I am a lifelong resident of Shelby, NC and have been interested in the local history for most of my life. I am the Hord Family Historian for the Descendants of James and Martha Puryear Hord, the first Hord family to settle in western North Carolina. I also conduct genealogy research on the Beam, Greenway, and Biggerstaff families as well as collateral kin to these. This research has led me to become a "tombstone tourist" from time to time, turning the research into an adventure!
The thing I like best about Find A Grave is discovering the family relationships. Now that Find A Grave has been acquired by Ancestry.com, I see that aspect becoming more and more important. How a person is remembered is most often in terms of who they loved and who loved them, so it makes me very happy when I have found all the children and see their names linked together on these memorial pages.

If I have made an error on any memorial or if I have created a record you would like to maintain, please let me know. Use the edit button for standard edit suggestions. If you need to find out more about the Hord family from Cleveland County, NC, check out my website: https://hordsofharriscreekorg.wordpress.com/

For other questions or complex issues, my email is [email protected]