Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/2170 Surname: DAVIS, BOYETT, BARNES ------------------------- My ggg grandfather Jesse DAVIS b. abt. 1787 married (1) Zilpha BOYETT b. 1800 on 28 Feb 1820 in Johnston Co. NC with these known children: Elisha C. DAVIS b. 14 Feb 1831 NC George W. DAVIS b. abt 1833 Jesse DAVIS b. abt 1835 The bondman for their marriage was Stevens BARNES. I don't know if your Stephen and this Stevens are the same or a different person. There are some STEVENS families in the area. I hope to learn of how Stevens BARNES may be related to Zilpha BOYETT. Do you have any knowledge of these people?

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/2169 Surname: DAVIS, BOYETT, BARNES ------------------------- My ggg grandfather Jesse DAVIS b. abt. 1787 married (1) Zilpha BOYETT b. 1800 on 28 Feb 1820 in Johnston Co. NC with these known children: Elisha C. DAVIS b. 14 Feb 1831 NC George W. DAVIS b. abt 1833 Jesse DAVIS b. abt 1835 The bondman for their marriage was Stevens BARNES. I don't know if your Stephen and this Stevens are the same or a different person. There are some STEVENS families in the area.

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/2168 Surname: PIERCE, EDWARDS ------------------------- My gg grandfather Jesse PIERCE was born in Georgia but is said to have come to Texas from NC. That is about all I know about him. I know a good deal about his discendants. He married Florence EDWARDS in Texas abt. 1871-2. They had two daughters Mary and Emma. Jesse died abt. 1879 in the fall. I keep looking for something more about him and his family. I hope that his relatives have some knowledge of him that has surived. When I saw the two Jesses on you quiery I thought I would just try even though past experience tells me it is a slim chance that our Pierces are related. I would apprecate any help and look forward to hearing from you.

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/NC/Johnston/2167 Surname: Johnson, Barour, Strickland ------------------------- I'm trying to find the parents of Salina H. Johnson b,8/23,1849 m.Bythan Elbert (Ed) Strickland and Salina A. Johnson b, 10/1854 m. William R. Agrippa Barbour.Thanks for any help.

Additional information on women's rights to property. Betty Pace --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ken Daniell <daniellk@bellsouth.net> To: PACE-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 22:40:25 -0500 Subject: Re: [PACE-L] Colonial property rights of women and legal age Message-ID: <3A8B4FA9.7AADD2B8@bellsouth.net> References: <20010214150954.EAIH142.mta09.onebox.com@onebox.com> I'm very interested in this legal age issue (guardianship, own property, sell property, witness deeds) because it can help to establish at least a range for birthdate. On the issue of women and the law I would like to add a point that doesn't get mentioned often. I have encountered three surprisingly early instances of widows getting prenuptial agreements prior to remarriage. One was 1660 in England where a widow was shielding the legacies of her minor children from their future stepfather. Another was a woman in Charleston, SC who had prenups for two different marriages in the early 1700s . Her first prenup was before her marriage to the speaker of the SC House of Assembly and the second was before her marriage to the son of a former governor. In both lengthy agreements she spelled out in great detail all the property she was bringing into the marriage and that it was not to become the property of her future husband. Ken Daniell --------- <snip> Ken I have seen that many many times. The step father did not need to give any property to his wife's previous issue even though she brought most of property into the marriage UNLESS it was agreed to and signed before the marriage -- it is often recorded on the day of the marriage. Most of my research is in the south. In my PA research women's rights and property were not so protected although as you say when an agreement was reached it went into great detail. This is an short verion I carry with me for Southern Colonial research. At times state laws may vary. from birth inherit enumerated in censis age 12 female witness documents age 14 male testify in court choose guardian be punished for a crime sign contracts act as executor bequeath personal property by will marry age 16 be taxed muster into militia procession land take possession of land holdings age 18 practice trade age 18 female release guardian age 21 male release guardian own land devise land by will be taxed plead or sue in court be naturalized fill public office serve on jury vote Ruth Keys Clark, Kansas

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/2166 Surname: Green, Rogers ------------------------- Do you know if any of your Green or Speight lines went into Anson or Montgomery Co's NC ? I have many Green's in our Rogers line in Anson, Montgomery, and Stanly Co's NC who later on all moved into Carroll Co. TN, then into Boone Co. AR. Most trace back to the Anson NC area in the 1774 era, and may have been in Johnston Co. NC before that time. The Speights, Greens, Rowlands, Rogers, Edwards, McMakins, McGregors, Liles, Lipe, Cox, Cooper, and others are all familiar names in Anson, Montgomery, or Stanly who all moved to Carroll Co. TN about 1820's, and I am trying to determine if some of those lines may trace back into Johnston Co. NC as well. Tina Rogers Beller e-mail jkpb3@bellsouth.net

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/2164 Surname: Rogers ------------------------- I am seeking information on a Green Rogers who is listed on the Johnston Co. NC Revolutionary War Soldiers list who was in NC Line and died 1783L. We too have many Green Rogers later on in Carroll Co. TN and Boone Co. AR who trace back to the Rogers family in Anson, and Montgomery Co's in NC and may have come from the Johnston Co. NC area during the Rev. War. period. Our Rogers in Anson & Montgomery, and Stanley Co's NC were: James Rogers, Sr. James Rogers, Jr. William Rogers b. 1770 NC ( probably in Montgomery ) Other Rogers known in that Anson area in the 1770-1800 era were: Benjamin, Philip, Thomas, John, & etc. If any of the Johnston Co. NC Rogers lines think they could be related to ours who were in Anson, Montgomery, or Stanly Co's. in NC in the 1774 period, contact me at e-mail: jkpb3@bellsouth.net Tina Rogers Beller

Ruth is a professional genealogist and historian. She probably knows what she is talking about. Betty Pace --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ruthkeysclark@myfamily.com To: PACE-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 07:09:54 -0800 Subject: [PACE-L] Colonial property rights of women and legal age Message-ID: <20010214150954.EAIH142.mta09.onebox.com@onebox.com> Noted with interest the discussion regarding property right of females and the legal age for involvement in various legal transactions. The first editon of Val Greenwood's book covers this topic well giving the legal age for both male and female. Males could inherit propertuy at any age, could claim property later on but could not sell property until they were 21. His discussion is excellent and I would suggest you study it. I can send this table of legal age to any who are interested. Female rights varied some in the colonies -- after the Revolution they are more uniform. Unlike PA and NY, the South enforced strictly the dower rights of women as divorce was very very rare. Many males left home and never returned however thier wives could not legally own and pass along to their children property unless court action was taken to permit it. Women could not do business without the consent of their husbands. Husbands owned their wives property and also their clothing, time and talents. Women could not take in laundry without their husband's permission. The two books I have found very useful, I have posted previously : Women and the Law of Property in Early America by Marylynn Salmon and Inheritance in America from Colonial Times to the Present by Carole Shammas, Marylynn Salmon and Michel Dahlin. Ruth Keys Clark, Kansas ________________________________________________________________________ Get your own free email, set up a MyFamily site at http://www.MyFamily.com ==== PACE Mailing List ==== Be sure to check the Pace Family Genealogy Forum at http://genforum.com/pace/ and the Pace Network at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pace (New address!) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/2162 Surname: ------------------------- Go to this sire you will find your information www.broadwellsofnc.org

Also, if you've seen the site, pictures of the old Johnston County are scant. Granted, I was able to get a few but if you have anything to contribute, like a link to your family website, pictures, blurbs, whatever -- let me know so I can add it. Send it to bastages@hotmail.com though. I may not have this current email address much longer.

Sorry for being out of the loop for awhile. The site needs to be updated TREMENDOUSLY and will be within the next 2 weeks. As long as you have a Rich Text or HTML enabled email software, you can just type the URL and folks can click on it. The URL is www.geocities.com/jcncheritage Give me a few days and I can put a chat line on the site.... -----Original Message----- From: Ann Massengill/John Evans [mailto:NICOJAK@ftc-i.net] Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 11:44 AM To: NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NCJOHNST] JOCO Reunion stuff Hi, Rootswebbers! It is time once again to shake up the line with one of our irregularly scheduled reminders that we really are planning a Johnston County Heritage Day July 4, 2002. AND the "executive committee" will meet in some manner on July 4th of this coming summer. Will every one who wants to be a family representative (or otherwise keep informed) please check in again so I can update my mailing list? {My son has showed me how to do a list of addresses that will all go out at one time, and I need something to try this new skill out on!) We need to plan details of the upcoming meeting. SEARCH: Any member of Jimmy Hayes' family in Benson tuned it? Please get back to me on a personal family matter. His wife Betty is my husband's cousin. MEREDITH PAGE: How do we organize a chat-line? Can we get to it from our homepage? And PLEASE tell me how to attach that homepage to my e-mail in one of the blue addresses like other people have. IDEA: We should get some prominent JOCO-ian to be honorary chairman of the 2002 event. Frankly, y'all, I am not that famous! According to my daddy and his cousin Millie Johnson Dorn, it would be an easy job if Ava Gardner were still alive. Both of them believed they had gone to school with her... a decade apart. (She did die, didn't she?) Y'all think on this and let's come up with a genuine celebrity, preferably one who is somewhat knowleageable about his/her roots and is, or can reliably pretend, to be proud of his JOCO heritage. If we can come up with an active or retired astronaut, NASA pays them to do this sort of stuff. (You know that already if you plan events in the Carolinas, where we have nothing if not an abundant crop of astronauts!) Besides actors and Nobel laureates, think of the number of prominent attorneys, clergy, professional football players we must have out there somewhere. AMUSING STORY: I visited an 8th-grade class at a very expensive, very exclusive, very private school a couple of weeks ago to do an "artist in school" gig. At some point, I was wandering aimlessly about the science of genetics to explain believable characterizations. I explained that John and I, two blonde/brown-haired persons, have four children; one has blue/black hair, one is a true blonde, one is a vibrant redhead, and one has mousy fine brown hair like mine. I waited for some sign that this is remarkable. Finally, one girl on the front row looked brightly at me and asked, "Uh, the one who has hair like yours? Who does HER hair?" I decided that sometimes it might be better NOT to light just one little candle.... life is good... but I can't figure out how to e-file our income taxes for free! annie ______________________________

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/2160 Surname: DAVIS, BOYETT ------------------------- I am looking for siblings and ancestors of Jesse DAVIS b. abt.1787 NC mar. (1)Zilpha BOYETT 28 Feb 1820 in Johnston Co. NC with these known children: Elisha C. DAVIS b. 14 Feb 1831 NC George W. DAVIS b. abt. 1833 NC Jesse DAVIS b. abt.1835 (2)mar.Anny CRAFFORD 25 Oct. 1836 children unknown Does anyone know if George BOYETT listed on the 1850 Johnston Co.Federal Census p.78 age 80 is the father of Zilpha?

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Obituaries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/JohnstonObits/56 Surname: ALLEN, SNEAD ------------------------- Obituary from News and Observer - printed May 7, 1999 Four Oaks - Mildred Snead Allen, 85 of 1951 Strickland Crossoads Rd., Four Oaks,NC died Thursday at home. She was a sales clerk.She was born in Johnston County on Nov. 30, 1913 to the late Fulton and Vonnie Creech Snead. Funeral at 2 p. m. Saturday at Pauline Baptist Church. Rev. Terry Batten, Rev. Eugene Clayton and Rev. Niles Compton. Burial in Church cemetery. She was preceded in death by spouse Paul Allen. Surving; sisters, Surles Allen and Lois Massengill, both of Four Oaks, NC; special brothers- in law Hugh Allen and James Massengill, both of Four Oaks, NC; special sister-in-law, Pauline McLamb, of Four Oaks, NC; Nieces, Ann Allen, of Wilmington, NC; Johnnie Sue Lee and Von Karen Allen, both of Four Oaks, NC. Family at Minshew Funeral 7-9 p.m. Friday

More information on ages for witnesses, deeds, etc. Betty Pace --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ginny Atwell <Ginny.Atwell@wcom.com> To: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 11:03 -0500 (EST) Subject: [RowanRoots] Age for signing as a witness? Message-ID: <0G8P001F9GP3D4@dgismtp04.wcomnet.com> If a child was deeded land, especially a girl, it generally means that that child was an orphan (ie their father had died ... their mother could still be living). An individual may own land when they are one day old, but cannot sell land until they are 21. There were also laws concerning female ownership of land, a woman's land became her husbands property upon marriage. Only single women (Orphans, spinsters and widows) could own land. _________________________________________________________________ Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 07:36 -0500 (EST) From: Pat Perkins <caviness@conninc.com> To: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Age for signing as a witness? Would a 9 year old ever have been named as a executor in a will ? caviness@conninc.com Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 03:04 -0500 (EST) From: Betty A. Pace <bapace2@juno.com> To: POOLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Age for signing as a witness? Someone had asked how old a male had to be to witness a deed, etc. This is an answer. Betty Pace Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 00:31 -0500 (EST) From: John Coates <john@coates.net> To: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Age for signing as a witness? Rick- Have you encountered a minor female being deeded land without a guardian? I have an ancestor who is deeded land at the age of 10 and then again at the age of 13. In both cases I have been unable to establish a connection grantor. Would appreciate your thoughts. Thanks John Coates John@Coates.Net Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:47 -0500 (EST) From: Fredric Z. Saunders <fzsaund@ix.netcom.com> To: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Age for signing as a witness? Fourteen was also the age for a male to testify in court. I agree that if given a choice, most likely the owner of the land would choose someone over 21 to prove the deed in court. I don't know that I have ever seen a case of someone known to be that young prove a deed, but I have seen cases of males not much over 14 give testimony in civil court cases. Rick Saunders http://genealogypro.com/fsaunders.html Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:21 -0500 (EST) From: John Coates <john@coates.net> To: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Age for signing as a witness? While this holds for a witness, if the person was '"proving" a deed they would most likely be 21 or older. John Coates John@Coates.Net Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:18 -0500 (EST) From: Fredric Z. Saunders <fzsaund@ix.netcom.com> To: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Age for signing as a witness? Age 14 for a male to witness a document. [Arlene Eakle and Johni Cerny, " The Source," (Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Publishing Co., 1984), 186] Rick Saunders http://genealogypro.com/fsaunders.html Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:56 -0500 (EST) From: Marla Webb <marlawebb@inquo.net> To: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Age for signing as a witness? This list has always be so knowledgeable and willing to share information. I have an ancestor who signed as a witness to a land deed transaction in 1798. I have an approximate year of birth for him which has been 1780. However, I am wondering what age a person had to be in order to sign as a witness? Do they have to be of legal age (21) ? This may help give a better idea of his year of birth. If anyone can help with the answer. I would appreciate it very much Thank You. Marla ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== The list administrator can be reached at john@coates.net. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Someone had asked how old a male had to be to witness a deed, etc. This is an answer. Betty Pace --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Fredric Z. Saunders" <fzsaund@ix.netcom.com> To: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 18:18:59 -0700 Subject: [RowanRoots] Age for signing as a witness? Message-ID: <01C09520.47594A20@pool-63.50.218.43.phnx.grid.net> Age 14 for a male to witness a document. [Arlene Eakle and Johni Cerny, " The Source," (Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Publishing Co., 1984), 186] Rick Saunders http://genealogypro.com/fsaunders.html Another message: While this holds for a witness, if the person was '"proving" a deed they would most likely be 21 or older. John Coates John@Coates.Net Another message: Fourteen was also the age for a male to testify in court. I agree that if given a choice, most likely the owner of the land would choose someone over 21 to prove the deed in court. I don't know that I have ever seen a case of someone known to be that young prove a deed, but I have seen cases of males not much over 14 give testimony in civil court cases. Rick Saunders http://genealogypro.com/fsaunders.html ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== The list administrator can be reached at john@coates.net. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

I am seeking information on Elijah Phillips. Parents: Fort T. Phillips and Elizabeth Rains Phillips. Elijah was born in 1855 in or around Johnston and Wayne County, probably at Boon Hill. He is shown with his family at Boon Hill on the 1860 Census Records. I believe his father was killed in or died shortly after the Civil War. After the war, the widow, Elizabeth, moved with some of her children to the area around Sullivan, Illinois. I believe the connection to that area may have come from Fort T. Phillips, in that his mother Mary Polly Thomson Phillips was from Shelby County, Illinois. Anyone having information on Elijah Phillips, please contact me. Thank you so much. Kathy Davis

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Hi, Rootswebbers! It is time once again to shake up the line with one of our irregularly scheduled reminders that we really are planning a Johnston County Heritage Day July 4, 2002. AND the "executive committee" will meet in some manner on July 4th of this coming summer. Will every one who wants to be a family representative (or otherwise keep informed) please check in again so I can update my mailing list? {My son has showed me how to do a list of addresses that will all go out at one time, and I need something to try this new skill out on!) We need to plan details of the upcoming meeting. SEARCH: Any member of Jimmy Hayes' family in Benson tuned it? Please get back to me on a personal family matter. His wife Betty is my husband's cousin. MEREDITH PAGE: How do we organize a chat-line? Can we get to it from our homepage? And PLEASE tell me how to attach that homepage to my e-mail in one of the blue addresses like other people have. IDEA: We should get some prominent JOCO-ian to be honorary chairman of the 2002 event. Frankly, y'all, I am not that famous! According to my daddy and his cousin Millie Johnson Dorn, it would be an easy job if Ava Gardner were still alive. Both of them believed they had gone to school with her... a decade apart. (She did die, didn't she?) Y'all think on this and let's come up with a genuine celebrity, preferably one who is somewhat knowleageable about his/her roots and is, or can reliably pretend, to be proud of his JOCO heritage. If we can come up with an active or retired astronaut, NASA pays them to do this sort of stuff. (You know that already if you plan events in the Carolinas, where we have nothing if not an abundant crop of astronauts!) Besides actors and Nobel laureates, think of the number of prominent attorneys, clergy, professional football players we must have out there somewhere. AMUSING STORY: I visited an 8th-grade class at a very expensive, very exclusive, very private school a couple of weeks ago to do an "artist in school" gig. At some point, I was wandering aimlessly about the science of genetics to explain believable characterizations. I explained that John and I, two blonde/brown-haired persons, have four children; one has blue/black hair, one is a true blonde, one is a vibrant redhead, and one has mousy fine brown hair like mine. I waited for some sign that this is remarkable. Finally, one girl on the front row looked brightly at me and asked, "Uh, the one who has hair like yours? Who does HER hair?" I decided that sometimes it might be better NOT to light just one little candle.... life is good... but I can't figure out how to e-file our income taxes for free! annie

Did your Page's migrate to Robeson County, NC or Dillon County, SC. If so, I have some info.... Christina Page Descendant of James Page of Dillon County, SC and Mabel Harlee of Robeson County, NC Descendant of Bessie Davis Womack and James Alton Womack of Pine Level, NC

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