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/>