Pamlico County Genealogy

John Vendrick, his wife, and his mother

John Vendrick, his wife, and his mother

About a week ago, I was poking around in Currituck County land records. I don't even remember why. While skimming through the index, I stumbled over something, or someone, unexpected. John Vindrick! That's right! A Vendrick in Currituck. I was every bit as astonished...

The Muddle that is John Vendrick, Sr.

The Muddle that is John Vendrick, Sr.

The Reverend Joshua Kocherthal baptized John Vendrick in New York on 25 Aug 1710 (The Book of Names: Especially Relating to the Early Palatines and the First Settlers in the Mohawk Valley by Lou D. MacWethy, p. 23). He may have been born there or on the voyage. His...

The Family of Boaz Squires

The Family of Boaz Squires

Boaz Squires is a rather enigmatic figure.  Appropriate, wouldn't you say, for a man legend says was a wizard?  Local stories claim he was a rather lazy fellow who made demons build boats while he lounged beneath the pines smoking his pipe.  He even fought the Devil,...

Family Tree Fact Check: Miranda Ross Gaskins

Family Tree Fact Check: Miranda Ross Gaskins

While Ancestry is notorious for spreading false information, you should also be wary of Find-a-Grave (link to her page). Remember, both sites depend on users, who are human, to create family trees/bios. Always, always, always check the facts against contemporary...

Brick Walls: Dewitt Sumberlin/Sumrell

Brick Walls: Dewitt Sumberlin/Sumrell

Dewitt Sumrell was born circa 1825 in Lenoir County.  This date is a guessimate based upon the birth dates of his two known sons in the mid to late 1840s.  The place, though, comes from the death certificate of his son, James Henry Sumrell.  According to James's son,...

Formation of Pitt County, North Carolina

Formation of Pitt County, North Carolina

Pitt County was formed after Beaufort and Craven Counties, but the establishment of its border wasn't a one-time thing. Below, you can read about the formation of Pitt County, North Carolina from David Leroy Corbitt's book, The Formation of North Carolina Counties,...

Formation of Craven County, North Carolina

Formation of Craven County, North Carolina

Read the descriptions below for Craven County's shifting borders and see if it helps some pieces start falling into place with some of your ancestors who seem to appear and vanish from this and neighboring counties inexplicably in the mid-to-late 1700s and into the...

Formation of Beaufort County, North Carolina

Formation of Beaufort County, North Carolina

The Formation of North Carolina Counties, 1663-1943 by David Leroy Corbitt is available for free at Archive.org, but for convenience's sake, over the next few days I'm going to post the sections on the formation of Beaufort County (including Bath County), Craven, and...