To All: The note below was sent to me asking for help. I don't have anything on this and would appreciate it if anyone from the group could help her. If anyone can, I'll pass it along to her... Laymond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My name is Ronda Darkus and I live in Burgaw, NC. I have seen some of your postings regarding the Elks family in Pitt County. My gg-grandfather was Robert E. Elks from the Farmville area. He was born in 1840 and died in Raleigh in 1933. I have not been able to find any information regarding his family. I am unable to find any Pitt County Census except the 1850. Robert lived on the family farm from birth until the war and then returned to the family farm until his marriage to Mary Elizabeth (Winnie) Nichols in 1880. I think she was from Washington County, Plymouth area. Robert's middle name is Edward. I understand that he was born on the "family farm near Farmville" in 1840. Lived their until the war. It has been told to me that he was in the 67th regiment of NC infantry but I have not been able to confirm this in my search of Civil War soldiers. I know nothing about his family and there is very little Pitt County info down my way. Do you have any info on this family? Would like to know who his parents were and any siblings. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Ronda

Here's an interesting little synopsis of Steve Dixon's recent trip to Greene County, NC, an area where some of his ancestors once lived. I hope many of you get the opportunity to walk the land of your ancestors, and I hope you enjoy Steve's account of his visit. Janice Tripp Gurganus ----- Original Message ----- From: <SWDixon@aol.com> To: <jtginnc@cox.net> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 8:48 AM Subject: Re: Greene Co. visit > Hi Janice > > I had a great trip to Greene County. Thank you again for putting me in touch > with Ann Dixon Vernelson. She gave me some information, but mostly she put > me in touch with her aunt, Julia Carolyn Dixon Stout, who lives in > Wilmington. Julia travels up to Greene County about once a week and has done > a fair amount of genealogy work over the last few years. Anyway, she gave me > some good tips and sent me a better map than any I had; it had some of the > sites I wanted to visit highlighted. > > Below is a little summary of my visit that I wrote which you may find > interesting. > > Best regards, > Steve Dixon > > ************************** > > Early Saturday morning (June 15), I headed for Greene County. My first stops > were in the Shine community. I thought I had found the Henry Best (White) > House and took a picture of it. However, when I compared it to the picture > of it in Creech's book, I didn't get the right house. Next, I found the > Aldridge cemetery which was way out in the middle of a field, and the > cemetery itself looked to be overgrown, so I settled for a picture from the > road. Next, I found the Mewborn cemetery, which is nice, and I believe I saw > the clump of trees across from this cemetery where the Drewry Aldridge > cemetery is on the site of the old Myrtle Bluffs plantation. > > Next stop - Rainbow United Methodist Church. It is very pretty there, and I > took pictures of a number of the headstones. The area behind the church was > too overgrown and swampy to see the Rainbow, so I settled for a view of it > from the road. Then I went down Dixon Farm Road, and after riding into > Hookerton and then back out, I saw the Henry A. Dixon cemetery and drove > right out to it. The old house of Henry A. Dixon is in the field adjacent to > the cemetery; it is covered with vines. It took me a little while to see > it, but I went over to it and took a few pictures. > > After the cemetery, I rode through Hookerton and just rode around on the > north side of the Contentnea awhile where I think Murphrey Dixon owned land. > Then I headed in the general direction of Ormondsville. Then I figured I > better head back to Hookerton to make sure I got some barbecue. I went into > Morris BBQ and had an early lunch; it was great. I was asking someone in > there if it had been known as "Willie's BBQ" and they were explaining how he > died and passed it on. I then explained how I came to be in Greene County, > doing genealogy exploring on the Dixons, when the woman pointed to one of the > other women running the place and said, "She's a Dixon, too!" Turns out she > was Annie Dixon Morris. She knew her family history back to her (I think) > ggggrandfather or so as John Washington Dixon, but that was all she knew. I > told her I had seen his headstone at Rainbow that morning and I had my > documentation in my car so that I was able to tell her that John W. Dixon was > the son of Washington Dixon, who was the son of Obediah Dixon, who was the > son of Murphrey, etc. She also said there is a Dixon reunion at Rainbow the > 4th Sunday of every September. Anyway, I bought some BBQ and sauce to take > home and headed out again. I made it up to the Richard Dixon cemetery which > is east of Walstonburg. The stones are in good shape there. Then I headed > back south to the Murphy-Carraway cemetery located on the old Beargarden > plantation. This cemetery was located way out in the middle of a planted > field. It has a chain link fence around it, and the ground is covered with > gravel. I got permission from someone who lives next to it to drive out > there, so I basically went out and tried to imagine it as part of the huge > working plantations of Capt. Jack Murphrey. After this cemetery, I headed > further south, took some pictures of the Contentnea at Snow Hill and the > monuments at the courthouse. Then I drove on to Kinston and saw the CSS > Neuse. It was a great trip. >

Brenda, Thanks for forwarding the message. Actually I am subscribed under my new alias, but I forgot to change my email address when I sent the message last night. I remembered it after I clicked "send now ‹ too late! I will be changing servers as soon as my new modem arrives, so I took an alias email address which should make the transition smoother. Trish on 7/1/02 11:06 AM, Brenda Stocks at bstocks@cox.net wrote: > I am forwarding this message from Trish Cobb. > Brenda > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Trish Worthington Cobb" <turniproots@coastalnet.com> > To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com>; <WITHERINGTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 10:49 AM > Subject: {not a subscriber} Memorial & Dedication Service at WORTHINGTON > Cemetery, Winterville, NC >

I am forwarding this message from Trish Cobb. Brenda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trish Worthington Cobb" <turniproots@coastalnet.com> To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com>; <WITHERINGTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 10:49 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} Memorial & Dedication Service at WORTHINGTON Cemetery, Winterville, NC > We had a very meaningful memorial & dedication service at our WORTHINGTON > Cemetery near Winterville, NC, on Sat. June 22nd after the WORTHINGTON > Reunion. > > 145 people showed up for the reunion, an average attendance. I had feared > only a handful would stay for the service at the cemetery, but well over 50 > came, even though the day was hot. > > We had a tent for shade, chairs for the weary, and lemonade to help keep us > cool. Luckily there was a light breeze, but no rain. > > We opened with a scripture which was read in unison, a prayer, and an > ensemble reading which described our purpose for being there and our > family's characteristics (the good ones only, of course). We read memorials > for the four oldest ancestors and for the first person buried in the > cemetery, all this to tie in the family history to the cemetery. We read > the names of each person buried there. We closed with a dedication and > another prayer. Overall, there were eighteen readers and speakers involved, > though most readings were short. > > Interspersed among all this were two solos and four hymns which we sang > together, accompanied by a violinist. > > At the end we formed a big circle and sang Will the Circle be Unbroken? > Then everyone helped to place bouquets of flowers on all the graves. We had > placed a written memorial by each grave prior to the service so that people > could walk around and read these after the service was over. > > The service lasted about 45 minutes, but lots of folks lingered afterward to > read the memorials. > > I was pleased that the service was well received. It was worth all the time > and preparation that went into it. > > The reason we had the dedication is that during the past year, we enlarged > the size of the cemetery and enclosed it with a very nice black picket-style > aluminum fence and brick entrances. Much effort has gone into the project. > Our family is in the process of forming a legal association to manage a fund > for the perpetual maintenance of the cemetery. > > We hope that our efforts will be an inspiration to others to take the > responsibility to look after their families' graveyards. We believe that it > takes a long term plan and a fund. Volunteer efforts, while of value, do > not insure the long term care of a cemetery. Volunteers eventually get > tired, forget to continue the work over the years, or age out. Asking the > local government to fund a family's cemetery is like pulling hen's teeth. > The money isn't there, nor is the interest. The descendants of those buried > in the cemetery must get involved, take charge, and organize to raise the > money needed to pay for someone to continue to do regular maintenance. > > If you are in the vicinity, go by our family cemetery to take a look. It is > located at the intersection of Worthington Road and Corey Road, 1 mile east > of Winterville. Look for the Worthington sign. > > Trish Worthington Cobb > > >

My new email address is: turniproots@mac.com Trish Worthington Cobb Researching: Many families of Pitt County, NC and the surrounding counties

There appears to be several Rogers families in Pitt Co and some of them have to be connected. I am having a bit of a problem with county line changes in Chowan, Hertford, Gates and throw a little in Bertie in with the same names. RECORDS OF ESTATES - EDGECOMBE COUNTY - 1761 - 1825 - by David Gammon 1. #890 - Petition - Nov 1825 - for division of Negroes and other estate by William Lang, John Lang, Stephen Lang, Robert Lang, David Lang (minor with John Lang his next friend), Shadrack Wooten, William Wooten, Ella Wooten, Elisa Wooten and John Wooten (last 2 minors with Josiah Wooten their next friend), stating the dec died testate in l811 with Exec John Lang and Josiah Wooten. in her Will she left Negroes and other estate to 6 oldest children - Elizabeth Lang, Stephen Rogers, Sarah Wooten, Priscilla Tarlington, William Rogers, and John Rogers. She left land on Black Swamp adj Joshua Eason and Isaiah Langley consisting of 102 acs. Records indicate Elizabeth Lang and Sarah Wooten had also died leaving as heirs the above; Priscilla Tarlington had also died leaving several children (none named) in Va. and Alabama. William Rogers had died leaving an only child Polly who lived in Liverpool in Great Britain; Stephen Rogers lived in Green Co and John Rogers in Kentucky Stephen Rogers of Gates Co married Priscilla - Surname unknown. Stephen was probably the son of Robert and grandson of Robert. He died, she remarried John Warren in 1796 and was found on the Pitt Census in 1800 as a widow. She did not live in Edgecombe but owned land there which is why her will and estate records are also found in Edgecombe. At least two of her children lived in Pitt Co - Elizabeth, Sarah and her son Stephen lived in Greene and his wife divorced him, according to Roger. Elizabeth's son Robert Lang married Mariah Rogers daughter of Stephen Rogers of Edgecombe Co and his wife Elizabeth May - that Elizabeth then remarried John Lang and their children married. Convenient. Stephen Rogers of Edgecombe was the son of Tristam but I can't find out who his father was but think there is some relationship. Back to Stephen and his probable father Robert. The names Stephen, Robert and Daniel are found in Chowan, that area that became Hertford, that area that became Gates. But they are also found in Bertie at the same time. One of the Daniels of Hertford moved to Pitt right after it was formed. And about the same time some of the Bertie family moved BOOK 2 Bertie Co Deed Abstracts by Bradley 1. #123 - 3 May 1774 - Robert (X) Rodgers and wife Mary of Pitt and Isaac Rodgers and wife Ruth of Pitt (or) John Simon (ee) FO by patent Edward Moore - 1724 NS Rocquis WIT Eleazar Rogers Anyone know the relationship of all these people? Or who the parents of Daniel of Hertford to Pitt or the Robert and Mary and Isaac and Ruth of Bertie to Pitt were? Martha

Ann, I think the bookstore that Martha was referring to is Bookworm. It used to be a wonderful place to spend hours browsing, but they've moved into a warehouse-type building and are only open a few hours on Saturday. It's definitely not the fun place it used to be. The last time I went, the lighting was bad, music so loud I couldn't think, and had to walk on wooden shipping crate-type flooring. They told me they did not look up books from their inventory for you because Internet selling was more lucrative for them. I have just found that they now have a website: http://www.abebooks.com/home/SAHILL/. I haven't checked the website yet, so don't know what they have. Janice Tripp Gurganus

HI, Martha suggested there is a second hand book store in Greenville which carries genealogy type books. I want to purchase "The History and Genealogy of Jones Co.,NC" by Julia P. Harriett, and would appreciate if some of my fellow researchers could call them for me. Thanks, Ann >abhk@strato.net<

Gwen, My Stancill research has so far been limited to NC. I too would be interested to know what indications there are that Jesse Stancill of Newton, GA was Godfrey's brother. I don't know anything else about the Jesse mentioned in the letters but he is obviously a brother of Godfrey Jr. dec'd 1850. The interesting thing here is that others have previously claimed that Godfrey Jr. only had one brother being Noble Stancill of Pitt County. In looking at some of the late 1700's deeds and at the 1790 census it seems clear that Godfrey Jr. , Noble and Jesse had several other brothers. I believe their names were John, William, and Nathan. Maybe if you or I could post a message on Genforum and Ancestry.com's Stancil message boards inquiring about the Newton County,GA Stancils then maybe someone out there might be able to share some information. Tracy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Gwenfred@aol.com> To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 11:06 AM Subject: [NC-PCFR] Stancil letters > I enjoyed the Stancil Letters. Thanks for posting them. > > In Letter #3 it says "Uncle Jesse Stancill who lived in Madison County in > this state had also departed this life." I need some information on this > Jesse Stancill. He of course is a brother to Godfrey Stansill of Pitt > County. Some research think that Jesse Stancell who live in Newton County, > GA was a brother to Godfrey Stancill of Pitt County and the uncle of > Casewell Stancill who wrote the letter. Does anyone know anything about the > Jesse mentioned in the letter. Could it be the same Jesse who live in Newton > County, GA? Any information or thought will be greatly appreciated. > > thank you. > > Gwen Frederick > > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and public records. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

STANSELL, JESSEY H. State-- GA Year-- 1850 County-- Walker County Township-- Mack Cone Page 466 STANSELL, JESSEY State-- GA Year-- 1820 County-- Wilkinson County Township-- None Page 222 _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

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Stansell, Jesse State: North Carolina Year: 1840 County: Johnston Township: Unknown Townships Page: 240 Stancil, Jesse State: North Carolina Year: 1840 County: Pitt Township: Unknown Townships Page: 405 Stancil, Jesse State: South Carolina Year: 1840 County: Pickens Township: Unknown Townships Page: 367 _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

Stansel, Jesse State: Florida Year: 1850 County: Columbia Township: Unknown Townships Page: 77 Stancil, Jesse State: Mississippi Year: 1850 County: Madison Township: Unknown Townships Page: 171 Stancil, Jesse State: North Carolina Year: 1850 County: Pitt Township: Andrews District Page: 78 Stansel, Jesse State: South Carolina Year: 1850 County: Pickens Township: Eastern Division Page: 500 --Original Message Follows---- From: Gwenfred@aol.com Reply-To: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com To: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NC-PCFR] Stancil letters Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 11:06:54 EDT I enjoyed the Stancil Letters. Thanks for posting them. In Letter #3 it says "Uncle Jesse Stancill who lived in Madison County in this state had also departed this life." I need some information on this Jesse Stancill. He of course is a brother to Godfrey Stansill of Pitt County. Some research think that Jesse Stancell who live in Newton County, GA was a brother to Godfrey Stancill of Pitt County and the uncle of Casewell Stancill who wrote the letter. Does anyone know anything about the Jesse mentioned in the letter. Could it be the same Jesse who live in Newton County, GA? Any information or thought will be greatly appreciated. thank you. Gwen Frederick ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and public records. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 Paula Anne Baker paulabaker69@hotmail.com Researching BAKER, MANNING, TYSON, STOCKS AND OTHERS in Pitt County NC and Greene County NC and COLE, NORMAN, WHITE, SUTTON AND OTHERS in SC, GA, and LA _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

I enjoyed the Stancil Letters. Thanks for posting them. In Letter #3 it says "Uncle Jesse Stancill who lived in Madison County in this state had also departed this life." I need some information on this Jesse Stancill. He of course is a brother to Godfrey Stansill of Pitt County. Some research think that Jesse Stancell who live in Newton County, GA was a brother to Godfrey Stancill of Pitt County and the uncle of Casewell Stancill who wrote the letter. Does anyone know anything about the Jesse mentioned in the letter. Could it be the same Jesse who live in Newton County, GA? Any information or thought will be greatly appreciated. thank you. Gwen Frederick

Dear Brenda, Thanks to you and Tracy Stancil for sharing those fascinating letters with us. I have an Alice Stancil who married Samuel Edwards Potter abt. 1872. Are they somehow related to the other Stancils? I was just curious. Thank again for the information about the Elks and Davis. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: Brenda Stocks <bstocks@cox.net> To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] Stancil Family Letter > Ginni, > The thanks goes to Tracy Stancil for sending the letters. We also owe him > many thanks for transcribing the 1800, 1820, and 1830 census records that > are posted on our PCFR website. > Brenda > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan & Ginni" <aecurtis@earthlink.net> > To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 8:51 PM > Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] Stancil Family Letter > > > > Brenda, > > Thank u for sharing such a wonderful treasure. That was a very kind thing > u > > did for all of us. I had not read, nor seen it posted before. > > Thanks again, > > Ginni Curtis > > > > > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > > Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, > and public records. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and public records. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Ginni, The thanks goes to Tracy Stancil for sending the letters. We also owe him many thanks for transcribing the 1800, 1820, and 1830 census records that are posted on our PCFR website. Brenda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan & Ginni" <aecurtis@earthlink.net> To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] Stancil Family Letter > Brenda, > Thank u for sharing such a wonderful treasure. That was a very kind thing u > did for all of us. I had not read, nor seen it posted before. > Thanks again, > Ginni Curtis > > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and public records. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hope you enjoyed Tracy Stancil's letters. The first four posted quickly and easily, but I couldn't seem to get #5 and #6 to post! I finally found a note posted within the Rootsweb pages that some of their servers would be down today. With all my attempts to post, this explains why letter #5 finally posted several times! Brenda

Brenda, Thank u for sharing such a wonderful treasure. That was a very kind thing u did for all of us. I had not read, nor seen it posted before. Thanks again, Ginni Curtis

I want to thank Tracy for sharing the Stancill letters with us. I do not research that family but have a very good Stancill friend. It was interesting to me in reading these letters. Tracy, your sharing of these letters should be of great interest to those who have famiy connections to the Stancills. I would encourage any of you who have family letters or other information to please share it with those on this list. If you have a query please post it. Not only could it benefit others it would also help others. Bill

I have forwarded the first four of Tracy's family letters to the list today, and have unsucessfully several times to forward the last two letters. This is just a test to see if I am able to post anything on the list this afternoon. Brenda