Fourth Generation Inclusive

Historical Documents of Genealogical Interest to Researchers of North Carolina's Free People of Color
September 28, 2014

An heirloom wart cure.

Wilson_Advance_12_26_1895_Reid_Wart_Cure

Wilson Advance, 26 December 1895.

In the 1850 census, North Side of the Neuse, Wayne County: farmhand Washington Read, 28, wife Pennina, 25, and daughter Lewiser, 2 months.

2 Comments
September 28, 2014

A landmark.

The death of Green Simmons, an old and well known colored landmark, of Dudley, occurred last night.

Goldsboro Daily Argus, 7 January 1901.

In the 1850 census of South Side of the Neuse, Wayne County: cooper Green Simmons, 33, wife Betsy J., 26, and children Needham, 5, Cicero, 3, and Mary, 1.

8 Comments