Md. on Sept. 8 in Wayne Co., NC, Hobhead Speight, of Greene Co., aged 77 ½ years, weighing 99 ¾ pounds, to Mrs. Sally Peacock, of Wayne Co., NC, aged 44 years, weight 333 ¼ pounds.
On June 24, 1890, the Elias Turnage family had a terrible accident in their carriage while crossing the bridge near Hookerton, NC, when the horse became unruly, and they all fell down a steep embankment.
Greene County Court Notice of Uzzell Lassiter and others vs. Jesse Lassiter, Nancy Lassiter, James Wiggins and wife Susanna, Jacob Lassiter, Isham Lassiter, Thomas Lassiter and Nathan Lassiter.
He talks about troop conditions and being stationed in Greenville; the attempted burning of the bridge at Greenville and the appearance of the country.
The supposed heirs of Uriah Edwards and John Edwards were to heirs of property in New York worth $267 million. Most of the supposed heirs lived in Craven, Lenoir, Pitt, Greene and Wayne Counties.