Listmembers, I am interested in corresponding with anyone having knowledge of John SLOAN, his wife and children. This John SLOAN was born probably in the Rockfish Creek area of Duplin/Sampson ca 1755. Did John serve in the Revolutionary War? Any info appreciated. Fran powell@closecall.com

For those who are researching the Rainey name, I found this in the Archives. This land was in Duplin Co. NC. ca. 1790-91 Scope / Contents: John Rainey, the son and heir to the possessions of the late Robert Rainey, petitions the General Assembly because land that is rightly his has been confiscated by the state and sold. He asks that he receive reimbursement for his property.

Listmembers, J.M. NIXON was located in Duplin 1829 rather than 1850's-1860's. Regret the error. In 1829, J.M. witnessed a deed from Frederick RIVENBARK to David RIVENBARK. In the deed Frederick retained a life interest for himself and wife in the land he was selling to David. Any info on J.M. NIXON appreciated. Thanks. Fran powell@closecall.com

Listmembers, I would like to correspond with anyone with knowledge of a J.M. NIXON who was located in Duplin mid-1850's to mid-1860's? Who was his wife? When and where was he born? Was he a civil official such as JP? Any help appreciated. Fran powell@closecall.com

NC State Archives Full Record Print Out Title: December 21: Petition of John Rainey Provenance: Class: State Records [Collection] Group: General Assembly Record Group Series: Session Records Box: Session of December, 1791 -- January, 1792: Reports (Miscellaneous, including Executive Messages), Petitions, and Amendments Folder: Petitions (Real Estate and Confiscated Property) Creator: General Assembly Call Number: 3A.464 Location: GASR Dec 1791-Jan 1792, Box 3 MARS Id: 66.8.62.4.25 (Item) Scope / Contents: John Rainey, the son and heir to the possessions of the late Robert Rainey, petitions the General Assembly because land that is rightly his has been confiscated by the state and sold. He asks that he receive reimbursement for his property. Index Terms: Geographic Names: Johnston County Anson County Salisbury Pennsylvania Personal Names: Rainey, John Rainey, Robert Farr, Richard Yarborough, _____ Bogan, James Lanier, Sampson Auld, Michael

NC State Archives Full Record Print Out Title: Report on Petition of John Rainey (with Petition) (Rejected). November 30 Provenance: Class: State Records [Collection] Group: General Assembly Record Group Series: Session Records Box: Session of November-December, 1790: Joint Papers and Joint Standing Committee Papers Folder: Joint Papers: Committee for Correcting Errors in Patents Years: 1790 Creator: General Assembly Call Number: 3A.464 Location: GASR Nov-Dec 1790, Box 1 MARS Id: 66.8.56.10.3 (Item) Genres / Forms: Reports Scope / Contents: Petition of John Rainey claims that he is entitled to land belonging to his late father, which was sold as confiscated property. Report of the committee recommends that he be given some sort of assistance. Index Terms: Subjects: Confiscations Inheritance and Succession Land Titles Land Sale and Transfer Reimbursement Personal Names: Rainey, John Rainey, Robert

Listmembers, A James WEST bought land on the E side of the Great Cohera, 1773, from a Jacob WARREN. I would like to correspond with anyone having knowledge/info about Jacob WARREN. His spouse's name would be great! Any help appreciated. Fran powell@closecall.com

Hello Group... and all of our displaced Pitt Co NC friends with ancestral roots beginning with Bath County 1696, Pamtecough 1705, Beaufort 1712, with Beaufort gaining from Craven 1757, and FINALLY forming PITT County 1760 ..... you can see... these roots stretch far and deep along the Migration Trails to the many families that now populate these United States. ...and so, here is another UPDATE on Pitt County NC CHRONICLES VOL II, as requested by many of you on my UpDate List and the various eMail Lists. Hopefully, this won't 'overlap' each other and you receive several. If so, consider this my apology and just delete! Thanks! THE EXTENSION TIME OF THE FIRST OF MAY 2004 IS RAPIDLY NEARING THE END.. so please, gather your articles and photos and send them in to PITT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY in order to have your family included. This is a wonderful legacy to leave to your children and to all of those yet to be borne. If you are having difficulty in reaching this deadline, feel free to contact Sandra Hunsucker 252-355-2149 eMail: shunsucker@hotmail.com To refresh your memory as to details for submission, please visit Diane Mason's great Pitt County WebSite: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/nc/county/pitt/ The link for the 1982 CHRONICLE RePrint, in the same area, gives a description of this handsome book. VOLUME II will be identical in appearance to the first one and is earmarked for publication 2004/2005. They should be considered a "Set" and a 'must-have' for your genealogical home library. If you have previously submitted your family articles and photos, please excuse this reminder and mark it up as "another-one-of-Jewelle's senior-moments"!! Thank you!! As usual, you may contact me anytime... now don't procrastinate . get those articles and photos in the mail!!!! Jewelle jewelle@coastalnet.com jewellebaker@cox.net 252-523-2881 Researching: (Main Capitalized) BAKER, Barrow, BEAMAN, BLOUNT, Bonner, Bours, Braxton, CANNON, Carraway, COX, Chester, Dail, ELLIS, Faircloth, Gardner, HANCOCK, HARDEE, Hardison, Harris, Harper, Harrington, Heath, Hollyman (all sp), JACKSON, Johnson, Jones, Letchworth, Manning, McGLOHON (all sp), McGOWAN, McKeel, Mills, Mitchell, Mumford, PHILLIPS, Price, Shaw, Smith, Sumrell, Stocks, Stokes, Tyson, Vandiford, Walls, Walston, Weeks, Wilkerson, WINGATE, Wetherington, Worthington, plus ++++ GenealogyPITT Co NC Friends In Research (Serving all Eastern/Coastal NC Counties) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir/messages eMail scan by NAV & certified Virus Free

Listmembers, I have searched (on-line only) unsuccessfully, for the family of Sylvie/ia HARMON, reputed second wife of Willis WEST, Sr. of Sampson County. I have records to show that the eldest son of Sylvie and Willis, Briton/Brittain WEST, was born 1808 Sampson County. If in fact, Briton was their eldest son, that suggests Sylvie and Willis were married prior to 1808; therefore, I am looking for a HARMON family in/near Sampson County on both the 1800 and 1810 census enumerations. I am hoping someone can help me locate Sylvie's birth family. Thanks for any information. Fran powell@closecall.com

Listmembers, in Sampson County 1787, William HAIR obtained a Court judgement against Willis WEST. To satisfy this judgement, Willis' 200A were sold by the Sheriff to the highest bidder, Bartram (Bartholomew) GAYNEY (sic). I am interested in learning: 1. whether Bartholomew returned the lands to Willis by either gift or sale? 2. what was the cause of William HAIR's judgement against Willis? 3. was this Bartholomew the father of Willis's wife, Sarah GAINEY/GAYNEY? Thanks for any help/suggestions. Fran powell@closecall.com

Can anyone help me with these families, in 1788 Adam Rainier of Duplin Co NC Last Will and Testament was Exhibited and Proved, can't find his will. In 1787 Adam Runey was discharged for paying anymore Poll Tax, because he was over the age of 60, this would make him being born ca. 1727. Does anyone know anything about him or his family? Also, I'm looking for a Samuel DEBOSE Rainey, he was in the Civil War- Confederate- Infantry- 2 nd- Battalion- Georgia Infanty. I found him listed in the Wayne Co./ Dobbs Co. NC book, where someone has gone him on him, but there is no dates or names listed. I believe he was the son of Jon=hn and Dilly Rainer or the 1st Richard from Sampson Co., does any one have anything on him. I have no dates. Thanks, Donna in Smithfield

Can anyone help this researcher? Please email her directly as she is not on this list. Thanks! Denise Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 14:30:49 -0700 (PDT) From: "candy luver" <mnms_and_ressecups418@yahoo.com> Add to Address Book Subject: we are looking for a cemetary To: seek4fam@yahoo.com Hello. We are looking for Grantham Family Cemetary near Clement or Salemburg in Sampson County. Please send any information or anyway to locate information that might help me locate this cemetary. Thank You, Megan Relyea

Listmembers, I am searching for parentage of Sylvie HARMON who married Willis WEST, possibly Sampson Co., 1807 or so. I have been unable to locate any HARMON family within two pages of Willis's residences on the census enumerations of both 1800 and 1810. I am using HQ rather than census films. Does any researcher have information on the parentage of Sylvie HARMON? Thanks. Fran powell@closecall.com

Fran and others interested in McClam, Using the NC State Archives MARS (Manuscript and Archives Reference System) available at http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/MARS.HTM I see that William McClam obtained 5 land grants in Duplin County between 1773 and 1780. Also Sampson McClam received 2 land grants in Duplin County in 1762. Knowing that many of the early Duplin settlers came from the northeast, I looked and found a Daniel McClam referenced on the deed of John Williams shown as Edgecombe and Tyrrell Counties in the Granville Proprietery Land Office in 1752. I can't post the graphic images of those card files on the list, but if anyone would like to have them you can get them at the site above or I will be glad to send them to you. MARS is a great tool. Lura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederick Powell Sr" <powell@closecall.com> To: <NCSAMPSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 10:21 AM Subject: MCCLAM; James and William Listmembers, I am again seeking information on the MCCLAM/MCLAMB families of Bladen, Duplin and Sampson Counties. James McClam was living in the household or on the property of James WEST, Bladen Co., 1769. William MCCLAM was engaged in purchase and sale of land, Duplin Co. late 1700's. Would like to correspond with anyone having knowledge of these families. I am especially interested in the MCCLAM spouses' names as well as names of spouses of their children. Thanks. Fran powell@closecall.com ==== NCSAMPSO Mailing List ==== This NCSAMPSO list is currently available for adoption! Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/clusters/adoptcounty.html ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Listmembers, I am again seeking information on the MCCLAM/MCLAMB families of Bladen, Duplin and Sampson Counties. James McClam was living in the household or on the property of James WEST, Bladen Co., 1769. William MCCLAM was engaged in purchase and sale of land, Duplin Co. late 1700's. Would like to correspond with anyone having knowledge of these families. I am especially interested in the MCCLAM spouses' names as well as names of spouses of their children. Thanks. Fran powell@closecall.com

Is anyone researching this family? Joseph Rhodes and wife Ann; children: William, James, Douzillah, Rhodah and Maryan - If so, what was Ann's maiden name? Who did the children marry? Thanks. Fran powell@closecall.com

Here is just part of the mil. site I was talking about. Donna American Civil WarSoldiers Enlisted H Co. 20th Inf Reg. NC &Officers This company, known as the "Independent Blues" and as "Sampson No 1", was raised in Sampson County where it enlisted on May 10, 1861. It was mustered into state service at Fort Caswell, Brunswick County, June 18, 1861, and was assigned to this regiment as Company H. After it was mustered into the regiment the company functioned as a part of the regiment and its history for the war period is reported as a part of the regimental history. The information contained in the following roster of the company was compiled principally from a company muster-in roll dated July 5, 1861, and from company muster rolls for June 18-October 1861; March-October 1863; and March-December 31, 1864. No company muster-rolls were found for the period prior to June 18, 1861; for November 1861-February 1863; November 1863-February 1864; or for the period after December 31, 1864. In addition to the compamy muster rolls, Roll of Honor records, receipt rolls, hospital records, prisioner of war records, and other primary records, supplemented by state pension applications, United Daughters of the Confederacy records, and postwar rosters and histories, all provided useful information. A. Cockran Enlist Rank: Priv Served: North Carolina Enlisted H Co. 20th Inf Reg. NC Notes: Killed at Gaines Mill, VA on 27 June 1862 Abel Bass Claimed Residence in Sampson County Worked as a Laborer Enlist Date: 10 May 1861 Enlist Place: Sampson County, NC Enlist Rank: Priv Enlist Age: 23 Served: North Carolina Enlisted H Co. 20th Inf Reg. NC Abel Holder Claimed Residence in Sampson County Enlist Date: 15 May 1862 Enlist Place: Sampson County, NC Enlist Rank: Priv Enlist Age: 19 Served: North Carolina Enlisted H Co. 20th Inf Reg. NC Notes: Died from wounds POW at Frederick, MD on 10 July 1864 Adolphus Merritt Claimed Residence in Sampson County Worked as a Farmer Enlist Date: 09 September 1861 Enlist Place: Sampson County, NC Enlist Rank: Priv Enlist Age: 19 Served: North Carolina Enlisted H Co. 20th Inf Reg. NC Notes: Discharge disability on 15 January 1862 (Estimated day of disch) Albert Hargrove Claimed Residence in Sampson County Worked as a Farmer Enlist Date: 07 September 1861 Enlist Place: Sampson County, NC Enlist Rank: Priv Enlist Age: 18 Served: North Carolina Enlisted H Co. 20th Inf Reg. NC Alexander Lockerman Claimed Residence in Sampson County Worked as a Farmer Enlist Date: 10 May 1861 Enlist Place: Sampson County, NC Enlist Rank: Priv Enlist Age: 20 Served: North Carolina Enlisted H Co. 20th Inf Reg. NC Notes: Killed at Gaines Mill, VA on 27 June 1862 Alexander B. House Claimed Residence in Sampson County Worked as a Farmer Enlist Date: 07 September 1861 Enlist Place: Sampson County, NC Enlist Rank: Priv Enlist Age: 18 Served: North Carolina Enlisted H Co. 20th Inf Reg. NC Notes: Absent without leave on 15 September 1861 (Estimated day of being AWOL) Ashley Lee Claimed Residence in Sampson County Enlist Date: 06 March 1862 Enlist Rank: Priv Enlist Age: 35 Served: North Carolina Enlisted H Co. 20th Inf Reg. NC B. McCullin Enlist Rank: Priv Served: North Carolina Enlisted H Co. 20th Inf Reg. NC Notes: Discharged on 25 April 1862 B. A. Woodey Claimed Residence in Johnston County Enlist Rank: Priv Served: North Carolina Enlisted H Co. 20th Inf Reg. NC Benjamin Parsons

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Can anyone give me the site to the Sampson Co. mil. Records, there was a very good site that listed the men and told a few facts about them, but I can't remember the site. CAN anyone help me. Donna

Sampson County was among those that had an update to the NC USGenWeb archives this past week. -----Forwarded Message----- From: Javan Michael DeLoach <javan@deloach.org> Sent: Mar 27, 2004 2:26 PM To: Denise Woodside <seek4fam@earthlink.net> Subject: Recent Uploads to the NC USGenWeb Archives The following documents were added to the North Carolina USGenWeb Archives and Tombstone Transcription Register last week: Avery County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/avery/obits/woody01.txt Beaufort County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/beaufort/census/1850indx.txt Bertie County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/bertie/wills/gwl3cotten.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/bertie/wills/gwl4cotten.txt Chatham County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/chatham/wills/phllps03.txt Forsyth County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/forsyth/obits/ellis01.txt Granville County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/granville/misc/lloyd01.txt Halifax County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/halifax/wills/bryant1762.txt Lenoir County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/lenoir/wills/jones01.txt Martin County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/martin/wills/bryanjw.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/martin/wills/bryanzw.txt Mitchell County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/mitchell/obits/biddix03.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/mitchell/obits/sullns01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/mitchell/obits/ward04.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/mitchell/obits/wilson06.txt Montgomery County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/montgomery/cemeteries/sills01.txt Robeson County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/robeson/deeds/lovit01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/robeson/wills/lovet01.txt Rowan County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/rowan/wills/brown01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/rowan/wills/josey01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/rowan/wills/moore01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/rowan/wills/potts01.txt Sampson County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/sampson/cemeteries/faircloth1.txt Stanly County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/stanly/cemeteries/hthcok01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/stanly/cemeteries/marshl01.txt Wake County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/wake/cemeteries/medlin01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/wake/cemeteries/medlin02.txt Watauga County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/watauga/obits/nichls01.txt Wilkes County http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/wilkes/court/jury0813.txt Mike Denise Woodside ASC NCGenWeb CC Sampson County, NC & Shannon County, MO