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32113
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Death notice for William P. Bryan, age 58, d. Mar. 23, 1943, son of Benjamin Bryan and Sallie Smith. He married Eula Elizabeth Satterfield.
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32114
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These are a collection of articles concerning house fires in Pitt and Edgecombe Counties. Names include Mc. G. Bullock (1893); Benjamin Belcher (1895); R. J. W. Carson (1894); W. H. Harrington, Jr. (1911); Baltimore plantation (1900); Yankee Hall (1890); Quinn Cox (1909); Benjamin T. Eagles (1899); L. B. Mewborn (1900); J. S. Brown (1910); John Nichols (1911); Allie Joyner (1910); D. Webb McGlohon (1910).
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32115
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On Aug. 2, 1895, Noah Chapman, a colored man, stowed away and hitched a ride under a train and was killed near Littlefield, Pitt County .
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32116
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Died on Dec. 22, 1872 in Pitt Co., NC, Henry Fleming, old resident of Greenville, NC.
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32117
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John Jones was supposedly murdered by poison and his Will and estate were disputed. There are depositions given by : Abraham Hardee, Reuben Everett, Zelotas Collins, Jacob Briley, Frankey Harris, Tabitha Cherry, Richard Moye, Solomon Patrick, Olive Savage, Jacob Harris, Sarah Asbell, William Baldwyn, Charles Barber, Jesse Moore. Other names include Zelotas Collins, Mary/Polly Jones, Mrs. Benjamin Rogers, Allen Atkinson, John Gorman)
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32118
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Death notice of Mrs. Bettie Andrews, age 70, d. July 1909 in Chadbourn, NC.
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32119
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Death notice of Mrs. Mitt Parker Newton, age 70, d. Oct. 18, 1937, widow of the late J. R. Newton.
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32120
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Death notice of W. C. McGowan, age 80, d. Oct. 7, 1900.
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32121
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Death notice of Ed Mayo, d. July 3, 1909 near Gum Swamp.
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32124
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This small article from 1893 talks about J. T. Hellen, one-legged Confederate veteran and former Pitt County Sheriff, selling religious and historical books .
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32125
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This small article from 1899 concerns the death of Kit Reeves, colored, who died in the Spanish-American War. His widow, Frances Reeves, received the first pension for a soldier in the Spanish-American War in Pitt County.
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32127
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Biography of Jesse Briley, b. 1834 in NC; md. Emma Daniel. They lived in Arkansas;
Biography of Abraham Hancock, b. 1830 in NC, son of John Hancock, b. 1804 and Martha Harrington, b. 1809. Abraham m.1) Leana C. Jones; m.2) Rebecca A. Bertram. They lived in Arkansas;
Biography of Edward Harper, son of Edward Harper, Sr. (b. 1774-1855) and Elender Scallorn (d. 1862); and grandson of Samuel Harper. Edward Jr. m. in 1851 to Mary Kyle.
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32128
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On Sept. 22, 1819, William B. Crawford and John M. Windham, slave thieves, broke out of the Tarboro jail.
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32129
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An advertisement by William Dew in Sept. 1900 stating that his father, Moses Sutton, colored, of Ayden, NC, had wandered away from home.
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32130
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These are letters concerning land and money owed by the State.
Letter from Sary Taylor, 1783 concerning William Taylor’s service in the Revolution and her little son Emmanuel Taylor;
Letter from John Moye, 1792 concerning land;
Letter from John Leslie, 1795 concerning goods and money. Mentions his son, William Leslie.
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