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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; Data from Original Sources

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

McNeills and Their Data from the Bladen County Tax Lists 1768-1789


Family Histories & Biographical Sketches

An Article on Hector McNeills by Allan A. McCaskill, Fayetteville Observer, 1901.

Old John McPherson of the Argyll Colony by S.C. Edgerton

The Family of Alexander McPherson of Jura by S.C. Edgerton

"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


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

McPherson Presbyterian Church cemetery inscriptions (offsite, opens in new tab)


Bible Records

"Long Duncan" McNeill Family Bible Records Copied from the original bible in possession of the W.D. McKay family

Calvin Black Family Bible Records Offsite to Cumberland County ncgenweb site; records provided by Liz Frano of Indiana

Angus and Margaret Black Family Bible Records Offsite to Cumberland County ncgenweb site; records provided by Liz Frano of Indiana

James Black Family Bible Records Offsite to Cumberland County ncgenweb site; records provided by Liz Frano of Indiana


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)