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OBCGS Surplus Book Sale List for October/November 2009

Guidelines:  The silent auction of the following books will start Saturday, September 26, 2009 and will end Saturday, October 31, 2009 Auction extended til November 14, 2009.  At this time all bids will be opened and the books awarded to the highest bidder.  Should there be duplicate bids for the same item we will determine the winner based on the earliest date and time it was submitted.  After October 31st November 14 we will place the remaining books on line to sell in our Ebay bookstore. 

Bids may be submitted in writing by email, postal mail, or FAX.  Postal address is OBCGS, PO Box 2122, Asheville, NC  28802.  Email address is obcgs@bellsouth.net.  FAX number is (828) 253-7022.  All entries should include the following information:  your name, postal address, email address (if available), title of the book including volume, your bid, as well as the date and time of your entry. 

Notification of winning bids will include the cost of the book and postage when applicable.  Books will be mailed upon receipt of payment or will be available to be picked up at the library.  NOTE:  Books will be available for preview at the library during the time of the sale.  Books should be claimed within 30 days of notification of your winning bid. 

In addition to the entries found in the following table,  we have the following Asheville City Directories:         

 

1935 – 1 copy (poor condition)    1973 – 2 copies
1936 – 2 copies      1974 – 4 copies
1938 – 1 copy          1975 – 2 copies
1950 – 1 copy    1976 – 3 copies
1951 – 1 copy   1977 – 2 copies
1954 – 1 copy      1978 – 2 copies
1957 – 1 copy  1983 – 4 copies   
1958 – 1 copy     1986 – 2 copies 
1960 – 1 copy   1987 – 4 copies  
1961 – 1 copy  1989 – 2 copies 
1962 – 1 copy    1990 – 2 copies  
1964 – 1 copy   1992 – 2 copies 
1965 – 1 copy  1993 – 4 copies   
1966 – 1 copy    1995 – 1 copy  
1969 – 3 copies 1996 – 1 copy
1970 – 1 copy 1997 – 2 copies

 

We also have the following copies of the Cross Reference Directory Greater Asheville and Vicinity which also includes Hendersonville, Canton, Waynesville, and Brevard.  (Residents listed by street and phone number given)

 

 

June 1974 – 2 copies Oct. 1987 – 1 copy
Oct. 1980 – 1 copy Oct. 1987 – 1 copy
Dec. 1981 – 1 copy Dec. 1993 – 1 copy
Oct. 1985 – 1 copy Dec. 1995 – 1 copy
Oct. 1986 – 2 copies Dec. 1996 – 2 copies

 

 Code

Author

Title

Pub Yr.

#  Pgs

Index

Bound

Picts

Maps

Minimum Bid

 Anson

Holcomb, Brent

Anson County, NC Deed Abstracts Volume I:  1749-1757

1974

57+

yes

Soft

 

 

 

 Anson

Holcomb, Brent

Anson County, NC Deed Abstracts Volume II: 1757-1766 & 1763 Tax List

1975

65+

yes

Soft

 

 

 

  Bunc

Allen, Bill

Western North Carolina Ancestor Chart Series Volume II

1996

124

yes

Hard

 

 

 

 Bunc

Aslund, Carolyn C.

Buncombe County, NC Voter Registration 1902-1904

 

97

yes

Soft

 

Cover

 

 Bunc

Aslund, Carolyn C. & Billie C. Ledbetter

Cemetery Inscriptions of Buncombe County, NC  Vol. one

1984

280+

yes

Soft

 

One

 

 Bunc

Aslund, Carolyn C. & Billie C. Ledbetter

Cemetery Inscriptions of Buncombe County, NC  Vol. two

1985

236+

yes

Soft

 

One

 

 Bunc

Aslund, Carolyn C. & Billie C. Ledbetter

Cemetery Inscriptions of Buncombe County, NC  Vol. Three

1986

211+

yes

Soft

 

One

 

 Bunc

Aslund, Carolyn C. & Billie C. Ledbetter

Cemetery Inscriptions of Buncombe County, NC  Vol. Four

1987

212+

yes

Soft

 

One

 

 Bunc

Aslund, Carolyn C. & Billie C. Ledbetter

Cemetery Inscriptions of Buncombe County, NC  Vol. Five

1989

229+

yes

Soft

 

 

 

 Bunc

Biddix, Charles D.

Western North Carolina Ancestor Chart Series Volume I (3 copies)

1995

122

yes

Hard

one

 

 

 Bunc

Bishop, Brenda C.

1840 Census Buncombe County North Carolina

1984

66

yes

Soft

 

Cover

 

 Bunc

Bishop, Brenda C.

1870 Census North Carolina Transcription for Buncombe County

1983

95

yes

Soft

 

One

 

 Bunc

Bishop, Brenda C.

1860 Census North Carolina (2 copies) Transcription for Buncombe County

1982

67

yes

Soft

 

One

 

 Bunc

Bishop, Brenda C.

1850 Census North Carolina Buncombe County

1984

71

yes

Soft

 

Cover

 

 Bunc

Buncombe County

Deaths 1898-1909 Buncombe County

2005

119

no

Soft

 

 

 

 Bunc

Buncombe County Bicentennial Com.

Edward Buncombe and Buncombe County

1976

32

no

Soft

yes

Yes

 

 Bunc

Byers, Thurlo V.

Some Possible Pennsylvania Beginnings of Old Buncombe County, North Carolina Pioneer Settlers

1990

42

no

Soft

 

Yes

 

 Bunc

Deweese, Charles W.

The Power of Freedom – First Baptist Church Asheville, NC  1829-1997

1997

383

yes

Hard

yes

 

 

 Bunc

Emory, Worth G.

Memories of Ivy Hill Baptist Church, Weaverville, NC 28787, 1896-1994

?

84

no

Soft

Yes

 

 

 Bunc

Haile, Margaret W.

Ivy Township Cemeteries, Buncombe County, North Carolina

1985

168

yes

Soft

 

One

 

 Bunc

Johonson, William Perry & Dorothy Williams Potter

1800 North Carolina Census, Buncombe County

1975

60

yes

Soft

 

Yes

 

 Bunc

Morgan, Norma Dillingham

Flat Creek Baptist Church Minutes Weaverville, North Carolina 1833-1931

1986

509

yes

Soft

 

 

 

 Bunc

Pickens, Nell

Dry Ridge Some of its History Some of its People

1962

113

no

Soft

Yes

 

 

 Bunc

Strumpp, Lillian Ledbetter

Marriages of Buncombe County North Carolina 1851-1899

1990

342

yes

Soft

 

 

 

 Bunc

Tessier, Mitzi Schaden

The State of Buncombe

1992

192

yes

Soft

yes

Yes

 

 Bunc

Topkins, Robert M.

Marriage and Death Notices from Extant Asheville, NC Newspapers, 1840-1870

1977

139

Alpha-betical

Soft

 

 

 

 Bunc

Utter, Vickey

Western North Carolina Ancestor Chart Series Volume III

1997

121

yes

Hard

 

 

 

 Bunc

Webb, Chas. A.

Fifty-Eight Years In Asheville

1948

17

No

Soft

 

 

 

 Bunc

Wooley, James E.

Buncombe County, North Carolina Index to Deeds, 1783-1850 (

1983

545+

yes

Hard

 

One

 

 Burke

Huggins, Edith W.

Burke County North Carolina Records 1755-1821 Including Wills Index 1784-1900 Volume IV

1987

159+

yes

Soft

 

 

 

 Burke

Huggins, Edith Warren

Burke County, North Carolina Land Records 1778 Volume I

1985

160+

yes

Hard

yes

 

 

 Burke

Phifer, Edward W., Jr.

Burke The History of a North Carolina County (2 copies)

1977

510

yes

Hard

 

 

 

 Burke

Philbeck, Miles S., Jr.

Burke County North Carolina Surviving Will and Probate Abstracts 1777-1910

(copy of original)

1983

77

Yes

Soft

 

 

 

 Bute

Holcomb, Brent

Bute County, NC Land Grant Plats and Land Entries

1974

113+

yes

Soft

 

 

 

 Family

 

The Carsons of Burke, (Copied from Wheeler’s Reminiscences)

 

12

no

Soft

 

 

 

 Family

Beatty, Sara Reynolds

The Genealogy of Abraham and Mary Leazer Reynolds

1980

60

no

Soft

 

 

 

 Family

Clinard, Karen L. & Richard Russell

Fear in North Carolina, The Civil War Journals and Letters of the Henry Family

2008

442

yes

Soft

yes

Yes

 

 Family

Davis, Evelyn Redmon

The Family History Record (Redmon)

 

347

no

Soft

yes

 

 

 Family

Gudger, Owen & Eleanor Rice

Early Historical Manuscript by Owen Gudger  (appears to be a copy of original) + Diary of James Madison Lowry+ various other documents re Gudger fam.

1987

117 + 65 +

no

3 ring

binder

yes

 

 

 Family

Haile, Margaret Wallis

Dillinghams of Big Ivy, Buncombe County, NC and Related Families (copy of original placed in 2 three ring binders)

1979

862

yes

See

Note

 

 

 

 Family

Hoffman, Max Ellis

The Hoffmans of North Carolina (copy of original)

1938

189

yes

3 ring

binder

yes

 

 

 Family

Humphrey, Robert L.

Humphrey Family Quarterly (also 2 loose issues from 1993

1984-1990

varies

Some issues

3 ring

binder

yes

 

 

 Family

Israel, Kenneth Davidson

The Children of Israel

1981

606

Yes

Hard

 

 

 

 Family

Johnson, Frances Ebbs & Charles Woodson Johnson, MD

An Old Buncombe County Family Harrison, Hawkins, Worley and Some Connections

1989

149

no

Soft

yes

 

 

 Family

Kincaid, Gayle McIntosh

The Cassada Family (copy of original)

 

54

no

Soft

 

 

 

 Family

Matthews, Ella Reed

The Genealogy of Henry and Nancy Foster Stevens (also have 1 copy of this original book)

1957

70

no

Hard

Yes

 

 

 Family

Merrill, William Ernest

Captain Benjamin Merrill and the Merrill Family of North Carolina

1935

90

yes

Soft

 

 

 

 Family

Noell, Mildred (McCoy)

Diary Cornelia Catherine (Smith) Henry (1836-1917) wife William Lewis Henry (1823-1900) son of Robt. Henry (begun by Wm. & cont. by wife) 1861-1868

1962

229

no

3 ring

binder

 

 

 

 Family

Osborne, Josephine & Wanda Peek Teague

The Tribe of Jacob A Supplement 1962-1984

1984

169

yes

Soft

yes

 

 

 Family

Paris, John

Religious Persecutions Suffered by Rev. A. Pickens and Others (copy of original)

1854

85+

No

Soft

 

 

 

 Family

Turner, Maxine Carey

Osborn/Osborne Genealogical Information

 

116

no

Soft

 

 

 

 Family

Unknown

Descendants of Nathanial Todd

2000

33

no

Soft

 

 

 

 Family

Weaver, Pearl M.

The Tribe of Jacob, The Descendants of The Reverend Jacob Weaver of Reems Creek, North Carolina 1786-1868 and Elizabeth Siler Weaver (copy of original)

1962

141

no

Soft

yes

 

 

 Family

Weimer, William A.

The Ancestors and Descendants of Henry Beckmeier and Amalia Thies

1996

177

Yes

Hard

yes

Yes

 

 Family

Whitaker, Kirby Ray

They Were Trailblazers – Those Ray’s

 

278+

Sort of

Soft

yes

 

 

 Family

Young, Perry Deane

Frankie’s Child, Addendum to: The Untold Story of Frankie Silver: Was she Unjustly Hanged?

1998

34

no

Soft

 

 

 

Foreign

Baxter, Angus

In Search of Your European Roots 2nd Edition

1994

292

yes

Soft

 

 

 

 Foreign

Falley, Margaret Dickson

Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research Volume I

1998

813

yes

Hard

 

 

 

 Foreign

Falley, Margaret Dickson

Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research

Volume II

1998

354

yes

Hard

 

 

 

 Foreign

MacLysaght, Edward

Irish Families Their Names, Arms and Origins

1972

365

yes

Hard

yes

Yes

 

 Foreign

Mitchell, Brian

A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland

1986

123

Alpha

Soft

 

Yes

 

 Foreign

Ryan, James G.

Irish Records Sources for Family & Local History

 

1988

 

562

 

Yes

Hard

 

 

Yes

 

 Halifax

Hofmann, Margaret M.

Abstracts: Granville Grantees Halifax County, North Carolina 1749-1763

1972

46

yes

Soft

one

 

 

 Haywood

Allen, W. C.

The Annals of Haywood County 1808-1935 (cover worn)

1935

628

yes

Hard

yes

 

$30.00

 Haywood

Biddix, Charles D.

Permanent Roll of Registered Voters Haywood County North Carolina 1902

 

44

No

Soft

 

 

 

 Haywood

 &

 Jackson

Woolley, James E. and Vivian

Marriage Bonds of Haywood and Jackson Counties, North Carolina (copy of original)

1978

185

yes

3 ring

binder

 

 

 

 Hend

Henderson County Genealogical and Historical Society

Henderson County, North Carolina Cemeteries

1995

642

yes

hard

 

One

 

 Hend

Patton, Sadie Smathers

The Story of Henderson County

1947

290

yes

Hard

yes

Few

$30.00

 Hend

Wood, Dorothy Kelly MacDowell

Gleanings From The French Broad Hustler Hendersonville, North Carolina 1910-1911

1991

236

No

Soft

yes

 

 

 Madison

Brittain, Delia Tipton

Upper Laurel and Her People

1987

185

Yes

Soft

 

 

 

 Madison

Ingmire, Brances T.

Madison County North Carolina Marriage Records 1852-1868 (cover torn)

1984

36

Alpha

bride & groom

Soft

 

 

 

 Madison

Kirkpatrick, Ethel M.

Spring Creek Cemetery Survey 1992, Township #8, Madison County, NC and Surrounding Locations

1992

81 + index

yes

Soft

yes

 

 

 Madison

Kirkpatrick, Ethel Meadows

Spring Creek Cemetery Survey

1985

131

yes

Soft

yes

Cover

 

 Madison

McLeod, John Angus

From These Stones, Mars Hill College, 1856-1968

1968

328

yes

Hard

yes

 

 

 Madison

Moore, Della Hazel

Hot Springs of North Carolina

1992

140

yes

soft

yes

 

 

 Madison

Morgan, Norma D.

1870 Federal Census – Madison County, NC

 

 

112

yes

Soft

 

 

 

 

 Madison

Morgan, Norma D.

1860 Federal Census Madison County North Carolina

 

79

yes

Soft

 

 

 

 Madison

Reece, Susan S.

Will Book A. Madison County, NC

1985

52 +

yes

Soft

 

 

 

 Madison

Underwood, Jinsie

This is Madison County

1974

72

no

soft

yes

Yes

 

 McDow

Williams, Edward P.

McDowell County North Carolina Marriages 1894-1912

1996

170

Alpha by bri/ groom

Soft

 

 

 

 NC

Biddix, Charles David

1835 Poll Books North Carolina 12th Congressional District for Counties of Burke, Haywood, Yancey, Macon, Rutherford and Buncombe

1988

103

no

Soft

 

 

 

 NC

Bradley, Stephen E., Jr., Dr.

Early Records of North Carolina Volume XI, Colonial Court Records – Estate Papers 1665-1775 Packe-Young

2000

164

yes

Soft

 

 

 

 NC

Cain, Robert J.

The Colonial Records of North Carolina (Second Series) Volume VI North Carolina Higher-Court Minutes 1724-1730

1981

791+

Yes

hard

 

One

$40.00

 NC

Cain, Robert J.

The Colonial Records of North Carolina (Second Series) Volume VII Records of The Executive Council 1664-1734

1984

763+

Yes

Hard

 

 

$40.00

 NC

Cain, Robert J.

The Colonial Records of North Carolina (Second Series) Volume VIII The Records of the Exec. Council 1735-1754

1988

723+

Yes

Hard

 

 

$40.00

 NC

Camp, Cordilia

The Influence of Geography Upon Early North Carolina

1963

31

No

Soft

yes

Yes

 

 NC

Crow, Jeffrey J.

The Black Experience in Revolutionary North Carolina

1977

121

no

Soft

yes

Yes

 

 NC

Crow, Jeffrey J.

A Chronicle of North Carolina During the American Revolution 1763-1789

1975

63

No

Soft

yes

Yes

 

 NC

Foote, William Henry

Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical (good table of contents)

1912

557

no

Hard

 

 

$50.00

 NC

Fries, Adelaide L.

Records of the Moravians in North Carolina, Vol. V, 1784-1792

1941

486

yes

Hard

Few

 

$30.00

 NC

Fries, Adelaide L.

The Road to Salem

1944

317

no

Hard

Yes

 

$25.00

 NC

Fries, Adelaide L.

Records of the Moravians in North Carolina Volume VI 1793-1808

1943

566

Yes

Hard

yes

Yes

$30.00

 NC

Fries, Adelaide L.

Records of the Moravians in North Carolina Volume VII 1809-1822

1947

591

Yes

Hard

yes

 

$30.00

 NC

Grimes, J. Bryan

Abstract of North Carolina Wills (2 copies both in fair condition)

1910

668

yes

Hard

 

 

$20.00

 NC

History Committee of French Broad Baptist Association

History of French Broad Baptist Association 1807-1994

1994

377

no

Soft

yes

 

 

 NC

Hoffman, Margaret M.

Colony of North Carolina 1765-1775 Abstracts of Land Patents

1984

857

yes

Hard

 

 

 

 NC

Holcomb, Brent

Deed Abstracts of Tryon, Lincoln, & Rutherford Counties North Carolina 1769-1786, Tryon County Wills & Estates

1977

206

yes

Hard

 

Yes

 

 NC

Jordan, Weymouth T.

North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A Roster ADDENDA to Volume IV

1989

58

alpha

Soft

 

 

 

 NC

Jordan, Weymouth T.

North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A Roster ADDENDA to Volume V

1990

56

alpha

Soft

 

 

 

 NC

Jordan, Weymouth T.

North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A Roster ADDENDA to Volume VI

1990

55

Alpha

Soft

 

 

 

 NC

Kephart, Horace

Our Southern Highlanders

2004

474

yes

Soft

yes

 

 

 NC

Lemmon, Sarah McCulloh

North Carolina’s Role in the First World War

1975

91

no

Soft

yes

Yes

 

 NC

Mitchell, Thornton W.

North Carolina Wills:  A Testator Index, 1665-1900, A -- J

1987

694

Alpha

Hard

 

 

 

 NC

Mitchell, Thornton W.

North Carolina Wills: A Testator Index, 1665-1900, K -- Z

1987

740

Alpha

Hard

 

 

 

 NC

Mull, J. Alex & Gordon Boger

Recollections of the Catawba Valley

1983

127

no

Soft

yes

 

 

 NC

NC DAR

The North Carolina Booklet Vol. IV No 1 – No. 12

1904

1905

Varies

no

Hard

few

few

$20.00

 NC

NC DAR

The North Carolina Booklet Vol. I No. 2 – No. 12

1901

1902

Varies

no

Hard

few

 

$20.00

 NC

NC DAR

The North Carolina Booklet Vol. II, No 2  -- No. 12

1902

1903

Varies

no

Hard

few

few

$20.00

 NC

NC DAR

The North Carolina Booklet Vol. VI, No. 1 – No. 4

1906

1907

Varies

no

Hard

Yes

 

$20.00

 NC

NC DAR

The North Carolina Booklet Vol. V, No. 1—No. 4

1905

1906

Varies

no

Hard

Yes

 

$20.00

 NC

Neal, Lois Smathers

Abstracts of Vital Records From Raleigh, North Carolina Newspapers 1799-1819, Vol. I

1979

673

yes

Hard

 

 

 

 NC

Neal, Lois Smathers

Abstracts of Vital Records From Raleigh, North Carolina Newspapers, 1820 – 1829, Vol. II

1980

944

yes

Hard

 

 

 

 NC

Olds, Fred A.

An abstract of North Carolina Wills from About 1760 to About 1800

1954

330

Alpha by co

Hard

 

 

$15.00

 NC

Parker, Mattie Erma Edwards

The Colonial Records of North Carolina, North Carolina Higher-Court Records 1697-1701

1971

620+

Yes

Hard

 

One

$30.00

 NC

Parker, Mattie Erma Edwards

The Colonial Records of North Carolina, North Carolina Charters and Constitutions 1578-1698

1963

247+yes

Yes

Hard

 

 

$30.00

 NC

Perdue, Theda

Native Carolinians The Indians of N. C.

1985

71

no

Soft

yes

Yes

 

 NC

Powell, William S.

The Proprietors of Carolina

1963

70

no

Soft

yes

 

 

 NC

Price, William S.

The Colonial Records of North Carolina, Volume V, North Carolina Higher-Court Minutes 1709-1723

1974

622+

Yes

Hard

 

One

$30.00

 NC

Price, William S.

The Colonial Records of North Carolina, (Second Series) Volume IV, North Carolina Higher Court Records 1702-1708

1974

533+

Yes

Hard

 

One

$30.00

 NC

Ramsey, Robert W.

Carolina Cradle

1964

251

yes

Hard

 

Yes

 

 NC

 

Rankin, Hugh F.

Upheaval in Albemarle The Story of Culpeper’s Rebellion 1675-1689

1962

87

No

Soft

yes

 

 

 NC

Robinson, Blackwell P.

The Five Royal Governors 1729-1775

(2 copies)

1963

74

No

Soft

yes

 

 

 NC

Smathers, George H.

The History of Land Titles in Western North Carolina, (copy of original)

1938

148

yes

Soft

 

 

 

 NC

US Government

Heads of Families at the First Census of the US Taken in the Year 1790, North Carolina

1982

292

yes

Soft

 

 

 

 NC/SC

Clemens, William Montgomery

North and South Carolina Marriage Records, from the Earliest Colonial Days to the Civil War (some loose pages)

1927

294

Alpha

Hard

 

 

 

 NC/TN

Dykeman, Wilma

The French Broad

1985

371

yes

Soft

yes

Yes

 

 NC/TN

Foster, Dave

Franklin The Stillborn State

1994

26

no

Soft

yes

Yes

 

 NC/TN

Williams, Samuel Cole

History of the Lost State of Franklin

1993

378

yes

Hard

one

 

 

 NY

Bowman, Fred Q.

10,000 Vital Records of Western New York 1809-1850

1999

318

yes

Hard

 

One

 

 Periodical

Burke Co. Gen. Soc.

The Burke Journal Vol. XI #3 and #4

1993

varies

yes

Soft

 

 

 

 Periodical

The Gen Society of Old Tryon County

Bulletin of The Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County , Nov. ’95, Feb. & May ’96, Aug. ’96, & Nov. ‘96

1995

1996

varies

Nov. 1995 & Nov. 1996

Soft

 

Cover

 

 Research

Bentley, Elizabeth Petty

The Genealogist’s Address Book 3rd Edition

1995

653

Yes

Soft

 

 

 

 Research

Colket, Meredith B., Jr. & Frank E. Bridgers

Guide to Genealogical Records in the National Archives  (2 copies)

1964

145

no

Soft

 

 

 

 Research

Doane, Gilbert H.

Searching for Your Ancestors

1973

201

yes

Soft

 

 

 

 Research

Eakle, Arlene & Johni Cerny

The Source, A Guidebook of American Genealogy (2 copies

1984

1997

786

yes

Hard

yes

Yes

 

 Research

Everton, George B.

Handy Book for Genealogists 6th Edition

1971

297

no

Hard

 

Yes

 

 Research

Genealogy Publishing Service

How To Write and Publish Your Family Book

1992

30+

No

Soft

yes

 

 

 Research

Groene, Bertram Hawthorne

Tracing Your Civil War Ancestor

1973

124

yes

Hard

yes

 

 

 Research

Hoffman, Marian

Genealogical & Local History Books in Print 5th Edition

1997

447

yes

Soft

 

 

 

Research

Jones, Roger C.

North Carolina Newspapers on Microfilm, a checklist of early NC newspapers available on microfilm from the State Dept. of Archives & History

1971

105

Alpha-betical by town

Soft

 

 

 

 Research

Lainhart, Ann S.

State Census Records (where & what)

1994

116

Alpha by state

Hard