Source: Johnston County, NC will abstracts 1746-1870 "FLOWERS, Jacob, Sr. 28 July 1853 Prob. Aug Ct 1856 wife Pheriba FLOWERS - Household furn.; livestock; tools & all provisions. Eldest dau Mary HARPER w/o Riddick HARPER, dau Winney HARPER w/o John HARPER, granddaughter Sally ROBERTS w/o William ROBERTS, dau Sally GRIFFIS w/o Laban GRIFFIS, dau Pheriba GODWIN w/o Elijah GODWIN, dau Elizabeth GODWIN w/o Stephen GODWIN, dau Emily DODD w/o Matthew DODD, dau Hariet GODWIN w/o Wilsey GODWIN, dau Tempy FLOWERS w/o John FLOWERS, DAU Martha MESSENGILL w/o Robert MASSENGILL & son Jacob FLOWERS - $1.00 each. Exec: friend Robert MESSENGILL. Signed: Jacob FLOWERS Wit: S. B. LASSITER, Jesse BARBER." "FLOWERS, Pherby 1 Aug 1865 Prob. Feb Ct 1868 Mary FLOWERS sid/o son Jacob FLOWERS - $1.00 each. Exec: friend Carrol LANGDON. Pherby (x) FLOWERS Wit: Major DIXON, Nazareth STEPHENSON."