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32384
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This is a 1775 petition sent to the NC Secretary of State Court of Claims from John Fowler, of Beaufort County, who owned land on Bath Town Creek patented by William Barrow in 1705/06 that appears to not have been recorded in the Secretary’s Office and wants it recorded now.
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32385
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This is a 1761 petition sent to the NC Secretary of State Court of Claims from John Linton, who states that William Wall, lately deceased, had a warrant for 300 acres in Beaufort (now Pitt County) and his sole brother and heir Joshua Wall granted his claim to John Linton. John Linton married sister of William Wall. John Linton wanted the patent for the land warranted by William Wall.
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32386
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The following is an index to selected records found in the NC General Assembly Session Records, NC Archives from 1821-1827.
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32387
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Clarification of Will abstract of James H. Barnhill in previous issue.
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32388
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Various death notices of Pitt Countians taken from selected newspapers on microfilm in the NC Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University-------
Obituary for Alonza S. Allen, age 65, d. May 4, 1940, son of John Allen and Amanda Haddock; md. Stella Williams;
Obituary for Mrs. Elisha Worsley, age 82, d. July 2, 1941;
Obituary for Abner Faulkner, age 80, d. Mar. 13, 1950; m. Lizzie Speight;
Obituary for Mrs. R. F. Bullock, age 75, d. Feb. 19, 1940;
Obituary for J. Q. Andrews, age 62, d. July 11, 1941; m.1)_____; m.2) Mattie Whitehurst;
Obituary for Mrs. W. J. Meeks, age 64;
Obituary for Ernest Washington McGowan, age 89, d. June 4, 1961, son of Jesse J. McGowan and Mary Evans; m. Henrietta _____;
Obituary for Ed D. Manning, age 71, d. July 11, 1940; m. Mamie Pierce Cook;
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32392
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32393
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32399
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Petition of Benjamin Allen, of Lenoir County, only heir of Jonathan Allen , Rev. Soldier, 1821;
Petition of Benjamin Allen, of Lenoir County, only heir of John Allen , Rev. Soldier, 1821;
Petition of Thomas Fornes, of Craven County, heir of William, John and Jonathan Fornes, Rev. Soldiers, 1821;
Petition of Mary Ann Moore and Hiram Moore, of Carteret County, heirs of Jacob Moore, Rev. Soldier, 1821;
Petition of Richard Jordan, of Pitt County, Rev. Soldier, 1818.
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32400
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On Dec. 22, 1865, M. G. James was assaulted by Joel Tyson at Forbes Mill.
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32401
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On Aug. 4, 1758 in Beaufort County, Lucy Tyson, wife of Abraham Tyson, called Ann Tyson, wife of John Tyson, a whore. Ann Tyson accused Lucy Tyson of having two bastard children before she was married and killing them; and of being a thief, stealing linen out of her father’s store to make shirts for the men she had sex with. Also that Lucy’s son, Cornelius Tyson, is a bastard, being a son of Robert Williams.
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32404
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In Nov. 1861, in the store of Ashley Knox’s in Greenville, NC, Calhoun Moore cut Simon Mills, Jr. with a knife.
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32405
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This lists the teachers in Pitt County in 1849-50.
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32406
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On May 1, 1860, Shadrach Cannon posted a sign defaming Weeks H. Clark.
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32407
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In Feb. 1907, Henry Wilkins, a colored man, of near Bethel, NC, told a store clerk he had married twice and was the father of 64 children, 60 now living. Don’t know if he was stretching the truth.
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32408
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List of William Moore, sheriff, allowed Delinquents and Insolvents, 1768-69.
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