Descendants of Frederick Shore and His Wife Barbary

Descendants of Frederick Shore and His Wife Barbary
Author: Alice Mae Brumfield
Publisher:
Total Pages: 418
Release: 1993
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The Shore (Schorr) family originally of Switzerland. Family of Frederick Shore (bap. 1731-d. ca. 1818), son of Friedrich Schorr and Margreth Schneider, who was baptized in Muttenz, Switzerland, and died in Surry Co., North Carolina. He was married to Barbara Ries (d. ca. 1820), daughter of John Jacob Ries. Descendants live in North Carolina and elsewhere. Includes descendants of Simon Gross, an early settler of Rowan (then Surry, now Yadkin) County, N.C., who came to Philadelphia with his brother, Theobald, in 1741. He married Dorothea in Philadephia ca. 1741. She died 1744. He married (2) Veronica Mayer ca. 1745. Includes the Clanton family originally of Virginia. Family of Edward Clanton, son of Edward and Sarah Clanton, whose descendants came to Surry County, N.C. in the latter part of the 1700's.

Surry County, North Carolina, Wills, 1771-1827

Surry County, North Carolina, Wills, 1771-1827
Author: Jo White Linn
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1992
Genre: Surry County (N.C.)
ISBN: 0806313463

Based on recorded wills and original wills at the North Carolina State Archives as well as "Loose Estate Papers" of intestates, these abstracts cover not only wills but powers of attorney, bonds, inventories, bills of sale, etc. Significantly, Surry County lay within the Granville Proprietary at its formation, and after Lord Granville's death in 1763 until 1778, the Proprietary land office did not reopen, making it very difficult--but for these will abstracts--for the present-day researcher to establish the residence of many individuals during that time period. What is more, as there are no extant marriage bonds for Surry County for the period 1771 to 1780, these will abstracts assume an importance out of all proportion to their customary value.

To Barbary's Far Shore

To Barbary's Far Shore
Author: Michael J Kozlowski
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2013-11-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1939335310

In 1804, the crew of the frigate Philadelphia were being held hostage by the Bey of Tripoli. While diplomatic efforts to free them remained deadlocked, William Eaton came up with an outrageous and impossible plan to free them Eight Marines under the command of Lieutenant Presley O'Bannin made that plan work. They marched across hundreds of miles of hostile desert, attacked a fortress garrisoned by many times their number and took it. Their achievements were so remarkable that they thoroughly unnerved the Bey and forced him to release the Philadelphia prisoners. And so was the reputation of the U.S. Marine Corps established

Mary Agnes Hulse Billingsley and Her Ancestors

Mary Agnes Hulse Billingsley and Her Ancestors
Author: Edward R. Hayes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1991
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A genealogy of the ancestors and descendants of Mary Agnes Hulse born 11 Apr 1855 in Uhrichsville, Ohio the daughter of Parry Brown Hulse Jr. and Eliza McMillian. The family moved to Iowa in 1855. Mary married 1 Jan 1875 Samuel Billingsley in Round Prairie Township, Jefferson County, Iowa. She died 5 Jan 1941 in Glasgow, Montana and is buried in Glasgow, Iowa next to her husband.