You can view Debbie's family pedigree by clicking on the Snipes button to the right and follow the 'Bobby Snipes (her brother) line.
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The suname Honeycutt is of Norman origin. Research revealed that the first record were found in Somersetshire U.K ,and the name was conjecturally descended from William, a Norman noble who was a subtenant of Roger de Courseulles, and was Lord of the manor of Hunecote or Hunnecota, and was recorded in the Domesday book taken in the year 1086, and the manor is recorded as being "Two nuns, as a royal grant".
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The surname is often mistaken for French, but more accurately it is of Viking origin. Thorfinn Rollo, a descendant of Viking King Stirgud the Stout who landed in the Orkneys in 870, laid seige on Paris and subsequently married France's King Charles daughter. Descending from Rollo was Duke William of Normandy who invaded England in 1066 and conquered Saxon King Harold of Hastings in the same year.
Areas in Yancey County that you will see in these pages:
Bee Log - When this settlement was new, some of the men would meet at this old log that had bees in it. They traded knives and gossiped. Sot they would tell everyone to meet them at the old bee log at sundown. Hence, the area became Bee Log.
Day Book - Back in the early 1800's, a man named Chandler ran a trading post there, buying furs, deer hams and other items from settlers and sending wagon trains over to Buffalo Valley (now Johnson City, Tenn.). As immigrants moved on west, they asked Chandler to send their mail on out by wagon trains and they in turn used his wagons to deliver mail to those back home.
It was the custom of Mrs. Chandler to keep records of these messages in a large daybook. When folks would come into the store they'd ask if there was "anything for them in the daybook?" Naturally, when the government established an office there about 1815 everyone agreed that Daybook would be an appropriate name. The office was discontinued in 1957.
Jacks Creek - The name isn't that unusual but the story is a good one as to how Jacks Creek got its name. It's not named after a man but rather a dog. According to the legend, several men were hunting through the valleys and mountains. Once the men followed a bear all day long. It was many hours before they caught up with the dogs and bear. All the dogs had been beaten back but one or two, one of these being Jack. Finally at the end of the chase they were at a pile of drift in the middle of a big creek. It was a stream the hunters had never seen before. It had no name, Jack, the dog had the bear bayed in the creek and would not give up, although he was bleeding and suffering from many wounds. The hunters killed the bear, administered aid to Jack and named the creek after him.
Swiss - Swiss was named for a fancied resemblance of the region to Switzerland.
Bee Log - When this settlement was new, some of the men would meet at this old log that had bees in it. They traded knives and gossiped. Sot they would tell everyone to meet them at the old bee log at sundown. Hence, the area became Bee Log.
Day Book - Back in the early 1800's, a man named Chandler ran a trading post there, buying furs, deer hams and other items from settlers and sending wagon trains over to Buffalo Valley (now Johnson City, Tenn.). As immigrants moved on west, they asked Chandler to send their mail on out by wagon trains and they in turn used his wagons to deliver mail to those back home.
It was the custom of Mrs. Chandler to keep records of these messages in a large daybook. When folks would come into the store they'd ask if there was "anything for them in the daybook?" Naturally, when the government established an office there about 1815 everyone agreed that Daybook would be an appropriate name. The office was discontinued in 1957.
Jacks Creek - The name isn't that unusual but the story is a good one as to how Jacks Creek got its name. It's not named after a man but rather a dog. According to the legend, several men were hunting through the valleys and mountains. Once the men followed a bear all day long. It was many hours before they caught up with the dogs and bear. All the dogs had been beaten back but one or two, one of these being Jack. Finally at the end of the chase they were at a pile of drift in the middle of a big creek. It was a stream the hunters had never seen before. It had no name, Jack, the dog had the bear bayed in the creek and would not give up, although he was bleeding and suffering from many wounds. The hunters killed the bear, administered aid to Jack and named the creek after him.
Swiss - Swiss was named for a fancied resemblance of the region to Switzerland.