Genealogical materials for Dixon, Haddock, Hemby, Laughinghouse, Nelson, Jenkins, Baldree, Dail-Deal, Flake, Kittrell and other families of Pitt County, NC. Also includes local history and biographical sketches by William B. Kittrell, a DVD of a Motion picture of Greenville, North Carolina (ca. 1940s-1950s) showing ordinary daily scenes and local buildings, CD of early 20th Century Pitt County schools, and 2 DVDRs made from 8mm reels of home movies (1947-1967) made by the Keel family of Greenville, N.C.
The Kittrell family in America descends from a very ancient and notable family, who originally spelled the name Caterall. The American Kittrell family descends from the old Lancashire family of Catheralls. (Also spelled Catteralls and Caterals.) Jonathan Kittrell of NC, first generation of definite proof. He appears in the record of Chowan and Bertie Counties. Little is known of him until 1718. In 1760 he buys land in Granville Co., NC, at a place now called Kittrell, NC, in Vance Co., (Vance County was formed from Granville.) In 1761 he was granted land in Granville County by Lord Granville.
From the "Kittrell family" by Edythe Rucker Whitley
The bulk of this collection are genealogical and church records from families in Pitt County, Bertie County, and Chowan County. Genealogical records include a list of descendants from families such as Laughinghouse, Kittrell, Hemby, and Dixon from Pitt County. Church records include minutes, typed histories, and pictures from Free Will Baptists, Original Free Will Baptists, Primitive Churches, and Christian Churches in the Bertie and Pitt County areas. Other documents include newspapers, images, and type histories of schools and family cemeteries in the Pitt County area.
August 8, 2019, (unprocessed addition 7), 0.11 cubic feet; Addition consists of 2 DVDRs made from 8mm reels of home movies (1947-1967) made by the Keel family of Greenville, N.C.; a CD-R containing histories of several Primitive Baptist, Free Will Baptist, and Christian churches in Pitt County, N.C.; a CD-R of pictures of Pitt County schools obtained from the Board of Education with accompanying catalog of contents; a 1946 photograph of the Pitt County Bar Association; a history of the Greenville and Shelmerdine Railroad Company; and a history of the Bank of Grimesland. Gift of William B. Kittrell.
February 12, 2020, (unprocessed addition 8), 0.25 cubic feet; Addition consists of research on Rosenwald schools in North Carolina done by William Kittrell, and a CD of photographs copied and compiled by the Pitt County Family Researchers into a collection titled Picturing Pitt County, NC, Vol. I, which depicts people, buildings, farm scenes and town scenes. Photocopies of the photographs and an accompanying partial index are also included. Gift of William B. Kittrell.
March 26, 2020, (unprocessed addition 9), 0.50 cubic feet; Addition consists of extensive research on Laughinghouse Cemeteries and Laughinghouse families in Craven, Beaufort, and Pitt Cos., in North Carolina done by William Kittrell. Also includes transcriptions of Bible records, information on related families, and a CD of the Laughinghouse Cemetery in Grimesland, Pitt County, N.C. Gift of William B. Kittrell
Gift of Mr. William B. Kittrell
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Includes notes, family charts, emails, and copies of Bible records and photographs.
Includes notes, family charts, emails, and copies of Bible records and photographs.
Includes notes, family charts, and cemetery records.