1. 1910 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Trap Hill District; Lester; taken on 26 Apr 1910; Page 261B;
Image 32 of 57; Family #272/282.
Listed as Tessie M. Gray; age 8; born in WV; in household of father, William T. Gray.
1. "Birth Records of Wilkes Co, NC", Vol 14, page 395.
Virginia Elledge born on 20 May 1928 to Eugene and Elzora Elledge.
2. 1930 Census, Wilkes Co, NC. Mulberry Township, taken on 13 Apr 1930, Page 122B , Family #218.
Listed as Inez V. Ellidge, age 1 yr, 11 months, born in NC, in household of father, Eugene C. Elledge.
1. "Birth Records of Wilkes Co, NC", Vol 10, page 470.
Wayne Elledge born on 11 Sep 1924 to Eugene and Elzora Elledge.
2. 1930 Census, Wilkes Co, NC. Mulberry Township, taken on 13 Apr 1930, Page 122B , Family #218.
Listed as Wayine Ellidge, age 5, born in NC, in household of father, Eugene C. Elledge.
3. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Scenic Memorial Gardens; Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co, NC; submitted by
C. Fairchild; 5 Nov 2011.
Wayne Elledge; born 11 Sep 1924 in Wilkes Co, NC; died 3 Nov 2011 in North Wilkesboro, NC;
buried here; double grave marker photo shown with wife; personal photo and obit posted.
"Mr. Wayne Elledge, age 87, of Mulberry Creek Road, North Wilkesboro, died Thursday, November 3, 2011 at Wilkes Regional Medical Center. Mr. Elledge was born September 11, 1924 in Wilkes County to Eugene Calvin and Martha Elzora Blevins Elledge, where he was born and lived his entire life in the same house. He was a World War II Navy Veteran, a member of Haymeadow Baptist Church where he was a deacon and Sunday School teacher for 50 years and a farmer. Mr. Elledge was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Vaught Elledge; and two sisters, Faye Key and Levina Smith."Surviving are his wife, Carol Marie Best Elledge of the home; one son, Anthony Wayne Elledge and wife Maria of North Wilkesboro; two daughters, Brenda Pruitt and husband Mott of Purlear, Louise Holland and husband Bill of North Wilkesboro; two brothers, Clifford Elledge of Raleigh, E.C. Elledge and wife Evelyn of North Wilkesboro; one sister, Inez Jones and husband Dick of Myrtle Beach, SC.; eight grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.
"Funeral service will be held 3:00 o'clock Sunday, November 6, 2011 at Miller Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Matthew Foster officiating. Burial with military honors by Veterans of Foreign War Honor Guard Post 1142 will follow in Scenic Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at Miller Funeral Chapel from 2:00 until 3:00 o'clock on Sunday, prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Haymeadow Baptist Church Bible Ministry for Schools, C/O Elizabeth Gambill, 744 Harrold Mtn. Road, Hays, NC 28635. Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements. On line condolences may be made to www.millerfuneralservice.com "
1. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Vernon Key
Gender Male
Race White
Age 21
Birth Year 1916
Marriage Date 5 Jun 1937
Marriage Place Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
Spouse Effie Faye Ellidge
Spouse Gender Female
Spouse Race White
Spouse Age 20
Event Type Marriage
Household Members"
2. North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Vernon Edward Key
Gender Male
Race White
Age 52
Birth Date 5 Apr 1916
Birth Place , North Carolina, United States
Residence Place North Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina
Death Date 30 Apr 1968
Death Place Wilkes, North Carolina, USA, North Wilkesboro
Father Daniel Key
Mother Vander Adams
Spouse Effie Faye Elledge
Household Members"
3. FindAGrave.com Website, submitted by Rich K; 12 Mar 2011.
" Vernon Edward Key
Birth 5 Apr 1916
North Carolina, USA
Death 30 Apr 1968 (aged 52)
North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Baptist Home Church Cemetery
Mulberry, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Memorial ID 66828074"
1. "Birth Records of Wilkes Co, NC", Vol 3, page 440.
Effie Elledge born on 17 Jan 1917 to Eugene and Elzora Elledge.
2. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC, Mulberry Township, River Road, taken on 2 Jan 1920, Page 129A,
Family #2.
Listed as Fay Elledge, age 2 yr, 11 months, born in NC, in household of father, Eugene C. Elledge.
3. 1930 Census, Wilkes Co, NC. Mulberry Township, taken on 13 Apr 1930, Page 122B , Family #218.
Listed as Effie F. Ellidge, age 13, born in NC, in household of father, Eugene C. Elledge.
4. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Vernon Key
Gender Male
Race White
Age 21
Birth Year 1916
Marriage Date 5 Jun 1937
Marriage Place Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
Spouse Effie Faye Ellidge
Spouse Gender Female
Spouse Race White
Spouse Age 20
Event Type Marriage
Household Members"
5. FindAGrave.com Website, submitted by C. Fairchild; 2 Jan 2012.
" Effie Faye Elledge Key
Birth 17 Jan 1917
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Death 1 Aug 2005 (aged 88)
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Baptist Home Church Cemetery
Mulberry, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Memorial ID 82871919 "
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Cane Creek Monthly Meeting Cemetery, Snow Camp, Alamance
Co, NC; submitted by Darrell Brown; 10 Nov 2012.
William Brown; born 10 Jan 1726 in Bucks Co, PA; died in Feb 1800; buried here; biography posted;
"Biography
"William was born in 1726 in Bucks County, PA, the eldest son of Thomas and Ruth (Large) Brown. His family belonged to the Buckingham Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers), so he was presumably born in Buckingham Township. In May, 1741, he moved with his family to the new Quaker settlement called Hopewell in the Shenandoah Valley of northern Virginia. No doubt they traveled the Great Wagon Road, which went from Philadelphia to central North Carolina, crossing Virginia through the Shenandoah Valley. It was an Indian trail that was traversable by wagons only as far south as Winchester, in Frederick County. William’s father Thomas bought land just north of Winchester, near what is now Arden in Berkeley County, West Virginia. There they built a fine log house that is today on the national register of historic places. They started an orchard and nursery business that introduced orchardry to the region, still one of its major industries. The family farm was quite successful and expanded to over 1200 acres."The Brown farm adjoined a farm belonging to the Simon Moon family, who were also Quakers. The families were close, and three of the Brown children married three of the Moon children. William Brown and Hannah Moon were married there on February 4, 1748. The minutes of Hopewell Monthly Meeting for that day say, “The friends appointed to see Wm Brown & Hannah Moon’s marriage accomplished report that it was decently consummated.”
"Early in 1750, William’s father Thomas passed away, leaving Thomas 200 acres. He evidently sold the land, for around that same time he and Hannah moved to central North Carolina, to the new Quaker settlement called “Cane Creek,” in what is now Alamance County but was then part of Orange County. They were founding members of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends, which formed in 1751. They were blessed with thirteen children, all of whom grew up and married. All but one, Thomas, moved further west to Guilford and Yadkin Counties, or on to Indiana. William remained in the Cane Creek community, where he died in February, 1800. His grave was no doubt marked with an uninscribed field stone, as was the custom in those days among Quakers.
"Last Will and Testament of William Brown
"I, William Brown of Orange Co., of State of North Carolina, being weak of body but of perfect mind and memory, and knowing the mortality of my body, that it is appointed for all men once to die, do therefore this 19th day of 11th month in the year 1797 make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner following.
"And as touching such worldly estate as is hath pleased the Lord to bless me with, I bequeath, and give and devise and dispose of in the following manner.
First I ordain and constitute my son Joel Brown and my friend Jacob Marshall my whole and sole Executors of the whole in trust. I allow my funeral expenses and just debts to be first paid out of my estate."I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Hannah Brown a horse and saddle, a feather bed and furniture, a cow and a calf, and [moveable] possessions on the plantation that I now live on and sufficiently maintained thereon with the privileges of the house during her widowhood.
I give and bequeath to my daughter Deborah a feather bed and furniture, a sorrel filly that is called ??, a cow and calf, and her side saddle."Then I allow at my wife’s consent for my possessions of lands to be sold and the money equally divided amongst my sons who are living at that time, except my son William to whom I allow ten pounds (10) less than the others, and at my wife’s consent for all my valuable estate to be sold that in or may be found upon the premises and the money to be equally divided amongst my daughters who are living at that time. I give two-tenths to each of my children … two shillings.
In witness and testimony where of I, William Brown set my hand and affixed my seal the day and year above written.
"William Brown (Seal)
"Signed and sealed in the presence of
"William Brown
"Jacob Brown
"William Stout"
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Cane Creek Monthly Meeting Cemetery, Snow Camp, Alamance
Co, NC; submitted by Darrell Brown; 10 Nov 2012.
Hannah Moon Brown; born 2 Feb 1729 in Chester Co, PA; died in 1799; buried here; no grave
marker photo shown; biography posted.
"Hannah was born in February 2, 1729, in Chester County, PA, where her family belonged to the Society of Friends (Quakers). Most likely her great grandmother, Joan (Burgess) Moon, lived with the family, because a picture of their house was painted onto a ceramic bread platter that John had brought with her from England in 1882. (See photo.) Her grandmother died early in 1739.
Around time of her grandmother’s death, the family moved to a new Quaker settlement in Frederick County, Virginia, part of which is now in Berkeley County, West Virginia. There they belonged to the Hopewell Friends meeting, which had begun in 1734. Their farm was near present-day Arden, and it adjoined the farm of another Quaker family, Thomas and Ruth Brown. The two families were close, and three of the Moon children married three of the Brown children. Richard Moon and Susannah Brown were married on February 6, 1746; Hannah Moon and William Brown on Feb 4, 1748; and Margaret Moon and Thomas Brown on August 10, 1748."The Quakers kept careful records, but the minute book for the years 1734-1759 were lost when a fire destroyed the home where they were kept. But among the few records surviving is this one, reprinted in the book "Hopewell Friends History" p. 50: "At our Monthly Meeting of Hopewell at Opeckan the fourth Day of the second month A. D. 1748. ... The friends appointed to see Wm. Brown & Hannah Moons Marriage Accomplished report that it was decently Consumated." Their first child, named Thomas Hood Brown, was born on December 28, 1749. Two days later, William’s father Thomas made out his will.
"Hannah’s father Simon died early in 1749, and his will was proved on February 9 of that year. Thomas Brown, the father of William, died in May of the next year, leaving William 200 acres of farmland. William evidently sold the land, and the couple moved to central North Carolina, where new Quaker settlements were being developed. Hannah and Thomas settled in the Cane Creek community of what is now Alamance County, but at that time part of Orange County. A Monthly Meeting of Friends was started there in 1751. Other siblings came later and settled in the New Garden community, where a meeting for worship began in 1751, and a monthly meeting in 1754.
At a later date the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting made of list of the birthdates of Hannah and William and their children, and it lists the first as happening in December, 1949, in Cane Creek. If that is correct, then Hannah and William moved to North Carolina before the death of William’s father Thomas Brown."Hannah and William were blessed with a total of thirteen children, all of whom grew up and married. The Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume 1, by William Wade Hinshaw, lists them as follows::
Thomas, born 10-28-1749
Samuel, born 5-30-1751
William, born 1-26-1753
Rachel, born 10-2-1754
Hannah, born 6-5-1756
Richard, born 1-6-1758
Sarah, born 1-28-1760
Mary, born 9-18-1762
Ebunazar, born 5-3-1763
Anne, born 12-17-1765
Joseph, born 9-23-1767
Joel, born 1-29-1769
Deborah, born 4-8-1774
See the photo section for the actual record."