This is one of my pages about my husband's genealogy.  There are some interesting stories about his ancestry.  I hope you enjoy them.  There is an undocumented story about two brothers, William and John Belk coming to the colonies together.  William married Hannah Darling and John married Mary Ann Muckle.  Their homes were only about 10 to 15 miles apart, with John in North Caronlina and William in South Carolina.  The book "History of North Carolina" Vol VI states, "The founder of the Belk family
We're from the south with southern ancestry.  For those of you who don't like the south, don't bother reading it then.
in America was John Belk, who was born in Middleborough, England, and came about 1745 to North Carolina, being on of the early settlers in what is now Union County.  He located in what was then Anson, later Mecklenburg, and is now in Buford Township of Union County.  John Belk had seven sons and daughters.  Two of the sons, John and Darling Belk, moved across the line into South Carolina before the Revolutionary war, and both of them were soldiers in that struggle.  Some special mention should be made of another member of the Belk family.  This was James Belk, a grandson of the original settler, John Belk.  John Belk was the son of Brittain Belk, who was killed by the Tories in the Revolutionary war.  James Belk was born in 1765.  He was with his father at Charlotte at the promulgation of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence on May 20, 1775.  A century later he attended the centennial anniversary of that occasion at Charlotte in 1875, and perhaps such an experience was never enjoyed by any other man.  He died in 1876, at the age of one hundred eleven."  end of quote. It goes on to tell about William Belk's will.  It included all his children and his wife.  He gave them all something he owned including land, furniture, livestock, equipment, and slaves.  He gave each of his children a slave.  He had 9 known children.  Their names were:
I didn't make this page to glorify slavery, I made this page for my husband in respect to his ancestors and his family history.  No one should ever be taken into slavery and I just wanted to let it be known that this is simply a part of our history, good or bad.  I think everyone's history has good and bad in it in every race. 
This information I've aquired calls William Belk a merchant and a farmer.  He owned alot of land and a plantation in South Carolina.

Joseph T.Belk, son of Joseph Montgomery Dixon Belk, fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy.  He enlisted as a private on April 15, 1861.  He fought in thirty seven battles including the battles in Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Jonesboro, and Petersburg to name a few.  He was a resident of Marion Co. Georgia when he enlisted.
William Alexander Belk, Father of Joseph Montgomery Dixon Belk, also enlisted in the war as a private in the Civil War for the confederacy.  He enlisted on March 3, 1862 .  He enlised in Company E, 11th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on March 31, 1862.  After the war began he was taken as a prisoner of war on October 14, 1863 at Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC.  He was then trasferred on October 27, 1863 at Point Lookout, MD and then later released on January 25, 1864.  After that, he joined the U.S. Navy.
My husband's Great, Great Grandfather, Amandus Perry Belk also fought in the Civil War.  He enlised into Company G, Unit 2 Georgia Calvary as a private for the Confederacy in 1862.  He was a farmer at the time of enlistment. 
In every case of war, every soldier, no matter what side he is fighting for, needs to be recognized for serving his country.  The Civil War was a horribly bloody war that no one could possibly comprehend unless they've been through war themselves.
I've always been interested in the history of the south.  I myself and my husband are from the south and are very proud to be. 

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