Alamance County
Alamance County was form in 1849 from Orange County and Graham is the County seat. The Clerk of the Superior Court has divorce, probate and civil court records from 1849. The Register of Deeds has birth marriage and death records.
Alamance County The Legacy Of Its People And Places
by the Alamance County Historical Museum, Inc.
Story No. 58B. - Joseph Allen and Euphrasia Bell (Arnold) Coleman Family Excerpt
Osia Vandom Coleman married Fannie Bell Hughes. They had three girls. Christine, now deceased, married Lee Lashley, and the had one daughter, Christie Lee. Frances married Jr. Garner and they have one son, Kenny. Hazel married Howard Wilson, now deceased, and they have one son Eddie and one daughter Susan.
Story No. 127 - John Henry and Frances "Fannie" (Barker) Hughes
John Henry Hughes, the third child of Anderson and Betsy (Reid) Hughes was born in Caswell County (10-4-1835 11-3-1908). He came to Orange County around 1839 and settled in the area which became Alamance County in 1849. A farmer with no formal education, he enlisted at Company Shops as a private in the Confederate Army on June 21, 1861, in Company K, Sixth N.C. Infantry Regiment which was formed May 26, 1861. Sixth Regiment Headquarters was moved from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Company Shops June 1, 1861, and drilled in a field that is today the site of Broad Street School. Company K, Sixth Regiment, left Company Shops on July 3, 1861, and fought in the first battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861. This Sixth North Carolina won the proud distinction of being first to engage the enemy and last to leave the field. He told of being so hungry during the war that the soldiers picked up the corn the horses wasted and boiled it to eat. The extent of time John Henry served is not known, but he was shot in the chest and sent home. having to walk home, he stopped at a farm to ask for food and shelter. He told the lady of the house he was injured and needed help, but she doubted him and asked to see the wound. When he opened his shirt, she ripped off the bandage causing him to pass out. When he regained consciousness, he was in bed in that home being cared for and he remained there until able to travel.
On January 29, 1865, he married Frances "Fannie" Barker (1-28-1839 - 4-9-1922). She was the second daughter of Thomas Byrd Barker and Catherine (Hall) Barker. As a child she lost some bones in her foot due to an infection and walked with a slight limp. She carded the wool, spun the thread, wove the material, and made John Henry's Wedding suit.
They began housekeeping in a one room log cabin and cooked on the fireplace in a heavy iron skillet. As she grew older, with the help of her family, she made many beautiful quilts, a hundred or more. She used tree bark and berries to dy the linings. She entertained her grandchildren with tales of the war, old folk tales, and ghost stories.
John Henry and Fannie were the parents of six children . Thomas Ruffin Hughes (80601866 - 1945); Nancy Susan Hughes (4-3-1869 - 5-14-1942); Ed Lee Hughes (1-7-1872 - 11-12-1952); Eliza Jane Hughes (10-22-1874 - 1-30-1917); Cornelia Elizabeth Hughes (8-15-1877 - 9-12-1946); Rosa Mae Hughes (Mrs. Willis) Dameron (6-22-1882 - 1924). There were no children from the marriage of Rosa Mae Hughes and Willis Dameron.
Nancy Susan, Eliza Jane, and Cornelia never married. On February 7, 1889, Thomas Ruffin married Nancy Cantrell (1866 - 1945) daughter of Alexander Cantrell. The had one stillborn son. They farmed near Union Ridge at the J. Wallace farm. Around 1909 when the Union Meeting House was being replaced with the new concrete block church, he hauled the first load of sand for making the blocks.
In the fall of 1899, Edd Lee rented the Levi H. and Minnie (Graham) Aldridge farm at Union Ridge and moved there with his parents and sisters. This was the Dr. James H. Graham home, owned today the Denny Garrison family. On December 24, 1899, Edd married Susie Eudora Smith (2-4-1878 - 1-12-1949), daughter of William Joseph "Buck" and Georgianna (Florance) Smith of Caswell County. They were the parents of seven children. Fannie Bell Hughes (Mrs. Osia V.) Coleman (born October 28, 1901); John William Hughes (born January 5, 1905) married Allene Sykes; George Thomas Hughes (born December 8, 1906) married Marjorie L. Kernodle; Edgar Lee Hughes (born September 17, 1909) married Bessie M. Hooper; Florance Elizabeth Hughes (Mrs. Robert Lewis) Smith (born May 5, 1912); Charlie Wilson Hughes (born November 13, 1914 - died April 13, 1950 in a boating accident at the coast) married Irene Madden; Lillie Mae Hughes (Mrs. Joe M. Teer, Jr.), born December 6, 1917.
The family lived at this place and farmed there 47 years. Edd took pride in farming, growing vegetables, grain, and meat, especially large hogs for the family's use. He did his own black-smithing, kept the best horses and mules, and with the help of his family, built barns and made a lot of items needed on the farm for growing tobacco and grain. He provided a home for his parents and sisters, as well as his own family. He was a registered democrat and voted regularly. He loved to sing and he played the harmonica. Being an active member of Union Ridge Congregational Christian Church, he like to sit in the corner next to the choir and sing along with them. With the exception of Charlie Hughes, who is buried at Memorial Park in Burlington, the deceased members of this family are all buried in Union Ridge cemetery.
- Sources: Cemetery record, census and family Bible. by Florance (Hughes) Smith
Story No. 131A - Rev. Alfred A. Iseley Family Excerpt
In 1854, while Alfred was away on business, their home caught fire, all their possessions were lost and the family barely escaped. Several weeks later, Margaret died in childbirth and soon after the newborn son as well. Although losing his home, his wife and their eigth child all within two months, Alfred bore this trying time as a "true good soldier of the cross." The house was rebuilt at the same location and still stands today in Morton's Township. About two years later, in 1856, he married the widow Mrs. Martha A. (Hughes) Garrison (born Sept. 1824 - died Oct. 29, 1891). She had two young children that were raised in the Iseley household, Kathrine and Keren. They had six children.
9. Winfield C. (born Nov. 9, 1857 - died Jan. 10, 1910) married Lena Hall. He ran a general merchandise store at the S.W. corner of Davis and Main Streets which specialized in farm machines.
10. George Washington (born 1858 - died 1925) married Laura Turner. They lived in Wilkesboro where he operated a grist mill. In his later years he lived with his brother John.
11. John Henry (born 1860 - died 1939) married Alice Foster. He became one of Burlington's first policemen; but, disillusioned with the way a case was handled, he resigned in 1892 and became a successful painter.
12. Annie Belle (born Mar. 23, 1862 - died June 23, 1927) married George W. Wright who farmed in Chatham County where they lived.
14. Alfred Alphonzo (born Dec. 2, 1867 - died Aug. 30, 1897) died at Manteo, N.C. where he was serving as a Deputy U.S. Marshall.
Story No. 141 - Joseph Yancey and Ada (Patterson) Jones Family Excerpt
The children (of Joseph Yancey Jones and Ada Patterson) were:......Joseph Arthur Jones, born January 2, 1906, married twice, first wife Clemis Hughes; second wife Ellen Goodwin.
Story No. 145B - Walter Graham and Wyona May (Somers) Kernodle Family Excerpt
(Their daughter) Marjorie Lurline was born August 31, 1911. she married George Thomas Hughes July 12, 1927 and have a daughter, Shirley. She is married to J. W. Brooks, Jr. and have children; Kimberly and Kami.
Story No. 154 - William Robert and Nancy Catherine (Squires) Lea Family Excerpt
The children and grandchildren of William Robert and Nancy Catherine Squires Lea are:
(2) Robert Pinkney "Pink" married Eliza Margaret Hughes, and their children are George Robert, Elanor Sue, and Minnie Monroe "Roe".
Story No. 166 - John Alexander and Netta (Cook) Loy Family Excerpt
Henry Swain Loy was the sixth child born to John and Netta on december 19, 1901. He married Mary Sue Hughes. He was in the retail clothing business and settled in Roanoke Rapids, N.C. They had two children, Swain, Jr., born March 8, 1934 and Suzanne, born September 25, 1940. Tragedy struck the family in 1956 when both children drowned in a boating accident on the Roanoke River. Swain, Sr. died July 21, 1960. His widow lives in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Story No. 211 - William Ernest and Minnie Lea (Hughes) Oldham Family Excerpt
William Ernest Oldham better know as "Mr. Bily" was the oldest son of Younger Alvis and Antoinette (Partin) Oldham to move from Chatham Co. to Alamance County. Today Younger Alvis Oldham is known as the highest ranking soldier of the Confederacy buried in Old Lystra Cemetery, Chatham County.
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On Christmas Day in 1901 he married Minnie Lea Hughes, daughter of Jefferson Davis and Delilah Jane (Murray) Hughes of Clencoe. They made their home in that area before moving their family into Burlington, N.C. in 1917. .....
To Minnie Hughes and William Ernest Oldham were born seven children: Jessamine Davis, born May 2, 1903.....Sully Harris, born September 17, 1904.......Irma, born December 20, 1907.....Almon B., born November 8, 1909.....Minnie Morgan, the third daughter of William Ernest and Minnie Lea (Hughes) Oldham, was born November 1, 1912.....Helen Younger, born May 6, 1914.....Hallie Horton, youngest daughter of Minnie Lea (Hughes) and Wiliam Ernest Oldham, was born January 21, 1916.
Story No. 225A - Coley Madison and Keren Ann (Garrison) Pritchett Family Excerpts
Coley Madison Pritchett, born March 23, 1846, was the oldest child of Thomas Hiram Pritchett and Permelia Jane Brann. ..... He married Keren Ann Garrison of Alamance County, May 12, 1870.
Keren Ann Garrison was born in 1851 in Alamance County, the daughter of Martha Hughes and John Garrison. Her father died when she and her sister were quite young and later her mother married the Rev. Alfred Iseley, a well-known minister of the area who was a widower with children. The story has been passed down that whenever Keren's mother came to visit her, the first thing she always did, was to sweep the floor, even though she had walked several miles to her daughter's home.
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(5). Clyde Estes Pritchett born November 21, 1881. He married Emma A. Hughes of Greenville, S.C. They had no children. After her death he married her sister. Hallie Bell, who had one daughter Betty Bell, who had been raised in Clyde's and Emma's home.
Story No. 243A - Robert Walter Scott Family Excerpts
Robert W. Scott was educated at the Hughes Academy, at Cedar Grove, the Bingham School, at Hillsborough, and the University of North Carolina, after which he settled on his paternal acres in the Hawfields Community. On June 17, 1883, he married Elizabeth Hughes (born April 27, 1865), and the couple became the parents of four daughters, Fannie Josephine, Margaret Kerr, Elizabeth Hughes, and Agnes White Scott; and ten sons, Robert Walter, Jr., James Edwin, Albert Murray, Samuel Floyd, William Kerr, Henry Alford, Ralph Henderson, Howard Johnston and Anderson Hughes Scott, and one who died in infancy.
Story No. 243B - Dr. Samuel Floyd and Frances (Somers) Scott Family
see Story No. 243A
Story No. 243D - George Lunsford and Elizabeth Hughes (Scott) Carrington
see Story No. 243A
Story No. 243E - William Kerr and Mary Elizabeth (White) Scott Family
see Story No. 243A
Story No. 243G - Henry A. and Margaret (White) Scott's Family
see Story No. 243A
Story No. 243H - Ralph Henderson and Hazeleene (Tate) Scott Family
see Story No. 243A
Story No. 243I - Anderson Hughes "Jim" Scott Excerpt
Anderson Hughes "Jim" Scott (August 30, 1911- ) is a descendant of the Hughes from Cedar Grove. His mother was Lizzie Hughes (daughter of Samuel Wellwood Hughes, founder of Hughes Academy, and Margaret Jane Murray of the Murray Family of Crossroads.) .....
Story No. 245A - William Baxter and E. Virginia (Murray) Sellars Families Excerpts
..... James Eli(ah) Murray (born 4-17-1794 - died 6-13-1870) .....
Eli Murray's first wife was Elizabeth Hutchinson (born 1803 - died 10-27-1845). They had seven children. .....
Their sixth child, Margaret "Maggie" Jane (born 1835 - died ?), was living with her father and step-mother when my gradmother, Virginia, was born. Maggie was only eleven years older than Virginia. They kept in close contact after Maggie married Samuel Wellwood Hughes and lived in Cedar Grove, N.C. She was the grandmother of Governor Kerr Scott, Henry and Ralph Scott of Hawfields, N.C.
Story No. 281B - Sallie Bett (Harrelson) Swain Excerpts
Thomas W. Harralson, son of Thomas Harralson and Martha Williams, died February 3, 1876. First marriage on January 23, 1826 was to Euphrasia Collins; second marriage on July 29, 1839 to Martha Collins (sisters). .....
Thomas W. and Euphrasia had six children and 12 children were born of his marriage to Martha Collins, making Thomas W. Harralson father to 18 children. Williamson, first son of Thomas W. and Euphrasia Collins Harralson, (b. Mar. 1, 1827 d. Sept. 19, 1889) married Adeline Hughes (b. Aug. 27, 1827 d. Nov. 24, 1909). Both are buried at Collins Hill Cemetery (Harrelson Family Cemetery) in Caswell County. There were six children born to this marriage and Brice, 3rd son (b. March 26, 1869 d. Feb. 10, 1936) married Margaret Hurdle (b Aug. 25, 1873 d. Feb. 10, 1936) on October 21, 1897.
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Sallie (third child of Brice and Margaret (Hurdle) Harrelson) ..... She married James Monroe Hughes (b. April 8, 1894 d. March 24, 1928) and had one daughter Lois Marie, born July 18, 1924. He died when Lois was only 4 years old, and is buried in Bush Arbor Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. After his death, Sallie and Lois went to live at the Harrelson homeplace. Lois married Henry Pinnix "Penny" Fuqua (b. May 3, 1924) on January 8, 1952. They reside in Burlington.
Story No. 328A - Harvey Ernest and Katie (Malone) Wilkinson Family Excerpts
Harvey Ernest Wilkinson bragged that he never tasted whiskey. So did his father, Daniel E. Wilkinson, postmaster at Ridgeville, a country store and post office in Caswell County.
His parents, Daniel and Eliza Mebane (Hughes) Wilkinson, lived in Caswell County, but prior to that, his ancestors had lived in Orange and Alamance Counties since the 1700's. H. E. Wilkinson was a great-grandson of the pioneer educator Joseph Hughes and great-great grandson of Brigadier General Alexander Mebane, Jr.
As a child he lived part of the year with his grandfather, Harvey Hughes, Sheriff of Orange County, and walked to Cedar Grove to the school run by his great-uncle, Sam Hughes.
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The family consisted of wife, Katie, and two small sons, Hughes and Robert Alton. Two daughters, Mary and Mildred were born later.
Story No. 343 - Presbyterianism in Alamance County Excerpts
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When the County of Alamance was chartered in January, 1849, Graham became the center of growing activity. The Rev. Anderson G. Hughes, pastor of the Hawfields Church, (1843-1873) held services for the Presbyterians who had moved into the Graham area from Hawfields, Cross Roads, and Alamance Churches.
Story No. 344 - Stony Creek Presbyterian Church Excerpts
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In 1830 there were 43 white members and four "people of colour" listed on the roster, including family names of Moore, Garrison, Edminston, Barber, Tate, McLure, Anderson, Mitchell, Finley, Ector, Jeffers, Faucett, Ross, Underwood, Thomas and Hughes.
Story No. 357 - Pleasant Grove High School 1922-1962 Excerpts
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Due to a hitch in the special tax issue, the Pleasant Grove High School closed for one year and the consolidated high school students were transported by bus to Haw River High School. These obstacles were overcome and Pleasant Grove High School was reopened in the fall of 1925. Mr. Deskins came back as principal with Mr. Leon Wilford and Ruby Hughes as high school teachers
Marriage Bonds in the Guilford Courthouse
Information received via email from the Orange County, North Carolina, Mail List.
George C. Ray and Alice E. Hughes 7 Oct 1875 Book 1 Page 869
Dr. Joseph H. Simpsons Birth Books
By Ms Louise T. Overton (from NCORANGE Mailing List)
Dr Joseph H. SIMPSON, born Guilford Co. NC, 4 Feb 1838, married Margaret FAUCETT BRANNOCK, widow of Tom BRANNOCK who was killed in the War Between The States. Dr. SIMPSON and his wife lived their married life in Rockingham Co. He died 4 Feb 1893 at "High Rock" and is buried in the SIMPSON Cemetery in Guilford County. Dr SIMPSON kept two books on the babies that he delivered, which were in Caswell, Rockingham, and Alamance Co. NC. He averaged delivering a baby each month for 32 years. Over the next few days I will list the births as they appear in his Birth Books. When there were difficulties, he made notes of them. Both black and white births, he listed a (C) for the black births.
1861 ****
Mrs Eliza PASCAL Sept 11...Girl
1862 *****
Mrs Millie Hughes SUTTON July 2...Boy (abortion)
Mrs Parthina PASCAL Nov 14...Boy
1864******
Mrs Eliza PASCHAL Aug 1...Girl
1880*****
Mrs Fannie KING July 2 ...Boy
Mrs Eliza PASCALL Oct 28...Boy
1891****
Mrs Jennie HUGHES April 30...Boy
Alamance County's weekly newspaper. Articles can be viewed on microfilm at May Memorial Library in Burlington and at the Graham Public Library (1875-1946).
These excerpts were printed in "The Alamance Genealogist" by the Alamance County Genealogical Society.
VOL. 1 Graham, Alamance County, North Carolina, 1875 Issue 4
July 6, 1875
We are sorry to hear that on last Thursday night during a storm, the barn of Peter Hughes was fired by lightning and burned. Peter is a one armed soldier, and the loss is severe on him, but with his pluck he will recover from it sooner than many who have two arms...
Local Veterans
October 28, 1909
David Barber died in battle furing Civil War, widow Ella Hughes Barber died Oct. 21, 1909 near Ossipee, aged 79 years.
January 4, 1912
James M. Hughes, Confederate Veteran, died Dec. 27, 1911 at Altamahaw, served in Co. F, 54th N.C. Regt., lost a leg during the war.