WILLIAM ARMWOOD, born circa 1835 in Sampson County to Major and Eliza Armwood. He married Martha “Matta” Simmons, daughter of James and Winnie Medlin Simmons. They lived into the 1920s.
The 1850 census of the Northern District of Duplin County lists Major Armwood, 53, wife Eliza, 42, and son William, 14, plus Mariah Brewington, 10.
Photo courtesy of Andrea Gooden.
LOUVICEY ARTIS ALDRIDGE was born in 1865 near Eureka, Wayne County, to Adam Toussaint Artis (1831-1919) and Frances Seaberry Artis (1845-1878.) In 1879, she married John William Aldridge (1851-1910), son of Robert Aldridge and Mary Eliza Balkcum Aldridge.
Courtesy of Lisa Y. Henderson.
ANNIE EATMON LOCUS was born about 1877 in Wilson County to Wilmouth Eatmon (ca1834-ca1910), a free woman of color, and Hackney High, a white man. She married Acey (or Ace or Asa) Locus (1860-1958), son of Martin and Eliza Brantley Locus. Annie E. Locus died in 1952.
Photo courtesy of Gregory J. Wilkins.
MINNIE SIMMONS BUDD was born in 1887, near Dudley NC, to Hillary Bunn Simmons (1855-1941) and Ann Elizabeth Henderson Simmons (1861-1900). Her father’s parents were George W. Simmons (ca1820-1919) and Axey Jane Manuel Simmons (1823-1885); her mother’s were Lewis Henderson (1836-1912) and Margaret Balkcum Henderson (1836-1915). She married Jesse Manuel Budd (1884-ca1960), son of John Budd and Alice Jones, and they migrated to Philadelphia before World War I. Minnie died there in 1961.
Original in possession of Lisa Y. Henderson.
JESSE ADAMS JACOBS JR. and wife, SARAH HENDERSON JACOBS SILVER. Jesse was born in 1858 in Sampson County to Jesse A. Jacobs and Abigail Gilliam. His first wife was Sarah “Sally” Bridgers. His second wife, depicted above, was born in 1874 in southern Wayne County to Lewis and Margaret Balkcum Henderson. After Jesse’s death in 1926 in Wilson NC, Sarah married Rev. Joseph Silver (1857-1958) of Enfield, Halifax County. Sarah died in 1938 in Selma NC.
Sarah’s father, Lewis Henderson, was born in 1836 in Onslow County to James Henderson and an unknown free woman of color whose surname was probably Skipp. He, his father and siblings migrated to Sampson County in the 1850s and Wayne in the 1860s. He died near Dudley in 1912.
Original in possession of Lisa Y. Henderson.
MARGARET BALKCUM HENDERSON, “Mag,” born 1836 in Sampson County, died 1915 near Dudley, Wayne County. She was probably the daughter of Nancy Balkcum, a white woman. She married Lewis Henderson (1836-1912) circa 1855, most likely in Sampson County.
Original tintype lost. Copy in possession of Lisa Y. Henderson.
In the 1860 census of Westbrooks, Sampson County: Lewis Henderson, 25, mulatto, turpentine laborer, wife Margaret, 26, and children Lewis T., 4, James L., 3, and Isabella J., 4 mos.
Fourth Generation Inclusive 