I thought I had this bookmarked (North Carolina Marriage Bonds) but can not find, can someone please help me out? Rose Parks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harris, Grizzard, Banks Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GUB.2ACE/242.262 Message Board Post: Is their anyway to get more information on the Grizzard & Harris families buried there? It could help me with my search. Are their any Banks buried there? This is what I know. Kinion (Kinyan) Harris b 1804 in Pitt, m.Sarah abt 1824 in Pitt. Children are James b1831, Fanny E. b1833, Richard b1837, John b1848. The 1860 Pitt census has a mulatto boy named Heymerick (Hymerick) age 12 living with the Harris'. I am trying to get information on Heymerick Banks because he could be related to my gggfather Hambrey Banks. Kinion may have also married Elizabeth in 1870. There is also a nephew (?) named Kinion born 1858 (m.Eliza Grizzard May 2, 1881) son of Henry & Mary Harris who also had a daughter Nancy E. born 1848. In the 1860 census there is a Rebecca Banks 54 who may be working for Mary Harris but she is not listed as Mulatto Hambrey Banks (Native/African American) is my gggfather born 1851. I found him in the 1880 Pitt County NC census married to Flora (Wiggins) listed as Mulattos at ages 29 & 24. I'm also finding in Pitt death records Hambrick, Hamlet, Hamrick, Hambut and now Heymerick Banks. I'm still investigate wheter these other Pitt County Banks are related to my Hambrey. These names are so unusual possibly they are names given by a slave owner. These names all seem to a have Irish ring to them, possibly the slave owner. Are your Harris' slave owners around 1850 in Pitt County NC??

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GUB.2ACE/7.116.1 Message Board Post: Kinion (Kinyan) Harris b 1804 in Pitt, m.Sarah abt 1824 in Pitt. Children are James b1831, Fanny E. b1833, Richard b1837, John b1848. The 1860 Pitt census has a mulatto boy named Heymerick (Hymerick) age 12 living with the Harris'. I am trying to get information on Heymerick Banks because he could be related to my gggfather Hambrey Banks. Kinion may have also married Elizabeth in 1870. There is also a nephew (?) named Kinion born 1858 (m.Eliza Grizzard May 2, 1881) son of Henry & Mary Harris who also had a daughter Nancy E. born 1848. In the 1860 census there is a Rebecca Banks 54 who may be working for Mary Harris but she is not listed as Mulatto Hambrey Banks (Native/African American) is my gggfather born 1851. I found him in the 1880 Pitt County NC census married to Flora (Wiggins) listed as Mulattos at ages 29 & 24. I'm also finding in Pitt death records Hambrick, Hamlet, Hamrick, Hambut and now Heymerick Banks. I'm still investigate wheter these other Pitt County Banks are related to my Hambrey. These names are so unusual possibly they are names given by a slave owner. These names all seem to a have Irish ring to them, possibly the slave owner. Was your Harris' slave owner around 1850 in Pitt County NC??

I found in Dale Co.,AL a Joshua Herring age 62 on the 1850 census with wife Kesiah and son Joseph age 25 in household and probable son William R. born 1813 just above. Several of William's children were born in GA. There are not many Joshua Herrings (or various spellings) on census and found only one in GA 1830, listed as Joshua Herrin in Marion Co., Ga with himself and wife in right age group and could be William and Joseph. 012201-010001. Names on the same page include, Drinkwater, Windham, Amerson, then Joshua, Melvin, Underwood, Page, William & Ephriam Taylor; John & Wiley & Moses Hill, Adams,Posey, Cox and then Tekil & Thomas Taylor. Included given names of the several alike and surnames recognized from these counties of Dobbs. I believe this Joshua Herring may be the son of Enoch Herring of Sampson Co. NC. Are any of the names above ones that anyone here is researching? Do you have any information on Joshua Herring with wife Kesiah/Keziah??? Thanks.. Rose Parks

Ruth has finished abstracting in detail the very complicated Supreme Court Case - Edwards vs Sheppard - Version 2. It has been sent to Guy. Outstanding job, Ruth!!! Would some of you take a look at this case when it gets posted and see what you think regarding the "children" of Elizabeth Edwards Harper? Her husband was Blaney, Sr., son of Francis I. have not had time to really study but reading through it 2 times, and just going by this case, it indicates to me that Elizabeth Edwards was the mother of Richard H. F., Blaney Jr., Zilphia Harper Sheppard Smith, and Thomas E. Harper. Zilphia's middle name was McLlwean which was Elizabeth McLlwean's mother's name so this really does not make sense. No where are the two girls who married Tysons mentioned and one of them is proven to be the daughter of Elizabeth McLlwean. The case refers to Elizabeth Edwards Harper "children" several times indicating more than one. I simply do not see any explanation of Blaney's children other than these four children being of the 2nd wife and the two girls who married Tysons being Elizabeth McLlweans children. Martha

I will be going to NC on Wed for two weeks and will attend Pitt County Family Researchers Reunion this weekend. Plan on going to the Jones and Duplin Co Courthouses but not to the archives. Christine will monitor the list while I am gone. If you have a problem, contact her - [email protected] To cut my inbox down, am changing the number of times your emails will bounce from 8 to 4 which is the default. If you bounce 4 times, it kicks you off. Been having a lot of bounces lately. When your problems get straightened out, please re-sub. Martha

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GUB.2ACE/472 Message Board Post: I am looking for a family bible that was in the possession of a Blaney Speight in 1949. If any one knows a relative of his, please put them in contact with me. This bible contains information that is vital to tracing the parents of my gggrandfather, Elbert Dail, and may provide insight on the parents of his wife Mary E. Turnage. Thank you. SURNAMES:ALEXANDER, ALLEN, BERRY, DAIL, EXUM, FORREST,HASELDEN, HUNNINGS, McCOTTER, MEEKINS,SANDERS, SPIVEY, TURNAGE, WILLIAMS Linda Dail Rider [email protected]

Not my family, but maybe someone can find some information they need in the list of heirs. Brenda NC Archives Superior Court for District of New Bern State of North Carolina to Sheriff of Greene County William Vines Speight lately recovered in Superior Court for New Bern District against Samuel Speight, Administrator for estate of William Speight, deceased, 5898.14 pounds for damages he sustained and failure to fulfill certain promises. Estate assets only 2045 pounds. Heirs of William Speight: Samuel Speight Susannah Hay Seth Speight, son of Francis, dec. William Speight, son of Francis Jonathon Speight Martha, wife of John Fields Frances, wife of Neusome Faircloth Alice, wife of Jacob Barnes Stephen W. Speight Jacob B. Speight Samuel Speight, son of John William Speight, son of John Mary, wife of Josiah Patton Sarah Speight Seth Speight, son of Jesse, dec. Henry Speight Thomas Speight Lemon Speight Mary V. Speight Nancy A. Speight Fanny Speight Ferebee Bolton Fanny Singleton Ann Dunnagan Isaac Langston Seth Langston Rachel, wife of Jesse Pedder Isaac Robinson Luke Robinson Mary Robinson Lewis Robinson William Robinson Milberry Robinson Heirs had to appear before Judges of Superior Court for District of New Bern on Jan. 15 next for execution of damages which personal estate of William Speight is insufficient, and should not be done of the land and tenements to them descended. They will receive what said Court shall then adjudge in the premise. Witness Silas White Arnett Clerk of Court at New Bern 15th Day of Feby 1804

Brenda, Thanks for the information - will add to database for circumstantial for them being brothers. Wonder if Alexander I had a Will in Greene that left some of his land in Pitt to his son Alexander. I have not seen anything either to indicate he had any land or a land patent. Don't think it would have been Coward land as they appear to be just in Craven and Greene; however, they were on the line in Craven originally where some of that land ended up in Pitt, Greene and Lenoir. I have not gone back to the DAR in the past few weeks to double check the Craven deeds for the Harpers. That is on my list of things to do - soon as things settle a little more and street closings are not on a day by day basis. Martha >From: "Brenda Stocks" <[email protected]> >Old-To: "NC-PCFR" <[email protected]> >Resent-Sender: [email protected] > >Martha, > You wrote: >I am assuming that this Alexander was the brother to your Edward since they >both had land on Back Swamp in Pitt. NOthing else to go on. > > >I agree with you that Alexander (d.1846) and Edward were probably brothers.I >have tried to find when they acquired their land, both adj. to Nehemiah >Garris in the Littlefield area of Pitt. Nehemiah Garris was deeded his land >by his father John Garris in 1823 (John Garris bought it from Joseph Jackson >(pat.) in 1822). The plat of this parcel in Ronald Garris' book shows the >lower left corner abutting Alexander Harper. So Alexander Harper acquired >his parcel sometime prior to 1822. I could not find any record of that in >Elisons deed abstracts or Hofmann's Patents. Edward Harper (Greene) >purchased his land in 1815 from John Van Pelt(Craven) and Jonathon Van >Pelt(Craven), 302 1/2 acres for $850. Adjacent to Thomas Joiner, Samuel >Wingate, Elisha Griffin and Allen Cannon. Former owners Joseph Jackson >(Pat.) and Lawry Van Pelt (from Elison).The Garris land was bought from >Joseph Jackson also, part of a patent. The South boundary of the Garris >land abutted Griffin Land , and the East boundary abutted Cannon land.So >Alexander's land was probably very close to Edward's land since they both >were close to Nehemiah Garris.Nehemiah was born in 1790 in Dobbs Co. (again >from Ronald Garris's book) and Edward and Alexander probably were, too. >Greene Co. line is only about 3 miles (as the crow flies) from this area of >Pitt Co. >Brenda > > >==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== >Post to this mail list at: [email protected] >Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr >Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and public records. > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

Martha, You wrote: I am assuming that this Alexander was the brother to your Edward since they both had land on Back Swamp in Pitt. NOthing else to go on. I agree with you that Alexander (d.1846) and Edward were probably brothers.I have tried to find when they acquired their land, both adj. to Nehemiah Garris in the Littlefield area of Pitt. Nehemiah Garris was deeded his land by his father John Garris in 1823 (John Garris bought it from Joseph Jackson (pat.) in 1822). The plat of this parcel in Ronald Garris' book shows the lower left corner abutting Alexander Harper. So Alexander Harper acquired his parcel sometime prior to 1822. I could not find any record of that in Elisons deed abstracts or Hofmann's Patents. Edward Harper (Greene) purchased his land in 1815 from John Van Pelt(Craven) and Jonathon Van Pelt(Craven), 302 1/2 acres for $850. Adjacent to Thomas Joiner, Samuel Wingate, Elisha Griffin and Allen Cannon. Former owners Joseph Jackson (Pat.) and Lawry Van Pelt (from Elison).The Garris land was bought from Joseph Jackson also, part of a patent. The South boundary of the Garris land abutted Griffin Land , and the East boundary abutted Cannon land.So Alexander's land was probably very close to Edward's land since they both were close to Nehemiah Garris.Nehemiah was born in 1790 in Dobbs Co. (again from Ronald Garris's book) and Edward and Alexander probably were, too. Greene Co. line is only about 3 miles (as the crow flies) from this area of Pitt Co. Brenda

We use a guideline for OBITS with more restrictions for Lenoir and Greene. Fifty years comes to mind or at the very least no LIVING heirs with names. Martha, Here are a couple of things to pass on to the lists about the archives submissions. Thanks, Patty NEW GUIDELINES FOR THE NC USGENWEB ARCHIVES SUBMISSIONS (most of us have been following these, but this makes it official:-) (1) All effort should be taken to avoid posting information concerning living persons. Such information should be posted as an exception rather than as the norm. (2) The following guidance applies to Vital Records: (a) Records of births during the last 70 years should not be posted. 1931 (b) Records of marriages during the last 50 years should not be posted. 1951 (c) Records of deaths for any year may be posted. (d) Records of divorces during the last 70 years should not be posted. 1931 (3) Obituaries naming surviving family members may be posted if personal information concerning those family members is excluded. An example of personal information would be the street address of a surviving family member. (4) The Social Security Account Number, or any other number assigned to a living person, should never be posted. (5) The military record of any living person should not be posted without their approval. (6) Cemetery or tombstone records which name a living spouse or family member need not be altered before posting. (7) Contributions containing information about living persons may be posted with their consent. (8) A record which has been posted containing information about a living person will be removed immediately upon the request of the person named in the record.

Lenoir just got about 30 identical messages coming from the County Query page. With several people bouncing I got over 125 message all at one time. If this happens on Greene just delete but be careful you don't delete a real message. Not sure this applies to PCFR but just in case. This particular posting is from a commercial site and should not be posted in the first place. Have notified Patty and she will report the abuse to ROOTSweb. Sorry about that but not anything we can do except after the fact. Martha

Brenda, I am assuming that this Alexander was the brother to your Edward since they both had land on Back Swamp in Pitt. NOthing else to go on. Think something is wrong on the database. Alexander III's wife was Susan. Was this the Walston? For some reason had put her on as the wife of Francis assumed son of Alexander II. Very nice job on the lawsuit. Am entering it today. Martha

>From NC Archives Continued... Pitt County Estate Records CR 079.508.31 Alexander Harper Folder State of North Carolina Pitt County Deposition of Henry Wingate Age 55 Occupation Farmer Alexander Harper died in 1846 or 47 in Pitt County.He owned land on Back Swamp west of Swift Creek. He owned about 500 acres on both sides of the the swamp. Alexander Harper's will was probated in Pitt County. Henry Wingate married the daughter of Alexander Harper and he (Henry Wingate) sold her share of her father's land with her consent. Lands on the West side of the swamp went to Alexander Harper's wife Susan for her lifetime and then to their daughter Nancy, wife of Henry Wingate. Lands on the East side of the Back swamp went to the four boys: Francis G., Oliver, Blaney, and John. 1/4's to all. Witnesses to the Will: Jony Manning Gideon Witherington Alfred Lane Of the four sons none had children but Oliver. Oliver's children were: Mary, Susan. Charles, and maybe another. Henry Wingate _____________________________________________________ Pitt County Estate Records CR 079.508.31 Alexander Harper Folder State of North Carolina Pitt County Deposition of Francis G. Harper Age 60 Farmer Living in Pitt County Alexander Harper died October or November 1846 Witnesses to the Will : Gideon Witherington Alfred Lane Jobe Manning Will was written September 3, 1846. Alexander Harper died the following October or November. Executors were: Henry Wingate and Blany Harper There were about 500 acres on the East side of Back Swamp. On the West side of Back Swamp there was a 400 acre parcel and an 80 acre parcel. These were left to daughter Nancy and wife Susan. Francis was present when the will was witnessed at the house. F.G. Harper _____________________________________________________ Pitt County Estate Records CR 079.508.31 Alexander Harper Folder State of North Carolina Pitt County Deposition of W.S. Hanrahan August 10, 1861 Age 33 Soldier Purchased girl from John Cox for $500 to take her out of the state and sell her. He was to share in the profits. W.S. Hanrahan __________________________________________________ Pitt County Estate Records CR 079.508.31 Alexander Harper Folder State of North Carolina Pitt County Last notes on this document. Alexander Harper Will left 80 acres to wife Susan for life, then to go to daughter Nancy. Oliver Harper's Children: Mary E. Cannon Susan C. Harper Charles Harper Nancy E. Sutton, wife of James Sutton Martha J. Harper Francis Harper's Children: William D. Harper Mariza R. Harper Sarah R. Harper John Harper never married and had no issue. Blaney Harper never married and had no issue. Susan, wife of Alexander Harper died many years since. Nancy, daughter of Alexander Harper died before commencement of this action.Therefore, her children, Joyner Wingate and Mariza, wife of Jonathon Land are the defendants. These two children are the only children left by Nancy Harper. Walter Hanrahan was a "Soldier of Fortune" ____________________________________________________ This is all I have regarding this case. Brenda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carraway, Wheeler, Beaman, Gay, Webb, Peopples, Price, Morgan, Skinner, others Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GUB.2ACE/432.2 Message Board Post: Do you have any further information on Martha Carraway, one of the heirs of Bennet Fields? I would be especially interested in knowing the name of her husband. Or the name of her parents? Evelyn

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BYNUM, BEAMAN, WINDHAM, OWENS, VINES, RASPBERRY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GUB.2ACE/471 Message Board Post: I was told there was a book published in the 1960' s by this name. Does anyone know where I can get a copy of this book? Thank you. Roberta Galbraith [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BYNUM, BEAMAN, OWENS, WINDHAM, VINES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GUB.2ACE/432.1 Message Board Post: Do you have more info on the children of Bennett Fields and Margaret Rhodes Beaman - his wife? She was the daugher of Jeremiah Beaman born 1803. My greatgreat grandfather was a son of Jeremiah Beaman and I would like to swap info if possible. The boys are listed in the will, but who did the girls marry. Especially interested in the Speight name. Thanks for a reply.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tyson, Brand, Butts, Turnage Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GUB.2ACE/375.1.2 Message Board Post: Roberta: This is a "shot in the dark" so to speak but I am searching for Tysons, namely William Tyson who married x3, (1) Sarah----(2) Amanda Brand (3) Mary Jane Butts. He was born 1835, d. 1916, buried, I understand, in the Tyson Fam. Cem. in Greene Co. N.C. William's parents, per his death cert., were John Tyson and Lovie Turnage. Know anything of this family? Can't seem to find John Tyson, or Lovie Turnage anywhere. Have William's family from him to present day but nothing really on his parents/grandparents. Billie Bocetti

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GUB.2ACE/375.1.1 Message Board Post: Don't have a Bynum line. Have an early Tyson line of Pitt but none of that information is on my database yet. Martha

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bynum, Beaman, Vines, Owens, Windham, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GUB.2ACE/375.1 Message Board Post: I saw in your surname list that you were kin to Bynum and Tysons. I was a Bynum before I was married. Tysons married Bynums of my family. My folks come from Greene and Wilson County. Perhaps we have some of the same relatives and would like to share info. If interested please let me know. Thank you, Roberta