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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

Damerons and Damrons in the News............................................................................................ 729

Thomas B. Dameron and Dora Moore........................................................................................... 730

Another Norfolk Co., VA, Update................................................................................................. 731

Some Family Stories, by Charles E. Dameron.............................................................................. 734

Robert Washington Michie and Eliza Damron................................................................................ 737

Census Books I and II................................................................................................................. 737

Captain Milton Wesley Damron, by Kenneth W. Behringer............................................................. 738

James K. Damron Family Record................................................................................................ 742

Thomas Eddington Wells and Susan Damron, by Donette Carr....................................................... 743

Help Needed.............................................................................................................................. 744

In Search of the "Lost" Cemetery................................................................................................. 745

Lawrence County, Kentucky, Marriage Index................................................................................. 747

Additions and Corrections........................................................................................................... 748

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 749

Family Happenings..................................................................................................................... 751

Leland Damron and Susannah Powell........................................................................................... 752

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 753

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 757

Membership List................................................................................................... Inside Back Cover

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.............................................. Volume 23, Fall 1992

The Children of Joseph Dameron and Mary Harrison...................................................................... 760

John Henry Damron.................................................................................................................... 762

Pike County, Kentucky, Birth and Death Records.......................................................................... 768

Dameron-Damron Family Reunion 1992, by Charles F. Dameron.................................................... 770

Additions and Corrections........................................................................................................... 771

Willis Monroe Dameron (1824-1907)............................................................................................. 772

Damerons and Damrons in the News............................................................................................ 773

George W. Dameron and Samantha C. Ford of Rush County, Indiana.............................................. 775

Thomas Dameron, son of Joseph Dameron Sr. ............................................................................ 776

Other Damerons in Newton Co., Georgia...................................................................................... 778

Some Notes on the Damerons of Lincoln Co., NC......................................................................... 781

Colorado Marriages..................................................................................................................... 783

Census Book Mishap.................................................................................................................. 783

General Washington Damron....................................................................................................... 784

McDowell Co., West Virginia, Marriages....................................................................................... 786

Let the Buyer Beware................................................................................................................. 787

Those Darn Nicknames! ............................................................................................................. 787

Virginia Birth Indexes, 1853-1879................................................................................................. 788

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 791

Norton, Chilton, and Dameron Family Papers................................................................................ 792

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 793

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 795

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.......................................... Volume 24, Spring 1993

Caswell County, North Carolina, Probate Papers........................................................................... 798

Thomas S. Damron of Tennessee, Arkansas, and Oklahoma......................................................... 802

Randolph Co., (W.) Virginia, Records........................................................................................... 803

William J. Dammon of Robertson Co., TN, formerly Williamson J. Dameron.................................... 805

A Newton Co., GA, Guardianship Record...................................................................................... 809

David C. Damron: Civil War Pension File...................................................................................... 810

1993 Dameron-Damron Family Association Reunion...................................................................... 812

The Will of John Dameron, 1596.................................................................................................. 813

Civil War Pension File: George W. Damron................................................................................... 814

Christopher Dameron Deed in Lee Co., VA. ................................................................................. 815

John Damron's Courthouse.......................................................................................................... 816

Census Book Update.................................................................................................................. 816

Harrison Dameron and Martha "Patsy" Dameron........................................................................... 817

Dameron Bible Records. (Frank Abner Dameron & Charles Dameron-son of Roger Dameron)............ 820

Two Daughters of Harvey G. Damron and Mary Ann Maynard by John Picklesimer.......................... 822

William Dam(e)ron of McNairy Co., TN, Researched by Betty Needham Lancaster........................... 824

The Civil War Pension File of William Damron of Wayne Co., WV. ................................................. 825

William James Damron (ca. 1858 - 1900)...................................................................................... 827

Damerons and Damrons in the News............................................................................................ 828

The Civil War Pension File of Jackson Damron............................................................................. 828

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 830

Additions and Corrections........................................................................................................... 831

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 832

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 835

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.............................................. Volume 25, Fall 1993

Descendants of George Shields and Nancy Damron by Larry Dwayne Shields................................. 838

Johnson Co., IL, Probate Records................................................................................................ 841

The John Damron Family of Buckingham Co., VA, Researched by Edna Barney............................. 842

Old Family Letters to Augustin and Elizabeth (Dearing) Damrell...................................................... 844

1993 Dameron-Damron Family Association Reunion, by Charles F. Dameron.................................. 851

Logan Co., WV, Marriages.......................................................................................................... 852

Some Confederate Soldiers......................................................................................................... 854

Early Dameron Ages................................................................................................................... 857

Some Indiana Damrons............................................................................................................... 858

Newsletter Index Now Available! ................................................................................................. 860

Bell County, Texas, Marriage Index.............................................................................................. 860

Additions and Corrections........................................................................................................... 861

Caswell Co., NC, Marriage Register, 1867-1917............................................................................ 862

Two Daughters of Charles Wesley Damron................................................................................... 863

James Thomas Refinus Dameron................................................................................................ 864

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 866

Resources................................................................................................................................. 868

Family Happenings..................................................................................................................... 870

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 870

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 872

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.......................................... Volume 26, Spring 1994

William Hall Dameron (1820-1872)................................................................................................ 876

Love and Marriage in Randolph Co., Missouri................................................................................ 878

Jenny (Mullins) Coots?............................................................................................................... 880

1994 Dameron-Damron Family Association Reunion...................................................................... 881

The Heirs of Cyrus C. Damral...................................................................................................... 882

George Franklin Dameron............................................................................................................ 883

Revolutionary War Pension Applications....................................................................................... 884

Old Dameron Wills from Virginia and North Carolina....................................................................... 890

Descendants of Antonius M. M. Damarin...................................................................................... 897

Damerons and Damrons in the News............................................................................................ 898

The Hurst Family of Northumberland County, Virginia.................................................................... 899

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 900

Additions and Corrections........................................................................................................... 901

Family Happenings..................................................................................................................... 902

Northumberland Co., VA, Confederate Soldiers............................................................................. 902

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 903

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 909

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.............................................. Volume 27, Fall 1994

A Letter from John Dameron of Caswell County, North Carolina...................................................... 912

Increase in Sustaining Membership Dues..................................................................................... 913

Solomon King Damron by Mary Ella Klingsporn............................................................................. 914

Paris Dameron of Alabama.......................................................................................................... 922

1995 Membership Directory......................................................................................................... 924

1994 Dameron‑Damron Family Association Reunion...................................................................... 924

Single Mothers........................................................................................................................... 925

John Henry Dameron (1836‑1906) and Julia Price Vaughn.............................................................. 927

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 928

Clippings from the Past............................................................................................................... 930

Dickenson Co., VA, Marriages, 1880‑1900.................................................................................... 931

Mingo Co., WV, Marriages, 1895‑1904......................................................................................... 932

Clara (Damron) Little and Her Musical Family................................................................................ 934

Brunswick County, Virginia, Confederate Soldiers......................................................................... 936

Virginia Civil War Confederate Pension Application Index............................................................... 938

"The Death of Jerry Damron”....................................................................................................... 939

Charles Lewis Damaron.............................................................................................................. 940

Family Happenings..................................................................................................................... 941

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 942

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 945

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.......................................... Volume 28, Spring 1995

Constantine Ladd Damron........................................................................................................... 948

Westmoreland County, Virginia, Marriages.................................................................................... 953

Sarah G. Dameron and William Warf............................................................................................ 954

1995 Membership Directory......................................................................................................... 956

Gaston County, North Carolina, Marriages, 1848‑1919................................................................... 956

Damerons and Damrons in the News............................................................................................ 958

Burke County, North Carolina, Marriages...................................................................................... 959

Family Album............................................................................................................................. 960

Family Happenings..................................................................................................................... 963

Edward G. Damron/Dameron....................................................................................................... 964

Bits and Pieces.......................................................................................................................... 969

James C. Dameron, Son of Joseph Dameron Jr.  ......................................................................... 971

Snow's Dameron‑Damron Book................................................................................................... 972

Additions and Corrections........................................................................................................... 972

Obituaries.................................................................................................................................. 974

Queries..................................................................................................................................... 977

 

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter.............................................. Volume 29, Fall 1996

A Dameron Cemetery in Nelson County, Virginia .......................................................................... 980

For Sale: Dameron’s Marsh and Garden Point .............................................................................. 981

Burke County, North Carolina, Death Certificates.......................................................................... 982

Samuel Dameron (ca. 1835-1905) ............................................................................................... 983

Some Thoughts on the Russell Co., VA, Tax Lists ....................................................................... 986

The Dameron-Damron Family Association Home Page.................................................................. 988

Mary Shearholdt Ends Term as Secretary-Treasurer ..................................................................... 898

Charles Chaney Accepts Secretary-Treasurer Position.................................................................. 898

In 1998, Two Family Association Reunions .................................................................................. 990

Damerons and Damrons in the News ........................................................................................... 991

The Divorce of Samuel and Sarah (Smith) Damron........................................................................ 992

Family Happenings  ................................................................................................................... 995

Some Westmoreland County, Virginia, Clippings .......................................................................... 996

Missing Members  ..................................................................................................................... 998

Illinois Marriage Index................................................................................................................. 999

The wife of Richard Damron who died ca. 1827........................................................................... 1002

Additions and Corrections.......................................................................................................... 1003

Obituaries................................................................................................................................ 1004

Queries.................................................................................................................................... 1011

 

Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter........................................Volume 30, Spring 1999

Daniel Coffman's Family Bible................................................................................................... 1016

Family Happenings................................................................................................................... 1019

World War I Civilian Draft Registrations....................................................................................... 1019

The Civil War Pension File of Green Dameron and Harriet Perry................................................... 1020

Dameron Marsh Natural Area Preserve....................................................................................... 1022

Kate (Markley) Turner's Bible..................................................................................................... 1023

Old Obituaries from Huntington, West Virginia............................................................................. 1024

Bits and Pieces........................................................................................................................ 1025

Leland R. Damron and Susannah Powell..................................................................................... 1027

Obituaries ............................................................................................................................... 1029

Queries.................................................................................................................................... 1032

 

Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter....................................Volume 31, Fall 1999/2000

Dameron-Damron Mythology – Errors on the Internet, by John P. Dameron.................................... 1036

Pike County, Kentucky, Obituary Abstracts................................................................................ 1038

2001 Dameron-Damron Reunion, Cabwaylingo, West Virginia....................................................... 1042

Arminta J., Wife of William Laney, daughter of Spurlock Damron.................................................. 1043

Additions and Corrections.......................................................................................................... 1043

John Dameron, Born in Scotland in 1798?................................................................................... 1044

Civil War Pension File: James W. Damron (1841-1910)................................................................ 1045

John H. Dameron of Callao, Macon County, Missouri................................................................... 1046

Pike County, Kentucky, Marriages, 1890-1899............................................................................ 1048

Obituaries................................................................................................................................ 1052

 

Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter........................................Volume 32, Spring 2001

From the Editor........................................................................................................................ 1056

The 2001 Dameron-Damron Reunion.......................................................................................... 1057

My Cabwaylingo, 2000, by Paul L. Damron................................................................................. 1059

Corrections and additions.......................................................................................................... 1061

1898 Lawrence Co., Kentucky, School Census........................................................................... 1061

Lawrence Co., KY, Marriage Records......................................................................................... 1062

Helen Foster Snow’s THE DAMERON-DAMRON GENEALOGY................................................... 1063

Helen Foster Snow, 1907-1997.................................................................................................. 1064

Manors of Suffolk, England.  Henley and Henley Hall................................................................... 1066

A Letter From the College of Arms, London, England................................................................... 1069

The Name of Aggie Owl, wife of Moses Damron of Russell Co., VA.............................................. 1073

Obituaries................................................................................................................................ 1073

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA..................................................................... 1076

Some Colorado Men Who Served in World War One.................................................................... 1076

Leland Damron and Susannah Powell, updated family group......................................................... 1077

Damron Family Commonplace book 1839 -1911.......................................................................... 1079

Some terms used in early wills and other documents................................................................... 1080

The Freedman’s Saving and Trust Company Bank Records......................................................... 1081

 

Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter............................................Volume 33, Fall 2001

From the Editor........................................................................................................................ 1084

The 2001 Dameron-Damron Reunion.......................................................................................... 1085

Corrections and additions.......................................................................................................... 1086

News of Members.................................................................................................................... 1086

Bethenia Owens-Adair, Pioneer Woman Doctor of the Northwest.................................................. 1087

Sarah, wife of Samuel Dameron of Brunswick Co., Virginia.......................................................... 1090

Harrison Dameron & Martha B. (Patsy) Dameron......................................................................... 1091

Obituaries from the past............................................................................................................ 1102

Obituaries from the Recent Past................................................................................................ 1105

Pike County, KY, Marriage Bonds, 1901-1906............................................................................. 1107

How Some of Us Do It:  Dates, Names & Places......................................................................... 1109

Miscellaneous Information from various sources.......................................................................... 1111

Westerfield Manor of Suffolk County, England............................................................................. 1116

Extract from H. F. Snow:  Capt. John Dameron of the Deuty........................................................ 1121

Gallery:  Photographs from Members......................................................................................... 1122

 

Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter........................................Volume 34, Spring 2002

From the Editor........................................................................................................................ 1124

What Do We Need to Learn?...................................................................................................... 1126

“Captain” John Damron and his parents – Circumstantial Evidence............................................... 1126

Cleveland (Ohio) Necrology File................................................................................................. 1127

Obituaries................................................................................................................................ 1129

The Alabama Connection.......................................................................................................... 1132

How Some of Us Do It:  Sources for Census Records Online........................................................ 1134

Damrons in the 1920 Census of Clarke County, Georgia.............................................................. 1135

Genealogical Software for Your Computer................................................................................... 1136

John Jarrell and Samuel Damron of West Virginia & Kentucky...................................................... 1138

Did You Know?......................................................................................................................... 1140

Extract from H. F. Snow Dameron-Damron Genealogy................................................................. 1141

Inventory of the Estate of Tigner Dameron, 1824......................................................................... 1142

1930 Federal Population Census................................................................................................ 1143

Gallery:  Photographs from Members......................................................................................... 1145

 

Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter............................................Volume 35, Fall 2002

From the Editor.............................. ......................................................................................... 1146

Dick Damron, Canadian Country and Western Singer................................................................... 1147

William Carroll Damron of  Alabama and  Arkansas..................................................................... 1148

What do you need to learn?....................................................................................................... 1152

Obituaries................................................................................................................................ 1152

Moses Damron (1829-1910) of Missouri and Texas...................................................................... 1153

Moses Damron’s Masonic apron................................................................................................ 1156

Obituary Records from Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune........................................................ 1158

Damron Marriages in Lawrence County, Ohio.............................................................................. 1160

Charles McLain Damron, 26 May 1863 - 29 June 1903................................................................. 1162

Extract from H. F. Snow Dameron-Damron Genealogy.............................................. inside back cover

 

Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter........................................Number 36, Spring 2003

Odds ‘n’ Ends.......................................................................................................................... 1166

Corrections.............................................................................................................................. 1167

The Wagon Roads Through Arkansas......................................................................................... 1167

Tadd Dameron – Musician – and Adolphus Dameron, his stepfather.............................................. 1168

A Headstone for William Carroll and Edie Carolyn (Cobb) Damron................................................. 1171

Tidbits of General Interest......................................................................................................... 1172

Dameron-Damron Census Book Entry Clarification...................................................................... 1173

1930 Census – Texas – James Thomas Damron and Family........................................................ 1177

My Dameron-Damron Search, by Col. Don W. Damron................................................................. 1179

Extract from H. F. Snow Dameron-Damron Genealogy................................................................. 1183

Membership Roster as of February 2003.................................................................. inside back cover

 

Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter............................................Number 37, Fall 2003

From the Editor........................................................................................................................ 1186

Obituaries................................................................................................................................ 1186

Reunion:  Grandchildren of Inzella Damron and Cicero Fleming..................................................... 1187

Some Memories. Bertha Myrtle Carver Damron Palmer Gibson.................................................... 1188

Cornelia Ann Dameron Dymke................................................................................................... 1190

Early Northumberland County, Virginia, Records mentioning Damerons......................................... 1196

Jackson Co., Missouri, Marriage Index (brides only), 1881‑1937................................................... 1198

Miscellaneous Missouri Information............................................................................................ 1198

Christian County, Missouri, Marriages........................................................................................ 1199

The Leonard Thomas Damron Family......................................................................................... 1200

Odds ‘n’ Ends.......................................................................................................................... 1206

A Tintype from Leonard L. Damron’s Collection........................................................................... 1208

 

Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter........................................Number 38, Spring 2004

From the Editor........................................................................................................................ 1210

DDFA gathering at Cabwaylingo in 2004..................................................................................... 1210

Rev. Sylvester James Damron.  Obituary and Photographs.......................................................... 1212

A John Wesley Hardin story.  A probable myth............................................................................ 1214

John Henry Damron gravesite to receive a Confederate Commemorative                                               

      Medallion for his Civil War service........................................................................................ 1215

Leonard L. Damron:  Autobiographical Sketch. Part One.............................................................. 1217

Joseph Dameron, Jr.:  Declaration of Revolutionary War Service.................................................. 1225

Odds ‘n’ Ends.......................................................................................................................... 1229

Newspaper Articles from the Past.............................................................................................. 1230

 

Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter............................................Number 39, Fall 2004

(NOTE: due to a computer glitch, the page numbering system altered at this issue of the newsletter)

From the Editor........................................................................................................................ 2034

DDFA gathering at Cabwaylingo in 2004..................................................................................... 2034

Lawerence Dameron, a Sponsor of Immigrants to America. 1652.................................................. 2034

Leonard L. Damron: Autobiographical Sketch. Part Two............................................................... 2035

The Tintype Photograph............................................................................................................ 2049

Odds ‘n’ Ends.......................................................................................................................... 2050

Newspaper Articles from the Past.............................................................................................. 2050

 

Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter........................................Number 40, Spring 2005

From the Editor........................................................................................................................ 2054

A Visit to Northumberland County, Virginia.................................................................................. 2054

The 2005 Dameron-Damron Reunion.......................................................................................... 2055

Charles Graten Damron, Jr.  1926-2004...................................................................................... 2056

John C. Dameron of Lincoln County, North Carolina..................................................................... 2057

Damron & Community Cemetery, Dunlow, Wayne Co., WV.......................................................... 2060

Ann Cash Damron.  1917-2005.................................................................................................. 2062

George A. Damron of Arizona.................................................................................................... 2063

Newspaper Articles from the Past.............................................................................................. 2067

 

Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter............................................Number 41, Fall 2005

From the Editor........................................................................................................................ 2070

Transitions............................................................................................................................... 2070

The 2005 Dameron-Damron Reunion.......................................................................................... 2071

The Dameron’s of Lincoln County, North Carolina........................................................................ 2072

James Clyde Dameron’s 100^th Birthday...................................................................................... 2073

John Damron, Jr., & Sarah Elizabeth Shultz............................................................................... 2074

Abraham B. (Abrem) Dameron - Updated.................................................................................... 2085

DDFA – Twenty-Fifth Anniversary.............................................................................................. 2089

Captain John Damron’s Broad Plank Chest................................................................................. 2090

Maudie Ruth Canady Chaney Remembered her mother Sallie Elizabeth Damron............................ 2091

Newspaper Articles from the Past.............................................................................................. 2095

List of members....................................................................................................................... 2096

 

Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter........................................Number 42, Spring 2006

From The Editor....................................................................................................................... 2098

Dameron-Damron Family Association – 25^th Anniversary............................................................. 2100

The Annual Cabwaylingo West Virginia Reunion - 14-20 August 2006............................................ 2101

A Visit to Hyco Lake in North Carolina, by John P. Dameron........................................................ 2103

Transistions............................................................................................................................. 2106

Research on Damerons in Lancaster County, Virginia By Kathy Near............................................ 2107

Four Damrons in Country Music................................................................................................. 2112

Some Dameron Marriages from York Co., SC Newspaper Notice's (1823-1865).............................. 2114

Descendants of Geoffrey Dameron, Suffolk County, England, by Michael Collett........................... 2115

Suffolk Record Office Research Service Report.......................................................................... 2120

Genetic Genealogy, by Cheri Mello............................................................................................ 2122

Wilson Nicholas Damron, by Leonard L. Damron......................................................................... 2124

George Washington Damron, by Maurine C. Nuttall...................................................................... 2126

Bastardy Bonds – North Carolina............................................................................................... 2129

The Will of Thomas Dameron of Northumberland County, Virginia   1766....................................... 2130

Membership Roster for Spring 2006............................................................................................ 2131

Odds ‘n’ Ends:  Newspaper articles from the past........................................................................ 2133

 

Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter............................................Number 43, Fall 2006

From The Editor....................................................................................................................... 2135

Updates and Additional Information............................................................................................ 2136

Dameron-Damron Family Association – 25^th Anniversary - Comments.......................................... 2137

The Annual Cabwaylingo West Virginia Reunion - 14-20 August 2006............................................ 2143

Edna Ferber’s SHOW BOAT Damron Connection........................................................................ 2144

James Palatine Damron, letter concerning his autobiographical sketch.......................................... 2147

Logan Douglas Dameron Biographical Entry (1899)...................................................................... 2152

Anna Ladd Damron, daughter of John & Sarah E. Shultz Damron (Nuttall)..................................... 2153

Photograph Gallery................................................................................................................... 2156

Heirs of William Dameron, Caswell County, North Carolina........................................................... 2159

“Claim of Guardian of Orphan Children for Pension” Jackson Damron, Pike Co., KY....................... 2160

Susan Emaline Damron, daughter of Constantine Ladd Damron.................................................... 2164

News from the Past.................................................................................................................. 2167

 

Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter........................................Number 44, Spring 2007

2007 DDFA Reunion, Pikeville, Kentucky.  26-29 July 2007......................................................... 2172

Board Openings........................................................................................................................ 2172

From The Editor....................................................................................................................... 2173

Dameron Mountain, Alleghany County, Virginia........................................................................... 2174

Transistions............................................................................................................................. 2174

Early Obituaries and Death Notices - from c1930 and earlier......................................................... 2174

Photographs............................................................................................................................. 2175

Civil War Pension File for Wright Damron of Floyd Co., KY.......................................................... 2176

John Damron (ca. 1780-1826) of Amherst and Bedford Counties, VA............................................ 2177

Some Children of John Damron, Jr. & Sarah Elizabeth Shultz...................................................... 2181

         Susannah Damron........................................................................................................... 2181

         Cynthia Elizabeth Damron................................................................................................ 2184

Ann and Cynthia Dameron of Lincoln Co., NC............................................................................. 2188

The Will of Capt. George Ball, Northumberland Co., VA............................................................... 2190

Last Will and Testament of John D. Dameron, Gaston Co., NC..................................................... 2191

Yancey Dameron: Letters in the National Archives...................................................................... 2194

Item of Interest:  Billy Ray Cyrus and the Damron family.............................................................. 2200

Henry C. Damron: Deposition by Sallie Dameron Markley............................................................. 2201

News from the Past.................................................................................................................. 2202

 

Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter............................................Number 45, Fall 2007

From The Editor....................................................................................................................... 2208

Transitions............................................................................................................................... 2210

DDFA Reunion, Pikeville, Kentucky. 16-29 July 2007.................................................................. 2210

The Dameron-Damron Family of Alleghany, Co., VA.................................................................... 2214

       Damron Tavern, Alleghany County, Virginia......................................................................... 2214

       Judge Andrew Damron Home, Covington, Alleghany Co., VA................................................ 2217

       Damron Cemetery, Alleghany Co., VA................................................................................. 2219

       H. F. Snow:  Damerons of Alleghany Co., VA...................................................................... 2221

       Bible of John Damron, Alleghany Co., VA............................................................................ 2222

William L. Dameron – Soldier’s Application for Pension, 1901....................................................... 2224

Catlettsburg Cemetery, Catlettsburg, Boyd Co., KY (a partial survey)............................................ 2228

Muster Roll Cards, etc.: Randolph H. Damron, Gaston Co., NC.................................................... 2230

John Jarrell of Bromley Ridge, Wayne Co., WV........................................................................... 2233

Did Cordell L. Damron Invent the Laser?..................................................................................... 2234

News from the Past.................................................................................................................. 2237

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