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Biography of Jesse Briley, b. 1834 in NC; md. Emma Daniel. They lived in Arkansas;
Biography of Abraham Hancock, b. 1830 in NC, son of John Hancock, b. 1804 and Martha Harrington, b. 1809. Abraham m.1) Leana C. Jones; m.2) Rebecca A. Bertram. They lived in Arkansas;
Biography of Edward Harper, son of Edward Harper, Sr. (b. 1774-1855) and Elender Scallorn (d. 1862); and grandson of Samuel Harper. Edward Jr. m. in 1851 to Mary Kyle.
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32128
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On Sept. 22, 1819, William B. Crawford and John M. Windham, slave thieves, broke out of the Tarboro jail.
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32129
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An advertisement by William Dew in Sept. 1900 stating that his father, Moses Sutton, colored, of Ayden, NC, had wandered away from home.
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32130
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These are letters concerning land and money owed by the State.
Letter from Sary Taylor, 1783 concerning William Taylor’s service in the Revolution and her little son Emmanuel Taylor;
Letter from John Moye, 1792 concerning land;
Letter from John Leslie, 1795 concerning goods and money. Mentions his son, William Leslie.
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32131
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In July 1889, Joseph Wynn of Martin Co., NC was killed by a runaway mule and cart.
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32132
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These are two deeds from the missing Pitt County Deed Book FF........
Deed from Stephen Pugh to William Pugh, 1831;
Deed from James S. Clark to Moses Herrington, 1831. (mentions the heirs of George McGlawhorn, English, Turner)
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32133
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Death notice of Mrs. Violetta H. Whichard (1835-1911); md. D. F. Whichard (d. 1877).
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32134
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These are selected Greene County, NC Marriages (1877-1905) that include Pitt County individuals.
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32135
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On Dec. 3, 1886, I. N. Keel was digging marl from a pit in Carolina twsp., Pitt County and it caved in on top of him and suffocated before he could be rescued.
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32136
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These are African-American items gleaned by William B. Kittrell from the records of the Red Banks Primitive Baptist Church, the Hancock Primitive Baptist Church, and the Galloway Primitive Baptist Church, all in Pitt County, NC.
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32137
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On Nov. 5, 1892, Nelson Nichols, his son, and others, went to house of Dr. Pitt to assault him. The Nichols’ broke into the house and Dr. Pitt emptied his pistol at them and that failing to stop them, Dr. Pitt used an axe. In the melee, Dr. Pitt struck Nichols’ son on the head and another man on the arm. The blow to Nichols’ son crushed his skull. Warrants were sworn out against Nichols and his son and other parties.
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The original Court records of this case have disappeared from the Supreme Court Case files at NC Archives. Thankfully this case was microfilmed and found in the Records of the States of the United States (N.C. F.1, reel 11) located in the NC Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. This landmark case defines the relationship between various Whitehurst men. Simon Whitehurst, Batson Whitehurst , John Whitehurst (of Georgia) and Daniel Whitehurst, were all sons of Simon Whitehurst, Sr. Batson Whitehurst left a son named Charles Whitehurst (of Pitt Co.) and Daniel Whitehurst left a daughter named Nancy Whitehurst Kelly (of Martin Co.). The case also mentions Frederick Bryan, Matthew Brinkley, William P. Haughton, Auterson Kelly, Henry Hunter, Samuel Williams.
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32139
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Letter from Archibald Forbes to his wife, Louisa (Clark) Forbes, 1837. (mentions: Mr. Lovejoy, Joseph Norcott, Germain Bernard, Louisa Tyson, Warren Kennedy, Mr. Hoyt, Ormond Harris);
Letter from Sherrod Tyson to his daughter, Margaret Ann Tyson, 1835. (mentions Absalum Carr, Adeline May);
Letter from Franklin and Lydia Moye and Gideon Moye, of Oakdale Ark. , to Francis Brooks, o Greenville, NC, 1848. (mentions: Southey Brooks, Wilkes Brooks, Belvedere Brooks, Chrissey Moye, Peggy Leslie, Elizabeth Avery, Jesse Moye, Nancy Moye, Wyatt Moye);
Letter from James R. Hoyle to John Herritage Bryan, 1838. (mentions Willis Wilson, Margaret Bond, James Brooks, Joshua Tucker, Francis Brooks, Harman Hancock, Ephriam Brooks, John Hardee, Alfred Forbes, Jo. Cox, Fred Haddock);
A genealogical letter from Nannie Francisco Porter to William H. Bason, 1938 (mentions William James, Elizabeth Patrick, Dr. James G. James, Mary R. Langley, Godfrey Langley, Margaret Latham).
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32141
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Death notice of B. R. Gay, d. Oct. 1930, age 72; md. Betty Walston. They had 16 children.
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32142
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Death notice of M. M. Page, d. April 1935, age 70.
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