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31817
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In 1928, the Daily Reflector newspaper in Greenville, NC, ran a series of articles submitted by Abram James Moye (1853-1932) in which he recalled the houses and people who lived along the Plank Road running down Dickinson Avenue to Farmville. There are pen & ink drawings of several houses by Roger Kammerer, including the Wiley Nobles house, Joseph L. Ballard house, Alfred Moye house, Plank Road Toll House. Mr. Moye discusses such people as: William Moore, Marcellus Moore, John Moore, Henry Sutton, Ben Manning, Mr. Evans, Wiley Nobles, Japeth Tyson, Willis Briley, Betsy Howell, Moses Joyner, Mrs. Denton, Mrs. Titus Elks, Sally Lassiter, Amos Hines, Mr. Joyner, Mrs. Richard Tyson, Mrs. Sally Ann Anderson, Elias Turnage, Moses Tyson Moye, John Lang, William G. Lang, J. M. Morehead, Mrs. Susan Streeter Atkinson.
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31818
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W. W. Haddock petitioned the Court to legitimate three of his children born out of wedlock named William Henry Mills, b. Dec. 24, 1863; Frederick Augustus Mills, b. Oct. 7, 1866; Jesse Mills, b. Nov. 22, 1872. W. W. Haddock had married Rachel _____, the children’s mother.
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31819
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This is the Revolutionary War pension record of Elisha Mills as found in the NC Secretary of State, Revolutionary Military Papers, at NC Archives. Elisha Mills left at his death his only heirs in 1820, his first cousins: Samuel Mills, Thomas Mills and Nasby Mills. There is a deposition from Gardner Moye in 1820 and a power of attorney to Samuel Bowers in 1820.
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31820
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In 1896, relics were given to Henry T. Kings’ Museum. Mrs. A. A. Joyner owned a wooden table castor owned by Col. Samuel Vines. Also spoon moulds, once the property of Isaac Cobb, grandfather of Wiley Cobb, of Farmville twsp., were given.
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31821
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In 1898, young Ernest Whichard, owned an old school slate used by his grandfather, Harry Gurganus, one hundred years before.
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31822
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In 1898, George H. Joyner possessed an old sword owned by his great-grandfather, Maj. Benjamin May, in the Revolutionary War.
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31823
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In 1899, J. D. Savage, of Chicago, who served in the military in the Spanish-American War, was visiting his sister, Mrs. C. T. Munford, in Greenville, NC.
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31824
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Dr. Elisha Porter’s Bible (1662-1822) ( includes Scott, Denson, Johnson, Copeland)
Edward R. Coward Bible (1825-1936) (includes Frizzle, Dixon, Johnston, Gaylord, Coward, Rives)
Nelson-Smith Bible (1790-1907) (includes Adams, Little, Roach, Summers)
Josiah Barrett Bible (1801-1884) (includes May)
William B. F. Newton Bible Record (1864-1897)
Thomas B. Dupree Bible Record (1812-1875) (includes Webb)
Robert B. McCotter Bible (1869-1923) (includes Cox, Dunn)
J. R. Mobley Bible (1809-1918) (includes Laughinghouse, Boyd)
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31825
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Found in the New Bern District Civil Action Papers. In 1777, Jehu Tison was arrested for speaking out against the draft and drank a toast to the King’s health and the success to Great Britain.
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31826
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(includes Page, Andrews)
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31827
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Newsy letter from Lydia A. Chapman to her daughter Bettie _____, dated April 12, 1866. The letter talks of the damage done by Union forces in Swift Creek. Jimmie Roach died in 1864 from small pox. Abner Edwards died three weeks after coming home from the Civil War. Dr. Beckwith mistakenly shot and killed. Jane Lancaster died of the small pox. Julia Chapman had daughter Liz Harvey. Bill Butler married Julia Dudley. Fred Lancaster is teaching school. Thomas Langley married.
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31828
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In 1880, Charlie Church, a native of Edgecombe Co., NC (b. near Greenville, NC) was living in Deadwood, South Dakota and was one of the fastest typesetters in the United States.
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31829
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In 1928, men were cutting trees on the old Hodges graveyard just east of the crossroads. Josiah Hodges once lived there and his son and daughter-in-law, Josiah Hodges, Jr., former sheriff of Pitt County in the 1850’s and his wife Mollie Hoell and their daughter Miss Cora Hodges all lived there.
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31830
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Surnames include: Mills, Boyd, Clements, Hodges, Smith, Nelson, Moore, Murphy, Loftin, James, Bullock, Aldridge, Hardy, Tyson, Carney, Ginn, Lane, Howell, Etheridge, Mitchell, Exum, Seymour, Mattox, Manning, Lang, Irvin, Gardner, Kirkman, Willis, Barrow, Horn, Edwards, Marshburn, Worsley, Staton, Mayo, Artis, Soloman, Bryant, Wilson, Jackson, Harwell, Adams, Gwaltney, Clifton, Pierce, Walker, Bell, Taylor, Dickerson, West, Lane, Williams, Hudson, Carr, Flanagan, Belcher, Pollard, Cobb, Joyner, Whitfield, Harrington, Parrish, Brown, Powell, Cotton, Pope, Wilkinson, Spence, Jenkins, Taylor, Sutton, Haddock, Taylor, Deberry, Bunting, Council.
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31831
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In 1908, John Lacy and Mrs. J. H. Moore were arrested for bigamy.
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