Author: Jana Broglin

Publisher:

Published: 2014-10-18

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 9780990711803

Richard Felton was an early settler of northeastern North Carolina, settling in present-day Gates County as early as 1722. The book chronicles his life and his next four generations of descendants. Biographical sketches are presented for over 800 of his descendants and families. The name index for generations two through four are as follows:Name index: (second generation): Felton, Green, Harrell, Speer.Name index: (third generation): Brown, Carter, Connell, Davis, Denney, Felton, Gary, Gentry, Gideon (2), Hembree, Holland, Jackson, Padgett, Perry, Rainwater, Riddick, Rogerson, Rountree (2), Smith, Thomas, Varnell, Ward.Name index (fourth generation): Adams, Amason (2), Baker, Baird, Boswell, Bowen, Bray, Brown, Buchannan, Burke, Burris (2), Butler, Bynum, Byrum, Cale, Carlton, Coward, Cox, Cullens, Denney, Day, Duke, Eason, Elliott (2), Eure, Everett, Felton, Fletcher, Fort, Fretwell, Fulk, Gentry (3), Gibson, Godfrey, Goodwin (2), Goggans, Grant, Green, Halfield, Hare, Harrell (2), Headrick, Heaton (3), Hembree (3), Henry, Herring (2), Hill (3), Hinton (2), Howard, Hunter, Hurdle, Joliff, Jordan, Knight, Latimer, Little, Lloyd, Long, Lynn, McNider, Minton, Moates, Moorhead, Morehead, Morris, Munden, Newborn, Oliphant, Owens, Owsley (2), Padgett (3), Perry, Peters, Peterson, Phillips, Ragan, Rakestraw, Rainwater, Richards, Riddick (2), Rogerson, Rushin (3), Sarter, Saunders, Savage, Simmons, Skinner, Smith (2), Sparkman, Staton, Stone (2), Sturdivant, Swilling, Taylor, Thach, Townsend, Vanderpool, Vandiver, Villyard, Walker, Wallace, Walston (2), Ward, Watkins, Welch, Webb (2), White (3), Williford, Wooten (2), Young.In addition, the names of over 200 slaves are presented. From the original northeastern North Carolina locations of Gates-Chowan-Perquimans-Hertford counties, his descendants migrated to several other counties in North Carolina (most notably Edgecombe, Wilson, Greene, Carteret, Pasquotank, Pitt, and Surry), as well as 17 other states, including all states south of the Mason-Dixon line as well as Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, and California.