After my last attempt to send you a URL..I am almost afraid to try again. ;-) I have posted a new Gedcom from Yvonne Kimbrell Gray today. You can find it through my home page listed on the bottom of this message. there are many NC names included. The Gedcom software has been updated and is much better. If I have yours posted, it might be time to update it. If I don't, consider sharing. The following information is from Frank Bell, re: Secretary of State Wills: To obtain copies of the wills, "write to Kim Cumber Search Room, NC Division of Archives and History 109 E. Jones St Raleigh, NC 27601-2807 send a self-addressed stamped envelope your one question a check for $8.00 (search fee) in return mail, you will be advised of the number of pages in the estate folder and the cost to produce copies. As I understand, prior to the revolution wills and estate records were filed with the Secretary of State office. These wills are not to be found in county records, but the original wills are found at the NC State Archives" Mary Westbrook-Drake ICQ# 14695319 <http://www.thedrake.org/note1.htm>

Can someone do a lookup on Walter Mathis born Sept.30,.1896, in Duplin Co, Rose Hill, NC? He married Lottie Estelle McLamb, they moved to Wayne Co. Goldsboro, NC. I am trying find out what his mother's name, dates of birth and death, she died when he was 4 years old.. He was raised by two Aunts: Rhodia and Mattie ( Aunt Matt) Mathis. He left home at 16 years old and worked in Sampson county at a lumber mill until he met and married my grandmother.My grandfather was Mulattto and his sister was Black. He had a sister, Hattie Mathis Bowden?? I am not sure of his lastname. She was born about abt 1895. She married Abe, Sr. and they had 4 children: Abe, Jr., Thomas, Martha and Edna. Does anyone have the 1870-1900 census for the county above. The last we heard of his sister's family some went to NY. I am tracing my family roots. Please respond if you have any information on this MATHIS family. E-mail me at ally3729@aol.com Alice West Ferguson, Granddaughter Greenbelt, MD

Descendants of Hargett Kornegay Generation No. 1 1. HARGETT4 KORNEGAY (ISAAC3, WILLIAM2, GEORGE1) was born September 17, 1793 in NC, and died August 18, 1875. He married SUSANNA SIMMONS. In the 1880 Census Susan (was in the hh of R.H. Kornegay age25, C.T. (bro) 23) listed as Grandmother age 81, Ahasarus 65 uncle (in my notes i have Ahasarus was m to Jane Winders ,who was she the dau of?? Children of HARGETT KORNEGAY and SUSANNA SIMMONS are: 2. i. WILLIAM5 KORNEGAY, b. December 16, 1823, Duplin Co.,NC.; d. May 06, 1892. 3. ii. JOHN WASHINGTON KORNEGAY, b. January 13, 1818, Nc; d. April 06, 1887. as you can see i do not have all the children listed, so if someone can send a complete chart that would be nice :-) Generation No. 2 2. WILLIAM5 KORNEGAY (HARGETT4, ISAAC3, WILLIAM2, GEORGE1) was born December 16, 1823 in Duplin Co.,NC., and died May 06, 1892. He married SUSAN CATHERINE WINDERS, daughter of HENRY WINDERS and DORTHY QUINN. Notes for WILLIAM KORNEGAY: Source: 1880Wayne Co Census Nc Glisson Township, Kornegay Charts, LDS Library. Children of WILLIAM KORNEGAY and SUSAN WINDERS are: i. CASANDRA C.6 KORNEGAY, b. Abt. 1850. in hh 1880 age 30 ii. W.J. KORNEGAY, b. Abt. 1851. """""""""""""" 29. iii. DOLLY SUSAN KORNEGAY, b. February 19, 1853, NC; d. December 20, 1924, buried Outlaw Cem.Duplin CO.,NC.; m. FREDERICK OUTLAW. iv. MARY E. KORNEGAY, b. March 20, 1859, Duplin Co.,NC.; d. August 21, 1945, buried Outlaw Cem.Duplin CO.,NC.; m. JOHN F. HODGE. Mary E age 21 still in Fathers HH 1880. v. OSCAR KORNEGAY, b. Abt. 1861. in hh 1880 age 19 vi. ANTONETTE KORNEGAY, b. Abt. 1862. """""""""'"18 vii. CHARLES S. KORNEGAY, b. Abt. 1864. """""""""""""16. viii. DANIEL B KORNEGAY, b. Abt. 1866. ''''''''''''''''''''''14. ix. SULA S. KORNEGAY, b. Abt. 1868. """"""""""12. x. IDA JACKSON KORNEGAY, b. Abt. 1869. """""""'''''11. xi. MARGARET E. KORNEGAY, b. Abt. 1875."""""""""""5. xii. CLARENCE S. KORNEGAY, b. Abt. 1873. """""""""""7. 3. JOHN WASHINGTON5 KORNEGAY (HARGETT4, ISAAC3, WILLIAM2, GEORGE1) (Source: Oates Papers sect 5.) was born January 13, 1818 in Nc, and died April 06, 1887. He married CLARISSA WADSWORTH LOFTIN. Child of JOHN KORNEGAY and CLARISSA LOFTIN is: i. JOHN LEWIS6 KORNEGAY, b. May 05, 1850, NC; d. August 02, 1911, buried Kelly-Price Cemetary,Duplin,Co.,NC; m. SOPHRONA GRIMES, December 10, 1874. (did not see John L & Sophrona on the 1880 census) I am still trying to get the Grimes/ Kornegay lines together we had a discussion going at one time but it stopped before anything was really settled, i still have questions, and all these Kornegay names that i am not sure where they go, so i am going to put this out and hope someone cane lead me in the right direction :-) this may be a little long but i am putting some of the 1880 census that i found this week. i will not repeat what i have above about the census just the page #. 1880 Glisson (district) All Kornegay's pg 629 Wm age 26 (info above) 6 HH away R.H. age 25, info above. pg 629b. pg 631 James D. 24, Annie E 20, Franklin 1. "" 4HH's down Daniel 60, Martha J. 54, Mary E ? , Aicoderurs ?17 son. Thomas J. 14, Wooten10. son. next door,Charlers J 24, Sarah A 22, Mary 1, J.F. 26 is this a bro to Charles?? page 631b R.D. 28, Eliza C.22, Jeannette C 4, Mary E 2. """ 627b Simmons 64, (no wife) Semeon25, Joseph H. P.S. son age?(J.H. and P.S. had typhoid fever)also in hh was John W. 62, Clarisa W 61, B.F. 34son(i have B.T.??) P.H. 25 son i think. Whitfield, Effa 6, gdau. Williams, J.C. 34, Nancy A 33, Maud 6, Wm 3, Della 2. Kornegay, Issac 80, Isaac Jr 26, Zelpha A 20 dau, Mary C 17, Chancey 13 son. 1880 Wolfscrape page 609 #71/71 Henry 63, Mary E(Grimes)55, Sarah 28, Victoria 26, Josey A 22 dau, Isebella 18, Heneretta 16, Hampton 14. #72/72 Sidney 34, Mary 28, Robert 10, Albert 9, Ella 6, Victor 2, Zollie 1/12 male. page 615b # 180/180 Luke 58, Lizzie (Elizabeth Grimes) 53, Maggie 32, Naomia J 28, Hezekiah23, Virginia 18, Lezzia 14, John J.23 Nephew, SUSAN 54 sister, (in 1850 Susan was in the HH of Wm J and Spicy Jane (GRIMES) Kornegay. # 185/185 Kornegay,Margaret (widow of Joseph) 66,George F42, son, John R,23, Milton D.29 cousin (this was a son of Wm J and Spicy (Grimes) Kornegay. this is strange how the census taker wrote this #186/186 Grimes, Sue(Lue) wf age 12, dau,G. ?? there was a dau Sallie J,i think :-) that m a Grimes have not found that Grimes anywhere. Good luck to all in this. Christine Grimes Thacker

Yes, thanks Mary for posting this index. What I wonder is why some of the Wills were kept by the North Carolina Secretary of State, some were kept in the county court house, and some at the NC Archives. Can anyone explain the Secretary of State's involvement? Lura **************************** Charles, Jennifer and Michael Bell wrote: > Mary, > This is a terrific job! Can you tell us the time frame specifically it > covers? Looked like mostly 1700s and prior and no or little 1800's. Is Frank > working on adding later years?> > Thanks, > Jennifer Bell > ************** > > > > This one works for me.... > > Let me know. > > > > http://www.thedrake.org/sswills/ssindex.htm > > > > Mary Westbrook-Drake > > ICQ# 14695319 > > <http://www.thedrake.org/note1.htm> ______________________________

Hello, I talked to Dallas just a few minutes ago & he said that he was "hi & dry" & breathing better too! He also expressed his sorrow for everyone who suffered loss. Keith Lanier ----- Original Message ----- From: <SUEMEINHRT@aol.com> To: <NCDUPLIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 1:17 AM Subject: Libraries > Was wondering if anyone knows whether Dr. Dallas Herring's home and library > survived the floods in Duplin Co? Is he okay? Thanks. > > Sue in CA > >

Mary, This is a terrific job! Can you tell us the time frame specifically it covers? Looked like mostly 1700s and prior and no or little 1800's. Is Frank working on adding later years? Thanks, Jennifer Bell > > This one works for me.... > Let me know. > > http://www.thedrake.org/sswills/ssindex.htm > > Mary Westbrook-Drake > ICQ# 14695319 > <http://www.thedrake.org/note1.htm> > > > ______________________________

Was wondering if anyone knows whether Dr. Dallas Herring's home and library survived the floods in Duplin Co? Is he okay? Thanks. Sue in CA

<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/9410/ncnewspapersonline/">Click here: online newspapers nc</A> Here is the others, i have not searched them so i do not know what is there . CGT

This one works for me.... Let me know. http://www.thedrake.org/sswills/ssindex.htm Mary Westbrook-Drake ICQ# 14695319 <http://www.thedrake.org/note1.htm>

If first address doesn't work, please use: http://www.thedrake.org/www/sswills/ssindex.htm Sorry...long job and I'm punchy. Mary Westbrook-Drake ICQ# 14695319 <http://www.thedrake.org/note1.htm>

Today I have formatted the Index of Wills from the Secretary of State of North Carolina. These wills are held in the NC Archives. It is posted but not linked to the pages yet. This data was sent to me by Frank Bell and is a very important research tool. You can take a look at: http://www.thedrake.org/www/sswills If you find errors please let me know. I can't tell you how pleased I am with the functioning of our list. We have had virtually no problems. Yawl are great. Mary Westbrook-Drake ICQ# 14695319 <http://www.thedrake.org/note1.htm>

Hello, Could you give me a little information on your Marshburn Family I also hve connections with a Marshburn Family Oral Marshburn. Paulette Faulkner

There is no way for one not intimately involved to really appreciate the magnitude of Floyd's Flood. I used to live in Wilson County, and my farm (that I still own) there was 2/3 under water, from Contentnea creek overflow. Yet we were spared the total misery of Duplin and some other counties. Recovery will be slow and painful. Federal as well as other agencies will have to become financially involved to the extent that they do not even begin to realize. Yet no one outside will ever know the sorrow... But recovery will come, eventually, even as we recovered from the Civil War. One of the long-term aspects, I'm afraid, is that outside capital will be slow to return to invest in the area, and it has long been one of the poorest, financially, in the state...but rich in heritage and people who still live there. Josh Stanton -----Original Message----- From: CTaylor243@aol.com <CTaylor243@aol.com> To: NCDUPLIN-L@rootsweb.com <NCDUPLIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, September 25, 1999 5:21 PM Subject: Please Read and Respond >I am taking the liberty of posting this article to our genealogical list >because I believe in one way or another -- this affects us all. Most of us >have traced our origins to the North Carolina area or have had ancestors pass >through this land. I was horrified by the photo's of old and new coffins >floating and then the destruction to homes and farms. Can you imagine how >life is in this area? I think not. >What can we do? >Demand information and find out from your pastor tomorrow what your >denomination's disaster relief agency's are doing. The Red Cross and other >relief agencies certainly need our support. >Any other suggestions? >Put yourself in the shoes of those you read about: > > >N CAROLINA TURNS INTO '18,000-SQUARE MILE CESSPOOL' > >The viscous soup of floodwater, sewage, hog waste, animal and human >carcasses, chemicals, gasoline, fertilizer, pesticides and other pollutants >churns in Roseboro, N.C -- more than a week after Hurricane Floyd passed >through. > >"Floyd has created a public health threat unprecedented in the region," >reports Sunday's PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, "and any day now, on the surface of >this 18,000-square-mile cesspool, billions of mosquitoes will begin to >hatch." > >The paper's Richard Lezin Jones reports: "At week's end, epidemiologists, >health and environmental officials were expressing concern about the >possibility of an outbreak of gastrointestinal and other diseases, such as >pathogenic e. coli, caused by contaminated drinking water." > >A letter to the DRUDGE REPORT says too much about the disaster: > >Dear Mr. Drudge, > >The enormity of the calamity that has stricken eastern North Carolina is not >comprehended by the national media, federal government officials or American >citizens in general. > >My town of New Bern, NC, was one of the few east of I-95 spared by most of >the mind-boggling levels of flooding in the aftermath of Hurricanes Dennis >and Floyd. But from my vantage point, I see a level of destruction and >suffering throughout the Coastal Plain region of the state that is >indescribable. > >The flood has been categorized by government officials and by meteorologists >and other scientists as a 500-year or 1,000-year flood. Ironically, most of >the areas swamped by the deluge are not even in so-called "flood plains." > >The flood is evolving into a catastrophe of Biblical proportions. As the >waters slowly subside over the eastern section of the state, corpses are >being discovered in buildings, automobiles, trees, etc. You can expect the >official death toll to climb in coming days and weeks as thousands of square >miles of submerged towns and rural areas emerge from the slowly waning flood. > >In addition, millions of drowned farm animals and hundreds of millions of >gallons of animal manure spilled from the waste pits of giant hog and poultry >factories combined with unprecedented spills of petroleum products, chemicals >and assorted toxic substances may well result in an unimaginable >environmental disaster. > >The destruction suffered by industry, agriculture and other enterprises; the >loss of wages as a result of flooded factories and businesses; and the damage >to highways, bridges, water plants, utility plants and other infrastructure >may well be in the tens of billions of dollars. > >Tens of thousands of the people who survived, including those in shelters as >well as those in residences isolated by surrounding flood waters, are living >like third-world refugees and peasants. When the waters recede, their >existence will continue to be pitiful because much of eastern North Carolina >will be like a war-ravaged wasteland for months or even years. > >Billions of dollars and untold military manpower and assets have been >committed by the United States to remote countries all over the world in >recent years for political, economic and security reasons. I fail to >comprehend why a massive effort on a similar scale isn't under way at this >moment to help relieve the misery, bring about stability, safety and >sanitation, and assist with the recovery and reconstruction of a region of >the American South that is undergoing human suffering on a scale not seen >since the Civil War. > >The purpose of this message is to bring this desperate situation to your >attention. In my opinion, the response of federal agencies to this enormous >and ongoing tragedy has been too slow and too meager. I suspect this is >because the responsible authorities, though well-meaning, have yet to grasp >the apocalyptic scale of the flood and the incredible consequences that are >only now becoming apparent. > >If you decide to research the situation, as I hope you will, please get your >information from the local broadcast and print media in eastern North >Carolina, not from the national media. The national media has attempted to >frankly report the flooding but they tend to focus on the dire straits of a >single town or area without imparting to the public the overwhelming reality >that the disaster afflicting the locality they are reporting from is >duplicated in towns, villages and farmlands that cover a third of the entire >state. > >Eastern North Carolina needs help much more rapidly, on a scale far more >massive and with a sense of urgency far more acute than what seems to be >coming forth so far. Please help get the word out, Drudge. > >Respectfully, > >New Bern, NC > >______________________________

Hi All, recieved this , and hope it is ok with Sharon that i pass it on, I had wrote before about the Tombstone Project, if you do add any info to the site Please put the cemetery name. As some of you know BIRTIE CO.,(I think it was Birtie) lost their Library, so if you have info on that county they do need it posted. <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/alabama.html#Dale County">Cemetery Registration-Alabama</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/resources.htm">Pitt County Family Researchers On-Line Resources</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbertie/index.htm">Bertie County, North Carolina Genealogy</A> <A HREF="http://www.usgenweb.com/">The USGenWeb Project - Home Page</A> Good luck to All Christine Grimes Thacker Subj: Cemetery destruction from Floyd Date: 9/25/99 6:09:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: Tdsfw@aol.com To: NCDUPLIN-L@rootsweb.com Dear list--- After a trip to Duplin, Pender, and New Hanover Counties this summer...I was amazed at headstones in fields and YES in peoples front yards. My husband and I both have roots in these counties. What this should say to all of us, is get as much cemetery information available to everyone, through the internet and other forms. The above counties have little or no cemetery lists on their Genweb sites---and very little on the Tombstone project list. Living in Texas---it is hard for me to physically read and submit these cemeteries, but I have vowed to do what I can. It doesn't have to be in NC-----anywhere near your home will save that information for posterity If everyone would pitch in, we would at least have the information, that time, hurricanes and progress are bent on destroying. Sincerely, Sharon Pierce Searching: Pierce, Hollingsworth, Henderson, Batchelor, Marshburn, Rouse, Torrans Kenan and many more

Even though all of these KORNEGAYs were buried in AL, I'm posting the information here, because I was asked to post cemetery information on KORNEGAYs. Hope this is of help to someone, bp Arie KORNEGAY b. 1897, d. April 29, 1975; buried at Haysop Baptist Church Cemetery, Bibb Co, AL; married to Jesse H. MURPHY. James Wesley KORNEGAY b. September 28, 1922, d. March 05, 1945 in World War II, buried in Haysop Baptist Church Cemetery, Bibb Co, AL. He was s/o William Vester KORNEGAY and Lucille PIERSON. Jessie Dexter KORNEGAY b. December 07, 1893, buried in Cedar Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Bibb Co, AL; married to Georgia Bell PIERSON. Leonard KORNEGAY b. June 26, 1920, d. September 03, 1972, buried Haysop Baptist Church Cemetery, Bibb Co, AL; married to Iwee MURPHY. He was s/o William Vester KORNEGAY and Lucille PIERSON. Martha KORNEGAY b. December 29, 1830, d. May 31, 1892, buried in Haysop Baptist Church Cemetery, Bibb Co., AL; married to Stephen M. HUBBARD. Mary Ann KORNEGAY b. February 01, 1843, d. April 15, 1911, buried in Haysop Baptist Church Cemetery, Bibb Co., AL; married to John William HUBBARD. Silas Pratt KORNEGAY b. December 03, 1832, d. April 16, 1924, buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bibb Co., AL. William Vester KORNEGAY d. November 1937, buried in Haysop Baptist Church Cemetery, Bibb Co, AL; married to Lucille PIERSON. William Wallace KORNEGAY b. November 1868, d. November 1937, buried in Haysop Baptist Church Cemetery, Bibb Co, AL; married to Rosa Effie HUBBARD.

I found a place to order books on North Carolina. There are about 150 books on NC with various record types. I'm sure the books are available through more than just this company so check around, but it's a good place to start to see what other books are available. You can order online or over the phone with a 1-800 phone number. Frontier Press Book Store - North Carolina 1-800-772-7559 http://www.doit.com/frontier/frontier.cgi?category=nc

Dear list--- After a trip to Duplin, Pender, and New Hanover Counties this summer...I was amazed at headstones in fields and YES in peoples front yards. My husband and I both have roots in these counties. What this should say to all of us, is get as much cemetery information available to everyone, through the internet and other forms. The above counties have little or no cemetery lists on their Genweb sites---and very little on the Tombstone project list. Living in Texas---it is hard for me to physically read and submit these cemeteries, but I have vowed to do what I can. It doesn't have to be in NC-----anywhere near your home will save that information for posterity If everyone would pitch in, we would at least have the information, that time, hurricanes and progress are bent on destroying. Sincerely, Sharon Pierce Searching: Pierce, Hollingsworth, Henderson, Batchelor, Marshburn, Rouse, Torrans Kenan and many more

I am taking the liberty of posting this article to our genealogical list because I believe in one way or another -- this affects us all. Most of us have traced our origins to the North Carolina area or have had ancestors pass through this land. I was horrified by the photo's of old and new coffins floating and then the destruction to homes and farms. Can you imagine how life is in this area? I think not. What can we do? Demand information and find out from your pastor tomorrow what your denomination's disaster relief agency's are doing. The Red Cross and other relief agencies certainly need our support. Any other suggestions? Put yourself in the shoes of those you read about: N CAROLINA TURNS INTO '18,000-SQUARE MILE CESSPOOL' The viscous soup of floodwater, sewage, hog waste, animal and human carcasses, chemicals, gasoline, fertilizer, pesticides and other pollutants churns in Roseboro, N.C -- more than a week after Hurricane Floyd passed through. "Floyd has created a public health threat unprecedented in the region," reports Sunday's PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, "and any day now, on the surface of this 18,000-square-mile cesspool, billions of mosquitoes will begin to hatch." The paper's Richard Lezin Jones reports: "At week's end, epidemiologists, health and environmental officials were expressing concern about the possibility of an outbreak of gastrointestinal and other diseases, such as pathogenic e. coli, caused by contaminated drinking water." A letter to the DRUDGE REPORT says too much about the disaster: Dear Mr. Drudge, The enormity of the calamity that has stricken eastern North Carolina is not comprehended by the national media, federal government officials or American citizens in general. My town of New Bern, NC, was one of the few east of I-95 spared by most of the mind-boggling levels of flooding in the aftermath of Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd. But from my vantage point, I see a level of destruction and suffering throughout the Coastal Plain region of the state that is indescribable. The flood has been categorized by government officials and by meteorologists and other scientists as a 500-year or 1,000-year flood. Ironically, most of the areas swamped by the deluge are not even in so-called "flood plains." The flood is evolving into a catastrophe of Biblical proportions. As the waters slowly subside over the eastern section of the state, corpses are being discovered in buildings, automobiles, trees, etc. You can expect the official death toll to climb in coming days and weeks as thousands of square miles of submerged towns and rural areas emerge from the slowly waning flood. In addition, millions of drowned farm animals and hundreds of millions of gallons of animal manure spilled from the waste pits of giant hog and poultry factories combined with unprecedented spills of petroleum products, chemicals and assorted toxic substances may well result in an unimaginable environmental disaster. The destruction suffered by industry, agriculture and other enterprises; the loss of wages as a result of flooded factories and businesses; and the damage to highways, bridges, water plants, utility plants and other infrastructure may well be in the tens of billions of dollars. Tens of thousands of the people who survived, including those in shelters as well as those in residences isolated by surrounding flood waters, are living like third-world refugees and peasants. When the waters recede, their existence will continue to be pitiful because much of eastern North Carolina will be like a war-ravaged wasteland for months or even years. Billions of dollars and untold military manpower and assets have been committed by the United States to remote countries all over the world in recent years for political, economic and security reasons. I fail to comprehend why a massive effort on a similar scale isn't under way at this moment to help relieve the misery, bring about stability, safety and sanitation, and assist with the recovery and reconstruction of a region of the American South that is undergoing human suffering on a scale not seen since the Civil War. The purpose of this message is to bring this desperate situation to your attention. In my opinion, the response of federal agencies to this enormous and ongoing tragedy has been too slow and too meager. I suspect this is because the responsible authorities, though well-meaning, have yet to grasp the apocalyptic scale of the flood and the incredible consequences that are only now becoming apparent. If you decide to research the situation, as I hope you will, please get your information from the local broadcast and print media in eastern North Carolina, not from the national media. The national media has attempted to frankly report the flooding but they tend to focus on the dire straits of a single town or area without imparting to the public the overwhelming reality that the disaster afflicting the locality they are reporting from is duplicated in towns, villages and farmlands that cover a third of the entire state. Eastern North Carolina needs help much more rapidly, on a scale far more massive and with a sense of urgency far more acute than what seems to be coming forth so far. Please help get the word out, Drudge. Respectfully, New Bern, NC

Hi All. Is there any way to find out who had custody of children who were orphaned in the 1870's? There are 4 children involved, all over 10 years of age. By ancestor knowledge, one of the boys ran away from where he was placed (we know who he ran away from) in Onslow County and lived with someone in Duplin County, but don't know who with. Another boy was possibly of age when his mother died, but I'm not sure when she died, so can't be sure. The other two children who are girls, I can only guess. They were either taken in by the same family or they, also ran away and were taken in by a family and in either case, I think they would be Hewitts. Both girls had different names in the 1880 census and both of them returned to their given names later in life. By 1880 one had married using the alias name, but knew it was her because of her husbands name. The other sister, according to the 1880 census, was living with her brother and listed as being his sister, but it wasn't her given name. Since all this happened between census years, the census records are not of any direct help. Does anyone have any suggestions of where to look for information on what might have happened to this kids over a 7 year time span? Thanks! Judy

In a message dated 9/24/1999 7:52:14 PM Central Daylight Time, ApalacheeB writes: Oops....I meant to send this to the Duplin List. If you got it twice, sorry. << You won't believe this but I had a copy of that family sitting right in front of my computer when I got this email. This is really not my family but Sallie Ann Ophelia King married into the family and I was tracing her. What I have is from "The Heritage of Sampson County North Carolina." Not many dates in it on Jacob's family but a little more info. George Kornegay had 9 sons: Daniel Elijah John Jacob George, Jr. William David Joseph Abraham and one daughter: Mary who married a DeBruhl. George Kornegay, Jr. settled in Duplin County. He was given 3 tracts of land there by his father on Christmas Day in 1767. The book says "according to tradition" so I don't what this part is based on: The tradition part says that George, Jr.'s wife was was an English widow named Margaret Lullum (nee Downing.) They had at least 5 sons and 1 daughter who were identified in George, Jr.'s will probated in Duplin County in 1808. children: daughter: Louella was the wife of a John Koregay who may have been a son of Jacob Koregay,(George Jr.'s brother) George David Basil Daniel Jacob Of these, George apparentlyremained in Duplin Co. while David married Zilphia Oliver and settled in Sampson Co.. David died in 1821. His will identifies two sons: George O. and James F. Kornegay and two daughters Sarah and Margaret Kornegay. Basil Kornegay married Tabitha King who was a sister to Vice-President William Rusus King. The names of their children are not known. She left him about 1817 and moved to Alabama with her mother and brothers. Basil died in the early 1820's probably in Duplin. Daniel Kornegay married Edna Flowers and settled in Wayne Co. They had several children but only one George L. Kornegay is known. Daniel died in 1839. Jacob Kornegay settled in Wayne Co. He married Elizabeth Wiggins sometime shortly after the turn of the 19 century. They had at least 5 children. Of these, Bryan and Robert apparently died young. The other three were Berthena, who married a man named Smith. Margaret who married Alfred Flowers and Marshall. Jacob Kornegay had died by 1824, when his property was divided among these latter three children. Bryan Kornegay was given land by his parents in 1815 but died by 1824. Bryan's land was divided between Berthena, Margaret and Marshall. Marshall Kornegay was the only surviving son of Jacob Kornegay and was born on June 21, 1812. He married by the mid 1830's to a woman named Catherine. Her maiden name (according to this book) has never been confirmed. (but the writer of this article in the Heritage book seems to believe Catherine was the daughter of Lewis Cogdell and Anne King of Wayne Co.) There is more in this book about Marshall's children if anyone needs it. Ann Robbins >>