William B. Kittrell Collection

ca. 1913-2009
Manuscript Collection #771
Portions of this collection are digitized (6 items)
Print Finding Aid
Request On-site Use
Creator(s)
Kittrell, William B. (William Beau), 1937-
Physical description
1.25 Cubic Feet, 6.746 Gigabytes, 3 document cases
Preferred Citation
William B. Kittrell Collection (#771), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
Access
This collection is open for research. Original audiovisual media, digital media, and digital files are unavailable for use. Please contact Special Collections to request access copies.

Genealogical materials for Dixon, Haddock, Hemby, Laughinghouse, Nelson, Jenkins, Baldree, Dail-Deal, Flake, Kittrell and other families of Pitt County, NC. Also includes local history and biographical sketches by William B. Kittrell, a DVD of a Motion picture of Greenville, North Carolina (ca. 1940s-1950s) showing ordinary daily scenes and local buildings, CD of early 20th Century Pitt County schools, and 2 DVDRs made from 8mm reels of home movies (1947-1967) made by the Keel family of Greenville, N.C.

Biographical/historical information

The Kittrell family in America descends from a very ancient and notable family, who originally spelled the name Caterall. The American Kittrell family descends from the old Lancashire family of Catheralls. (Also spelled Catteralls and Caterals.) Jonathan Kittrell of NC, first generation of definite proof. He appears in the record of Chowan and Bertie Counties. Little is known of him until 1718. In 1760 he buys land in Granville Co., NC, at a place now called Kittrell, NC, in Vance Co., (Vance County was formed from Granville.) In 1761 he was granted land in Granville County by Lord Granville.

From the "Kittrell family" by Edythe Rucker Whitley

Scope and arrangement

The bulk of this collection are genealogical and church records from families in Pitt County, Bertie County, and Chowan County. Genealogical records include a list of descendants from families such as Laughinghouse, Kittrell, Hemby, and Dixon from Pitt County. Church records include minutes, typed histories, and pictures from Free Will Baptists, Original Free Will Baptists, Primitive Churches, and Christian Churches in the Bertie and Pitt County areas. Other documents include newspapers, images, and type histories of schools and family cemeteries in the Pitt County area. Also included are video files which depict the city of Greenville and Eastern North Carolina in the 1940s-1960s through home movies made by the Keel Family of Greenville, North Carolina and through an early copy of the Greenville in Reelife film.

Administrative information
Custodial History

July 27, 1998, (unprocessed), 17 items; Genealogical materials for Dixon, Haddock, Hemby, Laughinghouse, Nelson, and Kittrell families of Pitt County, N.C. Donor: Mr. William B. Kittrell.

September 15, 1998, (unprocessed addition 1), 10 items; Genealogical materials for John Hudson, John Hardee, Smith-Kittrell, James Meglohon [McGlohon, McLawhorn], John Willoughby, and Kittrell families of Pitt County, North Carolina; with Bertie County, NC grave inscriptions, and Red Oak Christian Church materials, ca. 1760-1997. Gift of Mr. William B. Kittrell.

November 3, 1999, (unprocessed addition 2), 11 items; Genealogical materials for Jenkins, Baldree, Dail-Deal, and Flake families of Pitt County, N.C., ca. 1662-1911. Typescript. Gift of Mr. William B. Kittrell.

May 16, 2006, (unprocessed addition 3), 4 items; Genealogical research material on the Laughinghouse family of Pitt County, North Carolina, including "Descendants of Thomas Laughinghouse, Sr., " and "Laughinghouse Deeds," ca. 1730-1900; also compact disc of photographs (ca. 1913-1967) of Pitt County Schools originally taken by Dr. D. H. Conley and later borrowed from the Board of Education for scanning by Elizabeth Ross with a catalog of the school pictures. 76 black and white photographs. 1 compact disc. Gift of Mr. William B. Kittrell.

June 28, 2006, (unprocessed addition 4), 13 items; Biographical, historical and genealogical research material on Paul Harrington, Ichabod Moore, Andrew Jackson Moore, Sylvester Hassell, Red Oak Christian Church, Bethany Free Will Baptist Church, Meadow Primitive Baptist Church, Kehukee Primitive Baptist Church, Red Banks Primitive Baptist Church, and Penny Hill Plantation, Pitt County and Bertie County, North Carolina, written, transcribed, or copied by William B. Kittrell and Mary Kittrell, of Greenville, NC.

August 6, 2008, (unprocessed addition 5), 1 item; Motion picture of Greenville, North Carolina (ca. 1940s-1950s) showing pedestrians, people in theater, firemen, fire trucks, policemen, buildings, and street scenes, etc. Untitled. Producer unknown. Color. ca. 40 minutes. 1 Digital Video Disc, HP dvd+r 16 x. SN PEP686 KC271 42682 4. Gift of Mr. William B. Kittrell.

May 25,2009, (unprocessed addition 6), 5 items, 0.010 cubic feet; Biographical, Genealogical and Historical sketches (1987-2009) by William B. Kittrell, including George Columbus "Lum" Buck family; Boat Races on the Tar River and the Tar River Boat Club; Corey [Cory] Family Deeds; John Bryant Kittrell, Sr.; Penny Hill Plantation and Thigpen Family, of Pitt County, North Carolina. Typescripts and Photocopies. See preliminary inventory attached. Donor: William B. Kittrell.

August 8, 2019, (unprocessed addition 7), 0.11 cubic feet; Addition consists of 2 DVDRs made from 8mm reels of home movies (1947-1967) made by the Keel family of Greenville, N.C.; a CD-R containing histories of several Primitive Baptist, Free Will Baptist, and Christian churches in Pitt County, N.C.; a CD-R of pictures of Pitt County schools obtained from the Board of Education with accompanying catalog of contents; a 1946 photograph of the Pitt County Bar Association; a history of the Greenville and Shelmerdine Railroad Company; and a history of the Bank of Grimesland. Gift of William B. Kittrell.

February 12, 2020, (unprocessed addition 8), 0.25 cubic feet; Addition consists of research on Rosenwald schools in North Carolina done by William Kittrell, and a CD of photographs copied and compiled by the Pitt County Family Researchers into a collection titled Picturing Pitt County, NC, Vol. I, which depicts people, buildings, farm scenes and town scenes. Photocopies of the photographs and an accompanying partial index are also included. Gift of William B. Kittrell.

March 26, 2020, (unprocessed addition 9), 0.50 cubic feet; Addition consists of extensive research on Laughinghouse Cemeteries and Laughinghouse families in Craven, Beaufort, and Pitt Cos., in North Carolina done by William Kittrell. Also includes transcriptions of Bible records, information on related families, and a CD of the Laughinghouse Cemetery in Grimesland, Pitt County, N.C. Gift of William B. Kittrell

Source of acquisition

Gift of Mr. William B. Kittrell

Processing information

Encoded by Apex Data Services

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

Metadata Rights Declaration
Key terms
Corporate Names
Red Banks Primitive Baptist Church (Greenville, N.C.)
Red Oak Christian Church (Greenville, N.C.)
Topical
Banks and banking--North Carolina--Grimesland
Cemeteries--North Carolina--Bertie County
Primitive Baptists--North Carolina--Pitt County
Railroads--North Carolina--Greenville
School buildings--North Carolina--Pitt County
Places
Pitt County (N.C.)--Genealogy
Pitt County (N.C.)--History
Container list
Box 1 Folder a Genealogy Records - Dixon (Pitt), Haddock (Pitt), Hemby (Pitt), Nelson (Pitt), Laughinghouse (Pitt), Kittrell (Chowan, Pitt, & Granville)
Box 1 Folder b Genealogy Records - Hudson (Pitt), Laughinghouse, Hardee (Pitt), Kittrell (Pitt), Smith-Kittrell (Pitt), Megolon (Bertie), Stanly-Kittrell (Pitt), Willoughby (Pitt & Bertie), Nobles, Red Oak Christian Church (Pitt)
Box 1 Folder d Genealogy Records of Laughinghouse Family
Box 2 Folder a Descendants of Paul Harrington (ca. 2006) Typescript. 1 item. 25 p
Box 2 Folder b Red Oak Christian Church 100th Anniversary Celebration 1871-1971 (ca. 2006) Typescript. 1 item. 8 p
Box 2 Folder c Bertie County Grave Sites (ca. 2006) Typescript. 1 item. 6 p
Box 2 Folder d Bethany Free Will Baptist Church 1879-1980 (ca. 2006) Typescript. 1 item. 8 p
Box 2 Folder e A Short Biography of Elder Ichabod Moore (ca. 2006) Typescript. 1 item. 3 p
Box 2 Folder f Meadow Primitive Baptist Church [History, 1785-1928] (ca. 2006) Typescript. 1 item. 2 p
Box 2 Folder g Historical Facts Concerning Kehukee Primitive Baptist Church, 1714-1979. (ca. 2006) Typescript. 1 item. 2 p
Box 2 Folder h Elder Andrew Jackson Moore (ca. 2006) Typescript. 2 items. 4 p
Box 2 Folder i Sylvester Hassell, by an old Reporter (ca. 2006) Typescript. 1 item. 2 p
Box 2 Folder j Penny Hill Plantation [Pitt County, North Carolina] (1987-1995) Typescript. 2 items. 6 p
Box 2 Folder k Red Banks Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, by Bill & Mary Kittrell (ca. 2006) Typescript. 1 item. 6 p
Box 2 Folder m George Columbus "Lum" Buck Family Genealogy, 1882-2003 [2009] Typescript. 1 item 3 pages
Box 2 Folder n Boat Races on the Tar River 1889-1890 Tar River Boating Club [2009] Transcripts and photocopies of Daily Reflector newspaper articles. 1 item 12 pages.
Box 2 Folder o Corey [Cory] Family Deed Abstracts of Pitt County, North Carolina, 1778-1889 [2009] Typescript 1 item 9 pages
Box 2 Folder p John Bryant Kittrell Sr. 1893-1972 Biographical Sketch [2009] Typescript. 1 item 2 pages
Box 2 Folder q Penny Hill Plantation and Thigpin Family of Pitt County, North Carolina. Historical Sketch 1722-1832. [11/20/1987]. Typescript. 1 item 4 pages
Box 2 Folder t Historical Sketches: The Bank of Grimesland Found in 1920 & Greenville and Shelmerdine Railroad Company. Typescript
Box 2 Folder v Photographs of members from the Pitt County Bar Association, 1946 and Red Banks Primitive Baptist Church
Box 2 Folder w Pictures, Newspaper Articles, and Historical Documents relating to the Rosenwald Schools in Pitt County, NC
Box 2 Folder x CD and Print out of pictures of people, buildings, farm scenes, and town scenes in Pitt County, NC
Box 3 Folder b Laughinghouse Family Research and Cemetery Listings, Beaufort and Pitt Cos., NC, undated
Box 3 Folder c Laughinghouse Family Research, undated

Includes notes, family charts, emails, and copies of Bible records and photographs.

Box 3 Folder d Laughinghouse Family Research, undated

Includes notes, family charts, emails, and copies of Bible records and photographs.

Box 3 Folder e Laughinghouse Family Research, undated

Includes notes, family charts, and cemetery records.