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Welcome to our new redesigned web site. I hope you find it useful and informative. Our contributors are the ones that really “make” the site. If you have any records or documents that you would like to...
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Removed List of Surnames and Query Lookups. I recommend that surnames lookups and queries be performed using the resources listed on the Queries/Surnames page. … Continue reading →
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Corrected links to Family Search Added links to the following: Families – Family Group Sheet Project Military – Confederate Civil War records at Family Search Wills/Estates – Family Search records for...
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Cemeteries – Added link to cemetery survey performed by Work Projects Administration (WPA). Deaths – Added extracts from Raleigh Register and North Carolina state gazette, 1799 – 1925, listed from...
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June 10, 2017
Hi…I’m Sylvia, the new Stokes County coordinator. I live in this area and my earliest (known) relative arrived in 1804. So I am always interested in the history of Stokes County! Don’t hesitate to ask...
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Added to the list of Record Groups Applicants for U.S. Citizenship in Stokes Co. between 1800-1850
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Added list of burials at Little Yadkin Methodist Cemetery More cemeteries in Stokes County coming soon! Obituaries have been added, several more are planned to be added soon.
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Welcome Back I have made lots of changes to this site. There is so much information available and I wanted to make it easier to find. So I hope you find it more organized and easier to look around!...
View ArticleMitchell, James H. (d-1873)
Died in this county August 21st, 1873, James H. Mitchell, aged 44 years. The deceased leaves a widow and six children surviving, to mourn the loss of a kind husband and father. The Danbury Reporter 28...
View ArticleFulp, Peter (d-1876)
Old Mr. Peter Fulp, the father of Joseph Fulp, of this county, who was living alone in his own house near his son’s dwelling, was burned to death last week. The house in which he lived was discovered...
View ArticleLackey, Squire (d-1877)
Squire Lackey, of Peter’s Creek township, in this county, died last week. He will be much missed in his neighborhood. We learn that he expressed a willingness to die, and entertained a bright hope of a...
View ArticleSavage, Albert Callaway (d-1922)
Rev. J.H. Capps was called to Little Yadkin last Sunday to hold burial services of Albert Calaway Savage. He was 76 years of age, had been a member of Little Yadkin Methodist Church for 50 years. His...
View ArticleSavage, Columbus Washington (d-1950)
Murphy Rites Arranged For C.W.Savage Murphy- Funeral services for C.W. Savage, 81, Murphy hotel operator and businessman, who died of pneumonia Friday morning in a Murphy hospital, will be held Sunday...
View ArticleSavage, Elisha Anderson (d-1929)
E.A.Savage, 91, Dies At Murphy Pioneer Cherokee Citizen Will Be Buried This Afternoon Murphy, Apr 23.- E.A.Savage, 91, died Monday night at 11 o clock at his home at the Regal Hotel, Murphy. He was...
View ArticleMarsh, Lillie V. (d-1907)
Lillie V. Marsh, aged 16 years, was killed by lightening near her home at Pinnacle, Stokes County, last week. She was in the field assisting her father, A.S.Marsh, harvesting wheat. The Danbury...
View ArticleSavage, Thomas H. (d-1880)
Died March 8th, 1880, after a lingering sickness, Thomas H. Savage, aged 77 years and 23 days. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He loved and worked for the church of Christ. His...
View ArticleSavage, William Anderson (d-1959)
MURPHY- William Anderson Savage, 82, former resident of Murphy, died at 5:30 am Sunday in an Atlanta, Ga. hospital following a long illness. Mr. Savage was a native of Stokes County, a son of the late...
View ArticleNewsom, Robah (d-1912)
11 year old son of Mr. J.H. Newsom, of King, who underwent an operation at the Twin City hospital at Winston last Saturday for appendicitis, died Sunday morning at 3:20. The remains were sent to King...
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