For those who are interested - I found the article on Green Wreath Park opening: The Farmville Enterprise May 15, 1925 Opening Green Wreath Park On Friday, May 29th, this ideal pleasure resort will be thrown open to the public, The new and ideal resort, Green Wreath Park, located on the Greenville and Falkland highway, on the Foreman farm, now in the possession of Mr. W.H. Moore, will have its grand opening on Friday, May 29. Mr. Moore is rapidly putting everything in readiness for the occasion. Farmville and Pitt County have long needed a pleasure resort. Last spring the Rotary Club of Farmville put on a concerted effort to get some one to establish such a place. In response to this effort and because he felt that he had the ideal spot for the place. Mr. W.H. Moore, began work on the Green Wreath Park, and now has one of the best and prettiest places of its kind in Eastern North Carolina. Green Wreath Park is located just off the Greenville and Falkland highway, about eight miles from Greenville and about eight miles from Farmville. The spot is ideal. Nature could not have made a better job in planning such a spot, for it is situated between two beautiful hills about two hundred or more yards from Tar River. The lake is formed by this natureal arrangement between the hills, the water being held by a small dam which it was necessary to construct at one end. The lake is fed by springs from the nearby hills, thus making the water clean and sanitary. Beautiful shade trees surround the lake, making it cool and pleasant both in and out of the water. Large and spacious grounds furnish ample room for parking cars, picnic and camping parties, etc, and ample space for tennis courts, baseball parks, etc. Mr. Moore has erected a large pavillion, bath house and dance hall on the premises near the water¹s edge. The entire place has been equipped with electric lights furnished by a private plant. It is an ideal place for Sunday school, club, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Campfire Girls, parties and picnics. The lake has been equipped with diving piers, spring boards, canoes, etc., and will be stocked with fish. The grand opening will be celebrated, Mr. Moore announces on May 29 all day at which time free bathing privileges will be given to all. Barbecue can be had upon the grounds for all who wish it, and at night the first big dance will take place with music by Kollmeyer¹s "Carolinians," an orchestra which Mr. Kollmeyer is rapidly getting into shape, composed of some of the best musicians in Wilson and Eastern North Carolina. Mr. Kollmeyer has had considerable experience in directing orchestras out west and Mr. Moore feels himself fortunate in securing him and his "Carolinians" to furnish the music. The name for the park, Green Wreath, is the name which was given to the farm years ago by the older set of Foremans, and it has clung to it ever said. It is said that this name was included in the grant from the King of England and for a long time the post office in that vicinity was called Green Wreath.

I am not sure if my notes will post on the email loop so I am copying Bob Forbes and Donna. The information summarized here was gathered from family oral history and interviews with Mr. Russell Stancil and Mr. Hicks Pollard in the 1980's. Hollywood Beach was located along the south side Tar River on the land owned by the Stancil Family which was originally part of the Forbes land. This would be along the Falkland Highway (NC 43) near the Rock Springs community. It was started by one or more of the Stancil brothers in the 1920's as a recreation spot managed for profit. It is possible that they took their inspiration from Greenwreath Park that you mentioned. The sandbar where the "Beach" was located is located just east of the 264 bypass bridge over the Tar (you can't see it from the bridge because there is a bend in the river there now) This is between where the 264 bypass crosses NC 43 and NC33. If you are traveling north along the bypass, you might crane your neck as you pass over the bridge and catch a glimpse if the water is low. As a children in the 1960's we would roam the farm paths and visit the beach, being fascinated by the old concrete dance floor and remaining wooden buildings. The beach was actually a wide sandbar on the south side of a bend in the Tar. In low water it was quite wide and as sandy as any beach on the coast. Just above the "beach" area was the first levee of the river and beyond that the land dipped into a flat and sandy "slough" before the next levee. It was in the dip above the actual beach that Hollywood Beach existed. Claxton Stancill ran a dance pavilion using Delco battery operated lights during the 20's and 30's. (Most of the houses in the area still used Gas lights until the late 1920's) Claxton had been in California so he named the operation "Hollywood" since that denoted all that was glamorous in the culture of the day. There was a charge for using the bath house and for renting bathing outfits. There was likely a charge for different types of "refreshments" though no one I talked to actually admitted that. Hollywood Beach operated with a profit in years when the weather was dry and the river low. In very wet years, it was inaccessible because water would flood the paths and the river became too high. According to the late Mr. Hicks Pollard and the late Mr. Russell Stancil, the Hollywood Beach was a popular recreation spot because there wasn't anything else to do in the country. My grandmother and grandfather, who lived in Greenville also talked about dancing at Hollywood Beach so the popularity obviously extended beyond the neighborhood. The beach/sandbar area had been used since the community was settled for many functions -- Sunday School picnics, baptisms, fishing all night and of course swimming. There was a little log house at Hollywood Beach for young boys to sleep over in, though in previous years they simply pitched a tent while they fished through the night with seine nets. Boys had been skinny dipping there for over a hundred years! It was a popular pastime for young people to walk the farm paths down to the sandbar and back on Sunday afternoons as well. My grandfather Evans, who lived in the area, wrote about taking guests from out of town for a stroll down to the sandbar. In the 1980's the Rock Springs community revived Hollywood Beach to a degree. Neighbors co-operated and refurbished an old a shack with propane stove burners for cooking and screens for comfort. People from around the community gathered there on Saturday and Sunday afternoons for swimming, volleyball and cook-outs (once a summer the traditional pig picking!) Some, brave enough to fight the bugs, would camp out in the evenings. This tradition ended when the 264 bypass was constructed and the access property was sold. Hurricane Floyd destroyed or covered what was left of the gathering place. It was at such a gathering that Mr. Hicks Pollard told me of his boyhood days spent at the "Beach". At the time we were sitting beneath a sycamore tree that my grandfather, Arthur Evans, had planted on the Sandbar when he was 12 years old around 1905. The tree at that time stood on the peak of the levee above the sandbar as the riverbank had moved further north. Diane Evans Allen -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 11:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: hollywood beach Who knows where this is? August 21, 1931 - The Farmville Enterprise Meet your friends at Hollywood Beach, on Bruce-Greenville highway. Dancing, bathing, boating and fishing. Wondering if this is near Greenwreath Park? Donna Kemp

Samuel Gerber, I am interested in the Bicentennial Book A Greenville Album, published in 1974. Please, how do I order a copy? Lisa Scarola

I will be off line for the next week. If you have any personal emails please hold them to next Friday. Thanks.

Samuel Gerber, with ParkerKenneyBrook Books at 409 S. Evans Street Greenville, NC 27858 sent the following information. He has some copies of the Bicentennial Book A Greenville Album, published in 1974. The auther was Thomas A. Williams. It has 119 pages with some very interesting articles. Also some pictures of places in Greenville. It is in soft cover. He is selling them for $8.95. I am not pushing this but wanted you to know about this book. In case you have any questions the email address is [email protected]

Who knows where this is? August 21, 1931 - The Farmville Enterprise Meet your friends at Hollywood Beach, on Bruce-Greenville highway. Dancing, bathing, boating and fishing. Wondering if this is near Greenwreath Park? Donna Kemp

Catherine L. Dixon, 8 Apr 1811 - 7 Feb 1868 m. Lemuel Sugg, Abt 1808 - Aft 1870: Census records: (a) 1850 Greene Co., NC, 3 Oct 1850, Family #600: Lemuel Sugg 42 Farmer $1,500 Catherine 39 Joseph 19 Farmer Mary 13 Richard 8 Samuel A. 3 John 1 (b) 1860 Greene Co., NC, Hookerton District, 3 July 1860, Family #346: Lemuel Sugg 52 Farmer $4,176 $25,000 Catherine L. 47 Mary F. 23 Richard 17 Farm Hand Samuel C. 13 John E. 12 Sarah V. 10 (c) 1870 Greene Co., NC, Hookerton Township, 23 Aug 1870, Family #231: Sugg, Lemuel 62 Farmer $4,500 $1,000 Sarah M. 19 Keeping House John F. 21 Farm Laborer Pennina 30 Assistant House Keeper Cathrine 14 At School Sammy Pierce Hobe Sound, FL

A little more information on Washington Dixon, 5 Nov 1806 - 24 Dec 1856: "Mary Dixon wife of Washington Dixon and daughter of Thos. Ormond and Peggy Ormond born Aug. 25 1809 & died about the year 1860 ..." From John Jones Edwards Family Bible, Greene Co., NC; for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Martha Marble. Census record: 1850 Greene Co., NC, 17 Sep 1850, Family #491: Washington Dixon 43 Farmer $550 Mary 40 William T. 21 Farmer Sarah Ann 19 Mary E. M. 16 Susan E. 14 John W. 9 James J. 2 Nancy 7 Washington died in 1856 and Mary Ormond Dixon died in 1860 before the census was taken. Younger children were in the household of their oldest brother William T. Dixon: 1860 Greene Co., NC, Olds District, 12 July 1860, Family #442: William T. Dixon 30 Farmer $4,000 $2,000 Susan J. 26 David V. 3 Addie O. 2 John W. Dixon 17 Student $400 James G. 12 $400 Sarah R. 27 Servant $400 Nancy 13 $400 Catherine Brown 13 Bill Brown 8 Henry Barfield 27 Farm Hand Sammy Pierce Hobe Sound, FL

Thanks Bill

This is a reminder and update of information for our Pitt County Family Researchers' Reunion Oct. 13 and 14. In the August Quarterly there will be a form you can fill in and send with your check for the Reunion, however you do not need this form to sign up. Read the information provided below by Roger. You can send your check ($30 for both days, $15 for Friday only, $20 for Sat. only) to the address he provides below for Pitt County Family Researchers. I would urge attending both days if possible because the program is different for each day. Post any questions you have to the list. I'll be posting more information and reminders in the coming weeks. Brenda From Roger: Pitt County Family Researchers, Inc. 2006 Reunion Oct. 13-14, 2006 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 307 Martinsborough Road, Greenville, NC For 2 days, Oct. 14-15 $30.00 1 day, Oct. 13.............$15.00 1 day Oct. 14.............$20.00 Make checks payable to PCFR, Inc. Attn. 2006 Reunion P. O. Box 20339 Greenville, NC 27858-0339 Pre-registration preferred: Deadline Sept. 30, 2006 For those who request, a packet concerning motels/hotels/map will be mailed to you For more information contact: Roger Kammerer (252) 758-6882 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday, Oct. 13 8:00 AM Registration/Check-in. Coffee, doughnuts, juice 9:00 AM Welcome and Opening remarks 9:30 AM Open research time, libraries and/or Court House; transportation provided. Dutch lunch can be had at locations 4:00 PM Return transportation provided to Mormon Family History Center 6:00 PM Dutch dinner (restaurant to be determined) Saturday, Oct. 14 8:00 AM Registration/Check-in. Coffee, doughnuts, juice 9:00 AM Welcome and Opening remarks 9:30 AM Speaker 10:30 AM Speaker 11:15 AM October PCFR Announcements & introduction of new officers 11:30 AM Lunch, Catered on site 1:00-until Open Time for on-site sharing and research There will be PCFR and personal genealogical files open for perusal A copy machine will be provided at a nominal charge There will be some books and resource material for purchase The Mormon Family History Center will be open for attendees

Obed Dixon d. July 29, 1849 age 79 years 4 months Sally Dixon, w/o Obed Dixon d. Dec 23, 1834 age 57 years Children: Gatsey Dixon b. Sept 12, 1801 Sept 9, 1880 age 78 years Richard W. Dixon b. Dec 26, 1804 d. Sept 27, 1823 age 19 Washington Dixon b. Nov 5, 1806 d. Dec 24, 1856 Marilla Dixon b. Dec 5, 1808 d. Feb 10, 1855 age 45 years Catherine Dixon b. April 8, 1811 Sarah Anne Dixon b. July 31, 1814 Susan Matilda Dixon b. Nov 11, 1817 John Dixon b. Sept 22, 1819 Marriages: Washington Dixon & Mary was married Jan 13, 1828 Deaths: Susan Nethercutt d. Nov 16, 1885 age 68 years 8 months 5 days (this is Susan Matilda) John W. Dixon d. Dec 9, 1885 age 66 years 2 months 17 days Other Notes from Bible states, "From Bible of Lemual Sugg & wives Catherine Taylor and Catherine Dixon, also grave stone Catherine L. Dixon Sugg died Feb 7, 1868" Susan Nethercutt was Susan M. Dixon b. Nov 11, 1817 WBK Note: Will send as listed at bottom of page, part of it marked out on paper. This part in quotes is marked out: "according to 1850 census the birth torn was Sarah A. Dixon", who some time after 1850 became the second wife of Nathan Edwards died 25 May 1889, from grave stone Go to Lizzie, turn on Castoria Road and cemetery on right.

Thanks, Bill. Paula Baker Researching Cole, Wilkerson, Norman, and White in Georgia, South Carolina, and Louisiana and Baker, Tyson, Manning, and Stocks in North Carolina "We are not free, separate, and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way." Thomas Mann --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger’s low PC-to-Phone call rates.

Bill, I don't have his childrens names, could you supply? Thanks, Lisa

I was trying to contact Gerry about the Edwards family. She might have Seymour information also. I believe I had posted in the past what I had come across on the Seymour family. If I come across anything on that family will let you know. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Baker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] GERRY SEYMOUR > Bill, > I am interested in the Seymours. We think that Haywood Baker married a > Josephine Seymour, but we can't prove it. We thought the Seymours might > have info about the Bakers. This was in Wayne County. > > > Paula Baker > Researching Cole, Wilkerson, Norman, and White in Georgia, South Carolina, > and Louisiana and > Baker, Tyson, Manning, and Stocks in North Carolina > > "We are not free, separate, and independent entities, but like links in a > chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went > before us and showed us the way." > > Thomas Mann > > --------------------------------- > How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call > rates. > > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > Post to this mail list at: [email protected] > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, > and public records. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

Gerry, please contact me as the email address I have for you bounces. Donna Lee Darling, who is the d/o Betrice Edwards and Lee Darling and granddaughter of Zeno Edwards stopped at my house today. They are to send me information on Betrice's family. Donna lives in Winston-Salem. Betrice has died but Lee is still living. She has collected some family pictures on her trip here. Bill

Also found in the Black Jack church records this Bible record of Obed & Sally Dixon, stated it was in possession of Mrs. Elizabeth Sugg Johnson Hookerton, NC Obed Dixon d. July 29, 1849 age 79 years 4 months Sally Dixon, w/o Obed Dixon d. Dec 23, 1834 age 57 years Felt maybe this information about Obed and his children has been posted before. If not will be glad to post the names of the children, their births and deaths.

I found the following while looking through minutes of Black Jack Original Free Will Baptist Church preparing the history of the church. There was also another one with James G. Page's name on it. Both of these men were members of the church and were heading overseas. Thankfully both returned home safely. This was the first time I had seen anything like this. This was the note sent by the Chaplain to Mrs. Spain concerning David J. Spain, Jr. New York Port of Enbarkation Port Chaplain"s Office O. T. Det Brooklyn, New York 19 Feb 45 Dear Mrs. Spain, Jr. You will be glad to know that Pvt David J. Spain, Jr. whose military address is AS(?) 44012595 Inf Co "K" APO 15775 c/o Postmaster, was baptized by sprinkling upon his profession of faith on this day 10 Feb 45 while at sea. I commend this new born Christian to you. Since he expressed a desire to unite with your church when he returns home, I suggest that you receive him into the watch-care of your church. then when he comes back, receive him into your fellowhip by whatever means it is your custom to admit new members. Cordially yours, Ennis P. Thorne Chaplain (Major) USA Handwritten note added: P. S. Please pass this on to your Pastor, this is mighty fine and splindid.

Bill, I am interested in the Seymours. We think that Haywood Baker married a Josephine Seymour, but we can't prove it. We thought the Seymours might have info about the Bakers. This was in Wayne County. Paula Baker Researching Cole, Wilkerson, Norman, and White in Georgia, South Carolina, and Louisiana and Baker, Tyson, Manning, and Stocks in North Carolina "We are not free, separate, and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way." Thomas Mann --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger’s low PC-to-Phone call rates.

Name: Stanley Adams Age in 1910: 61 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849 BirthPlace: North Carolina Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: North Carolina Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina Home in 1910: Chicod, Pitt, North Carolina Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Neighbors: STanley is living with his sister mary who is 59. Paula Baker Researching Cole, Wilkerson, Norman, and White in Georgia, South Carolina, and Louisiana and Baker, Tyson, Manning, and Stocks in North Carolina "We are not free, separate, and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way." Thomas Mann --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

I want to thank Roger for sharing his information on the towns and other places of historical interest with us. It makes for great reading, not only about the places, but the people. J. D. Adams picked up on a name, Stanley Adams, and is inquiring about that family. Information like this is very handy in locating families. If you have information on Stanley Adams let J. D. know. If you have queries about family please post them. I can't say the members of the group can answer your questions, but they will try. The PCFR Reunion is coming up in October. If you have information for our files to be shared at the reunion please send it to us. We will place it in the files so those attending can look through them. Put your name on the papers you send so if someone wants to contact you they can. Who knows who will see your information and share with you. Thank each of you for sharing information on the mail list and again thank you Roger. Bill