SAFERIGHT Family Photos

J. Elmer Saferight - (1894 - 1951)

Flora Sarah Saferight - (1890 - 1972)

Grady E. Saferight and wife Lena
Grady - (1906 - 1998)

Ulleses Grant Saferight - (b. abt 1870)
Back L to R: Garland Saferight, Jack Saferight, Joe Saferight, Ulleses Grant Saferight, Martha Jane Saferight
Adults Front Row: Clara Maude Holland Saferight, Lugie Saferight

Ulleses Grant Saferight - (b. abt 1870)

William Wesley Saferight - (1861 - 1941)

William Wesley Saferight and wife Clara
William - (b. abt 1899)

William Wesley Saferight - (1899)

Peter Daniel WATKINS Homeplace - Stokes County, NC

Peter Daniel WATKINS Homeplace

Front view of Peter Daniel Watkins Home. People were still living here when I took the image in 2003. Therefore, I couldn't get any closer.  Located at 704 Moir Farm Rd., Stokes County, NC. This place served as the Watkinsville Post Office 1895-1904. Peter was the Post Master until his death in 1903. The family cemetery is off to the side of the house closer to the road. 

Peter Daniels Watkins Home - Front View

Peter Daniel Watkins Home - Side view from the family cemetery

 The Peter Daniel Watkins Family Cemetery beside the house and my little daughter

WATKINS Old Homeplaces - Horsepasture, VA

WATKINS Homeplaces

This home is in the best shape of all the Watkins homes on the old home site in Horsepasture, VA near Price Road. We also believe it is the oldest. The first house below had people living in it until the 1980's. Based on the original construction, we estimate it was first built around 1780-1820.

1st House - Front Image

1st House - Side View 

1st House - Top of stairs looking down from upper floor. 

I took this image in the around 2004. I have no idea if the condition of the house has grown worse, but at this time the structure was sound enough to climb the stairs and walk around the upper room. 

Back behind the first Watkins house and in the woods was another Watkins house. Between these homes was a huge indenture that looked like it used to be an old wagon road between the houses. Beyond this house is the Old Watkins Cemetery. These graves have now been relocated and merged with the Payne Cemetery nearby. These two families intermarried. I do not know if this house and these woods were still there as the area was being cleared for development around 2009. 

 2nd House

 2nd House - Inside main living room fireplace

 This was the 3rd Watkins House in an open field beyond the 2nd house. Due to development and the relocation of the Watkins Cemetery, we believe this 3rd Watkins House was destroyed. 

3rd Watkins House

Inside the 3rd Watkins house - Inside main living room fireplace.

Wall(s) Photos

Andrew Burgess Wall (b. 1841) & wife Delphina Mendenhall

Dartha and Clarence Wall

Dartha Walls

Esther Walls (left), sister Maizie Wall (middle), mother Laura Osborne (Walls)

Esther Lucille Walls 

Esther Lucille Walls at Sumner School (first row, third to left)

Esther Lucille Walls Esther Walls(left) and Mabel Self(right)

Ethel, Monroe and Vera Walls

Etta Wall (b. 1877)

Glenn Wall & wife Edna Beeson on 50th Anniversary 

Helen Faye Wall (1930-1984)

Hannah Wall (1830-1898)

Louzena Wall

Maizie Walls (right), sister Esther Walls (left), mother Laura Osborne (Walls)

Maizie Malinda Wall

Maizie Wall (left)and Vera Wall (right)

Mary Vada Wall (1921-1978)

Mary Vada Wall and boyfriend Ralph Johnson

Mary Vada Wall, Janice Robbins Hudson (baby), Ellen Wall (child standing), Etta Morgan Robbins

Sarah Esther Saferight Wall and brother Simion Saferight

Sue Wall and brother, Larry

Troy Wall and wife, Billie

Troy Wall Family & Glenn Wall Family

Troy Franklin Wall (1888-1950)

Vera Wall (b. 1898) and Laura Osborne (Wall)(b. abt. 1870)

Vera Wall (right)and Maizie Wall (left)

Venor Raymond Wall

William Andrew Wall (1892-1978)

William Andrew Wall, Flora Saferight (Wall) & son, Glenn

William Andrew Wall with sons Glenn & Troy

 

William Henry Wall (1852-1923) & Martha Jane Zeek (1858-1927)

William Henry Wall & Martha Jane Zeek (Young)

William Nelson Wall (b.1891)

Galloway Family of South Carolina

Our Galloway family settled in Darlington County, South Carolina. Galloway is a territorial name from a region in southwest Scotland. The associated clan name for Galloway is a sept of MacFarlane Clan.

My gg-grandmother was Elizabeth Galloway who married William Wesley Hudson. Her parents were George Galloway and Susanna Pipkin. Her grandfather was Absalom Galloway. Based on circumstantial evidence, we believe that Absalom's birth was during or before the 1760's. Our Galloway family cemetery is still in the Galloway family and in excellent condition on private property. While we aren't sure exactly when and where our Galloways came to the Carolinas, we do know they were here by the mid-to-late 1700's due to the land deeds and will records from the area. 

 

As time permits, I plan to continue researching the the Galloways in the Carolinas.

WATKINS Photos

Below are photos of WATKINS family members and ancestors connected to the families in Our Carolina Roots. All are descendants of Edward "Ned" Watkins and his wife Catey, born in the mid-to-late 1700's. If you would like to submit more WATKINS photos, contact Jennifer Hudson Taylor, here.

Bernice "Betty" Watkins (b.1892) daughter of James "Jimmy" Robert Watkins and Mary Emma Watkins

Biddie Watkins (b.1877) with husband John Thomas Carter, and son, James Everette Carter
Biddie Watkins with daughter, Cassie Carter, and granddaughter, Rachel Carter

Christine Watkins age 2 with father, Judson Hersley Watkins
Christine Fern Watkins (b.1920) Age 17
Christine Fern Watkins Age 18
Christine Fern Watkins (color image)
Christine Watkins with husband Lee Thomas Hudson in 1938 before they married
Christine Watkins (Hudson) with husband Lee Hudson, and sons, Tommy and Bennie
Christine Watkins (Hudson) with daughter, Jane Hudson, and sons, Bennie and Tommy
Christine Watkins (Hudson) at 80th birthday party in May 2000

Daniel T. Watkins (1873-1936) son of Horsley Watkins and Ruth Watkins, husband of Licora "Cora" Nunn, his parents were first cousins.
Daniel T. Watkins (not sure of identity, but believed to be a young Daniel T. Watkins)

Greenbury (Green Berry) Watkins (1830-1915) only photo of Watkins brother that served in the Civil War


Gussie Watkins daughter of Judson Hersely Watkins and Sallie Harris, died before age 2


Jack Coley Watkins, Sr. son of Peter "Jud" Judson Hersley Watkins and Sallie Lou Harris 


John Tyler Watkins (1860-1932) oldest son of Hiram Smith Watkins and Susan Payne, husband of Naomie "Nannie" E. Watkins, daughter of William Joseph Watkins and Elizabeth Jane Creasy, John and Naomie were first cousins.
John Tyler Watkins on his horse, Ruby
John Tyler Watkins with his wife and daughters

Judson Hersley Watkins in WWI uniform with wife Sallie Harris
Judson Watkins with daughter Christine at age 2
Judson "Jud" Hersley Watkins (1899-1956) son of James "Jimmy" Robert Watkins and Mary Emma Watkins, parents were first cousins.


Lucille Watkins (Chilton) with brother Ronald Watkins at sister Christine Watkins Hudson's 80th birthday party May 2000


Marvin Watkins son of Judson Hersley Watkins and Sallie Harris Watkins

Mary Emma Watkins (1870-1938) daughter of Horsley Watkins and Ruth Watkins, wife of James "Jimmy" Robert Watkins, her parents were first cousins and she married her first cousin.


Pearl "Aggie" Joyce Watkins (b.1890), daughter of Daniel Webster Watkins and Lucy Ann Joyce, wife of William Perry Barnes


Ronald Watkins with sister Lucille Watkins Chilton at sister Christine Watkins Hudson's 80th birthday party May 2000


Rufus Joseph Fountain Watkins (1859-1929), son of John Wesley Watkins and Susan Robertson, husband of Mary "Emma" Busic

Thank You to our Heroes on July 4th!

This weekend we are celebrating our Independence on July 4th. But few of us even know the names of the men who fought for our Independence outside of the famous Generals like George Washington, and those who actually signed the Declaration of Independence. Many in this nation did not even come here until after the Revolutionary War.

I would like to introduce to you Alexander Smith, Private in the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War, my 6th great-grandfather, on my mother's side of the family. I owe him a debt of gratitude. He not only made it possible in bringing our family to America, but he risked his life to make it possible that my family, as his descendants, would have a better life as free citizens of the United States of America.

It's nice to know that my family played such an important part of our nation's history. The writer in me can't help but wonder about the sacrifices my family must have made during this time as we celebrate the beginning of our nation. Having just returned from a visit to colonial Williamsburg, VA, the time is even more real to me.

I do not have a photo of Alexander Smith, but I do have a photo of his grandson, Reverand Alexander Smith Robbins, who was the brother to my 4th great-grandfather, Nathan Robbins. I have five generations of my Robbins family buried at Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery, dating back before our country was even a nation.

Thank you to our ancestors, and forefathers, who had the courage to stand up, and fight for our freedom. God realizes our sinful nature on earth to take what isn't ours, to commit violence when greed and lust overcome our ability to reason. He knew that there would be times when peaceful people would have to defend themselves against wrong doing and invaders of their peaceful existence.

I believe that is why the Bible says in Ecclesiastes 3 "To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:...A time to love; a time to hate; A time of war, a time of peace."

 

Notice it says "under heaven". He knew our sinful nature. In this world we have to try and be more like Jesus. That's why the prayer that Jesus gave us in the New Testament says, "Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." If we could live on earth like they do in heaven, we wouldn't have all the problems in the world that we have. But we live here on earth, where many nonbelievers commit bad crimes. As believers we have to recognize this fact.

God will save us out of this world. He will not save us in this world. Because we are not of this world. "And he said to them, `You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.'" (John 8:23)

That is why there are Christian martyers who die for their faith. That is why pain, desease, debt, unhappiness, and sorrow exists. But God has given us His word, hope, faith, joy, and love to combat the evil with His goodness. But His goodness has to be received. When people reject Him, "seeing they do not see, hearing they do not hear" (Matthew 13:13), that's when war breaks out, killing takes place, and when He was crucified.

As long as we live on earth, we will have to endure such things, and we will have to decide what side we will be on. Because we still live here in the flesh, and our children, and our children's children will be affected. And like our ancestors, we will have to make decisions and sacrifices. But for those of us who are believers in Christ, we still have the assurance of our faith, a home that is not of this world.

Thank you God, for our country's independence. Please grant us the wisdom to keep it.