Second of eight parts

Generation No. 2

B3. LUKE⁴ FLEMING (Benjamin³ Fleming, David², John¹) was born circa 1802 in Pitt County, North Carolina; he appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 48, born in North Carolina.  He died in 1861.  He married first Elizabeth Shivers, daughter of Shadrack Shivers.  He married second Henrietta Briley, who was born in 1808; she appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 42, born in North Carolina; and died after 1870, according to Pitt County, North Carolina Families, Adams - Jinkins, Volume I, compiled by Levis Allen Churchill, Greenville, North Carolina, April 1995, p. 81.

Pitt County, North Carolina, Deed Book EE, p. 331, December 21, 1827 proves the relationship of Elizabeth to Shadrick Shivers:  “Shadrack Shivers to Elizabeth Fleming, dau. and Luke Fleming, her husband, 35½ acres (except where Sarah Shivers lives), with love and affection.”

According to Pitt County, North Carolina, Families, Adams-Jinkins, v. 1, compiled by Levis Allen Churchill, of Greenville, North Carolina, April 1995, p. 81:  “Pitt County Deed Book QQ 93, December 13, 1861, dower of Henrietta Fleming, widow of Luke Fleming – Pitt County Deed Book RR 169, October 16, 1866, division of land of Luke Fleming:

• lot 1, David S. Fleming;
• lot 2, Luke S. Fleming;
• lot 3, Sarah A. Fleming;
• lot 4, Henrietta Fleming;
• lot 5, Canzetta Fleming, widow and admrx. of Wm. B. Fleming, deceased;
• lot 6, Helena Fleming;
• lot 7, Kenneth H. Fleming;
• lot 8, Leonard Fleming;
• lot 9, Littleberry Fleming;
• lot 10, Martha A. Fleming;
• lot 11, Harriet L. Fleming; and
• lot 13, Henry Fleming ––––”

Issue:

NOTE: Not certain which children were
born to Elizabeth Shivers and
which were born to Henrietta Briley,
except that the first six children (at least)
were of the marriage to Miss Shivers

B7–––i.–––Elsany H.⁵ Fleming was born in 1827.  A daughter, she was 23 years of age according to the 1850 census of Pitt County, North Carolina.

B8–––ii.–––William B. Fleming was born 1830 (he appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 20) in Pitt County, North Carolina (according to North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865, A Roster, compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan, Jr., v. 13, 53rd-56th Regiments, Raleigh, North Carolina, Division of Archives and History, 1993, p. 480); and died while serving in the 55th North Carolina Infantry, Company E during the Civil War on May 10, 1864 at Talley’s Mill, Virginia.  He married Canzetta ?.  She is found in the 1870 census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 21, thus would have been born about 1849.

Notes

The following entry is from North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865, Jordan, v. 13, p. 480:

FLEMING, WILLIAM B., PRIVATE

Born in Pitt County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Pitt County at age 32, April 18, 1862, for the war.  Reported present in June, 1862.  Hospitalized at Richmond, Virginia, June 24, 1863, with dysentery.  Returned to duty on July 13, 1863.  Killed at Talley’s Mill, Virginia, May 10, 1864.  (Cited on the Confederate “Roll of Honor” for gallantry at Wilderness, Virginia, May 5-6, 1864.)

Company E was raised primarily in Pitt County in March, April and May of 1862.  It was mustered into state service at Camp Mangum near Raleigh on May 30, 1862 and assigned to the 55th Regiment North Carolina Troops.

B9–––iii.–––Elkany H. Fleming was born 1832; he appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 18.

B10–––iv.–––Kenneth H. Fleming, of whom below, born October 8, 1832; died December 10, 1914.

B11–––v.–––Susannah E. Fleming, born in 1834, she appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 16.

B12–––vi.–––Luke Shivers Fleming, of whom below, born in 1838 in Pitt County, North Carolina; died after 1901.

B13–––vii.–––Sarah Adline Fleming, born 1839; she appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 11.

B14–––viii.–––Martha A. Fleming, born in 1841, she appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 9; died on June 1, 1917, according to Pitt County, North Carolina Families, Adams - Jinkins, Volume I, compiled by Levis Allen Churchill, Greenville, North Carolina, April 1995, p. 82.

B15–––ix.–––Harriet L. Fleming, born in 1842, she appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 8.

B16–––x.–––Osmyn S. Fleming, of whom below, born March 29, 1845; died September 25, 1912 in Pitt County, North Carolina.

B17–––xi.–––Henrietta Fleming, born in 1847, she appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 3.  Henrietta married Joseph Lewis before 1872.  See Pitt County Deed Book VV 253, December 6, 1872.

B18–––xii.–––Leonard Fleming, born in 1849, he appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 1.  He married Almeda Coggins.

B19–––xiii.–––Littleberry B. Fleming was born in 1851.

B20–––xiv.–––David S. Fleming.  Another “David S. Fleming” is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, born on December 7, 1886, and died on September 3, 1916.  His relation, if any, to this David S. Fleming, is not known.

B21–––xv.–––Henry Fleming married Elizabeth ?.  See also #B7 above and Pitt County, North Carolina Deed Book TT 452, October 28, 1871.

B3. PETER⁴ FLEMING (Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born about 1805 in Pitt County, North Carolina; he appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 45; died August 17, 1887 in Pactolus, Pitt County, North Carolina.  He married Sidney (Sydney?) Bowers, who was born in 1816, her age given as 35 in the 1850 Pitt County Census.  She died after January 17, 1894, on which date she was mentioned in The Eastern Reflector newspaper, Greenville, North Carolina: “We are glad to learn that (Mrs. J. R. Davenport’s) mother, Mrs. Sydney Fleming, has also greatly improved from the injuries she received in a fall.”   On November 8, 1853, Peter Fleming and John L. Fleming sold land to Hardee Whichard and Benjamin Fleming, trustees and deacons, for $20 for the meeting place of the Great Swamp Free Will Baptist Church on Taylor Ferry Road and Williamston Road.

Obituary of Peter Fleming

The Eastern Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, August 24, 1887:

“Mr. Peter Flemming (sic), an aged and highly respected citizen of this county, died at his home four miles from Greenville on last Wednesday.”

Excerpt from the Will of Peter Fleming

Sidney A. Fleming (wife) entire estate for life and then to children ... Addie Perkins and James L. Perkins (grandchildren) $50 each ... Joseph J. Fleming, 1/5th in value of all my land ... Robert R. Fleming, 1/5th in value of all my land ... Rufus Fleming, 2/5th in value of all my land ... Martha A. Davenport, 1/5th in value of all my land ... Sidney Fleming (son), assess the value of what he already has had from my estate and if he has not had a full share, that he be allowed to share equally ... Edwin P. Fleming ...

Ex. Robert R. Fleming, Executor
Signed: September 27, 1886
Probated 27 August 1887

Issue:

B22–––i.–––James L.⁵ Fleming, of whom below, was born on January 18, 1834 in Pitt County, North Carolina; died on September 14, 1863 at Fort Delaware, Delaware.

B23–––ii.–––Joseph J. Fleming was born circa 1838; he appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 12.

Biographical Notes on Joseph J. Fleming

The Eastern Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, January 29, 1896, age 50, reports on the death of a “J. J. Fleming.”  Whether this is he, I don’t know.

DIED.

Mr. J. J. Fleming, whose sickness was mentioned yesterday’s Reflector, was dead when the paper went to press, having passed away during that afternoon.  He was buried this afternoon at 2 o’clock by the Odd Fellows, being a member of that order.  Mr. Fleming was about 50 years old and had many friends who will regret to hear of his death.  He was not married but leaves a mother and two brothers.

A “Joe Fleming” is identified in an article in The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Thursday, October 26, 1922, p. 1, “Organization of Ku Klux Klan in Pitt County, By J. J. Laughinghouse” as one of the founders of the KKK in Greenville in January of 1869.

B24–––iii.–––Edward Peter Fleming, of whom below, born circa 1841 in Pitt County, North Carolina; died before 1917.

B25–––iv.–––Robert R. Fleming, of whom below, born 1843.

B26–––v.–––Bythel Fleming, born circa 1845, appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 5.

B27–––vi.–––Annis S. Fleming, of whom below, born circa 1847.

B28–––vii.–––Martha Ann Fleming, of whom below, was born on November 16, 1849 in Pitt County, North Carolina; died on June 16, 1943 in Pactolus, Pitt County, North Carolina.

B29–––viii.–––Rufus Fleming, of whom below, born in 1852; died September 10, 1890 in Pactolus, Pitt County, North Carolina.

B30–––ix.–––Sidney Iredell Fleming, of whom below, born May 31, 1853; died November 17, 1911 near Gum Swamp, Pitt County, North Carolina.

B4. BENJAMIN⁴ FLEMING, JR. (Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born on July 30, 1807; died on June 12, 1882 in Pactolus, Pitt County, North Carolina.  He was a farmer, according to the 1860 federal census.  Benjamin married Elizabeth Rountree in 1836, daughter of William Rountree and Sally Forbes.  Betsy was born on September 3, 1819; died on June 16, 1901, according to e-mail from cousin Alice Chandler (Washington) Griffin, which states: “ ... the Rountree Chronicles says Elizabeth Rountree married Benjamin Fleming in 1836.  Eliz. & Benj. had 10 children.  (Eliz.’s father is Wm. Rountree and mother is Sally Forbes).”  They were buried in the Fleming Family Cemetery near Pactolus, North Carolina.  Directions: north on Greenville Boulevard, which becomes 264-A; after crossing the Tar River, turn right onto Old Pactolus Road; about one mile on the right is the Bradford Creek Golf Club; the Fleming family cemetery is located between the second and fourth holes, to the left of the fairway.  According to Elizabeth D. “Beth” Benton, this is the same property that was originally owned by David Fleming and passed down generation to generation.

Notes

Pitt County, North Carolina, Deed Book NN, p. 423:

“Peter Fleming and John L. Fleming, land for $20 to Hardee Whichard and Benjamin Fleming, trustees & deacons of Bapt. church worshipping at Great Swamp meeting house, commonly called the old school Bapt. Church, on Taylor Ferry Rd./Williamston Rd.; Nov. 8, 1853.”

Excerpt from History of The Church of God, From the Creation to A.D. 1885, by Elder Cushing Biggs Hassell, Revised and Completed by Elder Sylvester Hassell, Chapter XXVI, History of the Churches Composing the Kehukee Association in 1885 (http://www.pbministries.org/History/S.%20Hassell/church_of_god_26.htm):

GREAT SWAMP, Pitt County –– About four miles north of Greenville is situated the house where this church worships.  She was formerly a branch of the church at Flat Swamp, and was called the Tar River Church.  Upon petition she was dismissed in 1795, and shortly afterwards constituted and took the name of Great Swamp, from a certain water course of that name not far off.

She called on Elder Noah Tyson, a member of the church at Red Banks, in said county, to take the pastoral care, which he did, and served them until his death.  He was a man much under bodily affliction, yet the church was not neglected among the families of Israel.  The Lord remembered her, and gave zeal to her pastor and others, so that the word was preached and the ordinances duly administered.

After the death of Elder Tyson the church called on Elder James Ewell to take the pastoral care, who served them several years.  She was afterwards served by Elder Luke Ward, and then by Elder Atkinson.

In June, 1840, Elder John H. Daniel agreed to become her pastor.  In 1849 Elder Lanier Griffin accepted the pastoral care.  In November, 1853, two of her own members, William A. Ross and David House, were ordained to the administration of gospel ordinances by a presbytery composed of Elders John H. Daniel and Lanier Griffin, and since that period the church has been served by these two ministering brethren faithfully, without preferring either as pastor to the exclusion of the other.  Elder House was received to baptism in July, 1847, and Elder Ross in June, 1849.  Elder House was licensed in 1847; Elder Ross in 1851.

William Shivers was chosen Clerk in November, 1851, and continued in that capacity till his death.  Her Deacons in 1852 were Benjamin Flemming and Hardy Whichard, and in August, 1872, John T. Whichard was ordained to that office.

In 1850 the church became a member of the Skewarkey Union.  Among the number of ministers visiting this church we notice the names of C. Bland, John L. Ross, Joseph E. Adams, besides those already named as pastors.  Her monthly meetings are on the fourth Sunday and Saturday before; and her present number of members is thirty-two.

Excerpts from The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 605:

THE ROUNTREES

Jesse Rountree, son of Jesse Rountree and Rachael Spivey, was born on Thursday, June 27, 1765, and died on Tuesday, April 12, 1831.  He married Winnifred Jenkins of Bertie County, daughter of Mary (Cherry) Jenkins, in January, 1782.  Winnifred was born April 11, 1765, and died in Pitt County on December 14, 1840.

The 1860 Census Pitt County, North Carolina, Pactolus Post Office: Benjamin Fleming - age 52, farmer Elizabeth - age 39 Benjamin - age 21 Martha - age 16 John - age 10 Joseph - age 5 Lunsford - age 1

Jesse Rountree’s birthplace is unknown, but records show that he enlisted as a private in the American Revolution in Pitt County in 1782 and served in Evans Company of the Tenth N. C. Continentals.  According to the 1790 census, he was living in Pitt County and his household included “one male over 16, two females and two slaves.”

He was Pitt County sheriff from 1818 to 1820.

According to Family Record: Brown Family, Rountree Family, compiled by Sarah Penelope Brown Short Moore (Mrs. James L. Moore), Jesse and Winnifred were blessed with eight children, fifty-two grandchildren, and one hundred fifty-six great grandchildren ...

The children of Jesse and Winnifred Jenkins Rountree were as follows ... William Rountree (1792-1827) m. Sally Forbes ...

The Rountrees were well-read and very religious.  According to Rountree Chronicles, 1827-1840, compiled by Dr. C. C. Ware in 1947, Jesse led in establishing the Rountree Church (Disciples of Christ) in April 1827 ...

William Rountree, the oldest living son of Jesse and Winnifred Rountree, enlisted as an Ensign in the War of 1812.

Obituary of Elizabeth Rountree

The Eastern Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, June 21, 1901:

Mrs. Betsey Fleming died Sunday night at the home of her son, Mr. Lunsford Fleming, about 12 miles from Greenville.  Mrs. Fleming was 82 years of age and had been in bad health for some time.  She leaves three children, Messrs. Lunsford Fleming and Joseph Fleming and Mrs. J. A. Thigpen.  The burial took place this afternoon at the family burial ground.

An e-mail message from Elizabeth D. (Beth) Benton, sent on December 19, 1999, indicates that she had completed a survey of an old Fleming cemetery near Pactolus, ½ mile from the Tar River ...

“Happy Holidays!

GRAVE MARKER OF BENJAMIN FLEMING, JR. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth D. Benton of Pitt County, North Carolina

Since I last emailed you with info on this line back in December 1998, I have had the good fortune (in May of 1999) to find an old family cemetery on what used to be part of the Fleming farm in Pactolus, N. C.  This land is now on the back part of a private golf course.  I met with the owner briefly and made him aware that descendants of this family plot do not wish for it to be disturbed and wish for it to be protected if at all possible.  He related that when they found it, is was completely overgrown and ‘invisible’ until a worker tripped over a fallen headstone.  At this point he instructed the workers to clear away the debris leaving it visible but nothing more was done.

Since the flood from the hurricane this fall hit this area of North Carolina very hard and more importantly since this cemetery site is less than ½ mile from the Tar River, I’m certain it was underwater and unfortunately may have been affected greatly.

I surveyed all tombstones and their layout when there, also taking photos and some etchings.

The information from the tombstones as well as information my grandmother found in her old box of family memorabilia has given us a little more information especially in dates and relations in this family line.”

Obituary of Benjamin Fleming, Jr.

The Eastern Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, June 14, 1882:

It again becomes our painful duty to chronicle the death of another of our most prominent farmers.  Mr. Benjamin Fleming, one of the most highly respected and esteemed citizens of the county, died at his home in Pactolus township, Monday morning.  He was about seventy years old, a consistent member of the Primitive Baptist Church, and has a large number of relatives and friends who mourn his loss.

Issue¹:

B31–––i.–––Benjamin⁵ Fleming (III) was born about 1839 in Pitt County, North Carolina, his age given as 21 in the 1860 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina.  There is a record reported in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1760 - 1868, p. 23, of a Benjamin Fleming marrying Talitha A. House in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, on September 20, 1860.  Could this be he?

On her web site “Diggin’ for Roots,” Linda F. Harris includes the following as possible children of Benjamin Fleming and “Tabitha Ann” House: i. Lovey Fleming. ii. William Fleming. iii. Martha Fleming iv. Willis Fleming. v. Gustavus Fleming. vi. Jesse Fleming. vii. Lunsford Fleming.

According to North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865, compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan, Jr., v. 10, 38th-39th and 42nd-44th Regiments, Raleigh, North Carolina, published by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1985, p. 429:

FLEMING, BENJAMIN, SERGEANT

Born in Pitt County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Pitt County at age 22, January 27, 1862.  Mustered in with an unspecified rank.  Promoted to Sergeant on March 24, 1862.  Reduced in ranks prior to September 1, 1862.  Promoted to Sergeant in March-December, 1863.  Present or accounted for through April, 1864.  Company records indicate he was captured by the enemy on October 1, 1864; however, records of the Federal Provost Marshal do not substantiate that report.  No further record.

Company D, 44th North Carolina Infantry, C.S.A., known as “The Pitt Regulators,” was raised in Pitt County and was enlisted there on January 27, 1862.  It was mustered in at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, on April 3, 1862.

B32–––ii.–––C. F. Fleming, born circa 1841 (was 19 years of age according to the 1860 census of Pitt County, North Carolina.)

B33–––iii.–––Martha Fleming was born about 1844.  See 1860 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pactolus Post Office.  She possibly married James Ashley Thigpen.  The obituary of her mother, Elizabeth (Rountree) Fleming, in The Eastern Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, June 21, 1901, states: “Mrs. Betsey Fleming ... leaves three children, Messrs. Lunsford Fleming and Joseph Fleming and Mrs. J. A. Thigpen.”  The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 225, includes the following: “George Erastus Cherry, Jr. was born September 26, 1896, to George Erastus Cherry II and Rilla Electa Thigpen Cherry at Jamesville, N.C.  His maternal grandparents are James Ashley Thigpen and Martha Ann Fleming.  His paternal grandparents are George Erastus Cherry, Sr. and Martha Dupree Cherry.”

The obituary of James Ashley Thigpen from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Monday, November 25, 1901, p. 4 appears below:

MR. J. A. THIGPEN DEAD.

Mr. James Ashley Thigpen died at 5 o’clock Sunday morning at his home two miles from Greenville, after an illness of several weeks.  He was 63 years old, a good citizen and a prosperous farmer.

He leaves a wife, three sons and five daughters, three of the latter being married.

Mr. Thigpen served a while as Justice of the Peace, and when Inferior courts were in existence in this county, was elected and served one-term as one of the Judges of that court.  He was also elected County Treasurer on the Populist ticket in 1894, but did not qualify owing to the County Commissioners not accepting his bond, and was again elected to the same office in 1896 and served two years.

The funeral took place this afternoon and was attended by a large number of people.

NOTE: A Julius P. Fleming is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, born in 1877, and died in 1932, with wife Lydia Thigpen, born 1879, died 1960.  Next to her is buried James Ashley Thigpen (possibly a brother?) born January 15, 1875, and died on December 19, 1951.  Perhaps James Ashley Thigpen was a son of Martha Fleming and J. A. Thigpen Sr.?

B34–––iv.–––L. E. Fleming was born circa 1847.  He is named in the 1860 census of Pitt County, North Carolina, Greenville Post Office, age 13.

B35–––v.–––John Fleming, of whom below, born on January 1, 1850; died on September 19, 1892.

B36–––vi.–––Joseph Fleming, of whom below, born September 9, 1854; died on August 5, 1928 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.

B37–––vii.–––F. P. Fleming was born circa 1856.  He is named in the 1860 census of Pitt County, North Carolina, Greenville Post Office, age 4.

B38–––viii.–––Lunsford Fleming, of whom below, born November 8, 1858 in Pitt County, North Carolina; died October 6, 1942 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.

1 –– The web site “Descendants of Jesse Rountree,” by Linda F. Harris, lists the following as children of Benjamin Fleming and Elizabeth Rountree: i. Benjamin Fleming, b. September 1841, N. Carolina. ii. William Fleming, b. N. Carolina. iii. Martha Fleming, b. N. Carolina, born in 1844. iv. Willis Fleming, b. N. Carolina. v. Gustavus Fleming, b. N. Carolina. vi. Jesse Fleming, b. N. Carolina. vii. Lunsford Fleming, b. N. Carolina. viii. John Fleming, born in 1850; died 1892. ix. Joseph Fleming, b. 1854, N. Carolina. x. Elizabeth Fleming, b. 1854, N. Carolina.

B5. ADAM⁴ FLEMING (Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born circa 1810.  He appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 40.  He married Harriett House on December 1, 1835 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina (Source: “Adam Flemmons married Harriett House” on December 1, 1835, according to Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1760 - 1868, p. 23), daughter of Thomas House.  She appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 39, thus was born about 1811.

From The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 396:

THOMAS HOUSE FAMILY

Pitt County, North Carolina, Deed Book HH, July 19, 1836, p. 43: “Division of land of Thomas House, to heirs: 1) Garret House 2) Archibald House 3) David House 4) Benjamin Crisp and Charlotty his wife 5) Adam Fleming and Harriot, his wife ...”

homas House of Bertie County, N. C., a descendant of English settlers in Nansemond County, Va., owned 1,009 acres in Bertie County.  He lived there as a planter and also raised cattle, hogs, and sheep.  His children were William, Thomas, Jr., George, Patience (married to Mr. Young) and Sarah (married to Mr. Moore).

On Oct. 20, 1764, he bought 200 acres on the south side of Grindall Creek in Pitt County and in Oct. 1782 he bought 240 acres north of Tar River and east of Grindall Creek.  He sent his son, William, to live in Pitt County and willed him the 440 acres upon his death in 1794.

A Revolutionary War voucher and several Pitt County deeds show that William lived in Pitt County.  The 1815 tax records show William as owner of 1,606 acres north of Tar River.  William’s children were John, William, Jr., Thomas, Turner, and a son and daughter, names unknown.

William’s son Thomas, born in 1786, married Elizabeth Ennes, born 1787, and had three sons and two daughters.  Thomas moved to Stewart County, Ga. as an early pioneer about 1820.  He became a large land owner and a prominent citizen.  A sketch of this family can be found in The History of Stewart County, Georgia, by Sara Robertson Dixon.  His descendants are there still.

William’s son John stayed in Pitt County.  William deeded land to John on Aug. 4, 1807.  John accumulated more land north of Tar River.  He had a son named Thomas.

Thomas was deeded land by his father John.  He bought more land.  He was married twice.  His children were: Archibold, born about 1812; David born Aug. 4, 1816; Jarrett born about 1824; Charlotte married to Benjamin Crisp; and Harriet married to Adam Fleming.

Issue:

B39–––i.–––Archibald⁵ Fleming was born in 1837.  He appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 13.  The relation of Archibald Fleming, if any, to those named in the obituaries below is unknown.

B40–––ii.–––Thaddus W. Fleming was born about 1844 as he appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 6.

From North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865, compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan, Jr., v. 6, 16th-18th and 20th-21st Regiments, Raleigh, North Carolina, Division of Archives and History, second printing, 1990, p. 283:

FLEMING, THADDEUS, PRIVATE

Resided in Pitt County where he enlisted at age 18, April 18, 1863, for the war.  Present or accounted for until wounded in the shoulder at or near Cold Harbor, Virginia, on or about July 7, 1864.  Reported absent wounded through October, 1864.

Company K, 17th North Carolina Regiment, C.S.A., was from Pitt County and enlisted at Greenville, North Carolina, in April and May, 1862.  It was mustered into state service at Raleigh, North Carolina, on May 30, 1862

B41–––iii.–––Sylvester Fleming was born about 1847; he appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 3.

B42–––iv.–––Marcellus Fleming, born 1849.  He appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 1.

B43–––v.–––Adelaide Fleming, born in 1852.

B44–––vi.–––Adam Fleming, Jr., born 1854.  Possibly? have moved to Kentucky?  Possibly the same as the Adam Fleming, Jr. mentioned below in The Eastern Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Friday, March 8, 1901:

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Pitt county, before the Clerk, in Superior Court, Rosa Fleming, Roscoe Fleming, Archie Fleming and Nannie Fleming, minors, by their next friend D. C. Barrow

against

Sylvester Fleming, W. S. Fleming, Alphonzo Pollard and Mary Pollard, his wife, Adelaide Fleming and the children of Adam Fleming, Jr., dec’d, whose names are unknown, and D. T. House, guardian of W. S. Fleming, a lunatic.

The children of Adam Fleming, Jr., whose names are unknown and who are defendants in the above entitled cause, will take notice that a Special Proceeding entitled as above, has been commenced in the Superior Court of Pitt County, before the Clerk, in order to make partition of the lands of the Fernando Fleming among his heirs at law.  And the said defendants will further take notice that they are required to appear at the office of the said Clerk of Superior Court of said county on Wednesday, the 20th day of March, 1901, in Greenville, N. C., and answer or demur to the petition, and complaint in said action, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for relief demanded therein.

This the 7th day of February 1901

D. C. Moore
Clerk of the Superior Court of Pitt County

Jarvis & Blow
Attorneys for Plaintiff

B45–––vii.–––Winfred Fleming was born in 1855.

B46–––viii.–––Thomas A. Fleming, born in 1857; died November 12, 1892 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.  He married Emily L. Proctor on February 8, 1881 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  According to The Eastern Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, November 18, 1891: “Mr. T. A. Fleming has been made keeper of the railroad bridge across the river here, the position formerly held by Mr. Cornelius Stephens.”

Marriage of Thomas A. Fleming and Emily L. Proctor

The Eastern Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, March 8, 1882, p. 3:

Nineteen marriage licenses were issued by the Register of Deeds during the month of February, five to white and fourteen to colored couples.  The following is a list.

White.

... T. A. Fleming and Emily L. Proctor ...

Obituary of Thomas A. Fleming

The Eastern Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, November 19, 1892:

DIED.

Mr. T. A. Fleming died very suddenly at his home on Second street at 5 o’clock last Wednesday morning of heart disease.  He was as well as usual the day before, and was out until bed time Tuesday night hearing the election returns.  About 4 o’clock he awoke his wife, who finding him so sick called some of the neighbors and sent for a physician, but no earthly power could relieve him.  Mr. Fleming was bridge tender here for the W. & W. railroad and performed his duties faithfully.  He leaves a wife and several small children.

B47–––ix.–––Mary L. Fleming, born 1860.

B48–––x.–––Sidanda Fleming, born in 1864.

B49–––xi.–––Annie S. Fleming was born in 1866.

B6. IVEY (OR IVY)⁴ FLEMING (Benjamin³, David², John¹) was born on July 22, 1813 in Pitt County, North Carolina; and died on November 2, 1890 near Greenville, North Carolina.  Ivey Fleming married first Talitha Ann Albritton on December 22, 1839, according to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, p. 306.  Tilly was born about 1819 (she appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 31.)  From Pitt County, North Carolina, Deed Book KK, p. 50: “McGilbrey F. Albritton & wife, Hymond Albritton, Levina Albritton, Lucindy Albritton, Ivey Fleming and Tell Ann E. Fleming, heirs of James Cason & James Albritton; all brothers and sisters.”  He married second Martha Nurtia Barnhill on November 29, 1858, in Pitt County, North Carolina, according to Pitt County Compendium, Volume I: Marriages, by Elizabeth Ross and Roger Kammerer, September 1988, Flag Publications, Greenville, North Carolina, p. 28.  She was a daughter of Riley Barnhill and Lucretia Moore.  Martha (Barnhill) Fleming was born 1824; died on January 23, 1887 in Pitt County, North Carolina.

Obituary of Martha Nurtia Barnhill

The Eastern Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, January 26, 1887:

“We learn that the wife of Mr. Ivy Fleming, who lives a few miles from Greenville, died on Sunday evening.”

Obituary of Ivey Fleming

The Eastern Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, November 12, 1890:

Mr. Ivy Fleming died at his home near Greenville Saturday night, Nov. 2nd, in his 77th year, of apoplexy.  Since an attack three years ago his family has detected a gradual but decided failing of the vital forces which somewhat prepared them for the sad parting.  For the last 32 years of his life he was a faithful, consistent and leading member of the Primitive Baptist Church at Great Swamp, attending its meetings regularly and taking a prominent part in all its deliberations.  A large family of representative men and women survive him and will be a perpetual and lasting monument to his purity of life and Christian character.  His host of friends and acquaintances will greatly miss his genial continence and will long cherish his memory.

The following excerpt, from The Eastern Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Wednesday, June 12, 1889, refers to the death of one of Ivey’s daughters:

“On Thursday of last week the sad news came into town that one of the twin children of Mr. Joseph Fleming, whose residence is about seven miles from here, had died that day.  It was Henry that died, and the bright little fellow will be greatly missed from the household.

Late Saturday afternoon the still more distressing news was in from the Great Swamp section that the wife of that worthy man, Mr. W. J. Briley, had passed over the river.  She had been sick but a few days.  Her death was doubly sad, as the husband not only loses a devoted wife, but several small children –– the youngest an infant only a few weeks –– thus lose the tender care of a loving mother.  ’Tis indeed a severe affliction.  Mrs. Briley was a daughter of Ivey Fleming (perhaps Alice, #B55 below? – JTF) and a sister of Mrs. J. J. Nobles and Messrs. Leonidas, William J. and Heber Fleming.”

Issue:
Of Ivey Fleming and Talitha Ann Albritton

B50–––i.–––Peter⁵ Fleming was born in 1842.  Appears in the 1850 federal census of Pitt County, North Carolina, age 8.

B51–––ii.–––Elizabeth Rebecca Fleming, of whom below, born October 4, 1843 in Pitt County, North Carolina; died October 22, 1928 in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.

B52–––iii.–––Leonidas Fleming, of whom below, born June 19, 1845 in Pitt County, North Carolina; died June 3, 1909 in Greenville, North Carolina.

B53–––iv.–––William Jesse Fleming, of whom below, born on November 18, 1847; died on February 17, 1924.

B54–––v.–––Lucinda Fleming, of whom below, born on January 3, 1850 in Pitt County, North Carolina; died on August 30, 1924.

Issue:
Of Ivey Fleming and Martha Nurtia Barnhill

B55–––i.–––Alice⁵ Fleming was born about 1860.  She was possibly the wife of William Jonah Briley, son of Elihu Briley.  See Margo McCaul’s web site, “Briley and Allied Families” at http://elu_ancs.tripod.com/.   James Shivers, at his web site, “Shivers Family Legends” at http://www.xtremechat.org/ states that they were married on November 7, 1873 in Pitt County, North Carolina.

B56–––ii.–––Ivey Fleming, Jr. was born in 1862.

B57–––iii.–––Huldah Fleming, of whom below, born 1864.

B58–––iv.–––Timothy Heber Fleming, of whom below, born November 12, 1866; died July 5, 1907 in Quinerly, Pitt County, North Carolina.

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