Interview with Hazel Prevost

I interviewed Hazel Prevost, granddaughter of Ninevah Harris Prevost.  Hazel tells the story of the Jackson Creek Prevos including Alexander Wesley and William Alexander.   She lives in Clark/New Bern, NC.

William Alexander's Will

Anne Prevost Smith (Pennsylvania) sent me a copy of William Alexander's will.  This will in longhand dated in July of 1901 shows the passing of the Jackson Creek farm to his two daughters Eldora Belle and Mary Jane.

William Alex Will

The questions I have:

1. Is the family farm still in Eldora's and Mary Jane's line? 
2. Where exactly is it?
3. What is there now?

Collaboration with Ken Garner of Davidson

I swapped some emails with Ken Garner in High Point who is tracking his Garner family tree.  Ken posted an incredible old letter that is the first hand account of a visit with "Squire Billy" and his family. This was Andrew Wesley's father William Alexander.  



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Ken says:

Hello,My name is Ken Garner, and I live in High Point,NC.
The article from old letters was written by Ella Beck Sinder (my great aunt). Her Mother was Eliza Prevo Beck. Eliza Prevo's mother was Sally and William Prevo. Ella Beck was a siter to my Grandmother Ida Rebecca Beck On my father's side of family.
This letter was given to me by Kate Snider Austin. It was her Mother who wrote this even though she was not well educated. 
Ella was telling about things she was told or remembered.
...The Prevos lived in Randolph County. Jackson Creek was a community in Randolph. It is not far from Denton, NC where I grew up.