From the Blue Ridges to the Sandhills: The History of 4 North Carolina Families

Sources for the Family History of
Bob & Jane Willey Oakley

Census:

Population Schedule of the Seventh Census of the United States (Washington: National Archives and Record Service) 1850, North Carolina, Rockingham County, Western District, p. 81/161.

Population Schedule of the Eighth Census of the United States (Washington: National Archives and Record Service) 1860, North Carolina, Surry County, Mt. Airy District, p. 52.

Population Schedule of the Ninth Census of the United States (Washington: National Archives and Record Service) 1870, North Carolina: Surry County, Franklin Township, p. 288; Surry County, Nixons Township, p. 27; Alleghany County, Glade Creek, p. 274.

Population Schedule of the Tenth Census of the United States (Washington: National Archives and Record Service) 1880, North Carolina, Surry County, Enumeration District 173, Franklin Township, p. 1.

Population Schedule of the Twelfth Census of the United States (Washington: National Archives and Record Service) 1900, North Carolina, Surry County, Enumeration District 104, Bryan Township, Sheet 15; Enumeration District 105, Dobson Township, Sheet 11.

Population Schedule of the Thirteenth Census of the United States (Washington: National Archives and Record Service) 1910, North Carolina, Surry County, Enumeration District 132, Franklin Township, Sheet 12A.

Population Schedule of the Fourteenth Census of the United States (Washington: National Archives and Record Service) 1920, North Carolina, Surry County, Enumeration District 246, Bryan Township, Sheet 2B; Enumeration District 252, Franklin Township, p. 2A; Enumeration District 255, Mount Airy, p. 16A.

Population Schedule of the Fifteenth Census of the United States (Washington: National Archives and Record Service) 1930, North Carolina, Surry County, Sheet 1A, Enumeration District 86-8, Franklin Township, April 2, 1930; Sheet 1B, Enumeration District 86-8, Franklin Township, April 3, 1930; Sheet 25A, E.D. 86-16, Mount Airy Township, April 28, 1930; Sheet 26A, E.D. 86-16, Mount Airy Township, April 28, 1930; Mount Airy, District 15, Sheet 13A; Horsepasture, Henry, Virginia, Enumeration District 3, p. 6B.

Vital Records:

Death certificate of Robert T. Oakley, vol. 515, p. 155.

Death certificate of Maggie J. Snow, vol. 92, p. 131.

Will of James Ambrose Oakley, Will Book 14, pp. 287-288, Grayson County Clerk of the Circuit Court, Independence VA.

Microfilm #C.092.62008, Surry County Marriage Licenses 1900-1961, Vol. Mc-R, Raleigh: Division of Archives and History.

Marriage Records, Book 5, p. 24, Grayson County Clerk of the Circuit Court, Independence VA.

North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2000, Raleigh: Division of Archives and History.

Index to Vital Statistics, Surry County NC, p. 63; Birth certificates Vol. 15, p. 248; Vol.4, p. 195.

Gravestones:

Gravestones in the following cemeteries: New Life Baptist Church, Surry County, NC; Rocky Fork Christian Church, Lee County, NC; Liberty Union Baptist Church, Surry County, NC; Franklin Primitive Baptist Church, Surry County, NC.

See also:

Oakley Family Gravestones: New Life Baptist Church Cemetery, Surry County, NC.

Oakley Family Gravestones: Liberty Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Low Gap, Surry County, NC.

Oakley Family Gravestones: Rocky Fork Christian Church Cemetery, Lee County, NC.

Websites:

Carolyn Spence, "The Willey families of western North Carolina , and southwest Virginia, ca. 1800," October 2002, http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~willspnc/willey.htm, (October 7, 2002).

Albert Y. Drummond, Drummond's Pictorial Atlas of North Carolina: Electronic Edition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003, p. 147, http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/drummond/drummond.html, accessed Nov. 23, 2007; and "Visitor's Guide 40: City Gets Its Name from a Lovely Leaf," http://www.lcni4.com/pages/specialsections/055/VisitorsGuide/VG40.pdf, accessed 11-23-2207.

Books:

Barrett, Bride Index to Surry County Marriages 1853-1971, vol. II, J-Z.

Carol J. Leonard, compiler, Surry County, N.C. Tax List for the Year 1862, Toast: C & L Historical Publications, 1984, p. 81.

Lemuel Kallam, Kallam Survey of Cemeteries of Surry County and Surrounding Counties, Mt. Airy: Surry County Historical Society, Inc., 1981. Vol. 1, pp. 74, 148; Vol. 3, p. 24, line 80; Vol. 6, pp. 14-20--entry # 46, 76, 77--entry 32, 93; Vol. 12, p. 164; Vol. 14, p. 209--entries #24-25; Vol. 26, p. 247.

Betty J. Camin and Ann B. Stewart, Records of Moody Funeral Services, Mt. Airy: Published by the Authors, 1990.

Clayton and Agnes M. Wells, compilers, "Grandfather Clause" Voter Registration Book 1902-1908, Surry County, N.C., Mt Airy, 1990.

Surry County Genealogical Association, A History of Surry County Churches, (Dobson NC: SCGA, 2003) pp. 71, 199, 209-210, 262.

Obituaries:

Mabel Oakley Bottomley, Smyth County News and Messenger, (Virginia), http://www.smythnews.com/981024/obit.htm, accessed Sept. 27, 2001.

Margaret J. Haynes, Winston-Salem Journal, Jan. 21, 1943, p. 3.

Arnold Lee Oakley, Mount Airy News, July 29, 1977, p. 5.

Arnold Lee Oakley, Winston-Salem Journal, July 27, 1977, p. 5.

Effie Isaacs Oakley, Mount Airy News, Sept. 16, 1975, p. 6.

Etta Isaacs Oakley, Winston-Salem Journal, March 5, 1951, p. 5.

George Washington Oakley, Winston-Salem Journal, March 29, 1957, p. 5.

George Washington Oakley, Mount Airy News, April 2, 1951, p. 8.

James Ambrose Oakley, Winston-Salem Journal, April 27, 1960, p. 2.

John Hubert Oakley, Winston-Salem Journal, Sept. 7, 1952, p. 8B.

James Earl Oakley, Winston-Salem Journal, August 20, 1985, p. 18.

Reba G. Oakley, Raleigh News and Observer, (N.C.) March 19, 1947.

"Deaths: Area and State," Winston-Salem Journal, May 19, 1982, p. 14.

Military Records:

World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Microfilm Publication M1509: North Carolina, Surry County A-O, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930)

From the Blue Ridges to the Sandhills: The History of 4 NC Families/Sources for Bob & Jane Willey Oakley Family History
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