Thomas Carlton Moore, age 37, d. on Aug. 27, 1937 in Greenville, NC. A former tobacco salesman, he became the head of a gambling racket in Washington, DC.
Malachi Smith and wife Louisa and Mason Jenkins and wife Mary Ann, sold to William Shivers, all their interest in the land of Margaret Shivers, dec’d. and Shadrick Shivers dec’d.
On May 25, 1891, W. G. Stokes, postmaster of Grimesland, was shot by someone concealed in the bushes. A negro boy named Ed Telfair was charged with the crime.
On Jan. 30, 1775, Sterling Dupree was in a quarrel with others and he shot his gun. The gun charge accidently hit Ann Johnson , the wife of James Johnson. The injury forced the abortion of the baby she was carrying and Ann’s death.
On Aug. 30, 1841, Reuben Bryan, James Bryan, William P. Bryan, John Whitehurst, Michael Manning of Pitt County and L. B. Bryan of Edgecombe Co., NC, sold to Elisha Porter 365 acres in Pitt County.