MANY TAR HEEL WAR CLAIMS IN BILL
The Items were Contained in the Measure Reported to the Senate Yesterday.
FULL LIST OF CLAIMS.
By Parker R. Anderson.
Washington, March 20. – The following North Carolina items were carried in the civil war claims bill which was reported to the senate: …Hardy A. Brewington, administrator of the estate of Raiford Brewington, deceased, late of Sampson County, $530 …
Greensboro Daily News, 21 March 1914.
Unto the Worshipful the Justices of the County Court of Perquimans
The Petition of Negroe Dick at present confined in the Common Gaol of the County: — by the next friend John Smith.
Most Humbly Sheweth That your Petr. has been taken up by Sundrey Persons supposing him to have been a Slave the property of John Smith one of the people called Quakers and illegally liberated by him.
That your Petr. Is at present confined in Gaol under the acts of Assembly 1777 and 1779.
Sheweth that your Petr. Grandmother, Betty was an Indian, a free woman by the Laws of Nature.
May it therefore please your Worships to enquire into the fact of the natural freedom of your Petr. And to do further in the premises as shall seem just & merciful. Respectfully whereof &c /s/ M.A. Milton
Leave being first had from the worshipful Court to file the above Petition and Directions received from the Chairman of the Court to proceed by Petition M.A. Milton Oct. Term 1788
Slave Records, Perquimans County, North Carolina State Archives.
The committee of Divorce and Alimony to whom was refered the petition of William Smith of Heartford county have considered the Same and Report:
That it appears from the petition its self, that, the petitioner is a mulatoe of that class commonly called free Negroes. The committee are of opinion, that it is not only contrary to the true policy of this state, But unbecomeing the dignity of this house, to act on applications of this sort. The [sic] therefore recommend the adoption of the accompanying Resolution – Resolved, that the Member who Introduced the petitioner William Smith of Heartford county have leave to withdraw the same.
Respectfully submitted, /s/ Mathew Bain, Chm.
General Assembly Session Records, January 1827, North Carolina State Archives.
State of North Carolina, Franklin County }
Be it known that this 1st day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight Came before us James Baker & Richard Arrendell two of the Justices of the peace for the County and Franklin, aforesaid, Thomas Broom and Thomas Williams both of the County & State aforesaid, and maketh oath that they are well aquainted with Frederick Reed (a man of Colour, the bearer hereof, and that he has always passed as a free borned man; that they new his father & mother, and his Grandfather & grandmother, and that they were also reputed to be free persons; that the Said Frederick is about 36 years old, of dark yellow complexion, about 5 ¾ feet high and by profession farmer. /s/ Thomas Williams Thos. Broom
Sworn to & subscribed before us, this date & Date above written Attest Richd. Arrendell J.P. Jas. Baker J.P.
Miscellaneous Records, Franklin County, North Carolina State Records.
In the 1830 census of Surry County: Arthur Larter listed as head of household with 4 males under 10, 2 males 10-24, 1 male 36-55, two females under 10, 1 female 10-24, and one female 24-36.
In the 1850 census of Pilot, Surry County, Arter Larter (58, farmer), wife Polly (55), with children Sally (16), Jennings (17), Sanders (13) and Parmelia (11), all mulatto.
In Owens County, Indiana, Marriage Records: Jennings Larter married Barsheba Harris, 22 Feb 1855.
In the 1860 census of Marion, Owen County, Indiana: Jennings Larter (27, day laborer, born NC), wife Beshaba (26, b. IN), and children Leason (4), Permelia J. (2) and Mary Ann (6 mos.) In the
1860 census, Perry, Lawrence County, Indiana: Arthur Larter (67, farmer), wife Mary (63), Elizabeth (43), Sanders, Alford, John, Parmiler (28), plus E. Partridge (15). All born in NC, save E., who was born in KY. Next door: William Larter (36, farmer) and wife Susan (18).
MATTHEW ALDRIDGE was the son of Robert and Mary Eliza Balkcum Aldridge. He is buried in Elmwood cemetery, Goldsboro.
Photo taken by Lisa Y. Henderson, March 2013.
Captions of the Laws Passed by the General Assembly of North-Carolina, in December, 1812.
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EMANCIPATION.
1. An act to Emancipate a Negro girl named Violet.
2. To emancipate Isabella and Jane, two Negro slaves belonging to the estate of James Allen, deceased.
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Star, Raleigh, 25 December 1812.
Samuel Sampson and his wife, Maria sold a plot of land on Warsaw Road (now College Street) for a sum of $60.00 paid by members of the Colored Baptist Church conveyed unto Balam Best, Warren Holmes, and Boyt (Boyette) Robinson chosen as trustees and their successors by the Colored Church, deeded February 23, 1870 and registered by Probate Judge J. H. Morrisey on April 26, 1879; Deed Book 37 Pages 493-494.
Hardy Bunting, Cato Brunson, Balam Best, Warren Holmes, Daniel Moore, Agrippa Bizzell, Ronnie Bennett, and Unus Hubbard became the first deacons of the church and their wives, Sarah Bunting, Jane Brunson, Elizabeth Holmes, Eliza Moore, Edith Bizzell, Rosa Bennett, and Alice Hubbard were the first Mothers of the church.
Excerpt from history of First Baptist Church of Clinton, http://www.fbcofclinton.com/history_5.html
In the 1850 census of Northern District, Sampson County: Polly Bizzell, 37, and children Griffith, 8, Ann, 6, Penelope, 4, and Claudius, 3. In the 1860 census of Clinton, Sampson County: Holland, 21, Agrippa, 18, Ann, 16, Penelope, 14, and Claudius B. Bizzell, 12, in the household of William E. Draughorn, farmer.
FOR THE OBSERVER.
Messrs. Editors: — Below please find a list of reports handed to me by one of the officers of the Deep River Soldiers’ Aid Society. Please insert in your paper.
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Articles Collected by Mrs. J.C. Hooker and Miss P.C. Harris. — … Lydia Goins, (free negress,) lot pepper, soap and balm; Lydia Ransom, (free negress,) lot sage, catnip and bearfoot …
Carolina Observer, Fayetteville, 28 October 1861.
NOTICE.
The subscriber having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of John Jackson, deceased, a free man of colour; all persons indebted to the Estate are requested to make payment immediately and those having claims to present their accounts properly attested for payment. THEOPHILUS HUNTER, Adm’r.
Wake county, June 6.
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State of North-Carolina, Wake county } May Sessions, 1807.
A PAPER purporting to contain the nuncupative last Will of John Jackson, deceased, a man of colour, was exhibited to open Court, for probate and it being suggested that the relatives of John Jackson (if any) are not inhabitants of this state: It is therefore ordered, the publication be made in the Minerva for three months, notifying such relatives, that the Court will proceed at the next term to pass upon the probate of the said Will,
Copy from the minutes, WM. HILL, Clk
Raleigh Minerva, 11 June 1807.
Fourth Generation Inclusive 