Court house in Winton, Hertford County burned down twice, 1842 and again by the Union Army in 1862. 1. JESSE2 PIERCE (PIERCE1) was born Abt. 1800 in North Carolina, and died Abt. 1846 in Hertford Co., NC. He married LUCRETIA GRECY EURE June 06, 1827 in Gates County, NC1, daughter of LEVI EURE and PEGGY BEEMAN. She was born Abt. 1810 in North Carolina, and died Abt. 1885 in Hertford County, North Carolina. Notes for JESSE PIERCE: The home of Jesse Pierce was called "Home Place Pierce Land" located near Winton in Hertford County, North Carolina. Notes for LUCRETIA GRECY EURE: 1860 census household 890 Hertford Co., NC. Lucretia (50), husbad Adolphus Askew (32), daughter Abigail Pierce (18 from first husband Jesse Pierce who die in 1844), son James Pierce(15 son of Jesse) and Margaret Powell ( female 13 with an unknown relationship) 1870 Adolphus Askew is listed as 44, Lucretia as 50. The value ofthe farm is listed as $150 with other worth as $400. But are shown as unable to read or write. On the farm is Nancy Howell, white age 40 listed as Domestic servant and James Hale a 15 year old farm laborer. 1880 census Winton, Hertford Co., NC. Lucretia 70, Adolphus 51 and Catherine Pierce female 17 listed as other. More About LUCRETIA GRECY EURE: Will: November 24, 1885, Hertford County, North Carolina Marriage Notes for JESSE PIERCE and LUCRETIA EURE: There is a town in Gates County named EURE. Children of JESSE PIERCE and LUCRETIA EURE are: i. CINCINNITAS3 PIERCE/PEARCE, b. 18272; d. 1897, Hertford County, North Carolina3; m. (1) MILLY, Abt. 1850, North Carolina; b. Abt. 1828; d. Abt. 1861, Hertford County, North Carolina; m. (2) CHARITY E. PILAND, November 20, 1861, Gates County, North Carolina; b. 18344; d. Abt. 1880, Hertford County, North Carolina; m. (3) NANCY PILAND, December 28, 1881, Gates County, North Carolina5; b. 1852. Notes for CINCINNITAS PIERCE/PEARCE: Served in the Confederate Army 4th North Carolina cavalry June 1862. Went AWOL in October 1863. Joined Union Army, November 27, 1863 at Beaufort, NC. 2nd Infantry of NC volunteers. 1850 census Cincinnatus age 20 was married to Milly age 22. 1860 census household 507 in Hertford Co. NC. Nmae spelled as Pearce Cincinnatus (29), wife Milly (32), daughter Martha (9), son Danny (may be Dausey age 7), son Adolphus (5), son A. J. (Albert age 3) and daughter M. C. (1). Land value $400, other money $25. 1870 census in Hertford County, NC. Cincinnitas 41, wife Charity 35, son Adolphus 13, Albert 11, Mary 9, William 3 and a one year old male Corxxtus. Land value given as $800 and other wealth as $600. 1880 census Winton, Hertford Co. Cincinatus farmer 53, C. E. Pearce keeping house 46, William 13, Dossy son 11, Fanny dau. 8, James 6, S. J. dau. 2, Nancy Piland nice 27 Will loan to 3rd wife Nancy Piland as long as she remained his widow or until she die all his estate both real and personal. Upon her death or marriage 1/2 went to their 3 daughters Mary, Emma and Nancy. The other 1/2 went to 3 children from his marriage to Charity Piland: Fannie, James E., and Sallie J. Tract of land in will said to contain about 220 acres also swamp land bounded by the Chowan River. J. W. Perry on the west, Col. J. M. Wynns on the south, James Piland's heirs on the east and I. C. Pearce on the north. More About CINCINNITAS PIERCE/PEARCE: Declared AWOL: October 1863, Missing from NC 4th Cavalry Join Confederate Army: June 30, 1862, NC 4th Cavalry Co. D6 Join Union Army: November 27, 1863, Beaufort, North Carolina 2nd regiment NC volunteers Transferred CSA: July 1862, NC 4th Cavalry Co. C Will filed: June 17, 1897 Will written: April 07, 1894 ii. JOB PEARCE, b. Abt. 1833, Hertford Co., North Carolina; m. (1) PRISCILLA, Abt. 1855; b. Abt. 1840; d. Abt. 1865; m. (2) MARY ANN LEARY, July 15, 1868, Grace Church / Plymouth, Washington Co., NC; b. 1839, Washington Co., North Carolina; m. (3) HAPPY POWERS, September 17, 1885, Home of Mrs. Alice Ayers/ Plymouth, Washington Co., NC; b. 1837, North Carolina. Notes for JOB PEARCE: 1860 census listed as household 774 in Hertford Co., NC. Job (27) and wife Priscilla (18) along with brother Isaac Pierce (17), S. C. Sanders (F 13) relationship unknown and J. C. Haste (M 7) relationship unknown. 1880 census Job living with his second wife Mary Ann in Henderson, Grandville County, NC. Occupation shown as a fish huskster. Grandville Co. is about 100 miles up the Roanoke River. This River runs by Plymouth, Washington Co. In 1880 the Roanoke around Weldon and the Virginia line was considered the Rockfish (Striped bass) capital of the world. Also in the house are son Levi B. (19) from his first wife. Sons Robert S. (3), William P. (1), daughter Mary L. (7), and other Matthew A. Cooper a 25 year old white grocer. More About HAPPY POWERS: Census: 1880, Happy is listed as single living alone, oppucation seamstress, Dwelling 157, family 168 in Plymouth. iii. ISAAC PIERCE, (PEARCE), b. March 05, 1842, Hertford County, North Carolina; d. August 29, 1924, Marietta, Georgia at home of oldest living son Walter J. Pearce7; m. MARIA ANN SALTER, May 24, 1864, Carteret County, NC8; b. November 21, 1844; d. January 19, 19169. Notes for ISAAC PIERCE, (PEARCE): 1860 census he was living in household 774 in Hertford Co. He was living with his brother Job and his wife Priscilla. Also in the house was S. C. Sanders female 13 with an unknown relationship, and J. C. Heastr(?) male 7 with an unknown relationship. 1870 listed in Carteret county, NC census 1880 census Isaac Pierce farmer 36, Ann M. 34, Charles 15, John W. 13, Joseph J. 10, James F. 8, Isaac T. 6, Rosa F. dau. 1 'NEATH THE SOD ON WHICH HE TROD PENSIONER 506209 In his younger boyhood day, with his mates he would often play, But now he sleeps beneath the sod, in the soil on which he trod. Lines from 'Father and Mother,' a poem written in 1925 by Jesse Pearce, son of Isaac Pearce Application for reimbursement. Statement of attending physician. Give pensioner's name in full: Isaac Peirce. Give date of commencement of pensioner's last sickness: March 14, 1924. Give date of pensioner's death: Aug. 29, 1924. From what date did the pensioner require the regular and daily attendance of another person constantly until death? From March 14 1924 until death Aug. 29 1924. During what period did you attend the pensioner? From March 14 1924 until death Aug. 29 1924. State nature of disease from which pensioner died? Faluvlor (?) heart disease, hardening of arteries, chronic pleuritis and general impecunities of old age. Give name of any other physician who attended the pensioner in last sickness. G. F. Hogood, M.D., Marietta Ga. Does your bill include a charge for all medicine furnished the pensioner during last sickness? No. Has your bill been paid? If so, by whom? Yes, by W. J. Pierce, pensioner's son. Mention any other facts within your knowledge which, in your opinion, would be helpful in adjusting this claim for reimbursement. Bills for attendance were promptly paid each month by W. J. Pierce, pensioner's son. Mrs. W. J. Pierce, pensioner's daughter-in-law, carefully and tenderly nursed pensioner throughout his last illness. C. D. Elder, attending physician Marietta Ga., Sept. 18, 1924. BILLS PAID by Walter J. Pierce, Marietta Ga., to J. F. Pearce, Ahoskie NC: $100.00 for F. D. Flythe, undertaker, 35.00 for cemetery lot, 1.75 for recording deed, 10.65 for A. J. Dilday's bill, for work on grave bricks; sand, cement, $147.40 total OTHER BILLS: $122.00 physicians, 100.00 medicine, 190.00 Black Undertaking Co., Marietta, Ga. Includes: $150.00 casket & box, 25.00 suit, 15.00 embalming. Reimbursement approved Dec. 6, 1924, $559.40 for expenses. Accrued pension, $62.40, paid to Walter J. Pierce, Marietta Ga. Check from Walter J. Pierce to J. F. Pearce, Ahoskie NC for $147.40 ~~~~~~~~~ More About ISAAC PIERCE, (PEARCE): Burial: Town Cemetry Ahoskie, North Carolina CW Official Deserter: May 1864, Confederate had been paid through October 1863 CW Union Army Discharge: June 07, 1865, Private, Com-F, 1st reg't NC Volunteers10 Enlisted Confederate Army: September 12, 1861, NC 31st Infantry Co. G Enlisted Union Army: December 25, 1863, Company C, Regiment 2nd, North Carolina Volunteers at New Bern, NC Name change Pearce: Abt. 1900, After leaving Hertford County Occupation: Farmer11 Resident 3: 1880, Harrellsville, Hertford County, NC12 Resident 1: 1861, Lived Harrelsville, Hertford County, North Carolina Resident 2: 1870, Hertford County, North Carolina Resident 4: 1897, Phoebus, Virginia Resident 5: March 09, 1917, 22 Bank Street, Hampton, Virginia Resident 6: Old Soldiers Home, Phoebus, Virginia More About MARIA ANN SALTER: Burial: Beaufort, North Carolina iv. ABIGAIL PIERCE, b. February 29, 1844; d. April 28, 187613; m. ZACHERIAH TAYLOR WILLIAMS, February 15, 1868, North Carolina; b. January 26, 1849, Gates Co., NC13; d. October 31, 192513. Notes for ZACHERIAH TAYLOR WILLIAMS: 1880 census lists Zacheriah age 31, wife Mary Liza age 24, daughters Lucrecia age 11 & Mary M. age 2, sons Tuna Taylor age 8, Pleasant Zach. age 7 & Rob Henry age 1 More About ZACHERIAH TAYLOR WILLIAMS: Burial: Reynoldson Baptist Church Cemetry v. JAMES PIERCE, b. Abt. 1846, Hertford Co., NC; d. April 12, 1864, Beaufort, NC Typhoid fever while in the Union army14. More About JAMES PIERCE: Burial: April 13, 1864, Vet. Adm. National Cemetry, New Bern, NC sect. 11, grave 1962 Joined Union Army: December 18, 1863, Plymouth, North Carolina, 2nd regiment of NC volunteers Endnotes 1. Marriage certificate from state of NC. 2. 1880 census. 3. Petty Shore a novel consisting of letters from James 1863-64, 53. 4. 1880 census. 5. North Carolina BMD records, bmdproject.rootsweb.com. 6. NC Archives Vol. 2 4th Cavalry CSA. 7. Pearce family history by Frank Pearce, Reported by oldest living son Walter J. Pierce. 8. Marriage certificate from state of NC, Marriage certificate list wife's name as Maria Ann Salter. 9. The Heritage of Carteret County, North Carolina, Vol. II, Page 216. 10. Deposition of Isaac Pierce # 111,918, Microfilm #123, roll 58, 1890, North Carolina bundle 119, Civil War Pension date file July 17, 1866, application # 111,918, certificate # 506,209. Name of regiment F 1 N.C. Inf. C 2nd U.S. Inf. 11. Deposition of Isaac Pierce # 111,918. 12. 1880 census. 13. Williams family bible. 14. Changing Sides on the Chowan by James D. Pearce, Page 9, Date of death and burial: April 12th and 13th, 1864.