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From: "Richard L. McReynolds" <>
Subject: [BLACK-L] Fw: Calvin Black (c1832-1869)>James Madison Black(1870-1957)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 00:09:39 -0600


Thanks to everyone who has responded to my note on the RowanRoots-L list. I
am sending original note with replies to both Black family lists I am aware
of in hopes I can find someone with information on my Black family. Rich
McReynolds
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard L. McReynolds <>
To: Menke Clark <>
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: Calvin Black (c1832-1869)>James Madison Black(1870-1957)

>Thank you very much for replying and offering to check your records. I
live
>in Topeka, KS and have never been to NC to visit but belong to the Davidson
>Co. GS. I have written to them and they checked their records for me. I
>have also been thru all of the records that have been filmed by LDS Church
>albeit I could have missed something. I did not find anything in the
>McCubbins files that I could use to link James M. Black to either Calvin I
>have found in the area. One was born c. 1832 ( living with Basheba age
>41--1850 Davidson Co. census)and the other c. 1841 (parents Samuel and
>Judith--1850 Cabarrus Co. census). One, Calvin M. Black m. Mary Rebecca
Kerr
>14 Nov 1862, Rowan Co. One brother(Robert Lee Black) that kept in contact
>with my ggf likely was a half brother since he was born in 1874. The other
>half brother we knew of was Cicero. The sister Mary Cornelia may have also
>been a half sister since the Elizabeth in the census was too young to have
>been her mother. Of course, the James is shown as age 2 which does not
>match the bible entry either. He celebrated his birthday as January 1,
1870
>because he did not know his birthdate so whose knows what is correct. I
put
>some validity in the census entry (1870 Rowan Co., Providence Twp.) since
>the names match well with what little I know. There is also a James Black
>age 9 living in the Allison Overcash family in the 1880 Rowan Co., Locke
>Twp. census. Bertie Adderton (1889-1976) m. Ulysses Marion Rogers in 1910.
>They lived in High Point. Their children: Margaret Westmoreland; Mable
>James and U. M. (Dugan) Rogers. The later two lived in HP in 1976. I know
>I need a break to put this together correctly. Thanks again for offering
to
>help me.
>Rich McReynolds
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Menke Clark <>
>To: Richard L. McReynolds <>
>Cc: Vickie Davis <>
>Date: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 12:46 AM
>Subject: Re: Calvin Black (c1832-1869)>James Madison Black(1870-1957)
>
>
>>Hi Rich...good to hear from another Black researcher. My maternal great
>>grandmother was a Black and I have quite a bit of information on her
>family.
>>They were mostly in the Conrad Hill Township of Davidson County and later
>>the Thomasville area. My mom still lives there. I don't immediately
>>recognize any of the names but I will pull out my Black files and see if
>>there is anything that matches. I will also forward your message to a new
>>found cousin of mine who is also researching Blacks...our lines
>intermarried
>>somewhere, we just haven't been able to sort it all out.
>>
>>If I get a chance this week, I'll try to send you a bit on my line of
>>Blacks. I'll be in NC next week and hope to do some research and meet my
>>new cousin to share Black/Grubb information. With James being orphaned at
>>six (I gather from your message that both of his parents were dead by
then)
>>there may have been custody papers or guardianship papers filed or perhaps
>>there was even an estate record for one or both of his parents. Have you
>>been able to find anything like this? I had a gg grandfather who died
>>intestate but his heirs still filed to administer his very small estate.
>>The papers listed all the children.
>>
>>I don't know where you live but in Salisbury, NC there is a great
>collection
>>at the local library called the McCubbin Papers. I haven't had a chance
to
>>get there but it is on my list. I usually head for the Davidson County
>>Library in Lexington, NC as it is closest to my mom's home. There is a
>>tremendous genealogy department there as well. I'll keep your names with
>me
>>next week in case I run across something.
>>
>>Please stay in touch.
>>Donna Clark
>>Tallahassee, FL
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Richard L. McReynolds <>
>>To: <>
>>Date: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 12:38 AM
>>Subject: Calvin Black (c1832-1869)>James Madison Black(1870-1957)
>>
>>
>>>Donna--I noted that you are researching the surname Black. Hope you or
>>>other list members can help me with more information on Calvin and Betty
>>>Black and siblings of James Madison Black. More information in following
>>>query:
>>>
>>>James Madison BLACK was born 11Jan 1870 (sister's bible)probably near
>>>Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. His parents were Calvin and
>Betty
>>>BLACK. Very little is known of his parents or siblings because he was
>>>orphaned at age six. His obituary mentions three brothers and one sister
>>but
>>>does not gives names. One brother was Robert Lee BLACK who lived in
>>Chicago.
>>>The 1870 census for Rowan County, Providence Township, NC lists a family
>>>which includes an entry for Elizabeth BLACK age 22, James BLACK age 2,
and
>>>Calvin BLACK age 37, mill wright, deceased November (1869) of typhoid
>>fever.
>>>Others listed in the household were: Amanda BLACK age 28, Linza BLACK
age
>>>13, Cicero BLACK age 11, Nancy BLACK age 9 and Cornelia BLACK age 9.
>Calvin
>>>Black is thought to have been a Confederate veteran of the Civil War.
>>After
>>>his parents died, James is thought to have lived with an uncle. He also
>>may
>>>have lived for a time with his older sister Mary Cornelia Black/Carroll
>who
>>>married John Stephen Adderton Dec. 1883. They lived at Jackson Hill
when
>>>daughter Bertie was born in 1889. James moved to Jacksonville, Morgan
>>>County, Illinois in 1891. He and Jane "Jennie" ATKINSON were married at 8
>>>o'clock in the evening on 14 November 1893 at the home of her father in
>>>Jacksonville.
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>Rich McReynolds
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

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