Some Favorite Published Sources

These are some of the books that I have found very useful and interesting.

Most of the books contain genealogical data. Some are books describing the history of the pioneers and early settlers of the areas where my ancestors resided.

  • J. B. Alexander, M. D., The History of Mecklenburg County, (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1993).

  • Doris Futch Briscoe, Mecklenburg County Court Minutes Docket Book 1 1774-1780, (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1996).

  • Boyt Henderson Cathey, Cathey Family History and Genealogy, Volume I, 1700-1900, Franklin, NC: Genealogy Publishing Service, 1993). LOC: 93-79588.

  • Mel and Pinny Cook, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Cemeteries, Volume I, Charlotte, NC: Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, 2003). ISBN 0-9720960-1-9.

  • Mel and Pinny Cook, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Cemeteries, Volume II, Charlotte, NC: Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, 2003). ISBN 0-9720960-2-7.

  • Mel and Pinny Cook, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Cemeteries, Volume III, Charlotte, NC: Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, 2004). ISBN 0-9720960-3-5.

  • Mel and Pinny Cook, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Cemeteries, Volume IV, Charlotte, NC: Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, 2004). ISBN 0-9720960-4-3.

  • Lorena Shell Eaker, German Speaking People West of the Catawba River in North Carolina 1750 - 1800, (Church Hill, TN: SCK Publications, P. O. Box 2125, 37642, 1994).

  • Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg & Cabarrus Counties, North Carolina Decedents for Whom Loose Estate Papers are Extant, (Rocky Mount, NC: Herman W. Ferguson, 600 Chad Drive, 27803-1512, 1998). LOC: 98-071549.

  • Herman W. Ferguson, Genealogical Deed Abstracts Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Books 10-14, (Rocky Mount, NC: Herman W. Ferguson, 600 Chad Drive, 27803-1512, 1990-1995). LOC: 90-85107.

  • Herman W. Ferguson & Ralph B. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Will Abstracts 1791-1868, Books A-J & Tax Lists, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1806 & 1807, (Rocky Mount, NC: Herman W. Ferguson, 600 Chad Drive, 27803-1512, 1993). LOC: 92-97549.

  • Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1780-1800, (Rocky Mount, NC: Herman W. Ferguson, 600 Chad Drive, 27803-1512, 1995). LOC: 94-62190.

  • Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Volume II: 1801-1820, (Rocky Mount, NC: Herman W. Ferguson, 600 Chad Drive, 27803-1512, 1997). LOC: 94-62190.

  • Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Volume III: 1821-1830, (Rocky Mount, NC: Herman W. Ferguson, 600 Chad Drive, 27803-1512, 1998). LOC: 94-62190.

  • Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Volume IV: 1831-1840, (Rocky Mount, NC: Herman W. Ferguson, 600 Chad Drive, 27803-1512, 2002). LOC: 94-62190.

  • Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Volume V: 1841-1850, (Rocky Mount, NC: Herman W. Ferguson, 600 Chad Drive, 27803-1512). LOC: 94-62190.

  • Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Volume VI: 1851-1860, (Rocky Mount, NC: Herman W. Ferguson, 600 Chad Drive, 27803-1512). LOC: 94-62190.

  • W. Hugh Harkey, Jr., Tales from the Hornets Nest, (Charlotte, NC: Delmar Printing and Publishing, 1991)

  • W. Hugh Harkey, Jr., More Tales from the Hornets Nest, (Charlotte, NC: Hornet's Nest Productions, 4234 Craig Avenue, 28211-3110, 1992).

  • Jason Harpe, Lincoln County Historical Association, Images of America ~ Lincoln County North Carolina, (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2000). LOC: 00-106088. ISBN: 0-7385-0620-6.

  • Brent H. Holcomb, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Abstracts of Early Wills, 1763-1790 (1749-1790), (Columbia, SC: POB 21766, 29221, 1980).

  • Brent H. Holcomb and Elmer O. Parker, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts 1763-1779, (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1979).

  • Brent H. Holcomb, Tryon County North Carolina, Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1769-1779), (Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 1994).

  • Billy Kennedy, The Scots-Irish in the Carolinas, (Greenville, SC: Emerald House Group, Inc., & Belfast, Northern Ireland: Ambassador Productions, Ltd., 1997).

  • Douglas F. Kelly with Caroline Switzer Kelly, Carolina Scots, An Historical and Genealogical Study of Over 100 Years of Emigration, (Dillon, SC: 1739 Publications, 500 East Cleveland Street, 29536, 1998).

  • Robert W. Ramsey, Carolina Cradle, Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier 1747-1762, (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1964). LOC: 64-22530.

  • John R. Rogers & Amy T. Rogers, Images of America ~ Charlotte ~ Its Historic Neighborhoods, (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1996). ISBN: 0-7524-0515-2.

  • Charles William Sommerville, Ph.D., D.D., The History of Hopewell Presbyterian Church, (Charlotte, NC: Hopewell Presbyterian Church, published 1939; reprinted 1987).

     

    Many of these books can be found at:

    Appleton's Online

     

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