General Notes

Contributors to my research (Nancy D. Jones) of William Per
ry's descendants:
Virginia Mann Harris, Marsha Patterson, Steven Jones, Evang
eline Andrews, Dale Reed, Mary Beatrice Jones Hall, Morri
s Myers,Hayden Fitts (Atty.), Murray Andrew, Lori Andrew, D
on R Dodson, Francis Keenan, and Sue Ashby
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I believe these Perrys to be from VA to Chowan County, to W
arren County, to Chatham/Orange Counties NC. No Perrys foun
d in Chatham County until 1810 census.
The Chatham 1850 census tells that he was born in Virginia
. Research of Virginia Mann Harris tells that William's fam
ily lived in Warren Co NC before settling in Chatham.
STORIES: Historical Notes Concerning Hickory Mountain Unite
d Methodist Church
Pastor Charles S. Hubbard, 1983
{I believe this document was written by Pastor Hubbard}
from the records of
Mr. C.G. "Soupy" Campbell of Brown Summit, NC
Now we come to one of the famous pioneer preachers of Metho
dism, Thomas Mann. On April 21, 1805, Thomas Mann was presi
ding elder of the Salisbury District, when he wrote in hi
s diary: "We rode to Hickory Mountain. I preached from Matt
hew 10:7, ant there was a move and a shout, and I exhorted
. Brother Robert Wilkerson exhorted and the move died away
. We administered the sacrament. My mind and body hurt, tho
ugh. We had a great shout and joined three black people i
n society. We rode to Thomas Reeves, and Brother Wilkerso
n walked out in the evening and talked about old times, an
d all the pains of preaching, the pains of stopping, travel
ling, etc."
In 1812 and 1813, Thomas Mann was preacher on the Haw Rive
r District, and preached at Hickory Mountain on several occ
asions, and visited with William Perry, Gideon Goodwin, an
d Benjamin Harris. There was a two day meeting in June 1813
. Thomas Crutchfield exhorted. The folks must have gotten s
tirred up. He reported: "We had a shout and a dance - it wa
s too wicked for me".
At this time I leave my manuscript and present in evidenc
e two deeds, the first dated July 19, 1832 and the second
, dated July 24, 1856. I will conclude the historical note
s at this time with a review of these instruments.
STORIES: the 1832 deed transferred 4 acres of land to the t
rustees Hickory Mountain Church from Joseph John
Alston. The price was one dollar; and the deed was atteste
d by Phillip K. Alston, the seller's (or donor's) half-brot
her, who built and lived in the "House on the Horseshoe" no
w a state monument. Joseph John
Alston was known as "Chatham Jack" and was the owner of 40.
000 acres of land, practically all the land between the pre
sent Pittsboro and Siler City. The trustees listed on thi
s deed were listed as Edward Perry, Thomas Crutchfield, Lew
is Lutterloh, Turpee Perry, Henry Rogers, William Perry, Jo
hn Cole and Joseph John Alston. It was stipulated that a ho
use of worship would be built on this land, which was at th
e junction of the Cumberland or Fayetteville road and the R
aleigh or Stage Coach Road, from Raleigh to Salisbury. Ther
e is no record that his land reverted, which it would, if n
o church building had been constructed.
Twenty four years later, a second deed transferred 3 acre
s of land to the trustees of Hickory Mountain Church from R
obert P. Alston. The testators were Joseph Johnson and Joh
n George. The trustees listed in 1856 were: Innis A. Alston
, Oliver McMath, I.E. Nettles, George Rogers, William Fike
, R. N. Green, B.E. Brown, Obadiah Henderson and Samuel B
. Perry
-------Nancy D. Jones
(Research):Children
John PERRY b: 15 NOV 1773 in Chatham Co,N.C.
Hannah Elizabeth (twin) PERRY b: 16 FEB 1775 in NC
William "jr" (twin) PERRY b: 16 FEB 1775 in Chatham Co NC
Turner PERRY b: 30 APR 1779 in N.C.
Peter F PERRY b: 20 MAR 1781 in Chatham Co,N.C.
Edwin PERRY b: 7 MAR 1784 in N.C.
Samuel (Sr) PERRY b: 4 JUL 1786 in Chatham Co NC
Daniel PERRY b: 21 MAR 1789 in N.C.
Robert PERRY b: 22 SEP 1791 in