out the help of Bladen County's excellent Clerk of Court,
    Wanda Suggs Campbell, I could not have offered so much
    information between these two covers. I am most thankful
    to Mercer Reeves Hubbard for the gift of her Aunt Lillian
    Reeves Wyatt's book, entitled, "Reeves, Mercer Newkirk",
    whose family line approaches, crosses and parallels mine
    several times. I am appreciative of the work done on the
    Bynum Family by Flora Ann Bynum, who took time out from
    her many activities in the restoration of Moravian Gardens
    and research into the lives and records of early German
    botanists of Old Salem. Some of the other many contributors
    will follow, but here I wish to express my sincere appre-
    ciation for the enormous amount of notes exchanged over the
    past years by that indefatigable researcher, Cousin Lib
    (Elizabeth) Weiler. I look forward to the publication of
    her family history, which has been long overdue.
 
Atkinson, Annie Claire               Lambeth, Annie Green
Beattie, Mrs. John D.                McBryde, R. Ernest
Bynum, Flora Ann                     McKay, John W.
Cromartie, Doan                      Maxwell, Carrie Hobbs
di Martini, Marie                    Melvin, Agnes Cain
Dixon, Myrtle Maples                 Melvin, Carley Love
Dunham, Ralph                        Melvin, Doris Coble
Elliser, Mrs. Cecil M.               Melvin, Fred J.
Emerson, John H.                     Melvin, John Broadus
Garnette, Dorothy Lambeth            Melvin, Kathryn Shields
Gary, Louise Hall                    Melvin, Lina
Gienau, Helen Bynum                  Melvin, Lucy
Graham, Dr. Frank Porter             Melvin, Mae Sykes
Green, Mary Alice                    Mendenhall, Mayor Wm. F.
Greene, Col. Joseph E.               Moody, Ruth Lambeth
Greene, James Marion                 Moore, Myrtis Green
Greene, William E.                   Robertson, Betty Clanton
Griggs, Mildred Melvin               Tatum, John
Hearn, Alberta Sikes                 Thornton, Louise Lucas
Kleitzien, Fanny Northrop            Whittle, Kathleen Melvin
Krauss, Mrs. S. G.                   Woodburn, C.E. (Gene)

                                                    Lionel Melvin
 
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HTML Editor's notes:

I cannot find a Mrs. Cecil M. Elliser in the book.  There is no
Elliser or Ellisor in the index.  However, there are some
children surnamed Ellisor on Page 77b. Other children on the same
page are closely related to Lionel, so I suspect I'll find
Mrs. Elliser or Ellisor some day!

There are two Fred Melvins listed in the book. Either one of them
might be the one Lionel mentions in the Acknowledgements.
FRED JOHNSON MELVIN (born 1922) has the middle initial "J." but
apparently made his home in Georgia or Alabama. The other one,
Fred Melvin (1880-1955) no middle initial mentioned, seems to
have lived most of his life in White Oak, NC, and so would have
been more accessible to Lionel as well as being of an era that
might have known valuable family history.

The HTML editor has no way of knowing which one, if either, is
the correct one.

I cannot find a James Marion Greene in the book.  There is no
such name in the index.

I cannot find a William E. Greene in the book.  There is no
such name in the index.

None of the John Tatums I have found in the book thus far seem to
be the correct one.

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