Marleen, I do apologize, it was not your computer that is infected it is Martha's that has the bad trans. I am sorry if it caused you any inconvenience. Martha please check your system Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert G. Lewis" <rlew6897@rollinginternet.com> To: <NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 10:56 AM Subject: Re: [NCEDGECO] 1880 US CENSUS CDs Hi All List Members: In response to a message that I posted earlier this morning, I received an automated reply from Martha Lackey <martha@nuc.net> that has the attachment "Me_nude.AVI.pif" which is a badtrans virus. Be careful. MARTHA: you need to work on and eleminate this virus quickly! ROB Robert G. Lewis EMAIL: rlew6897@rollinginternet.com Searching: LEWIS; ALFORD; FINCH; HOGG; WINBORNE; VOLIVA and others Member: The National Genealogical Society; The Alford American Family Association; The Tar River Connections Genealogical Society

Everyone some evil person has sent Marleen the bad trans virus. If you get an email from her with an attachement please DO NOT open it Marleen please run your viurs checkered. Deb

Marleen One quick question on these Census set. Are the names that are indexed, head of households or every single person living in the US in 1880? Thanks Deb

Hi, Sheila: The CDs that I think Marilyn has referenced is a complete set, 56 CDs, of the 1880 US CENSUS with Index. It is available from the LDS order site < http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp >. It is item number 50168000 and the cost is $49.00. It is located as the last item on the second page of the 'Census and Vital Records' page of the 'Software Products' section of 'Family History' page of LDS FAMILY SEARCH homepage under the tab HOME and then 'Order/Download Products'. (I'm working backwards here, so go at the above in the reverse order.) This item was reviewed or at least referenced by Dick Eastman in one of his recent Newsletters and I think that it lives up to his evaluation of it. It is not composed of actual scanned pictures of each page of the census but is a transcribed edition and every letter is typed just as you see on this message. There is lots of information on this census such as the National Archives Film and Page number. I know all the above sounds confusing, but if one has to ask where to buy or download something from the LDS site, then they are probably not familiar with that site. My detailed explanation is not necessarily directed at you but at anyone who might be unfamiliar with this site and the proceedures. If this will be your first time ordering products on the site, you will have to give some particulars about yourself: ie, name, address, etc., and you can use credit card for payment. It is a very easy proceedure. Hope this helps. - - - > SMartin583@aol.com wrote: > (cut) > Didn't Marilyn say she had the LDS's (Salt Lake City) INDEX to the 1880 > census for the US? Not the actual census ??? And by the way, how can we > order a copy of the CD for ourselves? I'm ready to try the "happy dance" !!! > > Ms. Sheila Lilia Martin with a little help from ((( >^..^< ))) <=Mr. Puddy -- ROB Robert G. Lewis EMAIL: rlew6897@rollinginternet.com Searching: LEWIS; ALFORD; FINCH; HOGG; WINBORNE; VOLIVA and others Member: The National Genealogical Society; The Alford American Family Association; The Tar River Connections Genealogical Society

I attended the NGS Conference in Portland in May, and was able to buy a copy of the FHL 1880 census there, so I have been using it since mid-May. So far, I have found about 20 individuals that I had been unable to locate in my many trips to the Archives. I have also done selected look ups for others that resulted in some good finds for them. I, as I assume most of you do, have to be very selective in the toys I purchase to go along with my genealogical research. If you had ancestors in the US in 1880, this set of CD's is an absolute must have item. It is the entire 1880 US census, with every name indexed. 35 of the CD's are the actual census organized by region. Within each region there is an index, so if you have a idea where the people you are looking for lived, you go to the region and look them up. The regional search is the most powerful of the two. You can use wild cards in the name and specify other information that will help you narrow the search. The other 20 CD's are the national index, all 50 million + names in one search list. I recently did a search for a woman looking for an uncommon name. The woman she was searching for was born in Georgia, and this was her brick wall. Well, I found a female child of that name in Georgia--it turned out the child was black and this woman was researching a white family. I looked up the name in the national census and found there were only 16 individuals in the US with that name, and only one of those was born in Georgia, and none of the rest looked like a good fit. Perhaps the reason this was a brick wall is that this lady of color had crossed over to white, and all the people who knew had taken the secret to their graves. The Family History Library used volunteers from all over the country to transcribe the 1880 census and they had 100 volunteers who double checked each name. My own great-grandfather is incorrectly coded in the Soundex used by the Archives. It took three years of looking and an accident of luck to find him. He is properly indexed in this census. I am not a Mormon and am not connected with the library. This is truly a tremendous contribution to genealogical research in this country. Marleen Van Horne

Hi Marilyn, I am looking for Lizzie Lee. Here is my original message so that you have all of the facts. Thank you for your kind offer to help. I have loaded census images for 1880 on Tarboro north and south in Edgecombe county to no avail, now am looking in Conetoe. -Michele Hello all, I am hitting a brick wall and wondering if anyone can help. My great grandmother, Carrie Della Lee, was born 11/9/1874 in I believe Tarboro, Edgecombe county. In 1892, Tarboro, Edgecombe County, she married Charles Solon White of Windsor, Bertie County, who was born 8/13/1872 (we think 1872). Carrie and Charles had nine children, including my grandma, Ethel Grace White, b. 5/16/1914. Besides my grandma, their names were Lottie, Herbert, Reuben (named after Charles' father, Reuben White), Lester, Luther, Mable (sp?), Jean, Carrie Mae, and Viola White (who died in infancy). Supposedly, all were born in Selma between 1894 and 1914, but the 1900 census lists Charles and Carrie as living in Tarboro and it is not until the 1910 census that we see them living in Selma. Carrie's mother and father are quite elusive. All we know of her mother is as follows: Her name was Lizzie Lee and the 1900 and 1910 Census lists her as living with Charles and Carrie, first in Tarboro, Edgecombe County and then in Selma, Johnston County, respectively. One of these census lists her birthdate as March 1849 and says that she is a widow. We are not able to find any documentation about her birth, who her husband was, or her death. My family has been told that Carrie Della had a sister named Mamie Lee, who after Carrie's death in fall of 1920, took Lizzie to the county home where she died shortly thereafter. The only thing we know of Carrie's father is that his name was reputed to have been Robert and that he was supposedly born around 1848. I have found a 2-1/2 year old Robert, son of Charles Lee, in the Johnston County 1850 census, but again I don't know if Lee was Lizzie's married name or she either kept or reverted to her maiden name after her husband's death. On that note, we aren't even sure if she ever actually married Carrie and/or Mamie's father or if the girls were fathered by the same man. Carrie's husband remarried after her death to a woman named Mamie Creech (not to be confused with his wife's sister, Mamie Lee). Charles owned a wood yard and died in 1941. This is pretty much all we know. The surnames involved are Lee, White and Eason, as my grandma married James Atlas Eason, born 6/30/1910, d. 1978. (We have the Eason lineage back to Kearney Eason Sr., b. 1813, m. Cuzzy Godwin, b. 1818, but have not been able to find Kearney senior's parents either.) Thanks for any guidance anyone can offer! -Michele Eason At 07:27 PM 6/19/01 -0400, you wrote: > >Michele, > >I have Ancestry., and I can load the census in about 2 seconds....who are you looking for in NC 1880 census. > >Marilyn > >RESEARCHING: BEACH/BIGGS/CLARK/PAGE/PERRY/WYNN >robertlcapps@home.com > > >

In a message dated 06/20/2001 1:00:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, puprun@depotltd.com writes: > From: puprun@depotltd.com (Lynn Lassiter) > Marilyn, Could you look-up Henry Thomas LASSITER? Wife - Caroline SCOTT LASSITER. They would be in the Murfreesboro census in 1880. Thanks, > Lynn Lassiter Didn't Marilyn say she had the LDS's (Salt Lake City) INDEX to the 1880 census for the US? Not the actual census ??? And by the way, how can we order a copy of the CD for ourselves? I'm ready to try the "happy dance" !!! Ms. Sheila Lilia Martin with a little help from ((( >^..^< ))) <=Mr. Puddy

Marilyn, Could you look-up Henry Thomas LASSITER? Wife - Caroline SCOTT LASSITER. They would be in the Murfreesboro census in 1880. Thanks, Lynn Lassiter

Michele, I have Ancestry., and I can load the census in about 2 seconds....who are you looking for in NC 1880 census. Marilyn RESEARCHING: BEACH/BIGGS/CLARK/PAGE/PERRY/WYNN robertlcapps@home.com

Gloria, I noticed the surname Cobb in your list. I, too, am a Cobb researcher. My ancestors were in Edgecombe Co., NC in the mid 1700s. Martha (Cobb) Lackey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenna Kinard" <gkinard@sc.rr.com> To: <NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 4:37 PM Subject: [NCEDGECO] TV program Saturday night on Civil War battlefield preservation > >From a notice in my Civil War Preservation Trust newsletter, Hallowed > Ground: > > Saturday, June 23, 8 p.m. The History Channel will air a new program about > Civil War battlefield preservation. "Save Our History: Civil War > Battlefields" includes interviews with Civil War Preservation Trust > personnel and preservationists around the country. It highlights endangered > battlefields from Gettysburg to Vicksburg. > > Thought this might be of interest to those of us whose ancestors fought for > the glorious cause. > > > > (Pardon the multiple sendings, but I want to make sure all those who are > interested would be made aware of this.) > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Researching: > (1) Porter, McCants, Cobb, Martin, Rawlinson, Gill, Higgins, Scott, > Harrison, Fetner; > (2) Bryant, McDade, Dillard, Tolleson, Wells, Baxter, Eaves; > (3) Kinard, Wise, Thaxton, Vickers, Patton, Hubbard, Wilkins, Long/Lang, > Latta (Branch 28), Mauldin, Dismukes. > Please direct all correspondence to: gkinard@sc.rr.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>From a notice in my Civil War Preservation Trust newsletter, Hallowed Ground: Saturday, June 23, 8 p.m. The History Channel will air a new program about Civil War battlefield preservation. "Save Our History: Civil War Battlefields" includes interviews with Civil War Preservation Trust personnel and preservationists around the country. It highlights endangered battlefields from Gettysburg to Vicksburg. Thought this might be of interest to those of us whose ancestors fought for the glorious cause. (Pardon the multiple sendings, but I want to make sure all those who are interested would be made aware of this.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Researching: (1) Porter, McCants, Cobb, Martin, Rawlinson, Gill, Higgins, Scott, Harrison, Fetner; (2) Bryant, McDade, Dillard, Tolleson, Wells, Baxter, Eaves; (3) Kinard, Wise, Thaxton, Vickers, Patton, Hubbard, Wilkins, Long/Lang, Latta (Branch 28), Mauldin, Dismukes. Please direct all correspondence to: gkinard@sc.rr.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi Traci, Yes, the images. I wish there were an index, because as you probably know, most of the 1890 census is toast, so I am figuring 1880 as my best bet for finding Lizzie rather than her kids. Thanks for offering to help with the CD...please let me know if it is a lot of trouble, because I don't want you to have to spend hours combing through this stuff if that's what it takes. -Michele At 11:06 AM 6/18/01 -0400, you wrote: >Michele, > >Yes, we subscribe to Ancestry too, and I don't think they've worked all the bugs out of their census images yet. You said you were trying the 1880 census to no avail - do you mean looking through the images? I'm asking because there isn't an 1880 N.C. index on Ancestry. I just today received the entire 1880 U.S. census on CD from the LDS Church, and when I figure out how to load it up, I'll see if I can find anything for you. > >Traci >______________________________________________________ > >From: Michele <moonchld@micro-net.com> >To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NCEDGECO] Re: Lees >Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:30:04 -0400 >X-Message: #2 >Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20010616102932.045a16c0@popd.ix.netcom.com> > >Thanks, Traci! I appreciate all of the trouble you went to and >will try some of your tips and see if that helps. I got the >Images Online subscription to Ancestry.com, but those Census >records load so slowly on a 56K dialup as to render it almost >worthless. I've been trying the 1880 Census to no avail. >Thanks again for your help. > >-Michele > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >

Michele, Yes, we subscribe to Ancestry too, and I don't think they've worked all the bugs out of their census images yet. You said you were trying the 1880 census to no avail - do you mean looking through the images? I'm asking because there isn't an 1880 N.C. index on Ancestry. I just today received the entire 1880 U.S. census on CD from the LDS Church, and when I figure out how to load it up, I'll see if I can find anything for you. Traci ______________________________________________________ From: Michele <moonchld@micro-net.com> To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCEDGECO] Re: Lees Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:30:04 -0400 X-Message: #2 Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20010616102932.045a16c0@popd.ix.netcom.com> Thanks, Traci! I appreciate all of the trouble you went to and will try some of your tips and see if that helps. I got the Images Online subscription to Ancestry.com, but those Census records load so slowly on a 56K dialup as to render it almost worthless. I've been trying the 1880 Census to no avail. Thanks again for your help. -Michele _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Thanks, Traci! I appreciate all of the trouble you went to and will try some of your tips and see if that helps. I got the Images Online subscription to Ancestry.com, but those Census records load so slowly on a 56K dialup as to render it almost worthless. I've been trying the 1880 Census to no avail. Thanks again for your help. -Michele

Michele, I found this in "Deaths and Marriages From Tarboro, N.C. Newspapers, 1824-1865": "Capt. J.A. Fuqua, formerly of Tarboro, married Lizzie Lee at Clinton on Jan. 27, 1863, by Rev. Mr. Gibbs." (This appeared in the Southerner Jan. 31, 1863.) Of course, I have no idea if this is your Lizzie. The article says the groom is from Tarboro, not the bride. (Clinton is in Sampson County.) I checked the Edgecombe 1850 and 1860 census and did not find any Lizzie or any variant thereof (keep in mind that Lizzie can be a nickname for a dozen other names) that might fit the age you give. Keep in mind, too, that Lee and Leigh can be interchangable. On the Edgecombe 1850 census there are two Lees but a bunch of Leighs. I checked all of them. On the 1860, strangely enough, there are two Leighs and a bunch of Lees. Again, I checked all. Another pattern is that a majority of the Lees/Leighs in these two censuses are young and living in other people's households, or by themselves. Suggestions: 1.) Check the Edgecombe courthouse for a Lizzie Lee marriage (if they have a bride index, I can't remember off hand.) My marriage book only goes to 1868. 2.) Check Johnston County records in case they were really from there and just came to Tarboro for a time; there are a lot of Lees there. 3.) If Lizzie died in the County Home in 1920 in Johnston County, she should have a death certificate. Good luck. Hope this helps. Traci the Librarian _________________________________________________________________ From: Michele <moonchld@micro-net.com> To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NCEDGECO] Lees of Edgecombe/Bertie/Johnston county Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 23:27:31 -0400 Hello all, I am hitting a brick wall and wondering if anyone can help. My great grandmother, Carrie Della Lee, was born 11/9/1874 in I believe Tarboro, Edgecombe county. In 1892, Tarboro, Edgecombe County, she married Charles Solon White of Windsor, Bertie County, who was born 8/13/1872 (we think 1872). Carrie and Charles had nine children, including my grandma, Ethel Grace White, b. 5/16/1914. Besides my grandma, their names were Lottie, Herbert, Reuben (named after Charles' father, Reuben White), Lester, Luther, Mable (sp?), Jean, Carrie Mae, and Viola White (who died in infancy). Supposedly, all were born in Selma between 1894 and 1914, but the 1900 census lists Charles and Carrie as living in Tarboro and it is not until the 1910 census that we see them living in Selma. Carrie's mother and father are quite elusive. All we know of her mother is as follows: Her name was Lizzie Lee and the 1900 and 1910 Census lists her as living with Charles and Carrie, first in Tarboro, Edgecombe County and then in Selma, Johnston County, respectively. One of these census lists her birthdate as March 1849 and says that she is a widow. We are not able to find any documentation about her birth, who her husband was, or her death. My family has been told that Carrie Della had a sister named Mamie Lee, who after Carrie's death in fall of 1920, took Lizzie to the county home where she died shortly thereafter. The only thing we know of Carrie's father is that his name was reputed to have been Robert and that he was supposedly born around 1848. I have found a 2-1/2 year old Robert, son of Charles Lee, in the Johnston County 1850 census, but again I don't know if Lee was Lizzie's married name or she either kept or reverted to her maiden name after her husband's death. On that note, we aren't even sure if she ever actually married Carrie and/or Mamie's father or if the girls were fathered by the same man. Carrie's husband remarried after her death to a woman named Mamie Creech (not to be confused with his wife's sister, Mamie Lee). Charles owned a wood yard and died in 1941. This is pretty much all we know. The surnames involved are Lee, White and Eason, as my grandma married James Atlas Eason, born 6/30/1910, d. 1978. (We have the Eason lineage back to Kearney Eason Sr., b. 1813, m. Cuzzy Godwin, b. 1818, but have not been able to find Kearney senior's parents either.) Thanks for any guidance anyone can offer! -Michele Eason _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Dawn, This article appeared in the Tarboro Southerner (which is now the Daily Southerner.) I can send you copies of the article if you send me your address. Superior Court records can be found at the N.C. State Archives in Raleigh. Contact me directly at tracithompson@hotmail.com or tthompson@edgecombelibrary.org. Traci the Librarian _____________________________________________________________________ From: "huxd" <huxd@erols.com> To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NCEDGECO] Murder Mystery Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:34:40 -0400 X-Message: #1 Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20010612183412.04343e70@popd.ix.netcom.com> An excerpt from two newspaper articles dated May 23 and May 30, 1857, reads "Exum Fountain, aged about twenty-five years and unmarried, kept a small grocery on the Halifax road, near Maj. L. R. Cherry's, and was struck by his own axe on the night of May 14, 1857. His mother found him the next day, but he died without recovering consciousness on May 16, 1857. Subsequently 'Negro Jim', the property of Willie Bradley, has been arrested and committed to jail to take his trial at the next Superior Court, charged with the homicide. I do not have the name of the newspaper but it should be an Edgecombe County newspaper. I would like a copy of the articles as well as the records of the next Superior Court to see the outcome. I know Exum Fountain was buried in the Fountain family Cemetery. I have not been there but I was given the directions of: "To get to the cemetery, take US 301 south from Enfield, NC. Make a right on to County 1409, Speights Chapel Road. Go to Seven Bridges Road and make a right. You will see Gethsemane Baptist Church on the left. Cemetery is 1/4 mile from the turn off on the right in the middle of a farmer's field." I would appreciate any info on Exum Fountain. Thanks Dawn ______________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Hello all, I am hitting a brick wall and wondering if anyone can help. My great grandmother, Carrie Della Lee, was born 11/9/1874 in I believe Tarboro, Edgecombe county. In 1892, Tarboro, Edgecombe County, she married Charles Solon White of Windsor, Bertie County, who was born 8/13/1872 (we think 1872). Carrie and Charles had nine children, including my grandma, Ethel Grace White, b. 5/16/1914. Besides my grandma, their names were Lottie, Herbert, Reuben (named after Charles' father, Reuben White), Lester, Luther, Mable (sp?), Jean, Carrie Mae, and Viola White (who died in infancy). Supposedly, all were born in Selma between 1894 and 1914, but the 1900 census lists Charles and Carrie as living in Tarboro and it is not until the 1910 census that we see them living in Selma. Carrie's mother and father are quite elusive. All we know of her mother is as follows: Her name was Lizzie Lee and the 1900 and 1910 Census lists her as living with Charles and Carrie, first in Tarboro, Edgecombe County and then in Selma, Johnston County, respectively. One of these census lists her birthdate as March 1849 and says that she is a widow. We are not able to find any documentation about her birth, who her husband was, or her death. My family has been told that Carrie Della had a sister named Mamie Lee, who after Carrie's death in fall of 1920, took Lizzie to the county home where she died shortly thereafter. The only thing we know of Carrie's father is that his name was reputed to have been Robert and that he was supposedly born around 1848. I have found a 2-1/2 year old Robert, son of Charles Lee, in the Johnston County 1850 census, but again I don't know if Lee was Lizzie's married name or she either kept or reverted to her maiden name after her husband's death. On that note, we aren't even sure if she ever actually married Carrie and/or Mamie's father or if the girls were fathered by the same man. Carrie's husband remarried after her death to a woman named Mamie Creech (not to be confused with his wife's sister, Mamie Lee). Charles owned a wood yard and died in 1941. This is pretty much all we know. The surnames involved are Lee, White and Eason, as my grandma married James Atlas Eason, born 6/30/1910, d. 1978. (We have the Eason lineage back to Kearney Eason Sr., b. 1813, m. Cuzzy Godwin, b. 1818, but have not been able to find Kearney senior's parents either.) Thanks for any guidance anyone can offer! -Michele Eason

HELLO DAWN: I am also interested in this article you sent to the Edgec. List as I believe I am related to the FOUNTAIN AND CHERRY families! I descend from MITCHELL WATKINS, SR. b ca 1740s, R.S. who m. 2 LODGE sisters, then m/3 my ELIZABETH HILL (d/o ISAAC HILL, SR. & LUCINDA WLLACE/ D/O DAVID WALLACE) RICHARD WATKINS b 1803 Wash.Co. GA m. CELIA WYNN FRANCIS M. WATKINS m. ELIZ. KINGERY they ended up in Wilkinson Co.GA But Richard's brother, MITCHELL WATKINS, JR. marr. a CHERRY WOMAN, and her mother res. with them in Wash.Co.GA in early 1800s. Mary and Sarah Cherry; believe they were related to WILLIS/WILLIAM CHERRY of Edgec.Co. And FOUNTAIN is a name that also marr. into my WATKINS LINE. Isaac Fountain I believe is the man's name....he I believe became the son in law to my MITCHELL WATKINS, SR., having marr. one of Mitchell Sr.s daughters. Phonetta or Lucinda. Do you have this info? Wd love to discuss further with others of these lines and related lines. Anyone from any of these or RELATED LINES are welcome to join the WatkinsRev email list that is only for the MITCHELL WATKINS kin, including his brothers, LEVIN AND PETER, and ???? and ANY lines that are related, incl. the above mentioned, and all others as well. There are quite a few folks on the WatkinsRev list (for "Watkins brothers" and "revolutionary war" ....) To join it, just send an email to: WatkinsRev-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Or email me at: tpeddie@charter.net Thanks, TINA/CA *************************/ ----- Original Message ----- From: huxd <huxd@erols.com> To: <NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 3:34 PM Subject: [NCEDGECO] Murder Mystery > An excerpt from two newspaper articles dated May 23 and May 30, 1857, reads > "Exum Fountain, aged about twenty-five years and unmarried, kept a small > grocery on the Halifax road, near Maj. L. R. Cherry's, and was struck by his > own axe on the night of May 14, 1857. His mother found him the next day, > but he died without recovering consciousness on May 16, 1857. Subsequently > 'Negro Jim', the property of Willie Bradley, has been arrested and committed > to jail to take his trial at the next Superior Court, charged with the > homicide. > > I do not have the name of the newspaper but it should be an Edgecombe > County newspaper. I would like a copy of the articles as well as the > records of the next Superior Court to see the outcome. > > I know Exum Fountain was buried in the Fountain family Cemetery. I have not > been there but I was given the directions of: > "To get to the cemetery, take US 301 south from Enfield, NC. Make a right > on to County 1409, Speights Chapel Road. Go to Seven Bridges Road and make a > right. You will see Gethsemane Baptist Church on the left. Cemetery is 1/4 > mile from the turn off on the right in the middle of a farmer's field." > > I would appreciate any info on Exum Fountain. > Thanks > Dawn > > ______________________________

Wow!! Traci, this is great! Thank you so much for the lead. It looks like the answers are getting closer and closer. I'm EX-CIT-ED !! Mr. Tom Colbert is helping me look these records up in the Kirn Library and may be able to get more info on this citation to see if any more information comes from the court records??? Maybe? Like confirmation that Thomas SPELL was her father. Sheila Martin ============= In a message dated Wed, 13 Jun 2001 11:38:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Traci Thompson" <tracithompson@hotmail.com> writes: << Don't know if this helps any, but this is from the Records of Estates, Edgecombe County, N.C. 1761-1825 by David Gammon: "ANN RICHARDSON Summons (Nov. 4, 1783) of Thomas Spell to answer to James Scarborough and wife Mary and the other heirs of the dec'd., who had been the wife of Benjamin Richardson."

Don't know if this helps any, but this is from the Records of Estates, Edgecombe County, N.C. 1761-1825 by David Gammon: "ANN RICHARDSON Summons (Nov. 4, 1783) of Thomas Spell to answer to James Scarborough and wife Mary and the other heirs of the dec'd., who had been the wife of Benjamin Richardson." _________________________________________________________________ From: SMartin583@aol.com To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NCEDGECO] RICHARDSON-JONES-SPELL Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 23:57:39 -0400 I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has researched these families and is willing to share their information/findings. I am particularly interested in getting copies of the Wills from Edgecombe County NC. Benjamin RICHARDSON later married Sarah Mizell in 1767 Tyrrell County and moved to GA and was a JP in the B.E.S. (Bulloch-Effingham-Screven) area. I recently received information from another researcher that led me to look for more documentation. The story was that Benjamin RICHARDSON md. before 1757 Ann ?? (possibly JONES, a daughter of John JONES) in NC. The Will of John JONES was found in Edgecombe County NC. Checking the available resources here in Tallahassee Florida at the Archives (primarily abstracts of NC wills by J. Bryan Grimes or for Edgecombe Co. NC by Ruth Smith Williams & Margarette Glen Griffin), I found that Ann ??? Richardson mentioned in John JONES will was not mentioned as a daughter but as an Other Legatee, as Ann and Benjamin Richardson. The ladies (Williams & Griffin) indicate in their second book on Marriages of Edgecombe County NC that Ann was the daughter of Thomas SPELL, listed in John JONES will as a son in law. John JONES's will lists 3 sons in law (including SPELL) implying there were 3 daughters. The will only lists one of the daughters by name: Sarah, who married Charles JERKINS. The other son in law was Peter MITCHELL. JONES's sons named in the will were Wallis (Wallace?), Etheldred and John. Wallis was Executor. In a codicil, John names another son Frederick. Another reference indicates there is a will for Peter MITCHELL in Edgecombe Co. in 1770. None of the sons are listed in the Marriages of North and South Carolina by Clemens. There is a Benjamin Richardson listed in the 1784-86 State Census in Halifax County. Is this the same man? The age and family members seem to match. ______________________________ Paulette, I think I've tried to help you with this one unsuccessfully before, but here's another try. In the 1860 Edgecombe census there are a string of ROBBINS, a Becky ROBERSON, a John, Joshua, and Johnathan ROBERTSON, and a Sally ROBINSON. These are the only names anywhere close to what you're looking for. In my book Kinfolks of Edgecombe County, 1788-1855, there are several ROBARDS, a lot of ROBBINS, a few ROBERSON/ROBBESON/ROBBISONS, a Thomas ROBERTS, and a bunch of ROBERTSONS. One reason I think I haven't been able to help you much is the time period you're looking at; most of my books stop around Civil War era. If there are any meaty clues they will probably be lurking in county courthouses. Traci the Librarian P.S. - I'm pretty sure there isn't a place called "Cococa" in Edgecombe County - someone must be confused!? Close names might be Tyancoky Swamp, which is now Cokey Swamp, and Conetoe. _________________________________________________________________ From: "paulette faulkner" <sparrowsma@hotmail.com> To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCEDGECO] lookup Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 12:10:54 -0400 Hi, I would appreciate it if whoever does look ups can find a Young Roberts he was listed as being born in Cococa, Edgecombe, Nc at Family Search born 1844 which is right along what other data I have reports. Are there any Roberts or Robarts in Edgecombe County, NC in 1850-1890. I did find Young and Family in 1900 census with his family being born in NC as well as his self, and his parents. He was listed as a Policeman...in 1900. Edgecombe County, NC Paulette _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com