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The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter  is published in the Spring (March/April) and Fall (September/October) of each year by the Dameron-Damron Family Association.  The first volume appeared in 1981.   The content includes articles about various Dameron - Damron lines.  Go to the DDFA Articles & Biographies Page for some examples of the types of material that may appear in the newsletter.

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Table of Contents of

the Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter:

Dameron/Damron Family Newsletter.......... Volume 1, Fall 1981 & Volume 2, March 1982

A Brief History of the Damerons/Damrons........................................................................................ 1

Introduction, Family Spotlight.......................................................................................................... 3

Damerons on Television................................................................................................................. 4

Connecting the Branches................................................................................................................ 5

Black Damerons............................................................................................................................ 5

Constitution of The Dameron/Damron Family Association (with revisions)........................................... 6

CHART A:  Descendants of Lawrence Dameron, line of George......................................................... 9

CHART B:  Descendants of Lawrence Dameron, line of Bartholomew’s sons, John & Lawrence.......... 10

CHART C:  Descendants of Lawrence Dameron, line of Bartholomew’s sons, John & Christopher....... 11

CHART D:  Descendants of Lawrence Dameron, line of Bartholomew’s sons, Thomas & Samuel........ 12

Index of English Wills, Ipswich...................................................................................................... 14

Editorial, Staff.............................................................................................................................. 15

Members, Announcements........................................................................................................... 16

Your Start in the Mystical Science of Genealogy............................................................................ 17

How to Obtain Census Records..................................................................................................... 18

Census Indexes........................................................................................................................... 20

Civil War Prisoner Exchange, Wilson Damron................................................................................. 21

Emmett Starr, Cherokee Genealogy............................................................................................... 23

Oklahoma Historical Soc., Indian Archives File............................................................................... 26

George W. Damron....................................................................................................................... 27

Tennessee Censuses & Weakley County Records.......................................................................... 28

Petition for Land Warrant by G. B. Dameron, Miss.......................................................................... 29

Tennessee Census Index, 1840..................................................................................................... 31

The Family of John Damron b1757- .............................................................................................. 31

James B. Dameron, Editor, Arkansas Herald.................................................................................. 32

Yancey Dameron, Veteran of the Civil War..................................................................................... 33

John Thomas Dameron (1845-1894)............................................................................................... 35

Queries....................................................................................................................................... 35

Son of Sam?............................................................................................................................... 37

Water Over the Dam..................................................................................................................... 37

Wilson Damron of Green Co., KY: An Observation.......................................................................... 38

Announcements........................................................................................................................... 38

 

Dameron/Damron Family Newsletter........................................... Volume 3, Fall, 1982

Contents, Pots and Pans.............................................................................................................. 39

Queries, Misc.............................................................................................................................. 40

One Year After............................................................................................................................. 41

Head ‘Em Up and Move ‘Em Out. (Randolph Co., MO).................................................................... 43

American Revolutionary War Veterans........................................................................................... 44

Genealogical Safari To Arkansas, Oklahoma, & Texas.................................................................... 45

Lum and Abner............................................................................................................................ 51

Abrem Damron............................................................................................................................. 52

The Damron Brick House Farm (Adair Co., KY).............................................................................. 53

Division of Negroes of John Dameron, Decd................................................................................... 54

Dunmore Damron......................................................................................................................... 56

Williamson Dameron of Caswell Co., NC........................................................................................ 57

Lazerus Damron, Spy, Scout, Frontiersman................................................................................... 61

Kentucky Land Warrants............................................................................................................... 62

Texas Confederate Veterans Pensions.......................................................................................... 63

Never on Sunday......................................................................................................................... 64

Water Over the Dam..................................................................................................................... 65

 

Dameron/Damron Family Newsletter........................................ Volume 4, Spring, 1983

Reunions..................................................................................................................................... 67

Order Back Issues; Editorial.......................................................................................................... 68

The Mormon Damrons, by Mariam Damron Cropper........................................................................ 69

Union County Illinois Marriages, researched by Helen Dameron Jones.............................................. 71

Hinds County Mississippi Marriage Records................................................................................... 71

Update on Williamson Dameron's Family........................................................................................ 71

Northumberland County, Virginia Notes, researched by James F. Lewis............................................ 72

 From Henley, Suffolk, England..................................................................................................... 72

Wanted, O. C. Damron................................................................................................................. 73

Charles Everett Dameron, Captured by Bulgarians.......................................................................... 74

Northumberland County from Historical Society Bulletin................................................................... 74

Captain John Dameron of the Jamestown Colony............................................................................ 75

Pike County, KY Veteran's Graves Registration, from Dorcas Hobbs................................................ 76

List of Dameron, Damron Texas Deaths 1903-1940, res. by Leonard Damron.................................... 77

George Damron of Izard County, Arkansas, Researched by Doris K. West........................................ 80

Samuel Damron and His Descendants, Researched by Leonard L. Damron....................................... 81

Notes on Albemarle, Fincastle, Botetourt Cos., VA......................................................................... 88

Notes on Stokes Co., NC; Randolph Co., MO................................................................................. 88

Bible Records: William Harrison Dameron, from Robert L. Dameron.................................................. 89

Bible Records: Willis Monroe Dameron, trans, by Logan D. Dameron IL............................................ 90

Bible Records: George Marshall Dameron, from Mrs. Ira Dameron.................................................... 91

Some Nelson County, Va, Damerons............................................................................................. 92

Water-Over-The-Dam, (Misc.), by John P. Dameron........................................................................ 93

Queries....................................................................................................................................... 94

Reunions..................................................................................................................................... 95

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter............................................... Volume 5, Fall, 1983

Richard Damron of Floyd-Pike Co., Kentucky................................................................................. 96

Old English Manor Holds Key to the Past, by Charles F. Dameron................................................... 97

Bartholomew Dameron,  d. 1555.................................................................................................... 98

Suffolk County, England; Extracts from Parish Registers................................................................ 99

Wanted—Burial Place of Lucy J. Damron (1861-1868)................................................................... 101

Dameron, Maryland.................................................................................................................... 102

Charles Wesley Damron by Vernard Carlton Damron..................................................................... 104

The Lincoln-Gaston Co., NC Damerons........................................................................................ 107

The Early Damrons of Georgia..................................................................................................... 110

Editorial..................................................................................................................................... 111

Water Over the Dam (Misc.)........................................................................................................ 112

Excerpts from Census Records, 1850; Allegheny Co., VA, Albemarle Co., VA................................ 114

Briefs: Dameron Families of Randolph Co., Missouri..................................................................... 115

        the Tadd Dameron Quartet.................................................................................................. 115

        "O. C." Damron Identified.................................................................................................... 115

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 116

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter........................................... Volume 6, Spring, 1984

 Editorial.................................................................................................................................... 118

 Background of the Damrons by Leonard L. Damron...................................................................... 119

Photos:  Nancy W., John S., & Robert W. Damron........................................................................ 120

The Descendants of Samuel Damron, edited by Leonard L. Damron............................................... 121

Photo:  George Damron B. 1847 and Sons................................................................................... 126

Onesephorous Dameron & Heirs edited by John P. Dameron......................................................... 128

Tennessee Land Grants researched by A. Y. Damron.................................................................... 129

An Outline................................................................................................................................. 130

Big Sandy Area (Map)................................................................................................................. 130

The Big Sandy Damrons researched & edited by Truman Murphy................................................... 131

Solomon King Damron (1849-1931) from Chester Damron.............................................................. 137

Gastonia, NC to Illinois, A Story of John Dameron, Son of Dixon.................................................... 138

James Thomas Refinas Dameron. Researched by Leona Dameron................................................. 138

Brunswick County, VA – Warren Co., NC Damrons Edited by John P. Dameron.............................. 139

Brunswick County Virginia Area......................................................................................... (Map)  141

Follow Ups:  “Ock” or William Auxier Damron................................................................................ 142

                        Richard Damron of Floyd/Pike Cos., KY............................................................... 142

                        John Wesley Damron by V. C. Damron................................................................ 143

Bible Records of Mable Louise Dameron of Colorado..................................................................... 144

Coming in Next Issue.................................................................................................................. 144

Water-Over-The-Dam (Misc) by John P. Dameron......................................................................... 145

Randolph County, Mo:  Part of the 1850 U.S. Census for Damerons............................................... 147

Queries, Reunions...................................................................................................................... 148

 Family Happenings, Recent Deaths, Golden Anniversary.............................................................. 149

Will of Lazerus Dameron of Albemarle Co., VA, 1749   ................................................................. 150

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter................................................ Volume 7, Fall 1984

Lawrence Dameron:  Baptised Apr, 1615...................................................................................... 152

Bridget Damron w. 1635, Abstracted by Mariam Damron Cropper................................................... 152

Letter from Suffolk, England, from E.G. Turner............................................................................. 153

Editorial by John Dameron.......................................................................................................... 154

A Trip to Caswell County by John Dameron.................................................................................. 155

Caswell Deeds, Abstracted by May Ringo King............................................................................. 156

John Thomas Damron & His Descendants, Edited by Leonard L. Damron....................................... 157

Photo's:  John Nolan Damron, Martha Susan Damron, Berrilla Damron............................................ 163

John L. Damron of Covington VA:  Knoxville, TN:  & Shelby, NC.................................................... 164

Judge James Damron of Mingo Co., WVa.................................................................................... 164

Dr. John Dysart Dameron of Missouri and Stockton, Ca................................................................. 164

Lincoln Co., NC Abstracts, Research by Henry Dameron, & Shelby, NC......................................... 165

Edward Caswell Dameron of St. Louis, MO................................................................................... 166

California Death Records:  Research by Inez Winans, Et Als.......................................................... 167

2 Balls;  1 Strike........................................................................................................................ 170

Instant Justice by Leonard L. Damron.......................................................................................... 171

Artist Ann Damron...................................................................................................................... 172

Henry Walton Dameron of Caswell and Cherokee Counties, NC...................................................... 173

George H. Dam(e)ron of Highland Co., VA & Hancock, IL............................................................... 175

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 176

Water-Over-The-Dam.................................................................................................................. 177

Hugenot or Not?......................................................................................................................... 173

Kim Damron, Memphis Showboat................................................................................................ 178

Books and Booklets................................................................................................................... 179

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 181

Reunions................................................................................................................................... 182

Map of Northumberland Co., VA Shoreline.................................................................................... 183

Corrections and Additions........................................................................................................... 184

Hannah Van Who?...................................................................................................................... 184

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter............................................ Volume 8, Spring 1985

Editorial..................................................................................................................................... 186

Descendants of Sarah Damron and Charles Mathis....................................................................... 187

Article from The Ceredo.............................................................................................................. 188

Damerons vs Damrons............................................................................................................... 190

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 190

Elisha and Sarah (Kinney)(Elswick) Damron Records.................................................................... 192

Joseph Dameron, Sr., of Northumberland Co., VA......................................................................... 194

Ipswich, Suffolk, England Parish Register Transcripts................................................................... 197

Fiftieth Anniversary, Gratho Adkins & Virginia Damron.................................................................. 198

Winifred, Daughter of Lazarus Dameron........................................................................................ 198

Descendants of Spurlock Damron and Sarah Trout........................................................................ 198

From the Military records of Robert Damron.................................................................................. 199

Family Records of Dunmore and Martha Frances (Cox) Dameron................................................... 204

Dunmore Damron' s Will.............................................................................................................. 207

Descendants of Dunmore and Patsey Cox Damron....................................................................... 208

The Big Sandy Damrons............................................................................................................. 216

Richard Clayton Damron, son of John J. Damron.......................................................................... 218

Allen Damron............................................................................................................................. 218

Register of Confederate Soldiers & Sailors in Federal Prisons and                                                        

     Military Hospitals in the North................................................................................................. 219

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 219

Alfred Speer Dameron, his Genealogy Study................................................................................ 220

Chasing Lost Balls in High Weeds............................................................................................... 224

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter................................................ Volume 9, Fall 1985

A letter from a Prisoner of War.................................................................................................... 225

Treasury Report......................................................................................................................... 226

Some Damrons of Lincoln County, Tennessee.............................................................................. 227

Bartholomew Dameron of Virginia & North Carolina........................................................................ 228

Research from Ken Dyer............................................................................................................. 232

Descendants of Richard and Elizabeth (Drewdie) Damron.............................................................. 238

"Will the Right Dunmore Please Stand Up?".................................................................................. 242

Will of John Staton..................................................................................................................... 243

Documentation........................................................................................................................... 244

Notes on Dunmore Damron......................................................................................................... 245

"Is there an Attorney in the House?"............................................................................................. 246

Descendants of Judith Dameron.................................................................................................. 246

Will of Bartholomew Dameron de Beccles, 1555.

     Map of County Suffolk, showing location of "Beccles"........................................................... Insert

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 247

Water Over the Dam................................................................................................................... 250

Birthdays Greetings.................................................................................................................... 251

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 252

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 253

Contest "Name This Man!" ......................................................................................................... 254

Chart of Some Descendants of Lazerus Damron and Elizabeth Smith............................................. 255

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.......................................... Volume 10, Spring 1986

Contents and Notes.................................................................................................................... 257

Editorial..................................................................................................................................... 258

Dameron Family Tree by Catherine J. Henderson.......................................................................... 259

Decendants of Dunmore and Lucinda Dameron?........................................................................... 264

Notes on Michael Dameron by Leonard L. Damron........................................................................ 265

Descendants of George Dameron Staton...................................................................................... 266

Source of Some Tennessee and Illinois Damrons?........................................................................ 270

John Shultz Damron and Sally Daugherty: A Family Study............................................................ 273

The Thomas Family.................................................................................................................... 277

Some Descendants of John Thomas and Winifred Dameron........................................................... 278

Elizabeth Dameron.....Elizabeth Garlington?................................................................................. 284

Texas Confederate Soldiers' Index............................................................................................... 285

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 286

Some Old Missouri Towns with Dameron Connections................................................................... 286

Towns with the Name Dameron/Damron....................................................................................... 286

From Early Tax Lists of Green County, Ky................................................................................... 286

Dameron Has Disappeared.......................................................................................................... 287

Water Over the Dam................................................................................................................... 288

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 289

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 290

Letters From Prisoners in a Northern Prison, Civil War................................................................... 290

Help Wanted.............................................................................................................................. 291

John Dennis (Note)..................................................................................................................... 291

English Parish Registers Submitted by H.G. Turner....................................................................... 292

Transcript of Will of Thomas Dameron, 1574................................................................................. 293

Suffolk Marriage Records............................................................................................................ 293

Transcript of Will of Bartholomew Dameron, 1554.......................................................................... 295

Membership Directory (Announcement)........................................................................................ 298

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter............................................. Volume 11, Fall, 1986

Descendants of Charles Damron and Mary E. Magann.................................................................. 299

Notes on Russell and Washington Counties, VA........................................................................... 307

More Descendants of John Thomas and Winnifred Damron............................................................ 311

Green Corn Festival.................................................................................................................... 313

Life and Times of The Early 1800’s.............................................................................................. 315

The Hardin/Winfrey/Wilkerson/Winneford Connection..................................................................... 315

Descendants of Wilson Damron & Mary Elizabeth Zernial.............................................................. 317

George Damron of Green & Adair Cos. Ky., Ill., & Tenn................................................................. 319

Civil War Claims in the South, 1871-1880..................................................................................... 322

Research Dealing With Ladds And Brocks.................................................................................... 323

Letters from Prisoners from Northern Prisons During the Civil War.................................................. 324

John, Son of Lazerus Dameron.................................................................................................... 325

Charles Dam(e)ron of Albemarle Co., Va., and Richmond/Jackson Co’s., Ga................................... 326

Some Descendants of Mickey (Damron) Gentry............................................................................ 327

Biography of Robert T. Damron.................................................................................................... 327

Death at 20 Paces, Three Children of Moses and Rebecca (Harrall) Damron,a Mini Study................ 334

James K.Dameron of Caswell Co., NC. & Green and Webster Co’s., Mo......................................... 337

The Dameron (or Your Surname) Family Album; Elizabeth Rossand, and Others............................. 339

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.......................................... Volume 12, Spring 1987

Census Book ............................................................................................................................ 341

Missouri Damerons in the Civil War ............................................................................................. 341

Watch Your Cemeteries.............................................................................................................. 343

Occupayshun - Cencus Taker..................................................................................................... 344

Old Missouri Letters................................................................................................................... 344

A Pioneers Opinion of Missouri.................................................................................................... 345

Some Early Foreign Born Damerons etc....................................................................................... 346

John G. Damron, mayor of Gallipolis, Ohio................................................................................... 346

Charles Damron of Albemarle Co., Va. & Jackson Co., Ga............................................................ 347

Additional Descendants of John Damron Jr................................................................................... 350

A Letter from Charles Thompson Damron..................................................................................... 354

George W. Damron of Va., Ky., and Ill.......................................................................................... 356

Lazarus Dameron....................................................................................................................... 357

Descendants of George Washington Damron................................................................................ 358

The Dameron/Damron Family Study By Mary Dameron Dise.......................................................... 362

The Descendants of Charles Damron & Mary E. Magann............................................................... 364

Developing Damerons/Damrons................................................................................................... 375

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.............................................. Volume 13, Fall 1987

Dameron/Damron Family Reunion................................................................................................ 378

Changing of the Guard................................................................................................................ 379

Newsletter Subscription Levels.................................................................................................... 381

Corrections or Additions to Pages 360 & 361 of Vol 12.................................................................. 383

Census Books I and II................................................................................................................. 385

Buckingham Va. Tax Lists.......................................................................................................... 387

More on the Works of Hardesty................................................................................................... 389

Kentucky Land Warrants............................................................................................................. 391

Fluvanna Co., Va. Deed, Michael Damron to Larkin Bransom......................................................... 393

John T. Damron, Lt. in the Mexican War....................................................................................... 394

Weakley Co., Tenn. Court Records.............................................................................................. 395

Jasper Co., Mo. and other Southwest Mo. Court Records.............................................................. 397

Data Relating to Ky., Tenn. and Ill. Damrons................................................................................. 402

Some Descendants of Anna Damron & James Fisher.................................................................... 409

Some Anecdotes Concerning Robert Wilkerson Damron................................................................ 412

William Henry Damron of Ky. and McDonough Co., Ill.................................................................... 412

Obits......................................................................................................................................... 415

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.......................................... Volume 14, Spring 1988

From the Editor's Desk............................................................................................................... 416

Old George Dameron of Kentucky, Illinois, and New Madrid County, Missouri ................................. 418

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 425

Dameron Research in Suffolk, England, by H. G. Turner................................................................ 426

The Damerons of England by John P. Dameron............................................................................ 430

From Far and Near..................................................................................................................... 435

Census Books Again Available.................................................................................................... 436

Back to the Drawing Board?  E. Damron of Weakley County, Tennessee........................................ 437

Family Happenings..................................................................................................................... 438

Cemetery Alert!.......................................................................................................................... 439

1988 Dameron-Damron Family Reunion in Springfield, Missouri...................................................... 440

War of 1812 Volunteers............................................................................................................... 442

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 443

Family Photo Album................................................................................................................... 444

The Will of Tigner Dameron......................................................................................................... 445

Nicholas F. Damron.................................................................................................................... 446

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 448

C. Le Roy Damron...................................................................................................................... 448

Editorial Postscript..................................................................................................................... 449

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.............................................. Volume 15, Fall 1988

From the Editor's Desk............................................................................................................... 450

Sylvester James "Brooks" Damron by Truman Murphy.................................................................. 452

Old Dameron‑Damron Family Recipes.......................................................................................... 454

Who Was Campbell Dameron? ................................................................................................... 455

1988 Dameron‑Damron Family Reunion........................................................................................ 457

Descendants of George Damron Jr. ............................................................................................ 458

Gone to Texas by Charles F. Dameron......................................................................................... 461

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 463

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 464

My Old Missouri Home by Exie Ethel (Eagan) O'Brien................................................................... 465

The Will of John Damron Sr. ....................................................................................................... 467

Mary E. Damron, Daughter of Drury Cox Damron.......................................................................... 469

Finis Toleman Dameron by Mary Dameron Shearholdt................................................................... 470

Family Happenings..................................................................................................................... 472

Notes from Catlettsburg, Kentucky.............................................................................................. 473

Barsheba B. Dameron, Daughter of James K. Dameron................................................................. 474

Family Album............................................................................................................................. 475

From Far and Near..................................................................................................................... 477

The 1787 Census of Virginia........................................................................................................ 478

U.S. Pension Files, 1861‑1934.................................................................................................... 479

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 484

Damron Road in Mossyrock, Washington..................................................................................... 485

Membership Renewal Form......................................................................................................... 486

Ballot: Change in Annual Family Association Dues........................................................................ 487

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.......................................... Volume 16, Spring 1989

From the Editor's Desk............................................................................................................... 488

Some Descendants of Moses Damron by Kenneth Dyer................................................................ 490

Possible Sons of Richard Damron Sr. by Truman Murphy.............................................................. 499

Joseph Dameron Sr.'s Second Wife, Mary Harrison............................................................... ........500

A Video Dameron-Damron Family History..................................................................................... 501

John Jones Dameron, researched by Helen Dameron Jones.......................................................... 502

One Lonely Grave...................................................................................................................... 510

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 512

Dameron and Damron Patents, researched by Rodger S. Dameron................................................. 513

Cemetery Research in Central Virginia by Kyle Dameron............................................................... 517

The Family of Lazarus G. Damron............................................................................................... 518

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 519

1989 Dameron-Damron Family Association Reunion...................................................................... 520

William R. Damron, Also Known as William Ryan.......................................................................... 521

Julia Dameron............................................................................................................................ 522

Update from Leonard Damron...................................................................................................... 524

Damerons and Damrons in the News............................................................................................ 524

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 525

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.............................................. Volume 17, Fall 1989

The Will of Richard Damron, Pike County, KY, 1827...................................................................... 528

Mary Ann Dameron, a Lincoln County, NC, Widow........................................................................ 529

Logan Douglas Dameron, researched by Helen Dameron Jones...................................................... 530

If Your Newsletter Does Not Arrive on Schedule............................................................................ 531

New Information on the E. Damron Family, by Della Damron.......................................................... 533

Cemetery Records from Brenton, West Virginia............................................................................. 534

Notes on Lincoln Co., TN, researched by Tressie Nealy and Jewel Casey....................................... 535

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 538

Two Daughters of George Warren Damron.................................................................................... 539

Caswell Co., NC, Cross Index to Wills.......................................................................................... 540

The Will of George Cox............................................................................................................... 540

Civil War Pension Files:  Richard Damron (b. 1795/96) and His Son, Moses.................................... 541

Damerons and Damrons in the News............................................................................................ 544

Virginia Tax Records, Albemarle Co. and Amherst Co. ................................................................. 546

Hiram Damron of Carter Co., KY, by Howard E. Kiser.................................................................... 548

The Family of James Madison Damron, Remembered by Violet Burchette...................................... 551

1989 Dameron-Damron Family Association Reunion...................................................................... 553

Samuel Damron of Weakley Co., TN -- His Youngest Children........................................................ 554

Family Happenings..................................................................................................................... 555

Frances Dameron, an Interview by Ruth Bock............................................................................... 556

Benjamin Harvey Hill, a Descendant of Elizabeth (Dameron) Ingram............................................... 557

Elizabeth "Betsy" Boyd, Wife of John Dameron............................................................................ 558

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 559

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 561

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.......................................... Volume 18, Spring 1990

Edmund Damron of Bedford County, Tennessee, researched by Jewel Casey................................. 564

Smith Burying Ground................................................................................................................. 567

1990 Dameron-Damron Family Association Reunion...................................................................... 568

John Dameron of Gaston Co., NC................................................................................................ 568

Tennessee Births and Deaths, 1908 through 1912......................................................................... 569

Some Descendants of Anne Morehead Dameron and Vines Mathis................................................ 570

Dameron Families in Norfolk Co., VA........................................................................................... 572

Charles Gilbert "Dock" Damron.................................................................................................... 576

Illinois Public Domain Land Sales................................................................................................ 577

Missouri Public Domain Land Sales prior to 1836.......................................................................... 578

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 579

The Will of Charles Dameron (1764)............................................................................................. 580

Greenup County, Kentucky, Cemeteries....................................................................................... 581

Census Books I and II................................................................................................................. 581

Gilbert Jefferson Damron, by Truman E. Murphy........................................................................... 582

Family Happenings..................................................................................................................... 585

Vive Les Damerons, by Charles F. Dameron................................................................................. 587

Notes on Lancaster Co., VA........................................................................................................ 588

Kentucky Death Index, January, 1911, to December, 1915............................................................. 589

Some Cemetery Markers from Wayne Co., WV, and Lawrence Co., KY.......................................... 590

Help Needed: Census Indexes..................................................................................................... 591

Dameron Debts in Mecklenburg Co., VA....................................................................................... 592

Those Darn Nicknames!.............................................................................................................. 593

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 594

Mary "Polly" Damron, Wife of Samuel Sperry Vinson..................................................................... 597

Another O. C. Damron Update..................................................................................................... 598

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 599

Damerons and Damrons in the News............................................................................................ 601

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.............................................. Volume 19, Fall 1990

Moses W. Damron, Pioneer Baptist Minister in Texas................................................................... 604

The Ancestry of Rebecca Malone, Wife of Bartholomew Dameron.................................................. 609

Damrens in Maine...................................................................................................................... 609

Descendants of Samuel Damron and Elizabeth Thomas................................................................ 610

New Address for Ordering Back Issues........................................................................................ 614

Some Notes on the Marcum Family............................................................................................. 615

Early Recollections of George W. Dameron.................................................................................. 616

George Ball Dameron of Mississippi............................................................................................. 618

1990 Family Association Reunion ............................................................................................... 620

Augustin Damrell (ca. 1790-1874), a.k.a. Augustus or Augusta Damron.......................................... 621

Corrections................................................................................................................................ 623

Kentucky Death Index, 1916-1930................................................................................................ 624

Norfolk Co., VA, Update.............................................................................................................. 628

Samuel Wesley Damron (1862-1938)............................................................................................ 630

Pleasant Leroy Damron (1830-1903), Researched by Jewel Casey................................................. 632

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 634

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 636

Helen Foster Snow's Dameron-Damron Book................................................................................ 638

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 639

Damerons and Damrons in the Missouri Legislature....................................................................... 639

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.......................................... Volume 20, Spring 1991

1991 Dameron-Damron Family Association Reunion...................................................................... 642

Warren Thomas Dameron, M.D., Researched by Helen Dameron Jones.......................................... 643

Charles Dameron, Minister of the Gospel...................................................................................... 645

Green Berry Damron, researched by Jewel Casey and Tressie Nealy ............................................. 646

Martin M. Damron....................................................................................................................... 649

Michael Damron and His Sons..................................................................................................... 650

Social Security Death Index, 1963-1987....................................................................................... 652

A Civil War Letter from W. A. Dameron........................................................................................ 654

Damerons and Damrons in the News............................................................................................ 656

A New Publication: The Dameron Family News............................................................................. 657

Littlepage Damron...................................................................................................................... 658

Cemetery Records from Eolia, Missouri........................................................................................ 664

Elizabeth Boyd, Wife of John Dameron........................................................................................ 664

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 667

The Damerin Coat of Arms.......................................................................................................... 668

Kentucky Death Index, 1931-1938................................................................................................ 669

Oregon Death Indexes, 1903-1941............................................................................................... 671

Family Album............................................................................................................................. 672

Beware the I.G.I......................................................................................................................... 673

James Damron, Seminole War Soldier......................................................................................... 673

Family Happenings..................................................................................................................... 674

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 675

Corrections................................................................................................................................ 678

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 679

Census Books I and II................................................................................................................. 679

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.............................................. Volume 21, Fall 1991

William Moore Dameron, Researched by Helen Dameron Jones..................................................... 682

Richard Damron (1845-1923), Son of Thomas and Mary "Polly" Damron.......................................... 687

James Damron of McNairy Co., Tennessee, Researched by Betty Lancaster.................................. 689

William Auxier "Ock" Damron...................................................................................................... 692

The Problem with Noble Ladd...................................................................................................... 694

Illinois Death Index, January, 1916 - December, 1938.................................................................... 695

John M. C. Damron, M.D.: A Biographical Sketch......................................................................... 697

Zachariah Damron and Frances Thomas...................................................................................... 698

Some Research Notes from Carolyn Hatcher ............................................................................... 707

1991 Dameron-Damron Family Association Reunion ..................................................................... 708

Thomas Dameron Who Wrote His Will in 1766.............................................................................. 709

Family Happenings..................................................................................................................... 711

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 712

Boyd County, Kentucky, Marriage Index....................................................................................... 714

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 715

Corrections and Additions........................................................................................................... 716

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 717

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.......................................... Volume 22, Spring 1992

Lazarus Damron:  Frontier Spy.................................................................................................... 720

The Autobiography of James Palatine Dameron............................................................................ 722

Thomas Damron and Mary Damron.............................................................................................. 725

Elizabeth Drawdy, Not Drewdie.................................................................................................... 727

1992 Dameron-Damron Family Association Reunion...................................................................... 728