AMAZON promised the JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Annual Volume 2015 for Wednesday at 8 p.m., latest. The volume came Monday, today, not Wednesday, at noon. A gorgeous volume it is, and I am mighty proud to have two articles in it--two pieces in a collection of "the year's best articles from the most important contemporary resource for American Revolution studies"! The first is "The Tryon County Patriots of 1775 and their 'Association." The other is "Fanning Outfoxes Marion."
And in the mailbox today also was (a little late) the December 2014 Gaston-Lincoln Genealogical Society FOOTPRINTS IN TIME, a publication run, of course, by North Carolina cousins descended, like me, from signers of the 1775 "Association"--Robert Carpenter the editor and Ann Dellinger the secretary. Cousin Robert reprinted (with permission from the JAR editors) the Tryon County article with some expansions for the home folks, who were reportedly very happy with the piece. Many of them, like the editor and the secretary, are descended (often complexly) from signers of the Association, so of course they were happy with it, as I am happy to share it with so many cousins and others. It's lovely that in some parts of the world some folks have stayed at home. Looking for the Costner cemetery in Dallas, NC in 2007 we knocked on a door which was answered by Clyde Costner--Cousin Clyde, of course, right there more than 200 years later. Did you see Angie Harmon looking for her Revolutionary ancestor Michael Harmon? She goes to a farm owned by her ancestor and the owner says, "I'm Michael Harmon!" Angie, we understood, and said in unison, "I'm Cousin Clyde!"
And in the mailbox today also was (a little late) the December 2014 Gaston-Lincoln Genealogical Society FOOTPRINTS IN TIME, a publication run, of course, by North Carolina cousins descended, like me, from signers of the 1775 "Association"--Robert Carpenter the editor and Ann Dellinger the secretary. Cousin Robert reprinted (with permission from the JAR editors) the Tryon County article with some expansions for the home folks, who were reportedly very happy with the piece. Many of them, like the editor and the secretary, are descended (often complexly) from signers of the Association, so of course they were happy with it, as I am happy to share it with so many cousins and others. It's lovely that in some parts of the world some folks have stayed at home. Looking for the Costner cemetery in Dallas, NC in 2007 we knocked on a door which was answered by Clyde Costner--Cousin Clyde, of course, right there more than 200 years later. Did you see Angie Harmon looking for her Revolutionary ancestor Michael Harmon? She goes to a farm owned by her ancestor and the owner says, "I'm Michael Harmon!" Angie, we understood, and said in unison, "I'm Cousin Clyde!"
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