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April 22, 2013

Halifax County Marriages: D & E.

Daniel, James and Betsey Wilkins, 22 Dec 1848. Thomas Daniel, bondsman.

In the 1850 census of Halifax County: James Daniel, 37, farmer, and wife Betsey, 20.

Daniel, Richard and Matilda Evans, 18 Apr 1832. James Perry, bondsman.

Dempsey, Dempsey and Peggy Hawkins, 14 May 1831. Uriah W. Skinner, bondsman.

In the 1830 census of Halifax County, Dempsey Dempsey is head of a household of five free persons of color.

Dempsey, Hilliard & Arilla Dempsey, 25 Dec 1861.

In the 1860 census of Western District, Halifax County: Anderson Capps, 35, carpenter; wife Margarett, 35, spinner; Elizabeth Dempsey, 40, washerwoman; Arilla Dempsey, 16, seamstress; Dump Dempsey, 5; and James Rand, 5.

Dempsey, Melvin and Patsey Amos, 16 Mar 1830. Hansel Hathcock, bondsman.

In the 1830 census, Hansel Hathcock is a head of a household of free people of color. In the 1860 census of Eastern Division, Halifax County: W.J. Squiggins, 32, fisherman; wife M.J., 24; Melvin Dempsey, 45, fisherman, born Halifax; Berthey Day, 30, cook, born Northampton; and George Day, 12, born Halifax.

Dempsey, Tamberlane and Tabitha Richardson, 4 Jul 1831. J.R.J. Daniel, bondsman.

In the 1860 census of Eastern Division, Halifax County: Tamblin Dempsey, 50, day laborer, wife Tabitha, 49, and children John, 14, Tharrigood, 10, and Anna J., 7.

Dempsey, Thorogood and Lucy Carter, 15 Feb 1832. Hezkiah Hathcock, bondsman.

Dempsey, William and Mariah Pugh, 8 Mar 1848. Laertes M. King, bondsman.

Dempsey, William and Mary Larence, 7 Jan 1857. B.W. Bass, bondsman.

In the 1860 census of Eastern Division, Halifax County: William Dempsey, 26, day laborer, wife Mary, 27, and children John, 4, Susan, 3, and George, 4 months.

Dempsy, John and Martha Bird, 10 Mar 1821. James Dempsy, bondsman.

Dempsy, [blank] and Mary Loclier, 2 Nov 1818. Richard Bird, bondsman.

Durham, Jacob and Harriette Mills, 4 Dec 1829. Isham Mills, bondsman.

Ethergain, James and Betsey Wilkins, 21 Feb 1825. Thomas Brewer, bondsman.

Evans, Doctor Lucas and Emily Linch, 31 Dec 1851. William Smith, bondsman.

In the 1860 census of Western District, Halifax County: Doctor Evans, 27, farmer, wife Emily 23, and children William, 4, and Sallie, 7 months.

Evans, James and Mary Evans, 19 Feb 1855. Jesse Boon, bondsman.

Evans, James and Epsey Richardson, 9 Oct 1856.

In the 1860 census of Western District, Halifax County: James Evans, 64, farmer, Lucy Evans, 64, spinner; Mary Evans, 30, spinner; James Evans, 25, farm laborer; and Lucy, 5, John, 3, and Elizebeth Evans, 1.

Evans, Mechan and Elizabeth Toney, 16 May 1831. Jno. Pepper, bondsman.

Evans, Moses and Roda Brown, 31 Jan 1859. Lem. Carter, bondsman.

In the 1860 census of Western District, Halifax County: Rodah Evans, 19, farmer, and Moses Evans, 23, farm laborer.

Evans, Richard and Betsy Chavers, 13 Jan 1858. Lazarus Pope, bondsman.

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April 22, 2013

Free Colored Inhabitants of the Town of Milton, Caswell County, 1850.

#243. Lucy Pulliam, 60, in the household of William Terrill, boot & shoemaker.

#244. William Philips, 12, in the household of James R. Collum, druggist.

#246. Sarah Hutson, 40, born in Virginia, in the household of Wiley Kezort, blacksmith.

#248. Dabney Palmer, 20, tailor, born Person County, in the household of Benjamin Hines, tailor.

#266. William Pounds, 20, and James Harris, 22, both laborers, in the household of Hugh M. Raimey, mechanic.

#269. Willis Freeman, 25, laborer, wife Jane, 24, and Mary Piles, 6.

#271. Anderson Piles, 12, born Caswell County, in the household of L.R. Atkinson, jeweler.

#272. Francis Weaver, 30, born Hertford, in the household of Archibald McDorrett, teacher.

#287. Tannin(?) Sawyers, 21, born in Virginia, in the household of James Nuttall, tavern keeper.

#288. R. Mills, 40, laborer, born in Virginia, in the household of G.W. Thompson.

#289. Thomas Day, 49, cabinet maker, born in Virginia; wife Aquila, 44, born in Virginia; son Devereux J., 17, born Milton; Morning S. Day, 84, born Virginia; plus Joshua Wood, 21, cabinet maker, born in Virginia; James Hutchinson, 30, cabinet maker, born Guilford; Aaron McCormick, 20, born Virginia; James Wallace, 21, laborer, born Virginia; Burg[illegible] Smith, 20, cabinet maker, born Raleigh; Daniel Proctor, 20, cabinet maker, born Granville; and William Slate, 14, cabinet maker, born Virginia. All mulatto except Wood, Hutchinson, McCormick, Wallace, Proctor and Slate, who were white. Day reported $800 real property.

#298. Nancy Cousins, 50, born Virginia, in the household of Joana Hancock.

#307. Jane Watkins, 23, Mary Cousins, 27, and Cornelia Cousins, 4, all born Caswell.

#309. Harriet Jones, 29, and children Lewis, 6, Virginia, 4, and Caroline, 10 months, all born in Milton.

#310. John Freeman, 30, blacksmith, born Virginia, in the household of Alexander Smith.

#311. Lucy Sawyer, 39; Eliza A. Palmer, 17; Clem Palmer, 13; John Palmer, 8; Susan Sawyers, 2; and Sallie A. Palmer, 1.

#312. Rhoda Lovet, 80, Sallie Piles, 50, and Mary Piles, 20.

#314. Fanny McMunn, 20, born Orange, in the household of C.N.B. Evans, S. Editor.

#316. Jenny Watkins, 72, born Virginia; Tabitha A. Jones, 25, Andrew, 7, Marcus, 5, and Edward, 2, all born in Milton.

#317. Caroline Thomas, 24; Lavinia Thomas, 20; Isabella Thomas, 5; and James Thomas, 2.

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April 21, 2013

She seems not to have a sound mind.

Was committed to the Jail of Greenville county, on the 15^th inst. a yellow woman, who says her name is Rachel Patterson, that she was raised by Churchwell Anderson, and that she is a free woman. She appears to be about twenty three or four years of age, gives very various and contradictory accounts of herself, and seems not to have a sound mind. The owner will come forward, prove his property, pay charges and take her away. DAVID MITCHELL, Jailor. July 27, 1816.

Raleigh Minerva, 26 July 1816.

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April 20, 2013

An act to emancipate Joe.

An Act to emancipate Joe, a slave

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Joe, a slave belonging to Sophia L. Smith, executrix of David Smith, deceased, late of Cumberland county, is hereby, with the consent and at the request of his said owner, emancipated and set free; and by the name of Joseph Hostler shall hereafter possess and exercise all the rights and privileges which are enjoyed by other free persons of color within this State: Provided, nevertheless, that before such slave shall be emancipated, the petitioner shall give bond and good security to the Governor and his successors in office, in the County Court of Cumberland county, that the said slave shall honestly and correctly demean himself as long as he shall remain in the State, and shall not become a parish charge; which bond may be sued upon in the name of the Governor for the time being, to the use of the parish and of any person injured by the malconduct of such slave.

Chapter CVII, Public and Private Laws of North Carolina, 1833-34, North Carolina State Library.

Joseph Hostler married Hannah McKay on 20 November 1839 in Cumberland County. In the 1840 census of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, he appears as the head of a household that includes one free colored male aged 36-54, one male aged 10-24, and one female aged 10-24, plus two slaves. In the 1850 census of Fayetteville, Cumberland County: Hannah Ragland, 75, born in Virginia; Joheph [sic] Hostler, 44, barber; wife Hannah, 34; and children Geo. R., 9, Margaret A., 7, Susan B., 6, Sarah E., 5, and Mary E., 2; plus Ann E. Thomas, 13, all born in NC. In the 1860 census of Fayetteville, Cumberland County: Hannah Hostler, 46, seamstress, and children Geo., 20, barber, Margaret, 18, seamstress, Susan, 16, Sarah, 14, Mary, 12, William, 10, Caroline, 8, and Henry, 3. (Next door: Abel Payne and his family.)

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April 20, 2013

African Negro says he is free.

CAME to my house, on the 15^th inst. An African Negro Man, who calls himself GEORGE BROWN. He says he is free, but is in possession of no document to substantiate the fact. It is supposed, that he is a Slave – a runaway from on board some vessel. He is about 6 feet high, black complexion, and spare made.

The owner (if any) if hereby requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take said fellow away. JOHN LATHAM Sept 26^th, 1810.

True Republican, New Bern, 7 November 1810.

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April 20, 2013

They ran off and was married in an old field.

State of North Carolina, Halifax County } On this 20^th day of May, 1846, personally appeared before me Lemuel P. Johnston an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Mrs. Winaford Holley, a resident of said County and State, aged eighty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, certify that She was an eye witness to the marriage of Drury Walden to his wife Elizabeth, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Harriss; that they ran away and was married some time in the year (1780) Seventeen hundred and eighty (she well remembers) in an old field a little from the Road, in the County of Northampton North Carolina, by Herbert Harris, who was, at that time, an acting Magistrate in Said County of Northampton; and that the said Drury and wife (after their intermarriage) took supper that evening, at her Winaford Holley’s Mother’s House. That she well recollects, that at the time of the aforesaid Marriage (To Wit) in the year (1780) her husband Jesse Holley, was then a soldier in the army.

She further certifies that upon her oath, that the said Drury Walden’s family, and his wife, the aforesaid Elizabeth’s family, were at (the time of their intermarriage,) living within an half Mile of her Mother’s house; and that she very well remembers, that the aforesaid Drury Walden, did serve one, and she believes two tours in the Army of the Revolution, after he intermarried with the aforesaid Elizabeth Harriss, for all of the above named families, were living at the same places, that they were, at the time of the aforesaid marriage, when the said Drury Walden returned home, from the service; and that she saw him, when he arrived at home from the said service. Winafred X Holley

Sworn to and subscribed on the say and year above written before me L.P. Johnston

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April 19, 2013

She hath been arrested.

State of North Carolina Chatham county

We Lucretia Evans & Philip Hartsoe, acknowledge ourselves indebted to the State of North Carolina in the sum of Fifty pounds each, to be levied on our goods & chattles, Land & tenaments, But to be void on condition that the said Lucretia Evans makes her personal appearance at the next county Court for Chatham to be held on 2nd Monday of August next, and not depart the said court without leave, and to answer the within charge – This 25th June, 1826. Lucretia X Evans {Seal}

Teste. Jon: Haralson , Philip Hartso

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State of North Carolina, Chatham County

Thos. Lasater, one of the Justices of the peace for the said County To the keeper of the common Jail of the County af’d.

Whereas Lucretia Evans a free woman of the County af’d. hath been arrested by the lawful authority of the af’d County and brought before me charg’d with entering the house of Vicy Mason and feloneaus stealing and carrying away a web of cloth for which offence she has been duly examined before me and the presumption is she is guilty thereof.

These is therefore to command you the keeper to receive the said Lucretia Evans in your Jail there to remain until she shall be delivered by due course of law, given under my hand this 26th of June 1826 Thos. Lasater

Records of Slaves and Free Persons of Color, Chatham County Records, North Carolina State Archives.

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April 19, 2013

Napoleon Hagans house.

Napoleon Hagans (1840-1896) built this house near the south bank of Aycock Swamp, near Fremont in northern Wayne County, between 1870 and 1885. “The house, a single-pile center-hall-plan dwelling, has retained much of its charming original hip-roofed front porch, now supported by replacement square columns. Windows are surmounted by moulded peaked arch surrounds. … One original single-shouldered exterior end chimney was plastered; the other was replaced by a concrete-block flue. …” A stone monument marking the graves of Napoleon and his wife Apsilla Ward Hagans stands in a cornfield about one hundred yards west of the house.

Detail from J. Daniel Pezzoni and Penne Smith, Glimpses of Wayne County, North Carolina: An Architectural History (1998).

Photo by Lisa Y. Henderson, December 2010.

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April 19, 2013

The war effort.

CHAPEL HILL. – A letter from a friend at Chapel Hill informs us that a full company of Volunteers under Capt. Richard J. Ashe left that place on Saturday last. It comprised about 20 of the Students and the choice spirits of the community. A fund of about $1600 was cheerfully contributed in the village, and wagons loaded with provisions had been coming in from the country for some days. The free negro population asked the privilege of contributing, and gave from $10 to $15 each. A free washerwoman whose husband is a slave went out and collected $5 to expend for provisions for the company. Our correspondent says justly, that with God’s help a people so united cannot be overcome by any nation.

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A large party of slaves and free men of color were assembled here on Saturday last, from the town and county, ready to start for labor at Fort Caswell, but instructions were received to send no more, and they were reluctantly disbanded.

Carolina Observer, Fayetteville, 29 April 1861.

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April 19, 2013

Cocks fight; man dies.

Halifax, April 16.

Murder. – On Tuesday last, an inquest was held in this town on the body of Samuel Horne, a free colored man, who died the preceding day. From the Coroner’s report it appears that on Sunday last Edward Jones, a shoemaker, residing in this place, saw two chicken-cocks fighting near his house; he caught one and threatened to shoot the other, which Samuel Horne, the deceased, begged him not to do; upon this Jones ordered him out of the house, and swore if he did not go he would kill him, and immediately looked about for his shoe knife; the deceased went off, was pursued and stabbed by Jones. The wound was afflicted just above the collar bone on the left side of the neck, passing obliquely across the breast, cutting the windpipe, puncturing the swallow, and dividing important blood-vessels. Jones was immediately taken in to custody, and is now in jail awaiting his trial. Free Press.

Hillsborough Recorder, 28 April 1824.

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