Tag: Purdy
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Hicks & Joyce family: Ireland, VA & NC
Charles P. Hicks married Margaret Joyce in 1840. They moved from Mecklenburg, VA to Catawba, NC, where they were farmers. Children were Robert, William, Nicholas Franklin, Mary, and John Joseph. Robert and William fought in the Civil War and served under Captain Mull. (Note from Pat Ritchie: Nicholas told my father, John Hicks, Sr. that…
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John Gray: his family, his land
My ancestor John Gray was born in Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland about 1810. It took me at least ten years to figure out where he lived in Mecklenburg. Now I know that he raised his family and farmed on Hall Rd, near Rehoboth Church, near a curve in the road. John’s birth year fluctuates as…
Julie's Mecklenburg, Virginia Discoveries 