January 15, 1976

Source: From Rubottom Family Loose Files, "Correspondence Concerning the Rubottom Family of Chatham County, NC," Kathryn B. Rees Collection, Wren Memorial Library, Siler City, NC

Note: All street addresses have been omitted for privacy reasons.

Dear Mrs. Matthews,

Received your letter of the 18th and was disappointed there were no Rubottom grave markers in the old Napton Cemetery. There was some Quakers who did not believe in grave markers, so maby the Rubottom family belonged to this branch of the Quakers.

I would like very much to have a copy of George Rubottom's letter to Nathan Dixon. I have gathered considerable material on George Rubottom and his decendants. One of his decendants visited me here in Houston during the Christman holidays.

I appreciate the information on the Newlins and John Milton Rubottom.

The slave buried in the Old Napton Cemetery was "George" who belonged to Samuel Dowd. He was left with provisions in Dowd's estates to provide for his welfare as long as he lived. George was a hatmaker. He made Quaker hats. After Samuel Dowd died and he was offered for sale, no one would buy him because he was a part of the estate ad no one could give title to him.

There is a great deal of material available on the Dixon family. I have received a letter from Mrs. Morrison stating she had received your letter. She has considerable material on the early Dixon family.

Mary Rubottom, daughter of Simon Rubottom and Elizabeth (Dunn) Rubottom married Joel Dixon. They were the parents of seven children: Elihu, Silas, Nathan, Riley, Ann, Phineas, and Sarah. Joel Dixon died on October 28, 1860. He was born on November 15, 1785. He is buried at White Lick, Indiana. The family lived in Morgan County, Indiana. Joel Dixon was a grandson of Nathan Dixon of Chatham County, North Carolina.

There was a stone grave marker in Napton Cemetery for Joseph Dixon and Mary (Pusey) Dixon. Joseph Dixon moved from Delaward to North Carolina in 1764. Joseph Dixon was the father of (at) least four sons. The oldest, Nathan Dixon, married Sarah Winters, and raised a family of eight children in Chatham County. Nathan Dixon is also buried in Napton Cemetery.

I have the information of Simon Rubottom and Elizabeth (Dunn) Rubottom and their children. Also information on Laban Rubottom.

Could you give me the full name and address of the Dixon who cleans the Napton Cemetery?

Mary Strouder's address is . . . . . Indiana.

With Best Regards,

T. W. Rubottom