Record #:

23514

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

Newspaper articles in The Eastern Reflector, the Daily Reflector, Tarboro Southerner from the late 1800s and early 1900s contained stories about early families and hard-to-believe occurrences. Past articles, included Mrs. J. F. Briley's catching a 24-pound turtle with a fishing pole and line lead, and Mr. Charles Harris, a Pitt County's early settler, reported to be 122 years old upon his death in 1860.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Nov 29-Dec 12 2000, p8-9

Subject(s):

Pitt County--History