Thanks for info.Checking with older brother to see if he has any info, ----- Original Message ----- From: "BRUCE PORTER" <Portermom1@msn.com> To: <POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:32 AM Subject: Re: Poythress in eastern N.C. > Jerry, > This might help in your search for information: > > Juanita Peterson Poythress (aka Nita Peters) b.3/17/1892 d. 2/24/1980 m. > Jarrett Poythress b. 11/12/1880 d. 7/12/1945. She also m . Odie James > Whaley. I think Poythress was 1st then Whaley but some research on > internet says Whaley 1st then Poythress. > > Children were: Josephine Poythress, Alma Poythress, Sue Poythress, Richard > Poythress, Bruce Poythress Whaley and Sanford Poythress. I think > according to Jarrett's daughter by his 2nd marriage the children above > were Jarrett's but took the Whaley name in some cases. > > Jarrett Poythress m. 2nd Mary Scott Jarrell, 1/20/1926 Weldon, NC. Their > daughter, Juanita Poythress Zdun b. 4/19/1932. > > One of Jarrett's brothers was Charles Lee Poythress who is my husbands gr > grandfather. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jerry poythress<mailto:Jerryp@always-online.com> > To: POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 5:40 PM > Subject: Re: Poythress in eastern N.C. > > > Got your message and will try to get you more info from my brothers and > sisters since all my uncles and aunts have passed away. Give me a little > time and I will contact you with info. Thanks! Jerry Poythress > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barbara P. Neal" > <bp_neal@earthlink.net<mailto:bp_neal@earthlink.net>> > To: <POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com>> > Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 5:27 PM > Subject: Re: Poythress in eastern N.C. > > > > Hi Jerry & thanks so much for writing to us. Since I'm not sure whether > or > > not you have subscribed to our Poythress-List of emails, I'm sending > this > > to your email address, too. I've just found Havelock, NC in Craven > County, > > between New Bern & Morehead City, southeast of Raleigh & of Greenville, > > for those of our List not looking at a map. Not far from Ocracoke on > the > > Outer Banks. > > > > I was quite interested to learn of your family line, since it is not > one I > > recall us knowing of before. I've been hunting thru available resources > to > > see if I can help on your family line, and I need a little more help, > > please. > > > > 1. Do you have any idea of what years your grandfather, Charlie > Poythress, > > would have been alive, or in about what year he died? > > I found on the public record source, the Social Security Death Index at > > RootsWeb (http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/<http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/> ) the > entry re your father's death, > > showing that he was born in September of 1914, and died in 1998 in > > Grifton, Pitt County, NC. From your father's birth year, I'm figuring > his > > father, Charlie, must have been born sometime in the roughly 1870-1895 > > period? That's a pretty wide range, so I'm hoping you might have some > idea > > that would trim that down some. > > > > 2. Any idea of the name of your grandmother, who your grandfather > divorced > > after your father was born? > > > > 3. And/or if you know the names of any siblings of your father's, that > > could help find the right family for your grandfather in the Census > > records of NC. > > > > Again, thanks so much for your email & I look forward to hearing more > from > > you. > > Barbara Poythress Neal (or BPN for short) > > > > 4/21/06 Jerry poythress wrote: > > > I am Jerry Poythress youngest son... > > > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > > Visit www.poythress.net<http://www.poythress.net/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > o learn more about Rootsweb please visit > http://www.rootsweb.com/<http://www.rootsweb.com/> > > > > --- > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Always Online The High Speed > Internet > > Service] > > > > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Always Online The High Speed Internet > Service] > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net<http://www.poythress.net/> > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Always Online The High Speed Internet > Service] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Always Online The High Speed Internet Service]

Jerry, please give us the first names you already know of, for your deceased Poythress uncles. That will help a lot, for us to help you. Thanks, Barbara