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151	Holly Hill Cemetery	Sechrist, Ivey Lee (I360)
152	Holly Hill cemetery	Hester, Billy Gray (I397)
153	Holly Hill Memorial park	Grubb, David Harvey (I239)
154	Holly Hill Memorial Park	Scarlette, Walter Leon (I256)
155	Holly Hill Memorial Park	Sechrist, Helen Irene (I396)
156	Holly Hills Cemetery	Sink, Paul Lindberg (I378)
157	Immanuel Church Cemetery	Fritts, Sarah Ann (I91)
158	In Jan 1991, Nelia told Gail (Fritts) Fritts, “I was b. in the log house of my great-grandfather William Fritts (1795). My grandfather Smith Fritts also lived there. The house had only two rooms: a kitchen and a bedroom. There was a ladder built on the wall to climb to the loft, but it was used mainly for storage. Four of my brothers and sisters were also b. in the log house. My father John Henderson Fritts built a house on the land he received from his father’s last will and testament. We moved in it around 1908. It is still standing now (1991). My brother John Richard Fritts received the homeplace. I remember riding the train to town. We would go maybe once or twice a month. We grew about everything we needed. We raised our own meat. We would buy coffee, sugar, and salt. The train ride cost 15–20 cents one way. We would ride into town, do our shopping, and then walk home. My Aunt Mag (Fritts) Byerly lived in Thomasville, NC. Her family would catch the train and come spend the day with us. I md. John Thomas Fritts on 27 Apr 1940, Hedrick’s Grove UCC Parsonage, Lexington, NC. He was b. 18 Jan 1899, Lexington, NC, son of John Henry (26 Jul 1863–1 Nov 1953) and Amanda Isabel (Crotts, 25 Aug 1864–11 Sep 1945, md. 21 Oct 1883) Fritts. This family also descends from William and Anna (?) Fritz (1795). My husband, John Thomas Fritts, d. 20 Dec 1987 and bur. Mt. Tabor UCC Cem., Lexington, NC. I live by myself and still tend a small garden at age 87 years (Jan 1991).	Fritts, Margaret Cornelia (I1550)
159	In rebuilding the Fritts (Fritz) Family Heritage book, Vol II, on page 788, Children of Richard and Mary E. (Fritts) Williams. Under Amanda E. Williams is a daughter listed as M. H. "Lou" Adams b. 1869. I agree this is M. H., M is for Mary. I do not believe she married Anthony Hodge Fritts as stated. I believe Anthony Hodge Fritts is married to her sister Lou B. Adams. Lou B. would not show up in the 1870 census because of birth year. But she does show up in the 1880 census with her grandparents Richard and Mary Williams, she is listed as grand daughter. Year: 1880; Census Place: Hurricane, Crittenden, Kentucky; Roll: 410; Page: 67B; Enumeration District: 057 This has to be the Lou B. daughter of Amanda and Joel Adams. As of now Amanda only had 2 other sisters, Mary L. who died at 9 by state records, to young to have a child and a sister Harriet A. who would have been to young to have a child since she was born in 1860. Lou B.'s marriage record from Hardin County, Illinois, confirms she is the daughter of Amanda and Joel Adams and is married to Anthony Hodge Fritts.	Adams, Mary H. (I818)
160	In rebuilding the Fritts (Fritz) Family Heritage book, Vol II, on page 788, Children of Richard and Mary E. (Fritts) Williams. Under Amanda E. Williams is a daughter listed as M. H. "Lou" Adams b. 1869. I agree this is M. H., M is for Mary. I do not believe she married Anthony Hodge Fritts as stated. I believe Anthony Hodge Fritts is married to her sister Lou B. Adams. Lou B. would not show up in the 1870 census because of birth year. But she does show up in the 1880 census with her grandparents Richard and Mary Williams, she is listed as grand daughter. Year: 1880; Census Place: Hurricane, Crittenden, Kentucky; Roll: 410; Page: 67B; Enumeration District: 057 This has to be the Lou B. daughter of Amanda and Joel Adams. As of now Amanda only had 2 other sisters, Mary L. who died at 9 by state records, to young to have a child and a sister Harriet A. who would have been to young to have a child since she was born in 1860. Lou B.'s marriage record from Hardin County, Illinois, confirms she is the daughter of Amanda and Joel Adams and is married to Anthony Hodge Fritts.	Adams, Lou B. (I1345)
161	In the original Fritts (Fritz) Family Heritage Book, it gives John Winfred Easter's death year as 1956, this has been proven incorrect with the new year go 1976. I believe this may have been a typo. This is proven by death certificate # 29457 of the state of North Carolina, County Orange.	Easter, John Winfred (I650)
162	ISHAM G. “ISOM” FRITTS, son of Jacob and Sarah (Sexton) Fritts (1800), b. 12 Jul 1820, Roane Co., TN; d. 1 Dec 1893; md. Elizabeth Melcinna Jordon on 8 Sep 1839, by A. McAlister, JP, Monroe Co., TN. Elizabeth was b. C1823, TN. It is possible that her father was Thomas Jordon who d. before 1846. Her mother was Lucinda (_?_), who was b. 1776, VA. Lucinda was located in Isham’s household, age 84y. According to the Mar 1846 Chancery Court at Madisonville, TN, record #226 “John Avans, Adm. of Thomas Jourden, dec’d, VS Anderson and Wily Jouden, Dialtha Wayne, William T. Jourden, Elizabeth and Isham Frits, heirs.” Elizabeth appears to of had one sister and three brothers living at the time of her father’s death. It has been recorded that Lucy Whittler was the wife of Thomas Jordon and mother of Elizabeth who md. Isham. Lucy and Lucinda may be the same person and Whittler may have been her maiden name. Isham, whose name has been spelled several ways including Isom and Isham of which we will use the later was a farmer, saloonkeeper, and dealer in real estate, in and around Kingston, TN where he sold and traded property. Isham and his family seem to have been the “Bert Lances” of Kingston with promissory notes going and coming in all directions. They were making contracts to deliver title to fractions of half-acre lots in Kingston being paid for by notes, while they were buying these lots with the notes. The catch was who payed off who’s notes first. While some of the fractional half-acre lots in Kingston were selling for over a thousand dollars, Isham had to mortgage one of his lots for a $50 loan from of all people, the real, Hugh Martin, whom, we guess, may have been the builder of the steamboat the “Hugh Martin”—that killed Isham’s son, Jacob. One of the deeds was for the steamboat the “Emory City” (not to be confused with little Dorothy and her Emerald City) and the deed showed it was built in Kingston. From Roane Co., TN deeds we might, romantically, refer to them as the "Song of the Tennessee Boatman" involve three sons of Isham Fritts: Jacob, who on 31 Mar 1875, trades the “Emory City” to R.M. and Uriah Allison for the "Hugh Martin" and a note from the Allisons for $5,000; Tom W. Fritts, younger brother, who files an Inventory of the Estate of Jacob consisting of the wreck of the “Hugh Martin”, the balance of the $5,000 note, and a list of about 150 small payments owing to the “Hugh Martin”, and who later in Nov 1875 buys from the Allisons the “Emory City”, and, Wiley H. to whom Tom W. sells the “Emory City” early in 1876. It was said by Mary Katherine (Fritts) Glover many years ago that Isham and Elizabeth had nine children with two dying as infants. Thus we are placing a unnamed child between Benj and Matilda.	Fritts, Isham G. (I549)
163	Jersey Baptist Church, Buried next to parents and husband.	Fritts, Susan (I44)
164	Jerusalem Church Cemetery	Fritts, Felix (I62)
165	Jerusalem Church Cemetery	Fritts, David Henry (I81)
166	John Fritts (1780) 'G'-1 JOHN FRITTS, first son of George (1753) and wife Mary JOHN FRITTS, (Wilson) Fritts, , born 7 May 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina according to family Bible records. He died 24 February 1841 and was buried at the Pilgrim Reformed Church Cemetery near Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. John was married about 1806 to Rebecca Younts. She was born 19 September 1785 in North Carolina. Her Will was dated 10 May 1846 and she died sometime after 1850. According to her Will, son, John Jr. (1813) was to get the use of the blacksmith tools of his father. John Jr. died in 1854, and the tools probably went to Hiram or Amos. John (1780) was a farmer and blacksmith. At the time of his death 281½ acres were divided among his ten children. All of the children were born in North Carolina. We found in the War of 1812 Muster Rolls for North Carolina two Johns. One served in the Rowan County Fourth Regiment - #36 John Frits. The other served in Burke County Second Regiment - #45 John Fritt, they are possibly the same man.	Fritts, John Sr (I16)
167	JOHN FRITTS, SR., second known son of Wooldrich and Janet (__?_) Fritz (1731), b. 1762, Shenandoah Co., VA. As far as he knew there was no record that indicated the month and day of his birth [Military Records John Fritz, Private, NC, #S10701]. As a very small child his family moved to Rowan (now Davidson) Co., North Carolina, settling near what today is the town of Lexington. At age nineteen, John joined the North Carolina military, as a Private under Captain John Lopp. This company of Rangers marched through Rowan County and the surrounding countryside searching for Tories and spying on the movements of the British, who were at this time heavily in the South. John fought at the Battle of Guilford Court House in Guilford Co., North Carolina on 15 Mar 1781 with his father, Wooldrich, and several of the Leonard’s, Wilson’s, and others of the Lexington area. The battle began with a formation of three American lines, the first consisting of North Carolina Militia. The fierce battle continued for two and one half-hours, but the British were just too much for the Americans. Even though the Americans lost the battle, the British suffered greatly with a loss of nearly 600 while the colonists suffered only about half as many casualties. Shortly after this battle John was discharged. In the summer of 1782, John re-enlisted in the service as a volunteer under Captain Peter Fost (Foush) for the purpose of guarding British and Tory prisoners who had been taken in South Carolina and brought to Salisbury for safe keeping. After a period of time at Salisbury, the British prisoners were taken toward Guilford Court House, but John remained as a guard over the Tories until relieved of service. After the war John spent the next several years living in North Carolina and Virginia. John Sr. received a 50-acre land warrant from Virginia as early as 1782 but he did not cash it in for some twenty-eight and one-half years. John Sr. purchased two tracts of land in North Carolina. The first on 18 May 1789, land grant (#1794) from North Carolina for 260 acres located on Abbotts Creek next to Michael Zink (Sinks), Frederick Smith, Valentine Beard, and John Avery. Sometime after this, John returned to Virginia, where on 9 Jan 1791, he md. Mary Beaver in Rockingham Co., VA, by Rev. Paul Henkel, with Mathias Beaver as the bondsman. At the time of their marriage John was age c29y and Mary was age c32y. From 1791 to 1808, when Mary would have been c49y, there were ten children born to this union. How long they stayed in Virginia is not definite at this time. John is found to have traveled between North Carolina and Virginia on several occasions. He was in Virginia in 1788, according to the militia "Vouchers" of Captain Josiah Harrison's Company #9, Tenth Legion, of Rockingham County. He was listed there in June 1792, same militia, Company #8, East District. The Tenth Legion was a small hamlet on the "great road" located shortly after entering Rockingham County from Shenandoah County. The censuses for Virginia in 1790 and 1800 were evidently destroyed in 1814, when the British burned Washington, D.C., Thus we have not been able to locate John with the census for this period. On 14 Mar 1791, just two months after his marriage, John sells his 260 acre, North Carolina land grant (#1794): 125 acres to Paul Dumer [DBK 12, p. 544] and 135 acres to John Avery [DBK 12, p. 542]. Then on 28 Jan 1792 [DBK 14, p. 469 or 569] John purchased his second tract of land in North Carolina —177‘/2 acres from Peter Workman. This land was located on Hamby's Creek. Here John and his family evidently lived for a couple of years. One son, Henry (c1794) was b. in North Carolina. However, his older sister, Anna Maria, who was b. 31 May 1792, could have been born either in Virginia or North Carolina? We do know she was baptized on 27 Jul 1793, at the Pilgrim Reformed Church near Lexington, North Carolina where her grandfather, Wooldrich was buried. Her parents, John Fritz and wife, Anna Marie, were her sponsors. In German the name Mary is written Maria, and in church records we found it was quite often processed by the name Anna. Records in North Carolina indicate that John sold his 177‘/2 acres on Hainby‘s Creek to Jacob Bowers on 29 Sep 1796 [DBK 16,p. 145] and as far as we know, he did not live in North Carolina again. John and Mary's third child, Barbara, listed her place of birth as Virginia, and since she was born 15 Jun 1796, it is possible that John had left the State of North Carolina before the selling of the 1771/2 acres. John and Mary’s family have five children listed by name but from census records we strongly feel that there were five more children born but we have no concrete proof as to who they were. After leaving North Carolina, the family traveled to Rockingham Co., VA where they lived in the area of the Tenth Legion probably until 1810. John and Mary purchased two tracts of land in this area. We have found that Rockingham County land records were destroyed by a fire at some date and re—recorded "from the original deeds in 1884" by act of Assembly. This would indicate that perhaps they were not a total loss. In the Rockingham County, August 1810 Court, John Fritz and wife, Mary, sell two pieces of land [DBK0000,pp. 538-540]both to Andrew Spitzer. One for 17 acres and the other for 39 acres. The 39 acres was originally granted by the state of Virginia to a John Depo? in 1792. We have not located the deeds that indicate when John and Mary purchased this land. Federal census for 1810 show that John and family were living in Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., VA. What drew John to Rockingham Co. can only be speculated. It is my (G.A. Fritts) belief that it was either family ties with the Beaver's or the Fritts's, and only time will provide us with a chance to investigate. John moved his family into Lee Co., VA in the of fall 1810, where he would live except for a five year trip to Indiana, until his death. Lee County is the State of Virginia’s furthest western county—the very tip of the state. It is deep in the Allegheny Range. Cumberland Mountain is its western boundary. At the lower end of Cumberland Mountain lies Cumberland Gap, a very important landmark in American History. Do not be deceived into thinking that just because Lee County is in Virginia that it was settled and peaceful. This county is on the Kentucky border, closer to Boonesborough than to Richmond. It was formed in 1792 from the western part of Russell County—parts of Scott and Wise counties were taken from Lee County in 1815 and 1856. Lee County was named for "Light Horse" Harry Lee of Revolutionary War fame. John settled on Wallen's Creek, a tributary to the Powell River, and lived on Wallen‘s Ridge. Over the years, John purchased and sold several tracts of land in Lee County. The earliest record was on 28 Sep 1805, when he purchased 100 acres of land lying on the north side of Waltons Ridge from Byron Breeding and his wife, Jane, [DBK 2, p. 78]. Half of this land was to remain in John's possession for better than thirty years until he sold it to his son John, Jr. who stated: "that he had a deed from his father", however, no deed was found when he, John Jr., sold it and two other parcels of land on 18 Dec 1848, to Birdine Wygal of Pulaski Co., VA; the Wygal heirs are reported to still own the property. The land that John Sr. owned, contained a cemetery—believed to be the "OLD FRITTS FARM" cemetery, where John Sr. was buried. It is located "high on a windy hill" at the very top, some 210 feet above Hurricane Branch Creek. His son, George (1807) had purchased, on 8 Mar 1828, the other half of the original farm [DBK 6, p. 11] from his father and sold it on 23 Aug 1829. to Thompson Edwards [DBK6, p. 121]. As it has been written, John Sr. and family were in Rockingham Co., VA in the 1810 census. We also are aware that he owned 100 acres in Lee Co., VA from 1805, where he was maintained on their tax list. I, (GA. Fritts) believe that John Sr. and family moved to Lee Co., in In fall of 1810. There on 21 Dec 1810, John Sr. cashed in his 50 acres of Virginia land preemption warrant (#1750), dated 10 May 1782, having the 50 acres surveyed [SBK 1, p. 416] right next to the 100 acres that he had purchased in Sep 1805. John, Sr. like others of his time — was a farmer, and from the land transactions he did well in making a living for his family. He obtained five additional tracts of land while in Lee Co. Only one would record his wife, Mary's signature that was on 2 Aug 1816, when he bought 97 acres from Benjamin Sharp and his wife, Hannah, [DBK 3, p. 212]. In the 1830 census, John Sr. and Mary were in Lee Co., VA. Mary was older than John Sr. by at least two or three years, being born between 1750 and 31 Dec 1759. The exact date of her death is unknown, probably in early 1830's in Virginia. John Sr. was living alone in Monroe Co., IN, 1840 census, next door to his son, Henry (C1794). John Sr. applied for his Revolutionary War pension [#S10701] on 27 May 1834, in Hawkins Co., TN, instead of Lee Co., VA where he lived because it was more convenient. In applying for the pension he stated: "I have lived in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia since the Revolutionary War." However, we have found no record of his living in Tennessee. On 6 Nov 1837, John Sr. applied for transfer of his pension to Monroe Co., IN where he was living. John Sr. returned to Lee Co., VA in the fall of 1842 and applied for his pension to be transferred back to Virginia in Apr 1843. John Sr. died in 1847-1848 time frame, about eight-five years of age. His great-great-granddaughter, Hattie Muncy Bales, would write in years to come that he "was buried on the old Fritts farm. A few years ago there was a rough stone marking the grave but it is no longer in evidence." In John Sr.’s pension file there was a letter from West Liberty, KY, dated 26 January 1859, to the War Department from a S.R. Fritts stating: "that my grandmother is still living and claims her pension." This woman, I, (G.A. Fritts) believe is not our Mary (Beaver) Fritts, but rather Elizabeth (Sipe) M, and as of this time we have not determined who her husband was. Elizabeth was in the Lee Co., VA, 1850 census [Dist. #31, p. 72], age ninety years, living with a Samuel Fitts, his wife and family. We have no knowledge of whose family or where Samuel R. Fitts connects! The name “Fitts” is an Americanized form of the English name “Fitz”. We are aware that Susannah Fitts and her son Cornelius lived near our Fritts’s Lee Co., VA.	Fritts, John Sr (I6)
168	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: Fritts, John Henry / Stalcup, Lorena Elizabeth (F501)
169	Just after the 1910 Census was taken.	Gordon, Julius D. (I403)
170	Kepley Cemetery	Kepley, Mary (I57)
171	Kepley Cemetery	Grubb, John H. (I58)
172	Lexington Memorial Hospital	Ward, Buford Allen (I1616)
173	Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery	Fritts, Elizabeth (I52)
174	Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery	Fritts, Lucinda R. (I68)
175	Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery	Easter, Willie L. F. (I645)
176	Macedonia Church	Family: Miller, Augustus / Fritts, Paulina (F21)
177	Maple Grove Cemetery	Hunt, Charles Franklin (I481)
178	Mapleview Cemetery Marion, Kentucky	Fritts, Matilda C. (I826)
179	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: Lambeth, Fred J. C. / Summey, Bessie Mae (F137)
180	Married by R. S. Basiner Justice of the Peace. Witnessed by Mary Lou Callicutt and Pearle Basinger.	Family: Lambeth, Coy Franklin / Pullum, Esther Irene (F135)
181	Medical Center Hospital	Kindley, Alma Alberta (I427)
182	Memorial Park Cemetery	Beeker, Ida Suzanne (I182)
183	Memorial Park Cemetery	Miller, Harvey Horatio (I183)
184	Middle initial also listed as W.	Fritts, John Henry (I102)
185	Military Rites COWDEN -- Manuel G. Gibson, 84, Cowden, cook, died Tuesday (March 9, 2004). Services: 1:30 p.m. Friday, Lockhart-Green Funeral Home, Cowden. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Burial: Myers Cemetery, Herrick, with military rites	Gibson, Manuel G. (I606)
186	Mount Zion Wesleyan Church Cemetery	Gordon, Julius Lacy (I405)
187	Mount Zion Wesleyan Church Cemetery	Bryant, Timy Mae (I406)
188	Mr. David E. Hedrick, 84, of Burlington passed away at his residence on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 1:20 p.m. A native of Lexington, NC, he was the husband of Sylvia Webster Hedrick, who survives and the son of Clifford Hedrick and Bertie Grubb Hedrick, both deceased. He was the retired owner of D. E. Hedrick Logging Company and an avid hunter and fisherman. He was a member of Glen Raven Baptist Church. In addition to his wife of the home, survivors include two daughters, Lateffa Dennis and husband Lynn and Amanda Frank and husband Robert; three sons, Robert Hedrick and wife Tammy, Deane Hedrick and wife Dana and Kenneth Hedrick and wife Janice, all of Lexington; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Betty H. Wafford of Thomasville, Wanda H. Frank and husband Bill and Jenny H. Barns and husband Tommy, all of Lexington; and brother, Jimmy Hedrick of Kannapolis. The funeral service will be conducted at Glen Raven Baptist Church on Saturday, August 25, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. by Rev. Bobby Fann with the family receiving friends from 12:45 until 1:45 p.m. prior to the service. Burial will follow in Long’s Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. Other times the family will be at the residence. Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC 27215. Rich & Thompson Funeral and Cremation Service in Burlington is assisting the family. Condolences may be offered at www.richandthompson.com.	Hedrick, David Elzie (I1150)
189	Mr. Harvey C. Easter, age 72, a resident of Fisher Ferry St. passed away Friday Oct. 24, 2014 in Thomasville Medical Center. He was born Feb. 13, 1942 in Davidson Co. NC son of the late Harvey M. Easter and Xurada Davenport Easter. Harvey operated Easter Truck Repair and Easter & Pierce House Movers. He was of the baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Jerry Easter, Dolan Easter and Lloyd Easter. Harvey was married June 10, 1966 to Barbara who survives of the home. Also surviving are one daughter, of Thomasville, two sons, both of Thomasville, and three granddaughters. Graveside services will be conducted Tuesday at 2:00 PM in Holly Hill Memorial Park cemetery.	Easter, Harvey Mozell Edgar (I661)
190	Mr. Jerry Lee Gallimore, 74, of 12277 East Old Highway 64, Lexington, passed away Saturday, August 16, 2014 at Hinkle Hospice Home. He was born December 18, 1939 in Guilford County, the son of Arthur Lee Gallimore and Dorothy Easter Gallimore. Jerry was a 1958 graduate of Central Davidson High School and a graduate of Barber School in Winston-Salem. He was an active member of Clarksbury United Methodist Church, serving on various committees. He was a barber for over 40 years, working in High Point, Thomasville, Asheboro, and Lexington. Jerry enjoyed farming, raising cattle and horses and showing quality poultry. He was a well-known poultry breeder who was a member of Guil-Rand Poultry Club, Carolina Feather Fanciers Association, Carolina Cornish Club and National Bantam Association. He was preceded in death by his parents. On November 12, 1966, he was married to Linda Hunt. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. at Clarksbury United Methodist Church with Pastor Richard Gould officiating. Burial will follow in Floral Garden Memorial Park in High Point.	Gallimore, Jerry Lee (I657)
191	MRS. JOHN GRUBB LEXINGTON - Mrs. Ida Mae Hill Grubb, 74, of Rt. 11, Lexington, the Cid Community. died Tuesday night at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body is at Lanier-Briggs Funeral Home in Denton. She was a native of Randolph County Surviving are John Grubb of the home daughters, Mrs. Magdalene Jarrell of Rt. 11, Lexington, Mrs. Tildon Floyd of Rt. 1, Trinity, Mrs. Lloyd Hunt of Rt. 2, Lexington and Mrs. Gene Nance of Phoenix, Ariz.; sons, John 0. (Tommy) Grubb of Phoenix, Ariz., William Evan Grubb of Rt. 2, Lexington and James Richard Grubb of James- town 16 grandchildren; 13 great-grand- children.	Hill, Ida (I1135)
192	Mt Zion Wesleyan Cemetery	Gordon, Julius D. (I403)
193	Name Jean Fritz Gender Female Spouse John Dancy Spouse Gender Male Bond date 26 Nov 1798 Bond # 000124036 Level Info North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 ImageNum 002766 County Rowan Record # 01 089 Bondsman Isam Wood Witness Edwin J Osborn	Family: Dancy, John Jr / Fritts, Jean (F9)
194	Name Martha E Fritts Gender Female Race White Marriage Date 28 May 1871 Marriage Place Davidson, North Carolina, USA Spouse R H Grimes Spouse Gender Male Spouse Race White Event Type Marriage	Family: Grimes, Reuben H. / Fritts, Martha Evelyn (F38)
195	Name Mattie Bell Fritts Gender Female Race White Age 18 Birth Year abt 1891 Marriage Date 8 May 1909 Marriage Place Davidson, North Carolina, USA Spouse Robert Swing Spouse Gender Male Spouse Race White Spouse Age 21 Event Type Marriage	Family: Swing, Robert Cleveland / Fritts, Mattie Belle (F515)
196	Name Mrs. Martha Fritts Grimes [Mrs. Martha Fritts Fritts] Gender Female Race White Age 94 Birth Date 23 Sep 1852 Birth Place Davidson Residence Place Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina Death Date 4 Dec 1946 Death Place Davidson, North Carolina, USA Father Hiram Fritts Mother Mary Lohr Spouse Rhuben Grimes	Fritts, Martha Evelyn (I95)
197	Name Wilburn is as per written and signed on WWII Draft Card.	Fritts, Wilburn Junior (I847)
198	Name: Hans George Fritz Memo: Found on the Captain's List for the ship "Elizabeth". The ship arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania prior to 30 Oct 1738. Name: Hans Uhllerick Fritz Memo: This was an autograph duplicate of List that contained Hans Ulrich Fritz. Found in a list that contained all the names of males above sixteen, who were required to repeat and subscribe to the Declaration of Allegiance with their own hand if they could do so and if they could not, their names were written by a clerk and they made their mark Thought to be originally from the Rhine-Palatine area of Germany, the father, Hans Ulrich Fritz, aged 30 and his son Wooldrich (Frederick) Fritz, aged 7, arrived in Philadelphia abt 1738 on the ship "Elizabeth" from Holland. Moving to the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Wooldrich married Janet and fathered at least 3 children. After 1763 the family relocated to the Lexington, NC area where 3 more children were born. In 1781 Wooldrich served as Private in Major General Nathanael Greene's Army and fought his last battle at the Guilford Courthouse alongside his sons, George (1753) and John (1762), and his friend and neighbor, Valentine Leonard and his son Jacob. When this unit was partially disbanded, the friends returned home to their neighboring farms. On November 2, 1781, Valentine and Wooldrich were both attacked and shot at their homes by a band of Tories, Woodrich dying immediately and Valentine dying 11 days later. These 2 friends and battle comrades are buried in what was known as Leonhardt's Church Cemetery and is now Pilgrim Reformed Church Cemetery on Old Pilgrim Road. The tall monument was erected 4 July 1896 for the 2 men who lost their lives so cruely after doing so much for their country and their community: The inscription on the East Side reads: "This monument was erected by citizens A.D. 1896 out of veneration for our brave dead. These men are of those who fought for and gained our liberty. Unveiled with appropriate ceremonies July 4, 1896." The West Side reads: "The heroes buried in this spot were cruelly assasinated in their own homes by Tories near the close of the Revolutionary War. They were Patriots and bravely fought for American independence." The original soapstone marker for Wooldrich reads: "W. F. Wooldrick Frits, deceased November the second, 1781, age 50 yrs. Remember me as you pass by; As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so must you be; Prepare therefore to follow me." On his footstone: "Lo, here doth lifeless Wooldrick lie, cut off by murder's cruelty."	Fritz, Hans Ulrich (I1)
199	Name: Wooldrich Frederich Frits First knowledge of Wooldrich is through a legal document in Augusta County, Virginia on March 21, 1759, when William McGee is summoned to pay freedom dues to his late servant Frederick Frits. Also on that same day, William McGee is to pay freedom dues to his late servant Janet Frits, wife of Frederick Frits.” Wooldrich would have been about twenty-seven years of age when he received his "freedom dues" from William McGee, it is our opinion that he and his wife, Janet indentured themselves to obtain money in order to establish the family in the Shenandoah valley.” (Records of Augusta Co., VA, 1745-1800, pp. 235—236.) Hans Ulrich and Wooldrich (Frederick) Fritz are found listed as father and son in the Charlotte Observer Newspaper article, Five Generations In One N.C. Family ”Shot" At One Sitting, the photograph included William Fritz (1843) and members of his family. The article was written by Rev. Jacob C. Leonard, D.D., and appeared on Sunday, August 21, 1932. It indicated that Wooldrich arrived in America on the ship "Elizabeth" at the Port of Philadelphia. We have found that Hans Ulrich Fritz was listed as the father of Wooldrich Fritz in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) records Nos. 269266 and 539883, for Wooldrich Fritz and George Fritts, Sr., respectively. Also, that George, Sr. was the son of Wooldrich. It has and is taken for fact from this article, from Port of Philadelphia shipping records for 1738, and from an affidavit written by William Fritz in 1929, that Hans and Wooldrich were father and son. It is presumed that Rev. Jacob C. Leonard, D.D. received his material, from Wooldrich's grandson William Fritz (1843) who was discussed in the article.	Fritz, Wooldrich Frederich (I2)
200	Name:David Fritts Spouse's Name:Catharine Beard Event Date:20 May 1844 Event Place:, Roane, Tennessee Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51964-2 , System Origin: Tennessee-VR , GS Film number: 560087 ,Reference ID: 2:2BMJ83W Citing this Record "Tennessee, Marriages, 1796-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDMB-G5Q : accessed 11 December 2014), David Fritts and Catharine Beard, 20 May 1844; citing , Roane, Tennessee, reference 2:2BMJ83W; FHL microfilm 560,087. Name:Catharine Beard Event Type:Marriage Event Date:20 May 1844 Event Place:Roane, Tennessee, United States Gender:Female Spouse's Name:David Fritts Page:123 Citing this Record "Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VN6B-6TQ : accessed 11 December 2014), David Fritts and Catharine Beard, 20 May 1844; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," Ancestry; p. 123, Roane, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.	Family: Fritts, David / Beard, Catherine (F211)

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Holly Hill Cemetery

Sechrist, Ivey Lee (I360)

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Hester, Billy Gray (I397)

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Holly Hill Memorial park

Grubb, David Harvey (I239)

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Holly Hill Memorial Park

Scarlette, Walter Leon (I256)

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Holly Hill Memorial Park

Sechrist, Helen Irene (I396)

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Sink, Paul Lindberg (I378)

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Immanuel Church Cemetery

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In Jan 1991, Nelia told Gail (Fritts) Fritts, “I was b. in the log house of my great-grandfather William Fritts (1795). My grandfather Smith Fritts also lived there. The house had only two rooms: a kitchen and a bedroom. There was a ladder built on the wall to climb to the loft, but it was used mainly for storage. Four of my brothers and sisters were also b. in the log house. My father John Henderson Fritts built a house on the land he received from his father’s last will and testament. We moved in it around 1908. It is still standing now (1991). My brother John Richard Fritts received the homeplace. I remember riding the train to town. We would go maybe once or twice a month. We grew about everything we needed. We raised our own meat. We would buy coffee, sugar, and salt. The train ride cost 15–20 cents one way. We would ride into town, do our shopping, and then walk home. My Aunt Mag (Fritts) Byerly lived in Thomasville, NC. Her family would catch the train and come spend the day with us. I md. John Thomas Fritts on 27 Apr 1940, Hedrick’s Grove UCC Parsonage, Lexington, NC. He was b. 18 Jan 1899, Lexington, NC, son of John Henry (26 Jul 1863–1 Nov 1953) and Amanda Isabel (Crotts, 25 Aug 1864–11 Sep 1945, md. 21 Oct 1883) Fritts. This family also descends from William and Anna (?) Fritz (1795).

My husband, John Thomas Fritts, d. 20 Dec 1987 and bur. Mt. Tabor UCC Cem., Lexington, NC. I live by myself and still tend a small garden at age 87 years (Jan 1991).

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In rebuilding the Fritts (Fritz) Family Heritage book, Vol II, on page 788, Children of Richard and Mary E. (Fritts) Williams. Under Amanda E. Williams is a daughter listed as M. H. "Lou" Adams b. 1869.

I agree this is M. H., M is for Mary. I do not believe she married Anthony Hodge Fritts as stated. I believe Anthony Hodge Fritts is married to her sister Lou B. Adams.

Lou B. would not show up in the 1870 census because of birth year. But she does show up in the 1880 census with her grandparents Richard and Mary Williams, she is listed as grand daughter. Year: 1880; Census Place: Hurricane, Crittenden, Kentucky; Roll: 410; Page: 67B; Enumeration District: 057

This has to be the Lou B. daughter of Amanda and Joel Adams. As of now Amanda only had 2 other sisters, Mary L. who died at 9 by state records, to young to have a child and a sister Harriet A. who would have been to young to have a child since she was born in 1860.

Lou B.'s marriage record from Hardin County, Illinois, confirms she is the daughter of Amanda and Joel Adams and is married to Anthony Hodge Fritts.

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Adams, Lou B. (I1345)

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In the original Fritts (Fritz) Family Heritage Book, it gives John Winfred Easter's death year as 1956, this has been proven incorrect with the new year go 1976. I believe this may have been a typo. This is proven by death certificate # 29457 of the state of North Carolina, County Orange.

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ISHAM G. “ISOM” FRITTS, son of Jacob and Sarah
(Sexton) Fritts (1800), b. 12 Jul 1820, Roane Co., TN; d. 1 Dec 1893; md. Elizabeth Melcinna Jordon on 8 Sep 1839, by A. McAlister, JP, Monroe Co., TN. Elizabeth was b. C1823, TN. It is possible that her father was Thomas Jordon who d. before 1846. Her mother was Lucinda (_?_), who was b. 1776, VA. Lucinda was located in Isham’s household, age 84y.

According to the Mar 1846 Chancery Court at Madisonville, TN,
record #226 “John Avans, Adm. of Thomas Jourden, dec’d, VS
Anderson and Wily Jouden, Dialtha Wayne, William T. Jourden,
Elizabeth and Isham Frits, heirs.” Elizabeth appears to of had one sister and three brothers living at the time of her father’s death.

It has been recorded that Lucy Whittler was the wife of Thomas
Jordon and mother of Elizabeth who md. Isham. Lucy and Lucinda
may be the same person and Whittler may have been her maiden
name.

Isham, whose name has been spelled several ways including
Isom and Isham of which we will use the later was a farmer,
saloonkeeper, and dealer in real estate, in and around Kingston, TN where he sold and traded property.

Isham and his family seem to have been the “Bert Lances” of
Kingston with promissory notes going and coming in all directions. They were making contracts to deliver title to fractions of half-acre lots in Kingston being paid for by notes, while they were buying these lots with the notes. The catch was who payed off who’s notes first. While some of the fractional half-acre lots in Kingston were selling for over a thousand dollars, Isham had to mortgage one of his lots for
a $50 loan from of all people, the real, Hugh Martin, whom, we guess, may have been the builder of the steamboat the “Hugh Martin”—that killed Isham’s son, Jacob. One of the deeds was for the steamboat the “Emory City” (not to be confused with little Dorothy and her Emerald City) and the deed showed it was built in Kingston.

From Roane Co., TN deeds we might, romantically, refer to
them as the "Song of the Tennessee Boatman" involve three sons of Isham Fritts: Jacob, who on 31 Mar 1875, trades the “Emory City” to R.M. and Uriah Allison for the "Hugh Martin" and a note from the Allisons for $5,000; Tom W. Fritts, younger brother, who files an Inventory of the Estate of Jacob consisting of the wreck of the “Hugh Martin”, the balance of the $5,000 note, and a list of about 150 small payments owing to the “Hugh Martin”, and who later in Nov 1875 buys from the Allisons the “Emory City”, and, Wiley H. to whom Tom W. sells the “Emory City” early in 1876.

It was said by Mary Katherine (Fritts) Glover many years ago
that Isham and Elizabeth had nine children with two dying as infants. Thus we are placing a unnamed child between Benj and Matilda.

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Jersey Baptist Church, Buried next to parents and husband.

Fritts, Susan (I44)

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Jerusalem Church Cemetery

Fritts, Felix (I62)

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Jerusalem Church Cemetery

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John Fritts (1780) 'G'-1 JOHN FRITTS, first son of George (1753) and wife Mary JOHN FRITTS, (Wilson) Fritts, , born 7 May 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina according to family Bible records. He died 24 February 1841 and was buried at the Pilgrim Reformed Church Cemetery near Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. John was married about 1806 to Rebecca Younts. She was born 19 September 1785 in North Carolina. Her Will was dated 10 May 1846 and she died sometime after 1850. According to her Will, son, John Jr. (1813) was to get the use of the blacksmith tools of his father. John Jr. died in 1854, and the tools probably went to Hiram or Amos. John (1780) was a farmer and blacksmith. At the time of his death 281½ acres were divided among his ten children. All of the children were born in North Carolina. We found in the War of 1812 Muster Rolls for North Carolina two Johns. One served in the Rowan County Fourth Regiment - #36 John Frits. The other served in Burke County Second Regiment - #45 John Fritt, they are possibly the same man.

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JOHN FRITTS, SR., second known son of Wooldrich and Janet (__?_) Fritz (1731), b. 1762, Shenandoah Co., VA. As far as he knew there was no record that indicated the month and day of his birth [Military Records John Fritz, Private, NC, #S10701]. As a very small child his family moved to Rowan (now Davidson) Co., North Carolina, settling near what today is the town of Lexington.

At age nineteen, John joined the North Carolina military, as a
Private under Captain John Lopp. This company of Rangers marched through Rowan County and the surrounding countryside searching for Tories and spying on the movements of the British, who were at this time heavily in the South. John fought at the Battle of Guilford Court House in Guilford Co., North Carolina on 15 Mar 1781 with his father, Wooldrich, and several of the Leonard’s, Wilson’s, and others of the Lexington area. The battle began with a formation of three American lines, the first consisting of North Carolina Militia.

The fierce battle continued for two and one half-hours, but the British were just too much for the Americans. Even though the Americans lost the battle, the British suffered greatly with a loss of nearly 600 while the colonists suffered only about half as many casualties.

Shortly after this battle John was discharged. In the summer of 1782, John re-enlisted in the service as a volunteer under Captain Peter Fost (Foush) for the purpose of guarding British and Tory prisoners who had been taken in South Carolina and brought to Salisbury for safe keeping. After a period of time at Salisbury, the British prisoners were taken toward Guilford Court House, but John remained as a guard over the Tories until relieved of service.

After the war John spent the next several years living in
North Carolina and Virginia. John Sr. received a 50-acre land
warrant from Virginia as early as 1782 but he did not cash it in for some twenty-eight and one-half years. John Sr. purchased two tracts of land in North Carolina. The first on 18 May 1789, land grant (#1794) from North Carolina for 260 acres located on Abbotts Creek next to Michael Zink (Sinks), Frederick Smith, Valentine Beard, and John Avery.

Sometime after this, John returned to Virginia, where on 9
Jan 1791, he md. Mary Beaver in Rockingham Co., VA, by Rev.
Paul Henkel, with Mathias Beaver as the bondsman. At the time of their marriage John was age c29y and Mary was age c32y.

From 1791 to 1808, when Mary would have been c49y, there were ten children born to this union. How long they stayed in Virginia is not definite at this time.

John is found to have traveled between North Carolina and
Virginia on several occasions. He was in Virginia in 1788,
according to the militia "Vouchers" of Captain Josiah Harrison's Company #9, Tenth Legion, of Rockingham County. He was listed there in June 1792, same militia, Company #8, East District.

The Tenth Legion was a small hamlet on the "great road" located shortly after entering Rockingham County from Shenandoah County.

The censuses for Virginia in 1790 and 1800 were evidently destroyed in 1814, when the British burned Washington, D.C., Thus we have not been able to locate John with the census for this period.

On 14 Mar 1791, just two months after his marriage, John sells
his 260 acre, North Carolina land grant (#1794): 125 acres to Paul Dumer [DBK 12, p. 544] and 135 acres to John Avery [DBK 12, p. 542].

Then on 28 Jan 1792 [DBK 14, p. 469 or 569] John purchased his
second tract of land in North Carolina —177‘/2 acres from Peter Workman. This land was located on Hamby's Creek. Here John and his family evidently lived for a couple of years. One son, Henry (c1794) was b. in North Carolina. However, his older sister, Anna Maria, who was b. 31 May 1792, could have been born either in Virginia or North Carolina? We do know she was baptized on 27 Jul 1793, at the Pilgrim Reformed Church near Lexington, North Carolina where her grandfather, Wooldrich was buried. Her parents, John Fritz and wife, Anna Marie, were her sponsors. In German the name Mary is written Maria, and in church records we found it was quite often processed by the name Anna.

Records in North Carolina indicate that John sold his 177‘/2
acres on Hainby‘s Creek to Jacob Bowers on 29 Sep 1796 [DBK 16,p. 145] and as far as we know, he did not live in North Carolina again.

John and Mary's third child, Barbara, listed her place of birth as Virginia, and since she was born 15 Jun 1796, it is possible that John had left the State of North Carolina before the selling of the 1771/2 acres.

John and Mary’s family have five children listed by name but
from census records we strongly feel that there were five more
children born but we have no concrete proof as to who they were.

After leaving North Carolina, the family traveled to
Rockingham Co., VA where they lived in the area of the Tenth
Legion probably until 1810. John and Mary purchased two tracts
of land in this area. We have found that Rockingham County land records were destroyed by a fire at some date and re—recorded "from the original deeds in 1884" by act of Assembly. This would indicate that perhaps they were not a total loss. In the Rockingham County, August 1810 Court, John Fritz and wife, Mary, sell two pieces of land [DBK0000,pp. 538-540]both to Andrew Spitzer. One for 17 acres and the other for 39 acres. The 39 acres was originally granted by the state of Virginia to a John Depo? in 1792. We have not located the deeds that indicate when John and Mary purchased this land. Federal census for 1810 show that John and family were living in Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., VA.

What drew John to Rockingham Co. can only be speculated.
It is my (G.A. Fritts) belief that it was either family ties with the Beaver's or the Fritts's, and only time will provide us with a chance to investigate. John moved his family into Lee Co., VA in the of fall 1810, where he would live except for a five year trip to Indiana, until his death.

Lee County is the State of Virginia’s furthest western
county—the very tip of the state. It is deep in the Allegheny
Range. Cumberland Mountain is its western boundary. At the
lower end of Cumberland Mountain lies Cumberland Gap, a very
important landmark in American History. Do not be deceived into thinking that just because Lee County is in Virginia that it was settled and peaceful. This county is on the Kentucky border, closer to Boonesborough than to Richmond. It was formed in 1792 from the western part of Russell County—parts of Scott and Wise counties were taken from Lee County in 1815 and 1856. Lee County was named for "Light Horse" Harry Lee of Revolutionary War fame.

John settled on Wallen's Creek, a tributary to the Powell River, and lived on Wallen‘s Ridge. Over the years, John purchased and sold several tracts of land in Lee County. The earliest record was on 28 Sep 1805, when he purchased 100 acres of land lying on the north side of Waltons Ridge from Byron Breeding and his wife, Jane, [DBK 2, p. 78]. Half of this land was to remain in John's possession for better than thirty years until he sold it to his son John, Jr. who stated:
"that he had a deed from his father", however, no deed was found when he, John Jr., sold it and two other parcels of land on 18 Dec 1848, to Birdine Wygal of Pulaski Co., VA; the Wygal heirs are reported to still own the property. The land that John Sr. owned, contained a cemetery—believed to be the "OLD FRITTS FARM" cemetery, where John Sr. was buried. It is located "high on a windy hill" at the very top, some 210 feet above Hurricane Branch Creek.

His son, George (1807) had purchased, on 8 Mar 1828, the other half of the original farm [DBK 6, p. 11] from his father and sold it on 23 Aug 1829. to Thompson Edwards [DBK6, p. 121].
As it has been written, John Sr. and family were in Rockingham
Co., VA in the 1810 census. We also are aware that he owned 100 acres in Lee Co., VA from 1805, where he was maintained on their tax list.

I, (GA. Fritts) believe that John Sr. and family moved to Lee
Co., in In fall of 1810. There on 21 Dec 1810, John Sr. cashed in his 50 acres of Virginia land preemption warrant (#1750), dated 10 May 1782, having the 50 acres surveyed [SBK 1, p. 416] right next to the 100 acres that he had purchased in Sep 1805.

John, Sr. like others of his time — was a farmer, and from the
land transactions he did well in making a living for his family. He obtained five additional tracts of land while in Lee Co. Only one would record his wife, Mary's signature that was on 2 Aug 1816, when he bought 97 acres from Benjamin Sharp and his wife, Hannah, [DBK 3, p. 212].

In the 1830 census, John Sr. and Mary were in Lee Co., VA.
Mary was older than John Sr. by at least two or three years, being born between 1750 and 31 Dec 1759. The exact date of her death is unknown, probably in early 1830's in Virginia. John Sr. was living alone in Monroe Co., IN, 1840 census, next door to his son, Henry (C1794).

John Sr. applied for his Revolutionary War pension [#S10701] on 27 May 1834, in Hawkins Co., TN, instead of Lee Co., VA where he lived because it was more convenient. In applying for the pension he stated: "I have lived in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia since the Revolutionary War." However, we have found no record of his living in Tennessee.

On 6 Nov 1837, John Sr. applied for transfer of his pension to
Monroe Co., IN where he was living. John Sr. returned to Lee Co., VA in the fall of 1842 and applied for his pension to be transferred back to Virginia in Apr 1843. John Sr. died in 1847-1848 time frame, about eight-five years of age.

His great-great-granddaughter, Hattie Muncy Bales, would write
in years to come that he "was buried on the old Fritts farm. A few years ago there was a rough stone marking the grave but it is no longer in evidence."

In John Sr.’s pension file there was a letter from West Liberty, KY, dated 26 January 1859, to the War Department from a S.R. Fritts stating: "that my grandmother is still living and claims her pension."

This woman, I, (G.A. Fritts) believe is not our Mary (Beaver) Fritts, but rather Elizabeth (Sipe) M, and as of this time we have not determined who her husband was. Elizabeth was in the Lee Co., VA, 1850 census [Dist. #31, p. 72], age ninety years, living with a Samuel Fitts, his wife and family. We have no knowledge of whose family or where Samuel R. Fitts connects! The name “Fitts” is an Americanized form of the English name “Fitz”. We are aware that Susannah Fitts and her son Cornelius lived near our Fritts’s Lee Co., VA.

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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

Family: Fritts, John Henry / Stalcup, Lorena Elizabeth (F501)

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Just after the 1910 Census was taken.

Gordon, Julius D. (I403)

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Kepley Cemetery

Kepley, Mary (I57)

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Kepley Cemetery

Grubb, John H. (I58)

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Lexington Memorial Hospital

Ward, Buford Allen (I1616)

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Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery

Fritts, Elizabeth (I52)

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Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery

Fritts, Lucinda R. (I68)

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Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery

Easter, Willie L. F. (I645)

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Macedonia Church

Family: Miller, Augustus / Fritts, Paulina (F21)

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Maple Grove Cemetery

Hunt, Charles Franklin (I481)

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Mapleview Cemetery Marion, Kentucky

Fritts, Matilda C. (I826)

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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

Family: Lambeth, Fred J. C. / Summey, Bessie Mae (F137)

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Married by R. S. Basiner Justice of the Peace. Witnessed by Mary Lou Callicutt and Pearle Basinger.

Family: Lambeth, Coy Franklin / Pullum, Esther Irene (F135)

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Medical Center Hospital

Kindley, Alma Alberta (I427)

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Memorial Park Cemetery

Beeker, Ida Suzanne (I182)

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Memorial Park Cemetery

Miller, Harvey Horatio (I183)

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Middle initial also listed as W.

Fritts, John Henry (I102)

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Military Rites

COWDEN -- Manuel G. Gibson, 84, Cowden, cook, died Tuesday (March 9, 2004).
Services: 1:30 p.m. Friday, Lockhart-Green Funeral Home, Cowden. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Burial: Myers Cemetery, Herrick, with military rites

Gibson, Manuel G. (I606)

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Mount Zion Wesleyan Church Cemetery

Gordon, Julius Lacy (I405)

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Mount Zion Wesleyan Church Cemetery

Bryant, Timy Mae (I406)

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Mr. David E. Hedrick, 84, of Burlington passed away at his residence on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 1:20 p.m.

A native of Lexington, NC, he was the husband of Sylvia Webster Hedrick, who survives and the son of Clifford Hedrick and Bertie Grubb Hedrick, both deceased. He was the retired owner of D. E. Hedrick Logging Company and an avid hunter and fisherman. He was a member of Glen Raven Baptist Church.

In addition to his wife of the home, survivors include two daughters, Lateffa Dennis and husband Lynn and Amanda Frank and husband Robert; three sons, Robert Hedrick and wife Tammy, Deane Hedrick and wife Dana and Kenneth Hedrick and wife Janice, all of Lexington; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Betty H. Wafford of Thomasville, Wanda H. Frank and husband Bill and Jenny H. Barns and husband Tommy, all of Lexington; and brother, Jimmy Hedrick of Kannapolis.

The funeral service will be conducted at Glen Raven Baptist Church on Saturday, August 25, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. by Rev. Bobby Fann with the family receiving friends from 12:45 until 1:45 p.m. prior to the service. Burial will follow in Long’s Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. Other times the family will be at the residence.

Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC 27215.

Rich & Thompson Funeral and Cremation Service in Burlington is assisting the family.

Condolences may be offered at www.richandthompson.com.

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Mr. Harvey C. Easter, age 72, a resident of Fisher Ferry St. passed away Friday Oct. 24, 2014 in Thomasville Medical Center.

He was born Feb. 13, 1942 in Davidson Co. NC son of the late Harvey M. Easter and Xurada Davenport Easter.

Harvey operated Easter Truck Repair and Easter & Pierce House Movers. He was of the baptist faith.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Jerry Easter, Dolan Easter and Lloyd Easter.

Harvey was married June 10, 1966 to Barbara who survives of the home. Also surviving are one daughter, of Thomasville, two sons, both of Thomasville, and three granddaughters.

Graveside services will be conducted Tuesday at 2:00 PM in Holly Hill Memorial Park cemetery.

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Mr. Jerry Lee Gallimore, 74, of 12277 East Old Highway 64, Lexington, passed away Saturday, August 16, 2014 at Hinkle Hospice Home. He was born December 18, 1939 in Guilford County, the son of Arthur Lee Gallimore and Dorothy Easter Gallimore. Jerry was a 1958 graduate of Central Davidson High School and a graduate of Barber School in Winston-Salem. He was an active member of Clarksbury United Methodist Church, serving on various committees. He was a barber for over 40 years, working in High Point, Thomasville, Asheboro, and Lexington. Jerry enjoyed farming, raising cattle and horses and showing quality poultry. He was a well-known poultry breeder who was a member of Guil-Rand Poultry Club, Carolina Feather Fanciers Association, Carolina Cornish Club and National Bantam Association. He was preceded in death by his parents. On November 12, 1966, he was married to Linda Hunt. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. at Clarksbury United Methodist Church with Pastor Richard Gould officiating. Burial will follow in Floral Garden Memorial Park in High Point.

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MRS. JOHN GRUBB LEXINGTON - Mrs. Ida Mae Hill Grubb, 74, of Rt. 11, Lexington, the Cid Community. died Tuesday night at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body is at Lanier-Briggs Funeral Home in Denton. She was a native of Randolph County Surviving are John Grubb of the home daughters, Mrs. Magdalene Jarrell of Rt. 11, Lexington, Mrs. Tildon Floyd of Rt. 1, Trinity, Mrs. Lloyd Hunt of Rt. 2, Lexington and Mrs. Gene Nance of Phoenix, Ariz.; sons, John 0. (Tommy) Grubb of Phoenix, Ariz., William Evan Grubb of Rt. 2, Lexington and James Richard Grubb of James- town 16 grandchildren; 13 great-grand- children.

Hill, Ida (I1135)

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Mt Zion Wesleyan Cemetery

Gordon, Julius D. (I403)

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Name Jean Fritz
Gender Female
Spouse John Dancy
Spouse Gender Male
Bond date 26 Nov 1798
Bond # 000124036
Level Info North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum 002766
County Rowan
Record # 01 089
Bondsman Isam Wood
Witness Edwin J Osborn

Family: Dancy, John Jr / Fritts, Jean (F9)

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Name Martha E Fritts
Gender Female
Race White
Marriage Date 28 May 1871
Marriage Place Davidson, North Carolina, USA
Spouse
R H Grimes
Spouse Gender Male
Spouse Race White
Event Type Marriage

Family: Grimes, Reuben H. / Fritts, Martha Evelyn (F38)

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Name Mattie Bell Fritts
Gender Female
Race White
Age 18
Birth Year abt 1891

Marriage Date 8 May 1909
Marriage Place Davidson, North Carolina, USA

Spouse
Robert Swing
Spouse Gender Male
Spouse Race White
Spouse Age 21

Event Type Marriage

Family: Swing, Robert Cleveland / Fritts, Mattie Belle (F515)

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Name Mrs. Martha Fritts Grimes
[Mrs. Martha Fritts Fritts]
Gender Female
Race White
Age 94
Birth Date 23 Sep 1852
Birth Place Davidson
Residence Place Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina
Death Date 4 Dec 1946
Death Place Davidson, North Carolina, USA

Father Hiram Fritts

Mother Mary Lohr

Spouse Rhuben Grimes

Fritts, Martha Evelyn (I95)

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Name Wilburn is as per written and signed on WWII Draft Card.

Fritts, Wilburn Junior (I847)

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Name: Hans George Fritz
Memo: Found on the Captain's List for the ship "Elizabeth". The ship arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania prior to 30 Oct 1738.
Name: Hans Uhllerick Fritz
Memo: This was an autograph duplicate of List that contained Hans Ulrich Fritz.
Found in a list that contained all the names of males above sixteen, who were required to repeat and subscribe to the Declaration of Allegiance with their own hand if they could do so and if they could not, their names were written by a clerk and they made their mark

Thought to be originally from the Rhine-Palatine area of Germany, the father, Hans Ulrich Fritz, aged 30 and his son Wooldrich (Frederick) Fritz, aged 7, arrived in Philadelphia abt 1738 on the ship "Elizabeth" from Holland. Moving to the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Wooldrich married Janet and fathered at least 3 children. After 1763 the family relocated to the Lexington, NC area where 3 more children were born.
In 1781 Wooldrich served as Private in Major General Nathanael Greene's Army and fought his last battle at the Guilford Courthouse alongside his sons, George (1753) and John (1762), and his friend and neighbor, Valentine Leonard and his son Jacob. When this unit was partially disbanded, the friends returned home to their neighboring farms. On November 2, 1781, Valentine and Wooldrich were both attacked and shot at their homes by a band of Tories, Woodrich dying immediately and Valentine dying 11 days later. These 2 friends and battle comrades are buried in what was known as Leonhardt's Church Cemetery and is now Pilgrim Reformed Church Cemetery on Old Pilgrim Road.

The tall monument was erected 4 July 1896 for the 2 men who lost their lives so cruely after doing so much for their country and their community:
The inscription on the East Side reads: "This monument was erected by citizens A.D. 1896 out of veneration for our brave dead. These men are of those who fought for and gained our liberty. Unveiled with appropriate ceremonies July 4, 1896."
The West Side reads: "The heroes buried in this spot were cruelly assasinated in their own homes by Tories near the close of the Revolutionary War. They were Patriots and bravely fought for American independence."

The original soapstone marker for Wooldrich reads: "W. F. Wooldrick Frits, deceased November the second, 1781, age 50 yrs. Remember me as you pass by; As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so must you be; Prepare therefore to follow me." On his footstone: "Lo, here doth lifeless Wooldrick lie, cut off by murder's cruelty."

Fritz, Hans Ulrich (I1)

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Name: Wooldrich Frederich Frits
First knowledge of Wooldrich is through a legal document in Augusta County, Virginia on March 21, 1759, when William McGee is summoned to pay freedom dues to his late servant Frederick Frits. Also on that same day, William McGee is to pay freedom dues to his late servant Janet Frits, wife of Frederick Frits.” Wooldrich would have been about twenty-seven years of age when he received his "freedom dues" from William McGee, it is our opinion that he and his wife, Janet indentured themselves to obtain money in order to establish the family in the Shenandoah valley.” (Records of Augusta Co., VA, 1745-1800, pp. 235—236.)

Hans Ulrich and Wooldrich (Frederick) Fritz are found listed as father and son in the Charlotte Observer Newspaper article, Five Generations In One N.C. Family ”Shot" At One Sitting, the photograph included William Fritz (1843) and members of his family. The article was written by Rev. Jacob C. Leonard, D.D., and appeared on Sunday, August 21, 1932. It indicated that Wooldrich arrived in America on the ship "Elizabeth" at the Port of Philadelphia. We have found that Hans Ulrich Fritz was listed as the father of Wooldrich Fritz in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) records Nos. 269266 and 539883, for Wooldrich Fritz and George Fritts, Sr., respectively. Also, that George, Sr. was the son of Wooldrich. It has and is taken for fact from this article, from Port of Philadelphia shipping records for 1738, and from an affidavit written by William Fritz in 1929, that Hans and Wooldrich were father and son. It is presumed that Rev. Jacob C. Leonard, D.D. received his material, from Wooldrich's grandson William Fritz (1843) who was discussed in the article.

Fritz, Wooldrich Frederich (I2)

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Name:David Fritts
Spouse's Name:Catharine Beard
Event Date:20 May 1844
Event Place:, Roane, Tennessee
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51964-2 , System Origin: Tennessee-VR , GS Film number: 560087 ,Reference ID: 2:2BMJ83W

Citing this Record
"Tennessee, Marriages, 1796-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDMB-G5Q : accessed 11 December 2014), David Fritts and Catharine Beard, 20 May 1844; citing , Roane, Tennessee, reference 2:2BMJ83W; FHL microfilm 560,087.

Name:Catharine Beard
Event Type:Marriage
Event Date:20 May 1844
Event Place:Roane, Tennessee, United States
Gender:Female
Spouse's Name:David Fritts
Page:123

Citing this Record
"Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VN6B-6TQ : accessed 11 December 2014), David Fritts and Catharine Beard, 20 May 1844; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," Ancestry; p. 123, Roane, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

Family: Fritts, David / Beard, Catherine (F211)

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