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From: "Bette Ivester" <>
Subject: Re: [IVESTER] Another two on Tom Dooley
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 10:17:01 -0400
References: <12d.3051e597.2c84196d@aol.com> <a05111b02bb790871ae1f@[152.3.11.21]>


As a NC resident I have heard this since I moved here. I lived in
Winston -Salem for 46 years.

Bette Ivester

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth Harris" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [IVESTER] Another two on Tom Dooley


> >In a message dated 8/17/2003 2:14:44 PM Central Daylight Time,
> > writes:
> >
> >
> >> If the connection to Tom Dooley doesn't connect to our families, then
> >> just delete this page and pardon me for all this overload of
> >> information.
> >>
> >> Here's another web page on Tom Dooley. Says he was from and died in
> >> Wilkes County, NC. For some strange reason I thought all this
> >> happened in Habersham County, GA. Guess not. IF Tom is our
> >> relative, then this means our families might be from Wilkes County,
> >> NC????
> >>
> >> Ruth
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Hi Ruth,
> >I tried to do some more searching on Tom Dooley and didn't come up with a
> >connection. Have you found one yet???
> >Take care - Emma
> >
>
>
> Try DULA.
>
> I don't know if there's an Ivester connection or not, but Wilkes Co.
> NC is correct. It's in northwestern NC. The original song called
> him Tom Dula, and was composed long before the Kingston Trio, who
> made it popular around 1960 or so. I don't know if the author of the
> original is known or not.
>
> Hugh Ivester was in Rutherford Co. NC, which is on the SC border, a
> couple of counties further south than Wilkes, and at least some of
> the Ivesters went from Rutherford Co. straight to Georgia. However,
> it appear from your other lookup lists that some of Hugh's children
> remained in NC, so it's possible that there's some connection to them.
> --
> Elizabeth Harris
>
>
> NCGenWeb project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/
> Winston-Salem NC area genealogy: http://www.fmoran.com/
>
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