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31768
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T. M. G. Ross of Chicod township died in Aug. 1896. He was a Confederate soldier who lost one of his arms on the battlefield.
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31769
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John E. C. Godley, who claimed to be 104 years old on June 6, 1902. He claimed to be a veteran of the War of 1812-15, the Seminole War in Florida, the Mexican War and the Civil War. He had been married twice and had five children. He was a root and herb doctor who made wonderful soap.
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31770
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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.
Foreman Adams 1895; Ritter Adams 1895; Mrs. Catherine Albritton 1888; Mrs. Louisa Allen 1882; Mrs. Mary Ann Andrews 1884; Benjamin Bell 1839; Mrs. Lydia Bell 1834; James Blow 1836; R. Blow 1881; Benjamin Briley 1853; Benjamin Briley 1889; Shadrach Cannon 1815; T. R. Cherry 1890; Howell Cobb 1815; Abram Cox 1897; Thomas R. Crawford 1871; John Elks 1900; Urias Elks 1852; Amos Evans 1888; Calvin Evans 1883; Ivy Fleming 1890; Ivey Foreman 1832; Joseph Gainer 1882; James Galloway 1895; Major William Gay 1900; John Harrington 1882; Eli Howell 1831; Mrs. Fannie Jackson 1890; Bythel James 1902; Mrs. Brittannia Jenkins 1845; Cornelius Kinsaul 1897; Mrs. Selphia Kinsaul 1888; John Laughinghouse 1831; Rev. Nathaniel Lockhart 1836; Thomas McLawhorn 1882; Miss Elizabeth Nelson 1910; Nathaniel Nobles 1868; Richard Powell 1826; Samuel Ralston 1829; Willis Randolph 1834; Edmund Ricks 1836; Polly Ann Rogers 1897; Mrs. Nancy Rollins 1885; William Alfred Ross 1897; Gen. Samuel Simpson 1836; Joab Smith 1878; Mrs. Noah Speir 1892; Mrs. Jannett Stewart 1852; Mrs. Louisa Taft 1886; Caleb Tripp 1893; Mrs. Caleb Tripp 1908; William Tugwell 1882; Rebecca Warren 1890; James Whitehurst 1897; Shade Wooten 1891; Harriet Yellowley 1890.
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31771
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Matthew Hart, aged 77 in 1903, was a veteran of the Civil War and engaged in 17 battles. He tied a red string around his arm after each battle and after he was captured the Yankees honored him for his gallantry.
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31772
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In 1889, Rev. R. W. Stancill of Troy, NY, a native of Pitt County, was brought his family South to spend a few weeks with relatives.
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31773
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Surnames include: Harris, Nobles, Little, Briley, Knight, Caton, Pipkin, Basden, Hill, Smith, Davenport, Hancock, Jones, Galloway, Richards, English, Sermon, Noble, Chapman, Hester, Pugh, Cannon, Dawley, Moore, Andrews, Wallace, Baldree, Langley, Wells, Mooring, Cade, Waters, Joyner, Tyson, Cobb, Bell, Phillips, Flanagan, Hanks, Wacaster, Tripp, Dail, Turnage, Jackson, Sermon, Frizzle, Erwin, Butts, Meeks, Cox, Nichols, Briley, Sutton, Haddock, Pate, Woolard, Bishop, Hodges, Clark, Galloway, Davis, Teel, James, Parker, Daniel, Smith, Hemby, Joyner, Moore, Cherry, Weaver, Whitehurst, Toler, Daw, Rowe, Edwards, Tuten, Gatlin, Tingle.
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31774
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Will of Taplie Bentley, 1796;
Will of Benjamin Barrow, 1807 (includes Forbes);
Will of Simon Burney, 1829 (includes Wilson, Kilpatrick, Smith, Wooten);
Will of James Brooks, 1806 (includes Wilson, Tucker, Bond);
Will of Jacob Moore, 1820 (includes Staton, Phelps);
Will of Dinah Whitehurst, 1847 (includes Barnhill, Hathaway);
Will of Jeremiah McGlohon, 1819 (includes Turnage).
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31775
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In July 1884, C. C. Kirkman, the bee raiser, came to Greenville, NC with one pound blocks of honey, which he had taken from his patent hives.
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31776
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Lee Bible (1853-1940) (Includes Little, Moore, Haddock);
J. S. Moore Bible (1824-1949) (Includes Tucker, Mumford, Godley, Mayo);
William Holloway Bible (1757-1850) (includes Griffin, Swain, Parrish, Edmondson, Hendry, Alderman, Albritton, Summerlin, Sowell, Smith, Kimbrell, Malden, Selph, Adams);
Noah Allen Buck (1846-1888) (Includes Cox, Wynn, Elks);
James Campbell Record (1775-1790);
Elias J. Blount Bible (1852-1886) (Includes Williams).
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31777
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Mr. Joe Brooks and nephew, of Memphis, TN, were visiting Greenville, NC in 1895. He was born in Greenville in 1819.
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31778
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Abraham Smith died in 1818 in Pitt County leaving a Will and children: Levi Cox and wife Sarah; Lewis Smith and wife Mary; Samuel W. Jones and wife Jemima; Elizabeth Smith, John Wingate and wife Frances; James Smith; and William Smith.
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31779
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Obituaries for Mrs. Isabella Moore 1906; J. P. Manning 1901; G. S. Johnson 1908; Louis B. Cox 1902; R. A. Willoughby 1910; Mrs. J. T. Smith 1910; Mrs. J. C. C. Jenkins 1910; Alfred James 1908; Mrs. M. A. Hoyt 1889; William Robert Horne 1910; Jesse Cox 1871.
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31780
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Surnames include: Bailey, Townsend, Bryan, Manning, Johnson, Moore, Barnhill, Whitehurst, Haddock, Nobles, Harris, Chance, Wilson, Pilkington, Brooks, Hardee, Nelson, Barrington, Gaskins, Jones, Barrington, Serman, Peed, Stringer, Durant, Pugh, Kilpatrick, Coward, Albritton, Pope, Lang, Rodgers, Warren, Darden, Stephenson, Williams, Riddick, Linkfield, Croom, Phillips, Cannon, Bryan, Maxie, Myers, Willcutt, Amason, Cobb, Gilliam, Martin, Norman, Cunningham, Henderson, Swindle, Roberts, Riley, Kemp, Kuykendall, Berry, Drake, Hancock, Blount, Powell, Wallace, Shivers, Rountree, Powell, Patrick, Carr, Kennedy, Speight, Harper, Eason, Sheppard, Murphrey, Baker, Wainright, Turnage, House, Barfield, Bowen, Spruill, Davenport, Clarke, Cherry, Perry, Forbes, Shannon, Johnson, Wooten, Murphy, Rigney, Council, Hardy, Taylor, Nobles, James.
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31781
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In Sept. 1910, W. E. Whitmore of Scotland Neck was visiting family in Greenville. He was a Confederate veteran and during the Civil War was stationed near Red Banks Church, where two of his comrades were killed and one captured when on picket duty in attempting to prevent an advance of Federal troops on Greenville. He and R. R. Cotton were in the same company.
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15.Homecoming by Kammerer, Roger Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly Vol. II Issue No. 3, August 1995
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31782
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In 1888, D. T. House, who had left Pitt County nine years before and settled in Texas, has moved back to Pitt County.
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