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by William Terry Searcy (Author)
Genealogical research for the descendants of John and Phoebe Searcy who migrated from Granville County, NC to Kentucky and Indiana and many states beyond. Book contains approximately 4,000 public and private source records with freshly written abstracts of all records for the Searcy family in the region from 1775 to 1830. Book includes deeds, tax rolls, court order books, marriage records, wills and probate, guardianships, civil court case files, Virginia petitions, land grants, militia records, US Censuses, pension applications, Federal land grants, Bible records and newspaper articles. Research record locations include Bath County, Boone County, Carroll County, Clark County, Fayette County, Floyd County, Franklin County, Gallatin County, Henry County, Jefferson County, Lincoln County, Madison County, Mercer, Owen County, Scott County, Shelby County, Spencer County, Washington County and Woodford County. Indiana Counties include Switzerland County. The migration started with three of John's grandsons joining Daniel Boone's 30-man team of trailblazers who built Fort Boonesborough. Research goes beyond the boundaries of these states to find additional information on the lives of early Searcy's. The book contains an every-name index, family chart of John and Phoebe Searcy's sons and grandchildren that moved to Kentucky, study of the fourth generation children, images of all early Searcy surveys and list of court cases reviewed for the book.
Author Biography
William Terrill (Terry) Searcy was born in Meridian, Mississippi, lived briefly in Nebraska and the balance of childhood between Dallas, Texas and Abilene, Texas. Terry attended college at Texas Tech University graduating in 1973 with a Bachelor of Architecture. Terry is an architect and works in the construction industry. Finding a love for historic architecture, this invariably expanded to our country's history and the family genealogy. Genealogy has been the author's primary extracurricular activity since the early 1980's. Terry met his wife Karey Anderson in college and they were married just after graduation (in a closed historical church Terry was instrumental in saving). Terry and Karey have three children and four grandchildren and reside in the DFW area.
