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Research on the Cox family genealogy was begun by Rev. Simeon O. Coxe (1877-1955). Verl F. Weight (one of the many descendants of the Cox family) and Mrs. Charles W. Cox (Willie Miller) further researched, compiled and published the information into the first edition in mimeographed copies in 1962. When time took its toll on these copies and years of work began to fade away, Mary Carol Cox volunteered to retype and publish As A Tree Grows into a paperback book. ... Read more

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Painstakingly developed from monthly meeting records, Hinshaw's Encyclopedia ofAmerican Quaker Genealogy is the magnum opus of Quaker genealogy. In its productionthousands of records were located and abstracted into a uniform and intelligible system ofnotation. The data gathered in the several volumes of the Encyclopedia is arranged by meeting,then alphabetically by family name, and chronologically thereunder. And each of the prodigiousvolumes is indexed. All six volumes of the Encyclopedia have been out of print for a number ofyears, so it is with pleasure that we announce the re-publication of Volume I, covering the oldestmeetings in North Carolina.The North Carolina volume is complete in itself for the thirty-three monthly meetings of theCarolinas and Tennessee which were part of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting. The recordsconsist of every item of genealogical value, including births, marriages, deaths and minutes ofproceedings, grouped together for each meeting by families, in alphabetical order, and coveringthe period from 1680 through the early 1930s. The minutes relating to certificates of removal arenumerous and of great genealogical interest, as they give evidence either of membership in aprevious monthly meeting or membership in a new meeting, thus enabling genealogists to traceQuaker ancestors from one place to another. ... Read more

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John Hill Wheeler was the first native of North Carolina to devote any appreciabletime to the history of the Tarheel State. In this work, the first of two to be reprinted by ClearfieldCompany at this time, he deals with the entire range of North Carolina history but particularlythe period from 1780 to 1850.

Historical Sketches of North Carolina is divided into two parts. The first deals with the history ofthe state as a whole. The second part--by far the largest and most important, and drawn almostentirely from unpublished records--consists of historical sketches of the component counties.Dwelling at length on the history of the formation of each county, each of these essays includessketches of the early settlements and settlers, accounts of prominent families, thumbnailbiographies of distinguished statesmen, soldiers and professional men, and lists of countyofficials. The complete index at the back of the volume refers to several thousand persons whofigured prominently in the early history of the state. ... Read more