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33261
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33842
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These are a series of public letters over politics by Dr. William J. Blow, William T. Marsh and George B. Singletary which led to a duel.
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24050
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The Flanagan Buggy Company formerly occupied the corner of Fourth and Cotanche Streets in Greenville, North Carolina, a space that now houses a parking garage. The Flanagan business dates back to 1866 and has an interesting history from its establishment to the time of its closure in 1969.
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22812
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Stories include interesting facts relating to the \"good old days.\"
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22946
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This group of local stories includes an account of the efforts of Mrs. Ben Lupton of Bethel to stop the sale and consumption of alcohol on Sundays. In 1896, W. W. Owens had an unusual turkey who set on chicken eggs. In 1902 someone was doing midnight shearing sessions on animals as a prank and someone sheared the horses of George Clark and Joseph Willis to look like mules.In 1897, Louis Flake came to Greenville with his wife and eight children and had 170 photographs taken. In 1884, R.S. Tucker of Raleigh was selling his Pactolus property of 2,129 acres--practically the entire community.
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22968
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Kammerer presents two newspaper articles describing Contentnea Creek Country in 1905 and Tyson’s Neighborhood in 1888. The articles talk about the history, growth and farms of these Pitt County communities. Some of the people mentioned include: Benjamin May, Dr. Robert Williams, Dr. J. N. Bynum, E. S. Parker, J. C. Cobb, James H. Cobb, Lawrence A. Cobb and R. J. Cobb.
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This was a petition of Craven County citizens (in the Clay Root and Grifton area of Pitt County) against annexation to Pitt County; which was done in 1786. This is a large list of citizens.
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In 1928, the Daily Reflector newspaper in Greenville, NC, ran a series of articles submitted by Abram James Moye (1853-1932) in which he recalled the houses and people who lived along the Plank Road running down Dickinson Avenue to Farmville. There are pen & ink drawings of several houses by Roger Kammerer, including the Wiley Nobles house, Joseph L. Ballard house, Alfred Moye house, Plank Road Toll House. Mr. Moye discusses such people as: William Moore, Marcellus Moore, John Moore, Henry Sutton, Ben Manning, Mr. Evans, Wiley Nobles, Japeth Tyson, Willis Briley, Betsy Howell, Moses Joyner, Mrs. Denton, Mrs. Titus Elks, Sally Lassiter, Amos Hines, Mr. Joyner, Mrs. Richard Tyson, Mrs. Sally Ann Anderson, Elias Turnage, Moses Tyson Moye, John Lang, William G. Lang, J. M. Morehead, Mrs. Susan Streeter Atkinson.
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In 1888, 750 eggs were brought to market in Greenville selling at 15 cents a dozen. In 1889, two stores shipped 1,200 eggs on a single day. J. A. Thigpen and J. J. Dancy had unusual eggs. In 1888, it was reported that the women of Pitt County used about 10,000 pds. of snuff a year at a cost of 50 cents per pound. At a rat killing in 1891, 185 rats were killed in one incident. Since the Revolution, women in Pitt County used powder in rocks in Belvoir township to dye their cloth. In 1878, Mr. A. Case found a Native American skeleton in a marl bed. Other stories include strange names as "Miniya Gainer Minetty Andrews Melvin Llewellyn Silvester Sherrod" and states that the Cox family gave all eleven children names that started with the letter "Z."
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22976
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Pitt County's first courthouse was located on what is now Highway 33 East, across from the entrance to the Brook Valley subdivision. Starting in 1924, a campaign was begun to preserve the old house, which had served as the courthouse from 1760 until 1774. These efforts failed, and the house was torn down in 1926. In October 1930, the Daughters of the American Revolution erected a marker at the site to commemorate the historic structure.
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34047
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Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly
(NoCar F253 .P57), Vol. XXIV Issue No. 1-2, Feb.-May 2017,
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33596
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22961
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Greenville Silk Company operated from February 1839 until March 1841, with a cocoonery and mulberry trees at Bensboro. Distilleries In 1810, Pitt County had 727 distilleries producing 29,400 gallons of whiskey and brandy worth around $12,000 annually. Dr. Noal Joyner attempted to raise Persian tobacco in the 1800s. In 1887, residents found gold near Bethel.
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33873
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22832
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There was a long held tradition told in Pitt County that there was a man from Pactolus whose daughter married Frank James, the outlaw, brother of Jesse James. The tale had grown over the years to include stories of hidden treasure at Pactolus. Kammerer lays out the story, combined with facts, to show how the story was fascinating, but wasn’t true.
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