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I HAVE ONLY JUST STARTED MY RESEARCH OF THE ROUGHTONS.SO FAR I THINK THEIR HAVE BEEN TWO GROUPS OF ROUGHTONS .I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE RELATED YET!CAN TRACE THE ROUGHTONS BACK TO TYRRELL CO.NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL THE LATE 1700'S.IT SEEMS TO STOP THERE.I AM STILL LOOKING.I HAVE FOUND MARRIAGE LICENSE BACK TO 1884.SOME BIRTH CERTIFICATES DATING BACK TO THE 1800'S.MY FATHER WAS JOHN LEWIS ROUGHTON JR.I AM TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH TO NORTH CAROLINA TO LOOK FOR INFO .HAVING A GOOD TIME TOO.CEMEMTARIES AREN'T TO MUCH FUN BUT NEED THE INFO.HAVE BEEN TO ELIZABETH CITY TWICE I BELIEVE I HAVE ALL BIRTH ,DEATH,AND MARRIAGE LICENSES THEY THERE.HAVE TAKEN PICTURES AT ALL CEMEMTARIES,OLD HOLLYWOOD,NEW HOLLYWOOD,HIGHLAND PARK AND WESTLAWN MEM.GARDENS.I HAVE BEEN TO TYRRELL CO.OVER THE JULY 13TH WEEKEND.TOOK PICTURES THERE AND AT THE CEMEMTARY TOO.HAVE ALOT OF ROUGHTONS CAN'T MAKE THEM ALL FIT YET!TYRRELL HAS ALOT OF INFO TO OFFER HAVE TO GO BACK!I AM WILLING TO SHARE ANY INFO I HAVE!
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