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Simon Whitehurst, b. Nov. 27, 1755 in Princess Anne Co., VA; lived in Beaufort Co., NC when called into service and stayed there until 1794. He lived first in Hancock Co., GA, then in Montgomery Co., GA and then by 1834 lived in Telfair Co., GA.
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33427
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B. A. Thigpen, of near Conetoe, NC , published an advertisement for runaway slave Devisa and her child. Devisa was raised near Bethel, NC by William Carney.
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33428
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Deposition of Rebecca Satterthwaite and Ann Mixon stating that Ezekiel Weeks and Deliverance Shaw were married in Hyde Co., NC and had two children: Ezekiel Weeks (now dead) and Sarah Weeks (md. Aaron Cox).
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33430
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Mentions Thomas Bonner, Richard Caswell, John Simpson, William Wilson, Blount’s Ford on Little Contentnea, and Luke White.
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33431
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Burt Paramore and Dick Peebles, natives of Pitt County, were killed while attempting to break into a house near Baltimore, MD. They were associated with burning of barns, poisoning wells and murder of Gen. Bryan Grimes.
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33432
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Martinsborough, now Greenville, NC, was laid out on the land of Richard Evans. Mentions Charles Forbes, Wyroitt Ormond, Henry Ellis and George Evans.
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33433
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Large list of Pitt County names asking for the pardon of Job Tyson. Job Tyson had served in the Revolution, but had gotten drunk and drank to the good health of the King, which got him in severe trouble and he ran away to South Carolina.
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33435
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33436
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The following is an index to selected records found in the NC General Assembly Session Records, NC Archives from 1783-1790.
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33437
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33438
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They owned a hotel on Cotanche Street, Greenville, NC.
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33439
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Funny story about a child age four, who was spending the night away from home. At bedtime she knelt on her knees to say her prayers, expecting the usual promptings. Finding that her hostess was unable to help her out, the little girl said “Please God, ‘xcuse. I can’t ‘member my prayers, and I am stayin’ with a lady that don’t know any.”
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33440
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Joseph Brooks, b. Feb. 11, 1785 in Pitt Co., NC, twin son of William Brooks and Sarah Hardee; md. in 1812 to Jemima Cannon, dau. of David Cannon.
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33441
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Mentions Thomas Wiggins, d. in 1867, uncle of T. G. Rice, of Pitt County, NC.
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33442
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Wilkes Brooks, b. Feb. 11, 1785 in Pitt Co., NC, twin son of William Brooks and Sarah Hardee; md. on Jan. 7, 1812 in Pitt Co., NC to Martha Elizabeth (Betsy) Tucker. (Includes Thompson, Shute, Parker).
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