Forwarded from Tracy Stancil LETTER # 5 Mississippi, Sunflower County January 9, 1855 Dear Brother Henry, Your esteemed favour of the 7th December was received yesterday the 8th instant.(Instant was an old term meaning of the current month. Ultimate was used to mean last month or the previous month) So was yours of January last informing me of the results of the division of my father's property duly received. I did not answer yours of January last for several reasons, some of which I will mention. In the first place, I received your letter about the time I shipped my cotton to N. Orleans and thought I would wait until it was sold to remit to you the balance that was due from me. ( He apparently owed Henry money for a slave he had purchased.) My crop was not sold till about the middle of May. It did not bring as much as I expected nor in fact as much as it ought to have done. I had previously bought property to be paid for out of that crop which lacked a little being sufficient, freight interest and commission, however about the time I heard from the sale of my crop, I was lame in one of my feet, occasioned by a hurt which kept me confined to the house for about six weeks. I was at that time very far behind in cultivating my crop and was therefore prevented from making other arrangements to make you the remittance until the season was far advanced and money at such a high rate of interest, I concluded I would wait till I could make a shipment from my present crop, but in consequence of low water, I have not yet shipped any.Besides meeting with great difficulty in obtaining North Carolina bills of suitable size and not knowing that any other would suit, have delayed some on the account. You will please inform me if any other kind would suit, what or if you could use a check on New York for the amount. We regret very much to hear of the misfortune in your family and though at so great distance from you we can and do properly sympathize with you in your affliction; at the same time we are pleased to hear that the health of your family is improving, and that the hand affliction , though visited in severity is again becoming lighter and we hope will soon be removed. We rejoice to hear that our family connection all again enjoying the inestimable blessing of health. Myself and family are enjoying remarkable good health since the last writing with some exceptions. The lameness in my foot that I have already spoken of, some five or six weeks of debility of Rebecca Ann; she has been quite feeble though not confined. The past year has been really dry except a little while in the spring. The crops of corn are generally short and is selling at $1.00 per bushel. The cotton crop I believe are turning out tolerably well. It is thought that it will be equal to last year's crop and bring up here from 6 to 8 cents per pound. In N. Orleans from 6 to 10 cents. Provisions of all kinds are scarce and high. I hear of no pork selling at all except in barrels which has been from $18.00 to $20.00. Flour from $10.00 to $12.00 per barrel.Beef 8 cents, bacon 12 to 15 cents per pound. Mules and horses are very high. Number 1 mules $200. Fine saddle and harness horses from $250 to $300. I shall send Ruel Marcellus and Godfrey both to college this year. Ben Eddie and Ruel Anderson will both go to school also. I have not determined yet where I will send them. I do know that I wish to sell the boy George but wish you to take care of him until I make the remittance due from me to yourself and the others. I have little doubt brother Henry that the draining and clearing up of that spring branch is the principal cause of the sickness in your family. The best way to manage cases of that sort is to stimulate freely and keep up the pulse to its natural highest as possible. You could use ginger, I prefer brandy or whisky. I believe a good article of whisky to be better than brandy. Give them plenty of pepper tea and whisky frequently. If you do not wish to hire the boy George yourself please hire him to someone you think best. Rebecca Ann and all of the children join with me in presenting to yourself, your family, and all relatives our best wishes and highest respects. May the God in heaven bless, guide and direct you through time and its uncertainties and finally save you in his everlasting kingdom above. Present our respects to all our relatives and enquiring friends and accept for yourself sentiments of highest regards. Your brother, most affectionately, Caswell Stancill P.S. I have no hesitation in saying that I perfectly agree to the appropriation and purchase you propose to make for the Grave Stones. If nothing prevents, I will write to brother Jesse in about one month. C. Stancill My post office now is Shell Mound, Sunflower County, Miss. Write me your most convenient post office. I scarcely know where to direct letters to you. C.S.
Forwarded from Tracy Stancil LETTER # 5 Mississippi, Sunflower County January 9, 1855 Dear Brother Henry, Your esteemed favour of the 7th December was received yesterday the 8th instant.(Instant was an old term meaning of the current month. Ultimate was used to mean last month or the previous month) So was yours of January last informing me of the results of the division of my father's property duly received. I did not answer yours of January last for several reasons, some of which I will mention. In the first place, I received your letter about the time I shipped my cotton to N. Orleans and thought I would wait until it was sold to remit to you the balance that was due from me. ( He apparently owed Henry money for a slave he had purchased.) My crop was not sold till about the middle of May. It did not bring as much as I expected nor in fact as much as it ought to have done. I had previously bought property to be paid for out of that crop which lacked a little being sufficient, freight interest and commission, however about the time I heard from the sale of my crop, I was lame in one of my feet, occasioned by a hurt which kept me confined to the house for about six weeks. I was at that time very far behind in cultivating my crop and was therefore prevented from making other arrangements to make you the remittance until the season was far advanced and money at such a high rate of interest, I concluded I would wait till I could make a shipment from my present crop, but in consequence of low water, I have not yet shipped any.Besides meeting with great difficulty in obtaining North Carolina bills of suitable size and not knowing that any other would suit, have delayed some on the account. You will please inform me if any other kind would suit, what or if you could use a check on New York for the amount. We regret very much to hear of the misfortune in your family and though at so great distance from you we can and do properly sympathize with you in your affliction; at the same time we are pleased to hear that the health of your family is improving, and that the hand affliction , though visited in severity is again becoming lighter and we hope will soon be removed. We rejoice to hear that our family connection all again enjoying the inestimable blessing of health. Myself and family are enjoying remarkable good health since the last writing with some exceptions. The lameness in my foot that I have already spoken of, some five or six weeks of debility of Rebecca Ann; she has been quite feeble though not confined. The past year has been really dry except a little while in the spring. The crops of corn are generally short and is selling at $1.00 per bushel. The cotton crop I believe are turning out tolerably well. It is thought that it will be equal to last year's crop and bring up here from 6 to 8 cents per pound. In N. Orleans from 6 to 10 cents. Provisions of all kinds are scarce and high. I hear of no pork selling at all except in barrels which has been from $18.00 to $20.00. Flour from $10.00 to $12.00 per barrel.Beef 8 cents, bacon 12 to 15 cents per pound. Mules and horses are very high. Number 1 mules $200. Fine saddle and harness horses from $250 to $300. I shall send Ruel Marcellus and Godfrey both to college this year. Ben Eddie and Ruel Anderson will both go to school also. I have not determined yet where I will send them. I do know that I wish to sell the boy George but wish you to take care of him until I make the remittance due from me to yourself and the others. I have little doubt brother Henry that the draining and clearing up of that spring branch is the principal cause of the sickness in your family. The best way to manage cases of that sort is to stimulate freely and keep up the pulse to its natural highest as possible. You could use ginger, I prefer brandy or whisky. I believe a good article of whisky to be better than brandy. Give them plenty of pepper tea and whisky frequently. If you do not wish to hire the boy George yourself please hire him to someone you think best. Rebecca Ann and all of the children join with me in presenting to yourself, your family, and all relatives our best wishes and highest respects. May the God in heaven bless, guide and direct you through time and its uncertainties and finally save you in his everlasting kingdom above. Present our respects to all our relatives and enquiring friends and accept for yourself sentiments of highest regards. Your brother, most affectionately, Caswell Stancill P.S. I have no hesitation in saying that I perfectly agree to the appropriation and purchase you propose to make for the Grave Stones. If nothing prevents, I will write to brother Jesse in about one month. C. Stancill My post office now is Shell Mound, Sunflower County, Miss. Write me your most convenient post office. I scarcely know where to direct letters to you. C.S.
The last letter posted by Tracy Stancil > > LETTER # 6 > > Dry Bayou August 20th, 1855 > > Dear Brother Henry, > > I am without a word from you or any of my relations to answer or reply to > after your letter of December 7th, 1854 which I answered and have since > written to brother Jesse and brother Willie but without any reply. Having no > other means of communication to each other our thoughts except the > inestimable art of writing, we can through this means make known to each > other our relative social condition in life. I have the pleasure to say to > you and > to the rest of my relations there that at this time myself and family are > all well > though myself and two youngest children have had colds since I wrote to > brother William. > You no doubt have heard before this of my great and sad misfortune, my > bereavement. > I wrote to brother Willie that on the 17th day of June at two o'clock in > the > morning my beloved wife Rebecca Ann departed this life in child bearing. Her > child was a little boy and he expired in a few minutes. I was afraid her > time would be hard and her labour difficult; as soon as I found she was in > labour I sent for the most skillful physician in the neighborhood, but he > did not get here in time to afford any relief. Ann had grown considerably in > size after we came to this country. She would weigh 130 or 140 pounds. She > had improved very much in refinement and intelligence. She had no superior > and in addition she was a devoted and pious Christian. I have indeed lost a > treasure. She had gone with me through the heat and burden of the day and > just in the prime of life and when we had become so situated that we could > have some enjoyment in life, I am left alone to wind my way through life the > best I can. I do not mean that we have had no enjoyment before for I > suspect that we enjoyed each other's company better than most people. I > mourn as one not without hope. We had a cold dry winter and spring but the > rain came in time to make crops. The crops of corn and cotton generally are > very good. I have a very good > crop both of corn and cotton, though I have had as good before. I expect to > beging to pick cotton in a day or two. There is a good deal of political > excitement about Know Nothing or the American Party. > I have tried two times in New Orleans as well as in the county to procure > North Carlolina money to remit to you but have not succeded in obtaining > it.You will please write to me immediately upon the reception of this or as > soon as you can as certain wether a check on some bank in New York would > answer your purpose and if so what bank and wether you would prefer it drawn > payable at sight or at 30 or 60 days after date. Or if South Carolina money > would answer you and how much I will be allowed for the hire of the boy or > in other word > if the check will answer your purpose or for what amount must > I send one or if you prefer South Carolina money what amount will pay what I > am due on the value of the boy deducting the hire. I am anxious to pay the > balance and to get the boy home. Life is uncertain and I wish to keep my > business as nearly settled up as possible. > I have taken Godfrey home to assist me in my business. He was going to > school at Oxford the University of Mississippi when his mother died. Ruel > Marcellus is still at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Ben Eddie is also > boarding from home and going to school, it will yet take him one or two more > sessions to prepare to enter college. It costs me a good deal to educate my > children. I have to pay ten dollars a month board and $4.00 a month tuition > before they enter college and then it costs still more. > Nothing more at present but remain your brother most affectionately, > > C. Stancill > P.S. Write to me your post office. Present my respects to sister Margaret, > to your children, all my relatives and inquiring friends and accept for > yourself the affection of your brother > > C. Stancill > I would like to hear how sister Rachel is getting on and how brother > William's son Randolph is doing and what seems to be his prospects. > > C. Stancill > > This concludes the letters. Now for a few interesting notes on Caswell > Stancill's family in Mississippi. > Caswell Stancill died about six months after his wife. He died on January > 22, 1856. > Caswell's sons: > Ruel Marcellus was educated as a physician at UNC Chapel Hill and died in MS > in 1924. > Godfrey and Benjamin Eddie Stancill both died in the Civil War. > Youngest son Caswell Paschall Stancill born July 30, 1849 and died Oct. > 4,1913. > Caswell Paschall Stancill had a son Hugh William Stancill born November 1 > 1873. > Hugh William Stancill had a son Hugh William Jr. born Sept. 24, 1910 and who > worked in Drew, Mississippi. Hugh William Stancill Jr. had a son Hugh > William Stancill III born December > 10, 1947. Hugh William Stancill III went to medical school in Jackson, MS > and did his > residency at Duke University. In 1980 he was practicing medecine in Laurel, > MS. > Sunflower County where Caswell lived is now known as LeFlore County Caswell > Stancill had a brother named Allen Stancill who settled in Union > Parish,Louisianna where he has a number of descendants. To conclude, I hope > this wasn't too lengthy and that you enjoyed reading the letters. > Tracy > > > > > > >
> More letters from Tracy Stancil > > LETTER # 5 > > Mississippi, Sunflower County > > January 9, 1855 > > Dear Brother Henry, > Your esteemed favour of the 7th December was received yesterday the 8th > instant.(Instant was an old term meaning of the current month. Ultimate was > used to mean last month or the previous month) So was yours of January last > informing me of the results of the division of my father's property duly > received. > I did not answer yours of January last for several reasons, some of which I > will mention. In the first place, I received your letter about the time I > shipped my cotton to N. Orleans and thought I would wait until it was sold > to remit to you the balance that was due from me. ( He apparently owed Henry > money for a slave he had purchased.) My crop was not sold till about the > middle of May. It did not bring as much as I expected nor in fact as much as > it ought to have done. I had previously bought property to be paid for out > of that crop which lacked a little being sufficient, freight interest and > commission, however about the time I heard from the sale of my crop, I was > lame in one of my feet, occasioned by a hurt which kept me confined to the > house for about six weeks. I was at that time very far behind in cultivating > my crop and was therefore prevented from making other arrangements to make > you the remittance until the season was far advanced and money at such a > high rate of interest, I concluded I would wait till I could make a shipment > from my present crop, but in consequence of low water, I have not yet > shipped any.Besides meeting with great difficulty in obtaining North > Carolina bills of suitable size and not knowing that any other would suit, > have delayed some on the account. You will please inform me if any other > kind would suit, what or if you could use a check on New York for the > amount. > We regret very much to hear of the misfortune in your family and though at > so great distance from you we can and do properly sympathize with you in > your affliction; at the same time we are pleased to hear that the health of > your family is improving, and that the hand affliction , though visited in > severity is again becoming lighter and we hope will soon be removed. We > rejoice to hear that our family connection all again enjoying the > inestimable blessing of health. Myself and family are enjoying remarkable > good health since the last writing with some exceptions. The lameness in my > foot that I have already spoken of, some five or six weeks of debility of > Rebecca Ann; she has been quite feeble though not confined. > The past year has been really dry except a little while in the spring. The > crops of corn are generally short and is selling at $1.00 per bushel. The > cotton crop I believe are turning out tolerably well. It is thought that it > will be equal to last year's crop and bring up here from 6 to 8 cents per > pound. In N. Orleans from 6 to 10 cents. Provisions of all kinds are scarce > and high. I hear of no pork selling at all except in barrels which has been > from $18.00 to $20.00. Flour from $10.00 to $12.00 per barrel.Beef 8 cents, > bacon 12 to 15 cents per pound. Mules and horses are very high. Number 1 > mules $200. Fine saddle and harness horses from $250 to $300. > I shall send Ruel Marcellus and Godfrey both to college this year. Ben Eddie > and Ruel Anderson will both go to school also. I have not determined yet > where I will send them. > I do know that I wish to sell the boy George but wish you to take care of > him until I make the remittance due from me to yourself and the others. > I have little doubt brother Henry that the draining and clearing up of that > spring branch is the principal cause of the sickness in your family. The > best way to manage cases of that sort is to stimulate freely and keep up > the pulse to its natural highest as possible. You could use ginger, I prefer > brandy or whisky. I believe a good article of whisky to be better than > brandy. Give them plenty of pepper tea and whisky frequently. > If you do not wish to hire the boy George yourself please hire him to > someone you think best. > Rebecca Ann and all of the children join with me in presenting to yourself, > your family, and all relatives our best wishes and highest respects. May the > God in heaven bless, guide and direct you through time and its > uncertainties and finally save you in his everlasting kingdom above. Present > our respects to all our relatives and enquiring friends and accept for > yourself sentiments of highest regards. > Your brother, most affectionately, > > Caswell Stancill > P.S. I have no hesitation in saying that I perfectly agree to the > appropriation and purchase you propose to make for the Grave Stones. If > nothing prevents, I will write to brother Jesse in about one month. > > C. Stancill > My post office now is Shell Mound, Sunflower County, Miss. Write me your > most convenient post office. I scarcely know where to direct letters to you. > > C.S.
More letters from Tracy Stancil LETTER # 5 Mississippi, Sunflower County January 9, 1855 Dear Brother Henry, Your esteemed favour of the 7th December was received yesterday the 8th instant.(Instant was an old term meaning of the current month. Ultimate was used to mean last month or the previous month) So was yours of January last informing me of the results of the division of my father's property duly received. I did not answer yours of January last for several reasons, some of which I will mention. In the first place, I received your letter about the time I shipped my cotton to N. Orleans and thought I would wait until it was sold to remit to you the balance that was due from me. ( He apparently owed Henry money for a slave he had purchased.) My crop was not sold till about the middle of May. It did not bring as much as I expected nor in fact as much as it ought to have done. I had previously bought property to be paid for out of that crop which lacked a little being sufficient, freight interest and commission, however about the time I heard from the sale of my crop, I was lame in one of my feet, occasioned by a hurt which kept me confined to the house for about six weeks. I was at that time very far behind in cultivating my crop and was therefore prevented from making other arrangements to make you the remittance until the season was far advanced and money at such a high rate of interest, I concluded I would wait till I could make a shipment from my present crop, but in consequence of low water, I have not yet shipped any.Besides meeting with great difficulty in obtaining North Carolina bills of suitable size and not knowing that any other would suit, have delayed some on the account. You will please inform me if any other kind would suit, what or if you could use a check on New York for the amount. We regret very much to hear of the misfortune in your family and though at so great distance from you we can and do properly sympathize with you in your affliction; at the same time we are pleased to hear that the health of your family is improving, and that the hand affliction , though visited in severity is again becoming lighter and we hope will soon be removed. We rejoice to hear that our family connection all again enjoying the inestimable blessing of health. Myself and family are enjoying remarkable good health since the last writing with some exceptions. The lameness in my foot that I have already spoken of, some five or six weeks of debility of Rebecca Ann; she has been quite feeble though not confined. The past year has been really dry except a little while in the spring. The crops of corn are generally short and is selling at $1.00 per bushel. The cotton crop I believe are turning out tolerably well. It is thought that it will be equal to last year's crop and bring up here from 6 to 8 cents per pound. In N. Orleans from 6 to 10 cents. Provisions of all kinds are scarce and high. I hear of no pork selling at all except in barrels which has been from $18.00 to $20.00. Flour from $10.00 to $12.00 per barrel.Beef 8 cents, bacon 12 to 15 cents per pound. Mules and horses are very high. Number 1 mules $200. Fine saddle and harness horses from $250 to $300. I shall send Ruel Marcellus and Godfrey both to college this year. Ben Eddie and Ruel Anderson will both go to school also. I have not determined yet where I will send them. I do know that I wish to sell the boy George but wish you to take care of him until I make the remittance due from me to yourself and the others. I have little doubt brother Henry that the draining and clearing up of that spring branch is the principal cause of the sickness in your family. The best way to manage cases of that sort is to stimulate freely and keep up the pulse to its natural highest as possible. You could use ginger, I prefer brandy or whisky. I believe a good article of whisky to be better than brandy. Give them plenty of pepper tea and whisky frequently. If you do not wish to hire the boy George yourself please hire him to someone you think best. Rebecca Ann and all of the children join with me in presenting to yourself, your family, and all relatives our best wishes and highest respects. May the God in heaven bless, guide and direct you through time and its uncertainties and finally save you in his everlasting kingdom above. Present our respects to all our relatives and enquiring friends and accept for yourself sentiments of highest regards. Your brother, most affectionately, Caswell Stancill P.S. I have no hesitation in saying that I perfectly agree to the appropriation and purchase you propose to make for the Grave Stones. If nothing prevents, I will write to brother Jesse in about one month. C. Stancill My post office now is Shell Mound, Sunflower County, Miss. Write me your most convenient post office. I scarcely know where to direct letters to you. C.S. LETTER # 6 Dry Bayou August 20th, 1855 Dear Brother Henry, I am without a word from you or any of my relations to answer or reply to after your letter of December 7th, 1854 which I answered and have since written to brother Jesse and brother Willie but without any reply. Having no other means of communication to each other our thoughts except the inestimable art of writing, we can through this means make known to each other our relative social condition in life. I have the pleasure to say to you and to the rest of my relations there that at this time myself and family are all well though myself and two youngest children have had colds since I wrote to brother William. You no doubt have heard before this of my great and sad misfortune, my bereavement. I wrote to brother Willie that on the 17th day of June at two o'clock in the morning my beloved wife Rebecca Ann departed this life in child bearing. Her child was a little boy and he expired in a few minutes. I was afraid her time would be hard and her labour difficult; as soon as I found she was in labour I sent for the most skillful physician in the neighborhood, but he did not get here in time to afford any relief. Ann had grown considerably in size after we came to this country. She would weigh 130 or 140 pounds. She had improved very much in refinement and intelligence. She had no superior and in addition she was a devoted and pious Christian. I have indeed lost a treasure. She had gone with me through the heat and burden of the day and just in the prime of life and when we had become so situated that we could have some enjoyment in life, I am left alone to wind my way through life the best I can. I do not mean that we have had no enjoyment before for I suspect that we enjoyed each other's company better than most people. I mourn as one not without hope. We had a cold dry winter and spring but the rain came in time to make crops. The crops of corn and cotton generally are very good. I have a very good crop both of corn and cotton, though I have had as good before. I expect to beging to pick cotton in a day or two. There is a good deal of political excitement about Know Nothing or the American Party. I have tried two times in New Orleans as well as in the county to procure North Carlolina money to remit to you but have not succeded in obtaining it.You will please write to me immediately upon the reception of this or as soon as you can as certain wether a check on some bank in New York would answer your purpose and if so what bank and wether you would prefer it drawn payable at sight or at 30 or 60 days after date. Or if South Carolina money would answer you and how much I will be allowed for the hire of the boy or in other word if the check will answer your purpose or for what amount must I send one or if you prefer South Carolina money what amount will pay what I am due on the value of the boy deducting the hire. I am anxious to pay the balance and to get the boy home. Life is uncertain and I wish to keep my business as nearly settled up as possible. I have taken Godfrey home to assist me in my business. He was going to school at Oxford the University of Mississippi when his mother died. Ruel Marcellus is still at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Ben Eddie is also boarding from home and going to school, it will yet take him one or two more sessions to prepare to enter college. It costs me a good deal to educate my children. I have to pay ten dollars a month board and $4.00 a month tuition before they enter college and then it costs still more. Nothing more at present but remain your brother most affectionately, C. Stancill P.S. Write to me your post office. Present my respects to sister Margaret, to your children, all my relatives and inquiring friends and accept for yourself the affection of your brother C. Stancill I would like to hear how sister Rachel is getting on and how brother William's son Randolph is doing and what seems to be his prospects. C. Stancill This concludes the letters. Now for a few interesting notes on Caswell Stancill's family in Mississippi. Caswell Stancill died about six months after his wife. He died on January 22, 1856. Caswell's sons: Ruel Marcellus was educated as a physician at UNC Chapel Hill and died in MS in 1924. Godfrey and Benjamin Eddie Stancill both died in the Civil War. Youngest son Caswell Paschall Stancill born July 30, 1849 and died Oct. 4,1913. Caswell Paschall Stancill had a son Hugh William Stancill born November 1 1873. Hugh William Stancill had a son Hugh William Jr. born Sept. 24, 1910 and who worked in Drew, Mississippi. Hugh William Stancill Jr. had a son Hugh William Stancill III born December 10, 1947. Hugh William Stancill III went to medical school in Jackson, MS and did his residency at Duke University. In 1980 he was practicing medecine in Laurel, MS. Sunflower County where Caswell lived is now known as LeFlore County Caswell Stancill had a brother named Allen Stancill who settled in Union Parish,Louisianna where he has a number of descendants. To conclude, I hope this wasn't too lengthy and that you enjoyed reading the letters. Tracy
More letters from Tracy Stancil: LETTER # 3 Mississippi Sunflower County October 10, 1852 (Caswell writes to his brother Henry who is also buried in the family cemetery on Porter Road near Belvoir.) Dear Brother Henry, The much esteemed favour from brother Willie bearing date August 21 was gratefully received the 25th September informing us that our connections were all well except Rachel. (Rachel was the widow of Caswell's brother William J. Stancill.) I am very glad to hear that you all enjoy good health and have promising prospects for crops. Myself and family are at present in a reasonable state of health. Myself, wife, and two youngest children ,Caswell Paschall and Jane Leona, have had some slight indispositions though nothing serious. Rebecca Ann is not quite well yet though mending. She has not had any chills or fever now for about a week. He (brother Willie) mentions also that our much esteemed father departed this life the 16th November 1850 of which I had not heard till July last in a letter from my esteemed niece Harriett A. Johnson. I would like very well to know how long he was sick before he died, what sort of sickness he died with, and how he seemed and all the circumstance attendant upon his sickness and death, wether he was contented and satisfied to leave this world and his hopes of futurity. Brother Willie also mentions about the distribution of his property. He does not say wehter he left me anything or not. If he did I would like to know it. If he did not I would like to know it. I have heard since that Uncle Jesse Stancill who lived in Madison County in this state had also departed this life. I did not learn the time. Uncle Jesse lived about a hundred miles from me. I have been to see him twice since I have been in this country. He lived with Mr. Jones Ridley before he died. I have made an excellent crop of corn and cotton. We have had as yet a fine season for saving cotton. We have not yet had any frost. Please write to me and write how many children you have, how many sons and how many daughters, which are married. How many children has brother Jesse, how many has Theophilus J., Rachel, and sister Trezina. And where and how is L.B. Thigpen and Ollen Cobb? Brother Willie informs me that he has made a public profession of religion. Tell brother Willie to allow me to congratulate him upon his happy union with Christ. May the Lord bless him and keep him in the spirit and in the truth. May he be guided by the unceasing counsel of his will. Our three oldest children and Ruel Anderson all keep healthy. (Ruel Anderson was probably a nephew of Rebecca Ann, Caswell's wife.) Ruel Marcellus has picked 352 pounds cotton in a day, Godfrey 300 pounds, and Benjamin Eddie 268 pounds. I call that good picking for the boys and I expect will beat any of their age in NC. Present my highest respect and best wishes to all our connections and inquiring friends and accept for yourself sentiments of the highest esteem and present regard. Your affectionate brother, Caswell Stancill P.S. Say to sister Margaret that I did not forget her. What I have written to you is for her also.( sister Margaret is referring to his brother Henry's wife whose name was Margaret Latham.) Attached to this same letter is a note from Caswell's wife Rebecca Ann. She writes to Henry and Margaret as follows: Brother Henry and Sister Margaret, How do you do? It has been a long time since we saw each other and the children. You have not told me how many you have. I hope you are all well. I do spect you have remained mute a long time. I want to hear from you very much. Tell us about the children, the neighbors, anything you will tell us we will listen to with interest. Would you like to know what kind of house we live in? It is a cabbin three rooms below and two above. The river runs from west to east in front. We can sit in the gallery and see the boats pass. I raise as many chickens as we have any use for. The land is very rich. Mr. Stancill has cotton as high as my head and a tall horse. ( "Mr. Stancill" seems an odd way to refer to her husband- maybe that was just ettiquette or something) We have had four children since we have been in this state. Two of them are dead. We have five children living of which Mr. Stancill has mentioned their names. Margaret, you and the girls must write to me. Please write soon. Give my repects to all inquiring friends and accept for yourselves and family my love. Rebecca Ann Stancil LETTER # 4 Mississippi Sunflower County November 20, 1853 Dear Brother Henry, Your esteemed favour of August 2cnd was duly received which gave us much satifaction to hear from you and to hear that yourself and family and our connections generally were well. Myself and family at present are in tolerable health. Rebecca Ann has had quite a severe spell of sickness. She was taken about the last of August with something like pneumonia. She began to recover from that and relapsed. It was then thought she would scarcely recover , but at this time is as well as usual only she looks bad. Our daughter Jane Leona has been ill and also she looks pale but is well in other respects. I have been very badly crippled in my left foot occasioned by two great a pressure on my foot by wearing a heavy hard boot. It is yet a little tender, but I can go about on horseback very well but cannot walk much. I have made a very good crop both of corn and cotton. The crops of cotton generally are said to be short. The corn crops are said to be very good. Corn in the county is selling at from 25 to 50 cents per bushel. Cotton in N. Orleans from 6 to 10 cents /pound. Bacon from 10 to 12 cents. It would afford me a great pleasure to visit old North Carolina once more and to see you all, but it will be entirely out of my power to do so this season if ever. Brother Henry, when the decision in the property left by our father takes place, take charge of whatever may fall to me and take care of it until I can give further instructions. Inform me of the division as soon as it takes place and of the result. We had no great excitement about the election. The Democratic ticket carried throughout the state. Tell sister Mary she must excuse me for not writing to her before now. I will answer her letter shortly if nothing prevents. Present our respects to all our relations and to all enquiring friends and accept for yourself sentiments of the highest regard. Your affectionate brother, C. Stancill
Tracy Stancil posted the most wonderful Stancil family letters from the 1850s to our list. They are so long that I am reposting them in three or four posts since Rootsweb limits the size of a post. Many thanks to Tracy for sharing these. Enjoy! Brenda ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ Most of you no doubt have no known connection to the Stancills in Pitt County, but I hope you will take a few minutes to read this post. For the few of you who may have a Stancill in the woodpile somewhere it might be especially interesting, but even for the rest I think you will find this especially interesting from a historical standpoint. It provides a realistic perspective on life in the 1850's, addressing the things that were important in day to day life of that time. Some of the subjects mentioned are the crops, the health and well-being of the family, religion, politics, and education. First a little background to set things up. Godfrey Stancill born 1776 died 1850 and his wife Dorcas Jones 1780-1843 had a son named Caswell Stancill who left Pitt County about 1846 and settled in Mississippi. Caswell Stancill married Rebecca Ann Anderson daughter of Ruel Anderson and Ritty Brown. This is a series of letters written by Caswell and his family in Mississippi to his father Godfrey and his brother Henry back in Pitt County. The first two letters are addressed to Godfrey Stancill who unbeknownst to Caswell had already been dead for a year and a half. Imagine not learning of your father's death for a year and a half ! Here is my faithful transcription of these letters penned mostly in Caswell Stancill's own hand: LETTER #1 May 22, 1852 Sunflower County, Mississippi My Dear Father, It has been a long time since I have written but a longer time since I have heard from you. I have written a great many letters and have received no answers. I think I will commence again shortly and write you all again. Perhaps some of you may find it convenient to answer. I could write a great deal but will content myself at present by merely stating that myself and family have recently enjoyed a reasonable state of health, though we have had a great deal of very hard sickness since we have been in this country. I have a fair prospect for a crop this year. My corn is about as high as my head and looks fine. My cotton also looks very well. I expect to make this year 70 or 80 bales of cotton. Present my best respects to all my brothers and sisters, to all my connections and enquiring friends. Rebecca Ann (his wife) wishes to be remembered by you all. Accept for yourself sentiments of the highest esteem. Your very affectionate son, Caswell Stancill LETTER # 2 This next letter is from Caswell 's son Ruel Marcellus Stancill to his grandaddy Godfrey Stancill back in Pitt County.(Again Godfrey was dead and they didn't know it.) The State of Mississippi Sunflower County May 2, 1852 Dear Grand Pa, We have not heard from you for some time but would like to know how you are and how you are getting along. The crops were tolerable good last year on the river where we live. Some people make a bale of cotton to the acre. Pa made fifty two bales of cotton last year and his cotton has four leaves now and his corn is knee high. We have no trouble of getting our cotton to market. All we have to do is to put it on the river bank and then hail the steam boats as they pass and they will stop and take it on and if we want to go they will land us at any point we wish. Myself and brothers are going to school. I am studying Arithmetic, Latin Grammar, Philosophy, and Chemistry. We are tolerable well at present except Pa who has had fever every other evening for the last week.(sounds like maybe he had Malaria) I have a spritely little sister that was six months old the twenty sixth of last month. I hope these lines will find your health good. Write to us the first opportunity for we are very anxious to hear form you. Oh how glad I should be to hear from you and the balance of my relations there. Nothing more at present. Give my best respects to all enquiring friends and relations and accept for yourself all the same. Ruel Marcellus Stancill
Jack Ann Cannon is buried in Cannon cemetery at Littlefield, about 1/4 mile east of NC 11. The cemetery is on the south side of Littlefield Road (SR 1108) about 300 yards in field. You can drive to it by driving on west side railroad tracks. Visible from road and was very well kept. bheldman wrote: > > Bill > > I have a Jackie Ann Smith who was b. 19 Mar 1866 & supposely d. 18 Sept > 1925. She was married to Dennis Cannon. Could this be the same person? > > Betty > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Kittrell <wbk99@earthlink.net> > To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 8:03 PM > Subject: [NC-PCFR] SMITH > > > Found in cemetery in Grimesland area. Need any information on family. > > Checked for death records in Pitt and info included below. > > This cemetery was in the woods adjoining the Hodges cemetery which was > > in edge of field. > > > > Sallie Smith b. 8-31-1863 d. 4-6-1940 F. Unk M. Unk Inf: Clyde Boyd > > Pitt Deaths Vol 26-141 > > > > Thad Smith b. ca 1901 d. 8-2-1925 F: Unk M: Sallie Smith > > Inf: J. T. Singleton Pitt Deaths Vol 12-270 > > > > Jack Ann Smith d. 7-20-1928 (No death record in Pitt) > > > > > > ==== 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
The following are buried at Ballards Crossroads: Jesse S. Elks b. 1879 d. 1949 Dessie C. elks b 1886 d. 1963 Erma Davis Elks, Daug. of J. S. & Dessie Elks b. 8-4-1913 d. 9-20-1921 I called this site the Elks_Bowen cemetery, although other families buried here. I don't have my copies of St. Amand's books at this time but think she surveyed this one about 1960. I surveyed it a few years ago.
Hi Betty, Erma Davis Elks was daughter of Dessie Davis and Jet Elks. Dessie was sister to Roy Davis who married Eva Faulkner and lived at Ormondsville. My Granddaddy Bob Davis was their brother. Erma died at about 13 yr. I think and Aunt Dessie and Uncle Jet never had any more children. They lived at Ballad'''s Cross Roads which is about 5 miles out of Greenville on old HWY 264 which goes to Farmville. Uncle Jet ran a country store there all of his life It has since burned down. They owned a farm there which Aunt Dessie left to my brother and me....we still own it. I know of two cemeteries right there at the x-road...they are buried in the bigger one. I didn't recognize the names that John asked about. Next time I'm out that way, I think I'll walk through the cemetery. It's been a long time since I've done that. Brenda ----- Original Message ----- From: "bheldman" <bheldman@bellsouth.net> To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] Fw: {not a subscriber} Ballards Crossroads > Brenda, > > I have a Erma Davis Elks who was born at Ballads X Rd. in Pitt Co. However, > I have no information about where this is. I just know that the area exists. > > Betty > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brenda Stocks <bstocks@cox.net> > To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 10:48 AM > Subject: [NC-PCFR] Fw: {not a subscriber} Ballards Crossroads > > > > I am forwarding this message. Hope some one can help. > > Brenda > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Devitt" <devittdesign@charter.net> > > To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 8:01 AM > > Subject: {not a subscriber} Ballards Crossroads > > > > > > > Has anyone heard of a cemetary called Ballards Crossroads? I'm looking > > for a Needham Brock and a Debbie Higgins. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 >
Bill I have a Jackie Ann Smith who was b. 19 Mar 1866 & supposely d. 18 Sept 1925. She was married to Dennis Cannon. Could this be the same person? Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Kittrell <wbk99@earthlink.net> To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 8:03 PM Subject: [NC-PCFR] SMITH > Found in cemetery in Grimesland area. Need any information on family. > Checked for death records in Pitt and info included below. > This cemetery was in the woods adjoining the Hodges cemetery which was > in edge of field. > > Sallie Smith b. 8-31-1863 d. 4-6-1940 F. Unk M. Unk Inf: Clyde Boyd > Pitt Deaths Vol 26-141 > > Thad Smith b. ca 1901 d. 8-2-1925 F: Unk M: Sallie Smith > Inf: J. T. Singleton Pitt Deaths Vol 12-270 > > Jack Ann Smith d. 7-20-1928 (No death record in Pitt) > > > ==== 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 >
Brenda, I have a Erma Davis Elks who was born at Ballads X Rd. in Pitt Co. However, I have no information about where this is. I just know that the area exists. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: Brenda Stocks <bstocks@cox.net> To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 10:48 AM Subject: [NC-PCFR] Fw: {not a subscriber} Ballards Crossroads > I am forwarding this message. Hope some one can help. > Brenda > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Devitt" <devittdesign@charter.net> > To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 8:01 AM > Subject: {not a subscriber} Ballards Crossroads > > > > Has anyone heard of a cemetary called Ballards Crossroads? I'm looking > for a Needham Brock and a Debbie Higgins. > > > > > > > ==== 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 >
Found in cemetery in Grimesland area. Need any information on family. Checked for death records in Pitt and info included below. This cemetery was in the woods adjoining the Hodges cemetery which was in edge of field. Sallie Smith b. 8-31-1863 d. 4-6-1940 F. Unk M. Unk Inf: Clyde Boyd Pitt Deaths Vol 26-141 Thad Smith b. ca 1901 d. 8-2-1925 F: Unk M: Sallie Smith Inf: J. T. Singleton Pitt Deaths Vol 12-270 Jack Ann Smith d. 7-20-1928 (No death record in Pitt)
I am forwarding this message. Hope some one can help. Brenda ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Devitt" <devittdesign@charter.net> To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 8:01 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} Ballards Crossroads > Has anyone heard of a cemetary called Ballards Crossroads? I'm looking for a Needham Brock and a Debbie Higgins. > >
>From our Secretary, Janice Gurganus Pitt County Family Researchers held it's June meeting Tuesday night, June 18, at Sheppard Memorial Library in Greenville, NC, with good attendance. President Bill Kittrell reported that our Annual Reunion will be held October 11 and 12 at Hooker Memorial Church Fellowship Hall. We've had it there for the last few years and it has worked very well. Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly Editor Roger Kammerer stated that he and Betsy Ross have the August quarterly almost finished. Our members always look forward to receiving these information-filled publications. NC-PCFR Mail List Administrator Brenda Stocks reported that the mail list continues to grow steadily. This is the official mail list for Pitt County Family Researchers and more and more PCFR members are subscribing in order to stay abreast of current information on events of our organization. We welcome non-PCFR members to be a part of this list, also. Member Eleanor Allen is still busy scanning old photographs to be preserved on CDs for the photo archive at Sheppard Library, and she's doing an outstanding job. We thank all of those who have been so generous in sharing their photos. This has turned into a massive project and, due to popular demand, will be ongoing for quite a while. We have received a lot of good publicity on this project, thus bringing in lots of people from the community who wish to preserve their valuable photographs. Eleanor sets up for scanning at each PCFR monthly meeting and will be scanning at our annual Reunion, so please remember to bring your photos. We thank Member Levis Allen Churchill for the donation of a book that he recently compiled, "Pitt County NC Brides Index." This is a valuable resource for Pitt County researchers. (For more information on this publication, please email Allen at lachurch@earthlink.net.) We welcome all gifts of publications for the library. We will be electing three new officers this year. Information is detailed in the June letter that will be mailed to our membership in the next few days. Member Martha Gay-Morton, of Florida, attended our Tuesday night meeting. It was so good to meet and visit with her. Member William Cox asked about linking one of his family websites to PCFR's website; Webmaster Betsy Ross said she will do it for him. Bill Kittrell reported on a meeting that several of us attended at Tracy Putnam's house recently concerning the creation of a three-county genealogy society for Greene, Lenoir, and Jones Counties. We assured them that we will assist them in getting this society up and running. The meeting adjourned at 7:45 and those present visited, exchanged information, and/or did research in the library. Janice Tripp Gurganus PCFR Secretary
Are any Nelson's mentioned.??? >From: Bill Kittrell <wbk99@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com >To: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [NC-PCFR] BULLOCK >Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 08:20:51 -0400 > >I have a number of pages from some research done by James G. Bullock of >Greensboro, NC. Tracy do you know of him? > >This goes back Some of the early names mentioned were Hugh, Richard, >EDward, Thomas and John. Some of the persons are in the 1600s. A >Captain Hugh Bullock owned a fleet of ships used for transporting >settlers. He was from England with a time frame of 1624-1635. > >He also gets into the NC Bullocks including John and Drewry. > >Also in another book I have Colonial Granville County and its People >there is info on the Hugh Bullock family. Both of these reports are >faint and hard to read. > >There might be some info in these reports for you. > > >==== 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 My web site: http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/Nelsontree/index.html >>Remember, Life is not measured by the number breaths we take, but by the >>moments that take our breath away. any _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
Bill, Thanks for your reply. I am familiar with the James Garland Bullock book written in the 1970's. That book is full of errors. He claims that the Pitt County Bullocks all came from Granville County. Not so. I find no evidence of a Granville connection. He also claims that John Bullock of Pitt County was closely related to the David Bullock family of Edgecombe County. I don't think there was a close relationship betweent David Bullock of Edgecombe and John Bullock of Pitt. David Bullock of Edgecombe County had a son John who married Sarah Mayo, but that is not the John Bullock of Pitt County.. The bottom line is that there appears to be more than one line of Bullocks in Pitt County and I don't think they were all closely related. Tracy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Kittrell" <wbk99@earthlink.net> To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 8:20 AM Subject: [NC-PCFR] BULLOCK > I have a number of pages from some research done by James G. Bullock of > Greensboro, NC. Tracy do you know of him? > > This goes back Some of the early names mentioned were Hugh, Richard, > EDward, Thomas and John. Some of the persons are in the 1600s. A > Captain Hugh Bullock owned a fleet of ships used for transporting > settlers. He was from England with a time frame of 1624-1635. > > He also gets into the NC Bullocks including John and Drewry. > > Also in another book I have Colonial Granville County and its People > there is info on the Hugh Bullock family. Both of these reports are > faint and hard to read. > > There might be some info in these reports for you. > > > ==== 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 >
I have a number of pages from some research done by James G. Bullock of Greensboro, NC. Tracy do you know of him? This goes back Some of the early names mentioned were Hugh, Richard, EDward, Thomas and John. Some of the persons are in the 1600s. A Captain Hugh Bullock owned a fleet of ships used for transporting settlers. He was from England with a time frame of 1624-1635. He also gets into the NC Bullocks including John and Drewry. Also in another book I have Colonial Granville County and its People there is info on the Hugh Bullock family. Both of these reports are faint and hard to read. There might be some info in these reports for you.
My Pitt County Bullock line from most recent to earliest is as follows: Dora Bullock born 1870's married Godfrey L. Stancill she was daugther of John Ashley Bullock and Ann Eliza Thomas he was son of Willie Bullock and Lucy Hathaway he was son of John Bullock dec'd in Pitt County 1817-1821.( John's other sons-Burwell, Howell, George, Drewry) This John Bullock dec'd circa 1820 has always been a brickwall . Recently I began to look at this family again. I started with a theory that this John Bullock was likely a brother of Drewry Bullock Sr. of Pitt County. Note that John named a son Drewry. John and Drewry Bullock both appeared in Pitt County in the late 1760's. Pitt County deed book S page 341 date 1812- Charles Bullock ( son of Drewry Bullock Sr.) granted power of attorney to Willoby Whitehurst to collect on the estate of his grandfather in VA. This one deed led me to finally search for John and Drewry Bullock in VA whereas I had always before thought they were born in NC. I eventually stumbled upon some things in VA that have convinced me that I have probably finally tore down my old brick wall re John Bullock. Take a look at the following : Wills: In Sussex County, Virginia, Will Book A, 1754-1764, page 95 is recorded the will of Jeremiah Bullock, dated October 9, 1757 and probated July 21, 1758. "At a Court held for Sussex County the 21st day of July 1758, the last will and Testament of Jeremiah Bullock was presented in court by Amy Bullock one of the executors therein named who made oath therefor as the same directs and the same was proved by the oath of Henry Tudor and Thomas Felts, two of the witnesses thereto and by the court ordered to be recorded and on the motion of the said executor certificate is granted her for obtaining probate in due form. Teste A. Claiborne Clk." In the name of God Amen the ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven I Jeremiah Bullock of the parish of Albemarle in the county of Sussex being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul unto the hands of God that gave it, and for my body, I commend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my Executor, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give and devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form, &c. I lend unto my well beloved wife Amy Bullock, all my personal estate as household goods, hogs, cattle, horses, &c. during her life or widowhood and no longer. I give and bequeath unto my son John Bullock one hundred and fifty acres of land to him and his heirs, &c. I give and bequeath unto my son Lemuel Bullock one hundred and fifty acres of land to him and his heirs. I give and bequeath unto my son Charles Bullock one hundred ninety five acres of land and to his heirs. I give and bequeath unto my son Richard Bullock two hundred sixty five acres of land and to his heirs with the plantation houses, orchard &c after his mother's death &c. I likewise constitute and ordain my beloved wife and my son John Bullock to be my only and sole executor of this my Last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke, and disannul all and any other former testaments and any other executors by me in any waies before this time named willed and bequeathed ratified and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal the day and year above written. JEREMIAH BULLOCK (SS) Signed sealed published pronounced and delivered and declared by the said Jeremiah Bullock as his Last will and Testament in the presence of us: Henry Tudor John Sandifer Thomas Felts In Sussex County, Virginia, Will Book B, 1764-1771, is recorded the will of Amy Bullock, dated February 27, 1765, probated May 16, 1765. At a court held for Sussex County the 16th day of May 1765, the afore written last will and testament of Amy Bullock deceased, was presented to Court by Thomas Felts the Executor therein named who made oath thereto according to law, and the same was proved by the oaths of James Bell and Thomas Felts, the witnesses thereto, and by the Court ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of the said Executor certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form. Teste. A. Claiborne, Clk. "IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I, Amy Bullock of Sussex County, being I thank God in my proper senses remember human frailty, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament. First and principally I recommend my soul to God who gave it in humble hopes of its future happiness as being at the disposal of a power infinitely good, my body to be interred in Christian form, and to prevent dispute in my family I dispose of my temporal estate in this manner: First, I will that my debts and funeral charges be paid. 2dly, I give and bequeath to my son John Bullock one pound fifteen shillings current money to him and his heirs forever. 3dly, I give and bequeath to my son Lemuel Bullock ten pounds current money to be paid out of a bond which my son John assigned to me, of Robert Glover's, to him the said Lemuel his heirs and assigns forever. 4thly, I give and bequeath to my son Charles Bullock one pound five shillings current money to him and his heirs forever. 5thly, I give and bequeath to my son Richard Bullock one pound five shillings current money to him and his heirs forever. 6thly, I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Parrot one feather bed and furniture which I lent to her sometime past also all the rest of the household furniture which I have lent to her and her heirs forever. 7thly, I lend to my daughter Kezia Ezell the use of one feather bed and sundry other household furniture, which she now of my property in her possession during her natural life and after her decrease to her son Randall Ezell and his heirs forever. 8thly, I give and bequeath to my granddaughter Winney Bullock daughter of John Bullock my riding mare, to her and her heirs forever. 9thly, My will is that the rest of my estate be equally divided between my three daughters, namely, Agnes Felts, Mary Parrot, and Kezia Ezell subject or that Mary Parrot and Kezia Ezell shall have their parts paid in credit in any store where my executor shall think proper. 10thly, My will is that my estate be not appraised. 11thly, And lastly I appoint my son in law, Thomas Felts, whole and sole executor of this my last will and testament. IN WITNESS whereof I, the said Amy Bullock, have hereunto set my hand and seal this 27th day of February Anno Dom 1765. X Amy Bullock Signed sealed in the presence of us James Bell Thomas Felts The son John Bullock mentioned in these wills married a Sarah Felts. John and Sarah Felts Bullock had the following children whose births are recorded in the register of the Albemarle Parish, Sussex County, VA: Winney born October 28, 1748 Drewry Bullock born Jan 15, 1749/50 Baalam Bullock born April 4, 1754 John Bullock born July 6, 1756 Charles Bullock born October 17, 1762 Elizabeth Bullock born July 18, 1776 I believe this Drewry and John are Drewry Bullock Sr. of Pitt County and John Bullock dec'd circa 1820 in Pitt County. This would mean that their parents were John and Sarah Felts Bullock of Sussex County, VA- and that their grandparents were Jeremiah and Amy Bullock of Sussex County, VA. Sussex County was cut out of Surry County, VA in about 1753. Jeremiah Bullock appears to be a son of Richard Bullock dec'd in Surry, VA in 1703 but I don't have any sources on that just yet. That's all for now. I'll be interested in any comments. Tracy
>Resent-Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 13:11:34 -0600 >X-Original-Sender: diamondg@icomnet.com Tue Jun 18 13:11:34 2002 >From: "Jane Phillips" <diamondg@icomnet.com> >Old-To: "NCLENOIR" <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 15:05:41 -0400 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 >Subject: [NCLENOIR] Genealogical Conference >To: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1627 >X-Loop: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: NCLENOIR-L-request@rootsweb.com >Resent-Bcc: > >The Historical Preservation Group is planning a genealogical >conference for the week of June 23 of next year-2003 at Lenoir >Community College in Kinston. It will be for Lenoir, Jones and Greene >Counties. It will be about a 4 day conference depending on what type >of programs we have. Now what we want to know from all of you is what >type of programs (lectures, tours, research and sharing time) would you >like to have? Please be specific and let us know what you want so we >can get on with the planning. We have asked Martha and Tracy to be in >charge. So as time moves on pass your ideas along to the list. >Jane Phillips, President of Historical Preservation Group > >God Bless America! > >