Caswell County Volunteer Fire Departments

Pelham Volunteer Fire Department

 

Photograph: Pelham VFD. Click image to see a larger version.

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Caswell County Volunteer Fire Departments

Caswell County Fire Protection Service District

This is why the Caswell County volunteer fire departments are numbered.

Until 2017, Caswell County's volunteer fire departments were disorganized. They had no number and were funded locally (by stew and BBQ sales) and received no county money. Yanceyville and Milton had separate taxing authority. Oddly, so did Casville.

Map: http://fdmaps.com/caswell-county/

Fire Protection Service District

Fire Protection. The service district consists of an area that is 428 square miles in size. There are currently ten (10) Volunteer Fire Stations and two (2) sub-stations in close proximity to the District that are staffed with by volunteer personnel and equipment at each station.

The stations are strategically located to ensure the appropriate equipment and response times are for the best of the community that it serves. Each station is equipped with at least one Engine Company and one Tanker that are staffed by volunteers to provide protection from all fires in the district.

Source: Caswell County Board of Commissioners May 1, 2017

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Caswell County Fire Response Districts

 Pelham

 Hogan Creek

 Milton

 Semora

 Casville

 Yanceyville

 Leasburg

 SW Caswell

 Anderson

 Prospect Hill

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#1 Yanceyville (established 1940; has one substation at the airport)

#2 Milton (established before 1961; incorporated town; has one substation on Highway 62)

#3 Casville (established 1961; originally had its own taxing district)

#4 Providence (established 1961)

#5 Prospect Hill (established 1964)

#6 Pelham (established 1968)

#7 Semora (established 1971)

#8 Cherry Grove (possibly established 1975)

#9 and 9A Anderson (1983)

#10 Caswell County Sheriff Department

#11 North Carolina Division Of Forest Resources District 11

#12 [use not known]

#13 [not used because Leasburg purportedly eschewed number 13]

#14 Leasburg (established 1984; has one substation)

Thomas Day House Restoration Project 1992

In this photograph from the January 29, 1992, The Caswell Messenger (Yanceyville, NC), Wayne Barker of Wachovia Bank of Yanceyville presents Marian Thomas of the Thomas Day House Restoration Project a $3,000 check. As much as $500,000 will be needed to complete the project.

Reprinted in The Caswell Messenger 17 February 2021.

Caswell County Tornado of 1931

The Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), 6 January 1931 

6 Are Killed, Several Hurt By Tornado: Storm Sweeps Border of Virginia and Carolina; Country is Laid Waste"

"Houses Destroyed and Trees Uprooted"

"Six persons were known to have been killed by a tornado which late yesterday cut destructive paths in two borderline counties of North Carolina and one mile east of Boydton in Mecklenburg County. At least four others were injured, according to reports reaching here late last night.

". . . The injured included two Negroes who live near Yanceyville, NC.

"Reports indicated that the storm moved in a northeasterly direction from a point west of Yanceyville, across Caswell County, then rose to dip again near Boydton, after which it apparently swerved in a southeasterly direction to strike near Norlina, N.C.

"The storm was believed to have struck first a few miles west of Yanceyville about 4 o'clock. The path of the storm missed Yanceyville by about three miles, passing to the north, and extended about twenty miles to Milton, N.C., before rising to strike next in Mecklenburg County, Va. Part of the roof of the Methodist Church at Milton was blown away. The dwelling of Stanley Moore, at Milton, was also damaged, and an old tobacco factory partly wrecked.

"Blown From Porch: A porch on the residence of Robert T. Wilson, attorney, three miles north of Yanceyville, was lifted by the wind and carried to the other side of the house, a portion landing upon the roof. An outhouse about thirty feet in length on the farm of J. A. White, a neighbor of Wilson, was torn from its foundation and thrown against another house some distance away. The porch to the White home was torn away.

"G. Gunn, Negro employee of the White farm, was blown from the porch of his home and seriously injured. The second story and the walls and roof of a rear room of this house were wrecked, but none of six occupants of the dwelling were injured.

Bartlett Yancey High School Class of 1939 50th Reunion

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 Bartlett Yancey High School Class of 1939   50th Reunion

 "Pictures from the Past"

 The Caswell Messenger (Yanceyville, NC)   13 January 2020

President Biden's Cabinet/Staff: Principal Members

President Biden's Cabinet/Staff: Principal Members

For those requiring Senate confirmation the responsible Senate committee is in parentheses. _______________ 

Defense: Lloyd Austin* (Armed Services Committee)

Justice (Attorney General): Merrick Garland* (Judiciary Committee)

State: Antony Blinken* (Foreign Relations Committee)

Treasury: Janet Yellen* (Finance Committee)

Agriculture: Tom Vilsack* (Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee)

Commerce: Gina Raimondo* (Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee)

Education: Miguel Cardona* (Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee)

Energy: Jennifer Granholm* (Energy and Natural Resources Committee)

Health and Human Services: Xavier Becerra* (Finance Committee)

Homeland Security: Alejandro Mayorkas* (Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee) 

Housing and Urban Development: Marcia Fudge* (Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee) 

Interior: Deb Haaland* (Energy and Natural Resources Committee)

Labor: Marty Walsh* (Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee)

Transportation: Pete Buttigieg* (Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee)

Veterans Affairs: Denis McDonough* (Veterans Affairs Committee)

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Centers for Disease Control: Rochelle Walensky

Central Intelligence: William Burns* (Select Committee on Intelligence)

Chief COVID-19 Medical Adviser: Dr. Anthony Fauci

Chief of Staff: Ron Klain

Climate Czar: Gina McCarthy

Climate (Special Envoy): John Kerry

COVID-19 Response: Jeff Zients

Domestic Policy Council: Susan Rice

Environment: Michael S. Regan* (Environment and Public Works Committee)

Management and Budget: Neera Tanden* (Budget Committee)

National Intelligence: Avril Haines* (Select Committee on Intelligence)

National Security Adviser: Jake Sullivan

Press Secretary: Jennifer Psaki

Small Business Administration: Isabel Guzman* (Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee) Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

Trade Representative: Katherine Tai* (Finance Committee)

United Nations Ambassador: Linda Thomas-Greenfield

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*Requires Senate confirmation.

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The "big" fifteen are (with the "big" four listed first):

Defense

Justice (Attorney General)

State

Treasury

Agriculture

Commerce

Education

Energy

Health and Human Services

Homeland Security

Housing and Urban Development

Interior

Labor

Transportation

Veterans Affairs

Tate's School (Stoney Creek Township, Caswell County, NC)

 

 

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Tate's School (Stoney Creek Township,   Caswell County, NC)

 Source: The Caswell Messenger (Yanceyville, NC), 1972.

"The Buckle" by Jeffery D. Murrie

 The Buckle! 

For many years I assumed it was a copy, because how would anyone be in possession of a buckle that belonged to their gg grandfather [William Washington Murrie]? Well, after being "lost" at my parents house for a few years it finally reappeared about 12 years ago and I decided to take "guardianship" of the item. I searched online for information and was surprised with its rarity and value, thus again assuming it must be a copy.

I searched for an appraiser who would look and everyone said Rafael Eledge from PBS "Antique Roadshow" would be the only person to trust in authenticating and he only does that in person. As luck would have it, Mr. Eledge was attending the annual Civil War show in Charleston, SC and I asked by email if he would take a look at something for me and he agreed. So, off to Charleston I drove to meet Mr. Eledge!

He was not hard to locate due to his popularity on "Antique Roadshow." I approached him and introduced myself and presented him with a small box. Inside rested the buckle. He held the unopened box in his hand and asked how I came to have it. I explained that W. W. Murrie was my great-great-grandfather and it was in the possession of his grandson, Fran Thomas Murrie until it came to me. He opened the box and took the buckle over to a digital scale and nodded in the affirmative! He then measured the buckle, again nodding in the affirmative! His last procedure was to take out a jewelers loop to examine the back and again nodded in the affirmative! He handed me the buckle and smiled saying "You have an authentic buckle and you are very lucky to have something that connects you to your great-great grandfather."

My question was how was he so sure? Mr. Eledge said it had the correct weight and measurements and the back still had particles of the tar that was applied to the back when the buckle was made and for him the evidence of the tar was definitive. Needless to say, I was a very happy person! He then asked what else I had that may have belonged to W. W. Murrie and I started to name them: His coin silver pocket watch, c1870, three images, a coin silver match safe, part of medal (visible in the case with the buckle) and a ribbon from a veterans reunion c.1921. His parting words where, "Do you know how many people at this show would like to own just one item from a Civil War ancestor and you possess so many?"

I am just the caretaker for the time being and glad to share.

Jeffery D. Murrie

Florence, South Carolina

May 13, 2020