Search Online Catalog Alamance County Historical Museum, compiled by the. Alamance County: the legacy of its people and places / edited by Elinor Samons Euliss; Greensboro, NC: Legacy Publications; Burlington, N.C. : May be ordered from Alamance County Historical Museum, c1984. NC Ref 975.658 ALA Charlotte Observer Catawba Valley Neighbors Section V January 4, 1995 Harvest of History Highlights the Anthony/Sigmon farm ABRAHAM ANTHONY FOCUS is primarily on the property itself.  "Of particular interest to local historians, the ANTHONY family farm has a silo built inside the barn. A copy of the article is stored in the Catawba County--Historic Houses--ANTHONY file, located in the Rhodes Room Vertical file cabinets.  It includes four pictures, including one of the Greek revival brick farmhouse built in 1877-78, and the barn with the interior silo. Corpening, Albert N. The Corpening family: (the Southern branch), Corpening, Copening, Copeney, Copany, Copeny Franklin, IN: The Author, 1967 NC Ref 929.2 CORPENING Page 148 Eaker, Lorena Shell, 1927- German speaking people west of the Catawba River in North Carolina, 1750-1800 : and some émigrés' participation in the early settlement of southeast Missouri Franklin, NC: Genealogy Pub. Service; Church Hill, TN: book orders to SCK Publications (L.S. Eaker, P.O. Box 2125, Church Hill 37642), c1994. NC Ref 975.600431 EAK Pages 64 & 65 Eaker, Lorena Shell, 1927- The shoe cobbler's kin: genealogy of the Peter (Ecker) Eaker, Sr. family / compiler and editor, Lorena Shell Eaker (Mrs. Odis C.) Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1976-c1985. Vol. 2 published: Church Hill, TN: SCK Publications. NC Ref 929.2 EAKER Pages 810 & 811--Paulus Antoni--1741 Etters, Abbie S. Ancestry of Henry Jacob Anthony File copy only due to copyright restrictions. Heritage of: Jackson County Madison County Stokes County Surry County Swain County Union County Yadkin County Hickerson, Thomas Felix. Happy Valley, history and genealogy Chapel Hill, NC: Hickerson, 1940. NC Ref 929.3 HIC Hickory Daily Record October 3, 1991 (Page 3B) Families Plan Annual Reunion    Phillip B. and Sara Ann Martin Anthony Hofmann, Margaret M. Colony of North Carolina: abstracts of land patents, Volume 1 Weldon, N.C.: Roanoke News Co., c1982-c1984. v. 1. 1735-1764 NC Ref 929.3 HOF v.1 Page 398 JOHN SHUFFORD and PAUL ANTHONY 22 December 1768--37 Tryon County (...)." #1404 Holcomb, Brent Deed abstracts of Tryon, Lincoln and Rutherford counties, North Carolina, 1769-1786: Tryon county wills and estates Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1977. NC Ref 929.37567 DEE Pages 532-534 Paul, Froney, Abraham & Jacob Anthony named. Ingmire, Frances Terry. Abstracted wills of Catawba County, North Carolina, 1842-1870 St. Louis, MO (10166 Clairmont Dr., St. Louis 63136): F.T. Ingmire, c1984. NC Ref 929.3756785 ING Page 19 -- Abraham, Abel Henry, Any Mary, Cephas Paul, Elisabeth Salena, Jacob, Magdalen, Paul & Philip Page 701 -- Julius A. Lincoln County Deed Records Book 1, Page 532 May 20, 1771 Paul Anthony and wife Froney give land in order that a "Christian Church Lotarin and Presbetaren" could be built.  There is a note that the land for both for the church as well as a schoolhouse. Observer News Enterprise First Friday Magazine August 5 & 10, 1983 By Lois Boynton Youngsters tour family homes Page 5 tells the story of Abraham Anthony and his career shift from farmer to cobbler.  Page 6--Photograph of the front of the Abraham Anthony home. Photographs of some Anthony descendants, some interesting trivia of the times such as the photo of Minerva Sigmon and family posing with photographs of deceased relatives--reported to be a common practice of the times. October 19, 1983 Obituary Rosa Anthony--Lincolnton (97) Pennsylvania German church recordsof births, baptisms, marriages, burials, etc.: from the Pennsylvania German Society proceedings and addresses--with an introduction by Don Yoder. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983. Arch. 929.3748 PEN New Hanover Lutheran Church, List of Baptisms. Page 146-147--Antoni, Elizabeth born Feb 24, 1751, parents Paul & Euphronica Philbeck, Miles S. Lincoln County, North Carolina will abstracts, 1779-1910 / compiled by Miles S. Philbeck, Jr. and Grace Turner. Wilson, NC: G. Turner; Chapel Hill, N.C.: M.S. Philbeck, Jr., c1986. NC Ref 929.375678 PHI Wills of Anderson, George, John P. Paul, Phillip, and Phillip White, Emmett R. Revolutionary War soldiers of western North Carolina: Burke County Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, c1984- NC Ref 973.3456 WHI Pages 4 & 5--Philip Anthony--early, military, and later life summaries. Yoder, George M. A condensed history of early settlers in Catawba County NC Ref 929.2 YOD Page 22+

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