Guilford & Rowan County References

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A History of Rowan County, North Carolina containing sketches of Prominent Families and
distinguished Men with an Appendix (1881), by Rev. Jethro Rumple
pp. 329-333 (Shuping), 363, 368, 392, 395, 399, 401, 408
I found a copy of this book at UNC-Charlotte, J. Murray Atkins Library

Brooks and Kindred families (1950), by Ida Brooks Kellam, 392 pages
Note: C.L. Shuping’s wife – Ruth Hampton Shuping’s parents were George Coggin and
Virinda May Brooks Hampton. Ruth’s mom was a Brooks.

Greensboro, 1808-1904, facts, figures, traditions, & reminiscences (1904), collated by Jas. W.
Albright
pp. 49, 50 – Historical sketch of West Market M.E. Church, South

Greensboro, a chosen center, an illustrated history (1990), by Gayle Hicks Fripp
p. 82 – Picture of Banner Building, O’ Henry Building
p. 84 – Picture of West Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
p. 101 – Picture of King Cotton Hotel
p. 135 – Picture of the Tate House

Greensboro, North Carolina, the County Seat of Guilford (1955), by Ethel Stephens Arnett
pp. 128, 129 – History of West Market Methodist Church
p. 142 - Picture of West Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church,
p. 143 - Picture of Rev. Peter Doub, organizer of Greensboro’s First United Methodist
Church and Greensboro College
Note: A very good and practical resource to help verify the names of businesses,
churches, cultural interests, and social organizations of Greensboro around 1904.

Guilford County, a brief history (1993), by Alexander R. Stoesen
Photographs from James W. Albright, Greensboro, 1808-1904: Facts, Figures,
Traditions, and Reminiscences (Joseph J. Stone and Co., 1904, Greensboro)
p. 23 - Photograph of Fifth Guilford County Courthouse, stood from 1878 to 1918
p. 30 - Picture of Southern Railway Station of 1908

Old Rowan, views and sketches
The material presented is a condensation of articles by James Shober Brawley printed
in the Salisbury Post during 1954
pp. 26-29 – German settlement in Rowan County
p. 29 – Picture of Lowerstone Evangelical and Reformed Church also called Grace
Church

Rowan County: a brief history (1974), by James S. Brawley
pp. 147, 148, 149 – Picture of Lower Stone Church or Grace Church where Shupping
family attended in the 1800’s





Chapter 6 - Guilford/Rowan County References to Shuping

Rowan County, North Carolina, tax lists 1757-1800, annotated transcriptions (1995), by Jo
White Linn
pp. 121, 122, 123, 130, 166, 197, 227, 294, 331, 341, 359, 432 - Shuping

The Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Volume IV
Cemetery Book
pp. 24, 52, 72, 123, 136, 140, 141, 151 - Shupings

The Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Volume V
Rowan County Cemeteries
p. 151 - Shupings

The Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Volume VI
Rowan County Cemeteries
p. __, ___ - Shupings

The Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Volume VII
Rowan County Cemeteries
pp. 6, 12, 68, 75, 98, 101, 107, 108, 143, 157 - Shupings

The Heritage of Rowan County, North Carolina, Volume 1, 1991, edited by Katherine Sanford
Petrucelli
#219, 220, 221, 339, 386, 388, 433, 531, 534, 563, 566, 704, 779, 785, 798, 801, 806,
808, 839,
840, 852, 892, 978, L19, L43, L49, L107
#839 – Shuping
#840 – John Nicholas Shuping