Earp, Young, Eason, Pittman and Godwin Bible Record (From Ronney G. Earp, 7 March 2000) The following Bible information was submitted to me by Billy Franklin Young of Raleigh, N.C. in February 2000. The Bible was owned by his grandmother, Sallie Arphelia Earp who married Burley Franklin Young in Johnston County, North Carolina on September 11, 1910. The publisher and copywright date are unknown. This Bible also contains early reference to Sallies ancestors, Edward Earp and Sealy Earp who were her great-grandparents. Further clues on Edward and Sealy Earp can be found in Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files Vol IV, Abstracted by Virgil D. White The National Publishing Company, Waynesboro, Tennessee, 1992. One entry list Edward Earp. It reads: Earp, Edward S42468, NC Line, app 24 Feb 1823 Johnston Cty NC where he had lived for 8 to 10 yrs & was aged 78, with a wife Celia aged 76 & a daughter (Luiza or Lucina) aged 24 & her child Zela Ann Smith aged 4 whose father James Smith had gone off to a foreign country. The above Zela is believed to be Thula who is listed on the 1850 Johnston County North Carolina Census in the household of Garry and Rhoda Holliman. Her age of 32 matches the above Zelas date of birth. Thula Earp and William Sherrod Earp were the parents of William Gaston Earp, my great grandfather. William Gaston Earp was born May 28, 1849 and died April 1900. For further information on the Earps and numerous other Johnston County surnames see my book, Earp Genealogy The Old North State Connection, published 1998 with a copy submitted to the Johnston County Room. Additionally, I have requested copies of this Bible information be placed in the following surname files: Earp, Young, Eason, Pittman and Godwin. The Bible starts with births, marriages and deaths. Each page is split in two and the transcription will follow left to right as the entries were made. Page 1 left side: John William Eason, first son of J.S. & Luvenal ? was borned the 16 day of June 1884 Ethel Arphelia Young born Oct. 19th 1916. Gladys Grace Young born Oct 28, 1920 James Person Young borned Mar 8, 1922 Eula May Young born Jan 29, 1926 Kenneth Norwood Young was borned January 17, 1928 James Harvey Young born May 17, 1936 Page 1 right side: Martha Eason wife of Turner Eason died Jan the first AD 1900 Turner Eason son of Kerney Eason died May the 14th AD 1904 William Belton Young eldest child of Burlie and Sallie Young was born Aug 20, 1912 Burlie Franklin Young Jr. second child of Burlie and Sallie Young Born Oct 7, 1914 Page 2 left side: John Edward Earp son of Hutson & Sarah Earp was borned July 9th AD 1824 Edney Earp the wife of J.E. Earp and daughter of Simeon & Cherry Godwin was borned September 13th AD 1830 Patiance A. Earp the wife of J.E. Earp & daughter of William and Elizabeth Eason was borned Oct 14th AD 1836 James Arthur Postal Harris was borned upon Saturday the 10th day of Aug AD 1889 Dorothy Elsie Eason born Aug 27, 1918 Page 2 right side: Wiliam Eason son of Sanders & Francie Eason was borned March 18th AD 1791 Elizabeth Eason wife of Wm Eason & daughter of Joel ? and Salley Brotton was borned January the 4th 1797 [MY NOTE: In Family Bible Records Volume I & II Revised the following item was submitted by Cronjie B. Earp: Elisabeth Eason wife of William Eason was born 4 January, 1792. William Eason and two Broughtons are listed on NC Marriage Bonds. They are Betsy Broughton 2 Jan 1819 and Sally Broughton 28 Mar 1826. Cronjie Earp also sumbitted William Easons birth as 17 Mar 1792.] B.F. Young borned March 24, 1890 Bennie Pittman born May 10, 1916 Sallie Faye Pittman born August 10th 1930 or 1936? William Garland Pittman born Oct 5m 1937, and died Nov 7, 1937 Page 3 left side: John Edward Earp and Edney Godwin was married Dec 8th AD 1847 by J.W.B. Watson, Eq.? John Edward Earp and Patiance Eason was married Dec 30th AD 1868 by Rev. John D. Davis James Person Young and Dorothy Louise Dale was married Dec 26, 1942 in Marion, S.C. Burlie Franklin Young and Sallie Earp was married Sept 11, 1910 by J.L. Jones Gladys Grace Young and Earl Hamilton Phillips married March 15, 1941 Page 3 right side: Burley Franklin Young and Lucy C. Scott was married Oct 7, 1933 Billy Franklin Young born Oct 18, 1934 Lucy C. Scott was born Feb 6, 1914 Ethel Young and Bennie Pittman was married Dec 16, 1934 BF Young and Lura Johnson was married May 23, 1944 Kenneth Norwood Young & Evelyn Gray Creech was married March 22, 1947 in Clayton, NC Eula Young & George Pyle was married June 23, 1945 Page 4 left side: Edney Earp wife of John E. Earp & daughter of Simeon & Cherry Godwin departed this life July 15th AD 1854 Patiance Ann Earp wife of John Edward Earp & daughter of William and Elizabeth Eason departed this life Tuesday 7th February, 1888 Sarah Earp wife of Hutson Earp and daughter of John & Nancy Gulley departed this life August 20 AD 1854 Hutson Earp son of Edward & Sealy Earp departed this life April 19th AD 1874 Age 86 years, 1 month and 13 days Page 4 right side: William Eason departed this life January 4th 1863 Annie Mason daughter of Ferby? Mason died May the 3, 1908 Jef Conaway died July 1914 sp? William Belton Young died July 16, 1913 9:50 am Sallie Young died Dec 28th 8:20 am 1930, Sunday NOTE: Johnston County Death Certificate list Sallie A. Young death on Dec 28, 1930. Parents listed John E. Earp and Cuzzie Dinkins. Informant, B.F. Young. She is listed as buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Johnston County, NC. End of Bible Record let's identify the families mentioned above! Martha Eason & Turner Eason: EASON Turner, b ca 1846 Johnston Co NC d 14 May 1904 Johnston Co NC, son of Kerney Eason Sr and Kizzie Godwin, Martha Eason wife of Turner Eason died January the first AD 1900. Who is this wife? Turner Eason married 30 Oct 1900 Pattie KIRBY HOLLAND Johnston Co NC dau of Ransom KIRBY. Jef Conaway: EASON Margianna, b ca 1844 Johnston Co NC, bur Eason Cemetery #1, Hwy 96N, Selma, NC, daughter of Kerney Eason Sr and Kizzie Godwin; married 16 Dec 1888 Jefferson J. CONAWAY ( b 1838 d 1909 ) Johnston Co NC son of John and Nancy CONAWAY. Annie Mason, dau of Ferby Mason: EASON Phereby, dau of Kerney Eason Sr and Kizzie Godwin; married 16 Jan 1870 Harry MASON Johnston Co NC son of Wm. R. & Elizabeth MASON Ethel Young and Bennie Pittman, Sallie Fay and William Garland Pittman: BENJAMIN GARLAND PITTMAN (JOSEPH P., EPHRAIM E., JONAS EDMUND, GARRY PITMAN) was born 10 May 1916 in Johnston Co NC. He married ETHEL ARPHELIA YOUNG 16 December 1934, daughter of BURLEY YOUNG and SARAH EARP. She was born 19 October 1916 in Johnston Co NC. Children of BENJAMIN PITTMAN and ETHEL YOUNG are: i. SALLIE FAY PITTMAN, b. 10 August 1936; m. JARVIS LYNWOOD CREECH, 23 August 1952, Johnston Co NC. ii. WILLIAM GARLAND PITTMAN, b. 5 October 1937; d. 8 November 1937, Johnston Co NC. iii. NELLIE GRAY PITTMAN, d. 2 October 1938, Johnston Co NC. iv. GARLAND KEITH PITTMAN, b. Johnston Co NC; d. November 1971, Wake Co NC; m. LOUISE YARBOROUGH. v. JIMMY RAY PITTMAN, m. BRENDA DEANS. vi. LARRY JUNIOR PITTMAN, m. BRENDA WELLS. vii. JOSEPH GLEN PITTMAN, m. KATHY KEY. William Eason who married Edna Godwin and Patience Eason appears by this record to be son of Sanders Eason. How is he related to Kerney Eason Sr., whose children are in this Bible. Were William and Kerney Sr. brothers? Who are the other people mentioned in this Bible record? And thanks to Ronney G. Earp for his transcription! 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