Monday, January 08, 2007

Caswell County Bibliography

Set forth below (further down) is a fairly comprehensive compilation of reference materials relevant to Caswell County, North Carolina. However, if you are limited to only a few books, here is a short list of the "essentials."
1. When the Past Refused to Die: A History of Caswell County North Carolina 1777-1977, William S. Powell (1977) (available from the CCHA). That a comprehensive history of Caswell County written by North Carolina's top historian leads this list should not be surprising.
2. The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) (out-of-print). This is a traditional county heritage book, written by amateurs. However, it is one of the better of the genre produced because of the dedication of the editorial staff. It occasionally pops up in used book stores. If intrested, place a couple of want-list entries with online book sellers.
3. An Inventory of Historic Architecture Caswell County North Carolina, Ruth Little-Stokes (1979) (available from the CCHA). This volume is a treasure trove of history and architecture.

4. Katharine Kerr Kendall Abstracts (most are out-of-print but available at libraries).

Katharine Kerr Kendall and her sister Mary Frances Kerr Donaldson had deep Caswell County (Yanceyville) roots and devoted untold hours to abstracting and indexing various Caswell County public records (such as court records, deeds, marriage records, and wills). Set forth below is a list of these valuable resources. While out-of-print from time to time, most periodically are reprinted and also may be found through Internet used book vendors. Reference versions of many of these publications are available at the Richmond-Miles History Museum and the Gunn Memorial Public Library (both in Yanceyville, North Carolina).

a. Historical Abstracts of Minutes of Caswell County North Carolina 1777 - 1877
, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1976)

b. Caswell County, North Carolina Deed Books 1777-1817
, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1989) (available from the CCHA)

c. Caswell County, North Carolina Deed Books 1817-1840
, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1992)

d. Caswell County, North Carolina Will Books, 1777-1814; 1784 Tax List; and Guardians' Accounts, 1794-1819 (Published With) Caswell County, North Carolina Will Books, 1814-1843 Guardians' Accounts, 1819-1847; 1850 & 1860 Census Mortality Schedules; Powers of Attorney from Deed Books, 1777-1880. 2 vols. in 1
, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1979)

e. Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1843-1868 (Guardians' Accounts 1848-1868)
, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1986)

f. Caswell County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds 1778-1868
, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1981)

g. Caswell County Land Grants, Tax Lists, State Census, Apprentice Bonds, Estate Records
, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1977)

______________
Note that several of the following sources may seem inappropriate for this list. However, Caswell County once was part of Orange County, and Person County once was part of Caswell County. The relevance of North Carolina-wide materials is obvious. Also, the list is alphabetical by title, with no attempt to order as to relevance to Caswell County. If you have a question about any of the following please ask the CCHA.
Books
A Brief History of North Carolina, Edwin A. Alderman (1896)
A Fool's Errand: A Novel of the South During Reconstruction, Albion W. Tourgee (1879)
A History of African Americans in North Carolina, Jeffrey J. Crow, Paul D. Escott, Flora J. Hatley (1992)
A New Geography of North Carolina, Vol. IV – 28 Counties, Bill Sharpe (1965)
Abstracts of Letters of Resignations of Militia Officers in North Carolina 1779-1840, Timothy Kearney (1992)
Abstracts of Wills Orange County, North Carolina 1752-1850, Ruth Herndon Shields (1957)
Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5, Fourth Edition, Volume I, Familes A-F, John Frederick Dorman, Editor (2004)
Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5, Fourth Edition, Volume II, Familes G-P, John Frederick Dorman, Editor (2004)
Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1625, Annie Lash Jester and Martha Woodroof Hiden (1956)
Agriculture in North Carolina Before the Civil War, Memory F. Mitchell, Editor (1966)
Alexander Rose of Person County North Carolina and His Descendants, Ben Lacy Rose (1979)
All the Forgotten Places, Hunter James (1981)
An Inventory of Historic Architecture Caswell County North Carolina, Ruth Little-Stokes (1979)
“Archibald D. Murphey,” The Guilford County Literary and Historical Association, Volume I, Lyndon Swaim (1908)
At the Foot of the Lake: The Pattillo-Patillo Family and Allied Lines, Millard Quentin Plumblee (1987)
Bahama Heritage, Shirley Jones Mallard (2002)
Bartlett Yancey: The Political and Professional Career of Bartlett Yancey; Letters to Bartlett Yancey,” The James Sprunt Historical Publications, Volume 10, No. 2, J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton and Henry McGilbert Wagstaff, Editors (1911)
Bedford Brown: State Rights Unionist, Houston G. Jones (1955)
Benjamin Rice Lacy and His Wife Mary Strudwick Burwell, Ben Lacy Rose (1981)
Black Roots: A Beginner's Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree, Tony Burroughs (2001)
Carpetbagger's Crusade: The Life of Albion Winegar Tourgee, Otto H. Olsen (1965)
Caswell County in the World War, 1917-1918: Service Records of Caswell County Men, George A. Anderson (1921)
Caswell County 1777-1877: Historical Abstracts of Minutes of Caswell County, North Carolina, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1976)
Caswell County North Carolina Deed Books 1817-1840, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1992)
Caswell County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1778-1868, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1981)
Caswell County, North Carolina Marriage Records 1778-1876, Frances T. Ingmire (2003)
Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1777-1814 and 1814-1843, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1983)
Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1843-1868, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1986)
Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1777-1814, 1784 Tax List, Guardians' Accounts 1794-1819, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1979)
Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1814-1843, Guardians' Accounts 1819-1847, 1850 & 1860 Census Mortality Schedules, Powers of Attorney from Deed Books 1777-1880, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1979)
Cobalt Blue: Recollections of Life on a North Carolina Tobacco Plantation, Helen Taylor (1989)
Colonial North Carolina A History, Hugh T. Lefler and William S. Powell (1973)
Dead-End Road, Deborah F. Brown (2004)
Dictionary of North Carolina Biography (Six Volumes), William S. Powell, Editor (1979-1996)
Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina from the Colonial Period to About 1820. Fifth Edition. Two Volumes, Paul Heinegg (2005)
From Rabbit Shuffle to Collins Hill: Stories of Southern Caswell County, North Carolina, Millard Quentin Plumblee (1984)
Good Food, Good Folks, Good Times: Just Being Southern, Patricia B. Mitchell (1998)
Graves: Twelve Generations, Some Descendants and Kin, Louise Graves (1977)
Greene and Cornwallis: The Campaign in the Carolinas, Hugh F. Rankin (1976)
Guide to North Carolina Highway Historical Markers, Ninth Edition, Michael Hill, Editor (2001)
Guilford County: A Brief History, Alexander R. Stoesen (1993)
Heritage and Homesteads: The History and Architecture of Granville County, North Carolina, Andrew J. Carlson, Marvin Brown, and Patricia A. Eperson (1988)
Heritage Day Cookbook, Caswell County Extension Homemakers (1975)
Hillsborough and the Regulators, Annie Sutton Cameron (1964)
Historical Abstracts of Minutes of Caswell County, North Carolina 1777-1877, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1976)
Historical Sketch of Person County, Stuart T. Wright (1974)
History and Memoirs of N.C. Baptist Homes for the Aging, Reverend James Madison Hayes (1972)
History of North Carolina Baptists, Volume I, George Washington Paschal (1930)
History of North Carolina Baptists, Volume II, George Washington Paschal (1955)
Historical Sketches of North Carolina from 1584 to 1851, John H. Wheeler (1851)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Jacobs (2001)
In the Beginning . . . The Churches of Caswell County, Jean B. Scott
Kirk's Raiders: A Notorious Band of Scoundrels and Thieves, Matthew Bumgarner (2000)
Laurence Stallings, Joan T. Brittain (1975)
Marriage and Death Notices From Raleigh, N.C. Newspapers 1796-1826, The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. (1977)
Master of Mahogany: Tom Day, Free Black Cabinetmaker, Mary E. Lyons (1994)
Milton, North Carolina: Sidelights of History, Charles B. Motley (1976)
My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk About Slavery, Belinda Hurmence, Editor (1984)
Narrative of My Escape from Slavery, Moses Roper (1837)
North Carolina (Illustrated with Photographs), William S. Powell (1966)
North Carolina During Reconstruction, Richard L. Zuber (1996)
North Carolina Through Four Centuries, William S. Powell (1989)
North Carolina and the Coming of the Civil War, William C. Harris (1988)
North Carolina: A History (With a New Preface and Concluding Chapter), William S. Powell (1977)
Orange County 1752-1952, Hugh Lefler and Paul Wager, Editors (1953)
Person County North Carolina Compilations: Land Grants, 1794, 1805, 1823 Tax Lists, Record Books Abstracts 1792-1820, Letters of Attorney, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1978)
Person County North Carolina Marriage Records 1792-1869, Frances T. Ingmire (1984)
Person County North Carolina Marriage Records 1792-1868, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1983)
Piedmont Plantation, Jean Bradley Anderson (1985)
Pittsylvania County Virginia - Heritage 1767-2004, Pittsylvania County Heritage Book Committee, Editors (2004)
Pittsylvania County Virginia - Heritage 1767-2006 Vol. 2, Pittsylvania County Heritage Book Committee, Editors (2006)
Recipes -- A Special Collection (From the Days of Thomas Day to Present Day, The Thomas Day House/Union Tavern Restoration, Inc. (1997)
Recipes from the Heart --A Collection of Recipes by the Leasburg, North Carolina, United Methodist Church Women (2001)
Refugees From Slavery: Autobiographies of Fugitive Slaves in Canada, Benjamin Drew, Editor (1969)
Reminiscences: A Sketch and Letters Descriptive of Life in Person County in Former Days, Alexander R. Foushee (1921)
Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina, John H. Wheeler (1884)
Report of Research on the Lea Family in Virginia & North Carolina Before 1800, Ben L. Rose (1984/1986)
Rockingham County: A Brief History, Lindley S. Butler (1982)
Rose-Steel Anthology, Ben Lacy Rose (1982)
Service Record Book of Men and Women of Yanceyville, N.C., and Community, Sponsored by the V.F.W. Post no. 7316 (1948)
Sketches of Prominent Living North Carolinians, Jerome Dowd (1888)
Soul on Rice: African Influences on American Cooking, Patricia B. Mitchell (1993)
State Census of North Carolina 1784-1787, Mrs. Alvaretta Kenan Register (1971)
The Dan River Book, Walter Forrest Altman, John A. Cleaveland, Brooke B. Fentress (2003)
The Fiery Cross: The Ku Klux Klan in America, Wyn Craig Wade (1987)
The Flourance/Florance/Florences: A Family History, James L. Florence, Jr. (1989)
The Genealogy and History of the Stewart Family of Halifax County, Virginia; Caswell and Person Counties, North Carolina; Trigg County, Kentucky, Martha Jane Stone (1986)
The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White, Henry Wiencek (1999)
The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985)
The Heritage of Person County, Volume I, Madeline Hall Eaker, Editor (1981)
The Heritage of Person County, Volume II, Madeline Hall Eaker, Editor (1983)
The History of Pittsylvania County Virginia, Maud Carter Clement (1929)
The North Carolina Colony, William S. Powell (1969)
The North Carolina Experience (An Interpretive & Documentary History), History) Lindley S. Butler and Alan D. Watson (1984)
The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places, William S. Powell (1968)
The Proprietors of Carolina, William S. Powell (1963)
The Smith-McDowell House: A History, Richard W. Iobst (1977), Western North Carolina Historical Association Republication (2006)
The Tactical Retreat of General Nathaniel Greene, Thomas J. Edmonds (2006)
The Way We Lived in North Carolina, Joe A. Mobley (2003)
Their Highest Potential: An African American School Community in the Segregated South, Vanessa Siddle Walker (1996)
This Hallowed Ground, Bruce Catton (1955)
Those Southern Milners: A Collection of Record Abstracts for the Southern States Between 1606 and 1850, with Biographical and Historical Sketches, Family Records, and Genealogies up to 1900, Virginia Sharpe Hershey (1980)
Thomas Day: African American Furniture Maker, Rodney D. Barfield and Patricia M. Marshall (2005)
Thomas McNeill of Caswell County, North Carolina, His Forebears & Descendants, Ben L. Rose (1984)
When the Past Refused to Die: A History of Caswell County North Carolina 1777-1977, William S. Powell (1977)
Whipt 'Em Everytime, Bartlett Yancey Malone (William Whatley Pierson, Jr., Editor) (1960)
William Louis Poteat: A Leader of the Progressive-Era South, Randal L. Hall (2000)
W. W. Holden: A Political Biography, Edgar E. Folk and Bynum Shaw (1982)
Yanceyville Presbyterian Church (Yanceyville, North Carolina): Early History of the Church with Sketches of the Founders, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1976)
1790 Caswell County, North Carolina Tax List
1820 Federal Census North Carolina (Supplemented with Tax Lists), Dorothy Williams Potter (1974)

Videos
Gatewood: Facing the White Canvas, David Kasper and Carlyle Poteat (2004) (56 Minutes)
The Murder of John Stephens, A Piedmont Community College FVPT Production (2001) (16 Minutes)
The Trial of Henrietta Jeffries, A Piedmont Community College Production
Tobacco Money Feeds My Family, Cynthia Hill, Curtis Gaston (2003)

Monographs
Biography of the Paschal Family in the U.S.A. 1709-1917, Ezekiel Franklin Paschal
Ezekiel Franklin Paschal Autobiography, Ezekiel Franklin Paschal (1917)
Memoirs of Fielding Lewis Walker (1843-1924)
The Leasburg I Knew, William S. Dixon (1968)
The Wilkinson Family: A Genealogy Beginning with Thomas Wilkinson and Catharine Wilkinson of Antrim County, Ireland, Mrs. Myrtle Wilkinson Smith and Mrs. Edith Wilkinson Wilson, Compilers (1960, 1978)

Other
1. 2000 Souvenir Calendar: Collection of Photographs of the Historic 1861 Caswell County Courthouse and Square in Yanceyville, North Carolina, Caswell County Historical Association
2. Robert Blackwell and Zillah Rice Blackwell Family Genealogy Charts
Chart No. 1: Descendants through son Carter and wife Isabella Bracken
Chart No. 2: Descendants through son Garland and wife Mary Scott
Chart No. 3: Descendants through son Thomas and wife Rebecca Watt
These are large charts printed on architectural blueprint paper
3. Stephen and Mary Brown Pleasant Family Genealogy Chart: Descendants of William Brown Pleasant and Nancy Milner. This is a large chart printed on architectural blueprint paper
January 8, 2007

No comments:

Post a Comment