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31901
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Will of John Spier, 1760 [includes Jeffreys, Hardee, Holland];
Will of Walter Dixon, Pitt County, 1767 [includes Tindell/Tyndall, Mundine, Baldwyn];
Will of John Fillingham, Sr., Pitt County, 1771 [includes White, Hays];
Will of William Watkins, Pitt County, 1771 [includes Buck, Cason, Ormond, Jones];
Will of Elizabeth Speir, Pitt County, 1773 [includes Warren, Mizzelle, Smithwick, Scott];
Will of Samuel Warren, Pitt County, 1805 [includes Bonner];
Will of Henry Williamson, Pitt County, 1830 [includes Peal, Martin, McCoy, Price, Gwaltney, Johnson, Cobb, Mobley, Harrod, Wooten, Utley, Gay, Lewis, Smith].
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31902
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In 1798, an advertisement appeared in the State Gazette of NC that a set of “obnoxious characters” had been driven out of the area where Edgecombe, Martin and Pitt Counties intersect. From Pitt County were: John Worsley, Pitman Worsley and James White. Other surnames include Tennison, Lloyd, Beel, Tyler, Staton.
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31903
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John Joiner and Celia Braxton, Nov. 14, 1829;
Joseph Smith and Elizabeth Joiner, Jan. 26, 1829;
Hillery Cannon and Patsey Harrell, Mar. 7, 1826;
Kelly Harrell and Wealthy Patrick, May 15, 1833;
Frederick Chapman and Salley White, Feb. 28, 1839;
Washington Venters and Sophia Ann Buck, Aug. 22, 1831.
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31904
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In March 1898, Will Carroll and Miss Sallie L. Tripp planned a surprise wedding in Winterville; but were surprised themselves when they reached the church and found a crowd of their friends.
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31905
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Deposition of Ann Dixon, 1782—talks of Walter Dixon and his brother, William Dixon, who both died in the Revolution, both sons of John Dixon. Also mentions another son, Jeremiah Dixon.
Deposition of John Williams, 1784---talks of when John Williams settled on the Tar River “upwards of 50 years’ before and Matthew Capps lived there. Williams says he went to school in 1738 in a school erected by John Lee on Matthew Capps land. [Also mentions Little, Donan, Rodgers]
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31906
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Mooring Bible (1772-1930) (includes Mayo, Turner, Vick, Harrell, Moore, Williams, Taylor, Long, Coakley);
Robert Bridger Bible (1797-1877) (includes Moye, Forbes, Stone, Wallace, Hinson);
Calvin Stokes Bible (1839-1879) (includes Perkins);
Isaac Baldree Bible (1804-1886) (includes Loving, Bird, Vinson);
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31907
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The following is a series of letters from Robert Johnson, of Tennessee to relations in the Falkland, Pitt County area. [Mentions: Cornelius Johnson, Abcilla Johnson, Mrs. Annalaticia Johnson, James Johnson, Charles Johnson, John Newton, Jemima S. Nunn, Minisa Williams]
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31908
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On July 2, 1908, W. L. Hall and Miss Janie Tyson, dau. of R. A. Tyson, had a surprise wedding in New Bern, NC.
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31909
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Surnames include: Spence, Goodman, Witherington, Haddock, Smith, Moore, Mumford, Cannon, Sutton, Gosby, Tilden, Harden, Rice, Banks, Proctor, Johnston, Harris, Roach, Murphy, Griffin, Bell, Harper, Carter, Hill, Powell, Jordan, Hardee, Dorman, Rollings, Teel, Davenport, Briley, Baker, Carr, Carson, Kittrell, Worthington, Taylor, Pulley, Eason, Allen, Mobley, Mears, Pollard, Merritt, Elks, Whichard, Dunn, Williams, Nichols, Joyner, McKinney, Allison, Jackson, Harwell, Westmoreland, Hipp, Phelps, Bynum, Minion, Mozingo, Spain, Summerell, Meeks, Thomas, Vainright, Hardy, Cox, Wilson, Jones, Taylor, Perry, Andrews, Riddick, Flanagan, Hart, Rountree, Arnold, Hudson, Crisp, Wooten, Stocks, Loving, Adams, Pratt, Hinson.
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31910
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On Aug. 22, 1777 in Pitt County, Thomas Clarke, who supported the King and England, got into a disagreement with Nathan Mayo over the war. In anger, Clarke tried to shoot Mayo, but his gun misfired. This gave Mayo time to run into his house and grab a gun, and came out and shot Clarke. Clarke died in about a half hour.
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31911
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Map of Pitt County ca. 1862, drawn by Elizabeth Ross, showing the major roads and communities.
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