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