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32131
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In July 1889, Joseph Wynn of Martin Co., NC was killed by a runaway mule and cart.
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32132
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These are two deeds from the missing Pitt County Deed Book FF........
Deed from Stephen Pugh to William Pugh, 1831;
Deed from James S. Clark to Moses Herrington, 1831. (mentions the heirs of George McGlawhorn, English, Turner)
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32133
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Death notice of Mrs. Violetta H. Whichard (1835-1911); md. D. F. Whichard (d. 1877).
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32134
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These are selected Greene County, NC Marriages (1877-1905) that include Pitt County individuals.
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32135
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On Dec. 3, 1886, I. N. Keel was digging marl from a pit in Carolina twsp., Pitt County and it caved in on top of him and suffocated before he could be rescued.
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32137
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On Nov. 5, 1892, Nelson Nichols, his son, and others, went to house of Dr. Pitt to assault him. The Nichols’ broke into the house and Dr. Pitt emptied his pistol at them and that failing to stop them, Dr. Pitt used an axe. In the melee, Dr. Pitt struck Nichols’ son on the head and another man on the arm. The blow to Nichols’ son crushed his skull. Warrants were sworn out against Nichols and his son and other parties.
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32138
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The original Court records of this case have disappeared from the Supreme Court Case files at NC Archives. Thankfully this case was microfilmed and found in the Records of the States of the United States (N.C. F.1, reel 11) located in the NC Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. This landmark case defines the relationship between various Whitehurst men. Simon Whitehurst, Batson Whitehurst , John Whitehurst (of Georgia) and Daniel Whitehurst, were all sons of Simon Whitehurst, Sr. Batson Whitehurst left a son named Charles Whitehurst (of Pitt Co.) and Daniel Whitehurst left a daughter named Nancy Whitehurst Kelly (of Martin Co.). The case also mentions Frederick Bryan, Matthew Brinkley, William P. Haughton, Auterson Kelly, Henry Hunter, Samuel Williams.
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32139
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Letter from Archibald Forbes to his wife, Louisa (Clark) Forbes, 1837. (mentions: Mr. Lovejoy, Joseph Norcott, Germain Bernard, Louisa Tyson, Warren Kennedy, Mr. Hoyt, Ormond Harris);
Letter from Sherrod Tyson to his daughter, Margaret Ann Tyson, 1835. (mentions Absalum Carr, Adeline May);
Letter from Franklin and Lydia Moye and Gideon Moye, of Oakdale Ark. , to Francis Brooks, o Greenville, NC, 1848. (mentions: Southey Brooks, Wilkes Brooks, Belvedere Brooks, Chrissey Moye, Peggy Leslie, Elizabeth Avery, Jesse Moye, Nancy Moye, Wyatt Moye);
Letter from James R. Hoyle to John Herritage Bryan, 1838. (mentions Willis Wilson, Margaret Bond, James Brooks, Joshua Tucker, Francis Brooks, Harman Hancock, Ephriam Brooks, John Hardee, Alfred Forbes, Jo. Cox, Fred Haddock);
A genealogical letter from Nannie Francisco Porter to William H. Bason, 1938 (mentions William James, Elizabeth Patrick, Dr. James G. James, Mary R. Langley, Godfrey Langley, Margaret Latham).
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32141
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Death notice of B. R. Gay, d. Oct. 1930, age 72; md. Betty Walston. They had 16 children.
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32142
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Death notice of M. M. Page, d. April 1935, age 70.
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32143
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Will of Benjamin May, 1805 (includes Joyner, Streeter, Stanton, Becton, Rogers, Vines, McKinne);
Will of Hugh Tingle, of Craven County, NC, 1764;
Will of Robert Forbes, 1845 (includes Worthington).
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32144
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Death notice of C. L. Little, d. Jan. 27, 1927, age 79.
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32146
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Perkins Bible (1844-1943) (includes Johnson, Swanner, Peacock, Williams, Masser, Morris, Rutliff, Buck);
William Travis Family Bible (1754-1831) (includes Denmark, Stafford);
Jonas W. May Bible (1756-1894) (includes Adams, Watson, Hetton, Browning, Carbery, McCordle, Bowen, Rogers, Albright);
McG. Davenport Bible (1842-1970) (includes Gurganus, Moore, Fagan, Woolard, Modlin, Longmire, Middleton, Cornish, Saunders, Cook, Williams).
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32148
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This petition of Thomas Smith, of Craven County, NC, 1753 mentions that his brother, James Smith, moved his family from Virginia to NC in 1729 and bought land in Craven Co., NC from Thomas Smith.
Petition also mentions William Brice, David Wharton, Thomas Butler, Mr. Dunn.
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32149
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This article was written in 1955 by Jesse Lillington Jackson, former Pitt County historian, about his memories of people and places when he was growing up. He mentions McCoy Tripp, John Tripp, Redden Tripp, Elias Braxton, Carrie Reeves, Jule Whichard, Rev. Fred McGlohon, Herbert Ellis, George Ellis, Lottie Ellis, Felix Braxton.
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