Friday, July 30, 2010

The Descendants of Captain Edmund Sams of Buncombe County, North Carolina

The Descendants of Captain Edmund Sams of Buncombe County, North Carolina (2010)

For more information on this book see: DJM Writer's Group.


Edmund Sams (1750-1845)

John Jarrett was for many years a resident of Buncombe County. In later life he lived on the western bank of the French Broad River, at the place where once the old Smith Bridge and now a concrete bridge at Asheville crosses. There had never been a bridge across that river near Asheville at that time, however. Many years before a ferry had been established at that point by Edmund Sams.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Life of Zebulon B. Vance by Clement Dowd (1897)


This book on the life of Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894) can be read online at:

Life of Zebulon Baird Vance

The book contains photographs of Vance we had not seen before.
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See also: YesterYear Once More

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