Caswell County, North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1778-1868


Book Description

This is a collection of all 5,700 extant marriage bonds for Caswell County from 1778 to 1868. Each entry herein identifies the bride and groom, the date of the bond, and the name of the bondsman or witness.




Widows by the Thousand


Book Description

This collection of letters written between Theophilus and Harriet Perry during the Civil War provides an intimate, firsthand account of the effect of the war on one young couple. Perry was an officer with the 28th Texas Cavalry, a unit that campaigned in Arkansas and Louisiana as part of the division known as ""Walker's Greyhounds."" His letters describe his service in a highly literate style that is unusual for Confederate accounts. He documents a number of important events, including his experiences as a detached officer in Arkansas in the winter of 1862-63, the attempt to relieve the siege of Vicksburg, mutiny in his regiment, and the Red River campaign, just before he was killed in the battle of Pleasant Hill. Harriet's writings allow the reader to witness the everyday life of an upper-class woman enduring home front deprivations, facing the hardships and fears of childbearing and childrearing alone, and coping with other challenges resulting from her husband's absence.










Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5: Families G-P


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"The foundation for this work is the Muster of Jan 1624/25 which had never before been printed in full."--Page xiii, volume 1.













John Gant, Ca. 1713-1783, of Virginia and North Carolina


Book Description

Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of John Gant who was born ca. 1713. He was likely the son of J. Gant of Isle of Wight Co., Virginia. John settled in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina and likely married twice. He was the father of eight known children. Descendants lived primarily in North Carolina and Tennseess.