collecting the seeds of a Smith tree
Born around 1772, Mark Cole was the son of William Cole, though little else is known about his early family life, including the identity of his mother. Circumstantial evidence hints that William may have been residing in Halifax County, Virginia, or Rowan County, North Carolina, when Mark entered the world. By 1779, when Mark was... Continue Reading →
Emerging from the Chester-New Castle Cooridor in the early 1700's, the Cole family’s legacy is stitched together through scattered historical documents, that tell the story of a family that were early pioneers along the developing Great Wagon Road, becoming early settlers and planting seeds of growth across the vast expanse of colonial America. Circuit Court... Continue Reading →
digging our roots 