i believe some of the tripps family moved down to anderson sc. This situation confronts many researchers today as something of a "no-man's land." A deed dated Jan. 27, 1763 by Henry McCulloch, Esq. We all had a great time at the first event when Andy gathered old and young together in a big square to start the dancing! My family line comes from James, brother to Samuel. The very appearance of the Organ Church building is itself a monument to the German tradition of craftsmanship and the love of solidarity in herent in these Germans, who came along with the Scotch-Irish by the same pioneer trails through Virginia, and for the same purpose: to find fertile land and freedom to work and worship in North Carolina. Davidson College owes much of its stature to the men of Rowan who founded and supported it, among them Maxwell Chambers. WebThe earliest families identified in Jersey Settlement c1745 were those of Jonathan Hunt, Thomas and Rebecca (Anderson) Smith, Robert Heaton, and John Titus. MSS., 1974, available at FS Library. There, under the command of a Capt.