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Comment by Julie Wingate on November 1, 2009 at 10:30pm

Thank you both- I'll try that!
Julie

Comment by Mavis Jones on October 31, 2009 at 8:52am

Julie,

I would try contacting both county and state. My mother for years tried at the county level to get a copy of her birth certificiate and it couldn't be found. When she contacted the state they were able to find it right off. The midwife had misspelled the surname (Nosch instead of Hosch) on the birth certificate. I think the difference in being able to locate was how it was filed at the state level vs. the county level, so definitely check both places.

Comment by Joyce Holman on October 30, 2009 at 9:51pm

Julie,
Have you contacted the Bureau of Vital Statistics in Raleigh or the county seat of Cherokee County? I wish you luck with this brick wall.

Comment by Julie Wingate on October 30, 2009 at 7:29pm

Joyce,
Thank you for the suggestions. My grandmother, my father and I visited Sidney's grave. His headstone was either replaced or installed much later than his death. My grandmother was his granddaughter and she remembered when he died. She said it was around 1938 but his tombstone shows the death date as 1963. I have tried to contact Mt. Zion to ask who may have had that installed but haven't been able to get in touch with them. I'll continue to try.
Thanks again.
Julie

Comment by Joyce Holman on October 30, 2009 at 3:49pm

To Julie re: Sidney E. Thompson. Check out similar spellings such as Thomason, Thomson, Thomas, etc. It's a common occurance. Also check to see if there is a listserv for Cherokee County. Someone local would be able to check the Mt. Zion cemetery for you and possibly send you a photo of the headstone.

Good luck

Comment by Julie Wingate on October 29, 2009 at 9:38pm

I am having a hard time locating two death certificates for North Carolina- they must be listed incorrectly. I'd love to find an obituary or a notice in the newspaper if the DC is unavailable.

I am trying to find my great-great-grandfather, Sidney E. Thompson of Marble, Cherokee County, NC- he died in either 1938 or 1939 and is buried at Mt. Zion Baptist Church outside of Marble.

I am also searching for a mention of Nancy Garner Ellenburg that ran a mill in the Highlands area and died in NC around 1952. She was my grandfather's great-grandmother. He attended her funeral but I can find no mention of her death or funeral service.

Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I'd appreciate any advice you may have.

Thank you in advance-
Julie

Comment by Ginger R Smith on October 29, 2009 at 7:41pm

Hi Stephen, there is a death certificate for William F Swygart in the North Carolina Death Records database on ancestry.com. Please let me know if you do not have a subscription and would like a copy of it. He died 24 Aug 1911 in Mooresville, Iredell Co., NC. He was born 10 Mar 1867 in Germany.

Comment by Stephen Allan Patrick on October 14, 2009 at 10:22am

During recent correspondence with a relative, i was told that Dr. Henry Harrington Hill, born in Statesville, Iredell Co on 20 Sep 1894 is related to our Hill family but i have been unsuccessful so far in determining the link. I know that Henry H Hill was the son of J Henry Hill and Ann Harrington; somewhere along the way he is related one of the children of Robert Hill (d. 1800, Iredell Co NC) and either first wife Margaret Stephenson or second wife Mary Logan. I am wondering if anyone has been researching the Hill family of Iredell Co. Thanks

Comment by Stephen Allan Patrick on September 30, 2009 at 12:34pm

sorry but my cursor jumped and struck the send button ...

The 1910 Census finds the family living in Coddle Creek, District 72 in Iredell County. The family name is still misspelled as Suygart. Mr Swygart is identified as Frederick, age 42 and born in Germany. Regina is now age 49. Only daughter Sadie Cashion, age 20 is living at home.

The odd thing about this is that Mr. Frederick Swygart and the family disappear from the 1920 and 1930 Censuses, but the spelling may have been altered or morphed into something else illegible. I have found no marriage record for Frederick and Regina Swygart in the North Carolina Marriages to date and would like to verify this union somehow. And lastly, Regina is buried in the Independence Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Croft, Mecklenburg Co NC next to husband Andrew Maxwell Cashion.

My question is what happened to Frederick Swygart; when did he die and where is he buried? I would love some help with this. Thanks.

Comment by Stephen Allan Patrick on September 30, 2009 at 12:27pm

Greetings ... I am trying to track down a mystery with one of my families.

I am researching members of the Burwell (1816-1905) and Catherine Deweese (1819-1885) Cashion family who lived in Mecklenburg County. One of their sons, Andrew Maxwell "Mack" Cashion (1851-1887) married Regina May Deaton (1858-1939) and had five children: Wilmer, Lillian, Mason, Everett and Sadie.

Following Mack's death in 1887, Regina married Frederick Swygart. According to the 1900 Census the family lived in Charlotte, Ward 1, District 44 with her parents, James and Sarah Deaton. The transcribers of the 1900 Census have the family listed as Sugycutt / Suggart, but is in fact Swygart. The 1900 census also indicates that the couple had been married for appx 20 years, but is not true since Mack Cashion did not die until 1887. The census transcribers couldn't determine Swygart's first initial and list it as E. Mr Swygart was presumably 40 in 1900 Census.

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