Bøger af Cynthia Y Whited

The Joseph Smart Sr. Families of Rutherford County, North Carolina, is an in-depth study of the Smart Family, traveling back in time to before the Revolutionary War and tracing the life of Joseph Smart Sr. as he travels south down The Great Wagon Road from Pennsylvania, takes a wife in Virginia, settles land in western North Carolina and raises a large family; then suffers the tragic and sudden death of his beloved daughter, and lives long enough to see most of his children catch the "pioneer fever" and leave Rutherford County, migrating west to the states of Tennessee, Mississippi, Indiana, Missouri and Texas. Also included in this book is the modern-day, pictorial story, "Finding and Restoring the Smart Hamrick Family Cemetery, that chronicles the 2015 discovery of the century-lost Smart Family Cemetery and the work performed to reclaim the final resting place of Joseph Sr. and his family from a dense forest landscape. In the story, "Who is Buried in the Smart Hamrick Family Cemetery," those known to be laid to rest there are catalogued with headstone/field stone pictures and genealogy information. From the bucolic farmlands of western North Carolina in the mid-1700s, to the mountains of Tennessee and life with the Cherokee, to the wild and war-torn Texas frontier of the mid-1800s, The Joseph Smart Sr. Families of Rutherford County, North Carolina, is a comprehensive and historical telling of the pioneering "Smart Families," their wanderlust, their fascinating lives, and their remarkable migration throughout our country.

In The Smart Family Pioneers, follow the sojourning Smart Families as they journey from one frontier wilderness to the next, settling the land, fighting for their country, and homesteading the west. The main focus in this beautifully illustrated work is a comprehensive account of the pioneering journeys of Joseph Smart Sr. and his descendants. Told through revealing personal sketches, nostalgic photographs, and historical documents, this edition contains an in-depth and sweeping study of the Smart families, beginning with the patriarch who followed the Great Wagon Road south from Pennsylvania in the 1760s and migrated to western North Carolina, a hinterland populated by Cherokee Indians, bears, and mountain lions. The authors detail the struggles and conditions that the early settlers to this primitive wilderness endured. They also shed light on the plight of the Confederate soldiers when duty called in the 1860s, and moreover, they tell of the anguish and many deaths that the Smart families suffered during the Civil War. In addition, the authors recount the tales of the western exodus and wanderlust of Joseph's children and grandchildren who traversed the southern Appalachians and settled in the coves of eastern Tennessee and intermarried with the Cherokees, while other family members forged north and west to Indiana and Missouri before moving on to the plains of Texas, crossing the dangerous Red River and surviving numerous Indian raids. The incredible sagas of hardship and sacrifice that these original pioneers survived, along with the heartbreaking details of gruesome accidental deaths and heinous tales of cruel hangings and cold-blooded murder, make this book a "must read" for both historians and genealogists alike. The Smart Family Pioneers is the eighth book of genealogy and history written by the brother and sister researchers, Dennis C. Martin and Cynthia Y. Whited. Their eight archives of past events and family histories offer a compelling study in to the lives and former times of many people from western North Carolina, and are sure to be the main source of reference for many years to come for those seeking information regarding their Carolina ancestors.

The Heavenly Hedgehogs "Standing In The Gap" complementary coloring book is filled with original artwork illustrations taken from the author's published story book, of the same title, and is a proven way for children to relate with the characters in Standing In The Gap, and to understand its lessons about friendship and being a "little gap stander" (prayer warrior) while having fun coloring at the same time! The storybook and coloring book are ideal teaching tools for Christian home-schooled children and Sunday school classrooms.