Hunter, I do know that the survey for the Major cemetery in Wilson has not been published yet. It is well on its way, but not completed. That would be Maplewood Cemetery. I am hoping someone with the knowledge can respond to you about the newspaper and the funeral homes. I don't know when the Wilson Daily Times was started but I suspect the library in Wilson would be your best bet for old papers. ECU may have them also. I know that Yelverton Funeral home has been around a very long time also. Carol At 04:37 PM 4/23/1999 -0400, you wrote: >During a recent visit to the NC State Archives, I checked the 1900, 1910, >and 1920 Wilson Co, NC Census and found the following: > >In 1900, Levy (Levi) T. Williamson was living at dwelling # 342 in Cross >Roads Township with wife Sarah and daughters Susan and Bettie. He was listed >as being 68 years old and born in NC in 1837. His birth year agrees with his >Civil War records, so he was probably closer to 63. His son, Albert C. >Williamson, lived in Black Creek Township at dwelling #402 with wife Clarkie >(Lamm), daughters Minnie L. and Eva B. (Blanche). > >In 1910, Albert Williamson was living at dwelling # 289 in Black Creek >Township with wife Clarkie, daughters Minnie, Blanche, and Georgia, and sons >Wade, Grover, and Earl. Two doors down, in dwelling # 291, was Loften T. >Lamm, wife Mary, son Joseph, and daughters Edith and Louberta. Listed as a >boarder and a widower was Levi Williamson, age 79. > >In 1920, Albert Williamson was listed with his family in Sampson Co, NC, >where they lived for awhile before returning to Wilson Co. There was no >listing for Levi Williamson or Williams with the right age in either Wilson >or Sampson Co, nor the entire state of NC. I checked the death records of >the state and the counties and could find no record of his death between >1910 and 1920. I also found no record of his wife's death between 1900 and >1910. I know that the counties were not required to keep death records until >1917 or so. I also found no listing for them in the Wilson Co. Cemeteries >books. My great aunts, Rosamond Wells and Grace Williamson of Wilson Co, >daughters of Albert Williamson, do not know when Levi and Sarah died or >where they might be buried. I also have checked the Wilson Co. Estate >records and found nothing, although it's possible that I may have overlooked >something. > >The leads that I want to follow are the Loften Lamm connection and possible >obituaries in the Wilson papers of that time frame. What papers were being >published between 1900 and 1920 and are they archived? If so, where can I >get more information? > >Does anyone know more about Loften Lamm and his descendants, maybe a family >member that is alive and may remember something about Levi Williamson. > >One last item: does anyone know the funeral homes of the area between 1900 >and 1920 and whether or not records are available from them for that time >frame. > >I'm sorry this is so long, but I would really appreciate any help on this >matter. It would bring some sort of closure for many people concerning a not >too distant ancestor. Thanks to everyone in advance. > >Hunter Ferrell >Louisville, KY >[email protected] > > Carol P. Martoccia 903 East Fifth Street Greenville, NC 27858 Pridgen Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 Pridgen Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl