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From: "Jean Edwards" <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] Byrkett and Groff, also JS Davenport
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 14:40:12 -0500
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Sharon, I was wondering if you might share the information about obtaining
the Groff Books Vol and 2. I have a Fronica Groff marrying Peter
Eichenberg, but have no info on the Groff/Graffs. Any help would be
appreciated.
-Jean Edwards---- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 4:38 PM
Subject: [BRE] Byrkett and Groff, also JS Davenport


>I await with interest Robert's information about "which" Christian Byrkett
>may have been in Lincoln Co in 1796.
>
> I have the Groff Books Vol 1 and 2. There are quite a few Jacob Groffs
> and no quick guide to their whereabouts. The book is organized by
> locations of various families in specific counties or townships of PA.
> Quite a bit of information is given regarding prior and later residences,
> but pinpointing the PA point of reference is critical for finding a
> person. I'm not knowledgeable about early PA southeastern townships but
> can find the maps.
>
> In sorting through my Younce files, a task as yet incomplete, I have found
> some John Scott Davenport letters. I have not found one in the 70's yet
> except for a reference to a letter from 1976. I have several in the
> 1980's to Donna Macy Sand and others, and a few from a more recent
> discussion. Others could be tucked into related surname files, such as
> Byrkett.
>
> Sharon Mills
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Dwayne Wrightsman
>
> To:
>
> Sent: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:26:02 +0000 (UTC)
>
> Subject: Re: [BRE] Brethren Families of Ashe County, NC
>
>
>
>
>
> Robert,
>
>
>
> Thank you for your interesting comment about the West-of-the-Catawba
>
> Brethren. Your sentence about the Younce and Burket families really
> caught
>
> my eye, especially when I found a 28 November 1796 Wilkes County Deed from
>
> David Smith to Christian Burkit of Lincoln County, N.C., of 100 acres on
> the
>
> New River.
>
>
>
> Do you know which Christian Burket this was? There were two Christian
>
> Burkets associated with the New River district of Wilkes County in the
>
> 1790s. The older Christian Burket was a brother of Jehu Burkett, who was
>
> associated with the Fraternity Congregation of Brethren living near the
>
> Moravians. This Christian Burket was married to Anna Barbara Graff and
> had
>
> two sons, Joseph and David, who settled in Ashe County in this time
> period.
>
> The younger Christian Burket was a son Jehu Burkett. This Christian
> Burket
>
> was married to Catherine Perry and they had many children who were born in
>
> Ashe County.
>
>
>
> Have you run across any Graffs in your studies? One of the Brethren in
> Ashe
>
> County during the 1790s was Jacob Grove/Graff. He was a neighbor of John
>
> Fouts (John Leonard Fouts Jr.), Frederick Black, Peter Eller, Henry Shutt,
>
> and other Brethren. Were any of these families down in Lincoln County
>
> earlier?
>
>
>
> Speaking of Fouts, it is interesting to note that the only Brethren
>
> taxpayers in 1787 in Captain Vannoy's District in Wilkes County (which
> spun
>
> off into Ashe County) were John Fouts, David Fouts, Joseph Burket, David
>
> Burket, and Christian Burket. Three years later, the 1790 census was
> loaded
>
> with names of Brethren families. What do you think happened between 1787
>
> and 1790 to cause this rapid migration to the west side of the Blue Ridge
>
> mountains where the New River headwaters were located? Did it have to do
>
> with the end of the Revolutionary War?
>
>
>
> Actually, my questions are addressed to all Brethren listers.
>
>
>
> Dwayne
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: [mailto:]
>
> On Behalf Of Robert Carpenter
>
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 11:00 PM
>
> To:
>
> Subject: Re: [BRE] Brethren Families of Ashe County, NC, between the Late
>
> 1780s and Early 1800s
>
>
>
> Dear listers,
>
>
>
> I have been researching two Brethren congregations (both named
> Thessalonica)
>
>
>
> which existed after the American Revolution in what is now Lincoln and
>
> Catawba Counties of North Carolina. This area was then known as Lincoln
>
> County. These two congregations have been lost to many researchers. It
>
> seems that a number of Dunkers moved west of the Catawba River in North
>
> Carolina after the American Revolution and began these congregations.
> They
>
> joined some Brethren already here. At least some of them later moved to
>
> Ashe County, NC. The Younce family and Burket families were in Lincoln
>
> County prior to moving to Ashe. There were others. My research is
>
> continuing. It seems that a number of these Brethren lived west of the
>
> Catawba for only a few years. Some removed to Ashe County, NC and some to
>
> Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The two congregations existed until around 1830
>
> when the Brethren ministers (Rev. Lorentz Linhardt and Rev. Henry Rhodes)
>
> died.
>
>
>
> I am following the Ashe County discussions with great interest. I
>
> appreciate all your work. My research continues.
>
>
>
> Robert Carpenter
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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