Hello Carol....which child of Joel & Nancy are you dsscended from? Since I started the genealogy game several years ago, I have run into several cousins: Deb Degucci comes down from John Cherry;
Annis Dickerson comes down from Mary Cherry; Georgette
Lipford and myself are gg grandchildren of Joel Thomas
Cherry. One thing we have in common is that no one has any knowledge of the parents of Joel. There is a connection to
Martin County, NC but I have yet to pinpoint it. There is no proof that Joel was born in
Virginia. It appears more likely he was born in
Martin County or
South Carolina. I have been in communication with John H. Cherry (
Cherry Cousins Clearing House) and it appears Joel is a son of Joshua
Cherry. There is documentation that he was asked by his sister Mary to collect a debt in SC around 1795 owed their father's estate. When the debt was collected, it was done by Jacob
Cherry who appears to be another son (born 1752). The SC census for 1800 shows Jacob's household and several unknown males (Joel's age). Joel does not appear in any census until 1810 (Joel,Nancy, first 4 kids). Joel & Nancy named two of their children Mary and Joshua. If I can be of further assistance, please write me direct.
