I gather at least one network finally carried the story regarding the massive flooding here LAST Sat. and I have had a number of queries. We lucked up probably with 15 minutes to spare. We prayed over the drains and the buckets of rain slowed with about one foot before the water crossed the street in front of the house. When the water meets, we are in trouble. My pc and all my genealogical records are in the basement. Several of my friends were not so lucky and we were across town at a friends home (they were out of town) at midnight with the alarm going off because the over 3 feet of water in the basement well had imploded the basement door and a foot of water entered their basement. They were lucky - no raw sewage. This is the first time the District has ever been named a Federal Disaster area and it is a mess both in the poor and affluent neighborhoods. Let's say people are learning about their lack of insurance both with their household insurance and FEMA just like in eastern NC during Floyd. Up to $50,000 in damage is not easy to handle even with the most affluent families. Martha

Guy has posted Book 25 of the Cross Indices on Lenoir Archives. Many thanks to Guy who has to do a LOT of work on these files. Martha

Do anyone have easy access at home to the 1810 or 1820 Duplin Census if one has been printed. THanks Martha

In a message dated 08/17/2001 4:02:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time, NCLENOIR-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > carol.barwick@ci.kinston.nc.us Thanks for the e-mail address. I sent an e-mail opposing the proposed development of a trailer park. Good work! Thanks, Kay Becton Ogle

Kudos to list members Jane and Pat F. for forming this committee in an emergency situation!!! They have a lot to do with no time to do it in as the Council takes the vote on the 20th and they are short a vote. There is a nice article on the new committee in todays Free Press - local news http://www.kinston.com/ We hope some of you will help them out in whatever manner you can so please let Jane or Pat know. Good luck, ladies. Jane, am playing telephone tag with Noah Meacham today. Martha >From: "Jane Phillips" <diamondg@icomnet.com> >Old-To: "NCLENOIR" <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 12:12:53 -0400 > >Resent-Bcc: > >BlankThe Battle of Wyse Fork took place in Lenoir County in 1865. >There were over 20,000 troops in the area. The aftermath of the >battle left 2,600 casualties. This battle was important because the >Union Forces had to get past Kinston in order to reach the railroad >that went north and south. On the first day of the battle the >confederates did well and captured over 1,000 prisoners. This took >place around Kelly's Millpond. However on the following days the >union pushed back the Rebel Army and made their way to Goldsboro. I >have been told that this battle has the distinction of being the last >mass capture of Union solders in North Carolina. > >A section of this Battlefield is being sold for the development of a >trailer park. The Kinston City Council will vote on rezoning this >area for the purpose of this trailer park on Monday night. > >A group has formed a committee to fight against the rezoning. The >group is called Citizens for the Preservation of Historic Landmarks in >Lenoir County. We have a dream of developing the battlefield and >sharing it with the world to see and to learn our history If anyone >would like to help please e-mail the city council and let them know >how you feel. >carol.barwick@ci.kinston.nc.us NO ATTACHMENTS PLEASE. Direct e-mail >to City Council members. > >If anyone has any questions or would like to join our group please >contact me. > >Jane Phillips >diamondg@icomnet.com or call (252)522-0540 > > > >

BlankThe Battle of Wyse Fork took place in Lenoir County in 1865. There were over 20,000 troops in the area. The aftermath of the battle left 2,600 casualties. This battle was important because the Union Forces had to get past Kinston in order to reach the railroad that went north and south. On the first day of the battle the confederates did well and captured over 1,000 prisoners. This took place around Kelly's Millpond. However on the following days the union pushed back the Rebel Army and made their way to Goldsboro. I have been told that this battle has the distinction of being the last mass capture of Union solders in North Carolina. A section of this Battlefield is being sold for the development of a trailer park. The Kinston City Council will vote on rezoning this area for the purpose of this trailer park on Monday night. A group has formed a committee to fight against the rezoning. The group is called Citizens for the Preservation of Historic Landmarks in Lenoir County. We have a dream of developing the battlefield and sharing it with the world to see and to learn our history If anyone would like to help please e-mail the city council and let them know how you feel. carol.barwick@ci.kinston.nc.us NO ATTACHMENTS PLEASE. Direct e-mail to City Council members. If anyone has any questions or would like to join our group please contact me. Jane Phillips diamondg@icomnet.com or call (252)522-0540

Great news!! Beaufort County Deed Book 1 abstracts have been uploaded to Beaufort County and linked to various other counties. These abstracts were done by Ysobel Dupree Litchfield many years ago for the Major Reading Blount DAR Chapter. As most of you know, the earliest Craven County deeds in existence are found in this Book which means many of you can find your earliest ancestors from Craven in this book. Not many of them, but some. And of course, your early Pitt County ancestors are in this Book. Our thanks, not only to Ysobel, but to our own list members Carol, Brenda, Sloan and most especially Janice for re-typing this document which has taken several months. And to Guy who has worked for three nights to get it posted. This has been a huge labor of love by all. The URL for Beaufort is http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/beaufort.htm Enjoy. Martha

Martha, Checked the database and didn't find anything on the John W. Heath and Martha Sutton Simmons. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: Martha Marble <mmarble@erols.com> To: <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 3:03 PM Subject: [NCLENOIR] Heath > Pat, is there anything in the work of Alice Moody Deaver's work on John W. > Heath who married CA 1848 Martha (Patsy) Sutton widow of Abraham Simmons? > I have not had time to do any work on them but have it at the top of my > list for the next trip down. I know they had a daughter Nancy bc 1850 > because she is on the 1850 Jones Census but have not taken the CEnsus > further. Be nice to know his parents but other than that not interested in > going backward just foreward because I come down the Simmons line. Need a > trip to greater downtown Trenton to the courthouse. > > Thanks > > Martha > > > >Old-To: <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com>, <NCLENOIR-D@rootsweb.com> > >Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 12:46:48 -0400 > >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 > >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 > >Subject: [NCLENOIR] John William Lafayette Taylor > >To: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com > >Resent-From: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com > >X-Mailing-List: <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/777 > >X-Loop: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com > >Resent-Sender: NCLENOIR-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Resent-Bcc: > > > >I have the following information in my data base on John Taylor. This > >information came down through research on the Heath Line done by the late > >Alice Moody Deaver. > > > >John William Lafayette "Fate" Taylor's parents were: > >John Cornelius Taylor born ca 1833 Craven Co., NC died ca 1863 > >Mary Levina "Polly" Heath born ca 1826 Jones County death date unknown. > >After John Cornelius Taylor died Mary married Asa Brown in 1867 > > > >John Cornelius and Mary Levina had the following children: > >Nancy Levina > >Charity Susan > >Hannah Winnifred > >Jonas W. > >James C. > >John William > > > >Mary Levina Heath's parents were: > >John Heath Sr. born Jan 2, 1800 Lenoir Co died Jan 27, 1890 Jones County > >Levina Turner born 1799 Jones Co. died Aug 2, 1882 Jones Co. > > > > > >Mary and Asa Brown had one child William Isaac Brown > > > > > >Pat > > > > > >

Pat, is there anything in the work of Alice Moody Deaver's work on John W. Heath who married CA 1848 Martha (Patsy) Sutton widow of Abraham Simmons? I have not had time to do any work on them but have it at the top of my list for the next trip down. I know they had a daughter Nancy bc 1850 because she is on the 1850 Jones Census but have not taken the CEnsus further. Be nice to know his parents but other than that not interested in going backward just foreward because I come down the Simmons line. Need a trip to greater downtown Trenton to the courthouse. Thanks Martha >Old-To: <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com>, <NCLENOIR-D@rootsweb.com> >Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 12:46:48 -0400 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 >Subject: [NCLENOIR] John William Lafayette Taylor >To: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/777 >X-Loop: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: NCLENOIR-L-request@rootsweb.com >Resent-Bcc: > >I have the following information in my data base on John Taylor. This >information came down through research on the Heath Line done by the late >Alice Moody Deaver. > >John William Lafayette "Fate" Taylor's parents were: >John Cornelius Taylor born ca 1833 Craven Co., NC died ca 1863 >Mary Levina "Polly" Heath born ca 1826 Jones County death date unknown. >After John Cornelius Taylor died Mary married Asa Brown in 1867 > >John Cornelius and Mary Levina had the following children: >Nancy Levina >Charity Susan >Hannah Winnifred >Jonas W. >James C. >John William > >Mary Levina Heath's parents were: >John Heath Sr. born Jan 2, 1800 Lenoir Co died Jan 27, 1890 Jones County >Levina Turner born 1799 Jones Co. died Aug 2, 1882 Jones Co. > > >Mary and Asa Brown had one child William Isaac Brown > > >Pat > >

I have the following information in my data base on John Taylor. This information came down through research on the Heath Line done by the late Alice Moody Deaver. John William Lafayette "Fate" Taylor's parents were: John Cornelius Taylor born ca 1833 Craven Co., NC died ca 1863 Mary Levina "Polly" Heath born ca 1826 Jones County death date unknown. After John Cornelius Taylor died Mary married Asa Brown in 1867 John Cornelius and Mary Levina had the following children: Nancy Levina Charity Susan Hannah Winnifred Jonas W. James C. John William Mary Levina Heath's parents were: John Heath Sr. born Jan 2, 1800 Lenoir Co died Jan 27, 1890 Jones County Levina Turner born 1799 Jones Co. died Aug 2, 1882 Jones Co. Mary and Asa Brown had one child William Isaac Brown Pat

I have a real thing about Civil War letters. Brenda has posted a new one on Greene - under letters - J. W. Hall to his uncle Thomas Coke Ormond back in Greene Co. Thanks Brenda.

Frances, You ran the below back in Feb and I just came across something in my Dail files that I am trying to get all typed up. It is a Pedigree Chart from Olde Dobbs Trail back in 1989. This gives Jesse Taylor Dail Sr born in Greene d in Choctaw Co, Ala md Julia H. Cox. It gives his father as Benjamin Dail bc 1794-95 in Greene Co md CA 1819 died Greene Co, NC ?? md Elizabeth Taylor?? born in Greene and died in Choctaw. It gives Jesse Taylor Dail Jr as moving on and dying in Wayne Co, Miss. All of this goes with what you posted. If there was more, I must not have kept it. Martha As the Dail name has been discussed recently, I think this is a good time to enter the discussion. I live in Alabama but all my ancestors were in NC before 1835 when the last of them arrived in Sumter Co. AL. About that time John Wylie Taylor arrived with his wife, Rebecca Chaney Wallace Taylor and their two sons, John, Jr. and Francis Nelson Taylor. Sidney Wallace Gibbs, widow of William S. Gibbs and daughter of Rebecca, arrived with her children, John S. and Eliza Gibbs. John Taylor bought land with Willis Taylor in Sumter Co. and Jesse Taylor was involved with the other two in legal matters. Willis Taylor had married Nancy Uzzell in NC. He was born 1805 and married ca 1830 as their first son was Abner R. b.c. 1831. Nancy was sixteen at the time she married. Their second son, Jesse S. Taylor was also b.c. 1833 in NC. The other children were born in Ala. Jesse Taylor died in Meridian, MS and is buried at McLemore Cem.with a tombstone indicating: Born 1802 in Greene Co., NC; Died November 6, 1880 in Meridian, Miss. Jesse Taylor Dail was in 1850 Greene Co. NC census married to Julia Cox. Next door was Benjamin Dail and wife Elizabeth (Taylor?) In 1860 J. T. Dail is in Choctaw County (which county was cut off from Sumter in 1849) and E. Dail (female) is in the home of Jesse Taylor. No record of Benjamin Dail is found in either NC or AL. It seems that the husband of Elizabeth is deceased and she is living with her brother in Choctaw Co. It seems that Willis and Jesse are brothers as Willis named his second son Jesse S. What was their relationship to John Wylie Taylor? John W. died in 1837 of consumption thus putting an end to any legal records by which to trace his life. Will appreciate any information on parentage and siblings of Nancy Uzzell. Perhaps the above will fill in some blanks in the Dail, Uzzell and Taylor families of that area. And I hope I can learn some about them also. Frances

Ok, Ok- shame on me. I accidentally hit reply instead of the usual forward back to the list on this. Rose has passed this around and have a number of people wanting this entire Bible. Don't know why I did not get the entire BIble and post it on Wayne but will do so the last week this month and anything else of legal nature in the folder. Did post the Will of Benjamin Smith on Wayne. Martha At 02:15 PM 8/12/01 -0500, you wrote: >>From various sources of information I have some information I want to run by >any of you Smith, Williams, Uzzell, etc. researchers and ask help. Rose, think I have already posted the "information" in the Hyatt Collection. Not sure if I have posted what I found at the DAR. I descend from Wright's brother, Elijah SMith who married Olive Croom widow of William Bryan. Have not yet started on this family so you can just let us all know what you find especially going backwards and I can skip working the Smiths. Martha BENJAMIN SMITH DAR Folder Will of Benjamin Zilpha Smith had a will in Wayne co - 7 March 1880 Wright had a Will MATTHEW SMITH Bible Matthew Smith md Zilpha Uzzell 3 January 1855 Wright Smith was married to wife Fanny Taylor 8 December 1814 Children of Wright and Fanny July ?? Y. Smith - 19 September 1815 Ben W. - 5 August 1817 Charlotte - 15 April 1819 John - 15 Sept 1820 Smitha - 6 May 1822 Tirzah - 15 March 1824 Matthew - 22 April 1826 Zilphia daughter of John M. Uzzell and wife Anna and Matthew's wife b 18 January 1836 William Wright - 23 Jan 1828 Adialdon - 25 Jan 1830 CHILDREN OF MATTHEW AND ZILPHA Marquis De Lafayette - 20 October 1855 Ann Elizabeth - 6 April 1858 Richard Adialdon - 11 December 1859 James Daniel - 3 May 1862 John Mosely - 3 April 1864 Tirzah Ann - 24 Jan 1866 Charlotte Rebecca - 23 Feb 1868 Zilpah Fanny - 3 March 1870 Julia Izadoria - 4 Dec 1871 Phebia Coria - 17 Dec 1873 Thomas M. - 2 Feb 1876 Orah Matthew - 3 April 1878 DEATHS Wright - 20 Nov 1872 Matthew 20 - Dec 1878 Zilpah - 18 May 1888 Many more entries in Bible that I did not copy

Hello: I'm seeking information on the family of Thomas and Fereby Byrd who were in Dobbs/Lenoir in the late 1700's/early 1800's. In 1798, Thomas transferred land to Wiley Garner. In a deed dated 1816, a William Garner sold land he had inherited from his grandfather, Thomas Byrd. Thomas had sons named Thomas and Rasberry Byrd, who moved to South Carolina after his death. Thank you... Jim Garner

>From various sources of information I have some information I want to run by any of you Smith, Williams, Uzzell, etc. researchers and ask help. Descendants of Wright Smith 1 Wright Smith b: Abt. 1789 . +Fanny Taylor b: 1805 d: 1832 .. 2 Tirzah Smith b: 15 March 1824 d: 10 February 1879 in Wayne Co., NC Burial: 1879 Farm near Beston Station, Wayne County, NC ...... +Thomas Uzzell b: 18 July 1814 in Wayne County, NC m: Aft. 1850 in Wayne Co., NC d: 31 July 1875 in Wayne County, NC Burial: 1875 farm near Beston Station, Wayne County, NC .. 2 Charlotte Smith b: 15 April 1819 d: 28 August 1864 in Wayne Co., NC ...... +Lewis Outlaw b: 19 March 1819 m: Abt. 1840 d: 24 October 1899 in Wayne Co., NC .. 2 Matthew W. Smith b: 27 April 1826 in Wayne County, NC d: 20 December 1878 in Wayne Co., NC Burial: 1878 Wayne County, NC ...... +Zilpha Uzzell b: 28 January 1836 in Wayne Co., NC m: 3 January 1855 in Wayne Co., NC d: 18 May 1888 in Wayne Co., NC Burial: 1888 Wayne County, NC .. 2 John Smith b: 10 September 1820 in Wayne County, NC d: 20 May 1901 in Wayne Co., NC ...... +Julia P. Williams b: 5 October 1825 in Wayne Co., NC m: 1 November 1849 in Wayne Co., NC d: 17 January 1901 in Wayne Co., NC .. 2 Alden D. Smith .. 2 Benjamin William Smith .. 2 Mary Smith .. 2 Julia Young Smith Does anyone have dates or marriages for these last 4.(and is this all correct?) Rose Parks

Guy sent this URL by the National Park Service. Have only glanced at the main site so far but it says the Battle of Wyse Fork is a Priority 11 on the list of efforts to preserve Civil War Battle sites by the Federal Government. The website uses the word CORE area to describe the battlegrounds - that would include Kellys Mill as I understand it. Martha >From: "Guy Potts" <gpotts1@nc.rr.com> >To: "Martha M Marble" <mmarble@erols.com> >Subject: Kinston war >Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 18:14:07 -0400 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 > > Ran across a short page on the battle http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/nc007.htm Guy

Martha,Really enjoyed the site!!Brought back lots of memories.I started BARNING tobacco when I was 5.My job was to pick up leaves that were dropped by the handers and loopers.Think I made a quarter a day.When I got old enough to be a hander and looper--boy!!were those long days.Sometimes we did not finish until dark and had to work by lantern light.No one had electricity to their barns.I remember being so tired as a child that when we got home I would fall asleep without supper.It was a good life with lots of family and friends.Miss it!!The croppers would send the barn help watermelons in with the tobacco.Brought back lots of memories. Christine

For those of you who had the "pleasure" of working in the tobacco patch you might find Sally's URL fun. Martha >Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 21:05:28 -0500 >From: "Sally M. Koestler" <smkoestl@txcyber.com> >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) >X-Accept-Language: en > > >Here it is girls, comments welcomed. Sally > web page address http://www2.txcyber.com/~smkoestl/tobacco.htm >-- >Sally Koestler >Sally's Family Place >http://www2.txcyber.com/~smkoestl >

Keith, don't see him in the Edwin Taylor line and think it is fairly complete. Martha >Resent-Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 08:30:59 -0600 >X-Original-Sender: keith.whaley@worldnet.att.net Sat Aug 11 08:30:59 2001 >From: "KEITH WHALEY" <keith.whaley@worldnet.att.net> >Old-To: <NCDUPLIN-L@rootsweb.com> >Old-Cc: <NCONSLOW-L@rootsweb.com>, <NCJONES-L@rootsweb.com>, > <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 10:29:43 -0700 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 >Subject: [NCLENOIR] John William Lafayette [Fate] Taylor >To: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/766 >X-Loop: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: NCLENOIR-L-request@rootsweb.com >Resent-Bcc: > >Hello: >I am looking for Taylor researchers and others who may have John William Lafayette Taylor married to Lucinda Elizabeth Whaley b. 1844. She is the daughter of Bryant Whaley and Delila [Lilly] Baysden. I would like to know if there are other children besides Alonzo Isaac Taylor 1872-1950 married to Ettie Lou Thompson. He is the only one that I know of at present. Also I am interested in knowing the parents and grandparents of John William Lafayette Taylor. Thanks for your help and I will help you on the Whaley lineage. > >Keith Whaley > >

Need information on Solomon Rouse who was born in North Carolina and died in Twiggs County, Georgia about 1818. He may be related to John Rouse of Lenoir County, North Carolina.