Journal of the Old New Hanover Genealogical …

1 Oakdale Cemetery, showing Southern Gray Moss - Wilmington, NC Journal of the Old New Hanover Genealogical society Volume 12, Number 3 Summer, 2000 OLD NEW Hanover Genealogical society BOX 2536 WILMLNGTON, NC 28402-2536 Otlicers: Carole Nunalee Weiss, President, Home, 350-0376 E-mail: cwtiss4042(i! J. D. Causey, Vice-President, Home, 763-2708 Jim Edwards, Treasurer, Home, 397-0228 E-mail: Doris Wa, Secretary, Home, 259-3862 E-mail: Donald Pierce Blake, Past President, Home 791-5230 E-mail: Marie Preston, Telephone Committee, Home, 79 1-6620 Dean Jamtt, Book Department, Home 763-4071 John Butler, Book Department, Board Member-at-large, 3 7 1-3 594 E-mail: WEB SITE: Objectives: To collect, preserve, and disseminate knowledge and information with reference to Genealogical and related historical, biographical, and heraldic data.)

2 To encourage and promote interest in Genealogical research, to adhere to principles of accuracy and thoroughness in research; to champion ethical standards and to discourage and oppose incompetent and disreputable practices of researchers; to foster careful publications, to encourage and provide scholarly training for all interested in these endeavors. Membership: The membership of the society is open to all individuals and organizations interested in genealogy upon payment of dues which are renewed annually in January. Dues are: Individual and Institutional: $ ; Family: $ ; Life: $ Mail dues to ONHGS Secretary at the above address.

3 Members are encouraged to submit surnames of the families that they are researching to be included in the society 's ancestor roster. They also receive a 10% discount on all publications and free queries in the Clarendon Courier. Clarendon Courier: Members receive this quarterly in the Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. The deadline for submission of material for publication is December 10, March 10, June 10 and Sept. 10. Back Joseph Sheppard, Book Department NC Room, 341-4394 E-mail: Beverly Tetterton, Editor, Clarendon Courier NC Room, 341-4394 E-mail: Ann Hewlett Hutteman, Editor Clarendon Courier, Home, 762-4647 E-mail: huttem;ulCdbell~) issues can be purchased for $ per issue or $ per year.

4 Meetings: Monthly meetings are held at 7:00 on the second Tuesday of the month, September through May. Unless otherwise notified, meetings are held in the large meeting room of the New Hanover County Public Library, 201 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, NC. The computer interest group meets at 6:00 in the Library's small meeting room prior to the monthly meetings. Book Department: The society has for sale over 80 Genealogical abstracts covering Southeastern North Carolina. Your membership allows you a 10% discount on all books. Please let us know if you want a book list. Queries: Queries are published free for members.

5 They should be typed or legibly printed on separate sheets of paper, each with the sender's name and address. Each query should state geographical connection to Southeastern North Carolina or adjacent areas, and such dates as place them in context. They are subject to editing. So that the editor will understand them, please do not abbreviate. Mail queries to Van Stilley. Queries Editor, at the above address. THE CLARENDON COURIER Journal OF THE OLD NEW Hanover Genealogical society Volume 12. No. 3 Summer. 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS society Notes Cemetery Bibliography ONHGS 2000-2001 Programs New Hanover County Court Minutes May Term, 18 15 Tribute to Randy Cary New Hanover County Deed Book "D" A List of the Wounded, Captured or Killed At Fort Fisher, January 15,1865 The Bill Reaves Collection List of Men in the Spanish Alarm St.

6 Thomas The Apostle Roman Catholic Church Register of Births, Mamages and Deaths Cover Photograph: Oakdale Cemetery, Pearl Stevens Butler Post Card Collection, New Hanover Public Library. society NOTES Make your plans to attend the society 's first fall meeting on September 12,2000 at 7:00 in the large meeting room of the New Hanover County Public Library. The first program is entitled: "Now That Aunt Sarah Left You the Family Papers, What Do You Do with Them??" Experts will give helpful advice on how to conserve your family memorabilia. The McKenzie Computer Group will meet at 6:00 A complete list of thls year's program titles is on page 44.

7 The ONHGS Board wants all Life Members to continue receiving their Couriers and other communications from the society . However, due to the ever increasing postal charges, if your Courier is returned with no fonvarding address, we will bc forccd to drop you from our mailing list. Please inform us of any address changes. Thank you. Doris Waff, Secretary. New society members are Lynn Benson, Carolina Beach, NC and Gwen K. Brown, Great Mills, MD. Welcome! Congratulations to Ann Hutternan, Coeditor of the Courier, who was awarded a Lower Cape Fear society Cup for her book, One Hundred Golden Summers: A History of the Hanover Seaside Club, 1898-1 998, at the society 's annual meeting in May.

8 CLARENDON COURIER SUMMER 2000 42 A Bibliography of Cemeteries Prepared by Beverly Tetterton New Hanover County Oakdale Cemetery Records, Wilmington, North Carolina, 5 volumes, 1852-1 879; 1880-1 920; 1920-1949; 1950-1969; 1970-1988. Founded in 1852, Oakdale is Wilmington's largest cemetery. Many who died before 1852 were also removed to Oakdale. There are 4 different books that cover Bellevue Cemetery whlch began in 1879 as a private cemetery company. Some of the following compilations are taken from stones, some from the registers, and some include both. It is wise to check all of the volumes. Burial Records of Bellevue Cemetery, Wilmington, N.

9 C. compiled by Jeff and Susan Phillips. Register of Deaths and Burials, Bellevue Cemetery Company, July 1876 - May 1988, an Eagle Scout project, led by Jonathan T. Rowel1 of Boy Scout Troop 2 15. Bellevue Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina, A Directory of Grave Sites, a 'photocopy of an old hand written listing. Lower Cape Fear Gravestone Records, Vol. 111 (Bellevue Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina), by Ida Brooks Kellam. Prospect Cemetery, by Emma Yopp Murray. Located in a recently highly developed area north of Wilmington near Highway 1 17 and Military Cutoff Road, the earliest grave dates to 1860.

10 Oak Grove Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina, compiled by Bill Reaves. The original Oak Grove records have been lost. Mr. Reaves compiled them from newspaper notices and death certificates. It is the final resting place of both whites and blacks. There was also a "potter's field" area for unknowns, strangers, criminals and the destitute. Masonboro Sound Cemeteries and Other Information, compiled by Crockett W. Hewlett. Included anithe burials in Masonboro Baptist Church as well as several family cemeteries in the area. Inscriptions, by Elizabeth Francenia McKoy. From St. James Church graveyard, these records include the entire tombstone inscription.