Early Robeson County Families Early Robeson County Families

1787----2005
Focusing on the Townships of
Sterlings
Orrum
Marietta
Fairmont








I started working on my family tree back in 1979 at the age of 24, I traveled all over southern Robeson County, met and talked to alot of relatives, many have passed on now, hearing old stories, looking at old photographs and my life has been enlighten by it. Twenty six years has gone by now and we know so much more that we did, there is alot of history in this area of Robeson County and I have decided to make a web site on Early Robeson County Families focusing on these townships, Sterlings, Marietta, Fairmont, and Orrum. In looking up my Walters family I find that these early families knew each other and were connected so many ways, be it by marriage, selling or buying land or being a witness on a deed or will.

Surnames include: Walters, Warwick, Nye, Lewis, Page, Grimsley, Lowe, Loe, Purvis, Leggett, Floyd, Bullock, Barnes, Andrews, Barfield, Bass, Britt, Prevatte, Wynn, Campbell, Flowers, Griffen, Nichols, Hardin, Harrington, Herring, Ivey, Jenkins, Jerrigan, Johnson, Lawson, Shepperd, Bass, Sealey, Flowers, Williams, Regan, Brown just to name a few.

Today some families know a great deal about their roots; others know very little. Families tend to be scattered throughout the world. One of the goals of the "Early Robeson County Families" is to establish and maintain family relationships regardless of the miles and memories that separate.
"Early Robeson County Families" website is responding to the ever-increasing popularity of family research and genealogy. We are working to assist family members in sharing common goals and pursuits with their family history. We would like you to join with us and share in the fun of research, meeting new cousins and expanding your family. We believe that by working together and sharing our results, we can accomplish much more than by working alone.

We are working with family members across ancestral lines to develop a central depository for all of our family data. The possibilities are endless when we work together as one team.

In looking up the family tree, I have found that in a lot of cases all some people leave in this world are an obituary and a tombstone. Sometimes all we have to go on is that little piece of information that we have to search and find that was only printed once, and we search and resurrect that person’s life again. Like in the case of Haynes Johnson, I was sent his picture of him by a relative; he was born in Robeson County in 1860 and died in Robeson County in 1934. In searching for the obituary I found that over 1000 people attended his funeral at Barnesville Baptist Church. He was an outstanding and well known citizen to the Barnesville community.
Without finding that obit this info would have been forgotten forever.

Then there was David Israel who was born in 1843 and died in 1907, before death certificates were kept by each county. His obituary said that he awoke around midnight the night he died and ask his wife for some water, upon returning with the water, she said he was unconscious and he died early the next morning. This was in his obit in the newspaper in 1907 to be forgotten until this year when I went searching for it.

. One good example is Moses Warwick, this is one of the earliest families in Robeson County coming here before 1790 and settling in Orrum. All that is left is the cemetery in the field, a few grave stones and as you can see by clicking on the link below, it is all grown up. Usually the family cemetery was in view of looking from the home, out a window or a door. So as I visited this cemetery I tried to image where the home may have stood in relation to the cemetery.

Moses Warwick Cemetery in Orrum





All my records are now on the Robeson County Digital Library and the Columbus County Digital Library, please visit those sites to view the records for those counties, obits, wills ect.

Robeson County Records

Columbus County Records



Updates:


Reprint of the Columbus County Heritage Book
Would you announce on your web page that we are going to proceed with a second printng of the Columbus County Heritage Book, by subscription?
Cost will be $65.00, picked up at Whiteville, including tax. Mailing will be $7.50.

Columbus County Heritage Book
Adresss: P. O. Box 463,
Lake Waccamaw, NC 28450.
Expected delivery:12-14 weeks.

You can also email John and let him know you want one at
johybert@bellsouth.net
Thanks. John Williamson



New Items:

I found a list of surviving Confederate Veterans in the Newspaper for May 1919
Click here for Surviving Confederate Veterans May 1919



While looking for obituarys I found this Honor Roll for Barnesville School 1933
Click here for Barnesville School Honor Roll 1933


I also have a video clip of Barnesville School 1951 that was sent to me by one of our cousins.
I am trying to figure out a way to get it on the web site so all can enjoy seeing the students of Barnesville School.



Barnesville School Reunion Saturday Sep 25, 2004

Barnesville School 1922--1964 had there reunion for everyone who attended the school on Saturday Sep 25, 2004. Their was a great turn out for this big event. Everyone had a great time, reminiscing about the old school days, a great meal, and entertainment by Elvis and Marilyn Monroe impersonators.
I was ask and had the honor of video taping the Reunion.
If anyone would like to have a copy of this Video on Vhs tape, I will be glad to make you a copy. The cost will be $14.00 and this includes shipping, or I can make you a CD of the pictures from the Reunion around 75 picturs for $6.00.
Just email me at Mwalters11@nc.rr.com and let me know that you want one.



Click below for the Pictures I took at the Barnesville School Reunion Sep 25.
Barnesville School Reunion Pictures




Supporting this Web Site

For those that have helped to support this web site financially, I want to say thank you, with your help this site will stay up for all to enyoy and learn about their family.

Thank You For Your Support

If you would like to make a donation to help in the research and keep this site up, please click the donation button below if you are using Paypal only.
If you had rather send a check by postal mail, please mail to

Michael Walters
PO Box 517,
Shannon, NC 28386


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On this website, you will see and read things that have not been published in over 100 yrs, Pictures, Obits, Deeds, Cemeteries, Newspaper Articles. We are always searching for those hard to find items that would be of interest to Robeson County researchers.

Also If anyone has any old photos they would like for me to put on the website please email me the photo or mail to my home address listed below. The photo needs to be of early families or places of Robeson County in these townships, Sterlings, Orrum, Fairmont and Marietta. It also needs to be of someone born before 1900. If you have sent me pictures rest assured I will get them on as time and space allows

To send your family info or old photos, please send to my home address below or email me at the email address's provided or if you have any questions please don't hesitate to email me or write me.

Home Address:
Michael E. Walters
PO Box 517
Shannon, NC 28386
tel: 910-843-9206

email:
 MeWalt7@aol.com
Mwalters11@nc.rr.com

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