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32193
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This the Revolutionary War pension record of Harry Harris, of Pitt County, NC.
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32194
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State vs. David Adams, 1792 for the murder of Anthony Mills;
State vs. William Aldridge, 1794 for the murder of Jesse Farmer;
State vs. Solomon Cherry, 1790 for riot and assaulting John Worsley. Others mentioned were William Cherry, Charles Waldom, Willis Cherry, John Smith, John Council, Frederick Jones, John Edmundson, David May, Thomas Jenkins, Walker Knight, and Jesse Knight;
State vs. Thomas Summerlin, 1790 for assaulting John Worsley;
State vs. Hardy Smith, 1790 for assaulting Abraham Adams;
State vs. Francis Meeks, Merritt Meeks and Allen Meeks, 1797 for assaulting Nathaniel Nichols. Others mentioned were Jonas Meeks, Britain Meeks and Reading Meeks;
John Taylor vs. Benjamin Buck, 1795 for stealing John Haddocks’s slave.
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32195
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Will of William Ross, 1856 (includes Overton, Roebuck);
Will of Jesse Chapman, 1861 (includes Oakley, Laughinghouse);
Will of Josiah D. Albritton, 1862.
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32196
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In Aug. 1888, a number of black citizens of Greenville formed and incorporated the Queen Esther Mutual Aid Society. The names of the incorporators are included.
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32198
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Death notice for Elder Henry Smith, d. Dec. 7, 1857 near Washington, NC at residence of S. Woolard, Esq.
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32200
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Death notice for Cornelius Davis, d. Dec. 20, 1899 in Ormondsville, NC, aged about 40 years.
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32246
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Death notice for J. E. Evans, d. Oct. 21, 1891 in Georgia, son of Amos Evans.
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32247
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The following are various Court Appearance Notices that appeared in North Carolina newspapers. These notices sometimes give relationships and marriages that are unknown. Surnames include Pate, Hubbard, Williams, Kilpatrick, Cobb, Haywood, Edwards, Henderson, Dupree, Jordan, Evans, Lamon, Battle, Saunders, Manning, Thigpen, Cherry, Little, Swanner, Yarrell, Britton, Smithwick, Whitley, Woodard, Peele, Stokes, Amason, Boyle, Benson, Griffin, Sherrod, Page, Andrews, Norvell, Taylor, Odum, Langley, Johnston, Revel, Kail, Wooten, Lewis, Ringgold, Fulford, Moore, Pool, Tyson, Sutton, Abbott, Brand, Turnage, Rawls, Mair, Jones, Dail, Butts, Craft, McCoy, Olds, Spivey, Albritton, Barfield, Edwards, Gwaltney, Brooks, Moye, May, Speight, Holliday, Cannon, Dixon, Whitehurst, Manning, Matthews.
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32248
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This is a feature article on Mrs. Lydia Nelson Coburn, b. 1871, dau. of John and Agnes Nelson; md. John William Hedley Coburn.
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32249
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The surnames include Curtis, Davis, Savage Forbes, Kennedy, Critcher, Vainwright, Kittrell, Stokes, Garris, Jolly, Allen, Moye, Harris, Crawford.
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32250
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In 1834, the NC General Assembly passed an act wherein the name of William Lawrence Cherry, the illegitimate son of James Perkins and Ann Mooring Cherry, of Pitt County, be changed to William Lawrence Perkins.
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32251
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This feature article from 1904 tells of the heroic exploits of Taylor Harris, of Pitt County, during the siege of Ft. Fisher in 1864.
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32252
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In 1804, the NC General Assembly passed an act wherein Salley Hopkins Tyson, the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Tyson, of Pitt County, was legitimized.
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32253
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(includes Harvey, Watkins, Swann, Windall, Bartram, Arrington, Moseley, Odeon, Caldam, Bonner, Adams, Porter, Smith, Chauncey, Dixon)
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32254
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Estate of Francis Nelson, 1800, Craven County,
Estate of Jesse Nelson, 1802, Craven County.
Estate of John Mills, 1769, Pitt County .
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