tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375362520152724170.post7118019340344926967..comments2023-10-27T22:37:34.120-07:00Comments on Job's Children: The significance of Wolf Pit.Jobs Childrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01174076455709314538noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375362520152724170.post-46986481163846711172022-01-21T08:50:27.963-08:002022-01-21T08:50:27.963-08:00My paternal grandfather, Carle Duncan Parker, rais...My paternal grandfather, Carle Duncan Parker, raised a family of 5 sons in Cordova during the Depression. Amazingly, all graduated from high school. Carle worked in the mill, worked as a barber after his shift was over and later ran a small corner store in Cordova. His wife, my grandmother, was Catherine Nouvella Ussery, eldest daughter of Robert Lee Ussery.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17943086911129288734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375362520152724170.post-41103972622180950002021-08-17T06:51:02.181-07:002021-08-17T06:51:02.181-07:00I was doing research on Wolf Pit when I ran across...I was doing research on Wolf Pit when I ran across your blog, good article, so many of my relatives, uncles, aunts and such have lived in the area over the years, in m tree I looked up the area and over 140 of the relatives in my tree have lived there, most seemed to be in the area the later 1800s thru early 1900s.Randy Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00733138744022388038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375362520152724170.post-2552430041084773862021-06-26T17:05:25.558-07:002021-06-26T17:05:25.558-07:00I grew up in Cordova, right on Church St. Some of ...I grew up in Cordova, right on Church St. Some of the old houses from the 30-40s are still there I believe, overrun with kudzu. I'm glad I found this page because I'm currently working on a historical fiction based around the name of Wolf Pit. R.S. Louvierrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08759843227929563459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375362520152724170.post-73671789606253059232019-12-12T19:39:41.289-08:002019-12-12T19:39:41.289-08:00My family (the Haileys of Hailey's Ferry) firs...My family (the Haileys of Hailey's Ferry) first came to the Wolf Pit area around 1750. If anyone ever finds any information on the early Haileys there or knows good sources outside Ancestry.com, please share with me! I only hope the farmer that caught his mule in the Wolf Pit wasn't one of my grandpas ;pAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16621878233519676287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375362520152724170.post-1942184165036637142018-07-13T08:21:43.661-07:002018-07-13T08:21:43.661-07:00My grandfather Lonnie Davis and his wife Bessie bo...My grandfather Lonnie Davis and his wife Bessie both worked and lived in Wolf Pit. Both were weavers in the cotton mill. After her death in childbirth, he moved to Cumberland County NC to work in the cotton mill and married my grandmother Louvenia Hair Davis. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07401072251076978720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375362520152724170.post-62512499698712251222018-02-08T02:43:38.566-08:002018-02-08T02:43:38.566-08:00My mother, Mary Etta Dunn, was born in Cordorva in...My mother, Mary Etta Dunn, was born in Cordorva in 1923. Her family lived in the Wolf Pit district in the 1930 census. Interesting information in your blog Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03844396551311761310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375362520152724170.post-59104793293597499292016-09-09T18:18:58.734-07:002016-09-09T18:18:58.734-07:00Just learned my Maternal Grandmother, Sophronia Pu...Just learned my Maternal Grandmother, Sophronia Purvis was from Wolf Pit.Deborah Nuckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08957106873545553960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375362520152724170.post-79121022404030451182015-09-05T15:34:28.291-07:002015-09-05T15:34:28.291-07:001940 Census had my grandmother, her sister, her so...1940 Census had my grandmother, her sister, her son & daughter living in Wolf Pit and working as a spinner. Hard times.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16328748133019899077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375362520152724170.post-4930093959221275022015-09-05T15:32:15.325-07:002015-09-05T15:32:15.325-07:001940 Census had my grandmother, her sister, her so...1940 Census had my grandmother, her sister, her son & daughter living in Wolf Pit and working as a spinner. Hard times.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16328748133019899077noreply@blogger.com