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9/25/03
Cathy Spruill reports on After math of Isabel at Maple Lawn:
Doris had lost shingles.
Glen and his wife had recently thinned
the woods
around your [John Moore] old homestead. It looked like every tree
they left had fallen ~ One
right by the steps of the trailer where Michael used to live. The old
green
shed had been smashed by large trees.
The first old homestead on your
side
had a huge tree down from the right side of the yard.
Elrita's lot
had some
massive trees in the back down.
All the trees in Lennie's old lot
were blown
over.
As you continue around the corner, one the right side of the road
the
sycamore is still standing missing a few limbs. Half the huge beech
fell.
The dead tree is still standing, the top of the next oak down, The next
one
standing but missing limbs and the last one down. On the left side one
entire oak down and large limbs from all the others down, two or so on
the
first two barns. The newest barn closest to the house lost part of
it's
overhang and lots of tin.
The house faired better. Some tin blown up on
the
top level and a piece over the mudroom. There was lots of water in the
house
and leaves from the walnut tree. The wind came from the north west and
anything on that side took a beating. The tin on the kitchen and office
is
off on that side but they are still standing. I did not venture around
your
barns but will do that next time we are up. . . I don't remember seeing
any
new buildings down, though the several shelters over there have been
blown
down.
We emptied the refrigerator and pulled some wet rugs out of the
house.
Collected wet bed linen to launder at home before it got dark. I took
some
pictures.
Ernest Bradley Moore Sr. of Maple Lawn, Hertford County, died March 18, 2003 age 84
New BOOK
by Mary Margaret Britton Yearwood
" In
Their Hearts: Inspirational Alzheimer's Stories "
Bob's
Photos of Cat Shows
More
death notices received:
Pattie Cotten Sessoms Gantt 17 Nov 2002 age 69
Patricia Bazemore 12 Nov 2002 age 55
Marie Louise Davidson Hand 29 June 1917 - 11 July 2002 TX age 85
Walter Daniel Graham 16 June 2002 Suffolk, VA age 80
Florence Shulof Mayer 29 Jan 1899 NYC - 17 April 2002 age 103
Sept 4 2002 MRS. JULIA OF FALKLAND, NC ON THE FRONT PAGE
Deaths in family:
8
July 2002 Margaret Mary Stevens Colvin 19 Sept 1912 - 8 July 2002
"Cousin Margaret"
co owner of Mulberry Grove for many years
16 May 2002 James Beaurie [JB] Parker 24 Jan 1926 - 16 May 2002
May 2, 2002
"The Bondwoman's Narrative" and the Wheelers:
An exhibit at R.
F. Sink Library, Fort Campbell, KY. Library Director James Moore stands in
front of the display on May 2, 2002.
Feb 2002 -- "JeJuan Rankins, grandson of Ernest and Elretta Wynn Moore, recently signed up for a football scholarship with the Oklahoma Sooners. Watch for Jejuan in Oklahoma and also Jason Parker, grandson of Eugene and Frances Dawson Moore, in Kentucky -- they have roots in our beloved home place. " e-mail Wanda Moore, RN
11 NOV 2001 - John Hill Wheeler and his slaves are still making the headlines!! In today's New York Times, front page, there is an article about a runaway slave who in the late1850s wrote an novel, unpublished, about slavery in the south. She had been 'owned' by John Hill Wheeler, who was the half - brother of Julia Monroe Wheeler, a direct ancestor. Hanna Crafts had been a house slave working for Mrs. Wheeler, who apparently wanted to marry her to a field slave, who Hanna looked down upon. The manuscript is owned by Henry Louis Gates Jr., chairman of the African-American studies department at Harvard. He plans to publish, The Bondswoman's Narrative, next April.
11 September, 2001
MAY - JUNE 2001 - Sally and Bob drove to NC from TX.
We stayed with my sister Julia
Lawrence in Falkland, NC.
Maple Lawn,
Hertford County, NC - visted Cathy Spruill's restoration of our old
home place, which is coming along remarkably well. James Moore
met us there.
Sally in the cemetery at Church of the Savior
Jackson, NC. The Samuel
Calvert family returned for the day to dedicate a stone to his
memory and to attend the 150 yr. rededication of the Church of the
Savior.
SAREM, NC. Sally, Bob, and her sister Julia
visited the J B Parkers.
We ran into Ron Parker while
visiting the Parker family cemetery.
We returned home via ATLANTA, GA and vicinity. Visited the R A Hollomans and Helen Zappia and took photos of the family artifacts that they had in their possession.
MAR 2001 - There is a musical currently showing in Philadelphia called
STAND BY THE RIVER! -- Check
out the synopsis and cast. John Hill Wheeler has a nice duet with Judge John Kane called "America".
JAN 2001 - The Murfreesboro
Historical Association, Inc. has acquired three of the portraits
that were at Mulberry Grove and Maple Lawn. These are the
portraits of Esther Cotten Moore and her daughters Emeline and Sarah
Matilda and are attributed to the artist, James McGibbon. With the
help of a 
grant
from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation they have been able to restore
the portrait of Sarah Matilda and it has been placed in the
Hertford Academy. Perhaps you will make a contribution to this project
of restoring these historical paintings. As funds become available,
Esther Cotten Moore will next be restored and then the portrait of
Emeline.
Please make your tax deductible check payable
to the Murfreesboro Historical Assoc; PO Box 3, Murfreesboro, NC,
27855 and do designate your check for the "Historic Paintings
Fund."
Tillie Westray portrait by James McGibbon
after and before Conservation treatment Nov. 2000 by David Goist of Raleigh, NC
now in the Murfreesboro Historical Assoc. collection
Dec. 2000 - Sally, sister Julia
Lawrence, niece Cathy Spruill and nephew James Moore all went to
Murfreesboro for the special exhibit and program on the early art at
Chowan College and to see the restored portrait of Aunt Tillie Westray.
Check out the Parlor, Parlor
Portraits, John Wheeler page, and the John
and Ann Moore page for other new additions. Below Julia and Sally
at the Murfree-Smith Law Office which is the gift shop of the
Murfreesboro Historical Assoc. photo by Cathy Spruill.
Sept 2000 - Sally and nephew James Moore got together and of course were discussing family history!! James shared many items with Sally - which my husband, Bob, photographed with his digital camera and I have been busily adding to these pages.
April 2000 New interesting pictures
from Maple Lawn sent by Cathy Spruill and others pictures from
Tennessee. see pages for Maple Lawn, Parlor,
Jones Hole, Black
Folks, and Walton.
A new section on Bob's Family has been added.
I have finally finished transcribing the poem to the site--still
havenot worked on the missing part six. "Folks, the Major's
handwriting is formidable!"
Many other items have been added. Take another tour of the place.
10 Nov. 1999 More Rasco records were
located while in Salt Lake that gives a new slant on the family.
Discovered the names of three sisters of Lydia Walkup
Sanderlin.
New information on Grandmother Parker's brother Jim Rountree's family
Two letters from S. J & John Wheeler during the Civil War are posted on the John Wheeler page.
Now have in hand all (except part VI ) of Legends of St Johns Chapel by John W Moore. Will post as time permits. Many Thanks go to Barry Munson & Tim Pyatt!
March 9, 1999 Some of my Rayner Cousins have sent me pictures of interest and aditional information about the family. We now have a picture of the old Rayner home as it appeared in 1948.
Jan 23, 1999 Have redesigned several of the pages and added MIDI files to them. Be sure and check out ghosts, wedding, Maple Lawn, Mulberry Grove, Jones Hole, Parlor, and Favorite Sites. Yes, some are new. I think they are all now audible on both Explorer and Netscape -- Did discover what browser a number or you are using. If you still cannot hear the music let me know. Remember to click on the pictures, some carry you into an expansion of their themes. I will be adding to these elaborations as the spirit hits me, so do check back. Sally
Dec 1, 1998 "John and Molly Rayner of Powellsville, Bertie County, NC; their
family and ancestry" is now at the binders. Books are available while they last at
$25 postpaid. I'm rather pleased with the book and trust you will be too,
. E-mail
Sally
Check out new page - family ghost tales Oct 21, 1998
August 15, 1998
Dear Friends and Relatives:
I am constantly adding to; correcting; and otherwise " fooling" with these
pages. I like hearing from you. Please e-mail me. Sally.
Pages featuring Mulberry Grove and The Jones Hole.
Also click on pictures for larger images. Pages for parents;
grandparents Moore and Parker; and
great grandparents Moore, Rayner, Parker and Rountree.
Family History Books: The
first
"Elizabeth Jones of Maple Lawn, Pitch Landing,
Hertford County, North Carolina; her family and ancestry"
was released by me to the family last fall.
Other Histories are almost ready.
"John and Molly Rayner of Powellsville, Bertie
County, NC; their family and ancestry".
"Tim Parker and
Hortense Rountree of Sarum, Gates County, NC their family and ancestry".
"Dr Godwin Cotten Moore & Julia Munro Wheeler of Mulberry Grove, Hertford County,
NC, Their family and ancestry"-probably several
books.
I am looking for interesting illustrations and materials to include in the books.
If you are interested in having a copy of any of these books please let me know so I
will be sure to make one for you. Cost will be approximately $25. Books are Perfect Bound
(paper) with pages and pictures reproduced at local copier. Books will include charts,
maps, table of contents, index, sources, ets..