Dictionary of North Carolina Biography

Dictionary of North Carolina Biography

Author: William S. Powell

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2000-11-09

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 0807866997

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The most comprehensive state project of its kind, the Dictionary provides information on some 4,000 notable North Carolinians whose accomplishments and occasional misdeeds span four centuries. Much of the bibliographic information found in the six volumes has been compiled for the first time. All of the persons included are deceased. They are native North Carolinians, no matter where they made the contributions for which they are noted, or non-natives whose contributions were made in North Carolina.


The Search for West Mosley/Moseley and His Descendants

The Search for West Mosley/Moseley and His Descendants

Author: Modie Young Mosley

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13:

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Although West Mosley was born in 1751 we do not know where. It may have been in Scotland, America or somewhere else. However, in 1797 he was in North Carolina where he married Rebekah Shore. She may not have been his first wife. He died in 1821. He is known to have had 4 children. Many of his descendants are included in this record. They now live in North Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Kansas, Missouri, and elsewhere.


Finding Your African American Ancestors

Finding Your African American Ancestors

Author: David T. Thackery

Publisher: Ancestry Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9780916489908

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Although the search for African American ancestry prior to the Civil War is challenging, the difficulties are not always insurmountable. Finding Your African American Ancestors takes you through your ancestors' transition from slavery to freedom, and helps you find them using the federal census, plantation records, and other helpful sources. The book also considers ways to locate runaway slave advertisements, to identify an ancestor's military regiment, and to access the valuable information from The Freedman's Savings and Trust records.


Passenger and Immigration Lists Bibliography, 1538-1900

Passenger and Immigration Lists Bibliography, 1538-1900

Author: P. William Filby

Publisher: Détroit, Mich. : Gale Research Company : Book Tower

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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Cited in BCL3, Sheehy. The new edition includes all the bibliographic citations from the first edition (1981) and its supplement (1984) and adds more than 750 new lists. It is arranged alphabetically by author, with lists included alphabetically by title when no author is known. Full publication inf


North Carolina Headrights

North Carolina Headrights

Author: Caroline B. Whitley

Publisher: Colonial Records of North Caro

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780865262966

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In North Carolina's proprietary period (1663-1729), the primary means of acquiring land was by headright. A free person was allowed to claim a specified amount of land for each person, including himself/herself, that he/she transported into the colony for the purpose of settlement. While the amount of land attached to a headright varied throughout the era, the most common amount was fifty acres.