birth Place: Nansemond Co, VA
Birth Date: 1736
Marriage Place: New Garden, Guilford Co
Marriage Date: 23 Jul 1761
Death Place: Randolph Co
Death Date: 1820
_____________________________________
Name: Frances Beeson
Spouse: Joseph Lamb
Parents: Benjamin Beeson, Elizabeth Hunter
Birth Place: Frdrck, Hopewell, VA
Birth Date: 10 Dec 1744
Marriage Date: 23 Jul 1761


Frances Beeson was born 12/10/1744to Benjamin Beeson, Sr. and Elizabeth Hunter. She is listed in her father's will.
I Benjamin Beeson of Randolph county and State of North Carolina being advanced to old age and calling to mind that it is appointed for all men once to die and now being in but a poor state of health but of a sound mind and memory thanks to the auther of all good for same, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say first all of my just Debts and funeral charges to be paid by my Executors hereafter to be named.

First I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth all my Personal Estate Except the Cash notes during her widowhood, the house she now lives in, the barn and Building with one half orchard and five or Six poles Round the Dwelling home to make her a garden with wood and wather or as much as she Shall think best. Twenty five Bushels of bread stuff one fat hogg every year During her widowhood and four or five of cleared land when she Shall think best if she needs so much bread paid by my son Edward Beeson.
2nd at the end of her widowhood to be Equally Divided Amongst my five sons Isaac, William, Richard, Edward and Benjamin.

3rd and lastly at the end of my wifes widowhood all the Rest of my Movable Estate to be Equally divided amongst all my children that is living (to wit) Isaac, Benjamin, William, Richard, Edward, Frances, Ann, Charity, Betty, Mary. I do Constitute and Ordain my two sons Isaac and Edward Beeson Executors of this my last will and testament and revoke all others heretofore by me made.

Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presents of us this 2nd day of the 4th Month 1794.
Benjamin (B) Beeson (seal) his mark
Witnesses: William Beeson, Henry Lamb, Benjamin Lamb


North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
Name: Joseph Lamb
State: NC
County: Rowan County
Township: Early Tax List
Year: 1768
Database: NC Early Census Index


Guilford County, NC Deed Book
P. 229, 15 November 1773, John Nation of Guilford, planter, and Elizabeth his wife to Joseph Lamb of same, planter, one hundred twenty pounds, 174 1/2 acres, on Pole Catt Cr., begin at 2 black oaks the cor. of Henry Lamb, N 10 ch. to a black oak, W cross creek 34 ch. to a post, S 45 ch. to a white oak, E 40 ch. to a black oak saplin, N 35 ch. to a hicory, W 6 ch. to first station, Granville to John Nation, John Nation to Christopher Nation, Christopher Nation to John Nation Junr. 8 June 1769, registered in Rowan; signed: Jno. (I) Nation; witness: Isaac Beeson, Jacob Elliott; proved May 1774 Term by affirmation of Beeson.

North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
Name: Joseph Lamb
State: NC
County: Randolph County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1779
Database: NC Early Census Index




1790 U.S. Census of Randolph County, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 279; Image: 165; Family History Library Film: 056814, "Joseph Lamb"
Name: Joseph Lamb
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Randolph, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 2
Free White Persons - Females: 2
Number of Household Members: 7
Joseph Lamb
John Lewis
John Lewis
Benjamin Lamb
Nathan Lamb
William Lamb
John Morris
Stephen McCollum
Joseph Macey
Samuel Mattuck
Elisha Mendenhall
Christian Morriss
Ezekiel Morgan
Christopher Nashon
Samuel Osborn
Matthew Osborn
David Osborn
William Osborn




1800 U.S. Census of Hillsboro, Randolph County, North Carolina; Roll: 32; Page: 328; Image: 334; Family History Library Film: 337908, "Joseph Lamb"
Name: Joseph Lamb
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Hillsboro, Randolph, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 6

Reuben Lamb Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
Reuben Lamb Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
John Love Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
John Laethem Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
James Lambert Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
John Lewis Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
Josiah Lyndon Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
George Lucas Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
Edmond Luck Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
John Laughlin Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
John Laethem Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
Henry Lamb Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
Henry Lamb Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
Joseph Lamb Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
John Lee Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
Pete Laurance Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
James Moffett Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
Jacob Moser Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
Stephen Mccollum Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
Benjamin Marshall Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
Allen Marshall Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
Pudy Mcgowen Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
William Mcgowen Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
John Magram Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina
Cathy Masley Hillsboro Randolph North Carolina




1810 U.S. Census of Randolph County, North Carolina; Roll: 38; Image: 0337911; Family History Library Film: 00322, "Joseph Lamb"
Name: Joseph Lamb
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Randolph, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Numbers of Slaves: 9
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 13

Michael Luther North Carolina Randolph
James Lewis North Carolina Randolph
John M Lewis North Carolina Randolph
George Limeburg North Carolina Randolph
Wm Laugly North Carolina Randolph
John Lane North Carolina Randolph
Joseph Lane North Carolina Randolph
Ino Lane North Carolina Randolph
John Lane North Carolina Randolph
Joseph Lamb North Carolina Randolph
Allen Langly North Carolina Randolph
Isaac Lane North Carolina Randolph
John Loudermilk North Carolina Randolph
Joseph Lawley North Carolina Randolph
John Long North Carolina Randolph
Jamud Limebury North Carolina Randolph
Francis Limebury North Carolina Randolp
Jacob Limebury North Carolina Randolph
James Low North Carolina Randolph
John Lewis North Carolina Randolph
Jonathan Lewallen North Carolina Randolph
Cornelius Lamb North Carolina Randolph
Samuel Limebury North Carolina Randolph


1814 NC Census of Randolph County, NC
Name: Joseph Lamb
State: NC
County: Randolph County
Township: Second Reg. Mr
Year: 1814
Database: NC 1812-1814 Muster Rolls


They had 10 children, (I haven't verified these yet, except for Nathan Marmaduke Lamb, Sr. and Henry M. Lamb.):

1) Henry M. Lamb (DOB About 1763 in Rowan County, NC; DOD About 1837 in Surry County NC) married Ann Dennis (DOB 8/24/1762 in PA; DOD About 1850 in ? )

2) Welmet Lamb (DOB ABout 1764 in Guilford County, NC; DOD About 1820 in Wayne County, IN) married Israel B. Elliot, Sr. (DOB 7/28/1759 in York, PA; DOD 5/30/1821 in Wayne County, IN)

3) Benjamin Lamb (DOB 6/21/1766 in Perquimans County, NC; DOD 4/1845 in Randolph County, NC) married Elizabeth Jackson (DOB About 1766 in ? ; DOD 2/5/1837 in Randolph County, NC)

4) Nathan Marmaduke Lamb, Sr. (DOB 9/12/1768 in Rowan County, NC; DOD 1/1845 in Asheboro, Randolph County, NC) married Mary Dunn (DOB 1768-1770 in Cane Creek, Chatham County, NC; DOD About 1848 in Randolph County, NC)

5) Charity Lamb (DOB 12/12/1770 in Rowan County, NC; DOD About 1850 in ? ) married George Sutton (DOB ? in ? ; DOD ? in ? )

6) Caleb Lamb (DOB 4/11/1773 in NC; DOD ? in ? ) married Margaret Johnson (DOB ? in ? ; DOD ? in ? )

7) Albert Reuben Lamb (DOB 3/5/1776 in Guilford County, NC; DOD 3/1844 in ) married Rachel Newby (DOB 9/16/1779 in ? ; DOD 6/6/1870 in Hendricks County, IN)

8) Edith Lamb (DOB ? in ? ; DOD ? in ? ) married ?

9) Richard O. Lamb (DOB 11/27/1781 in Randolph County, NC; DOD 2/21/1845 in Randolph County, NC) married Ellen Jane Low (DOB About 1781 in ? ; DOD Before 1844 in Randolph County, NC)

10) Gabriel Lamb (DOB About 1783 in Perquimans County, NC; DOD About 1849 in Randolph County, NC) married Sarah Davis (DOB About 1788 in ? ; DOD After 1849 in Randolph County, NC)



Joseph Lamb died 25 November 1820; his will probated that next month, in Randolph County, North Carolina. Frances Beeson Lamb also died in 1820 before Joseph Lamb died but I'm not sure what the actual date was.

Joseph Lamb's Will:
"it is my will that my Son Richard Lamb shall have the plantation whereon we now Live with all the appurtenances thereto belonging on this side of the Creek, and my son Gabriel to have all on the west side of the Creek. It's a plantation on which he now lives, the creek is to be the line between them. It is my will that my Son Richard shall have the waggon and geers, it is my will that my sons Henry, Benjamin, and two daughters Welmet and Edith have five shillings each, and the remainder of my property to be equally divided between my other children, Benjamin, Nathan, Charity, Caleb, Albert, Richard and Gabriel. And lastly I ordain Nathan Lamb and Richard Lamb my executors to this my Last Will and testament this twenty eighth day of the twelfth month 1813, pronounced in the presence of David Reynolds, William Chamness, William Beeson, Signed Joseph Lamb."