tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13645607666658204162024-03-13T11:28:04.673-07:00Davis Saunders Family AncestryDenise Diffee Hall's Ancestry Research blog for relatives and friends of these two families from Troy and Ophir, Montgomery County, North Carolina.Denise Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01833787766191597572noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364560766665820416.post-46206798905117611782016-12-26T08:20:00.000-08:002016-12-26T08:20:39.860-08:00Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!Happy New Year to all my Davis/Saunders relatives far and wide! I wish you good luck and blessings in the New Year!
From my home to yours a few pictures of our decorations this holiday season! I live in Greenville, North Carolina and my Saunders/Davis relatives are from the Montgomery County area, Ophir and Troy.
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He was raised by his parents, Nish and Sarah Davis, on the family farm, eventually courted and married Lessie Ola Lassiter, of Troy, NC. They lived in Burlington, NC for the duration of both their lives. He owned his own business as an insurance representative for a life insurance company - cannot remember which one! He and Lessie did not have any children. They lived in a beautiful home on Tarleton Avenue in Burlington - right around the corner from my parents, Jeanne and Bill Diffee. We ate dinner with them every Saturday night - steak as I was growing up. I remember Uncle Bill very fondly - he joked and teased me and was a lot of fun. It was very sad when he died young, IMO. Aunt Lessie lived to be in her late 80's in the same home. My Aunt Betty Boswell Haywood (Reece) now lives in that renovated home.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pL7-oUviEZM/VIBk-8bCY9I/AAAAAAAACCc/ahtC5lYU7aA/s1600/DavisLessie.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pL7-oUviEZM/VIBk-8bCY9I/AAAAAAAACCc/ahtC5lYU7aA/s400/DavisLessie.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SEonbq58YjY/VIBk-zNjsUI/AAAAAAAACCY/IujLkos1F0I/s1600/DavisWill20.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SEonbq58YjY/VIBk-zNjsUI/AAAAAAAACCY/IujLkos1F0I/s400/DavisWill20.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y1E-PRLVNOs/VIBk-mqtb8I/AAAAAAAACCU/FJ6_bohdgfE/s1600/DavisWill50.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y1E-PRLVNOs/VIBk-mqtb8I/AAAAAAAACCU/FJ6_bohdgfE/s400/DavisWill50.jpg" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N27Plv-Y-K8/VIBk_scom5I/AAAAAAAACCk/b1wAWZw1Kjg/s1600/DavisWillgrandmother.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N27Plv-Y-K8/VIBk_scom5I/AAAAAAAACCk/b1wAWZw1Kjg/s400/DavisWillgrandmother.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3l2JAzSozuE/VIBk_wx7ZVI/AAAAAAAACCo/PpzZo-Qo83I/s1600/DavisWillyard.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3l2JAzSozuE/VIBk_wx7ZVI/AAAAAAAACCo/PpzZo-Qo83I/s400/DavisWillyard.jpg" /></a> Denise Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01833787766191597572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364560766665820416.post-22011727684368189752014-07-11T13:45:00.000-07:002016-04-01T20:24:02.362-07:00The HouseThis house photo was found in my father, deceased Bill Diffee's, scrapbook. He was a great keeper of scrapbooks. I think this is Pleasant's home place - at least that is what is labeling the photo. Personally, I have not been to this house and would like to have some clarification about it. Of course, I also want to go to it! After speaking on the phone last night with my 3rd cousin, Jay Davis, I think it might just be the house he knows about. If you would like to contact me with more info - who owns it now, etc. Please do!!
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So then there is this house: My family (without me obviously)went to a family reunion of some sort there. My Grandmother, daughter of Nish and Sarah Davis of Flint Rd. - Elgie - is in the pictures. I'm not sure who some of the others are. She was in her 80's when there. I'm so glad she was able to attend! If you can identify any of the people in the pictures please let me know!
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Here is a darling picture of Jimmy and Connie Davis' two children many years ago playing on the lawn of the someplace of Nish and Sarah Davis - Camilla and Jay Davis. They are now in their 30's with families of their own!Denise Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01833787766191597572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364560766665820416.post-70210909562216475662014-05-17T09:18:00.000-07:002014-05-17T09:18:30.184-07:00New Page Added for picturesCheck out the new page I just added. It will be for pictures of photos of the Saunders and Davis's, Cranfords(Grandpa Nish's mother's name) and other related families. I'm starting off with some cemetery pics of gravestones and graveyards where our ancestors are buried. The comments may not be added for a few days but at least I am getting the pictures up! The cemeteries are Ophir UMC (most of the Saunders and Davis's are here), Zoar (a hard one to find on th backroads of Montgomery County, Hepzibah - I got this one off <a href="findagrave.com">Findagrave.com</a>
Please add any comments or information that you can to help me complete this blog! Just leave a comment or email me and I'll add it for you! Thanks to my cousin (2nd) Jay Davis for contacting me just recently after reading the blog. I appreciate your help and interest and hope to see you sometime soon!
DeniseDenise Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01833787766191597572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364560766665820416.post-77281639295870288572014-02-02T17:58:00.000-08:002014-07-11T07:55:10.032-07:00Ophir, Montgomery County, North Carolina<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i5DMjpG1e6M/T6XgyfDNeiI/AAAAAAAAAII/jrH92ouuTeg/s1600/DSC00021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i5DMjpG1e6M/T6XgyfDNeiI/AAAAAAAAAII/jrH92ouuTeg/s400/DSC00021.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-243b1M9TGRg/T6XgzUkuzII/AAAAAAAAAIg/oJjb7_tLCYQ/s1600/DSC00020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-243b1M9TGRg/T6XgzUkuzII/AAAAAAAAAIg/oJjb7_tLCYQ/s400/DSC00020.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hbX9RIRdRDg/T6XtL1etgmI/AAAAAAAAAI8/veQMNFV1ATg/s1600/jumping+off+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hbX9RIRdRDg/T6XtL1etgmI/AAAAAAAAAI8/veQMNFV1ATg/s400/jumping+off+2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ii2eFmZ5_Xk/UXE77lTxYNI/AAAAAAAAAtc/JuNSabnyHaY/s1600/gracenishsarahdark+couch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ii2eFmZ5_Xk/UXE77lTxYNI/AAAAAAAAAtc/JuNSabnyHaY/s400/gracenishsarahdark+couch.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3VCxN6nMPNc/UXE8LQ6Vl-I/AAAAAAAAAts/URC2ZUaGyDg/s1600/nish+sarah+young+danny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3VCxN6nMPNc/UXE8LQ6Vl-I/AAAAAAAAAts/URC2ZUaGyDg/s400/nish+sarah+young+danny.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hd2TBBzIP1M/UXFCRb2zmcI/AAAAAAAAAuU/KNB457rvrw8/s1600/collage2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hd2TBBzIP1M/UXFCRb2zmcI/AAAAAAAAAuU/KNB457rvrw8/s400/collage2.jpg" /></a></div>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophir,_North_CarolinaDenise Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01833787766191597572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364560766665820416.post-35420169374872173272013-10-17T17:25:00.000-07:002013-10-17T17:25:31.327-07:00My Grandmother was a teacherA prized picture that was just discovered of my Grandmother, Elgie Davis Diffee, when she was a teacher in the mid 1920's. She studied at Appalachian State College, in Boone, NC. She was not allowed to marry as a teacher in the 20's and secretly married my Grandfather, supposedly! She continued to teach until she became pregnant with my father in 1930.
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Denise Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01833787766191597572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364560766665820416.post-86651881004241118642013-04-04T06:10:00.004-07:002014-07-11T05:08:26.407-07:00An interesting blog to visit about the Sanders/Saunders family ancestryUnfortunately, this site was discontinued by the owners, Ancestry.com.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sandersgenealogy/Siftings.htmlDenise Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01833787766191597572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364560766665820416.post-1085004484906809242013-01-23T06:02:00.001-08:002013-01-23T06:02:07.112-08:00Shiloh Church, still standing and beautiful<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Shiloh Church, Ophir, Montgomery County, North CarolinaDenise Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01833787766191597572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364560766665820416.post-38289886088089421402013-01-01T09:37:00.002-08:002013-01-01T09:40:57.463-08:00Saunders research from Gary Sanders site<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've recently connected with a fantastic group of genealogists researching the Sanders/Saunders family lineage. Gary Sanders, in particular, has an extensive site about the Saunders/Sanders of Montgomery and Randolph County, NC. I am not going to quote too much from his site - but will give you all the link so you can visit and read all you want. I have just broken the tip of the iceberg!
from Gary Sanders,
"Most of the descendants of William Aaron and Isaac lived in the northern area of Montgomery County, not far from the Randolph County line, between Duncombe Creek and Barnes Creek, particularly near the community of Ophir, which is described as a village of tradition and pastoral values in the Montgomery County Heritage Book, Volume II:
Nestled in the Uwharries, Ophir is a family community. A community that still believes in doing things the old fashioned way.“We are all kin up here one way or another, “ said Robert Saunders. “We always tell people they better watch what they say about anybody, because more than likely, they’ll be talking about their own people.” Way back, when folks first started settling in Ophir, Ophir wasn’t Ophir. It was Saunders Hill. “I guess it was around the 1800s that the area as known as Saunders Hill,” said Myrtle Hall. “We had a post office that went across Coggins Gold Mine that was called Saunders Hill Post Office."
The name was changed from Saunders Hill to Ophir in the nineteenth century when a steel mill was built. Ophir was a reference to the land of Ophir mentioned in the Bible as a place where King Solomon obtained gold. From this small area, the descendants of the Montgomery County Saunders moved to other states in the South, Midwest, and West."
and here is the link if you want to read more:
<a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~garybsanders/#Introduction"></a>Denise Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01833787766191597572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364560766665820416.post-54733788947175811002012-12-30T16:03:00.000-08:002012-12-30T16:19:25.681-08:00Nish and Sarah<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This blog is dedicated to the memory of my Great Grandparents, Nish W. and Sarah Saunders Davis, who worked this self sustaining farm for the family from the 1800's until the 1960's. They lived and died in the foothills of the Uwharrie Mountains, the oldest mountains in North America.Denise Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01833787766191597572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364560766665820416.post-53189934474687530902012-05-05T20:17:00.000-07:002012-05-05T20:17:33.502-07:00Facts about Montgomery County<b>Facts about Montgomery County<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Troy, the county seat of Montgomery County</b>
The Town of Troy, like the rest of Montgomery County, was settled primarily by Scottish immigrants. In 1852, Angus McCaskill, one of the early settlers, donated a tract of 50 acres to the community to serve as the town proper. Until a legislative decree changed the name, the community was know as West's Oldfield. That same decree also located the courthouse in the new community and made Troy the business center of a thriving county.
The town takes its name from John B. Troy, a popular attorney and solicitor of the judicial district. Legend has it that the streets of Troy are paved with solid gold. When the streets were being paved, fill dirt was brought in from the gold mines in Eldorado, a once thriving mining community north of the town. Local citizens with a sharp eye found gold nuggets in the streets of the city. Even today, Troy still represents a golden opportunity for its citizens and visitors.
Troy sits on the edge of The Uwharrie Mountains and Ophir is within them also. Places my family took me on outings, hikes and excursions like "the jumping off point" and "low water bridge" are landmarks to locals, the names of places being passed down for generations.
Here is a picture from the Montgomery County website of the Jumping off Place. <b> ( I know the legend of the name….do you?? Be sure to place your comment for me to see below!)<i></i></b>Denise Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01833787766191597572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364560766665820416.post-43756690610019201122012-05-05T19:35:00.001-07:002014-07-11T07:57:05.140-07:00Pictures of Ophir<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Flint Road - the road that winds through Ophir and around that curve is my Great Grandparent's farmhouse and farm, the childhood home of my second cousin, Daniel Davis.
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Look closely and you will see Sammy and Jimmy Davis's childhood home, the home of their mom and dad, Mildred and Clyde Davis. Sammy and Jimmy were my second cousins.
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Two Pictures of Grandma and Grandpa Davis, the owners of the Davis Farm on Flint Road, Ophir, NC. The house is still there, owned by my cousin Sammy Davis, son of Clyde and Mildred Davis (dec). Clyde was Grandpa Nish's son and he and Mildred lived in the next house on Flint Road across from their church and what was once the schoolhouse across the street(since demolished to build a meeting center for the church).Denise Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01833787766191597572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364560766665820416.post-85701006910375547662012-03-03T16:57:00.001-08:002014-07-11T07:49:58.079-07:00Where is Ophir, Montgomery County, North Carolina?Chances are - you know! But even many North Carolinians do not know about this beautiful, serene part of our state. It is steeped in history and the roots of many generations from European and United Kingdom immigrants.
<b>The following information is from Wikipedia.org</b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophir,_North_Carolina"></a>
<b>Ophir is located on State Road 1303 (Ophir Road), with State Road 1301 (Low Water Bridge Road), State Road 1306 (Flint Hill Road), and State Road 1134 (Tower Road) junctioning within the community. Ophir is three miles northeast of N.C. Hwy.109 (Montgomery County), six miles southeast of N.C. Hwy 49 (Davidson County), six miles west of N.C. Hwy. 134 (Montgomery County), and eight miles south of N.C. Hwy. 49 (Randolph County).</b>
Ophir is approximately one mile south of Randolph County, five miles southeast of Davidson County, seven miles east of Stanly County, eleven miles west of Moore County, and twenty-one miles north of Richmond County.
The elevation of the community of Ophir is 518 feet (158 m) above sea level.[1]
<b>History</b>
Ophir was named after Ophir, the biblical region where gold was produced for King Solomon's temple.
The small community was settled during the mid-19th century, during the gold boom in the state of North Carolina.
<b>Gold</b>
Very little mining was done in Montgomery County during the Civil War. Manpower was short. Men were away at war and those left at home were focused on taking care of the farms and their families. In 1891, there were 35 mines in operation in the county, but a short while later in 1896, the N.C. Geographical Survey named only 18 mines in use. In the northwest corner of the county there were many regional mines, including several in the Ophir area. These mines all had a major impact and played important roles in the county's mining history.
The Russell Mine, one of the larger producers in Montgomery County, had a total production of around 15,000 ounces of lode gold. This mine included several open pits and underground workings that attained a depth of over 200 ft (61 m). The largest pit, "Big Cut", is about 300 ft (91 m). long, 150 ft (46 m). wide, and 60 ft (18 m). deep. As a whole, material excavated from this pit is said to have averaged $2.00 to the ton in gold. The entire mass is gold-bearing but only certain parts of it are rich enough to work, and even these parts are of low grade except for rich seams that appear and disappear abruptly. Ore is difficult to distinguish from waste, visually. Ore grades averaged about 3.4 grams per tonne (g/t), with higher-grade zones reported. The total production of the Russell Mine is reported to have exceeded $300,000.
<b>The Steel Mine</b> is located just west of Ophir along the Uwharrie River. It was a lode gold mine. The rock in the vicinity is the argillaceous slate, but according to some it is silicified schist. At the Steel Mine ore consists of thin seams of free gold, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite. These seams are conformable with the slaty cleavage or schistosity. Gold is said to have been discovered here about 1832, and the mine appears to have been worked extensively before 1853. Someone said that at this mine, gold digging amounted to mania for farmers were locating gold in almost every hill. However, the early history of the mine is obscure. Production data are fragmentary and are based on estimates. The only year for which production data are available is 1887, when $150,000 (about 75,000 ounces) in gold was produced. In 1876 the property was purchased by an English company, and until 1884 the ore was treated in Chilean mills. Mining journals for 1886 and 1887 note the repairing of old shafts and buildings of a new mill containing at first 20 stamps and later 40 stamps. One shaft was 135 ft (41 m). deep. Assay of ore taken from rich seams ranged from 20 to several hundred ounces of gold to the ton, and the ore from a few assayed more than 100 ounces of silver per ton. As late as 1934, a mill containing 10 stamps, a boiler, an engine, a roaster and other accessories remained on site going to ruin. Today, the Steel Mine is nearly inaccessible and the 1832 structures are in total ruins.
<b>Ophir today</b>
Ophir is located in the heart of the Uwharrie National Forest in the Uwharrie Mountains. There are numerous campgrounds and hiking trails, hunting and fishing spots, and recreational services nearby for the outdoorsman's comfort. Badin Lake and Lake Tillery are only a few miles away, and the Uwharrie River runs through it.
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