Bill, Again, you have found information I did not know, William "Billy" Worthington was my grandfather's brother. I knew he died on Nov. 23, 1900 at the age of 2 , but never knew the precise cause. Thanks for that information. billy was the only one of his eleven brothers to die before marrying. Trish On Feb 18, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Bill Kittrell wrote: > DAILY REFLECTOR November 24, 1900 > Winterville News > The A. G. Cox Mfg. Co. is preparing for the coming season, the > well known and far famed Cox Cotton Planter. The demand > has been great for them. Hope to sell twice as many this year. > Harvey T. Smith came to town with a big chew of tobacco in his > mouth excited about an new addition at this house, a fine boy. > William Weathington, son of Mr. Alfred Weathington died > yeasterday morning from typhoid fever. > B. F. Tyson and W. H. White of Greenville spent a short while here > on Thursday. > A great many of our people went up near Falkland yesterday to > attend > the inquest over the remains of Mr. D. W. Clark who was shot by > Constable Joe McLawhorn last Tuesday everning. Mr. Clark before > his death lived only a short distance from here and his suddened > eath is very much deplored by our people. > Hon. Johnson Nichols spent last night here. > A. G. Cox is still paying the highest cash prices for cotton seed. > > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/ > > Message archives address: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=nc-pcfr > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Bill, This is Wonderful! Hattie Sutton was my grandmother. I think this was probably at the Forbes Schoolhouse, with so many Forbes names mentioned, although my grandmother also attended the Winterville School in 1900 and later boarded in Winterville and attended the Winterville High School. I knew she was a good student and really liked school. She adored her teachers. I remember her telling me a story about her good friend Nancy Smith. Trish On Feb 18, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Bill Kittrell wrote: > DAILY REFLECTOR March 7, 1901 > Honor Ross > At the close of Mrs. Manning's school the following names > deserve being enrolled upon the roll of honor. > Walter Forbes > Nora Forbes, Neva Forbes, Hattie Sutton, Nannie Sutton, > Nancy Smith, Carrie Smith, Mary Parker, Maud Sutton, Jueanita Manning > > COMINGS AND GOINGS > C. E. James left this morning for Danville > > J. H. Adams left this morning for Danville > > T. J. Sugg left this morning for Tarboro > > J. C. Jordan and family left this morning for Danville > > J. L. Sugg, Josiah Dixon, G. B. King and J. A. Lang returned > Wednesday evening from Washington City where they had been > to the > inauguration. > > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/ > > Message archives address: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=nc-pcfr > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Bill, Thank you for contributing these interesting items. You know I am interested in the Winterville news. My curiosity forced me to google the wonderful remedy "Balm of Figs" and I found this: Washington Times Advertisement Page-9 Date: August 13 1903 Newspaper published in: Washington, D. C. The Washington Times August 13, 1903 Advertisement Page-9 [Transcriber note: attempts are made to avoid reporting businesses that I have reported in previous postings.] Woman's Friend BALM OF FIGS An External Remedy. Mild and Soothing. Quick and Sure in Its Effect. This wonderful remedy will give immediate relief and effect a cure in all cases of female complaints. No need to pay doctors' bills, with little, if any, relief, when you can yourself in the privacy of your home. Balm of Figs will bring health and vitality where all other treatment has failed. Thousands of testimonials. 50c BOX FREE FOR TRIAL. Sold Only At Washington Branch Woman's Mutual Benefit Co., 821 Ninth Street N. W. Trish On Feb 18, 2009, at 8:07 PM, Bill Kittrell wrote: > DAILY REFLECTOR March 9, 1901 > Winterville News March 6 > Mrs. C. A. Fair ruturned Tuesday evening from Baltimore > and northern markets where she puchased the best silks. > > 1,000 good lighwood cart hubs wanted by A. G. Cox Mfg. Co. > > Hunsucker Carriage Co receives orders for buggies by the car load. > > Rev J. K. Faulkner eft Monday evening for Kinston where he has > been spedding the wee with his son > Rev Faulkner will fill his regular appointment at Ayden tomorrow. > > Misses Valiria and Gladys Fleming left on the train yesterday > morning to visit relatives near Greenville. They will return Monday > and resume their studies at the Winterville High Schoo > > 10,000 second hand white oak spokes wanted by A. G. Cox Mfg Co. > > Herbert White was here again Wednesday in his capacity as > insurance agent. He is very popular here. > > James Fleming was in our town last Wednesday > > Johnnie Tucker of Grimesland was at the present session of > Winterville High School had to return home due to the sickness of his > father. > > Eddie Clark of Black Jack spent yesterday here > > Rev C. W. Blanchard of Kinston was a guest of A. G. Cox Wednesday. > > Charles H. Lancaster who has been seriously ill we are glad to say > is very much improved. > > G. T. Tyson of Beaver Dam called to see us Tuesday > > A 50 ct box of the wonderful remedy "Balm of Figs" absolutely free > to suffering women who will write Mrs. F. O. Cox branch office > manager Winterville, NC > > > > > > > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/ > > Message archives address: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=nc-pcfr > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

DAILY REFLECTOR March 9, 1901 Greenville News R. W. Moseley went to Bethel today Prof. G. E. Lineburry was in town today J. J. Stroud went to Ayden Friday evening W. H. Dail returned Friday evening from Tarboro Marion Tucker of Norfolk came in Friday evening J. S. Norman returned Friday evening from Benson Rev F. H. Harding went to Grifton Friday evening G. B. King returned Friday evening from Washington City D. C. Moore Clerk of Superior Court went to Bethel this morning Mrs. W. H. Long returned Frieday from a visit to Raleigh Mrs. J. A. Brady returned Friday from a trip to Wilmington W. E. Purnell of Wilson came in Friday evening and has taken a position with the John Flanagan Buggy Co.

DAILY REFLECTOR March 9, 1901 Winterville News March 6 Mrs. C. A. Fair ruturned Tuesday evening from Baltimore and northern markets where she puchased the best silks. 1,000 good lighwood cart hubs wanted by A. G. Cox Mfg. Co. Hunsucker Carriage Co receives orders for buggies by the car load. Rev J. K. Faulkner eft Monday evening for Kinston where he has been spedding the wee with his son Rev Faulkner will fill his regular appointment at Ayden tomorrow. Misses Valiria and Gladys Fleming left on the train yesterday morning to visit relatives near Greenville. They will return Monday and resume their studies at the Winterville High Schoo 10,000 second hand white oak spokes wanted by A. G. Cox Mfg Co. Herbert White was here again Wednesday in his capacity as insurance agent. He is very popular here. James Fleming was in our town last Wednesday Johnnie Tucker of Grimesland was at the present session of Winterville High School had to return home due to the sickness of his father. Eddie Clark of Black Jack spent yesterday here Rev C. W. Blanchard of Kinston was a guest of A. G. Cox Wednesday. Charles H. Lancaster who has been seriously ill we are glad to say is very much improved. G. T. Tyson of Beaver Dam called to see us Tuesday A 50 ct box of the wonderful remedy "Balm of Figs" absolutely free to suffering women who will write Mrs. F. O. Cox branch office manager Winterville, NC

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DAILY REFLECTOR March 7, 1901 Honor Ross At the close of Mrs. Manning's school the following names deserve being enrolled upon the roll of honor. Walter Forbes Nora Forbes, Neva Forbes, Hattie Sutton, Nannie Sutton, Nancy Smith, Carrie Smith, Mary Parker, Maud Sutton, Jueanita Manning COMINGS AND GOINGS C. E. James left this morning for Danville J. H. Adams left this morning for Danville T. J. Sugg left this morning for Tarboro J. C. Jordan and family left this morning for Danville J. L. Sugg, Josiah Dixon, G. B. King and J. A. Lang returned Wednesday evening from Washington City where they had been to the inauguration.

DAILY REFLECTOR March 7, 1901 Black Jack Items March 5 Abram Dixon attended services at Bear Creek last Sunday Miss Mary Mills, of this place is visiting here sister near Gallaway' X Roads Robert Dixon returned yesterday from GGrindool. C. W. Reuss passed thrugh today enroute for Washington. Little Miss Beckie Mills is visiting her papa near Clay Root. Miss Lula Smith was the guest of Miss Lucy White yesterday Our school closed last Thursday and W. H. Wynne our most successfulteacher made his departure for Birmingham, Ala. where he will enter a business college.

DAILY REFLECTOR November 24, 1900 Winterville News The A. G. Cox Mfg. Co. is preparing for the coming season, the well known and far famed Cox Cotton Planter. The demand has been great for them. Hope to sell twice as many this year. Harvey T. Smith came to town with a big chew of tobacco in his mouth excited about an new addition at this house, a fine boy. William Weathington, son of Mr. Alfred Weathington died yeasterday morning from typhoid fever. B. F. Tyson and W. H. White of Greenville spent a short while here on Thursday. A great many of our people went up near Falkland yesterday to attend the inquest over the remains of Mr. D. W. Clark who was shot by Constable Joe McLawhorn last Tuesday everning. Mr. Clark before his death lived only a short distance from here and his suddened eath is very much deplored by our people. Hon. Johnson Nichols spent last night here. A. G. Cox is still paying the highest cash prices for cotton seed.

When I read the part about two ladies that went to Bethel to shop. I thought what a difference a 103 years make. My husband just closed his business due to arthritis and conditions of the building. He has barbered for 48 years plus. The two Funeral homes, I guess, are the money making business here in town. Hope they don't get any business from me. But, God has blessed Steve and I, and we are content with life. God Bless (Red Skeleton was and is my favorite comedian) Annette Ginn Roebuck, Senior Sis> From: wbk99@embarqmail.com> To: nc-pcfr-l@rootsweb.com> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:07:12 -0500> Subject: [NC-PCFR] DAILY REFLECTOR> > I found some old newspapers and thought the names might interest> some of you. This is 1906, over 100 years ago.> > June 4, 1906 News from the Daily Reflector> > STOKES NEWS June 2, 1906 > D. W. Bailey went to Parmele this evening.> Quite a number of traveling men have been in town this week.> Miss Lillian Stokes who has been attending school at Louisbury> returned home last week accompanied by Miss Ida Ellis> W. W. thomas and W. G. Stokes are attedning Federal Court in Raleigh> L. H. Roberson went to Washing Wednesday> Pig Forbes of Greenville passed through town this evening.> Miss Susie Ross has returned from a visit at Robersonville.> Mrs. R. B. Brown is in town shopping this evening.> Miss Cora Roberson returned today from a visit to Mrs. C. F. Page.> Miss Ida Ellis went to Washington last Wednesday on her way home.> Miss Pattie Davenport spent Sunday evening here> with Miss Lillian Stokes.> Lee Davenport was here Sunday night to call on Miss Ellis.> Misses Rosa Stokes and Leslie Elliott of Washington were> here Sunday to visit.> Mrs. W. G. Stokes and daughter, Miss Lillian went to Bethel shopping.> Cleveland Gurganus returned from college a few days ago.> His many friends were glad to see him.> Marvin Nobles is in town.> > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/> > Message archives address:> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=nc-pcfr> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_howitworks_022009

Annette, we don't tend to think of as you mention, people would go to Bethel to shop. But the small towns and villages of those days were centers of activity. Heres some notes in the July 4, 1906 about Greenville people. C. V. York went to Richmond Sunday morning. Walter Johnson went to Norfolk this moring. Mrs. J. B. Cherry went to Norfolk this morning. Miss Lollie White went to Norfolk this morning Hill Horne of Baltimore came in Saturday evening. J. L. Fleming went to Winterville this morning. Prof. H. B. Smith went to Seven Springs Saturday everning. Mrs. Harry Skinner went to Richmond this morning. Mrs. T. E. Hooker went to Smithfield this morning. Argal (?) Vick went to New Bern Saturday evening Leon Smith of Winterville (unable to read, crease in paper.

June 4, 1906 Mrs. Isabella Moore, widow of James Spencer Moore died at her home in Pactolus township the 28th day of May 1906 age about 84 years. NOTE: This had been published in PCFR Quarterly previously. Charles Beverly, aged 6 month infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Latham died Saturday night at their home in South Greenville after a few days illness with menigitis. Intrment took place at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Cherry Hill cemetery services being conducted by Rev. H. H. Moore. The pallbearerers were, Messrs, T. E. Hooker, D. S. Spain, N. W. Jackson and W. J. Turnage.

I found some old newspapers and thought the names might interest some of you. This is 1906, over 100 years ago. June 4, 1906 News from the Daily Reflector STOKES NEWS June 2, 1906 D. W. Bailey went to Parmele this evening. Quite a number of traveling men have been in town this week. Miss Lillian Stokes who has been attending school at Louisbury returned home last week accompanied by Miss Ida Ellis W. W. thomas and W. G. Stokes are attedning Federal Court in Raleigh L. H. Roberson went to Washing Wednesday Pig Forbes of Greenville passed through town this evening. Miss Susie Ross has returned from a visit at Robersonville. Mrs. R. B. Brown is in town shopping this evening. Miss Cora Roberson returned today from a visit to Mrs. C. F. Page. Miss Ida Ellis went to Washington last Wednesday on her way home. Miss Pattie Davenport spent Sunday evening here with Miss Lillian Stokes. Lee Davenport was here Sunday night to call on Miss Ellis. Misses Rosa Stokes and Leslie Elliott of Washington were here Sunday to visit. Mrs. W. G. Stokes and daughter, Miss Lillian went to Bethel shopping. Cleveland Gurganus returned from college a few days ago. His many friends were glad to see him. Marvin Nobles is in town.

How the Tobacco Culture Was Introduced into Pitt County We have been hearing more and more lately about the future development of Greenville’s historic Tobacco District. Developers have been buying up buildings and land to put up apartments and businesses. It is beginning to sound as if the whole area, when developed, will become a destination point with shops, galleries, museums, restaurants, and studio apartments. While other places across the country have saved their past and made it into an economic draw, there has been a trend across North Carolina, beginning in the 1990’s, like 1960’s, to “erase, remove and cover up the past.” Like other great places, we need to save our architecturally interesting old tobacco factories and readapt them into thriving places. Greenville has tragically lost the massive Imperial Tobacco Company building to arson; but there are other large tobacco factories of great character left to save. Then there are other people who want to bull-doze the Tobacco District into the ground because tobacco is terrible and must be forgotten. People who are new to Greenville do not always understand the importance of our agricultural background and how it got us to the place we are to today. To honor tobacco in its place in our history is not condoning the use of tobacco, but recognizing it as an integral part of our cultural heritage. It is well known that the tobacco industry began in Pitt County in the 1880’s. In 1886, Dr. J. T. Sledge, Pitt County Superintendent of Health, sold a locally made cigar called “Greenville’s Future,” said to be the best 5 cent cigar in town. Tobacco was certainly Greenville’s future. Because of tobacco, Greenville grew rapidly, becoming a thriving commercial and cultural center in eastern North Carolina. This “Golden Weed” changed the face of Greenville by bringing financial prosperity and opportunity to its city and rural inhabitants. Tobacco money raised the standard of living for the average farmer, expanded business, and helped build the University, hospitals and schools in Greenville. Looking back in history, tobacco was used as currency in the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1791, the General Assembly of North Carolina named Greenville as a tobacco inspection station on the Tar River. Tobacco soon lost its value as currency and it was stopped being grown. Many years later, several attempts were made in Pitt County to again grow tobacco commercially. As early as 1851, Dr. Noah Joyner tried to raise a crop of “Persian tobacco” on his farm near Falkland. What crop he made he had turned into cigars and over the years gave them out on special occasions. It wasn’t until the mid 1880’s that the story of Pitt County’s tobacco industry truly begins. In the summer of 1885, Leon F. Evans of Pitt County was traveling in Nash County, NC. He noticed that a few of the farmers up there were planting tobacco and asking around found that it was a paying crop. He noticed, too, that the land was very much the same nature as Pitt County. While there he met and befriended Mr. J. T. Seat of Granville Co., NC who was then overseeing a tobacco farm near Rocky Mount. They both became warm friends and after Mr. Evans returned home he induced Mr. Seat to come to Pitt County to teach people to raise tobacco. Mr. Evans said he could get together a tobacco club since he believed that Pitt County could produce equally as fine tobacco as Nash County. On the appointed day Mr. Evans met Mr. Seat in Tarboro, NC, and took led him to his home in Pitt County. Mr. Evans announced through the community that Mr. Seat would be at the home of A. A. Forbes on a certain night and would like to confer with all the farmers in the vicinity who were interested in tobacco culture. At the appointed time the following men met and contracted with Mr. Seat for his help the ensuing year: A. A. Forbes, Leon F. Evans and Jacob Joyner agreeing to plant 8 acres and pay Mr. Seat $100.00 each and G. F. Evans and T. J. Stancill to plant 4 acres each and pay $50.00. After Mr. Seat had returned to Nash County to wind up his affairs, some of the men became dissatisfied with their bargain and instructed Leon F. Evans, who was acting as their leader, to write to Mr. Seat not to come back. Apparently Mr. Seat didn’t receive the letter and appeared at the appointed time. So, by being forced to continue by a point of duty, the men planted the first crop of tobacco of any consequence planted in Pitt County. The next thing in order was the building of tobacco curing barns. The first one was built in February 1886 by Jacob Joyner and followed soon after by four curing barns built by Leon F. Evans. Jacob Joyner’s barn was a tall frame structure lathed and plastered and sixteen feet square each way. It was remembered that while the plastering was still soft, Mr. Seat walked to the opposite wall from the door and with his forefinger printed his initials of his name. These Pitt County pioneers in tobacco culture did not find it a very profitable crop the first year and while some of them were almost discouraged and out of the notion of planting any more, they continued to plant some tobacco every year since the first. The second year a few other neighboring farmers were enticed to plant a small crop and they met with fairly good success. The third year a good many farmers planted small crops in different sections and most all of them made good money out of it. The fourth year, 1890, there was probably a thousand acres planted in Pitt County and nearly everybody made more money out of their tobacco than any other crop. One of the early disadvantages of the early tobacco growers was that the product had to be carried long distances to markets to be sold. These early farmers in the Greenville area first carried their crops by wagon to markets in Henderson, Oxford and Wilson, NC. With the opening of the Wilson warehouse an outlet was made for our farmers to get rid of their tobacco close to home. Nearly every farmer that had planted any tobacco in 1890 increased his crop in 1891, besides numbers who had never planted any began cultivating it. So, in 1891 three thousand acres of tobacco was planted in Pitt County, but it turned out to be a bad crop. The heavy rains in July caused it to fire on the hill, but at this time the culture of tobacco had spread from the little community just above Greenville almost all over Eastern Carolina. Farmers had gone to the expense of making preparations and one poor crop did not discourage them. Though some reduced their acreage, a great many who had never planted before planted a few acres. The tobacco marketing situation changed when in June 1891, a stock company was organized in Greenville to build a tobacco warehouse. The first officers of the Greenville Tobacco Warehouse Company where R. J. Cobb, president; C. W. Priddy, vice-president; J. B. Cherry, treasurer; and J. L. Little, secretary. The company bought a neglected old pine and broom sedge field, considered almost worthless, on what is Ninth Street in Greenville. There on Sept. 23, 1891 the Greenville Tobacco Warehouse was opened for the sale of tobacco to large fan fare. It was that day that marked the beginning of a new era in the prosperity of the town and community. The next warehouse, the Eastern Tobacco Warehouse, was built in 1892 and was operated by O. L. Joyner and Alex Heilbroner. These were followed in 1895 by the Planters Warehouse built and operated by E. A. Moye and Ola Forbes. The fourth warehouse was the Star Warehouse built by C. D. Rountree, Wiley Brown and McG. Ernul and the fifth was the Farmers Warehouse. As the market grew, many more warehouses and factories appeared over the years and they placed Greenville up among the greatest tobacco marketing centers in the world. So, from the above story Leon F. Evans (1860-1940) has the honor of being the father of tobacco culture in Pitt County. He was the first to prove that it could be successfully raised here. By its introduction into Pitt County, tobacco was destined to raise the yoke of depression and demoralization from the shoulders of the then poor, mortgaged and dejected farmers of Pitt County. _________________________________________________________________ Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008

History of Girl Scouts in Greenville Over the last 88 years Girl Scouts have had a long history of activity in Greenville. The first Girl Scout troop was formed by Juliette Low in Savannah, Ga. in 1912 and since then millions of young girls have become scouts around the world. The Girl Scouts, under the guidance of caring leaders, prepare for their future roles as citizens and professional women in a recreational and educational atmosphere. In early 1920, Miss Ernestine Forbes and Miss Novella Moye organized the first Girl Scout group in Greenville. In June 1920, these girls joined the Boy Scouts for a ten day campout to White Lake in Bladen County, NC. In 1921, the Girl Scouts raised money to join the Boy Scouts for a ten day outing to Pamlico Beach in Beaufort County. Over the next many years both the Girl Scout and Boy Scout movements in Greenville had a tough time with starts and stops. In 1931, Mrs. J. B. Smith, Mrs. Howard McGinnis, and Mrs. E. P. Arnold formed another troop under the leadership of Miss Jeanette Whedmore and Miss Inez VanDyke. This group too disbanded and after years of trying to get local women’s groups to sponsor a troop, the Woman’s Missionary Society of the Memorial Baptist Church created a troop in April 1937. This troop, organized by Mrs. Ralph Mozo and Mrs. Eugene Wilson, had 42 girls at its first meeting. In Dec. 1937, another Girl Scout organization was started under the leadership of Miss Evelyn Rogers of the Greenville High School faculty and Mrs. Herman Chase, an instructor at the College. In 1938, Miss Virginia Boerger of Duluth, Minn., a Greenville High School teacher, organized Girl Scout Troop No. 1. Under her capable leadership, by 1939 membership had grown from 18 to 160 girls. In March 1939 another Girl Scout troop was organized and sponsored by the Greenville Business and Professional Women’s Club. According to feature on the Girl Scouts in the local newspaper in Oct. 1939, the Girl Scouts were organized in Greenville for less than a year and received money from the Greenville Community Chest. There were “157 Girl Scouts in Greenville; two senior Girl Scout troops, three intermediate troops, one Brownie pack, 40 second class scouts, five first class Scouts, 15 Brownies and 97 tenderfoot Scouts.” Sponsors of these groups were the Greenville Business and Professional Women’s Club, the Presbyterian Church and the Woman’s Club. The following year the Girl Scouts had entered into the clean-up week program; sang Christmas Carols at the hospital, participated in the Christmas Seal sale, conducted a Christmas Party for underprivileged children, gave Christmas baskets, acted as hostesses at the leadership meeting at Rocky Mount, NC, marched in the Legion Parade, marched in the Memorial Day parade, maintained a child nursery for children of employed mothers and helped others keep order during the Halloween Street Dance. In Nov. 1939, Student Lieutenants were named to assist different troops, they being: Margaret Johnston and Martha Barton in charge of Troop 2 of Intermediate Scouts; Ann Hardee and Margaret Lee Duke to conduct troop 4 and Anne B. Blank and Mary Elizabeth Austin to conduct the Brownie Pack. In Dec. 1939, the first Girl Scout Advisory Council was organized and Mrs. J. B. Kittrell was named as the first commissioner; Dr. Dr. S. M. Crisp, deputy commissioner and Mrs. E. L. Henderson, secretary-treasurer. The other directors were Mrs. J. B. Smith, training; Miss Helen Gaskins, camping; J. J. White, finance; Dr. R. S. Boyd, public reading; Mrs. E. P. Duke, programs; Mrs. Fred Blank, statistical; J. B. James and Mrs. H. H. Duncan, community. The Greenville Girl Scout Council, Inc. was formed under the direction of J. B. James, an attorney, and Miss Florence Lanning acted as the first executive secretary until December 1941. Mrs. J. D. Collins, Jr. of Atlanta, Ga. acted as the next executive secretary. In 1940, spearheaded by J. H. Rose, a cabin at the intersection of 14th and Elm Streets was obtained for Girl Scout use and was called the “Little House.” The cabin had a library, kitchen, sleeping facilities and a large meeting and game room. It was used for several years and eventually became a private residence. In 1941, the Girl Scouts had an office in the Greenville Municipal building, had activities on the second floor of the Rotary Building and had summer day camps at the farm of Greenville Mayor, B. B. Sugg on the Falkland highway. In June 1941, at a meeting of the Camp Committee of the Girl Scout Council, Dr. S. M. Crisp, chairman of the committee, announced that the Girl Scout Council had acquired an option on 21 acres on Pamlico Sound, eight miles below Washington. Because of the generosity of a group of Greenville citizens, the Rotary Club and a $10,000 Memorial gift from Henry Hardee, Camp Hardee was formally dedicated on June 27, 1942. The site was named Camp Hardee as a memorial to Hardee’s parents, Epenetus and Serena Nelson Hardee. Miss Jane McConnell of Clarksville, Ga. was named as the third executive secretary and as the first director of Camp Hardee. Others who served as Directors of Camp Hardee were Mrs. James T. Uzzle, Mrs. Katherine Adams, Mrs. E. L. Henderson and Mrs. J. Knott Proctor (who served from 1952-1959). In May 1941, the Blount-Harvey Department store opened a Girl Scout equipment department and in Oct. 1941the senior Girl Scout Council opened a service bureau in Blount–Harvey’s to distribute service materials to scouts. In March of every year during the week-long celebration of the Girls Scouts birthday it is remembered that Blount-Harvey’s gave out Girl Scout souvenirs. In Oct. 1941, Mary Ann Duncan was the first Girl Scout in Greenville to attain her first class ranking at a Court of Award Ceremony held at the High School. Others who received their First Class recognition the same time were Joyce Corbett, Dorothy Nell Henderson, Marie Rouse and Ann Cox. Also formed in 1941 was the Senior Scouts called the “Mariners” consisting of Sarah Moore, Janet Evans, Margaret Jones, Jane Smith, Dorothy Mixon, Josephine Gibson, Pat Waldrop, and Pearl Saieed. Other Girl Scout leaders at this time were Mrs. J. H. Waldrop, Mrs. R. C. Rankin, Mrs. Jack Kilgo, Mrs. Roy Coburn and Mrs. Ed Anthony. On Nov. 17, 1941, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt came to Greenville and the Girl Scouts met her and presented her with a bouquet of flowers during a ceremony on the porch of the College President’s home on Fifth Street. In Jan. 1942, the Curved Bar, the highest award in Girl Scouting, was presented for the first time in Greenville to Dorothy Nell Henderson, Eleanor James and Kathryn VanNortwick. In Feb. 1942, the black Girl Scout Leadership Association was formed which organized the five black Girl Scout Troops that had recently formed. Miss Sadie I. Saulter, a school teacher, was named as the first president; Mrs. C. E. Artis as vice-president; Miss A. L. Morgan as secretary; Miss Lottie Gray as asst. secretary and Mrs. D. L. Daniels as treasurer. The group met on the first Monday of each month, alternately at Fifth Street School and Fleming Street School. By 1943 there were six black Girl Scout troops, one being Brownie Troop 14, under the leadership of C. V. Chase. Because of the racial separation at the time, black Girl Scout troops held their day camps in the woods beside the Fifth Street School in West Greenville. Some of the early black Girl Scout leaders were Mrs. N. W. Cherry, Mrs. C. V. Marshmond, Mrs. L. V. Sledge, Mrs. L. R. Taylor, Mrs. M. B. Godett, Miss S. A. Phillips, Miss C. M. McKnight, Mrs. M. G. Robinson, and Miss Caesar. In Dec. 1942, Mrs. E. N. Henderson was named as the second Girl Scout Commissioner and she was followed by Mrs. W. P. Moore, Mrs. J. Knott Proctor, Mrs. J. K. Long, Mrs. B. B. Sugg, Jr., Mrs. Charles White and Mrs. W. M. Reading. In 1943, the City of Greenville gave the Girl Scouts a piece of land in the ravine facing Third Street with a small house on it. The Girl Scouts wanted to remodel the house into a new “Little House” and because of WWII, building supplies were scarce. The Girl Scouts went on a campaign to get contributions of building supplies. In 1954, the Girl Scout Cookie Sale was held for the first time during “Girl scout Week” in March and the proceeds were to benefit the “Little House” project. Whatever became of the “Little House” project is unclear. The Greenville Girl Scouts Council held annual banquets and “Teas” at the Woman’s Club and later at the Rotary Club. At a banquet at the Rotary Club in Feb. 1947, Mrs. Frank Bendall was presented with the Girl Scout Thank Badge for her years of service to the Greenville Girl Scouts. Pitt County had two representatives, Shirley Harrell and Noel Lang, selected to attend the annual Senior Roundup held in Colorado Springs, Co. in July 1958. In 1959, there was a consolidation of small councils and the Greenville Girl Scouts Council joined the Coastal Carolina Council. The Coastal Carolina Council, based in Goldsboro, NC, included 20 counties extending from Wilmington to Martin County. 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The February, 2009 issue of THE NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL has 10 pages of the issue dedicated to "People Finders for North Carolina" by Jeffrey L. Haines, CG. It suggests some strategies, and then lists 25 souces that help locate people. Jo Prytherch -----Original Message----- >From: Karen Luckenbaugh <klucken@ix.netcom.com> >Sent: Feb 9, 2009 2:14 PM >To: nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com >Subject: [NC-PCFR] Pitt Co, NC to Caldwell Co, KY > >Paula, > It might be worth your time to check out military land grants. Some of my Johnston/Johnsons of Pitt Co, NC made the move to Caldwell and Livingston Co, KY by way of military (Revolutionary War) land grants. Karen > >-----Original Message----- >>From: Paula Baker <paulabaker69@yahoo.com> >>Sent: Feb 6, 2009 9:58 AM >>To: nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] STEWART COUNTY, TENN. DEEDS >> >>Roger and others, >> >>On the BakerDNA.net website, my Bakers from Greene Co and Pitt have matched someone from Kentucky. In tracing all of this back, we suspect that we are part of the early Bertie County Bakers who branched out to Greene, Gates, Pitt, etc. So far we can't trace exact lines. My father matched pretty closely a man whose Bakers may have come from Caldwell Co KY. >> 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 >> >> >> >> >>________________________________ >>From: Roger E. Kammerer <kammerer@hotmail.com> >>To: PCFR PCFR <nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2009 10:25:49 PM >>Subject: [NC-PCFR] STEWART COUNTY, TENN. DEEDS >> >> >>STEWART COUNTY, TENN. DEEDS >> >>Book 2 [1806-1809 registrations for 1783-1809 deeds] >> >> >>2 Edward HARRIS (Craven Co., NC) to John BRYAN Jr. (Johnston Co., NC), 640a on N side of Obion River, on a creek below Big Clover Lick, adj. James MARTIN’s N boundary & HARRIS’ entry #2373; wit: Blake BRYAN, M. GILLUS; 17 Jul 1791, registered in Johnston Co. Aug 1791 (Book T, p. 14) >>251 State of NC #2406 to Sherrod BARROW, assignee of Archibald DAVIS, 640a in Sumner Co., on the creek that Joseph THOMAS was killed, about 7 miles below Aaron LAMBERT’s entry #1399; 20 Jan 1894, registered 28 Nov 1808 >>253 Thomas BLANCHARD and George CHANDLER to Samuel MARSH (all of Norfolk, VA), 15 tracts, incl. 13 warrants belonging to Benjamin SHEPHERD of Glasgow Co., NC (warrants 352, 358, 364, 372, 355, 350 & 533 for 640a each; warrants 669, 670, 671, 672 & 673 for 1000a each), plus 2 tracts belonging to the heirs of John McNEESE (Mary McNEESE, Sarah McNEESE, Anna McNEESE, Humphrey & Hannah JONES); wit: Jonan LANGLEY, Richard ARCHER, James L. COX; 24 Sep 1798, registered 19 Dec 1808 >>256 Benjamin SHEPHERD (Glasgow Co., NC) to James TUCKER (Norfolk, Va.), 13 tracts (patents 352, 358, 364, 372, 355, 350, 533 @ 640a each, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673 @ 1000a each, patent 1807 in Sumner Co. @ 640a); wit: Martin G. SHEPHERD, Sherrod BARROW (Hancock Co., GA); 13 Jan 1797, registered 20 Dec 1808 >>259 William PUGH Jr. (Bertie Co., NC) to the children of his brother Henry H. PUGH, deed of gift of 5 trunks & 2 beds already in his brother’s possession; 8 Aug 1808, registered 21 Dec 1808 >>260 William PUGH Sr. (Bertie Co., NC) to the children of his son Henry Hill PUGH, deed of gift of Negroes Jim & Molley; 8 Aug 1808, registered 21 Dec 1808 >>281 State of NC #1167 to Pvt. Lewis CANNON, 1584a on Spring Creek (where a party of surveyors was defeated in November 1789), adj. MONTFLORENCE; 26 Nov 1789, registered 5 Apr 1808 in Montgomery Co., registered 18 Feb 1809 in Stewart Co. >>288 William CURL (Stewart Co. Sheriff) to William M. COOLEY, 388a on Dyers Creek; land was sold for delinquent 1804 taxes of Lewis CANNON, and was part of his 1584a NC grant #1167 on 26 Nov 1789; 25 Oct 1808, registered 25 Feb 1809 >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Windows Live™: E-mail. 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Paula, It might be worth your time to check out military land grants. Some of my Johnston/Johnsons of Pitt Co, NC made the move to Caldwell and Livingston Co, KY by way of military (Revolutionary War) land grants. Karen -----Original Message----- >From: Paula Baker <paulabaker69@yahoo.com> >Sent: Feb 6, 2009 9:58 AM >To: nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] STEWART COUNTY, TENN. DEEDS > >Roger and others, > >On the BakerDNA.net website, my Bakers from Greene Co and Pitt have matched someone from Kentucky. In tracing all of this back, we suspect that we are part of the early Bertie County Bakers who branched out to Greene, Gates, Pitt, etc. So far we can't trace exact lines. My father matched pretty closely a man whose Bakers may have come from Caldwell Co KY. > 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 > > > > >________________________________ >From: Roger E. Kammerer <kammerer@hotmail.com> >To: PCFR PCFR <nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2009 10:25:49 PM >Subject: [NC-PCFR] STEWART COUNTY, TENN. DEEDS > > >STEWART COUNTY, TENN. DEEDS > >Book 2 [1806-1809 registrations for 1783-1809 deeds] > > >2 Edward HARRIS (Craven Co., NC) to John BRYAN Jr. (Johnston Co., NC), 640a on N side of Obion River, on a creek below Big Clover Lick, adj. James MARTIN’s N boundary & HARRIS’ entry #2373; wit: Blake BRYAN, M. GILLUS; 17 Jul 1791, registered in Johnston Co. Aug 1791 (Book T, p. 14) >251 State of NC #2406 to Sherrod BARROW, assignee of Archibald DAVIS, 640a in Sumner Co., on the creek that Joseph THOMAS was killed, about 7 miles below Aaron LAMBERT’s entry #1399; 20 Jan 1894, registered 28 Nov 1808 >253 Thomas BLANCHARD and George CHANDLER to Samuel MARSH (all of Norfolk, VA), 15 tracts, incl. 13 warrants belonging to Benjamin SHEPHERD of Glasgow Co., NC (warrants 352, 358, 364, 372, 355, 350 & 533 for 640a each; warrants 669, 670, 671, 672 & 673 for 1000a each), plus 2 tracts belonging to the heirs of John McNEESE (Mary McNEESE, Sarah McNEESE, Anna McNEESE, Humphrey & Hannah JONES); wit: Jonan LANGLEY, Richard ARCHER, James L. COX; 24 Sep 1798, registered 19 Dec 1808 >256 Benjamin SHEPHERD (Glasgow Co., NC) to James TUCKER (Norfolk, Va.), 13 tracts (patents 352, 358, 364, 372, 355, 350, 533 @ 640a each, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673 @ 1000a each, patent 1807 in Sumner Co. @ 640a); wit: Martin G. SHEPHERD, Sherrod BARROW (Hancock Co., GA); 13 Jan 1797, registered 20 Dec 1808 >259 William PUGH Jr. (Bertie Co., NC) to the children of his brother Henry H. PUGH, deed of gift of 5 trunks & 2 beds already in his brother’s possession; 8 Aug 1808, registered 21 Dec 1808 >260 William PUGH Sr. (Bertie Co., NC) to the children of his son Henry Hill PUGH, deed of gift of Negroes Jim & Molley; 8 Aug 1808, registered 21 Dec 1808 >281 State of NC #1167 to Pvt. Lewis CANNON, 1584a on Spring Creek (where a party of surveyors was defeated in November 1789), adj. MONTFLORENCE; 26 Nov 1789, registered 5 Apr 1808 in Montgomery Co., registered 18 Feb 1809 in Stewart Co. >288 William CURL (Stewart Co. Sheriff) to William M. COOLEY, 388a on Dyers Creek; land was sold for delinquent 1804 taxes of Lewis CANNON, and was part of his 1584a NC grant #1167 on 26 Nov 1789; 25 Oct 1808, registered 25 Feb 1809 > >_________________________________________________________________ >Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. >http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_AE_Faster_022009 >Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/ > >Message archives address: >http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=nc-pcfr > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/ > >Message archives address: >http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=nc-pcfr > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Roger and others, On the BakerDNA.net website, my Bakers from Greene Co and Pitt have matched someone from Kentucky.  In tracing all of this back, we suspect that we are part of the early Bertie County Bakers who branched out to Greene, Gates, Pitt, etc.  So far we can't trace exact lines.  My father matched pretty closely a man whose Bakers may have come from Caldwell Co KY.   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 ________________________________ From: Roger E. Kammerer <kammerer@hotmail.com> To: PCFR PCFR <nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2009 10:25:49 PM Subject: [NC-PCFR] STEWART COUNTY, TENN. DEEDS STEWART COUNTY, TENN. DEEDS Book 2  [1806-1809 registrations for 1783-1809 deeds] 2          Edward HARRIS (Craven Co., NC) to John BRYAN Jr. (Johnston Co., NC), 640a on N side of Obion River, on a creek below Big Clover Lick, adj. James MARTIN’s N boundary & HARRIS’ entry #2373; wit:  Blake BRYAN, M. GILLUS; 17 Jul 1791, registered in Johnston Co. Aug 1791 (Book T, p. 14) 251      State of NC #2406 to Sherrod BARROW, assignee of Archibald DAVIS, 640a in Sumner Co., on the creek that Joseph THOMAS was killed, about 7 miles below Aaron LAMBERT’s entry #1399; 20 Jan 1894, registered 28 Nov 1808 253      Thomas BLANCHARD and George CHANDLER to Samuel MARSH (all of Norfolk, VA), 15 tracts, incl. 13 warrants belonging to Benjamin SHEPHERD of Glasgow Co., NC (warrants 352, 358, 364, 372, 355, 350 & 533 for 640a each; warrants 669, 670, 671, 672 & 673 for 1000a each), plus 2 tracts belonging to the heirs of John McNEESE (Mary McNEESE, Sarah McNEESE, Anna McNEESE, Humphrey & Hannah JONES); wit:  Jonan LANGLEY, Richard ARCHER, James L. COX; 24 Sep 1798, registered 19 Dec 1808 256      Benjamin SHEPHERD (Glasgow Co., NC) to James TUCKER (Norfolk, Va.), 13 tracts (patents 352, 358, 364, 372, 355, 350, 533 @ 640a each, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673 @ 1000a each, patent 1807 in Sumner Co. @ 640a); wit:  Martin G. SHEPHERD, Sherrod BARROW (Hancock Co., GA); 13 Jan 1797, registered 20 Dec 1808 259      William PUGH Jr. (Bertie Co., NC) to the children of his brother Henry H. PUGH, deed of gift of 5 trunks & 2 beds already in his brother’s possession; 8 Aug 1808, registered 21 Dec 1808 260      William PUGH Sr. (Bertie Co., NC) to the children of his son Henry Hill PUGH, deed of gift of Negroes Jim & Molley; 8 Aug 1808, registered 21 Dec 1808 281      State of NC #1167 to Pvt. Lewis CANNON, 1584a on Spring Creek (where a party of surveyors was defeated in November 1789), adj. MONTFLORENCE; 26 Nov 1789, registered 5 Apr 1808 in Montgomery Co., registered 18 Feb 1809 in Stewart Co. 288      William CURL (Stewart Co. Sheriff) to William M. COOLEY, 388a on Dyers Creek; land was sold for delinquent 1804 taxes of Lewis CANNON, and was part of his 1584a NC grant #1167 on 26 Nov 1789; 25 Oct 1808, registered 25 Feb 1809 _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_AE_Faster_022009 Pitt County Family Researchers  website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/ Message archives address: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=nc-pcfr ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Mayo family Bible, Tennessee Mayo Family Holy Bible from 1829 printed by D. Fanshaw in New York in 1829. It contains names and birth dates of seven different people, all last name Mayo and the earliest is from 1861. Jabbith [Tabbitha?] Mayo borned [sic] Sept. 10, 1861 John Henry Mayo was born Feb. -- 1874 David Andrew Mayo was born March 23, 1878 Cornalia [sic] Mayo was borned June 14, 1894 Brian's Research: 1880 Census Place Belews, Gibson, Tennessee Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace William S. MAYO Self M Male W 27 TN Farmer NC NC Tabitha MAYO Wife M Female W 29 TN Keeping House NC NC John H. MAYO Son S Male W 6 TN At Home TN TN Mary C. MAYO Dau S Female W 3 TN At Home TN TN David A. MAYO Son S Male W 2 TN At Home TN TN Charles B. MAYO Son S Male W 5M TN At Home TN TN Source Information: Family History Library Film 1255255 NA Film Number T9-1255 Page Number 460A _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_022009

Stokley Stewart County Deed Book C (typed in 1921 as Book 3) [1809-1818 registrations for 1789-1818 deeds] 23 23 Stokley DONALDSON (Knoxville, TN) to Phillip Whitehead JACKSON, 640a; “This tract of land is situated in Sumner County Tennessee on the creek that Jessie THOMASSON was killed about 7 miles below Aaron LAMBERT’s entry #1399”; land was originally granted by State of NC grant #2406 to Sherrod BARROW, assignee of Archibald DAVIS; another 640a on Lost Creek “on both sides of the Chicamauga path”, and three other 640a tracts on Caney Fork of Cumberland River; wit: John WRIGHT, William CQUISTON (?), B. BENTON; 13 Jul 1796, registered 1 Jul 1809 in White County Book A pgs. 314-322 _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_022009