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32923
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Jesse Shivers, b. ca. 1760, was living in Pitt Co., NC in June 1819, in reduced circumstances. Henry Barnhill and John Anderson, Revolutionary War soldiers stood up as proof for Shivers.
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32924
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On Jan. 15, 1810, George Eason, of Pitt County sold to Abner Eason, of Bertie Co., NC, 80 acres in Bertie County for 20 pds., land owned by Abner Eason, Sr., and devised to his son, George Eason.
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32925
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Arthur Forbes Land Sale by his widow, Mary V. Forbes. Excepting one-fourth of an acre for graveyard.
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32926
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Mar. 19, 1791, Isaac Stocks to Isaac Hardee, son of William Hardee; Jan. 31, 1792, Isaac (Should be William) Stocks to Shadrach Allen…mentions Fork Swamp and a branch agreed upon as a dividing branch between John Williams and Thomas Hardee…Isaac Stocks to son William Stocks; May 1802, Division of John Stocks, decd….between Amos Stocks, Furney Stocks, Asa Stocks, Isaac Stocks, Cannon Stocks, Abraham Stocks, Levi Stocks, John Stocks, Henry Stocks; May 2, 1803, Philip Causey and wife, Susanna to Shadrach Allen…land where widow Sarah Stocks now lives, patented by Isaac Stocks, Sr; Sept. 27, 1806, Margret Stocks, John Stocks and Rachel Stocks to Dennis Cannon…part of a patent granted John Causey; Dec. 21, 1809, Nicholas Greenberry Causey, Margaret Stocks, John Stocks and Rachel Stocks to Stephen Kite… part of a patent granted John Causey; July 21, 1793, Elizabeth Stocks to John Dew/Statement of Margill Stocks, widow of Isaac Stocks, 1791… Margill Stocks states that her deceased husband, Isaac Stocks, sold land to Thomas Wiland, was land that came by her and freely consented to the sale.
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32927
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Petition by the women of the vicinity of Falkland, NC to exempt R. H. Parker from military service. He was wounded in 1862 in the battle at Sharpsburg and came home to recover. His father is alive, age 77, and furnished six sons for the war and has two daughters whose husbands are at war. The women of the area are dependent on R. H. Parker for the necessities of life.
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32929
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J. E. Harris, of near Frog Level, Pitt County, was married ten years and had twelve children.
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32931
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The object of the club was to paint drunkards in the streets. A young man named Thomas besmeared a Mr. Willis with asafetida and Willis went home, got his gun, had it repaired and went and found Mr. Thomas and shot him dead.
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32932
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The letter was written on Dec. 17, 1855 by Argent Adams (dau. of David Adams and Argent Chapman) of Swift Creek, Pitt County, NC to her nephew, Furnafold Adams (b. Dec. 22, 1834 in Pitt Co., NC, d. Dec. 11, 1862 near Barton, Colbert Co., AL) son of Bryan Adams and first wife, Rittie Smith (dau. of Henry Smith and Sally Cannon).
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32933
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The mother of R. L. Nichols, of Beaver Dam twsp., went to get water from the old fashion sweep well and while lowering it, the sweep broke and fell, slightly injuring Mrs. Nichols.
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32935
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These were taken from the marriage index in the Pitt County Court House; transcribed by Elizabeth Ross.
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