Surnames mentioned: KING, FORNES, BOYD, HODGES, WILLIAMS, MORRIS, WITHERINGTON, RIGGS, LEE, KEMP, MCCAFFERTY, SMITH, DRAKE, BARTLETT, SUMMERELL, ROBERTSON, HOLLAND & MORE Have you tested yet at either AncestryDNA or FamilyTreeDNA? If so, please comment below with your name (or the name associated with your kit), or if you prefer, you can send a private message […]
Craven County Bastardy Bonds & related items in County Court Minutes (1764-1791)
I have the complete set of Craven County Court Minutes books by the late Weynette Parks Haun, and while I LOVE them— and I recognize them as an amazing resource — there are some index items that I wish she would have included, for instance, bastardy items. There are plenty of them in the court […]
Mystery: Who is Mary Fornes?
Alright, we have yet another mystery on our hands. I’m hoping some of you might actually have some pieces of information that can fill in the blanks for me. Below are two deeds from Pitt County. The first item below is a deed in which Mary FORNES gives land to her son, John FORNES. The […]
Dove family of Craven County
The following query is from Margaret Llorens. Who are the parents of Nancy Dove, born in Craven County, 1806. Married William Valentine in Craven County on May 22, 1820. If you have information about Nancy Dove or the Dove family, please comment below. Thank you.
Griffin family of Craven County and Pitt County (Elisha Griffin)
The following query is from Anne Wilson. I am researching Elisha Griffin (b. about 1780) who appears to be related to the Griffin families of Pitt Co but is not named on any trees. He appears on a tax list for Capt. Pope’s District in 1816, sells 150 acres on East Black Swamp in 1818, […]
Hazelton, Morris families of Craven County
The following query is from Justin Hazelton. I’m trying to find out more about my family the Hazeltons .my father was James Hazelton 1935-2013 his grandparents were Fleda and Herman Hazelton of 120 Goldsboro St. His mother was Henrietta Hazelton. I’m not sure who his father was and he never met his father, but census records […]
Jones, Carter, Savage, Whitfield from counties near Wilmington, NC
The following query is from Wanda Geller. I am working on the maternal side of our family. My great grandmother Alice Elizabeth “Libby” Carter and great-grandfather Charles Alan Jones, Sr. had 15 children 11 in Wilmington NC and the last four in Macon Ga. My great grandparents live at the Cool Waters Plantation. Solomon and […]
Harvey family of Perquimans County
The following query was submitted by John O’Donnell. Seeking information about the Last Will & Testament of (Col) Miles Harvey, 1777 (?), Testator b/o Thomas, John & Benj Harvey & H of Eliz Baker. Please contact John O’Donnell via the form below if you have information or would like to communicate about this family. Also, […]
Who was Nancy MORRIS?
(This article was originally published January 22, 2014. It was updated May 3, 2017.) Nancy MORRIS shows up in the household of Laban MORRIS in 1850 and 1860, and best I can tell from ages on census records, she was living with the family as early as 1830. Many years ago, before I realized how census records […]
John Chapman vs. Joel Wall (1810) – Civil action papers (C.R.028.325.6)
The following is a collection of civil action papers from a suit involving John Chapman and Joel Wall, both of Craven County. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find anything else about this case so I’m not sure exactly what it was about other than that Chapman was suing Wall. Witnesses summoned to appear as […]