ON SALE NOW! A New Book Out On Sampson County, N. C. NINTEENTH CENTURY VITAL STATISTICS OF SAMPSON COUNTY AND DUPLIN COUNTY, N. C., {1796 - 1870}, VOL. 1. This book consists of articles on births, marriages, family reunions, biographies, and deaths out of Fayetteville and Wilmington newspapers. I have researched through many a newspapers for information on Sampson County. I did Duplin County out of respect for it being the parent county of Sampson County. There is so much quailty information in these articles. I typed the articles as they appeared. There is no article abstraction here. It has 244 pages with an index. The price is $30.00. About The Book Newspapers -Name of newspaper, place, date, and volume number. The newspapers had no page numbers. Births - No birth events located. Marriages - Titles are listed in bold print. Articles tells of the bride and groom, giving information on residence, relatives, name of the pastor who performed the ceremony, date and place of wedding. Also there are poems mentioned, as well as some short stories. Some articles, in volume 2, marriages become more detailed in describing weddings and whom the attendants were, along with poems and short stories. Family Reunions - For whom the re-union was for, age, birthdate, and the children if listed. Biographies - For whom the article speaks of, describing the person's life, family, and occupation. Deaths - Titles are listed in bold print. Articles tells of the deceased, where he passed away, of relatives, of what the deceased died from, religious affiliations, and memorials given as a tribute of respect. Some mentions the pastor who attends the funeral. There are many poems and elaborate descriptions of the deceased as giving by family and friends, along with some articles. Titles and Headings - On all articles if there were titles or headings I placed them in bold print. If there were special titles used such as in the Butler Murder, I tried to match the exact fonts or letters as were used to give the exact excitement when it first appeared. Duplicate Entries - There are a few occasions where some entries were similar. In these cases one entry may give more information on people than the other entry, but both entries are given. Unless both are identical and only one entry was entered. Author's Note: These articles I have researched through many a newspapers for information on Sampson County. I did Duplin County out of respect for it being the parent county of Sampson County. I copied the articles as they appeared. There is no abstraction here. There are a few occasions where something was wrong with the paper and a word might not be legible or the paper is too wrinkled to read. I feel like there is too much quality of information in these articles to be abstracted and abstracting them takes the meaning away as they were intended by the various author's who wrote them. SAMPSON COUNTY , NC CEMETERIES NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY CEMETERIES, VOL. 1. This book contains a listing of 262 gravesites located in the northern part of the county extending from Clinton, NC on Hwy 421 North towards Dunn, NC and from Clinton, NC along Hwy 24 East towards Turkey, NC. Hwy 24 being the dividing line between the southern and northern parts of the county. It has 484 pages with an index. The price is $40.00. SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY CEMETERIES This book contains a listing of 330 gravesites located in the southern part of the county extending from Autryville along Hwy 24 East to Turkey. Hwy 24 being the dividing line between the southern and northern parts of the county. It has 375 pages with an index. The price is $40.00. CLINTON CITY CEMETERY This book contains the listing of graves in the town cemetery of Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina. It has 200 pages and an index. Also included are three maps of the cemetery. The price is $30.00. Send orders to : Bradley Lee West 8817 Roseboro Hwy Roseboro, NC 28382 My email address is: bradleywest@earthlink.net