Hello, On Sunday, March 21, 1999 my grandmother, Lena Gray Robinson, will celebrate her 96th birthday in Rocky Mount, NC. We have been doing this since 1990. We all celebrate her birthday by going with her to her church and afterward we all go out to dinner. Why am I telling you this? My Granny's grandmother (Tempe), Tempe's sisters, Tempe's brothers and great grandparents (Hopey and Alston) were slaves on one or two of the Devereux Plantations. I would like to know more about my ancestors. I would like to honor them in print and my Granny as a living legacy on her birthday. I would like to present my Granny with her family's history. This will become a treasure and an heirloom like the quilts she use to make us. Could you please help me present my Granny with her Family History Book for her birthday? Any info you are able to give me would be most appreciated. All info will be included with her book. Please help me to get on the right research track ASAP. I am looking for these slaves: Alston Hopey Mariah Nancy Tempe* Cloe Alfred Cato Mary in Bertie / Halifax. NC. They were slave of John Devereux. When he died they were willed to other family members. Thank you in advance for all your help. Brenda Jackson (Surname: Devereux, Whitley, Gray, Robinson, Barnes, Vick, Cabbagestalk, Roundtree) Title: Papers, 1776-1936; (bulk 1839-1900) [manuscript]. Author: Devereux family. Subject: Confederate States of America. Army --Military life. Confederate States of America. Army --Officers. Devereux, John. Devereux, John, 1819-1893. Devereux, Margaret Mordecai, 1824-1910. Devereux, Sarah Elizabeth. Devereux, Thomas Pollock, 1793-1869. Lane family. Maitland, Robert L. Mordecai family. Subject: Plantations --North Carolina. Plantations --Records. Real property --North Carolina. Roanoke River (Va. and N.C.). Slave records --North Carolina. Slavery --North Carolina. Material: 458 items. Note: Correspondence of a Raleigh, N.C., family, owners of plantations in the Roanoke River area. Chief correspondents in the collection are Thomas Pollock Devereux, his sister-in-law Sarah Elizabeth Devereux, his son John Devereux, daughter-in-law Margaret Mordecai Devereux, and Robert L. Maitland of New York, a business associate. A few letters relate to the Civil War careers of John Devereux, chief quartermaster of North Carolina, and his son, Thomas Pollock Devereux, and describe camp life. Postwar papers concern land sales, lawsuits over estates, and involvement in the French spoliation claims. There are also comments on slaves and manumission, Dare County, lumbering, the Lane and Mordecai families, cranberry culture, and land surveys. There is also a plantation account book, 1842-1863, of John Devereux, relating to Barrow, Montrose, and Runiroi plantations and giving extensive lists of slaves with names, dates of birth, purchase, or death. Purchase 1971 System ID No: ADI-4603 LOCATION: Special Collections Library -- CALL NUMBER: x items 1-458 c.1 NonCirculating