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Roanoke-Chowan Region

From Time into Eternity by David Powell © 2004
An HTML viewer is required - web browsers (such as Internet Explorer) should suffice.
This CD-ROM, of obituaries, death and funeral notices [Obits for short], pertains to the North Carolina counties of Bertie, Hertford, and Northampton --the region lying between the Chowan and Roanoke rivers. Microfilm, of the extant newspapers, from the North Carolina Newspaper Project was utilized in the completion of this project. For an Obit to be included it had to have been found in a newspaper that was published in one of these counties, in the years 1874 through 1899. Furthermore, the Obit had to indicate that the person had some family connection to an individual from one of these counties, or that they themselves either were, or had once been a resident of one of these counties. Obits for nearly 2,000 people are given. Many persons had duplicate death notices all of which are given, except if a person had an Obit and I found some form of tribute or resolutions of respect for the same individual, the latter was generally not included.
-Two main selection menus are given, one alphabetized by surname, the other arranged by publication year.
--These Obits have been interlinked, that is, if a person's Obit refers to a relative whose Obit is among those transcribed, a hyperlink is provided allowing one to go directly to the relatives Obit.
The above CD-ROM was reviewed in the "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" August 2005 [Vol. XXXI, No. 3]; and November 2006 [Vol. 32, No. 4]

Books by County or General Topic
All books are soft cover, staple & cloth tape bound, and unless otherwise specified printed on 8 1/2" x 11" paper.
Gates County Hertford County Northampton County
Nansemond County, Virginia
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Genealogical Books

North Carolina 1890 Civil War Veterans Census by Sandra Lee Almasy © 1990, 326 pp.

This is an indexed transcription of a supplement to the 1890 federal census of North Carolina. A major loss to the country's census records occurred in 1921 when the Commerce Department Building caught fire and the 1890 schedules had to be discarded. This schedule remained unscathed by being stored elsewhere. Not since the 1840 census had the U.S. government ordered a special schedule be made to record information on it's veteran's (or their spouses). All counties --except Anson, Caswell, Orange and Union-- are represented. The information included name; rank; company; regiment (or vessel); dates of enlistment, discharge; and length of service. Also noted was their postoffice address and any disabilities incurred. As only a few veterans remained from the War of 1812, or the Mexican War, the vast majority of veteran's (or spouses) saw their service in the Civil War. Though not required to be included, this information was also recorded for several former Confederates'.

Gates County

1900 Gates County Census by David Powell © 1994, 284 pp.

This indexed transcription of the 1900 Federal Census for Gates County, North Carolina contains over 10,400 inhabitants. For each is given their name, their relationship to the head of family/household, their color or race, their sex, the month and year of their birth, their present age (in years), their marital status, if married for how many years, the number of children born to each mother, the number of these children still alive, the state or country of birth for each person and their parents. In an appendix for immigrant citizens is given the year in which they immigrated to the United States, the number of years that they have been in the U. S., and whether or not they are naturalized.
Also provided, are copies of the 1899 and 1900 Board of Charities reports for the county home and prison.
The above book was reviewed in the "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" May 1995

marriage series:
Gates County Marriage Record Books (1851-1882) three volumes in one by David Powell © 2005, 186 pp.
indexed transcription of the first three marriage record books kept for Gates County. They were the clerk's book for 1851 to 1867, and the register's books for 1867 to 1882 (divided by color). Over 1,700 marriages were performed in Gates County during this interval. Microfilm obtained from the North Carolina State Archives was utilized in this project.
Four indices are included: 1) officiators, 2) witnesses, 3) spouses and 4) parents
In an appendix is provided a transcription of two 1866 marriage license lists kept for freed colored persons.
The above book was reviewed by the "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" Feb. 2006 [Vol. XXXII, No. 1]

Late Nineteenth Century Gates County Marriages (1883-1900) by David Powell © 1997, 235 pp.

Marriage register transcription incorporated with abstracts of the extant corresponding marriage licenses for the years of 1883 through 1900. Over 1,700 marriages were registered in Gates County, North Carolina during this interval, for which over 1,300 corresponding licenses were extant. Microfilm obtained from the North Carolina State Archives was utilized in this project.
Three indices are included: 1) spouses, 2) parents, 3) officiating ministers and justices
In an appendix is provided a transcription of all the extant Negro cohabitation records of the county, which pertained to seventy couples.
[The parental index has over 4,800 parents, allowing family links to be made which may be otherwise impossible due to the loss of the 1890 Federal Census]
  • The above book was reviewed in the "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" November 1997
  • This book was also reviewed in the newsletter "Carolina Trees & Branches," of the Family Research Society of Northeastern N.C., in their January 1998 issue.
  • This book was also reviewed in Marleta Child's newspaper column "Kinsearching" in the "Amarillo Globe-News" on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2001

  • Hertford County

    census series:
    The 1830 Census has been transcribed in "Records and Remembrances of Hertford County, North Carolina: A Compendium".

    1860 Hertford County Census by David Powell © 2001, 206 pp.

    This indexed transcription of the entire 1860 Federal Census for Hertford County, North Carolina contains over 9,500 people. All schedules have been transcribed. The schedules are those of free inhabitants, slave inhabitants, mortality, agriculture, industry (or manufacturing) and social statistics. At the end of each is given statistics pertinent to that schedule, serving to place the county in perspective to her fellow North Carolina counties.
    In the population schedule for the free inhabitants the enumerator gave the name, age, sex, color, occupation, value of real and personal estate, and county of birth. He also listed if they had married in the census year, if they attended school that year, if they were over age 20 whether they could not read and write, and if they were deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, or were a pauper or a convict. The county contained the third highest percentage (11.7%) of free colored inhabitants compared to the total number of county inhabitants. It was 6th of the 7 counties that had a free colored population greater than 1,000.
    In the population schedule for the slave inhabitants the enumerator gave the names of each slaveholder followed by the ages and sexes of his/her slaves. The number of slave houses was indicated per slaveholder. The names of the slaves were not indicated. There were 432 slaveholders in the county, and 4,445 enslaved inhabitants.
    Almost one hundred people were reported to have died in the county during the census year.
    There were 465 farmers (or renters) listed in the county, their production totals are given.
    Of Corporations, Companies, or Individual that produced over $500 of manufactured goods, there were 18 in Hertford County.
    The Social Statistics Schedule gives information on the Valuation of Estate, Annual Taxes, Seasons and Crops, Libraries, Newspapers, Paupers, Criminals, Wages, education establishments, and religious places of worship that were in the county.
    [The enumerator listed the county of birth for the free inhabitants, such information is hard to come by in the Roanoke-Chowan region.]
    The above book was reviewed in the "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" February 2002 [Vol. XXVII, No. 1].

    1870 Hertford County Census by David Powell © 1996, 238 pp.

    This indexed transcription of the 1870 Federal Census for Hertford County, North Carolina contains over 9,300 people. For each is given their name, their age, their sex, their color or race, their occupation, the value of their real and personal estate, their state or country of birth, their educational status, any permanent medical disability, and for adult men whether their right to vote was abridged or denied.
    The agricultural schedule is included in an appendix, providing productivity information, followed by an abridged industry schedule. Supplemental illustrated information is provided in another appendix covering topics of interest from 1862 to 1879; namely, newspaper reports from 1862 on the burning of Winton -the county seat- by Union troops, early 1870's School Reports, histories of the two colleges then in operation in Hertford County -Chowan and Wesleyan, late 1870's death notices for county residents (provided in lieu of the mortality schedule), and a synopsis of the 1879 trial of the murderer of Hertford County native Henry Gatling -brother of R. J. Gatling, who was the inventor of the Gatling gun.
    Major surname spelling variations are footnoted with their "1880 Hertford County Census" counterpart page number.
  • The above book was reviewed in the "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" in February 1997.
  • This book was also reviewed by Marleta Childs' in her newspaper column "Kinsearching" in the Amarillo Sunday News-Globe, Jan. 28, 2001

  • 1880 Hertford County Census by David Powell © 1995, 216 pp.

    This indexed transcription of the 1880 Federal Census for Hertford County, North Carolina contains over 12,000 people. For each is given their name, their color or race, their sex, their age, their relationship to the head of family/household, their marital status, their occupation, if they are ill or have a medical condition what kind, the state or country of birth for each person and their parents.
    The mortality schedule is included in an appendix. In lieu of the agricultural schedule an extract of the agricultural production totals of the county -and compared to that of the state- in 1880 was obtained from "Compendium of the Tenth Census." Also, an education supplement is included, comprised of Board of Education Reports, which provide educational statistics for the County, during this period.
    [This was the first federal census to include a relationship section, and thus indicate familial relationships within each household. This is very useful to the family researcher in establishing family links.]
    The above book was reviewed in the "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" in February 1996.

    1900 Hertford County Census by David Powell © 2006, 348 pp.

    This indexed transcription of the 1900 Federal Census for Hertford County, North Carolina contains 14,294 people. Information on the individuals of each household includes their name, their relationship to the head of household, their race, month and year of birth, their age, marital status, if married (how many years), number of children the mothers have had and how many of those are still living, state of birth of the individuals as well as of their parents, [if an immigrant: year of immigration, number of years since immigration, whether or not naturalized], occupation or trade, in the last year how many months unemployed (if partially employed) and how many months attending school (if still being educated), whether or not the individual can read, write, or speak English. Finally, whether or not house/farm owners owned their properties free or if the latter were currently mortgaged --If a property was rented the lessee was indicated. [all information except the farm schedule number was transcribed]
    [the month and year of birth can be invaluable information as this census was taken many years prior to vital certifications being made]
    The above book was reviewed in the "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" November 2006 [Vol. 32, No. 4]
    court records, etc.:
    Records and Remembrances of Hertford County, North Carolina by David Powell © 1997, 240 pp.
    An indexed compilation of three major works: the entire 1830 Hertford County Census; the first volume of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Minutes (1830-1844); and a reprint of a portion of Major John W. Moore's "Historical Sketches of Hertford County" (earliest English exploration to 1825), obtained from their 1877 serial publication in the Murfreesboro Enquirer. This reprinted portion corresponds to volume one of Moore's state history and is indexed separately from the former two works.
    Supplemental material covering topics of interest from 1812 to the mid 1830's is provided -in an appendix, including: a 1822 manufacturing digest for Hertford County; various court notices of land entries, stray reports, and marriage announcements were obtained from the local press; a letter to Judge Thos. Ruffin concerning the Southampton County (V.A.) slave insurrection; a land grant suspension involving the county seat's town commons; and a transcription of a revolutionary war pension application of one of Hertford County's oldest residents.
    [Throughout the court minutes free orphans & apprentices were mentioned oftentimes with their deceased parents names, which may help link family's -especially important in the difficult case of free colored persons -Hertford County (while having only 1.2% of N.C.'s total population) had 5% of the state's total free colored population]
    The above book was reviewed in the "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" in February 1998.

    Court Minutes of Hertford County (1845-1849) by David Powell © 2000, 260 pp.

    An indexed transcription of the minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions taken during the terms of August 1845 through November 1849. Unlike volume one (1830-1844) -which was missing minutes of 50 terms of court, volume two (1845-1853) appears to be complete. This transcription is the first 337 pages (out of 595 pages).
    In an appendix, with the permission of E. Frank Stephenson, Jr., has been transcribed the extant portions of the 1845 tax list from the original manuscript of the list of Stoney Creek and a leather bound (roughly 8"x8") tax book for Maneys Neck, Cool Spring and Murfreesboro districts.
    [Few county records survived the burning of Winton (the county seat) in 1862, so in many cases, the court minutes provide the only evidence of a record being made, and perhaps indicate some of the information recorded thereon]
    Two indices are included - one for all persons named in the court minutes and one for various places mentioned.
    The above book was reviewed in the "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" in February 2001 [Vol. XXVII, No. 1].

    Record of Accounts and Inventories of Hertford County, N.C. (1838-1840) by David Powell © 2002, 158 pp.

    An indexed transcription of records pertaining to the settling of estates in the county and recorded from February 1838 to February 1840. Two forms of accounts were recorded, those of accounts current (includes land rent and hire of slaves) and accounts sale (includes everything, including slaves); the inventories of estate; as well as notices to creditors having claims on the estate, &c. Some widows received an allowance from the estate, as well as items specified for them in the wills of their late husbands. The court minutes of this period are no longer extant, except for two pages from February 1838, which makes these records all the more important.
    The above book was reviewed in the "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" in November 2002 [Vol. XXVIII, No. 4].
    will series:
    Hertford County, North Carolina Wills 1830-1856 by Sandra Lee Almasy © 1989, 212 pp.
    This indexed transcription of Will Book A is invaluable to the researcher as most antebellum records of the county were destroyed when the Union set fire to the county seat of Winton in 1862. The will books begin in 1830 because the earlier ones were destroyed by an arsonist in 1830. Some pre-1830 wills were rerecorded in this volume. The original volume contained 404 pages.

    Hertford County, North Carolina Wills 1857-1868 by Sandra Lee Almasy © 1989, 74 pp.

    This is an indexed transcription of Will Book B, which contained 111 pages.

    Hertford County, North Carolina Wills 1868-1896 by Sandra Lee Almasy © 1989, 208 pp.

    This is an indexed transcription of the first 515 pages of Will Book C

    Hertford County, North Carolina Wills 1896-1921 by Sandra Lee Almasy © 1990, 246 pp.

    This is an indexed transcription of the last 69 pages of Will Book C, and all of Will Book D's 598 pages.

    Northampton County

    Marriage Licenses of Northampton County, North Carolina (1863-1875) by David Powell © 1999, 200 pp.

    Abstract of marriage licenses of Northampton County, North Carolina, from their commencement in 1863 through the end of 1875, as preserved on microfilm obtained from the N.C. State Archives. During these years over 1,800 marriage licenses were performed. Three forms were used during this period. On the obverse of the first form (1863-1867) was given the names of the spouses and the date on which the application was made. On the reverse the clerk recorded the tax paid and the officiator gave his name and the date on which he performed the ceremony. On the second form (used 1867-1872) -in addition to the information given on the preceding form- was added the names of the parents of the spouses. The officiator was given space on the obverse to record his name and the date of the ceremony -therefore the reverse was no longer microfilmed by the Archives. Finally, the third form (1872+) -in addition to the information of the second form- added the age and color of the spouses, the vital condition of their parents -and if any were living their county/state of residence. In addition to the information the officiators were to provide on the earlier form, they gave the location and township in which they performed the ceremony. Also, added was the name of the applicant and the date on which application was made -because of which I did not transcribe the witnessing information from this latter form.
    Two indexes are included, one for the spouses and the other for the parents.
    [Prior to the 1880 census, members of households were not asked their relationship to the head of household. Therefore, family links, that may not be otherwise made, may be indicated in these marriage records]
    The above book was reviewed in the "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" in May 2000 [Vol. XXVI, No. 2].

    In 1897 Pulaski Cowper published a series of reminiscences on Northampton County, its men and events, which is a component of a collection of all his historical writings. See "Reminisences of Olden Times" in the historical reprint section

    Nansemond County, Virginia

    Nansemond County, Virginia Census 1850 by Sandra Lee Almasy © 1988, 172 pp.

    This is an indexed transcription of the population schedule of the 1850 census of Nansemond County, Virginia. The county was divided into over 1,500 (free) households. Enslaved persons were enumerated only as statistics in a seperate schedule. The free inhabitants were natives of either one of thirteen states or territories, or if not of one of the former, of the western European countries of England, France, Germany, Ireland, Portugal or Scotland. Besides their names and place of nativity, for each free individual was indicated their age, sex, color, value of their real estate, whether they married within the year, attended school within the year, or if they were over age 20 if they could not read or write. For males over age 15 years, their profession, occupation or trade was also given. If a person was either deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, a pauper or a convict was also indicated.

    Nansemond County, Virginia Census 1860 by Sandra Lee Almasy © 1988, 188 pp.

    This is an indexed transcription of the population schedule of the 1860 census of Nansemond County, Virginia. The county was divided into three districts: The Lower Parish, The Town of Suffolk and The Upper Parish. The free inhabitants were natives of twelve states and if foreign of a European country, some of which included: England, France, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, and Prussia. As in 1850, enslaved inhabitants were enumerated as statistics in a seperate schedule. Besides the information given in the 1850 census' population schedule, there was also given the value of their personal estate, and for persons of either sex --over age 15-- there was listed their profession, occupation or trade.

    Nansemond County, Virginia Census 1870 by Sandra Lee Almasy © 1993, 284 pp.

    This is an indexed transcription of the population schedule of the 1870 census of Nansemond County, Virginia. The county was divided into five districts: Chuckatuck Township, Cypress Chapel Township, Holy Neck Township, Sleepy Hole Township and Suffolk. All inhabitants were listed on the population schedule, as slavery had ended. In addition to the information taken in the previous census, recorded was also whether or not the inhabitant's parents were natives of a foreign country, the month of birth for infants born within the census year. If a person had married in that year it was indicated by stating the month in which the marriage was solemnized. The age restrictions on listing a person's occupation, school attendance, or if they could not read or write were removed. Enumerators no longer had to indicate paupers or convicts. For males over age 20 the enumerators had to note if they had been denied or had their right to vote abridged for non-criminal reasons.

    Family History

    Eure Genealogy 2000 by David Powell © 2000, 452 pp.

    This indexed book is composed of 1,951 family charts for families that descend from a (white) EURE ancestor -or by adoption.
    For a person to be included they had to be born before 1927, be either a Eure descendant or the spouse of one, (and in some way be related to someone to which I have already established a relation).
    99+% of the (white) EURE's found in the Gates, Hertford, Perquimans and Bertie County in the censuses of 1880 and later are included [1920-all, 1910-missing one, 1900-all, 1880-missing 4]. All of these have been traced to one of nine EURE ancestors. [There are actually 20
    key EURE ancestors but 5 were females that married non-EURE's, 5 were males with no known issue, 1 was a male with no grandchildren]
    Though the family charts are arranged alphabetically (by husband's name), a name index is included; listing the instances when a person is listed as a the spouses of a family, or the children of a family.
    Because of the thickness of this book it had to bound as two volumes -that must be purchased together.
    The above book was reviewed in the "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" in August 2001 [Vol. XXVII, No. 3].

    Family Histories on the Baker, Perry, Vaughan and Wynn families of Hertford County, as well as, the Winborne family of N.C., are available in a collection. See "Family Sketches by Benj. B. Winborne: A Collection" in the historical reprint section

    Historical Reprints

    The 'Hertford Grays' -- A Collection by Thomas D. Boone (1895), Edgar Allan Jackson (1860-1863), et al.; 2005, 116 pp.

    Indexed reprint collection of firstly, Capt. Thomas D. Boone's "Hertford Grays (Co. F.), First Regt. N.C. State Troops." [Boone was born Oct. 12, 1840 and died Oct. 1, 1921.] This series of articles was published originally as a newspaper serial. [Boone served as Captain of this Company for most of the Civil War. It's men were residents of the North Carolina counties of Hertford, Northampton, Orange, Bertie, Nash, Halifax and Iredell]; and secondly, a reprint of an antiquarian booklet collection of letters written home by one of Company F's men, Sgt. Edgar A. Jackson [born Nov. 4, 1845], from prior to the war, to his death --at the battle of Chancellorsville [May 3, 1863]. An appendix is included, largely consisting of a reprint of Col. H. A. Brown's "First Regiment" (1900), Maj. J. W. Moore's troop roster for this company from his "Roster of North Carolina Troops" (1882), and transcribed extracts from the compiled service records of some of the men of Company F.
    The above book was reviewed in the "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" in August 2005 [Vol. XXXI, No. 3], and November 2006 [Vol. 32, No. 4].

    Reminiscences of Olden Times by Pulaski Cowper (1884-1900); 2010, 146 pp.

    Capt. Cowper was the private secretary of Governors Bragg and Clark, the head of North Carolina's deserter bureau, and after the war gained notoriety in the insurance business. In later life he authored many widely acclaimed historical papers related to North Carolina history, of which this is an indexed collection. His major writings were on: the 4th N.C. Infantry CSA, its commander Maj.-Gen. Bryan Grimes; Gov. Thomas Bragg; Judges Augustus Moore, David F. Caldwell & William B. Rodman; lawyers, Gavin Hogg, Charles R. Kinney & Col. David Outlaw; and Rev. George M. Thompson. He also wrote a lengthy historical series about Northampton County, her distinguished men and events. Other writings pertain to Jefferson Davis, Judge David A. Barnes, Gov. Thomas M. Holt, Col. Henry M. Shaw, Joe Gay, and the Louisville Exposition of 1883.

    Historical Sketches of Hertford County by John W. Moore [1833-1906] (1877-8); 1998, 220 pp.

    Historical reprint of Maj. John W. Moore's newspaper serial "Historical Sketches of Hertford County" as published in the Murfreesboro Enquirer (also known as the Albemarle Enquirer) in 1877-1878. His sketches (covering the period from first English exploration of Eastern Carolina to the reconstruction era of 1868) were excellent in giving the history of the county -and that of the Albemarle region- within the context of the state's history. According to Moore, no historian had attempted to chronicle the historical events in North Carolina which had transpired after 1776. The Enquirer newspaper circulated to thirty-nine N.C. counties, and twelve states, and had the largest circulation of any paper published in N.C.'s first district. After almost two years of publishing Moore's "Sketches", the Enquirer reported that it had yet to receive any uncomplimentary notices or any indicating any form of inaccuracy in his writing. It was from this initial work that he based his two volume "History of North Carolina," but in doing so some county specific information had to be trimmed or reduced to footnotes. He also wrote, "School History of North Carolina," several volumes of Civil War troop rosters, and a novel entitled, "The Heirs of St. Kilda." With this reprint it is possible that the earliest county history for a NC county comes to light as it predates Jethro Rumple's "History of Rowan County" © 1881 by three years -which an antiquarian bookstore in Chapel Hill has listed as the oldest.
    Footnotes and a broad ranging, illustrated, indexed appendix are provided to elucidate some topics of the county or state history, or to bring some of the topics up to the 1880's. Especial emphasis has been placed on providing census statistics of the county (population & agricultural products) with regard to that the state through the 1800's. In addition all the letters/reports in U.S. military records on the 1862 burning of Winton (the county seat) by Union troops, supplemented with one of the soldier's lengthy private account of the expedition.
    This reprint is indexed for all persons, ships, newspapers and illnesses mentioned throughout the volume.
    The above book was reviewed in the "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" in November 1998 [Vol. XXIV, No. 4]

    "Diary of 1825" by Dr. Thomas O'Dwyer (1825); 1998, revised 2008, 118 pp.

    O'Dwyer was an Irish immigrant, born about 1777. While a young man he moved to Hertford County, and resided in Murfreesboro' until his death [circa] 1834. He was a physician by trade, a trustee of the local academy, a manager of the county bible society, a cotton farm owner and a businessman. O'Dwyer kept a daily diary. [His diary of 1824 was extant in 1905, but its present whereabouts is unknown]
    This work is a transcription of his manuscript diary of 1825 -originally untitled- as preserved in the Southern Historical Collection of the University of Chapel Hill and reprinted with their permission. His medical practice carried him throughout the area, sometimes to adjacent counties, especially Northampton. His writings are a recording of each days activites, news read or heard that day, and sometimes a brief thought on the topic at hand. It must be mentioned that the first two and a half weeks at the beginning and end of the year are missing, probably from pages becoming unbound and lost at either end of the manuscript. Within the volume the pages of a few days at the end of January, about two weeks at the beginning of February, and a few days around Thanksgiving, are missing. This is far more complete than the microfilm copy which abruptly stopped at November 1st, which was used in the first edition. Also, by using the original MS some text that couldn't be ascertained from the microfilm, I was able to transcribe some text that I formerly had indicated as illegible.
    This reprint is indexed for all persons, illnesses & medications, and places (outside of Murfreesboro) mentioned throughout the text. An 1833 map of the area is included in an appendix.
    The above book [in its first edition] was reviewed in the "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" in November 1998 [Vol. XXIV, No. 4]

    "Family Sketches by Benj. B. Winborne -- a collection", by Benjamin B. Winborne (various dates); 2002, 110 pp.

    Winborne was a Hertford County native, and a leading politician, historian and genealogist. He was born April 14, 1854 and died on Feb. 24, 1919. He wrote several sketches on the local families and personages. This collection represents his extant sketches on the Baker, Perry, Vaughan and Winborne families. The earliest textual recension was utilized. For more details per work click on the work's title below. Four of his genealogical works were published in book form, they are indicated by a © mark before their date of composition. [He authored two other books: "An Historical Brief of Political Economy" 1876, ©1902, and "The Colonial and State History of Hertford County, North Carolina" ©1906]
    included works:
    "The Winborne Family", ©1905
    Since Writing "The Winborne Family", 1907
    "The Wynn Family", (1907)
    "The Perry Family of Hertford County, N.C.", ©1908
    "The Vaughan Family of Hertford County", ©1909
    "The Winborne's of Old", ©1911
    "The Baker Family of Hertford County", 1914
    indexed for all persons mentioned
    Winborne wrote other sketches, some of which include the following:
  • "The Banks Family" published Sept 9, 1909 in the Roanoke-Chowan Times, Rich Square, N.C.

  • "The Buxton Family" published Jan. 20, 1910 in the Roanoke-Chowan Times, Rich Square, N.C.

  • "The Crump Family" published Sept 2, 1909 in the Roanoke-Chowan Times, Rich Square, N.C.

  • "The Wheeler Family" published Dec. 13, 1906 in the Roanoke-Chowan Times, Rich Square, N.C.

  • "The Willoughby Family" published Aug. 30, 1906 in the Roanoke-Chowan Times, Rich Square, N.C.

  • "A Thanksgiving Hymn in Colonial Times" published Nov. 1906 in the Roanoke-Chowan Times, Rich Square, N.C.

  • "Ancient Marriages" published Sept 13, 1906 in the Roanoke-Chowan Times, Rich Square, N.C.

  • "Rev. Lemuel Burkett" published Sept 20, 1906 in the Roanoke-Chowan Times, Rich Square, N.C.

  • "Kirby Township" published Aug. 30, 1909 in the Roanoke-Chowan Times, Rich Square, N.C.

  • Undoubtedly, other sketches were published, not only in "The Roanoke-Chowan Times" but also in "The Hertford Herald"
    The above book was reviewed in the "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" in November 2002 [Vol. XXVIII, No. 4].

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