Mary Ann "Mariann" Belk (born Mackelroy)

"Waxhaw Enterprise"- dated 1911-by Ney McNeely says progenitor of Belks in America was John Belk b 1710 D 1804 per his tombstone, who came from Middlesbrough, England about 1745- settled on Buffalo Creek, Union co. N.C. wife Mary Ann Muckle (McElroy),who is buried Old Antioch Cemetery nine miles south of Monroe on the Landsford Road. and children: John, Jr.- ancestor to many in So. Carolina, Darling, James, Brittain, Frances(Montgomery)Nancy or Nicey (McCorkle), Gracie (Calvert). may have been more but these were only ones named in the will. Darling is in So. Carolina. Part of Mecklenburg NC became part of So. Carolina when the boundary was established. If anyone needs any history of this Belk family, I will gladly share. I have a huge history of the McElroy family which is my mother's side of the family thru her Mother's lineage.