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The HQ database includes the full text (actual images) of about 20,000 books. Here are some titles we've found that are related to Gaston, Lincoln and Tryon Counties. Some of these titles are located in our North Carolina Collections in Gastonia and Lincolnton, but now you can use them at home too.
All titles can be found through "Title Search" in Heritage Quest.
Alvord, Idress Head, Head, descent of Henry Head (1695-1770) in America, unknown: unknown, 1948, 680 pgs.
Anonymous, Branson's North Carolina business directory : containing facts, figures, names and locations, revised and corrected annually ..., Raleigh, N.C.: Branson & Farrar, 1866-1896, 3541 pgs.
Anonymous, Cyclopedia of eminent and representative men of the Carolinas of the nineteenth century, Madison, Wis.: Brant & Fuller, 1892, 1407 pgs.
Anonymous, History of North Carolina, Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1919, 3034 pgs.
Anonymous, Western North Carolina, historical and biographical..., Charlotte, N.C.: A.D. Smith, 1890, 487 pgs.
Burns, Annie Walker, Abstract of pensions of North Carolina soldiers of the Revolution, War of 1812 & Indian Wars, Washington, D.C.: unknown, 1960?-, 563 pgs.
Crawford, Frederick Coolidge, One branch of the Coolidge family : 1427-1963, Cleveland, Ohio?: Priv. print., 1964, 135 pgs.
Fite, Elizabeth Mitchell Stephenson, The biographical and genealogical records of the Fite families in the United States, New York: E.M.S. Fite, 1907, 174 pgs.
Henderson, Archibald, North Carolina, the Old North State and the new, Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1941, 3746 pgs.
Fowler, Grover Parsons, The house of Fowler : a history of the Fowler families of the South, embracing descendants of John Fowler of Virginia and branches in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Texas, also records of allied families, comprising branches of more than two hundred other families, Hickory, N.C.: G.P. Fowler, 1940, 768 pgs.
Henderson, Archibald, North Carolina, the Old North State and the new, Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1941, 3746 pgs.
Hodges, J. E., A history of Balls Creek Camp Ground, 1853-1929 : including sketches of Rock Springs, St. Matthews and Wesley Chapel Camp Grounds, and St. Pauls, Rehobeth, Concord, Mt. Ruhama and Smyrna Churches, unknown: unknown, 1929, 30 pgs.
Hoffman, Laban Miles, Our kin : being a history of the Hoffman, Rhyne, Costner, Rudisill, Best, Hovis, Hoyle, Wills, Shetley, Jenkins, Holland, Hambright, Gaston, Withers, Cansler, Clemmer and Lineberger families, Charlotte, N.C.?: D.E. Ryne, L.L. Jenkins, and L.M. Hoffman., 1915, 601 pgs.
Hoffman, Max Ellis, The Hoffmans of North Carolina, Asheville, N.C.: M.E. Hoffman, c1938, 217 pgs.
Humston, Ezra Sams, The Humston family : a genealogy of the descendants of Edward Humston of Stafford County, Virginia, 1667 : together with accounts of the allied families of Humstone, Humpstone, and Humpston in the United States, typescript, 1943, 374 pgs. Descendants of Edward Humston.
Hyman, Minna Chalk Scott, The Chalk family of England and America : 1066-1942 Hyman, Tex.: Press of the Naylor Co., 1942, 186 pgs
Junkin, William Sumner, The Henckel genealogy, 1500-1960 : ancestry and descendants of Reverend Anthony Jacob Henckel, 1668-1728, pioneer Evangelical Lutheran minister, emigrant from the German Palatinate to America in 1717, Spokane, Wash.: Henckel Family Association, 1964, 1446 pgs.
Kennamer, John Robert, The Kennamer family, Nashville, Tenn.: McQuiddy Print. Co., 1924, 374 pgs.
Killian, J. Yates, The history of the Killian family in North Carolina, unknown: unknown, 1955?, 28 pgs.
Lewis, Wm. Terrell, Genealogy of the Lewis family in America : from the middle of the seventeenth century down to the present time, Louisville, Ky.: Courier-Journal Job Print. Co., 1893, c 1892, 459 pgs.
Loomis, Burt W., Love-Loomis family history, Warrensburg, Mo.?: unknown, 1963, 177 pgs.
Mendenhall, William, History, correspondence, and pedigrees of the Mendenhalls of England, the United States and Africa : relative to their common origin and ancestry : methodically arranged and elucidated, after many years of diligent inquiry and research, Greenville, Ohio: C.R. Kemble Press, 1912, 297 pgs.
Moore, John W., History of North Carolina : from the earliest discoveries to the present time, Raleigh: A. Williams & Co., 1880, 1048 pgs.
Nixon, Alfred, The Finger family of Lincoln County, N.C. : with brief sketch of Saint Matthews Church, Lincolton, N.C.: Press of the Lincoln Journal, 1903, 26 pgs.
Nixon, Alfred, Memorial address of A. Nixon : delivered at New Hope, Lincoln County, N.C., May 30th, 1909, unknown: unknown, 1909?, 11 pgs.
Nixon, Alfred, Roster of Confederate soldiers in the War Between the States, Lincolnton, N.C.: Lincoln County News Print., 1905, 68 pgs. (This edition appears to be same as same-titled item by Daughters of the Confederacy in our NCC Room, call # 929.3 D N.C.C.)
Ray, Worth S., The Mecklenburg signers and their neighbors, Austin, Tex.: The author, 1946, 249 pgs.
Rucker, Elizabeth Hoyle, The genealogy of Peiter Heyl and his descendants, 1110-1936 : with the intermarried families of Arnold, Bess, Byrd, Cansler, Carlock, Carpenter, Costner (Kestner), Davis, Freeman, Friday, Gantt (Gaunt, Ghent), Green, Hahn, Henkel, Hoffman, Hovis, Huffstetler, Jones, Klein, Lineberger, (Leinberger), Mendenhall, McIntosh, Nesbitt, Payne, Patton, Peel, Peeler, Porter, Ramsour, Reinhardt, Rhyne, Reynolds, Robinson, Rudisill, Shuford, Summey, Smith, Thompson, Wells, Warlick, Weidner and Wilfong Shelby, N.C.: Zolliecoffer Jenks Thompson, c1938, 1549 pgs.
Schenck, David, Historical sketch of the Schenck and Bevens families : with an appendix, Greensboro N.C.: Thomas, Reece & Co., book and job printers, 1884, 43 pgs.
Schenck, David, North Carolina, 1780-'81 : being a history of the invasion of the Carolinas by the British Army under Lord Cornwallis in 1780-'81 with the particular design of showing the part borne by North Carolina in that struggle for liberty and independence, and to correct some of the errors of history in regard to that State and its people, Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards & Broughton, 1889, 503 pgs.
Schrum, Ara Elizabeth, Scattered leaves down memory lane, Gladewater, Tex.: Printed by Acme, 196-?, 245 pgs.
Sherrill, William Lander, Annals of Lincoln County, North Carolina : containing interesting and authentic facts of Lincoln County history through the years 1749 to 1937, Charlotte, N.C.: Observer Print. House, 1937, 556 pgs.
Summers, Bonnie Mauney, Three Mauney families, Kings Mountain, N.C.: unknown, 1967-1969, 177 pgs.
Tillman, Stephen Frederick, The record and genealogy of the (Tilghman-Tillman-Tilman-Tilmon) family, 1225-1938 : compiled from an original mss. by James D. Tillman, Jr., of Meridian, Miss., an old family Bible of Christopher Tilghman, the English emigrant of 1638, family records of descendants of Dr. Richard Tilghman, the English emigrant of 1661, various documents at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., D.A.R. records, census reports, wills, and information supplied by living descendants of the family, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Bros., 1939, 414 pgs.
Torrence, Robert McIlvaine, Torrence and allied families, Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938, 640 pgs. (Hugh Torrance of Gaston County, N.C.)
Note: This title is not searchable in Heritage Quest by place or name; it can be found by alphabetical title listing only. (12/15/2003)
Wheeler, John H., Reminiscences and memoirs of North Carolina and eminent North Carolinians, Columbus, Ohio: Columbus Print. Works, 1884, 573 pgs.
Whiteside, Don, Male Whiteside(s) names in the United States from selected sources ca. 1690-1849 : and Whiteside place names, Ottawa, Canada: unknown, 1971, 253 pgs.
Wilkey, Hubert Weldon, The Jonathan tree, or, A Wilkey genealogy Leitchfield, Ky.?: unknown, 1970?, 162 pgs.
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