Brunswick County Historical Society

Newsletters

2024-Nov:

"Brunswick County Places" by Allison Ballard

"Reaves Chapel" by Gwen Causey

BCHS Minutes: August 12, 2024


2024-Aug:

"North Carolina & the Turpentine Trail" by David Cecelski

BCHS Minutes of May 13, 2024

"E.M. Rosafy" by Melvin L. Sellers

"Henry Bacon" by Hunter Ingram


2024-May:

Genealogy Center to Open at BCC

Bible Records Scanning Event

James Irvin Marlowe

Oliver Mercer, 1842-1863

Visited Gettysburg

The topsy, turbulent and tragic life of Leon George

Brunswick Sherill (1957)


2024-Feb:

Donation: Friends of Fort Caswell Rifle Range

An Account of the Cape Fear Country - 1731

African-American Leadership - Menhaden Fishery

BCHS Meeting Minutes: November 2013


2023-Nov:

BCHS Website

Shallotte Old Sunnyside School

An Account of the Cape Fear Country: 1731

Questions to Ask During Family Interview

A Tribute to the Armed Services

BCHS Minutes from August 14, 2023


2023-Aug:

Hans Anderson Kure, Sr.

Richard Lee Galloway

Galloways of Brunswick County

Gwen Causey: Everybody Loves a Bear Story

BCHS Website: Upload of Members' Genealogies


2023-May:

Cape Fear & Brunswick River Ferry System

Dower Rights


2023-Feb:

A Day in Piney Grove by David Cecelski

Unique Calabash

Test Your Brunswick Co. Memories

Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge


2022-Nov:

Wilmington-Brunswick-Southern Railroad

First Prohibition Law in North Carolina

Everybody Loves a Bear Story


2022-Aug:

Committees of Safety

Ferry to the Landing at Big Sugar Loaf

What's in a Name? Lockwood Folly


2022-May:

Early Travel in Brunswick County

Everybody Loves a Bear Story

Robert Andrews Sellers (1847-1905)


2022-Feb:

A Slave's Life in Brunswick County

W. C. Galloway Remembers

More Bear Stories from the Green Swamp


2021-Nov:

Cushing's Raids on the Cape Fear - Part 2

Cape Fear Indians

Everybody Loves a Bear Story


2021-Aug:

USS North Carolina

Cushing's Raids on the Cape Fear - Part 1

To War and Back: Thomas Hickman


2021-May:

Mill Creek and Mt. Pisgah Churches

Travels Through the Lower Cape Fear Region

James Herbert Robinson


2021-Feb:

John Nelson Bennett Journal (1834-1864)-Part 2

Britishers Fought Duel for Fair Lady

Confederate Prowled Carolina Coast

There's No refuge in Wartime


2020-Nov:

Last Surviving Confederate Veteran

Annie D. & Ancrum Jethro Benton

John Nelson Bennett Journal (1834-1864)-Part 1

Brunswick County in the Great War


2020-Aug:

Leaving Brunswick: Oral History Lesson

Life Full of Hard Work and Good Cooking

In Memory

Family Trees Hold Memories

Preserving the 1918 Fort Caswell Rifle Range

Schooner Addie May and the Amuzu


2020-May:

Final Fate: The Albertine Adoue

Grover Aubret Gore, Sr.

Spanish Influenza

Woodside Cemetery Destruction

The Man Who Charted the Coast

Good Results of Oyster Roast

Fire in Brunswick County


2020-Feb (N/A)


2019-Nov:

Capture of Fort Caswell

Fort Caswell During World War I

A Brief Histor of BCHS (1964)


2019-Aug:

Diary of James W. Albright: Part 3

Leonard Iron Works

A Brief History of BCHS: 1964


2019-May:

Diary of James W. Albright: Part 2

Reaves Chapel AME Church

NC Colonial Coroner's Inquests: 1738-1775

World War I Veterans

Birthplace of Memorial Day


2019-Feb:

Diary of James W. Albright: Part 1

Grovely Plantation

Hattie James Henry Galloway Obituary

Navassa Guano Company Charter: 1869

Roach-Lancaster Cemetery


2018-Nov:

Battle of Cape Fear River: 1718

Wat Carolina Buddhist Monastery

Elias Harold Hickman Obituary

Brunswick Casualties of World War II

Thank You for Your Sacrifice: 2017


2018-Aug

Crusoe Island Petition: 1810

Hewett-Lewis Marriage Certificate


2018-May

Hurricane Blasts from the Past

The Bluffs Plantation

Our Richest Resource: Forests

Has Memorial Day Lost Its Meaning?

Honored World War I Veterans


2018-Feb

Capt. Thomas Mann Thompson Letter: 1896

John Mercer Letter: 1854

Gentlemen Pilots of the Cape Fear

Fort Caswell Rifle Range


2017-Nov

Dr. William R. Goley

Ebenezer Hewett Pension Application

Jean Parker: Breaking the Male Barrier

"Our Past" by Ken Burns: 2002


2017-Aug

Slavery & Freedom in Maritime NC by David S. Cecelski

Abraham Galloway by Julie Franck

Seaborne Slave Trade of NC by Walter E. Minchinton

Slave Order of September 1851

Surrender of Smithfield - Janueary 17, 1865


2017-May

William Harris Styron: Born 1878

Electrical Storms Off Hatteras: 1913

Shallotte Village Point

Will of Needham Gause: 1908

Gause Family of Brunswick County


2017-Feb

Boone Hall Plantation: Part 2

The Carolina Bays

Remember the Apron

Colonial Cannon Found: 2017


2016-Nov:

Boon's Neck, Oxpen, & Seashore Area

The Largest Log Building in the South

The Handheld Church Fan

Seneca Guns, Fact or Fiction?

Soldier Survived War and Smallpox


2016-Aug:

Old Brunswick Co. Courthouse on "Watch List"

Military-Telegraph Service

Rosin. Tar & Turpentine

Charles Roach Sr. of Craven County

The Old Recipe Box

Confederate Salt Works


2016-May:

The Gullah-Geechee Corridor

Clarendon Plantation

The Importance of Rice to North Carolina

Buchoi Plantation

There is No Refuge in Wartime


2016-Feb:

By-Laws: Proposed Changes

Piedmont Airlines

Tribute to Family Community Faith

Alta Smith, A Woman of her Time

Henry Hickman


2015-Nov:

Howard Hewett Watermelon Patch: 1946-1956

Brunswick Ferry: 1769

Confederate Thomas Hickman: Paroled 1865


2015-Aug:

Schooner "Mary & Helen" Cargo for Sale: 1795

Merchant Marines & Wilmington Shipyard

Girl Scout Camp Pretty Pond


2015-May:

NC Highway Historical Marker Program: 1935

"I Remember" by Ouida Hewett: 2015

History of Memorial Day

Smithville Fire: 1869

Brunswick Plantation for Sale or Lease: 1804


2015-Feb:

Will of John G. Grisset: 1858

Leaving Brunswick County

"Pop-Eyed" Mullet Run

John Nelson Bennett: 1834-1901

Unknown Vessel Lost in 1526


2014-Nov:

"Star-Spangled Banner" History

"Star-Spangled Banner" Bicentennial

60th Anniversary of Hurricane Hazel

"Star-Spangled Banner" Proclamation

Bishop Francis Asbury: 1785 & 1796


2014-Aug:

Brunswick Co. Treatened Historic Places

Tabby Material in Southeastern NC

Origin of the Leonard Family

Henry Leonard Land Records

Will of Henry Leonard: 1770


2014-May:

Captain Henry Bennett-Oral History: 1976

Will of Richard Eagles: 1769

Captain William Dry: 1748

Lehew Cemetery: Late 1800s


2014-Feb:

Loss of USS Iron Age: 1864

James J. Hawes Interview: 1976

Will of Matthis Hewett: 1861


2013-Nov:

Headstones, Markers & Medallions

History of Veterans Day

Charles Carroll Usher Letters: 1863-1864


2013-Aug:

"Brunswick County Buy and Bye"

Oak Grove Baptist Church: 1891

Hewett-Holden Cemetery

Bastardy Bonds & Records: 1810-1878

Brunswick Co. World War II Casualties


2013-May:

Clarendon Plantation: 1730

Architecture Lower Cape Fear: 1775-1860

River Ferries: 1764-1920

Brown's Landing: 1850-1900


2013-Feb:

Collectors at NC Ports: 1776

Fort Johnston During War of 1812

Will of Rebecca Morgan Hewett: 1862

Brunswick Co. Business Directory: 1896

Roach-Lancaster Cemetery


2012-Nov:

Revolutionary War Pensions & Rosters

Chapel Hill Missionary Baptist Church: 1837-2005

State Port Pilot: 6 April 1938


2012-Aug:

Lower Cape Fear River Pilots: 1872-1964

Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church: 1872-2005

First Post Road: 1738-1774

Will of Needham Gause: 1794

Will of Mathias Hewett: 1861


2012-May:

Hewetts in the Wilmington News: 1884-1888

New Hope Presbyterian Church: c.1879-2011

Confederate Solicitation for Sweet Potatoes: 1861

Wrecks Near Lockwood Folly Inlet: 1862-1863

Samuel Sellers Cemetery: 1788-1830


2012-Feb:

Old Smithville: c.1862-c.1865

Belvidere Plantation: c.1791-1951

Ebenezer Hewett Pension: 1821

Maps Available through State Library of NC

Plantation for Sale or Lease: 1804

Lower Cape Fear Propriety Concessions: 1660-1670

Brunswick Co. Officers: 1867-1868


2011-Nov:

Correction: 2011-Aug "The Eagle Island Causeway"

Will of Richard Eagles: 1769

Early Revolutionaries: 1765-1766

Work on Eagles Island Causeway: 1896

County Home History: 1840-1960s


2011-Aug:

"Fishing on the Beach"

Southport Standard - "Terrible Tornado": 1901

Will of James C. Stanland: 1860

Eagles Island Causeway: 1764-1777

Demsey L. Hewett: Born 1868


2011-May:

Shallotte Academy Letter: 1898

County Commissioners Minutes: 1872

Brunsick Co. School Superintendents: 1884-1957

Photo of Confederate Veterans: 1908

Will of Joseph Hewett Sr: 1794

Stranded Cargo Auction: 1795


2011-Feb:

Ben Steelman, Military Hero: 1732-1786

Brunswrick County/Cape May NJ Connection

Camp United Methodist Church: 1791-2003


2010-Nov:

Historical/Architectural Site Survey

"All Democratic Candidates Win County Elections"

Benjamin Smith: Brief Biography

James Marvin Willett: 1921-1943

Will of John Leonard: 1771


2010-Aug:

"Most Threatened Historic Places List"

When Human Burials are Accidentally Uncovered

James Harker Lewis Letter: 1903

Robert Howe, Revolutionary War Officer

Zion United Methodist Church Memorial: 2010

"The Corner Store That Is No More"


2010-May:

How to Clean a Monument

Confederates in Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery

John Wesley Galloway's Confederate Coast Guards

36th Regiment NC Troops

St. Philips Church Historic Site

Alfred Moore, Supreme Court Justice: 1799


2010-Feb:

John R. Holmes Pension Application: 1838

Shell Point Baptist Church: 1959

NC State Archives Online Projects

Origin of the Name "Lockwood Folly River"

Abstract of Brunswick Co. Wills: 1760-1800

"Brunswick Town" Poem

History of Brunswick Town


2009-Nov:

Estonian Recalls Journey to Freedom in 1948

Holden Beach Ferry: 1945

At Least 30 Wrecks on Eagles Island Shoreline

USS Belville: 1907-1995

Edwards Cemetery

Simmons Ferry on Shallotte River: 1733

Sabbath Home Baptist Church Graveyard

Will of Edward Wingate Sr: 1758

Ivy Cemetery

Rose Hill Cemetery Project

Town of Brunswick Excavation: 1958


2009-Aug:

History of Sharon Church: 1825

Job Holden in Roster of Soldiers from NC: 1776

Charles Tharp Pension Application: 1836

Job Holden War of 1812 Service Records


2009-May:

BCHS Minutes of Meeting: 1958

BCHS Letter to G.R. Leonard about Dues: 1975

NC DOT Letter Eagles Island Causeway: 1977

BCHS to NC DOT Re: Eagles Island Causeway: 1977

BCHS Draft Resolution Re: Smith Island

BCHS Constitution/ByLaw Changes: 1964

Ebenezer Hewett Pension Application: 1818

Little River Neck SC Encampment: 1776

Samuel Hickmon Pension Application: 1832


2009-Feb:

A Colonial Fort & Liberty Pond

Settlers Along the Waccamaw: 1760s-1772

Remembering Ocean Isle Beach: 1946-1963

Lilliput Creek: 1725

Marriage: Henry Hewett & Berta Sellers: 1903

Sunny Point History

Indian Home Remedies


2008-Nov:

Farewell Susan Carson

Grants for Greenway/Blueway Plan: 2008

Dr. Joseph B. Carter Obituary: 2008

Friendship Baptist Church: 1916-2005


2008-Aug:

Belvedere Plantation: 1796

Battery Lamb & Confederate Saltworks

Clarendon Plantation

Will of Richard Eagles: 1769

Old Town Plantation: 1725

Pleasant Oaks Plantation: 1725

Winnabow Plantation: 1730s

1948 & 1949

The Boundary House: 1735

Cape Fear Quarantine Station: 1893

Benjamin Smith, County Court Minutes: 1783-1784

What $7.50 Would Buy: 1890


2008-May:

A Woman Named Anne: 1777

Laura Henderson Davis Gum Ancestors

A Man Named Sempronius: 1767

Sunset Harbor, Good Place to Live: 1988

Edwin W. Taylor Biography: CCC 1934-1936

Camp Sapona During Depression


2008-Feb:

The Williams House: 1874

Letters to Berlyn Lancaster from Her Son: 1930-1932

100 Years Ago from the Wilmington Star: 1907


2007-Nov:

The Stanlands: 1900-1908

County Jail Story: 1915

A Jail Story: 1914

County Jail House Report: 1914

Bolivia for County Seat: 1920

Seven Wonders of the Cape Fear: 2007

Bethel United Methodist Church: 1853

First Baptist Church of Shallotte: 1837

Origin of Winnabow: 1737


2007-Aug:

Schooner Clarence H. Sunk: 1903

USS John L. Williamson: 1921

Descendants of James Williamson: 1825-1979

Gold & Morse Bible Record: 1806-1946


2007-May:

Henry Gray: Born 1888

Catholic Comminities

Will of John G. Grisset: 1858


2007-Feb:

BCHS Membership List: 2006-2007

Bethel Primitive Baptist Church: 1887-1987

Five Newspaper Items: December 1907

Naval Stores

Colkins Neck

Confederate Fort Randall at Little River Neck

Brunswick Co. in 1920s Newspapers

Brunswick Newspaper Advertisements: 1920s


2006-Nov:

Corn Shellers

Big Fights at Fort Fisher

In Memoriam-Wilmington Star: 1916

Brunswick County: 1949

Origin of the Name & Family of McEachern

Items from Wilmington Messenger: 1900

Students Uncover Colonial Fireplace: 1978

Newspaper Genealogical Articles: 1829-1831

Victoria Stanland Obituaries: 1902

Stanland Family History: 1902

Summerville: 1873-1882


2006-Aug:

Waccamaw High School Memories

Largest Log Building-Waccamaw Old Gym: 1932

The Stanland Family: 1884

The Long Day of Dunbar Davis-Part 2 of 2: 1893

Bishop Asbury in Brunswick Co.: 1801

Genesis of Concord United Methodist Church: 1799

Belvidere Plantation for Sale: 1831


2006-May:

BCHS Membership List


2006-Feb:

BCHS Membership List: 2006

Indian Graves Legend: 1900

Fort Anderson Attack: 1865

Moores Creek Battle: 1776

Pearl Harbor Survivors Commemoration

Blockade Running: 1864

Innkeeper Kate Stuart: 1884

Capt. Benjamin Jacobs Company: 1864

Brunswick Co. Soldiers in the Civil War

Some NC Laws Enacted: 1808

Events of 1935

State Port Pilot History Tidbits: 1935-1965

Sketch of Early Cape Fear Ferry


2005-Nov:

Stamp Act Rebellion: 1765

Clifton Family Fishermen: 1940s

Fishermen Memorial Service: 2002

Hog Killing Day

Stewart Murder Trial: 1924

C.B. Cumbie Sleeping Sickness: 1919

Property Tax letter:1890


2005-Aug:

Finding Your Military Ancestors

Home Libraries in the Colonies by Gwen Causey

Alexander Simmons Grave Marker - 20th Regiment NC Infantry

Blockade Runner is Beached by Eugene Fallon

Lighthouses of the Lower Cape Fear by Susi Clontz


2005-May:

Brunswick County: A history Shaped by Love for the Sea by Dr. Lawrence Lee

Mullets & Sweet Taters by Leslie Bright

Turpentine Plantations by Guion Griffis Johnson

Henry B. Green Biography by William M. Reaves

Abraham Galloway by William M. Reaves

Early Republican Party by William M. Reaves

Daniel Rowell by William M. Reaves

20th Regiment NC Infantry

County Property Owners: 1725-1819


2005-Feb:

Armstrong Cannon

Civil War: Fall of Ft. Fisher

Civil War: Map-Making

Wilmington Couple Arrested: 1903

Capt. W. T. Sellers Obituary: 1905

Gilbert Family Cemetery


2004-Nov:

Sarah Russ: 1784-1811

Cox's Landing Cemetery

Galloway Cemetery

Letter About Brunswick County: 1854

Clemmons Marriages

Edward W. Taylor Obituary: 1909

Edgar Bascom Sellers: 1970


2004-Aug:

County News: November 1917

County Business Directory: 1896

L. Jewel McKeithan Cemetery


2004-May:

BCHS Membership List: 2004

State Port Pilot Stories: 6 July 1938

The Green Swamp: Botanical Garden

Clemmons (Women) Marriages: 1894-1930

Sheriff Reports Still Raids: 1957

J.H. White Obituary: 1916

Mrs. William R. Goley Obituary: 1923

USE Comstock Dredging Cape Fear River: 1938


2004-Feb:

Alexander D. Betts: Confederate Chaplain


2003-Nov:

Camp Branch Baptist Church

Supply High School Planned: 1921

County Chronology: 1850-1939

Ruby Holden (Age 6) Obituary: 1919


2003-Aug:

Named Summits of Brunswick County

Civil War Letters

Lancaster Cemetery

Tales of the Green Swamp

First Ride on a Train

Clemmons Stage

Memories: South Brunswick Islands

County Commissioners: 1880

Cape Fear Recorder: 1829 & 1831

E.T. Clemmons: 1871


2003-May:

When Church Was Center of Town

Shallotte's Oldest Resident Dies: 1916

Miscellaneous Marriage Records: 1859-1930

Sheriff Announces Still Raids: 1957

Green Swamp Botany

State Port Pilot: July 1938


2003-Feb:

Lower Cape Fear Events

Holden Beach History: Marjorie Megivern

Memories of Childhood: Lottie Ludlum

Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex


2002-Nov:

Civil War Dispatches: Ships Lost Off Coast


2002-Aug:

Lockwood Folly News: 1890

"Government in a Free Land": Lawrence Lee

Galloway's Coast Guard Company Roster

Joseph Silas Clemmons: Tales Still Told


2002-May:

Southport Leader Excerpts: 1890-1892


2002-Feb:

Old Smithville

Shallotte River Association: 1960

County Boat Owners: 1959

Home Sweet Home: 1896

Death of Harry R. Sullivan: 1926

Business Directory: 1883-1884

1st Teachers Waccamaw High School: 1927

Sherman's Carolinas Campaign


2001-Nov:

Dorman Mercer: World War I Veteran

Town Creek History

Education in 1908

County Business Directory: 1877-1878


2001-Aug:

Longwood North Carolina: 1989

The Recorder: 1830

Hurricane of 1893

Man Struggles with Bear: 1962


2001-May:

Steamboats on Cape Fear

Justice to Negro Man: 1853

Tar-Turpentine Plantation

Fort Johnston

Jesse Clemmons in Brunswick "Hills"

World War II Farmers

Cousins' Duel: 1805


2001-Feb:

County Business Directory: 1869

Benjamin Smith

The Loyalists in North Carolina

Whittler's Bench in Southport

Bill Reaves Obituary

New Geography of North Carolina

Lennon & Monroe-Fullwood Cemeteries

Anna Clemons Asks for Voting Help: 1920

Descendants of John Frink, Sr.


2000-Nov:

History of Leland

Duty on the Frying Pan Lightship

Rev. Charles Woodmason Swindled

Judge Alfred Moore

County Business Directory: 1867-1868


2000-Aug:

Holden Beach: Beginning & Development

Wilmington-Brunswick-Southern Railroad

World War II Ghost Ships

Mrs. J.H. Clemmons

Veterans of World War I Charter


2000-May:

Holden Beach: Beginning & Development

Wilmington-Brunswick-Southern Railroad

World War II Ghost Ships

Mrs. J.H. Clemmons: In Memoriam (1914)

Veterans of World War I Charter


2000-Feb #2:

World War II Memories

Makatoko Logging Camp

George Cannon Dies: 1908

Brown Family Bible

Naval Stores


2000-Feb #1:

Yellow Fever Cemetery

Misc. Death Records: Books 1-3

Ayers White Death: 1918

Ellen Bellamy

Theodocia Sellers Obituary: 1922


1999-Nov:

Susan Carson: 1999 AASLH Award

William Tryon Letter: 1769

List of World War II Veterans

Crystal Coast Civil War Symposium

Smithville-Southport Reminiscences

Honor Roll of Cape Fear River Pilots


1999-Aug:

Robert Harrell-Fort Fisher Hermit: 1955-1972

General Robert Howe: c.1732-1786

BCHS Membership List: 1999

Wreck of the Blockade-Runner Kate: 1862

"Fort Anderson-Battle for Wilmington" Book


1999-May:

County Home

Misc. School Records: 1867-1957


1999-Feb:

BCHS Newsletter Award: 1998

Inside Old Wilmington

Church Histories

Civil War Homefront Issues

Southern Claims Commission: 1871

Index to Federal Pensioners: 1883


1998-Nov:

Additions to Honor Roll of Valor

New Hope Church Homecoming

World War I Inductees

Civil War Soldier Monthly Pay

Shallotte History

Bolivia History

Revolutionary Army Accounts: 1781-1783


1998-Aug:

Member Marita Holder Obituary: 1998

Correction: 1998-May issue re: Waccamaw Lumber Co.

"Along the Cape Fear" Book

J.B. Ward, CSA Veteran, loses buildings in fire: 1907

Brunswick-Most Southerly County in NC

Veterans' Memorial Erected with List of All Veterans

In Memoriam: World War II & Vietnam Military

Gwen Causey's "Under the Genealogy Tree"

Arnold Cemetery: 1804-1947

Old English Field: Abandoned-Unidentified


1998-May:

Green Swamp Tidbits

Civil War Ancestors: Maie C. Hobbs

Concord Methodist Church Cemetery


1998-Feb:

Bishop Francis Asbury Diary: 1804

Tales of Old Southport

Southport Christmas During Depression

The Whittling Tree by Susan S. Carson

History Hall Director in Southport: 1918

The Stuart House: 1912

A Brief History of Southport by Katheryn E. Carson

Captain Issac B. Smith Funeral: 1852

State Port Pilot Excerpts: 1942-1992

Act Creating Smithville: 1792

George W. Swain Obituary: 1890 by Gwen Causey

Cemeteries Burial List

Edwards Family History by Mabel Edwards Harden

G.T. Swain Letter from Florida


1997-Nov:

Fort Caswell History: 1997

Land Deeds: 1946

James Albright Diary-Part 3

Pvt. William H. Clemmons: 1862

Fort Anderson Letters: 1865

Colonial Fort & Liberty Pond

Samford University: Genealogy


1997-Aug:

Pvt. Thomas Clemmons: 1864

James Albright Diary-Part 2

Hardison Civil War Ancestors

Bladen County Family History Files


1997-May:

James Albright Diary-Part 1: 1864

Confederate Sweet Potatoes: 1861

State Port Pilot-News: 1942-1992


1997-Feb:

Ft. Fisher/Wilmington Civil War Christmas

First Prohibition Law: 1745

Duel for Fair Lady: 1765

County Commission Minutes: 1878-1889

Col. Thomas Cowan McIlhenny: 1861

Book on NC Church Records


1996-Nov:

Herbs & Other Home Cures

Home Cures-Annie Bryant Interviews: 1981 & 1986

Health in Brunswick Town

History of Holden Beach: 1756-1992

St. Philip's Parish-Head of Household List: 1763

E. Lawrence Lee Obituaries: 1996


1996-May:

The Calabash Mystique

Amanda High-Calabash Matriarch: Born 1891

Cheryl High-Child of Calabash: Born 1942

Calabash Family Cemeteries


1996-Feb:

The Night After Hazel (Poem)

Long Beach After Hazel: 1954

Hazel Was "Unbelievable": 1954

Hazel Was Memorable for Connie & Jerry Helms: 1954

Lottie Ludlum's Memories of Childhood

Gwen Causey's "Under the Genealogy Tree"


1995-Nov:

John Wescott-Last Living CSA Veteran: 1935

CSA Brigadier-General Hagood-Town Creek Battle: 1865

Gwen Causey's "Under the Genealogy Tree"


1995-Aug:

Dr. Walter Gilman Curtis Reminiscences: 1848-1900

Cape Fear Pilots Honor Roll


1995-May:

A Post-Civil War Constitution: 1868

Hickory Hall: Before 1812


1995-Feb:

Rice Plantation Economy: 1860: 1868

Gwen Causey's "Under the Genealogy Tree"


1994-Nov:

Blockade Running Off Brunswick County

Gwen Causey's "Under the Genealogy Tree"


1994-Aug:

A Brief History of BCHS

Naming Customs in Scotland

Gwen Causey's "Under the Genealogy Tree"


1994-May:

Battle of Moore's Creek: 1776

Bolivia-The First 100 Years: 1892-1992

Gwen Causey's "Under the Genealogy Tree"


1994-Feb:

The Fall of fort Anderson: 1865

First Meeting of County School Board: 1872

Gwen Causey's "Under the Genealogy Tree"


1993-Nov:

1920 Federal Census

The Boiling Spring

Dr. M'Neil Obituary: Year Not Identified

German Nazi Regime "Annenpass"

Robert Williams-Navassa Town History: 1700s-1991

William Alonza Lancaster: 1834-1910

"Mail Call" Newsletter

Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants

Virginia Archives Research Service

NC Vital Records Update


1993-Aug:

Bellville Plantation


1993-May:

New Hanover Genealogy Records: 1665-1992


1993-Feb:

"Wampus Cats" & The Eastern Red Wolf

National Archives Computerizes Civil War Records

Blair's Book Service

National Institute Genealogical Research Summer Program

National Archives Moves Records

Salute to Alexander County Genealogical Society

Robeson County Register

Profile of Randolph J. Cary, NCGS

Samford University IGHR Conference


1992-Nov:

Index to NC Newspapers: 1784-1789


1992-Aug:

Importance of Family Bibles


1992-May:

New NC Genealogical Society Publications

Valley of the Scots: Upper Cape Fear River Settlers - 1739

New NC Civil War Roster Hisrories

List of Civil War Manuscripts in Library of Congress


<1992-Feb:

Genealogy is a Congenital Disease

Letter Asking About Jones Family

Clarendon Imprints

NC Marriage Records: Brunswick County 1804-1867

History of NC Counties

NC Marriage Records: Brunswick County 1804-1867

Valley of the Scots: Upper Cape Fear River Settlers - 1739

NC Marriage Records: Brunswick County 1804-1867

Graveyeard Demanded Patience


1991-Nov:

Diary of the Fall of the Confederacy


1991-May:

French Settlement in Brunswick County


1990-Nov #2:

1860 Lockwood Folly Agriculture Schedule

Historical Marker Honors Governor Russell

The Way It Was - Winnabow Plantation

Studying Cemeteries

Southport Accepted for Heritage Project


1990-Nov #1:

Three History Writers Earn Statewide Awards

Brunswick County Baptist Church Records Microfilmed


1990-Aug:

Uniforms and Batt1ef1aqs of Confederate North Carolina

Cape Fear River Steamboats


1990-May:

County Business Directory


1990-Feb:

Murder Trial: 1777


1989-Nov:

A Note from the BCHS President


1989-Aug:

Notice to Turpentine Distillers: 1851


1989-May #1:

Dr. Ben McNeill: 1886

Rebecca Clemmons Accident: 1892

Dr. Ben McNeill Account Ledger


1989-May #2:

Joseph Bell Sr. Family: c.1680


1989-Feb:

A Note from the BCHS President


1988-May:

Lockwood Folly Bridges: 1733-1837


1988-Feb:

A Note from the BCHS President


1987-Nov:

Early New Hanover Plantations


1987-Aug:

Lockwood Folly River


1987-Feb:

Lesser Known Farm Crops


1986-Nov:

Nathaniel Rice: c.1730


1986-Aug:

John Green's Swamp: 1795-1930s


1986-May:

Courthouse at Lockwood's Folly:1778


1986-Feb:

Brunswick's Colonial Ferries

Tucker Reed Littleton's Death: 1983

Gause Cemetery


1985-Nov:

Open Range Livestock Marks


1985-Aug:

19th Century DOT


1985-May:

Daniel Russell-NC Governor: 1896

Colonial Protests in Wilmington


1985-Feb:

Governor Benjamin Smith: 1810

Sale of Orton Plantation: 1825

James Hasell:1735


1984-Nov:

Nathanial Rice: 1727


1984-Aug:

Why Smithville Changed to Southport


1984-May:

Berlyn Sellers Lancaster Memories: Part 3


1984-Feb:

Launching of Elizabeth II


1983-Nov:

Berlyn Sellers Lancaster Memories: Part 2


1983-Aug:

Ben McNeill: Part 1


1983-May:

Berlyn Sellers Lancaster Memories: Part 1


1983-Feb:

Salt in Brunswick County: 1861


1982-Nov:

Brunswick Resistance to Stamp Act


1982-Aug:

Turpentine & Rice in Brunswick County

Salt in Colonial Brunswick


1982-May:

Bolivia History


1982-Feb:

Bicentenial Tree Marker

The Building of Fort Caswell: 1826

The First Shallotte: 1840


1981-Nov:

Smithville Named Southport

Colonel George W. Gillette


1981-Aug:

Brunswick County Blockade Running


1981-May:

Brief History of BCHS


1981-Feb:

Smithville/Southport Railroads

Public Education in North Carolina


1980-Nov:

County Commision Minutes: 1878-1889


1980-Aug:

Early Baptist Churches

Who Discovered America?


1980-May:

Brunswick County Origins

Soldiers in Beaufort: 1728

The Spanish Alarm: 1747-1748

County Public Education Starts: 1872


1980-Feb:

Revolutionary Incidents

BCHS Officers: 1954-1979


1979-Nov:

Settlement Brunswick Town: 1725

Stamp Act Armed Resistance: 1766

The Spanish Attack: 1748

1662 Description-Lower Cape Fear


1979-Aug:

Brunswick Electric Membership Corp.


1979-May:

Brunswick: The Rice Empire

Brunswick County Permanent Settlement: c.1726

Brunswick Town Early Occupations

Robert Howe-NC's Revolutionary Major General


1979-Feb:

A Brief History of Leland by Lucille Dresser Blake


1978-Nov:

Telephone Service in Brunswick Co.: 1954

Household Data Before Revolutionary War

About Lawrence Lee, BCHS Speaker


1978-Aug:

Col. Richard Caswell Reprt to NC Congress: 1776

A Few facts Pertaining to Shallotte

Gause Landing in Early County History

Brunswick Co. Soldiers in the Civil War

Mysterious Rider of Revolutionary Battle Royal


1978-May:

Brunswick Town Preservation

What Happens When You Go Grave Yard Hunting

When Does an Event Become Historical?


1977-May:

Brief History of Southport-Brunswick Library


1977-Feb:

Brunswick County's Maritime Heritage

Fort Anderson Letter: 1865


1976-Nov:

Brunswick County's Bicentennial

Oral History: Margaret Swan Hood Interview


1976-Aug:

Amelia Potter Russ Travel Diary: 1836


1976-May:

St. Philips Celebration-Brunswick Town


1976-Feb:

Lower Cape Fear Medicine: Colonial Times to 1860


1975-Oct:

NC 4th of July Festival at Southport

Government Directory: 1822


1975-May:

Proposed Reenactment: News of Revolution

Alice Johnson Taylor: 1888-1975

Excerpts from Southport Leader: 1890

1970-May BCHS Newsletter: The English Clay Pipe


1975-Feb:

Brunswick County Bicentenial

Powell: "Settlement of the Cape Fear"-Part 2


1974-Nov:

Powell: "Settlement of the Cape Fear"-Part 1

Dr. Bynum Weathers Biography


1974-May:

Cape Fear Quarantine Station: 1893


1974-Feb:

US Mail Service in Brunswick County


1973-Nov:

Tourists at the White Cliffs: 1662-1663


1973-Sep:

Joseph Silas Clemmons


1973-Aug:

Annie Mae Woodside Home

Fort Caswell History


1973-May:

Southport: 1912

Brunswich Town Highlights: 1972

Margaret T. McMahan


1973-Feb:

Stamp Act Protests: 1765


1972-Nov:

A.M. Williams House

Bicentenial Planning Speech

County Tax List: 1815


1972-Aug:

Frying Pan Lightship Project

Vouchers: War of 1812


1972-May:

Salt Works: 1861-1865

Rice Plantation Economy: 1860


1972-Feb:

Causway Over Eagles Island: 1764

Brunswick Town State Historic Site


1971-Nov:

Benjamin Smith: A Noble Son of Brunswick

BCHS Newsletters-Subject Index


1971-Aug:

Brunswick Naval Stores Production


1971-May:

Rice Planting in Brunswick


1971-Feb:

Hickory Hall: 1812

BCHS Constitution & By-Laws


1970-Nov:

Brunswich Town: A Year in Retrospect

County Court Minutes: 1782-1784


1970-Aug:

Steamboats of the Cape Fear


1970-May:

The English Clay Pipe: 16th-18th Centuries

Public Payments to William Dry in Brunswick: 1748


1970-Feb:

Rhenish "Blauwerk" in the Colonies

NC Collection at UNC

Brunswick Town Summary


1969-Nov:

Colonial Bible Boxes

Brunswik Co. Court Minutes: 1782


1969-Aug:

Rev. John LaPierre: 1707

Old Brunswick Town & Russellborough


1969-May:

Francis Asbury in Brunswick Town: 1765


1969-Feb:

Health in Brunswick Town

Brunswick Town: A Year in Retrospect


1968-Nov:

Leach-Jobson House Excavation

The Lower Cape Fear (1861-1865)


1968-Aug:

James Epsy House Excavation


1968-May:

St. Philips Anglican Church at Brunswick Town: 1736

Restoration Archaeology: Paca House, Annapolis, MD


1968-Feb:

The Port Inspector's Brand

Remarks by Carlisle H. Humelsing


1967-Nov:

Wine Cooler at Russellborough

Brunswick County Census Index: 1800


1967-Aug:

William Tryon Windmill

Brunswick County Census: 1800


1967-May:

Interpreting Russellborough Ruin

Brunswick County Census: 1800

Bishop Francis Asbury in NC: 1802-1815


1967-Feb:

Saint Philips Church at Brunswick Town


1966-Nov:

Russellborough Kitchen Excavation

Census of Brunswick County: 1800


1966-Aug:

Russellborough Excavation Completed

The John Julius Gause Tomb: 1836

1800 Census of Brunswick County


1966-May:

Brunswick Town Governor's Mansion Excavation

William Rhett, Pirate Nemesis: 1718

Smith Island Resolution: 1966


1966-Feb:

Belvedere Plantation


1965-Nov:

A Crisis at Brunswick Town: 1765

The Lower Cape Fear in Colonial Days


1965-Aug:

A Brief History of Smith Island


1965-May:

Natural History of Smith Island


1965-Feb:

The Royal Governor's Mansion at Brunswick

The Journal of Ebenezer Hazard: 1777-1778


1964-Nov #1:

Brunswick Town Courthouse Excavation


1964-Nov #2:

BCHS Bicentenial Souvenir Booklet: 15 Nov 1964


1964-Nov #1:

Brunswick Town Courthouse Excavation


1964-Aug:

Brunswick Town Fortification


1964-May:

Judge Maurice Moore Estate

Zion Methodist Church History


1964-Feb:

The Hills of Brunswick

Blockade Running


1963-Nov:

Brunswick Town & Fort Fisher Buttons


1963-Aug:

Spanish Attack: 1748


1963-May:

The Colonial Child at Brunswick Town

The Cape Fear Country-Part 1: 1731


1963-Feb:

Brunswick Town Colonial Clothing

Boundary House


1962-Nov:

Coins Recovered from Brunswick Town Ruins

Landgrave Thomas Smith 1st: 1648-1694


1962-Aug:

Smokehouse Ruin Discovered at Brunswick Town

North Carolina History - A Neglected Opportunity

Goose Marsh Plantation: c.1779


1962-May:

Brunswick Town House Reconstruction

Tory War in North Carolina


1962-Jan:

Brunswick Town Home-Capt. Stephen Parker Newman

Blockade Runners of the Cape Fear

Nathanial Rice-Prominent Colonial Figure


1961-Sep:

12,000 Visitors at Old Brunswick Town

A Brief Sketch of James Hasell: 1735

Brunswick's Itinerant Couthouse