Record #:

23005

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

In these series of tales, the author tells of W. L. Blount’s 16 year old coon hunting dog that could still hunt. In 1900, a shooting scrape occurred near Stokes at a young folk’s party at J. S. Whitehurst’s. A certain William Bryan incurred the displeasure of Mr. Whitehurst and was asked to leave. Bryan didn’t leave fast enough and received buckshot in his butt. In 1886, W. E. Proctor of Grimesland reported that he had cut out 37 large fish from the frozen Tar River. In 1893, R. A. Willoughby of Beaver Dam Twsp., told the local paper that during the last five months he had sold 651 dozen eggs. He received $79.35 for them, which showed that there was more money in eggs than raising cotton. In 1892, Dr. Frank Pitt and Maggie Burris married in Dr. James Dental Office in a runaway marriage. In 1884, Henry H. Moore reported he had killed a hog, 8 feet 10 inches long and 2 feet 9 inches through, that weighed 783 pounds. That Greenville had a population in 1800 of 174 people, and in 1890 had 1937 people and by 1900 had 2560 people. And finally in 1883, E. C. Gaskins told the story of how he killed some partridges by throwing a catfish at them and later a hawk stole his chickens.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Jun 4-17 1997, p7

Subject(s):

Pitt County--History