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A case of kidnapping.
A CASE OF KIDNAPPING. – A few weeks ago there came to Smithville, in Brunswick county, from Moore county, three white men, whose names are Alex. McLeod, Joseph Crawley, and _____ Crawley, bringing with...
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They took a mule.
John Chavers filed claim #17736 with the Southern Claims Commission. Chavers, age 72, a farmer, lived in Richmond County near Rockingham. He was born in Brunswick County. The Union took a mule, corn,...
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The expert testifies, “He is mulatto.”
State v. Asa Jacobs, 51 N.C. 284 (1859). Asa Jacobs was indicted in Brunswick County, as a free negro, for carrying firearms. In the lower court, the State called a certain Pritchett to give an opinion...
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She thinks this a great hardship.
To the worshipful Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Brunswick County The Petition of Temperance Chavers humbly sheweth that she has raised two Boys Billy and Elick from their birth...
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Free Colored Inhabitants of the Town of Smithville, Brunswick County, 1860.
24. Blount Archy, 38. 87. William Brown, 57, wife Sarah, 44, and children Mary J., 19, John M., 12, Franklin, 9, William J., 7, Julia, 5, Charles, 3, and Sarah, 1, plus Rily Moore, 1 month. 117. Calvin...
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Mortality Schedule: Brunswick County, 1860.
Anna Skipper, age 62, mulatto, died December of dropsy, resided North West district. John Webb, age 80, mulatto, died January of pneumonia, laborer, resided North West district. Jack Freeman, age 41,...
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Free-Issue Death Certificates: MISCELLANEOUS, no. 12.
Jane Nixon. Died 25 October 1921, Wilmington, New Hanover County. Resided 707 Brunswick. Negro. Widow of John Owen Nixon. Born 3 September 1866 in Wilmington to Elvin Artis and Lizzie Green, both of...
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Acts passed.
The following are the Titles of the Acts passed at the Session of the General Assembly of the State of North-Carolina, held at the city of Raleigh, on the 1st of November, 1795. … To emancipate a...
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The emancipation of the Howe children.
STATE LEGISLATURE. CAPTIONS of the Laws of N. Carolina, passed in 1816. … PRIVATE ACTS. … 96. To emancipate Hannah Howe, Balaam Howe, John Howe and Sally Howe, children of Balaam and Lucy Howe of the...
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Acts passed to emancipate.
The following are the Titles of the Acts passed at the Session of the General Assembly of the State of North-Carolina, held at the city of Raleigh, on the 1st of November, 1795. … To emancipate a...
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Says he became dissatisfied and ran away.
NOTICE. WAS COMMITTED TO THE JAIL OF DUPLIN County, about the 15th inst., a negro man who says his name is JACOB WARREN. Said negro was taken up and committed as a runaway slave, but says that he is a...
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Committed on suspicion.
Fayetteville Weekly Observer, 8 March 1858. In the 1850 census of Northwest, Brunswick County: cooper Henry Patrick, 24, wife Hester, 24, and children Anne, 2, and William, 4 months. Next door: cooper...
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