Pitt County genealogical quarterly

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County
Pitt
Genealogical
Quarterly
Volume IV, No. 1
February 1997
Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly
of the Pitt County Family Researchers
Editor
RogerKammerer
Production
Elizabeth Ross
Officers 1997
President L. Allen Churchill
2708Jackson Drive, Greenville, NC 27858
(919-752-3665)
Vice-President William B. Kittrell
Route 3, Box 216-B, Greenville, NC 27858
(919-758-2979)
Secretary-Treasurer ClariceW. Mills
2582 Mobleys Bridge Road., Grimesland, NC 27837-9713
(919-756-3782)
Executive Board Annette MacRae
Post Office Box 940, Bethel, NC 27812
(919-825-5956)
Executive Board Robert Kirk
3190 Mobleys Bridge Road, Grimesland, NC 27837-9801
(919-752-5186)
Pitt County Family Researcherswas established in November 1994 as a non-profitorganization. Our purpose is
to establish a networkto aid persons researchingfamilyorigins in Pitt County.
Our quarterlysubscription fee is $20.00; subscriptions run concurrentlyfromJanuary 1 to December 31. Back
issues (Winter 1994-present) maybe purchased at $5.00 per number, or $20.00 pervolume. Queries are free to
subscribers (four/year, pendingspace).
Members and readers are invited to submitprimary resource material concerningPitt County, NC, and its
adjacent counties, preferablyin the form ofphotocopies ofthe original document(s). A clean, typed, transcript
wouldbe acceptable. Please state, clearly, the location ofthe original material; copyrighted material mustbe
accompaniedby a statement ofpermission from the holder. Deadlines for submission are one month prior to
the date ofthe number (i.e., the November issue deadlinewouldbe October 1, preceding). The Quarterlyis
produced on a Macintosh computer. Transcripts on diskwouldbe accepted in plain text (ASCII) format, orin
the format producedby MicrosoftWord 4.0 or 5.0® (keep formattingsimple). The editors and theboard
reserve the right to select articles, based on content and publication space.
The Pitt County Family Researchers home page on theWorld Wide Web is nowbeingmaintained at http://
www.geocities.com/Heartland/7591/.
County
Pitt
Genealogical
uarterly
Volume IV, No. 1 February 1997
PITT COUNTY FORMATION MAP
1
PITT COUNTY CHURCH HISTORY 2
ORDER FOR PARTITION: WM. TURNER 6
CEMETERY RECORDS KITE-BOYD-IPOCK 7
McROY CEMETERY 8
BIBLE AND FAMILY RECORDS CARAWAY-HARDISON BIBLES 9
JAMESJOHNSTON BIBLE 10
C.M.A. GRIFFIN BIBLE 11
GRIMES FAMILY BIBLE 12
HEMBY BIBLE 14
WILL OF DEMSIE GRIMES, 1786 16
CORRECTION 16
WILL OF WILLIAM GRIMES, 1797 17
WILL OF CHRIS'R. CRANDELL, SEN'R., 1826 18
FREEMAN HEMBY'S LIFE RECALLED 19
PITT COUNTY MARRIAGE BONDS 20
ASSAULT ON GEORGE TURNAGE 21
QUERIES 22
INDEX 24
SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION 28
FILLERS OLDEST MAN INTHE COUNTY 6
BETHEL ITEM(S) 8
DRAWING: NOAH FORBES HOUSE 15
DEATHS (NOAH FORBES, SR.) 17
PAINFUL ACCIDENT 20
THE PITT COUNTY FAMILY RESEARCHERS
P. O. Box20339, Greenville, NC 27858-0339
The contents of this quarterly maybe quoted without permission, providing
proper credit for the research will be given to the PCRF and its contributors.

Pitt County Formation Map
N
\ \AnnexedtoMARTINCo., 1805
AnnexedtoEDGECOMBECo., 1801 ,'
AnnexedtoBEAUFORTCo.,1785
(Returnedtoitsparentcounty)
Annexedfrom DOBBSCo.,1764
AnnexedfromCRAVENCo.,1787
Scaleapproximate.
The Changing Shape of
Pitt County, North Carolina:
1761-1895
ParentCounties:
BathCounty, 1696
Pamptecough, 1705
Beaufort, 1712
PittCounty, formedJan. 1, 1761
Dobbslineestablished 1764
OriginalEdgecombe&Martin lines established 1784
Easternportionsreturned toBeaufort, 1785
Southernportionannexed fromCraven, 1787
Northernportionannexedto Edgecombe, 1801
NorthernportionannexedtoMartin, 1805
Cravenlineredrawn, 1818
MapsdrawnbyElizabethRoss,1989 Edgecombe&Martinlines redrawn, 1894
References: G.P.Stout,D.L.Corbitt Greene(old Dobbs)linedrawn, 1895
Reprinted1997bypermission.
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