Julie's Mecklenburg, Virginia Discoveries

Julie's Mecklenburg, Virginia Discoveries

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  • about Julie
  • Taylor-Finch house

    I learned about the Taylor Finch cemetery from Munsey Moore’s cemetery book. I visited there on October 12, 2008 with a friend. I knocked on the door of this house, which was where the book described the location of the cemetery to be. The lady living in the Taylor Finch house told me she had…

    Julie Cabitto

    April 5, 2021
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  • Rainey-Sims cemetery

    I visited the Rainey-Sims house and cemetery in the summer of 2004. I went back this February (2021) with Wayne Rainey. He told me that Frederick Rainey built the house in 1781. Smith Rainey next owned the house, followed by Buckner Rainey, then Williamson Rainey Jr, then John J. Rainey, and then his daughter Olivia…

    Julie Cabitto

    March 22, 2021
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  • Cemeteries moved to prepare for Kerr Dam

    Last summer, my husband and I took some pictures of La Crosse. We stopped to get an overview picture of the La Crosse cemetery to go with my La Crosse picture collection. I looked down at the tombstone near where I was standing to take my picture with GPS coordinates and was surprised to see…

    Julie Cabitto

    March 1, 2021
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  • John B. Kidd’s land

    I’ve studied John B. Kidd’s land records for over 100 hours now. Frustratingly, so far, I remain unable to identify from who John B. Kidd bought the piece of land where the Carroll Cemetery is located. In the small map above, I used the GPS coordinates I took when visiting the cemetery to mark it’s…

    Julie Cabitto

    February 15, 2021
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  • Mecklenburg County map

    Mecklenburg County map On one of our visits to Mecklenburg, my husband and I were having trouble finding some places near the Mecklenburg-Brunswick county border. We stopped and asked 20 strangers near various country stores and gas stations where we could purchase a map. People looked at me with a puzzled look then asked, “What…

    Julie Cabitto

    February 8, 2021
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  • David Dortch & his wife Lucy

    David Dortch’s wife was named Lucy. Everything I’ve seen written about the Dortch family and posted online states that her name is Lucy Russell. There is a Lucy Russell who was born in Richmond County, Virginia. Some people think this the same Lucy, and I can understand why, because I’m finding some of my Mecklenburg…

    Julie Cabitto

    February 1, 2021
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