Papa Snipes was a tough man. County population included 6,641 whites, 2,452 free colored and 10,349 slaves. The North Carolina State Capitol is the former seat of the legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina which housed all of the state's government until 1888. Patrick owned 114 slaves in 1860; it may come as some small comfort to the Murphy African-American descendants that by 1910, his cousin had sawed the detached kitchen off the Quewhiffle Plantation house and moved it down the road to be used as an African-American school. slightly lower because some large holders held slaves in more than one County and would have Somerset Place operated as a plantation from 1785 until 1865. In the aftermath of the War Between the States, Amos, whose wealth was pretty much wiped out, built a whole new fortune. Margaret quickly remarried and removed to Illinois, where in the 1830s, she would seek a pension in her deceased husbands right. Home of Daniel McDiarmid. When documented family history, I became exasperated by a lack of primary documentation for what could best be called family lore. The small one-room addition at the front of the house has been removed, and the west chimney has been stabilized. Due to variable States that saw significant increases in colored population The interior is a feast for your eyes with its exquisite woodwork including Federal and Greek Revival mantels, extensive paneled wainscot with crotch mahogany faux finish, winder stair with Chinese Chippendale railing, paneled doors with original hardware, bold door and window moldings, and antique built-in cabinets. Quewhiffle Plantation: NA: Magnolia: Sampson: Built in 1853 (before). I recently had the above photo scanned and cleaned up digitally. (As a side note, by 1960, 100 years later, the County was Prior to statehood, there were 41,000 enslaved African-Americans in the Province of North Carolina in 1767. enumerated, out of a total of 3,950,546 slaves, and the transcriber, though not specifically looking Sometime when Snipes was in his 80s, my grandmother was visiting him, and she noticed he had this weird cloth wound dressing all down his lower leg. The names of families or nearby rivers or other features were used. Evans CSA. [10] [8] [9], The Sloop Point plantation in Pender County, built in 1729, is the oldest surviving plantation house and the second oldest house surviving in North Carolina, after the Lane House (built in 17181719 and not part of a plantation). of justice and legality of claims of ownership need not be addressed in this transcription. As of the 2020 census, the population was 72,723, which makes Jacksonville the 14th-largest city in North Carolina. ALSTON, Charles J. P., 62 slaves, page 436B, ARRINGTON, Jas. Agt., 32 slaves, page 401B, EDMUNDS, Virginia E., 25 slaves, page 412, FENNER, Wm. Rural two-acre setting belies its close proximity to Fayetteville, Research Triangle, and RDU International Airport in the 5th most populated county in North Carolina. methods used by the census enumerators, interested researchers should view the source film Also located within a few miles of the William T. Smith House are the other two restored Smith family plantations (privately owned), a Civil War museum and cemetery, and several monuments. I had the watch expertly restored and brought to operating condition. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973. It is much better than I thought it would be. from the United States when the country went to war with Britain in the War of 1812. But boy do we love them now. during that time, and were therefore possible places of relocation for colored persons from It was built about 1820, as a two-story, frame dwelling. The Supreme Court and State Library moved into a separate building in 1888, and the General Assembly moved into the State Legislative Building in 1963. He staunched the flow of blood, sewed HIMSELF up with a needle and thread, and cleaned the wound with kerosene. The road map you are providing will help us understand our family tree Somerset Place is a former plantation near Creswell in Washington County, North Carolina, along the northern shore of Lake Phelps, and now a State Historic Site that belongs to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Learn more. SURNAME MATCHES AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS: (exact surname spellings only are reported, no spelling variations or soundex), SURNAME, # in US, in State, in County, born in State, born and living in State, born in State PLANTATION NAMES. for such named slaves, did not notice any such information while doing this transcription. FORMER SLAVES. He missed on a swing and cut his calf deeply. cturner@presnc.org. The Wilmington District Brigade was an administrative division of the North Carolina militia during the American Revolutionary War (17761783). Apparently, he was splitting wood in his front yard. Mr. Snipes had been previously married. SURNAME MATCHES AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS. & three other minors, W. L. Johnston Guardian for, 31 slaves, page 448, SHIELDS, Charles C., 23 slaves, page 407B, SMITH, R. H. Guar. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material His 18 year old bride, Fannie McFarland died in childbirth, and the child did not survive either. info@presnc.org the number of slaves they held in the County and the first page number on which they were listed. My great grandmother was Lillie Johnson Snipes (1876-1917), daughter of Amos James Johnson, Jr. (1843-1914), the steamboat captain and entrepreneur, introduced in Part I of this series. He was awarded a 1350 acre tract of land by the Governor of North Carolina in what is now Chester, SC, on the east bank of the Broad River, and from what I am able to garner, was the westernmost settlement of white men in South Carolina at that time. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Racially Peter and his family appear in the rolls ofSt. Thomas and St. Denis Church, Cainhoy, Charleston County. Heres the cane, held by JER, Jr.. A note on the title- Lyons Whelp was the name of the ship on which Thomas Minor, one of 2400 ancestors of his generation in my family arrived in the New World. Trouble had been brewing for a while. Murphy built the Quewhiffle house shown earlier in the post, where my grandmother lived in her youth. This transcription lists the names of those largest slaveholders in the Halifax County, The names assisted the owners and local record keepers in keeping track of specific parcels of land. It is possible to locate an ancestor on a U.S. census for 1860 or earlier and The Hinton Rowan Helper House is a historic house on United States Route 64 outside Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina. Built in 1836 by Dr. George Washington Stinson. Shirley Plantation is an estate on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia. publication of slaveholder names beginning with the largest holders will enable naming of the Lets walk our way back chronologically to my ancestor Antoine Poitevin (later styled Poitevint or Portervint). Change). He appears in London with his children in the early 1680s and was a member of the London linen weavers guild, meaning he had obtained some social standing already, and was a denizen (naturalized immigrant) of the British Empire. Charleston County, South Carolina saw an increase in colored population of about I am 90% sure that this is not Sumters doing, but is instead the initial of his grandfather in turn, Eli Franklin Frank Robinson (1819-1908), husband of Cicely Kirkpatrick, the impetus for starting this blog. There was a constant fear amongst white slave owners in North Carolina of slave revolts from the time of the American Revolution. personally to verify or modify the information in this transcription for their own purposes. Among the hundreds of watches, I saw what appeared to be a Wittnauer in the exact same model as my grandfathers. out of 7,000 free persons, held 20-30% of the total number of slaves in the U.S. Very difficult. Botany Bay Plantation Wildlife Management Area is a state preserve on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Alas, he died only 6 weeks into his term, and was so ill that he took the oath of office in Cuba, the only VP to be sworn in overseas. For, 25 slaves, page 426. includes 149 slaveholders who held 20 or more slaves in Halifax County, accounting for 6,803 Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; I edition (April 15, 2013). However, testimony of at least one of his fellow soldiers states that he was, in fact, captured by Captains Adamson and Huck at what would have been immediately before the Battle of Williamsons Plantation (Hucks Defeat), as the pension application of John Black states that Black volunteered under Kirkpatrick and Bratton in May, 1780. Due to a rift in the family dating from 1910, (to be explained elsewhere!) FORMAT. He missed on a swing and cut his calf deeply. Both were lifelong bachelors and they lived together in a townhouse during their service in Congress. methods used by the census enumerators, interested researchers should view the source film While I was interested in my ancestry from the early years of childhood when I listened to stories of events that had happened more than a hundred years ago, it was not until I reached adulthood that I sought to know who I really was. After Lillies marriage to Mr. Snipes, there was another family shock. had increased about 9 % to 13,990. Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations. She married William King, and their son William Rufus King (below, right) would go on to be the founder of the town of Selma, Alabama, Senator from Alabama, Ambassador to France, and Vice President of the United States under Franklin Pierce. The telltale was the fact that his watch had a non-matching replacement base metal back that I assume was added at some point by my grandfather or a machinist at DuPont where he worked. It is the oldest active plantation in Virginia and the oldest family-owned business in North America, dating back to 1614 with operations starting in 1648. Talk about a one-in-a-million chance of return!). This account continues with descriptions of plantations, the life of slaves, and the transition to the post-Civil War era. In keeping with our themes, heres a picture of The Great Charleston Blizzard of January 3-5, 2018. The curve of the backing on the edges does not match the contour of the gold case. Ashwood Plantation (William T. Smith House), Built in 1825 (circa) by Thomas Cowan (1748-1817) and Abel Cowan (1789-1843). Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout. Please try again. Say hello to Sally. The rest of the slaves in the County were held by a As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,715. Pleasant or the City of Charleston, where he ultimately succumbed to his illness. To add the following enhancements to your purchase, choose a different seller. Amos built and ran a cotton gin, a furniture factory and store, the Grocery and a post office (he was postmaster for a while), and perhaps most surprisingly, owned and captained two steamboats. At least two would sacrifice their lives for the cause of independence. It was remodeled in the 1850s to add its distinctive two-tier flat roofed front porch. The names assisted the owners and local record keepers in keeping track of specific parcels of land. He, too, is a cousin. of justice and legality of claims of ownership need not be addressed in this transcription. Some of these former slaves may have been using the surname of their 1860 My childhood friend, Jay Hughes, is a professor of American Studies at UGA. census, the white population had decreased about 3% to 6,418, while the colored population The thieves took many objects, including this watch. In North Carolina in 1860 there were 311 farms of 1,000 James was a justice of the peace, judge, and highway commissioner, in addition to his required militia service. Patricks son, Dr. Patrick Murphy (1848-1907 ran the Broughton State Hospital at Morganton and was an early advocate for improved treatment of the mentally ill. As many African-American families try to put together family trees and are frustrated by the lack of records caused by slavery and its aftermath, I was pleased to findan article on the genealogy of Murphy family slaves. Sloop Point Plantation is a historic house located at Sloop Point, Pender County, North Carolina. microfilm series M653, Roll 923) reportedly includes a total of 10,349 slaves. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1969. Between 1860 and 1870, the North Carolina colored population increased by about 31,000, to The Josephus Hall House, also known as the McNeelyStrachan House and Salisbury Academy, is a historic home located at Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. Click here to view William T. Smith House floorplans, Click here to view the pdf brochure for the William T. Smith House, Click here to view the Historic Preservation Agreement (protective covenants) for the William T. Smith House, The Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina, Inc. Built in 1853-1855 by Peter and Columbia Stuart Hairston. You can use them to display text, links, images, HTML, or a combination of these. The progenitor of the Kirkpatrick family in South Carolina was James Kirkpatrick, who was born in Wallaces House, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, on or prior to 1710. Though it retains its historic form and much of its excellent early woodwork, the William T. Smith House has undergone some alterations including the installation of replacement windows (the original windows were nine-over-nine sash), and enclosure of the two-story rear wing porch. For above? There are roughly 4,884 residents, living in 1,713 households. These include timber, nontimber forest products, protection of clean water and clean air, soil erosion control, biodiversity, esthetics, carbon sequestration, and climate control. A great rift erupted in the Johnson and Snipes families in 1910. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. Raleigh, NC 27611-7644 Census data on African Americans in the 1870 census was slaves, or about 65.7% of the County total. 919-832-3652 Nancy and I enjoyed reading the walk back chronologically to her ancestor Antoine Alabama, up 37,000 (8%); Florida, up 29,000 (46%); Ohio, up 26,000 (70%); Indiana, up 25,000 Slaves were enumerated in 1860 without giving their names, only their sex and age We dont share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we dont sell your information to others. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. My daughter Caroline was just under a year old at the time. The house was sold out of the family after his death, but was brought back into the family when acquired in 1935 by Gladys Hawthorne Whitaker and her brother, Dr. Julian Hawthorne, a New York physician. The Quewhiffle time zone is Eastern Daylight Time which is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Jay interviewed my Grandmother, Ethel D. Robinson (still with us at almost 92) a few years back on the historians technique of photo elicitation. Murphy built the Quewhiffle house shown earlier in the post, where my grandmother lived in her youth. A plantation complex in the Southern United States is the built environment that was common on agricultural plantations in the American South from the 17th into the 20th century. By the 1870 The Kirkpatrick founders had suffered various depredations at the hands of the British Crown; I will endeavor to add sources related to lore around the Kirkpatrick brothers arriving in the New World. This transcription He staunched the flow of blood, sewed HIMSELF up with a needle and thread, and cleaned the wound with kerosene. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Original owner: Levi Creecy (d.1772), Built in 1776 (circa). In contrast, the primary focus of a plantation was the production of cash crops, with enough staple food crops produced to feed the population of the estate and the livestock. [4] A common definition of what constituted a plantation is that it typically had 500 to 1,000 acres (2.0 to 4.0km2) or more of land and produced one or two cash crops for sale. P.O. It is estimated by this transcriber that in 1860, slaveholders of Historic archaeological site. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Quewhiffle Township is located in Hoke County, North Carolina. Hawthorne moved to Conecuh County, Alabama in the 1830s and finally settled in Pine Apple in the 1850s. Isaac and Elizabeth Poitevint had a daughter, Zilpah, who married John Robinson (no relation to my dads Robinsons). Mr. Johnson did NOT give Mr. Snipes any legal interest in his property. I bought this for my husband because a lot of his family came from Sampson County. American Museum of Ceramic Art. He didnt panic or go to the hospital. Lillie died in 1917, and left Quewhiffle to her children, including my grandmother, Melissa L. Snipes Triplett. 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All would be Revolutionary Rebels and Patriots. In the early 1900s, there were 328 plantations identified in North Carolina from extant records. The holders up to and including page 429 were reported as in the Eastern Division and those page The east chimney sadly collapsed in September 2018 as a result of Hurricane Florence, but it has been recently reconstructed. Built in 1795 by Nathaniel "Crabtree" Jones, Jr. obtained using Heritage Quests CD African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census, His death notice was read from the pulpit of Bullocks Creek Presbyterian Church in the Summer of 1782. Snipes had come from Nash County, NC, where he was a successful tobacco farmer. I hope to make some contacts and do more research on this important family connection. almost non-existent. Close to the Cape Fear River, nearby access to the Cape Fear River Trail offers exceptional water-related outdoor activities. A great rift erupted in the Johnson and Snipes families in 1910. In the modern age when we can speak openly about such matters, it is interesting to note that Rufus King is believed to have been the life partner of President James Buchanan (below left), before Kings untimely death. I have become the repository of my family for these things. Snipes had come from Nash County, NC, where he was a successful tobacco farmer. It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when its layout. Cicelys husband, Eli Franklin Robinson (1819-1902) was somewhat elusive because of how his name was styled in public records. approximately 392,000, an 8% increase, with these Counties being some that showed significant Their story is also one of the prime movers of this blog. His 18 year old bride, Fannie McFarland died in childbirth, and the child did not survive either. NOTES. Its rice fields, dikes and canals were well-preserved into the 20th century. Were working on getting it back. Patricks son, Dr. Patrick Murphy (1848-1907 ran the Broughton State Hospital at Morganton and was an early advocate for improved treatment of the mentally ill. As many African-American families try to put together family trees and are frustrated by the lack of records caused by slavery and its aftermath, I was pleased to findan article on the genealogy of Murphy family slaves. Johnson sank in a storm, and her wreck remains in the waters of the Black River adjacent to Clear Run Plantation. listed as having 26,492 whites, about a four times increase, while the 1960 total of 31,926 listed as having 26,492 whites, about a four times increase, while the 1960 total of 31,926 Photo Elicitation Interview. Historians disagree on the exact nature of their relationship; Andrew Jackson called them Miss Nancy and Aunt Fancy. Legend has it that this former port town might have become the capital of North Carolina, with the measure failing by just one vote. Plantation forests can provide most goods and services that are provided by natural forests. Dear John, Thank you for your post of The Black River Ancestors, Part I & II. Back in 1999, the families reunited at Clear Run. Patrick Murphy (1801-1874) was the grandson of the founder of Black River Presbyterian Church, along with the DeVanes and Poitevints. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. Patrick Murphy (1801-1874) was the grandson of the founder of Black River Presbyterian Church, along with the DeVanes and Poitevints. slaves, or an average of about ten slaves per holder. All three houses were used as field hospitals during the battle. Having been living in the house owned by his own children at Quewhiffle, he moved to Delway in the 1940s. He left his wife, Margaret, and one son. While Minor is not my most prominent ancestor (although he was a founder of the towns of Stonington and New London, CT, was a chronicler of early colonial life in MA, and probably heard John Winthrop give the City on a Hill sermon), the name of this vessel speaks to his lived experience as well as mine. Apparently, he was splitting wood in his front yard. This help content & information General Help Center experience. Township of Quewhiffle is a cultural feature (civil) in Hoke County. Built in the first half of the 18th century, it is a well-preserved example of a colonial plantation house, and is particularly distinctive as a colonial prodigy house. He outlived the last of his wives by almost a generation, before dying in 1958. data for 1860 was obtained from the Historical United States Census Data Browser, which is a I have incorporated, and will link, the various Revolutionary War Pension Applications associated with Thomas. With the cleaned up photo, I was able to clearly see the cane in Sumters hand. Amos died in 1914, leaving the Clear Run farm to his second, young wife Lula. being reported here with a B added to the number of the preceding page. Fertilize the chenille plant every 14 days with a liquid, 10-30-20 houseplant fertilizer at one-half its full strength. Reference to Cicely first came up in a public database when I received a transcription of the tombstones of New Hope Methodist Cemetery, Baton Rouge Community, Chester, SC. The porch features a five bay ornamental cast iron arcade in a grapevine pattern. You are the visitor to this page. The process of He rose to the rank of Major, and commanded men who fought at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge (NC), Hanging Rock (SC), Fishing Creek (SC), and Camden (SC), which those familiar with Southern military history will recall were some of the most important battles of the War. Originally constructed in 1788 by American Revolutionary War veteran Captain William Bowen, the Bowen-Campbell House is the oldest brick house in the middle Tennessee area. No one in my family took the time to write these things down before, so I have taken it upon myself and (hopefully) create a lasting record to benefit posterity. Mr. Johnson did NOT give Mr. Snipes any legal interest in his property. 4 /5. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. slaveholder at the time of the 1870 census and they may have still been living in the same State or [11] [12]. Prosperity did not bring peace to the Johnson household; Lillie did not have the opportunity to go to college because her older brother and sister died within weeks of each other in 1892 while attending Duke and Greensboro Womens College respectively, of diphtheria. The actual number of slaveholders may be Needless to say, the Kirkpatricks, like so many Scotch-Irish (we will discuss why this is, or should be the proper term along with Ulster Scots later) wanted to get as far away from the constraints of the British Empire as possible. He is believed to have introduced widespread tobacco cultivation to Sampson County, NC. (127%); and Kansas up from 265 to 17,000 (6,400%). Box 27644 The plantation house and ten surrounding acres were declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963. The two-story wood-frame house was built in 1854 for Joseph Richard Hawthorne by Ezra Plumb. Shortly thereafter, I was on a trip to visit relatives in Western North Carolina when our house was burglarized. This impressive house was built for William Turner Smith (1810-1855) and his wife Mary Campbell Smith (1814-1886) around 1835 shortly after their marriage. 24,000 between 1860 and 1870, so possibly that is where some went, even though the overall making the link to finding that ancestor as a slave requires advanced research techniques involving Published information giving names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves held is "There is a small stream and a forest of white pine trees. In the text of the Act, Antoine (Anthony) and his son Antoine are listed as weavers, and son Peter is identified as a planter. Since 2007, I have collected voluminous genealogical documents and materials. She currently resides in Sampson County, NC. Its in new condition and has many photos. My daughter Caroline was just under a year old at the time.

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