If you suspect one of your ancestors was a crew member on a pirate's ship, where can you find the records? The show highlights trading/merchants records, port books, and colonial court documents. We also share the importance of personal correspondence and journals. The British Royal Navy Archives is another great source. Learn more about the genealogy records and the history of pirates. Visit Piedmont Trails to learn more about us and our current projects! Enjoy Your Journey to the Past! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/piedmonttrails/message

Welcome to the Piedmont Trails Podcast. During this episode, we travel back to 17th Century Virginia and discuss the records, the ships, the parishes, and the people. Many resources and library facilities that we use often here at Piedmont Trails are shared throughout the show and we share some of our favorite book sources as well. Don't forget about our project, CISP which is the Colonial Indentured Servants Project. Much of our research for the project concentrated in Virginia during the 17th Century. For more details, visit Piedmont Trails. Let us know your thoughts about today's show and Enjoy Your Journey to the Past! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/piedmonttrails/message

In the show we name several soldier names, their occupation, their age, height, and more all from the 18th century. The Virginia Regiment records are fascinating to research and we encourage you to use the resources below to enhance your journey to the past. Thank you so much for your support over the past 4 years with the podcast. Please visit Piedmont Trails for more information about the Virginia Soldiers who served between 1754 and 1763. Lawson, Cecil C. P.: A History of the Uniforms of the British Army, Vol. III, London: Kaye & Ward Abbot, W. W., editor. The Papers of George Washington: Colonial Series 2-6. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983-1988 McBride, Stephen and Kim McBride "Fort Pearsall." e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. 09 February 2023 The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography "Thomas Barton and the Forbes Expedition" The Writings of George Washington collected and edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford Vol. I.1748-1757 New York & London G. P. Putnam's Sons The Knickerbocker Press 1889 Sheppard, Ruth: Empires collide – The French and Indian War 1754-63, Osprey Publishing, 2006 Ferling, John. “Soldiers for Virginia: Who Served in the French and Indian War” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 94, no. 3 (1986): 307–28. https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/french-indian-war/washington-and-the-french-indian-war/ Koontz, Louis K, The Virginia Frontier 1754-1763 published by Heritage Books 2009 Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt, Virginia's Colonial Soldiers published by Genealogical Publishing Company Baltimore, Maryland 1988 Library of Virginia Database of Dead from French and Indian War Various petitions from county court records of Virginia --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/piedmonttrails/message

Welcome to Episode#43! We are approaching our 4th season here on the podcast. Thank you so much for your support over the past three years. We are looking forward to the new season with all of you. Today's show will highlight religion in the piedmont sections of North Carolina during the mid-18th century. We take a closer look at the power of the church mixed with politics and how this affected our ancestors and our genealogy research today. Please see the below list for sources used for this broadcast. If you have comments or questions about the episode, please contact us by visiting Piedmont Trails. Enjoy Your Today to the Past! Engel, Katherine Carte :Religion & Profit Moravians in Early America published by University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2009 pp. 82-83, 152, 173 Charleston Baptist Association established 1751 Philadelphia Baptist Association established 1707 Sandy Creek Baptist Association established 1758 Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church records established 1779 in Tennessee Jersey Settlement Church records Sandy Creek Church records Hendricks, Garland A. :Saints and Sinners at Jersey Settlement published by Charity & Children Thomasville, North Carolina 1964 pp. 2-12, 14-21. Teague, Bobbie T. :Cane Creek: Mother of Meetings published by Friendly Desktop Publishing Greensboro, North Carolina 1995 pp. 11, 13, 15-22. Hilty, Hiram H. :New Garden Friends Meeting: The Christian People Called Quakers published by The North Carolina Friends History Society Greensboro, North Carolina 1983 pp. 3, 5, 9-11. Paschal, George Washington :History of North Carolina Baptists published by North Carolina Baptist State Convention Raleigh, North Carolina 1930 pp. 316-321, 325-327 Edwards, Morgan :History of the Baptists in North Carolina published 1813 Morgan, Jacob L. :History of the Lutheran Church in North Carolina 1803-1953 published by United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina 1953 pp. 13-25 Moravian Archives Bethlehem, Pennsylvania & Unity Archives Herrnhut, Saxony, Germany & Moravian Church Manuscripts held at John Rylands Library Manchester, England United Methodist Church Records Duke University Library Archives & Manuscript Collection Durham, North Carolina Divinity Archive Collection: Manuscripts Durham, North Carolina Dromgoole, Edward, personal papers 1770-1871 Various personal notes, collections, maps from research on several families in the piedmont region of North Carolina --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/piedmonttrails/message

In this show, we share over a hundred surnames from our Attic files here at Piedmont Trails. The sources used over the years for this data stems from the tax records, land deeds, and court documents from Edgecombe, Orange, Granville, Bladen, and Anson counties in North Carolina. If you have questions or would like to learn more about our files, please visit us at Piedmont Trails for more information. We hope you enjoy your journey to the past!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/piedmonttrails/message

The show shares our research into Alexander Cavett and the destruction of Cavett's Station in eastern Tennessee. In 1793, numerous stations were attacked by the Lower Cherokee and Creek Tribes. Many families were killed including the Cavett family. The show highlights our discoveries and pinpoints our opinions concerning Mars Hill Cemetery and the location of Alexander Cavett's property in Knox County. We also mention the Kingston Pike and a variation between today's route versus the colonial route in 1793. We had on the schedule to share Walton Road but failed to get this portion into the program. We will include that segment in a future show.  Thank you so much for visiting our podcast and to learn more about Piedmont Trails, please visit our website. We wish you well on your journey to the past!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/piedmonttrails/message

How many of you have heard of the Carolina Road in Virginia? This episode goes into detail about the history and the original route of the Carolina Road. Evidence is presented that distinguishes the differences between the Great Wagon Road and the Carolina Road. Visit Piedmont Trails for more information about this road and many other 18th-century highways. Sources from the show: Myers Family by James C Myers-family booklet Maryland State Archives Newsletter Vol. 18 No. 19 dated 9/15/2004 The History of Montgomery County, Maryland 1650-1879 by T.H.S. Boyd published by W.K. Boyle & Son in Clarksburg, Maryland 1879 Archaeological Investigations Associated with the Fauquier and Alexandria Turnpike by the Buckland Historic Transportation Enhancement Project Charles H. Hunton Papers 1815-1896 Rubenstein Library, Duke University Durham, North Carolina 1933 map of Prince William County, VADOT The Roads of Virginia 1607-1840 by Edward Graham Roberts published by University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 1950 Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia Virginia Library-Land Grants/Land Deeds Virginia County Court Records, Road Orders & Petitions Piedmont Trails notes and documents obtained from personal research including 17th-century treaty investigations, land patents, and road groundwork investigations with original roadbeds, private turnpike companies, and trading ledger documents in Virginia --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/piedmonttrails/message

This show is an introduction for an upcoming series covering the gulf states and their colonial history. Piedmont Trails will have much more information about the early settlements in this area coming up in future broadcasts. Thank you so much for listening today. To learn more about Piedmont Trails, please visit our website and join the journey with us back to the past.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/piedmonttrails/message

This episode travels back in time to the Pequot War and the year of 1636. Discussion about the first four major wars in the colonies and the bounty land grants associated with them. All of this and more on the show. Don't forget to stop by Piedmont Trails and catch up on the latest news, events, and articles. Enjoy Your Journey to the Past !! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/piedmonttrails/message

The show brings to light a portion of our history that involves colonial indentured servants. During the research process involved with the Colonial Indentured Servants Project, Piedmont Trails has discovered many children under the age of 12 who were sold after arriving to the colonies. These children sailed alone without family members and became the property of others while they worked until the age of 21 or older. Many did not survive. The show begins the process of sharing their life story by sharing the ships involved, the ship owners and many more details. Stay tuned for updates from the research by visiting Piedmont Trails.   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/piedmonttrails/message