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The records included here do not necessarily pertain to the McPherson clan subject of the site. Check back for updates and additions to the list.


Church, Institution & Local Histories

Henry H. Hodgin on earliest members and organization of the First Presbyterian Church in Red Springs

Historical Sketches of McPhaul's Mill, unknown author, 1959.

History of Raft Swamp Presbyterian Church, Robeson County, NC

Brief History of Antioch Presbyterian Church, Robeson County, NC

Charter members of Antioch Presbyterian Church, Hoke County, NC

Antioch Presbyterian Church Records (partial)

Annals of the Ashpole Community, 1750 – 1814 by Judge Z.T. Fulmore of Austin, Texas

Philadelphus Presbyterian Church records – Book 1 complete

Philadelphus School History written by Mabel Sugg Brown (Mrs. John Raymond Moore of Ayden, N.C.)

Philadelphus School Photographs from "Catalogue of Philadelphus High School and Farm-life School 1922-23"

Charter members of Union Church, Mississippi


Family Histories & Biographical Sketches

"The Curries and Their Kin" by Rev. W.A. McLeod

McNeills of the Bridge by Mrs. George Bullock (offsite – on the Cumberland County, NC genweb page)

History of Two McNeill Families by Cyrus McNeill [revised], dictated to his daughter Mrs. G.V. Baker

The Buie History by Mrs. Flora McInnis Buie

Two Short Biographies of Alexander McGeachy of Robeson County, NC by J.D. McGeachy


Family Charts

Daniel and Christian Campbell of Cumberland County

"Tory Neil" Brown & Sarah McPhaul of Bladen/Robeson County

"Shoemaker John" McNeill & Mary Peterson of Bladen/Robeson County

James McNeill of Rockfish Creek, Cumberland County

Randal Currie & Nelly Johnson Currie of Bladen/Robeson/Hoke County


Cemetery inscriptions

Philadelphus Presbyterian Church cemetery inscriptions Copied 1969; bios and comments added

Family Cemeteries of Upper Robeson County From J.S. Edgerton, Jr. Collection

Patterson cemetery inscriptions

McPherson Presbyterian Church cemetery inscriptions


Bible Records

"Long Duncan" McNeill Family Bible Records

Alexander McPherson Family Bible Records


Revolutionary War:

Battle of Rockfish Creek by ? [from a 1905 DAR publication – to be added]

Battles of Raft Swamp & Battle of McPhaul's Mill by John Henry McPhaul, Ben Jacobs, Rev. Eli Caruthers

The War Between the States:

Robeson County, NC, letters

The Henry Berry Lowrie War:

The Lowrie History, 1909 [to be finished]


Newspaper articles

"Back to McQueen's Old Pond; The Long, Good Years" by Ben Dixon McNeill, 1935

"Red Springs, The Athens and the Saratoga of Robeson County" from the News Argus, 1905

"Turning the Pages," Homes of the MacPhersons, McArthurs, McCormicks and others


Community Histories

History of Red Springs [partial] by Mrs. G.T. Bullock (Mrs. Beatrice McEachern Bullock)