If you’ve ever encountered a site called moonztuff.com, you’re already familiar with this immense (invaluable, accessible, comprehensive, etc.) genealogical resource. If you’ve not yet visited in the 20 years it’s been online and you’re interested in Alleghany County history, you really should take a look.
The site is called, The Cheek Family of Alleghany County, North Carolina, and it covers that family’s history well. But, it also includes info on 135 other surnames that historically interact with the family.
It, also (!), includes the subsite, Deed Abstracts of Alleghany County, NC with a list that begins in the 1700s, before Alleghany County existed, and ends in 1880.
It’s searchable by date or by a surname index. You’ll also find a list of land grants, there.
Incredibly, the site also includes Rebecca’s excellent resource,
An Appalachian Onomasticon
Female Names in the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina
1700’S to about 1850.
This huge list of female, “given names” was taken from Alleghany’s early deed abstracts, and (in what must have taken countless hours) extracted, researched and recorded here.
Find photos, maps, documents and much more at the site. We appreciate Rebecca’s work in researching and assembling this wonderful resource!
And we thank her for sending it to us!
