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North Carolina Census
Records
1850 Chatham
County
see:
1850 Census at usgenweb
Census_Year 1850
Microfilm # 432-624
State NC
County Chatham
I think at least some of these entries that say “Pennsylvania” are errors
See: usgenweb corrections
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/chatham/census/1850/pg0451a.txt
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PAGE#
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LINE#
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LAST_NAME
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FIRST_NAME
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AGE
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BIRTH-PLACE
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FILE_NAME
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436a
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36
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Poe
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Ailsey
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40
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pg0430b.txt
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458b
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42
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Poe
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Alfred
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12
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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454a
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13
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Poe
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Alice
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12-May
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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452b
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28
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Poe
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Alvin
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24
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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436a
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37
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Poe
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Alvis
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17
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pg0430b.txt
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436a
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42
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Poe
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Ann E.
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6
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pg0430b.txt
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454a
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9
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Poe
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Ann W.
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54
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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462b
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25
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Poe
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Anna
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47
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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463b
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3
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Poe
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Antoinet
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19
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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463b
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15
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Poe
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Arrena
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18
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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463b
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17
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Poe
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Benjamin
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12
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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396b
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35
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Poe
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Beverly
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48
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North Carolina
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pg0394a.txt
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453a
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11
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Poe
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Caroline
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12
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Pennsylvania
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pg0451a.txt
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453a
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13
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Poe
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Caroline
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6
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Pennsylvania
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pg0451a.txt
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459a
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2
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Poe
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Cary
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5
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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384a
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42
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Poe
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Chaney A. A.
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3
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North Carolina
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pg0383b.txt
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458b
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41
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Poe
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Charles
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15
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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462b
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28
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Poe
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Charly B.
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19
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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396b
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39
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Poe
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David W.
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16
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North Carolina
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pg0394a.txt
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396b
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36
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Poe
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Delany
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40
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North Carolina
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pg0394a.txt
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462b
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27
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Poe
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Edmond
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23
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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463b
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9
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Poe
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Elisha E.
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63
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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459a
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5
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Poe
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Elizabeth
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42
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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461a
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39
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Poe
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Elizabeth
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17
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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463b
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12
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Poe
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Elizabeth
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24
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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436b
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2
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Poe
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Elizabeth A.
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12-Feb
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pg0430b.txt
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459a
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9
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Poe
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Emily
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9
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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453a
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12
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Poe
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Emma
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8
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Pennsylvania
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pg0451a.txt
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397a
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24
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Poe
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Frances
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4
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North Carolina
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pg0394a.txt |
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458b
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39
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Poe
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Francis
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38
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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384a
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41
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Poe
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Frederick
L. H.
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6
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North Carolina
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pg0383b.txt
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453a
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15
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Poe
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George
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3
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Pennsylvania
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pg0451a.txt
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463b
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24
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Poe
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George
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2
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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396b
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38
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Poe
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George
B.
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18
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North Carolina
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pg0394a.txt
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454a
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8
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Poe
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Hasten
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68
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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459a
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4
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Poe
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Hasten
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43
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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445a
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17
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Poe
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Henry
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4
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N.C.
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pg0440a.txt
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445a
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13
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Poe
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Jackson
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32
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N.C.
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pg0440a.txt
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397a
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21
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Poe
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James
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14
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North Carolina
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pg0394a.txt
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396b
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40
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Poe
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James
W.
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14
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North Carolina
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pg0394a.txt
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397a
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4
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Poe
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Jesse
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80
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Virginia
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pg0394a.txt
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397a
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19
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Poe
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Jesse
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47
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North Carolina
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pg0394a.txt
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461a
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38
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Poe
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John
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20
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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454a
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10
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Poe
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John
C.
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27
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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436a
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41
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Poe
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John
Q.
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8
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pg0430b.txt
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463b
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1
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Poe
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Josep
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21
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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463b
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16
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Poe
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Joseph
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17
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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436a
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35
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Poe
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Joseph
J.
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42
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(constable)
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pg0430b.txt
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397a
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1
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Poe
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Joseph
W.
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1
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North Carolina
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pg0394a.txt
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463b
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25
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Poe
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Josiah
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12-Jun
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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384a
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40
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Poe
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Kiddy
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31
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North Carolina
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pg0383b.txt
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463a
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41
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Poe
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Leathy
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27
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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397a
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22
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Poe
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Logan
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12
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North Carolina
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pg0394a.txt
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445a
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16
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Poe
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Louisa
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7
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N.C.
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pg0440a.txt
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462b
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29
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Poe
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Lucy
A.
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14
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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436b
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1
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Poe
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Lucy
D.
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3
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pg0430b.txt
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459a
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10
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Poe
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Mahala
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6
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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396b
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37
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Poe
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Mahala
J.
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21
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North Carolina
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pg0394a.txt
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454a
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12
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Poe
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Margaret
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18
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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459a
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6
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Poe
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Margaret
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17
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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436a
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38
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Poe
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Margaret
S.
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14
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pg0430b.txt
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463b
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23
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Poe
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Mariah
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25
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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445a
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19
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Poe
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Martha
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35
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N.C.
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pg0440a.txt
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459a
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1
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Poe
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Martha
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10
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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436a
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39
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Poe
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Martha
A.
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12
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pg0430b.txt
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453a
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10
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Poe
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Mary
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41
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Pennsylvania
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pg0451a.txt
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453a
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14
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Poe
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Mary
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4
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Pennsylvania
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pg0451a.txt
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461a
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36
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Poe
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Mary
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46
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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461a
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40
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Poe
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Mary
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15
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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397a
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25
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Poe
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Mary
A.
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12-Sep
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North Carolina
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pg0394a.txt
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463b
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14
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Poe
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Mary
A.
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20
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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396b
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41
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Poe
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Mary
L.
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11
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North Carolina
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pg0394a.txt
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463a
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40
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Poe
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Milly
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29
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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445a
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14
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Poe
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Nancy
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38
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N.C.
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pg0440a.txt
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463b
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2
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Poe
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Nancy
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20
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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459a
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11
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Poe
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Oran
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1
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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454a
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11
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Poe
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Oran S.
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22
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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371b
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34
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Poe
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Rachel
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29
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North Carolina
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pg0362b.txt
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397a
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20
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Poe
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Rachel
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44
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North Carolina
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pg0394a.txt
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462b
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24
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Poe
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Ransom
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53
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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371b
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33
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Poe
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Richard
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23
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North Carolina
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pg0362b.txt
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397a
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23
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Poe
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Robert
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9
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North Carolina
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pg0394a.txt
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396b
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42
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Poe
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Robert
H.
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7
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North Carolina
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pg0394a.txt
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459a
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8
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Poe
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Robt.
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14
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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462b
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30
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Poe
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Roseanna
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12
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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463b
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11
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Poe
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Ruben
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30
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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353b
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37
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Poe
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Ruffin
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28
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North Carolina
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pg0352a.txt
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463a
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42
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Poe
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Ruffin
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26
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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461a
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42
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Poe
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Sally
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10
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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463a
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39
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Poe
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Sarah
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64
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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463b
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10
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Poe
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Sarah
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55
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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463b
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13
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Poe
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Sarah
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28
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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384a
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39
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Poe
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Sidney
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27
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North Carolina
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pg0383b.txt
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463b
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22
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Poe
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Stanford
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36
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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461a
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35
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Poe
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Terry
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60
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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461a
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41
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Poe
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Terry
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13
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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459a
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7
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Poe
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Thomas
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16
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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461a
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37
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Poe
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Thomas
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25
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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458b
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40
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Poe
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Wesley |
18
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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445a
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18
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Poe
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William
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30
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N.C.
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pg0440a.txt
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459a
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3
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Poe
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William
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12-Sep
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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462b
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26
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Poe
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William
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30
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N.C.
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pg0461b.txt
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458b
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38
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Poe
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Willis
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39
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N.C.
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pg0451a.txt
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436a |
40
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Poe
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Wm. B.
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10
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pg0430b.txt
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Henry M.
Goodwin
Dated 20
February 1850
friend Philip R. Alston to hav in
trust for sole use of my sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Nettles-----
Signed: H.
M. Goodwin
TEST: Oran S. Poe
W. Stedman
(Steadman in book)
----
CHATHAM COUNTY NC MARRIAGES 1772-1868
John Straughan &
Mary H. Fooshee,
12 September 1852; Elijah F. Lambert, bm.
----
Joseph
Hackney
Dated: 27
June 1853
Proven
November Session 1853
Wife:
Sally Hackney
daughter:
Elizabeth
Poe (must be the "Betsey"
Hackney who married Hasten Poe 1809 - 1889, since a Hasten Poeis mentioned here)
tract of land whereon I now live beginning at the
Pittsboro road running South to line fence between George Moore and Hasten Poe
to Robinson
Creek up East Creek to Jno. Farrell line then up Farrels
line to the same Pittsboro road ----
Louisa
Moon or Moore (probably Moore)
family Bible ---
to grandson Robert D. Hackney - and that his Uncle James Bland
be appointed guardian
remainder to be
divided between Frances Poe and Martha Hatch at my wife's death
to Willis Poe -- piece
of land
Exrs: trusty friends, Willis Poe, Hasten Poe, George P.
Moore, and William Hatch
TEST:
(sorry, cut off on photocopy)
A paper
purporting to be the last will and testament of Jesse
Poe dec'd
and which is in words and form following:
(book spells Jordan's
last name Tyson. Other sources state the name as Tysor,
which I use in this quotation)
son James
daughter Lucy Tysor and her husband
Jordan Tysor
son-in-law Franklin Hatch
Jesse (X)
Poe -- his mark
28 August
1850
Exors: sons, Jesse, Joseph, Hasten and William
Wit:
Robert E.
Rives
Jesse
Jackson
Thomas
Farrar
Will was impounded
and it was ordered that a citation to appear be issued to Gilbert Poe, Franklin Hatch and wife, Jane and
Eliza Johnson, Rhoderick McIver and wife,
Mariah, George Burns and wife, Elizabeth, Edward Tysor,
Joseph Clark and wife Elizabeth Jordan Tysor, Jr John McCoy and wife, Emily heirs at law or next of kin
of Jesse Poe who reside within the limits of the state to appear at next term
and make themselves parties to said issue and if they think proper and it
appearing to the court that the heirs of James
Poe and Jasper ? Johnson heirs at law of Jesse Poe who reside
beyond limits of state it is ordered
publication be made in the Raleigh Register then and there to make themselves
parties to the said issue if they think proper.
From
the site of C. Clarence Poe, descendant of Jesse Poe Sr.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/o/e/Clarence-D-Poe-jr/GENE1-0001.html?Welcome=1076872713
2. JESSE2
POE (LUCY1 [--?--]) was born Abt. 1768 in Culpeper County, Virginia,
and died 1858 in Gulf, Chatham County, North Carolina1.
He married CHARITY PATTERSON 1791 in Gulf, Chatham County, North Carolina,
daughter of GILBERT PATTERSON. She was born Abt. 1768 in Chatham County,
North Carolina, and died June 07, 1848 in Chatham County, North
Carolina.
Notes for
JESSE POE:
Will of Jesse Poe, Sr.
Recorded
at February Term, 1860, of the Chatham
County, North Carolina, Court, Book D., Page 58
Xerographic
copy of Original Will made by North Carolina State Archives, April 17, 2001
Transcribed by C. Dwight Poe, Jr., April 28, 2001, with light
editing--in no way affecting meaning--to improve readability.
I Jesse Poe sen.
of the County of Chatham and State of North Carolina being of sound mind and
memory, but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence, do make and
declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is
to say, first, that my executors (hereinafter named) shall provide for my body
a decent burial, and pay all funeral expenses together with all my just debts
howsoever and to whomsoever oweing out of the moneys
that may first come into their hands as a part or parcel of my estate.
Item -- I
give and bequeath to my son James or the heirs of his body One hundred Dollars
to be paid by my executors within two years from the time of my death out of
any moneys belonging to my estate.
Item -- I
give and bequeath to my daughter Lucy Tyser and her
husband Jordan Tyser One Dollar each to be paid by my
executors within two years from the time of my death.
Item -- I
give and bequeath to my son-in-law Franklin Hatch One Dollar to be paid by my
executors within two years from to time of my death.
Item -- I
give and devise to my son Beverly for his use & benefit during his natural
life a tract of land containing Fifty acres to be laid out by metes &
bounds so as to include his house & outhouses & other improvements, and
after his death to go to the heirs of his body; this land is valued at One
hundred Dollars & to come out of his share as expressed hereinafter.
Item -- My
will and desire is that all the residue of my estate, if any, after taking out
the devises and legacies above mentioned shall be equally divided Share and
share alike between my sons Gilbert, Jesse, Joseph, Willis, Hasten and Beverly
& my daughter Jane Hatch to them and each and every of them their
executors, administrators, and assigns absolutely forever; excepting as to my
son Beverly & daughter Jane Hatch; One hundred Dollars in consideration of
the land to be taken out of my son Beverly's share; and I leave my son
Beverly's portion in trust to my executors hereinafter named for his use &
benefit during his natural life & after his death to go to his children --
and my daughter Jane Hatch's portion I leave in trust to my executors for her
use and benefit during her natural life and should she die without issue then
the property I leave her is to revert back to her brothers, my sons;
And lastly
I do hereby constitute and appoint my beloved sons; Jesse, Joseph, Hasten,
& Willis Poe; my lawful executors to all intents and purposes to execute
this my last will and testament, according to the true intent and meaning of
the same and every part and clause thereof hereby revoking and declaring
utterly void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this the 28th
day of August A.D. 1850.
Jesse +
Poe (Seal)
(signed with a mark)
signed sealed published & declared
in presence of us, in his
presence & in the presence of
each other
Robt E. Rives
Isaac
Jackson
Thomas Farish
More About JESSE POE:
Burial: Poe Family Cemetery, Gulf, North Carolina1
Probate:
February 1859, Will submitted to the Chatham County Court, challenge announced.
Will Made:
August 28, 1850
More About CHARITY PATTERSON:
Burial: Poe Family Cemetery, Gulf, North Carolina1
Children
of JESSE POE and CHARITY PATTERSON are:
3. i. LUCY3 POE, b. March 22,
1792, Chatham County, North Carolina; d. 1853.
4. ii. GILBERT POE, b. Abt. 1795, North Carolina; d.
Unknown.
iii. JAMES POE, b. Bef.
1800, North Carolina2; d. Unknown.
5. iv. BEVERLEY POE, b. Abt. 1800, North Carolina; d. Bef. 1880.
6. v. JESSE POE, JR.,
b. March 1806; d. February 14, 1896.
vi.
JANE POE, b. Abt. 1808, North Carolina3,4; d.
1874; m. FRANKLIN HATCH, December 1842, Chatham County, North Carolina5; b. Abt. 1820, North Carolina6; d. Unknown.
7. vii. HASTEN POE, b.
June 26, 1809, North Carolina;
d. 1894.
8. viii. JOSEPH MARLEY
POE, b. June 26, 1809, North Carolina;
d. March 22, 1868.
9. ix. WILLIS POE, b. November 12, 1811; d. April 1887, Haw
River.
The
Family & Descendants of Lewis Tysor & Susanna
Harris: Their Kin & Events of Interest
Ray Jordan Tysor, W.
Harold Broughton and Mrs. T. A. Atwater.
Copyright 1972.
page 5. (No evidence is given for these claims, therefore little
weight should be given them barring documentary evidence)
Chatham County
Records
Lewis Tysor is shown buying land in Chatham County
in 1792. No land grant for military service has been found. No further mention
of Charles Tysor has been found in that name, but it
is considered likely that Augustine Tysor found in Chatham County records as the husband of Lucy
Dowdy and heir of Thomas Dowdy may well have been he; perhaps his name was
Charles Augustine Tysor. The records show that
Augustine and Lucy went from Chatham County, North Carolina and settled in Hamilton County, Ohio.
Chatham County records show that Thomas Dowdy
had married the widowed mother of Jesse Poe, Sr.
probably as 2nd wife. She is believed to have been the 2nd wife of William Poe
of Culpeper County, VA*; that her name was Lucy; and that she
was the mother of Lucy Dowdy. Lucy Ann Poe, daughter of Jesse Poe, Sr was the wife of Jordan Tysor,
Sr. son of Lewis Tysor. One report,
without proof, state that Thomas Tysor went to Arkansas - no further
record.
P. 6
Jordan Tysor, Sr. & Lucy Ann Poe; buried their cemetery, near
their home -- appr. 1 mile westward
from the Stanford Sharpe home & appr. 1 mile northward from the home of Henry L. Oldham - site now in his
pasture.
p. 42
Jordan Tysor, Sr. b. 5/1/1797 Chatham County
d. 1/29/1895 Chatham
County
son of Lewis
Tysor & Susanna Harris
m. probably in Chatham
County
Lucy
Ann Poe b.
5/22/1792 Chatham County
d. 8/13/1853 Chatham
County
daughter of Jesse Poe, Sr. & Charity Patterson
page 43. (NOTE: the author provides
no sources for the following assertions - at this point,
it is not possible to ascertain their validity)
The Poe
Family:
Samuel Poe
(wife Mary) from
England to Essex County, Va.
where he died in 1725. His family spread into nearby Caroline & Culpeper
Counties. Simon Poe with members of his family from Caroline County to Chatham County
well before the Rev. War. A short time later, Jesse Poe, his half-brother Benjamin Poe, &
Jesse's mother went from Culpeper County , VA to Chatham County.*** Benjamin
went west; Lucy the mother of Jesse m. Thomas Dowdy. Jesse m
Charity Patterson, dau. of
Gilbert Patterson and wife Celia ? There home was on the old Gulf-Cumnock Rd.,
along George's Creek deep in the woods in front of the present home of Henry L.
Oldham. Their. dau.
Lucy Ann Poe was the wife of Jordan Tysor, Sr. The Poe cemetery is near the old Poe homes, in good
condition. Other smaller Poe cemeteries dot this section of the county. Dr.
Clarence C. Poe descends from Jesse Poe, & perhaps
through maternal lines also from Simon Poe.
Newspaper
article from July 1930
“Poe
Reunion Recalls Famous Man: Gathering at Pittsboro This year Outstanding for
Heroic Tales about Jesse, Who Left Virginia to
Come to Chatham County in Revolutionary Days” by
Myrtle Ellen LaBarr
Excerpts from photocopy provided by Sally Cielik. (My comments in
parentheses italics)
In
the closing days of the Revolutionary War, a 12-year-old lad rode horseback
behind his mother as they blazed their trail from Culpeper county, Virginia, to
establish a new home in the wilderness that had been known as Chatham county only
10 years. On the Glorious Fourth of July of this good year, several hundred
(sic) of the descendants of that boy, whose name was Jesse Poe, gathered at Pleasant Hill Baptist church, five
miles east of Pittsboro, for their annual reunion
… Rev. W.
D. Poe, pastor of the Baptist church at Oxford,
made the historical address. Dr. Clarence Poe of Raleigh, editor of The
Progressive Farmer, was master of ceremonies.
… A prize
of five dollars in gold would be given for the best collections of family
relics, papers or documents.
…. Dr. Poe
has devoted careful research for many years to tracing the record of his
family, which numbers, among its relatives
the Edgar Allen (sic) Poe of literary fame (almost surely not).
…
Lord James Bryce, British ambassador to the United
States, told Dr. Poe in 1909 that the Poes
were an English family that went to Ireland, where they owned rather
considerable landed estates, probably after Cromwell’s conquest of the Irish.
In England and Ireland,
according to Lord Bryce, the name is pronounced Po-e. This was confirmed by the
Raleigh editor two years later when he met an
English lady in India who
insisted on calling him Mr. Po-e because of the common pronunciation of the
name in England.
the pronunciation of the name is referred to by Sir Edmund Bewley in his 1905 book in the history of the Poe family –
county clerk spellings around Virginia belie the comments here, as they
attempted to spell the name Po, Pau, Pew, Pow, etc.
almost anything but po-ee. It is curious too that the
writer of this newspaper article assumes that her readers know how the name is
pronounced, and that it is not locally Po-e).
…
That the family has always been strictly Protestant is taken by Dr. Poe as furtehr (sic) indication of its English origin. He
considers it pretty certain that the family intermarried with the Irish during
the century or two that elapsed between the emigration from England to Ireland
and the emigration of Poe descendants from Ireland
to America.
Whether it was the Jesse Poe who settled in Chatham county or his father who
came to America, tradition does not seem to be clear (if Jesse Poe and his
mother truly came from Culpeper County, Virginia prior to the Revolutionary
War, there are several candidates to be his father, all of whom derived from
Essex/Caroline County, Virginia starting with Samuel Poe who was there by 1704
and Robert Poe who died in 1722 as well as Katherine Poe who was active by
1722. Jesse Poe likely was a second or third generation Virginian).
…
Poe thinks it almost a certainly that Charity Patterson, whom Jesse Poe married
about 1791, was of English stock.
…
Three of Jesse Poe’s sons married Hackneys, who were also English. Their family coming from Hemel Hempstead,
an ancient and beautiful English town 25 miles northwest of London. The Hackney record being with
the marriage of Joseph Hackney of Hemel Hempstead,
County Hertford, England, on December 17, 1675 – 255 years ago. Later they came
to America.
Joseph Hackney had a son Joseph who had a son John, born November 23, 1744.
John was repudiated by his brethren of the family faith, the Quakers, for
marrying outside of the Quaker circle. Dr. Poe cites three entries in the
quaint records of the Hopewll monthly meeting:
6-4-1770
– John Hackney is complained of for marrying out.
7-2-1770
– He is disowned, John Berry to read the testimony in meeting and also to send
a copy to the place where he is living.
8-6-1770
– The testimony read and recorded. He had gone to Carolina without the approbation of his
friends and their married his 1st cousin by a priest or some such
way.
…
Quaker settlements in North Carolina, notably
around Cane Creek, in Alamance county, and at Winston-Salem.
…
“I believe two-thirds of the living descendants of the original Jesse Poe are
descended also from the Hackneys through his three sons who married Hackneys.
And there are a good many of these Poes and their
offspring. On of the first Jesse Poe’s grandson, Tom, son of Hasten Poe and
Bets7y Hackney, who married in 1853 – had 16 children. Up toe the 1927 reunion,
there had been reported 99 grandchildren, 87 great-grandchildren, and five
great-great-grandchildren – 192 descendants in a 74 year period ( as a side
note, the newspaper reports of the death of Simon Poe, Sr. make mention of the
great number of living descendants – 184 as I recall).
…
Dr. Poe tells an interesting story about the final illness of an old uncle by
marriage, Daniel W. Riddel, who formerly lived in
sight of the Poe homestead, five miles from Gulf.
….
“Just how young Jesse Poe passed his youth in
Revolutionary Chatham and in the pioneer life of the years that followed, we do
not know, nor do we know just when his father died, or what was his
relationship to the Poes, also of Culpeper, who
became Revolutionary soldiers in Chatham.
Nor have I yet been able to learn the given name of his father or mother,
though the latter may possibly be available in some tradition of the Dowdy
family. His mother later married a man of that name, by whom this first Jesse
Poe had a half brother Thomas Dowdy, long a leader in May’s chapel church, as
shown by Purefoy’s old History of the Sandy Creek
Baptist association, published about 1858.
“At any rate, the first Jesse Poe
does not appear as having been the head of a household by the 1790 census of Chatham county, though he
was evidently contemplating such an estate at that time. About 1791, and quite
likely on the very hill where the old homestead stands, he married Charity
Patterson daughter of Gilbert Patterson. Gilbert Patterson was probably a
brother of the Mark Patterson who was an outstanding Revolutionary soldier from
Orange county.
Gilbert had a son who went to Henderson county, Tennessee.
The land on which the Poe homestead stands was owned by this Gilbert Patterson,
who had his home there. It was then inherited by this Mark Patterson and by him
sold to Joseph Poe in 1831, the 280 acres selling for the doubt normal price in
those days of $1 per acres. Gilbert Patterson and his wife, whose descendent of
the fifth generation I am, and whose descendents of the seventh and eight
generations are living and were probably represented at the reunion last week,
are buried in the old cemetery on the hilltop beside the homestead. Tradition
says that great-great-grandmother Patterson was from Montgomery county,
and that she had gone by horseback on a visit to relatives there, when her
husband sickened and died just before her return. The census of 1790 lists the
household of Gilbert Patterson as consisting of two males over 16 years of age,
eight under 16, six females, and one slave.
“Of the sons, I know nothing
except what I have just said of Mark, and a tradition
about a son Balaam.”
... [Charity Patterson] was probably
born during the Revolutionary period and died in 1848.
... Jesse Poe is described as
being of medium size, strong, active, clean-shaven, industrious, prudent in his business, kind to his family, and
exceptionally kind to his slaves...
Register of Deeds C. C. Poe, of
Pittsboro, reports finding in the records of his office a grant and two deeds
to Jesse Poe. the land grant is dated November 4, 1801
and for 50 shillings. Benjamin Williams, governor, captain-general, and
commander-in-chief at the new capital at Raleigh,
granted Jesse Poe 107 acres on Deep River. A
deed from Icalca Pattishall
to Jesse Poe transfers 42 acres from Luke Patterson to Jesse Poe.
Mrs. Alice E. Brown, an aged aunt
of Dr. Poe, told him that Jesse Poe sold his land on Cedar creek and that she
believed he invested the proceeds in slaves. A penniless lad when he went to
Chatham county, the papers reporting the settlement of his death show that he
had acquired by his own enterprise, 880 acres of land, 26 slaves, including four listed with their mothers, besides
personal property. His slaves property alone was
valued at $18,020 at the time of his demise, quite a tidy sum for the hill
country of Chatham.
... "The first child, Lucy,
afterwards Mrs. Jordan Tysor, was born March 22, 1792.
As the sons and daughters went out from the old home some of them settled in
the near neighborhood and some joined the gener (cut
off) . . . Beverly each about one mile away while in
between the Joseph Poe tracts and the old James Poe tract was the home of the
daughter, Jane, who had married Franklin Hatch."
Dr. Poe tells us that the vigor,
strong will, and resourcefulness of the first Jesse Poe is shown by his refusal
after his wife's death in 1848, when he was 80 years old, to leave his farm and
slaves or call in any of his married children to live with him. For 11 years longer he carried with his
trusted slave overseer and the visits of his nearby children. He sent for Dr.
Poe's grandfather to administer corporal punishment to a slave on the quite
infrequent occasions when that was necessary. He died February 15, 1859.
... It was by horseback that my
grandfather, Joseph Poe, ant to Georgia,
where he spent a year . . By horseback, too, from Georgia came Rachel
Marsh after a visit there, taking two weeks for the trip - she who was later to
marry the second Jesse Poe.
... The original list of slaves
owned by Jesse Poe at the time of his death sows how human beings were valued
when it was still thought right to regard them as property. One or two of the
younger ones are said to still be living. The list follows:
"Lucinda
and child Isaac, aged 46 years, $533: Tempy, 44
years, $100: Isaac, 40 yers, $666; Nancy and child
John, 36 years, $716. Louisa and child Elias, 29 years, $883; Carolina and
child Martha 23 years, $986; Winney, 22 years, $300;
Boatswain, 20 years, $966; Manuel, 19 years, $1,000; Bob Wilson, 16 years,
$941; Mary, 13 years, $800; Toney, 13 years, $800 Adelina,
10 years, $625; Minerva, 9 years $483; Noah 6 years, $455; Betsey, 10 years,
$591;Hutson, 7 years, $300; Orren, 6 years, $441; Westley, 6 years, $460; Franklin, 4 years, $484; Sam, 4
years, $316; and Harriett, 3 years, $275. Total. $13,920."
... Jesse Poe closed his eventful
career of more years February 15, 1859. the end of an era.
CHATHAM
COUNTY NC MARRIAGES 1772-1868
Oran S. Poe & Francis Rives 25 September
1854 by R. T. Heflin, minister
Thomas T. Phillips & Mrs. Mary Ann Poe, 25 December 1854 W. P.
Taylor, minister
May term
1858
Farley and
Woodside vs. O. S. Poe in favor of Plt. assessed damages to $533 and 20 of sum 460.98 is
principal
Minutes of
the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
May Term
1858-1868
May Term
William Straughn vs. Hasten
Poe, Joseph Poe and Abner Gunter, debt
May term
1859
Present
the worshipful Turner Bynum, James T(?) Reins (Rains? - my question), Elisha H. Straught
(Straughan? my question)
Administration
of Jesse Poe was granted Joseph Poe - bond $50,000 with Willis Poe, Jesse
Poe and Hasten Poe and A. McIntyre
as sureties.
May term
1859
Ordered
that Franklin Hatch be appointed overseer of road from Nathan Vestal to
the Burns Road
and the following hands to work under him:
includes:
W.
Poe
James
Poe
May Term
1858-1868
May term
Ordered James M. Stedman be
appt. overseer of road from fork roads to Even Bridge
and these hands includes Eli Dowdy, Franklin Hatch, George Poe, Warren
Poe
August
term 1859
ordered that sheriff be allowed the following
--- lot 1 to-wit:
Stanford
Poe
William Ward
A. G. Fooshee
Joseph
Willett
Nathan
Vestal
H. G.
Sloane
Bean Bart
November
Term 1859
Hasten
Poe on Jury in the case of Nat Alston vs. Elisa Brown
Jesse
Poe and others vs. Roderick McIver and others case continued
set for Wednesday of February term 1860
State vs. Jackson Poe
debt. Found quilty and fined him $1
and costs
Ordered
that Thomas Poe be appointed overseer
of road from Glasscock's old field and Stinking Creek
and these hands to work under him to-wit:
Joseph Gunter's hands
Abram
Gunter's hands
Robert Evant,
Leroy Code
Amos
Bridges
Robert
Poe
North Carolina
Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
Chatham County
see also see also Marriage Records of Chatham County, North Carolina
1782-1867.
Frances Terry Ingmire. 1984
1866
Robert
Poe Bride: Cornelia Burnes Bond Date: 14 Aug
1866 Record #: 02 007 Bondsman: Joseph Rosser Witness: R. C. Cotton Bond #:
000021161 Marriage Date: 16 Aug 1866 Performed By: J. N. Farrell
1863
Joseph
Poe; bride: Rachel Foushee
Bond Date: 08 Dec 1863 Record #: 02 007 Bondsman: Thomas Henson - Witness:
Robert Lambert Bond #: 000021160
--- John Straughn married Mary. H. Fooshee
12 September 1852
1860
James
Poe: bride: Mildred Gilmore Bond Date: 01 Feb 1860 Record #: 02
007 Bondsman: Logan Poe Made his Mark Witness: R. C. Cotton Bond #: 000021159
Marriage Date: 02 Feb 1860 Performed By: S. Gilmore
1866
Benjamin
F Poe Bride: Sarah Ann Ray Bond Date: 29 Nov 1866 Record #: 02 007 Bondsman: H. P. Straughan
Witness: Wm. F. Foushee Bond #: 000021157 Marriage
Date: 29 Nov 1866 Performed By: H P Straughan
Comment: Widow
1864
Alfred
Poe; Bride: Eliza J Horton Bond Date: 09 Feb 1864 Record #: 02 007 Bondsman: John R. Holt Bond #: 000021156 Comment: No Witness
1866
Gilbert
Poe Bride: Mary A Stone Bond Date: 26 Mar 1866 Record #: 02 007
Bondsman: Jess C. Stone Witness: R. C. Cotten (C Bond
#: 000021158 Marriage Date: 28 Mar 1866 Performed By: James F. Rives, Justice
of the Peace
1849
Eliza
C Poe Groom: Sidney S Hamlet Bond Date: 27 Jul 1849 Record #: 01 015 Bondsman: W. A. Nash Bond #: 000020063
1851
Thomas Poe married
Elizabeth Neal, 12 September 1851; John Poe,
bondsman
1855
Elizabeth
Poe Groom: Nicholas Couch Bond Date: 05 Dec 1855 Record #: 02 002 Bondsman: Virgil J. Couch Witness: M. Q. Ramsy? Bond #: 000020683
1857
Mahalia
Poe Groom: Pleasant Pendergrass Bond Date: 17 Oct 1857 Record
#: 02 007 Bondsman: Joseph Pendergrass Witness: W.
Hanks Bond #: 000021128 Marriage Date: 18 Oct 1857 Performed By: N. Melton,
Justice of the Peace
1866
Martha
A Poe Groom: Thomas Neal Bond Date: 09
Aug 1866 Record #: 02 009 Bondsman: G. A. Thomas Witness: Wm. F. Foushee Bond #:
000021284
1863
Mary
L Poe Groom: John W Petty
Bond Date: 17 Sep 1863 Record #: 02 007 Bondsman: Joseph Rosser Witness: Wm. F.
Foushee Bond #: 000021142
1866
Thena
Poe Groom: Y A Holt Bond Date: 20 Feb 1866 Record #: 02 005
Bondsman: D. A. Mims Witness: R. C. Cotten (C Bond #:
000020908
Marriage
Date: 21 Feb 1867 Performed By: B. H. Woodell, Justice of the Peace Comment: (SIC)
1867
Adelade
Poe Groom: West or Wesley Farrell Bond Date: 03 Feb 1867
Record #: 02 003 Bondsman: F. Farrar Witness: Wm. F. Foushee
Bond #: 000020774 Marriage Date: 04 Feb 1867 Performed By: A
S Lambeth, Justice of the Peace Comment: Colored; Colored
CHATHAM
COUNTY NC MARRIAGES 1772-1868
Basil M. Poe & Amelia A. Dismukes, m 14
Sept 1852 by L. Burnette, minister
Nicholas Covet & Elizabeth Poe 7 December 1855 by R. Webster, J.P.
Joseph T. Poe & Jane Clark, m 30 Nov 1856 by J. D. Brasington, J. P.
Seborne Ferrell & Polly Neal, m 7 Dec 1856 by J.
W. Hatch, j. P.
Martin Browning & Eliza Fooshee, m 4 Apr
1856 by G. E. Brown, minister
R. D. Poe & Delia Johnson 3 April 1859 by John W. Hatch
George W. Poe & Emily M. Gilmore 21 July
1859 by Alexanber Sloan, J. P.
James Poe & Milchiel Gilmore 1 February
1860 by S. Gilmore
J. W. Petty & Mary T. Poe 18 September 1863 by Minter Johnson,
minister
Y. A. Holt & Thena
Poe 21 February 1867 by B. H. Woodell, J. P.
http://www.censusdiggins.com/oakwood2.htm
Pvt. William Poe PHOTO
CO M
15 NC INF
CSA
1820
1893
Grave #14
Also listed in North Carolina Civil War Soldiers
Yadmin Valley
News 8 June 1893
William Poe of Chatham Co. died at the Soldiers Home in Raleigh on Tuesday of last week, about 70
years old. He was a member of the Chatham Rifles, the first Military company raised in that county at the beginning of the late
war.
30 April
1893
N of
another Sensation comes from Chatham,
the home of rabbits and the resort of run-away couples. This time a man named Grant Poe deserted his wife and 5 children and
ran away with the wife of Ely Beall, who left
two children. They have not yet been captured.
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Carolina up to c1800
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