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December 23, 2012

At work for the cause.

Duplin is right, as she always is; and so is Sampson. We cannot tell exactly the number of companies raised in either county, so far; but we know that the efforts of their patriotic citizens will only be limited by their ability. One Duplin company, under Captain Kenan, is already completed. The Sampson company, under Captain Faison, holds itself in readiness, and how many more will soon be ready, is difficult to say. A number of free negro laborers was brought down yesterday from Sampson under the charge of Thos. H. Holmes, Esq., and they are at work.

Sundry companies have been formed in the interior of New Hanover, and we hear of companies forming in Bladen, though none have yet tendered themselves for actual service. – Wil. Journal.

One Duplin company – a fine looking body of men – arrived here on Saturday and went into camp.

Weekly Standard, Raleigh, 1 May 1861.

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December 23, 2012

Their first child was born the day ‘Wallis was made prisoner.

State of North Carolina, Sampson County} On this the 11^th day of November 1845, came before the undersigned one of the acting Justices of the pace and a member of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the said County of Sampson. Milly Manuel a resident of the aforesaid County & State 88 years Eighty eight years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed on the 4^th July 1836 for the benefit of certain Widows.

That she is the widow of Nicholas Manuel Dec’d of the said county who was a draughted soldier in the war of the Revolution as follows one (18) Eighteen months Tour one (9) nine months Tour and one Three months Tour, in all her husband the said Nicholas Manuel served two years and a half faithfully as she has heard him say.

That her husband the said Nicholas Manuel was under the command of Captain Kinion Hubbert and others and was in the battle of Briar Creek and was in the seage of Charleston as she has often heard him say.

That she has caused diligent search to be made for her husbands discharge which she has a very perfect recollection of having seen, particularly a printed one.

That her husband the said Nicholas Manuel lived in N.C. when he was called into the service.

That she cannot now tell the date of her marriage to the said Nicholas Manuel but that he the said Nicholas Manuel served both before and after the marriage.

That she was married to the said Nicholas Manuel before Gen Wallis was taken, that her first child to wit Sheadrack was born on the day that Wallis was made prisoner.

That she was married in Duplin Co N.C. by Fleet Cooper Esqr.

That her husband the said Nicholas Manuel died the 27^th day of March 1835 Eighteen hundred & thirty five

Sworn to and subscribed on this the 11^th day of November 1845 before me. /s/ Neill Campbell J.P. Milly X Manuel

From the file of Nicholas Manuel, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, National Archives and Records Administration.

Nicholas Manuel is head of a household of free people of color in the 1830 census of Sampson County.

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December 20, 2012

Free-Issue Death Certificates: SIMMONS.

George Robert Simmons. Died 24 June 1922, Dudley, Brogden, Wayne County. Colored. Married to Molly Simmons. Farmer. Age about 75. Born Wayne County to George Simmons and Floxy Jane Simmons. Informant, Robert Simmons.

Bryant Simmons. Died 14 Jan 1932, Brogden, Wayne County. Colored. Married to Donnie Simmons. Farmer. Born 2 Dec 1852, Mount Olive NC, to George W. Simmons of Duplin County and Flozie Manuel of Sampson County. Buried in Dudley NC. Informant, Geneve Simmons, Dudley.

General Washington Simmons. Died 27 Jan 1941, Dudley, Brogden, Wayne County. Negro. Widower of Mary E. Simmons. Age 84. Farmer. Born Wayne County to George Washington [Simmons] of Wayne County and Flaxie Jane Simmons of Wayne County. Buried, Simmons burying ground. Informant, Orlander Simmons.

Hillery B. Simmons. Died 25 Oct 1942, Brogden, Wayne County. Colored. Married to Celester Simmons. Farmer. Age 84. Born Wayne County to George Simmons of Wayne County and unknown mother. Buried, Congregational cemetery. Informant, Moses Budd.

Riley Simmons. Died 17 July 1924, Dudley, Brogden, Wayne County. Colored. Married. Born 1840, Dudley, to Geo. Simmons and Axy Simmons. Buried Wayne County. Informant, Sam Simmons.

Zachariah T. Simmons. Died 17 March 1938, High Point, Guilford County. Resided 604 Fairview. Colored. Minister. Married to Mrs. Eugenie W. Simmons. Born 12 December 1848, Mount Olive, to George W. Simmons of Dublin [Duplin] and Axie Manuel. Buried High Point. Informant, Mrs. Eugenie Simmons.

In the 1860 census of Indian Springs, Wayne County: George Simmons, 40, wife Axey J, 38, and children Riley B., 19, Simon, 15, Susan A., 17, George R., 13, Zack, 10, Silvania, 9, Bryant, 7, H.B., 5, and Gen., 2.

William Frank Simmons. Died 4 Jan 1944, Dudley, Brogden, Wayne County. Colored. Married to Sarah Simmons. Farmer. 82 years, 7 months, 4 days old. Born Wayne County to Bryant Simmons and Betsy Winn, both of Wayne County. Buried Dudley. Informant, Sarah Simmons, Dudley.

William C. Simmons. Died 2 Aug 1920, Piney Grove, Sampson County. Negro. Married. Farmer. Age 75. Born Dudley NC to Green Simmons and Betsy J. Thornton of Sampson County. Buried private burial ground. Informant, Charlie Simmons.

Betsy Lee Drew. Died 26 Aug 1927, Wilmington, New Hanover County. Resided 7 King Street. Colored. Widow. Age 63. Born Dudley NC to Green Simmons and Jene Thorington. Buried Dudley NC. Informant, Arthur Drew.

In the 1860 census of Indian Springs, Wayne County: Green Simmons, 43, mechanic; wife, Betsey; and children Needham G., 15, Cisero W., 13, Mary, 12, Martha R., 9, Media, 7, Seamore D., 5, Crecy B., 2, and B.L., 2 months.

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November 15, 2012

Mathew W. Aldridge.

MATHEW W. ALDRIDGE was born about 1857 in Sampson County to Robert Aldridge and Mary Eliza Balkcum Aldridge. He married Fannie Cora Kennedy and operated a small grocery in Goldsboro, where he died in 1920.

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November 11, 2012

Mary Eliza Balkcum Aldridge.

MARY ELIZA BALKCUM ALDRIDGE was born in 1829 in Duplin County. Her mother was probably Nancy Balkcum (ca1800-1854), a white woman, and her father was likely a black or mixed-race man. Around 1855, she married Robert Aldridge (1819-1899). They settled first in northern Sampson County, but by 1870 had a large farm near Dudley, Wayne County.

[Eliza B. Aldridge was my great-great-great-grandmother. –LYH]

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November 11, 2012

Where are they now? No. 14.

B.M. was born in Queens NY in the early 1960s. He is descended from:

(1) Raiford Brewington [1812-1896, Sampson County] via Polly Ann Brewington [-1890, Sampson/Wayne County]

(2) Millie Hale [1755-1855, Sampson County]

(3) Sion Hardin [1775-1850, Sampson County] via Zilphia Hardin [1794-1860, Sampson County]

(4) Jesse A. Jacobs [1822-1902, Sampson/Wayne County] via John R. Jacobs [1850-1922, Sampson/Wayne County]

(5) Nicholas Manuel [1750-1835, Sampson County] via Shadrach Manuel [1781-1860] via Bathsheba Manuel [1812-??, Sampson/Wayne County]

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November 7, 2012

Dock Jacobs.

DOCK JACOBS, son of Jesse A. Jacobs Jr. (1856-1926) and Sarah Bridgers Jacobs (1866-ca1895).

See also “Jesse & Sarah Henderson Jacobs.”

Original in possession of Lisa Y. Henderson.

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November 6, 2012

William Armwood.

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.

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October 28, 2012

Threatened me with punishment if I done so again.

Daniel Manuel filed claim #5535 with the Southern Claims Commission. He was 54 years old and had lived 10 miles west of Fayetteville for the previous 5 years. Sometime during the war, he moved about 30 miles from Bladen County, where he was free-born, to a place about 6 miles west of Fayetteville. Before the war, he lived in Sampson County. He was a farmer and cooper, but only farmed during the war.

He worked for 4 months at the Confederate arsenal in Fayetteville “very much against my wish.” He was “on the union side all the time but could not say anything being a col’d man not entitled to a vote or allowed to talk.”

He named Hardy West, Arch’d Buie and John Buie, all white men, as witnesses to his loyalty, but all refused to testify. “So,” he said, “I have to call on my own col. for that proof.”

“While I was at work at the arsenal I was arrested and taken before the com’d officer and examined on the charge of talking in favour of the union cause with some of my own col. I confessed that I had expressed myself in that way the officer threatened me with punishment if I done so again. He turned me loose and I went back to work” in the blacksmith shop. His nephew George Manuel was also forced to work at the arsenal.

Marshal White, aged about 47, lived about 5 miles west of Fayetteville and worked as a cooper. For the last two years he had lived on the the same plantation as Daniel.

Peter Owen, aged about 40, had lived 8 miles west of Fayetteville for 4 years. Before that, he lived at 3 different places. During the war, he lived with William Owen and farmed. He had known Daniel since he was a small boy and lived on the same plantation as Daniel about 2 years before the war.

Richard Lovitt, 51, had lived in Beaver Creek, about 6 miles west of Fayetteville for over 19 years. He farmed and distilled turpentine. He had known Daniel since 1861.

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October 26, 2012

Surnames: Sampson County, 1850.

The following surnames are found among free people of color listed in the 1850 census of Sampson County:

ALMONDS, ANDREWS, ARMWOOD, BARFOOT, BEGMAN, BELL, BIZZELL, BLACKWELL, BREWINGTON, BRYAN, BURNET, CALDWELL, CARTER, CHANCE, COOPER, DECKS, DUDLEY, DUNCAN, ELLIS, FAIRCLOTH, GOFF, GOODMAN, HAISE/HAYS, HALL, HATCHER, HARDIN, JACKSON, JACOBS, JOHNSON, JONES, KING, MANLEY, MANUEL, MAINER, MATLAN, MATTHEWS, MOZINGO, NEWSOM, PARKER, ROWELL, SCOTT, SIMMONS, TEW, THOMAS, TYLER, WEST, WHITFORD, WIGGINS, WILLIAMS, WILSON and WINN.

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