Foundation of Plott Research
Over one hundred years ago, James Iverson Plott and Grace Plott attempted the documentation of the George and Margaret Plott line with a “History of the Plott Relatives” book. James Iverson Plott referred to their book as the “History of the Plott Relatives”, in his below ‘Preface’. James Iverson Plott was of the John Plott and Sara Gilliam-Plott’s line. Grace Plott was from the Henry Plott and Lydia Osborn-Plott’s line. The copy of their book that I have also has information inserted and edited by Grace’s sister, Minnie Rae Plott and another Plott descendent, Vivian Forster Woolley, who was also from Henry Plott and Lydia Osborn-Plott’s line. I believe that my copy of James and Grace’s book was typed out and edited by Vivian Forster Woolley; ergo, I am not completely sure to whom exactly provided all the information contained within my copy. I acknowledge that there are errors in my copy of their book; because, the book was in its infancy. As a family historian, I remember to be thankful for what I have and to obtain documentation to verify the information.
The first page to my copy of James and Grace’s book has a copy of a coat of arms plaque with the surname Plott. I’m not to sure who inserted this page into my copy of their book. I want to pause here for a moment and have a brief history lesson about coat of arms and why there is NOT a “Plott Family Coat of Arms” or should I say a “George Plott Coat of Arms”. First of all, the medieval British coat of arms that we typically see, we won’t see for our Plott line as George Plott came from Germany. So, we can immediately dispel that British coat of arms image and their secession from father to firstborn son heritage rights to the father’s coat of arms. Secondly, coat of arms was part of a knights or warriors shield armory, which identified the wearer and identified his personal achievements and/or markings. George was a “kinder” (German for child); when he came to America; ergo, the logical reasoning is that George did not stay in Germany to profess to being a warrior needing armory and a coat of arms, which was more a medieval British tradition as mentioned before. So, what about coat of arms in Germany? In Germany, both nobles and non-nobles could use arms with no regulations to the design and authority. The town or region George Plott came from in Germany may have had a local coat of arms, a symbol, a crest, an identifier, etc., like we use our State and Country flags of today. Also, remember, during the 1700s, the borders of Germany and its interior regions were constantly moving due to a lot of political and religious reasons. So, what about the varying Plott coat of arms, which are found online, sold by companies or found at other venue sources, which exhibit a Plott coat of arms? The truth is that these companies want to sell you a product with no historical value or association to our family. It is my understanding that a coat of arms was designed for an individual for his (her in modern times) achievements and skills. So, if you want to design a modern coat of arms for your family, please feel free to do so.
The following link has my vision of a North Carolina Plott Family line “American” Coat of Arms. My design is of 'who we were and who we are'. Your design may be different; however, from my Plott family research, my imagination sees this. Click on the green link or here to see my design.
The first page to my copy of James and Grace’s book has a copy of a coat of arms plaque with the surname Plott. I’m not to sure who inserted this page into my copy of their book. I want to pause here for a moment and have a brief history lesson about coat of arms and why there is NOT a “Plott Family Coat of Arms” or should I say a “George Plott Coat of Arms”. First of all, the medieval British coat of arms that we typically see, we won’t see for our Plott line as George Plott came from Germany. So, we can immediately dispel that British coat of arms image and their secession from father to firstborn son heritage rights to the father’s coat of arms. Secondly, coat of arms was part of a knights or warriors shield armory, which identified the wearer and identified his personal achievements and/or markings. George was a “kinder” (German for child); when he came to America; ergo, the logical reasoning is that George did not stay in Germany to profess to being a warrior needing armory and a coat of arms, which was more a medieval British tradition as mentioned before. So, what about coat of arms in Germany? In Germany, both nobles and non-nobles could use arms with no regulations to the design and authority. The town or region George Plott came from in Germany may have had a local coat of arms, a symbol, a crest, an identifier, etc., like we use our State and Country flags of today. Also, remember, during the 1700s, the borders of Germany and its interior regions were constantly moving due to a lot of political and religious reasons. So, what about the varying Plott coat of arms, which are found online, sold by companies or found at other venue sources, which exhibit a Plott coat of arms? The truth is that these companies want to sell you a product with no historical value or association to our family. It is my understanding that a coat of arms was designed for an individual for his (her in modern times) achievements and skills. So, if you want to design a modern coat of arms for your family, please feel free to do so.
The following link has my vision of a North Carolina Plott Family line “American” Coat of Arms. My design is of 'who we were and who we are'. Your design may be different; however, from my Plott family research, my imagination sees this. Click on the green link or here to see my design.
The second page of my copy of James and Grace’s book is a ‘Preface’, which James Iverson Plott wrote; however, for my book copy, it was more than likely typed out (maybe edited) by Vivian Forster Woolley. I cannot adequately recap into my own words what is written by James Iverson Plott; ergo, I copy in full his ‘Preface’. I acknowledge and credit James Iverson Plott in full to his writing.
Preface
April 9, 1928 Sixty-three years ago today, (April 9, 1865) the great civil struggle came to its end. And I a prisoner of war, in Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, with my old comrade, Robert Henry Plott of North Carolina, and his two elder brothers. The brothers past beyond the vale. Smallpox the cause. We returned home to a devastated country to struggle for a time and half time. But, ah, alas! Robert, my comrade, is gone, gone from whence there is no return. May the Lord, I pray, be with, and comfort the family and widowed companion. A miracle or incident happened on the 26th of November, 1927. I met Miss Grace C. Plott in Montgomery, AL. The youngest daughter of my cousin and comrade 63 years after I had met the Father in prison in barrack 22. What a sad but happy meeting. Here we agreed to write in the completion of the history of the Plott relatives. Miss Grace assuming the North Carolina territory of her great-grandfather Henry Plott, and I that of my grandfather, John Plott. I commend and recommend to all in whose hands this history shall rest, my cousin, Miss Grace C. Plott, of 598 Capitol Avenue, Atlanta, Ga., who is worthy and should be reverenced by all, for the great tedious, laborious undertaking of bringing you in touch with each other from East to West by names and addresses shown in this history. The Lord be with you. “Farewell” James Iverson Plott |
Sadly, neither James nor Grace would see the end of their efforts to complete the “History of the Plott Relatives”. James would see a full life until his death on February 12, 1929 at the age of 84 years. Grace was a nurse at Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, GA. Unfortunately, on June 27, 1931, at the age of only 40 years old, Grace was killed by a hit and run car driver in Atlanta.
After the ‘Preface’, my copy of their book basically has three chapters for three of George and Margaret’s sons; John, Henry and Elias. I am not too sure that James and Grace knew about George and Margaret’s other six children. We thank them for the beginning efforts, which have more than likely saved subsequent family genealogists many hours of tedious labor. During the 1920s, James and Grace would have had to visit relatives, write letters, visit archives, etc. when cars and phone lines were evolving within the cities and rural areas. After their deaths, I am sure that others within their families dabbled on their work; however, no complete “History of the Plott Relatives” has been finalized.
The same year that James Iverson Plott wrote the above Preface, my father, James Ralph Plott, was born on August eighth, on Plottown Road in Young Harris, GA. As he was raised in the proud heritage of the Plott line, he would mature into a man, who proudly served in the U. S. Navy for twenty years. After retiring from the Navy in 1968, he, my mother, Leora Ruby Loesch, my sister, Deborah Jean Plott-Hopkins and I settled in Gwinnett County, Georgia. I was eight years old. Within a year of living in our new home, the 1969 phone books were published with our Plott family publicly listed phone number. I can remember the phone number, 963-6760, which we no longer use. Well, Plott folks craving information about their heritage started calling my parents to converse on how we were all related. I remember seeing dad using the one phone in the house, which hung on the kitchen wall. It had a dial pad and corded handset. He would sit in a chair next to the phone unit and talk Plott connections.
Meanwhile in Oklahoma, where Leora’s family settled after coming into America and where she was born, her mother, Martha Krey-Loesch had been collecting family information for the Loesch, Krey, Nobis and Ehrhardt side of the family. Ralph and Leora decided to include Ralph’s side of the family within the joint genealogy efforts. As Leora’s side of the family was 100% German and 100% Lutheran heritage, Ralph knew that Leora’s side of the family would help us understand the German and Lutheran traditions that might have been used in the early Plott line.
As a child, about twelve years old and probably during our 1972 Oklahoma vacation, I remember my parents taking my sister and I to the Enid City Library, which had numerous telephone books from across the United States. With pen and composition notebooks, my parents, sister and I started writing names and addresses of as many Plott people we could find listed in the phone books. Then, after we returned home to Georgia, my parents composed the below cover introduction letter, which also asked the Plott recipients to complete a provided family genealogy and history summary. Hundreds of 1972 Christmas holiday letters with forms were mailed out.
Dear Folks:
When could be a nicer time than the holidays to think of our genealogy book about the Plott’s and their families. We do hope you like the Christmas card of our family and dog. Our dog’s name is “Maggie Dear”. She is a Plott Hound, which has now become a world famous breed. Maggie Dear is registered with the United Kennel Club and is full of personality. Wish you could meet her. The Plott Hound breed of dogs has been in the Plott family and in this country for over 220 years.
Now just a word about our book---- Thanks to the Herbert Plott family and the James Woolley family of North Carolina, we now have the work of Grace and Minnie Plott and James Iverson Plott, that had a beginning many years ago. We hope to complete this book by reverifying dates and etc. and adding on people who have been born and married into the Plott family. We do hope with our deepest and sincerest wish that you will help us by furnishing us with the information to be entered into this book with the enclosed form. You may not know the name and dates for each and every blank, but fill in as many as you know. It may be that we have in our material of the older people, your line, if you can send us, of your family and far enough back into your grandparents, to tie them into what we have.
The Plott name is a proud name, with many distinguished people. It is a family with much family color, such as our Plott Hound dogs, mountains, ranges, creeks, and towns named after the Plott’s of the past. So, please do help us fill our dreams by helping us record and preserve the life of our people, past and present.
We wish you a Blessed Holiday Season……………..
James R. Plott
As I was a young girl at the time, I can remember our family eagerly waiting for the responses to be delivered into our mailbox. I can remember several times racing to the end of the driveway and opening the mailbox expecting a treasure trove of Plott responses to our Plott research and history family mailing project. I suppose we received the normal one percent response to our number of letters we mailed out. Most the the responses were kind and provided information about their immediate families or went back one or two generations; however, they were pleased with our historical quest. Some of the mailings were returned undeliverable for whatever reason. Admittedly, there were a couple of folks that responded that they did not want to participate in our efforts for varying reasons. Although, we already knew that there were different Plott or Plotts lines across America, we also received information from those lines. One group said that they had always had the “s” and were Plotts and sent a copy of the parents marriage license to prove their lineage. One letter stated when their gx-grandparents came to America from Italy, their gx-grandparent had changed their name to Plott from Polloto. They reported that they were in the process of changing the name back to Polloto. Sure there were a couple of odd responses; however, by far our family enjoyed receiving photos, enjoyed stories, or corresponding with new-found Plott cousins or non-Plott folks.
Well, time went by and our family never completed our Plott endeavor. The notes, books and files got stored away; however, not forgotten. Sadly, in 2008, my father passed away, never to see his dreams of publishing a Plott history book fulfilled. Here is the cusp of why I am writing the “Plott Family Line of North Carolina”, too many true Plott family historians have come and gone before me and I am inheriting their collections. It is time to publish their work, their dreams, their labor, their historian efforts, their joy of genealogy, etc. With modern technology, Leora Loesch-Plott and I have been building upon, updating and promptly releasing the most accurate, in-depth, and document-based historical account of George Plott, his beloved wife Margaret and their five sons and four daughters. Yes, Leora and I will take credit and copyright for typing out and publishing this report; however, we must give the below listed family members the ‘Center Stage’ and the respect due to them for their love of our Plott family. If we forget a name, we apologize, and we will quickly update the list for completeness and accuracy.
“HISTORY OF THE PLOTT RELATIVES” BOOK:
James Iverson Plott
Grace Plott
Minnie Plott
Vivian Forester Woolley
MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS:
James Ralph Plott, Father. A Special Thank You to my Father for his life-long passion of wanting the best for all of his family. I think this was a genetic trait passed down from many grandparents, including George and Margaret Plott.
Leora Ruby Loesch-Plott, Mother. A Special Thank You to my Mother for all of the wonderful help answering and discussing Plott information while composing this report. She has endured many phone calls and discussions from me, so I can compose this report with the most information our family has collected on the Plott line(s) over the many years.
Deborah Jean Plott-Hopkins - A Special Thank You to my sister for writing her “1972 Family Genealogy Vacation Journal”.
Martha Krey-Loesch, Fairmont, Oklahoma. Maternal Grandmother. A Special Thank you to my Grandma Martha for her love of genealogy, which got this whole thing started.
Irene Thomas Plott, Young Harris, GA. A Special Thank You to my Grandma Irene for her love of telling stories and recalling folks in the community.
PEOPLE WE MET, VISITED, INTERVIEWED OR CORRESPONDED:
Vivian Forester Woolley and James Woolley, Asheville, N.C.
Herbert and Nannie Plott, Maggie Valley, N.C.
Vaughn Plott, Waynesville, N.C.
Faye Blackwelder, Concord, N.C.
Byers Family, Lincolnton and Vale, N.C.
Flora Burris, N.C.
Barbara Plott, Clonz, N.C.
David L. Plott, Stanfield, N.C.
Glenn Plott and wife Mary Thompson-Plott, Statesville, N.C.
Della Plott, Norfolk, Virginia
Florence Plott, Montgomery, Covington, Virginia
and her sister
Mary Plott Propst, Tupelo, Mississippi
Lucile Plott Lund, Auburn, AL
Steve Plott, Peoria, Illinois
Ralph Honer, California
The Darr Family, AR
Ruby Alexander, Artesia, New Mexico - Never married. She was a school teacher.
Lillian Plott Barber, Piedmont, MO
Elmer Plott, Young Harris, GA
Vina Bryd, Young Harris, GA
Iva Franks Underwood, Young Harris, GA
Professor Emory L. Adams, Young Harris, GA
Aurey Plott, Dacula, GA
Royal Coker, Lawrenceville, GA
Mary Peters, Tucker, GA
Ed Plott, Blairsville, GA
Emory Plott, Young Harris, GA
Charlene (Plott) Craig-Nighswander - Typing Old Union Church Book
Dennis (Plott) McFadden - Washington D.C. Archives
Tom Plott, Opelika, AL - John Plott, Grace Plott and Maggie Plott news articles
Jason Edwards - Archives and a keen eyes
Jim Campbell - Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, N.C.
Rebecca Ruiz, California - Family Bible
Lois Taylor, Virginia - Jarrett Research Records
Kenneth Jarrett
LIBRARIES WE VISITED:
Atlanta, GA City Library in 1971
Census of GA 1840-1870
Census of N.C. 1790-1850
Charlotte, N.C. Library in 1973
Census of GA 1840 - Plus
Census of N.C. 1790 - 1830 & Plus
Roswell Georgia Family History Center - FamilySearch . com
Rockbridge County, Virginia Library in 1973
Births of Rockbridge County, Virginia
History of Rockbridge County Virginia Marriages
Cabarrus County Concord Library - Lore Room in 2015
Kannapolis History Associates in 2015
GA Room of Marietta, Canton & Ellijay in 2015
COURTHOUSES WE VISITED:
Rockbridge County, Virginia Courthouse in 1973
Deeds from 1802 - 1887 of Plott names
Marriage Records of Plott names
Botetourt County, Virginia courthouse in 1973
Deeds from 1810 - 1828 of Plott names
Marriage Records 1770 - 1853 Plott names
Comanche County, Texas Courthouse
Land Deeds
Early Marriage License Plott names
Lincoln County, N.C. Courthouse in 1973
Deeds of George Plott
Deeds of Elias Plott
Marriage Records
Will of George Plott
CEMETERIES VISITED:
Coldwater Lutheran Cemetery, Cabarrus County, N.C.
St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery, Cabarrus County, N.C.
Coldwater Reform Church Cemetery, Cabarrus County, N.C.
Rocky River Presbyterian Cemetery, Cabarrus County, N.C.
Friendship Methodist Cemetery, Cabarrus County, N.C.
St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Newton, N.C.
Old Organ Lutheran Cemetery
Troutman Cemetery
Daniel Lutheran & Reform Cemetery,
Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesville, Haywood County, N.C.
Sipe Springs Cemetery, Comanche County Texas
Darr Cemetery, Pope County, AR
Galla Rock Cemetery, Pope County, AR
Hallow Bend Cemetery, Pope Cemetery, Pope County, AR
There were more; however, forgot the names.
ARCHIVES VISITED:
GA Archives, Atlanta, GA in 1970
Civil War Records of Plott name
National Archives, Washington, DC
Civil War Records of Plott name
OTHER CORRESPONDENCE:
N.C. Archives
Moravian Archives, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Pastor Roy L. Trexlor, For Lutheran Area Churches, Monroe, N.C.
Organ (Zion) Lutheran Church, Salisbury, N.C.
National Plott Hound Association
MO History Museum
Joan Gould, Preservation Matters
Lynn Bancroft, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society
WEBSITES USED:
Ancestry . com
FamilySearch . com
Cabarrus County Land Records
Lincoln County Land Records
Iredell County Land Records
MARS - N.C. Archives
SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
Barbara Thomas - Collins
Odell Plott - Plott Family Reunion
Frank Erwin - Young Harris Grammar School Teacher, who provided a positive and honorable influence on James “Ralph” Plott. Frank encouraged Ralph to stay in the U. S. Navy, of which, Ralph proudly served and retired at twenty years. Frank Erwin was the grandson of Louisa Plott-Lloyd, wife of Andrew Jackson Lloyd.
After the ‘Preface’, my copy of their book basically has three chapters for three of George and Margaret’s sons; John, Henry and Elias. I am not too sure that James and Grace knew about George and Margaret’s other six children. We thank them for the beginning efforts, which have more than likely saved subsequent family genealogists many hours of tedious labor. During the 1920s, James and Grace would have had to visit relatives, write letters, visit archives, etc. when cars and phone lines were evolving within the cities and rural areas. After their deaths, I am sure that others within their families dabbled on their work; however, no complete “History of the Plott Relatives” has been finalized.
The same year that James Iverson Plott wrote the above Preface, my father, James Ralph Plott, was born on August eighth, on Plottown Road in Young Harris, GA. As he was raised in the proud heritage of the Plott line, he would mature into a man, who proudly served in the U. S. Navy for twenty years. After retiring from the Navy in 1968, he, my mother, Leora Ruby Loesch, my sister, Deborah Jean Plott-Hopkins and I settled in Gwinnett County, Georgia. I was eight years old. Within a year of living in our new home, the 1969 phone books were published with our Plott family publicly listed phone number. I can remember the phone number, 963-6760, which we no longer use. Well, Plott folks craving information about their heritage started calling my parents to converse on how we were all related. I remember seeing dad using the one phone in the house, which hung on the kitchen wall. It had a dial pad and corded handset. He would sit in a chair next to the phone unit and talk Plott connections.
Meanwhile in Oklahoma, where Leora’s family settled after coming into America and where she was born, her mother, Martha Krey-Loesch had been collecting family information for the Loesch, Krey, Nobis and Ehrhardt side of the family. Ralph and Leora decided to include Ralph’s side of the family within the joint genealogy efforts. As Leora’s side of the family was 100% German and 100% Lutheran heritage, Ralph knew that Leora’s side of the family would help us understand the German and Lutheran traditions that might have been used in the early Plott line.
As a child, about twelve years old and probably during our 1972 Oklahoma vacation, I remember my parents taking my sister and I to the Enid City Library, which had numerous telephone books from across the United States. With pen and composition notebooks, my parents, sister and I started writing names and addresses of as many Plott people we could find listed in the phone books. Then, after we returned home to Georgia, my parents composed the below cover introduction letter, which also asked the Plott recipients to complete a provided family genealogy and history summary. Hundreds of 1972 Christmas holiday letters with forms were mailed out.
Dear Folks:
When could be a nicer time than the holidays to think of our genealogy book about the Plott’s and their families. We do hope you like the Christmas card of our family and dog. Our dog’s name is “Maggie Dear”. She is a Plott Hound, which has now become a world famous breed. Maggie Dear is registered with the United Kennel Club and is full of personality. Wish you could meet her. The Plott Hound breed of dogs has been in the Plott family and in this country for over 220 years.
Now just a word about our book---- Thanks to the Herbert Plott family and the James Woolley family of North Carolina, we now have the work of Grace and Minnie Plott and James Iverson Plott, that had a beginning many years ago. We hope to complete this book by reverifying dates and etc. and adding on people who have been born and married into the Plott family. We do hope with our deepest and sincerest wish that you will help us by furnishing us with the information to be entered into this book with the enclosed form. You may not know the name and dates for each and every blank, but fill in as many as you know. It may be that we have in our material of the older people, your line, if you can send us, of your family and far enough back into your grandparents, to tie them into what we have.
The Plott name is a proud name, with many distinguished people. It is a family with much family color, such as our Plott Hound dogs, mountains, ranges, creeks, and towns named after the Plott’s of the past. So, please do help us fill our dreams by helping us record and preserve the life of our people, past and present.
We wish you a Blessed Holiday Season……………..
James R. Plott
As I was a young girl at the time, I can remember our family eagerly waiting for the responses to be delivered into our mailbox. I can remember several times racing to the end of the driveway and opening the mailbox expecting a treasure trove of Plott responses to our Plott research and history family mailing project. I suppose we received the normal one percent response to our number of letters we mailed out. Most the the responses were kind and provided information about their immediate families or went back one or two generations; however, they were pleased with our historical quest. Some of the mailings were returned undeliverable for whatever reason. Admittedly, there were a couple of folks that responded that they did not want to participate in our efforts for varying reasons. Although, we already knew that there were different Plott or Plotts lines across America, we also received information from those lines. One group said that they had always had the “s” and were Plotts and sent a copy of the parents marriage license to prove their lineage. One letter stated when their gx-grandparents came to America from Italy, their gx-grandparent had changed their name to Plott from Polloto. They reported that they were in the process of changing the name back to Polloto. Sure there were a couple of odd responses; however, by far our family enjoyed receiving photos, enjoyed stories, or corresponding with new-found Plott cousins or non-Plott folks.
Well, time went by and our family never completed our Plott endeavor. The notes, books and files got stored away; however, not forgotten. Sadly, in 2008, my father passed away, never to see his dreams of publishing a Plott history book fulfilled. Here is the cusp of why I am writing the “Plott Family Line of North Carolina”, too many true Plott family historians have come and gone before me and I am inheriting their collections. It is time to publish their work, their dreams, their labor, their historian efforts, their joy of genealogy, etc. With modern technology, Leora Loesch-Plott and I have been building upon, updating and promptly releasing the most accurate, in-depth, and document-based historical account of George Plott, his beloved wife Margaret and their five sons and four daughters. Yes, Leora and I will take credit and copyright for typing out and publishing this report; however, we must give the below listed family members the ‘Center Stage’ and the respect due to them for their love of our Plott family. If we forget a name, we apologize, and we will quickly update the list for completeness and accuracy.
“HISTORY OF THE PLOTT RELATIVES” BOOK:
James Iverson Plott
Grace Plott
Minnie Plott
Vivian Forester Woolley
MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS:
James Ralph Plott, Father. A Special Thank You to my Father for his life-long passion of wanting the best for all of his family. I think this was a genetic trait passed down from many grandparents, including George and Margaret Plott.
Leora Ruby Loesch-Plott, Mother. A Special Thank You to my Mother for all of the wonderful help answering and discussing Plott information while composing this report. She has endured many phone calls and discussions from me, so I can compose this report with the most information our family has collected on the Plott line(s) over the many years.
Deborah Jean Plott-Hopkins - A Special Thank You to my sister for writing her “1972 Family Genealogy Vacation Journal”.
Martha Krey-Loesch, Fairmont, Oklahoma. Maternal Grandmother. A Special Thank you to my Grandma Martha for her love of genealogy, which got this whole thing started.
Irene Thomas Plott, Young Harris, GA. A Special Thank You to my Grandma Irene for her love of telling stories and recalling folks in the community.
PEOPLE WE MET, VISITED, INTERVIEWED OR CORRESPONDED:
Vivian Forester Woolley and James Woolley, Asheville, N.C.
Herbert and Nannie Plott, Maggie Valley, N.C.
Vaughn Plott, Waynesville, N.C.
Faye Blackwelder, Concord, N.C.
Byers Family, Lincolnton and Vale, N.C.
Flora Burris, N.C.
Barbara Plott, Clonz, N.C.
David L. Plott, Stanfield, N.C.
Glenn Plott and wife Mary Thompson-Plott, Statesville, N.C.
Della Plott, Norfolk, Virginia
Florence Plott, Montgomery, Covington, Virginia
and her sister
Mary Plott Propst, Tupelo, Mississippi
Lucile Plott Lund, Auburn, AL
Steve Plott, Peoria, Illinois
Ralph Honer, California
The Darr Family, AR
Ruby Alexander, Artesia, New Mexico - Never married. She was a school teacher.
Lillian Plott Barber, Piedmont, MO
Elmer Plott, Young Harris, GA
Vina Bryd, Young Harris, GA
Iva Franks Underwood, Young Harris, GA
Professor Emory L. Adams, Young Harris, GA
Aurey Plott, Dacula, GA
Royal Coker, Lawrenceville, GA
Mary Peters, Tucker, GA
Ed Plott, Blairsville, GA
Emory Plott, Young Harris, GA
Charlene (Plott) Craig-Nighswander - Typing Old Union Church Book
Dennis (Plott) McFadden - Washington D.C. Archives
Tom Plott, Opelika, AL - John Plott, Grace Plott and Maggie Plott news articles
Jason Edwards - Archives and a keen eyes
Jim Campbell - Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, N.C.
Rebecca Ruiz, California - Family Bible
Lois Taylor, Virginia - Jarrett Research Records
Kenneth Jarrett
LIBRARIES WE VISITED:
Atlanta, GA City Library in 1971
Census of GA 1840-1870
Census of N.C. 1790-1850
Charlotte, N.C. Library in 1973
Census of GA 1840 - Plus
Census of N.C. 1790 - 1830 & Plus
Roswell Georgia Family History Center - FamilySearch . com
Rockbridge County, Virginia Library in 1973
Births of Rockbridge County, Virginia
History of Rockbridge County Virginia Marriages
Cabarrus County Concord Library - Lore Room in 2015
Kannapolis History Associates in 2015
GA Room of Marietta, Canton & Ellijay in 2015
COURTHOUSES WE VISITED:
Rockbridge County, Virginia Courthouse in 1973
Deeds from 1802 - 1887 of Plott names
Marriage Records of Plott names
Botetourt County, Virginia courthouse in 1973
Deeds from 1810 - 1828 of Plott names
Marriage Records 1770 - 1853 Plott names
Comanche County, Texas Courthouse
Land Deeds
Early Marriage License Plott names
Lincoln County, N.C. Courthouse in 1973
Deeds of George Plott
Deeds of Elias Plott
Marriage Records
Will of George Plott
CEMETERIES VISITED:
Coldwater Lutheran Cemetery, Cabarrus County, N.C.
St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery, Cabarrus County, N.C.
Coldwater Reform Church Cemetery, Cabarrus County, N.C.
Rocky River Presbyterian Cemetery, Cabarrus County, N.C.
Friendship Methodist Cemetery, Cabarrus County, N.C.
St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Newton, N.C.
Old Organ Lutheran Cemetery
Troutman Cemetery
Daniel Lutheran & Reform Cemetery,
Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesville, Haywood County, N.C.
Sipe Springs Cemetery, Comanche County Texas
Darr Cemetery, Pope County, AR
Galla Rock Cemetery, Pope County, AR
Hallow Bend Cemetery, Pope Cemetery, Pope County, AR
There were more; however, forgot the names.
ARCHIVES VISITED:
GA Archives, Atlanta, GA in 1970
Civil War Records of Plott name
National Archives, Washington, DC
Civil War Records of Plott name
OTHER CORRESPONDENCE:
N.C. Archives
Moravian Archives, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Pastor Roy L. Trexlor, For Lutheran Area Churches, Monroe, N.C.
Organ (Zion) Lutheran Church, Salisbury, N.C.
National Plott Hound Association
MO History Museum
Joan Gould, Preservation Matters
Lynn Bancroft, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society
WEBSITES USED:
Ancestry . com
FamilySearch . com
Cabarrus County Land Records
Lincoln County Land Records
Iredell County Land Records
MARS - N.C. Archives
SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
Barbara Thomas - Collins
Odell Plott - Plott Family Reunion
Frank Erwin - Young Harris Grammar School Teacher, who provided a positive and honorable influence on James “Ralph” Plott. Frank encouraged Ralph to stay in the U. S. Navy, of which, Ralph proudly served and retired at twenty years. Frank Erwin was the grandson of Louisa Plott-Lloyd, wife of Andrew Jackson Lloyd.