There is a list of Mayors of Kinston in the back of "The Heritage of Lenoir County" book. Speight Brock West served in 1861 and 1867. His first term appears to be for 2 years, and his 2nd term was for 1 year. It is hard to tell just how long the terms were because some are over a year, but most are for 1 year. Also listed among the Lenoir Co. Sheriffs as sheriff of Johnston Co. from 1750 to 1752 is John West. I assume that this part of Johnston became Dobbs Co. since it is listed in Lenoir Co. Heritage. Is this our John West's kin? Jane Garner

Is anyone aware of a list of the Mayors of Kinston over time? I have just obtained a copy of my 2-great grandfather Speight Brock West's obituary, which indicates that he served as Mayor of Kinston at some point. I would guess that point was somewhere between the Civil War (1865) and 1880, when he sold his store and probably moved to Asheville. Thanks, Bob West

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/QUB.2ACE/1061.2 Message Board Post: If you will email me privately I will try to help you. I am sure the names were Troy and Roy. I had a picture of Roy as an early teenager.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hill; Fields; Clemons; Bunn; Harrel; Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QUB.2ACE/1059.1 Message Board Post: Need help with this line. Anyone having any information on these names please advise. Thanks.

There was more than one Hardy Sutton Hardy Sutton - b 1803 son of Benjamin and Sarah Hardy Sutton - md Anna Hill Hardy Sutton - b 1835 - son of John and Elizabeth Sutton and grandson of Benjamin and Sarah Hardy Sutton - don't know anything about him Martha >Resent-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:37:05 -0700 >X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Mon Jan 24 20:37:05 2005 >Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys >DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; > s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; > >b=RALUuUdXVzM+bIF3S0XUUK7Dcwy3G1Z7gaFUmvcFqxW4wwXTbksOAUFvfSBK+Ra15G6PYCx+ErRBuzYUsTAXs7oeowYLhwNZrhS3LQArrCec200g06H8Ge7th1+FSaDhO5eCC+kSempvoxCV6fRvYmtBtPAoc6owYcwLi/AFX5k= >; >Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:37:27 -0800 (PST) >From: Gayle <[email protected]> >Old-To: [email protected] >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/3481 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Resent-Sender: [email protected] >Subject: [NCLENOIR] Hardy SUTTON > >Will someone please post who Hardy SUTTON married...particuliarly her >maiden name if known. Thanks. > > >God Bless The USA >Gayle > "A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the > other." >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brock, Ashcraft, Shaw, Outlaw Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QUB.2ACE/1077 Message Board Post: Wondering if Kinston had a city directory in the late 1880's, early 1900's. Just received info that my ancestor, Stephen R. Brock, a Baptist minister, returned to Kinston after living in Camden, SC for a few years. (He was in the 1880 Lenoir Co. census). In the 1900 census, he and his wife and son (my grandfather) were listed in Union Co., NC. S.R. Brock served churches in Lancaster, SC in 1897, and between 1902 and 1906, he served the churches of New Salem and Pleasant Hill in Monroe, Union Co., NC. Anyone out there with info on Baptist churches he might have served in Kinston or Lenoir Co.? Thanks for any help or tips on how I could get this info.

Will someone please post who Hardy SUTTON married...particuliarly her maiden name if known. Thanks. God Bless The USA Gayle "A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other."

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/QUB.2ACE/431.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Think you ust have Nathan's birthdate wrong. Give me the correct one, and I willtell you my theory. My William was born about 1746 and died in June, 1822. He was the son of an earlier William, whose wife may have been named Rebecca. So family names are similar. FRH

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/4300/QUB.2ACE/298.324.1.1.1 Message Board Post: seeking info on a Thomas Whitehead White born around 1816 possibly in SC. Married a Mary A. Susan Waugh born around 1825. Children or sibblings: Stephen White, Shelton White, Tillman White, William White, Mary White and Sally (Sarah) White. thanks, [email protected]

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/QUB.2ACE/431.3 Message Board Post: Did your Sarah have a brother Nathan, b. 1767, Dobbs County? I'm trying to find Nathan's father, possibly William. Thanks, Minette

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/QUB.2ACE/431.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Dobbs County (now Lenoir County), 1767, is as close as I know to your Nathan or William. Some have said William is either Nathan's brother or father. Nathan did name a son William, so it is a strong family name. Here's my Nathan's info: Nathan Arrendall b. 1676, Dobbs County, NC d. April 13, 1823, Franklin County, GA buried-Arendell-Moss Cemetery, DAR Patiot Look up # - RZAP4K 1776 Caswell's NC Regiment m. Susannah Fannin (Fanning) b March 30, 1774, Elbert County, GA d, April, 1846 Children: Laughlin Arendell Rebecca Arendell Winifred Arendell John Arendell Elizabeth Arendell William Arendell (Here's another one) Nathan L. Arendell Lincoln Arendell 1780 Tax List for Dobbs County lists: 1 18 William Arrendell, 1,529 acres 1 42 Nathan Arrendell, 400 acres (We can guess this was son if 18 is his age and father.?) I have more info on the children if you are interested. Please keep me posted if you think we have a link. Minette

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/QUB.2ACE/1076 Message Board Post: The North Carolina Genealogical Society and co-host Old New Hanover Genealogical Society are sponsoring a one-day Eastern Regional Workshop conducted by Lloyd Bockstruck. The workshop will be held Saturday, March 12, 2005, at the New Hanover County Main Library, 201 Chestnut Street (corner of N. 3rd & Chestnut), Wilmington, NC. The following lectures are scheduled by Mr. Bockstruck: "Why Bother with Court Records" "Comparing Colonial Land Records in North and South Carolina" "The English in the Caribbean" "Migration from North Carolina to the Old South West (SC, GA, AL, and MS)" A map showing the location of the New Hanover County Main Library in Wilmington is #1 at http://www.nhcgov.com/Maps/LibraryMaps.asp or may be found at http://www.mapquest.com/ by plugging in the street address. Details and registration information for this workshop are available by e-mail from [email protected] or on the World Wide Web at http://www.ncgenealogy.org/ by clicking on Calendar & Events on the left side of the page, then on the button for the March 12 Eastern Regional Workshop.

I think many of you would like this site. It is called "Find a Grave" it offers data and also you can join for nothing [its easy] and submit names /dates/graveyard. Graveyards that cover all over the US. _http://findagrave.com_ (http://findagrave.com) June

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/QUB.2ACE/431.1.1 Message Board Post: Sarah Arendell had no brothers, except for one named James who died young. There is a Nathan Arendell in the early Dobbs County records who MAY have been her uncle. Her father was William Arendell. Would like any information you have on Nathan. Thanks! FRH

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/QUB.2ACE/1075 Message Board Post: Researching "OXLEY" 1820 back. My Ruben Oxley bn. in Lenoir Co. 1797 Join Army in 1812. Red

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sutton, Arendell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QUB.2ACE/431.2 Message Board Post: Please refer to the following site: Dobbers http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~paday/dobbers/Sutton.html

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/QUB.2ACE/431.1 Message Board Post: Do you have any of the names of brothers of Sarah? I can go back to a Nathan Arendell, b. 1767 in Dobbs County, NC. Could he be in your records?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sumpter-Hass-Estes-Crisp-Wood-Parks-Davis-Haga-etc. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QUB.2ACE/1074 Message Board Post: I am looking for info on William A. Hass who married Minerva S.. William (b.05-09-1872 d.03-20-1947) & Minerva (b.06-18-1876 d.03-28-1952). Both are buried in Poovey's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., N.C.. They had the following children: John Edgar, Edna O., Rufus Lee, Fred A., Julia Isabelle, Howard Clifford, George Lafayette, & Mattie V.. Rufus was married to Bertha Mae Bollinger. I believe that this is the family that I am looking for. If it is, then Minerva is Minerva Jane "Aunt Jenny" Sumpter Hass, d/o John S. Sumpter & Mary A. Davis. Minerva would be the sister to my Ggrandma Etta Ann Sumpter. Any and all info is greatly appreciated on this family.

Hi Betty: You may want to contact "Ancestor Images" out of Apex, NC. Their web site is www.ancestorimages.com. Maybe they can help with the preservation or direct you to someone who can. Good luck. Sam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Rose" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 3:36 PM Subject: [NCLENOIR] Poems of Sarah Eleanor Brock (1845-1900?) > Hi folks! My 94 yr. old aunt just gave me a packet of poems that the > sister of our ancestor, Stephen Rhodes Brock (b.4/22/1854 - > d.1/21/1924) wrote during mid to late 1800's. Stephen was born in > Duplin Co., but moved with his family to Lenoir Co. by the 1860 census. > his father was Edward A. Brock, who was killed in the Civil War. > > The papers are in very poor condition, and although the penmanship is > very pretty, the spelling seems to be more like the word "sounds" than > how it should be spelled. Although back then, perhaps it was the way > words were spelled! LOL!! > > Where is the best place or person for me to contact re: protecting > these papers from any further damage? The poems were written on a type > of stationery that has an embossed "Fairfield" on the left top of the > page. Other poems are written on lined paper. They have been folded and > refolded, and many are torn. Poems are written on the front, and in > some cases, both front and back of the page. > > I am so excited about finding these. They were evidently in the trunk > of Stephen R. Brock when he died in Winston-Salem, NC at the home of my > grandfather, his son, Walter E. Brock. > > I think Stephen, or his mother, Catherine_______Brock saved them, as > the author of the poems was listed in the 1880 census as having > "consumption". The poetry appears (from what I can decipher) to deal > with her feelings about death and her acceptance of it, and her desire > to have all family members come to know God. > > Who knows if she ever gave her writings to any of her family members? > Perhaps they were found by her mother after she died. What an exciting > mystery! > > Incidentally, Stephen Brock, tho a farmer, also became a minister, and > served churches in Clinton, Rock Hill and Lancaster. >

Hi folks! My 94 yr. old aunt just gave me a packet of poems that the sister of our ancestor, Stephen Rhodes Brock (b.4/22/1854 - d.1/21/1924) wrote during mid to late 1800's. Stephen was born in Duplin Co., but moved with his family to Lenoir Co. by the 1860 census. his father was Edward A. Brock, who was killed in the Civil War. The papers are in very poor condition, and although the penmanship is very pretty, the spelling seems to be more like the word "sounds" than how it should be spelled. Although back then, perhaps it was the way words were spelled! LOL!! Where is the best place or person for me to contact re: protecting these papers from any further damage? The poems were written on a type of stationery that has an embossed "Fairfield" on the left top of the page. Other poems are written on lined paper. They have been folded and refolded, and many are torn. Poems are written on the front, and in some cases, both front and back of the page. I am so excited about finding these. They were evidently in the trunk of Stephen R. Brock when he died in Winston-Salem, NC at the home of my grandfather, his son, Walter E. Brock. I think Stephen, or his mother, Catherine_______Brock saved them, as the author of the poems was listed in the 1880 census as having "consumption". The poetry appears (from what I can decipher) to deal with her feelings about death and her acceptance of it, and her desire to have all family members come to know God. Who knows if she ever gave her writings to any of her family members? Perhaps they were found by her mother after she died. What an exciting mystery! Incidentally, Stephen Brock, tho a farmer, also became a minister, and served churches in Clinton, Rock Hill and Lancaster.