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Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly Volume XIII, No. 1 February 2006 Pitt Couwy Geneaixocal Quarterly Pitt County Family Researchers, Inc. P. O. Box20339, Greenville, NC 27858-0339 Officers 2006 President Roger Kammerer 1 1 15 Ragsdale Road, Greenville, NC 27858-3920 (252-758-6882) email ([email protected]) Vice President William L. Cox 6441 Boss McLawhorn Road, Grifton, NC 28530-8714 email ([email protected]) Secretary Gregory C. Bullock 205 White Oak Drive, Greenville, NC 27858 email ([email protected]) Treasurer. Sue Butler 439 W. Hanrahan Road, Grifton, NC 28530 (252-746-6064) Executive Board Robin Nichols 281 1 Bell Arthur Road, Greenville, NC 27834 (252-355-8084) email ([email protected]) Executive Board Frank D. Barrow, Sr. 1366 Forest Acres Drive, Greenville, NC 27834-6655 (252-752-5345) email ([email protected]) Executive Board Judy Nobles Lewis 5245 County Home Road, Winterville, NC 28590-7834 email ([email protected]) PCGQ Editor Roger Kammerer 1115 Ragsdale Road, Greenville, NC 27858-3920 (252-758-6882) email ([email protected]) Pitt County Family Researchers, Inc., was established in November 1994 as a non-profit organization. Our purpose is to establish a network to aid persons researching family origins in Pitt County. Our Quarterly subscription fee is $30.00; subscriptions run concurrently from January 1 to December 31. Payments after February 15 require the extra postage for issues missed. Back issues (Winter 1994-present) may be purchased at $7.50 + $2.50 postage per number, or $30.00 per volume. Queries are free to subscribers (four/year, pending space). Members and readers are invited to submit primary resource material concerning Pitt County, NC, and its adjacent counties, preferably in the form of photocopies of the original documents). A clean, typed, transcript would be acceptable. Please state, clearly, the location of the original material; copyrighted material must be accompanied by a statement of permission from the holder. Articles approved for entry by our Quarterly Committee and our board will be published as given. PCFR assumes no responsibility or liability for errors on the part ofthe contributor. The Pitt County Family Researchers, Inc., has a website on the World Wide Web, now being maintained at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/ [Elizabeth Ross, webmaster]. ISSN* 1092-0226 1 Pitt County Genealogical uarterly Volume Xffl, No. 1 February 2006 HARPER VS. WHITFIELD, LENOIR COUNTY, NC, 1840 1 ISAAC HARDY ESTATE, CRAVEN COUNTY, 1 809 H GENERAL ASSEMBLY PAPERS, 1840-1845 16 CRAVEN COUNTY WILLS WILLIAM CHANCE, 1767 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ 19 EDWARD GARDNER, 1775 19 JOHN CAUSEY, 1779 20 ANN CAUSEY, 1804 20 JOHN ALLEN, 1784 21 ROBERT FILLINGIM, 1798 21 THOMAS ARMSTRONG, 1 804 22 CRAVEN COUNTY ESTATES 23 COHABITATION RECORDS (PART 7) ZZ. 26 WILLIAM CHERRY ESTATE, PITT COUNTY, 1 843 28 MERCHANTS AND TAVERNS, 1 844- 1 845 29 JOHN H. BURNEY ESTATE, 1858 30 CORY FAMILY MARRIAGES 3 CRAVEN COUNTY SCHOOL CHILDREN, 1841 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ 33 QUERIES 34 INDEX. 35 SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION QUERY FORM FILLERS STANCILL FAMILY PROBATE, 1882 10 JOSEPH COX LAND PATENT 10 ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH CONSECRATED, 1895 15 J.B. TRIPP RETURNS HOME, 1895 15 NASBY MILLS LAND PATENT 15 DEATH NOTICES 1 8, 30 33 ' OLD BOOKS 25 BEAUFORT AND CRAVEN CO. DIVIDING LINE, 1758 29 PITT COUNTY VISITORS 32, 33 Copyright © 2006 THE PITT COUNTY FAMILY RESEARCHERS, INC. P. O. Box 20339, Greenville, NC 27858-0339 The contents of this quarterly may be quoted without permission for personal use only, providing proper credit is given to the PCFR and its contributors. Publication in any public media is prohibited without permission. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2014 https://archive.org/details/pittcountygeneal13pitt HARPER VS. WHITFIELD, LENOIR CO., NC, 1840 The following are depositions concerning the disputed election of James Harper and James B Whitfield for the Lenu>r County Senate seat in the NC Legislature. Found in the NC GeneralTssembly Papers ' 1840 Box 7 ' NC Archives, Raleigh, NC. Contributed by Roger Kammerer. ' State of No. Carolina Lenoir County} Personally appeared before us two of the acting Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid the persons whoA names appears to the following depositions & having been duly sworn A^nighty God deposeth mSmSSmSr & saith as follows it being at the Court Holse in KirLnZ the 2d d^of NovemberiNovemoer a. u. 1 840 subscribed A D & by each Examinant & attested by us as follows S. B. CARRAWAY being duly sworn Question by J. B. WHITFIELD State the qualification of Holidy H. FIFE to vote in the Senate & for whom he voted Answer he owns twenty seven acres by his wife unincumbered, six acres besides which it is my toSis 3Cr Ch b6red °UDLY ha a Ufe " ™Z Estate *> **KE& saMTlFE'ol^rTsaid FIFE owns fi ^ * the Deponant?furtherti saithT7that H. H. FIFE informed him he voted by James HARPER since statins WHITFIELD for whom did Guilford W. HOUSTON take an active part for feme Senate in the last Election Answer I believe he advocated the Election of James HARPER Sworn & Subscribed before us Snoad B. CARRAWAY the 2d Oct. 1840 W. A. LOFTIN J. P. Oliver HEARING J. P. Shadrack E. LOFTIN being next sworn states as follows Question by James B. WHITFIELD State the qualifications of William C. COX to vote in the Senate & for whom he EleCti n *a he ted f Ws HARPER former informed tlfv ? V :° T & me that he never had Sworn & Subscribed to before us Shad E LOFTIN the 2d day of Nov. 1840 W. A. LOFTIN J. P. Oliver HEARING J. P. James JONES having bin duly sworn States as follows Question by James B WHITFIELD State the qualifications of William C. COX as a voter in the Senate & for whom h SSm^^d & & Answer I held my father say that he had given them deeds of gifts reserving to himself a life Estate they other lands Y qqwn no that I Know of. I dont Know how they voted Question by J. C WASHINGTON are you not a brother of Aretus JONES Jr. & George JONES ifir other land would &<x meythey owned anvany you not likely have Known it. Answer I am their brother and if they owned other lands likely I might Know it 6 &V0Urable *e ^ffiStSbTEteer '° ^ admfaistrati™ I think I herd tan say «hey ™hed PCGQ February 2006 1 — — Question by J. C. WASHINGTON do you Know whether Baird KING resides in Lenoir County or not. Ans Yes he does Sworn & Subscribed to before us James JONES the 2d day of Nov. AD 1840 W. A. LOFTIN J. P. Oliver HEARING J. P. John DAVIS Sheriff Sworn states as follows Question by James B WHITFIELD do you Know whether Bright HARPER lives in this County or not. Answer he works at the coopers trade Sometimes in Duplin & Sometimes in Lenoir County & I saw him once Coming towards his plantation & house in Lenoir County. I asked him where he was going & he said he was going home he was not exceeding a half a mile from his plantation & House in Lenoir County. Question by J. B. WHITFIELD is Bright HARPER a free holder in this county of fifty acres of land free of incumberance & has he possessed the same six: months previous to the day of Election Answer he is he owns more than one hundred acres of land in Lenoir County & has owned it more than six months before the Election Question by J. B. WHITFIELD do you Know how Levi POWELL John MEWBORN John WEST Sr. Fredk WEST William HOLLAND Jesse HINSON James GRACE, voted in the Senate at the last Election Answer Levi POWEL John MEWBORN John WEST Sr. William HOLLAND Jesse HINSON & James GRACE Voted for James HARPER at the august Election & I believe that Fredk WEST voted for James HARPER & they was a contention at the day of Election & the day after the Election Concerning the votes of John WEST & Levi POWEL, & the Inspectors both agreed to throw Out the votes of John WEST & Levi POWEL but they did not do it Question by J. B. WHITFIELD State the qualifications ofJohn WEST Sr. to vote in the Senate Answer I was present when John WEST Sr. took the Insolvent debtors Oath, which I believe was not Six months before the Election Question by James B are WHITFIELD you not the Sheriff of Lenoir County & did you not receive the votes in the Senate Election at the Kinston Precinct Answer I am the Sheriff of Lenoir & did receive the Votes in the Senate at the last Election in Kinston- Question by James B WHITFIELD were not three or more tickets for James HARPER when counted Out of the box Appear to be rolled up together as tho they were put in by one man Answer they were three rolls containing two tickets in Each roll for James HARPER, they were rolled up in such away that I do not believe they Could have bin voted single Question by J. B. WHITFIELD were they Counted for HARPER Answer They were Question by J C WASHINGTON in what direction was the Duplin County line from Bright HARPER when you met him Answer he was coming from towards Duplin County & his back was towards the Duplin County line Question by J C WASHINGTON agent for HARPER did he pay a land & poll tax in this County for the last Year or two Answer last year he paid a land tax in this County but did not a poll tax last year he lived in Duplin Co Question by J C WASHINGTON agent for HARPER do you or do you not Know that Bright HARPER lives with his brother Warren HARPER in Duplin County and if you do not Know that fact is it not so understood in the neighbourhood Answer he sometimes Stays in Duplin & Sometimes in Lenoir County & I Expect he stays at Warren HARPERS when in Duplin Question by J C WASHINGTON agent for James HARPER why did you not collect his poll tax for last Year when you did his land tax for last year Answer because in 1839 he was in Duplin County Question by J C WASHINGTON agent for James HARPER has Abram TAYLOR Ever paid a land tax or any friend of his paid one for him Answer they has never brn any land tax charged to him on the list Since I have bin Sheriff of the County Question dus Richard W.
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