On 5 June 1860, Wyatt Lynch married Nicey Hall in Wilson County.

In the 1860 census of Saratoga township, Wilson County: plasterer and brickmason Wyatt Lynch, 30, wife Caroline, 23, and daughter Frances, 3.

As revealed in this letter, while he was away at war, Captain Ruffin Barnes arranged with Wyatt Lynch for Lynch’s wife to live with Barnes’ wife and perform household chores. Nicey Caroline Lynch butted heads with Barnes’ wife, however, and Barnes advised that she be sent back home. Despite all, Barnes seemed anxious not to antagonize Lynch, as he emphasized that he would still supply Nicey Lynch with food supplies as promised.

In the 1870 census of Wilson township, Wilson County: brick maker Wyatt Lynch, 48, wife Nicey, 35, and children Harriet, 4, and John, 1.

In the 1880 census of Wilson township, Wilson County: on the south side of the Plank Road, widow Nicy Lynch, 40, children Harriot, 13, John, 11, Noah, 9, Sammy, 7, and Mary Wyatt, 3, with mother-in-law Nancy Lynch, 98.

On 24 January 1899, Hattie Lynch, 33, of Wilson County, daughter of Wyatt and Nicy Lynch, married William Young, 46, of Wilson County, son of Manuel and Caroline Young of Mississippi. Primitive Baptist minister J.S. Woodard performed the ceremony.

In the 1900 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on Stantonsburg Road, widowed farmer Nicey Lynch, 60, daughters Harriet Young, 35, and Mary Rhodes, 23, and grandson John Rhodes, 2.

On 7 May 1905, Hattie Lynch, 39, daughter of John and Nicy Lynch, married Robert Dixon, 33, son of William and Charlotte Dixon, in Wilson County. Witnesses were D.F. Scott, Mary Rhoads, and Charley Edward.

In the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on Stantonsburg Road, farmer Robert Dickson, 37, wife Hattie, 46, mother-in-law Nicie Lynch, and nephew Johnnie Rhodes, 12.

In the 1920 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on Stantonsburg Road, farmer Reuben Ellis, 45, wife Mary, 42, and stepson John Hardy Rhoades, 21. Next door: farmer Robert Dixon, 52, and wife Hattie, 48.

In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on Stantonsburg Road, farmer Richard Dickson, 37, wife Hattie, 46, mother-in-law Nicie Lynch, and nephew Johnnie Rhodes, 12.

In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on Stantonsburg Road, farmer Ruben Ellis, 60, wife Mary, 62, and grandchildren James R., 17, and Charlie Rhodes, 15, and Cora Bell Ellis, 11. Next door: farmer Robert Dixon, 73, and wife Hattie, 73.

Apparently, Wyatt Lynch’s estate was divided and distributed only after Nicey Lynch’s death. Though the commissioners’ report refers to a map, none in fact is appended to the report in the Record of Land Divisions volume. It is possible, though, to locate very roughly Wyatt’s land by the references to Hominy Swamp in the report and Stantonsburg Road in census records.

The encircled area is the approximate location of Lynch’s land, about 3 miles southeast of downtown Wilson, between Hominy Swamp and Old Stantonsburg Road.

Mary Wyatt Ellis died 10 October 1943 in Wilson township, Wilson County. Per her death certificate, she was born 16 May 1876 in Wilson County to Wyatt Linch and Nicie L.; was married to Rubin Ellis; and was buried in a cemetery on the Lynch farm.

Harriet Hattie Dixon died 16 January 1958 in Wilson, Wilson County. Per her death certificate, she was a widow; was born 27 June 1865 in Wilson County to Wyatt Lynch and Nicie [last name unknown]; and had worked as farmer. Informant was Mrs. Hattie Anderson.

Hattie Dixon had executed a will on 1 December 1952, and it was filed in Wilson County Superior Court exactly one week after her death. She left 29 acres of land “about three miles southeasterly from the City of Wilson on the old Stantonsburg Road,” her mules and various tools and farm equipment to her great-niece Hattie Rhoades Anderson, and divided the rest of her estate among Anderson and Anderson’s siblings Carrie Dunham, James Rhoades and Charlie Rhoades. (They were the grandchildren of Hattie’s sister Mary Lynch Rhodes Ellis.) The land was comprised of acreage Hattie inherited from her father Wyatt Lynch, as well as from her late husband Robert Dixon.

Record of Land Divisions, volume 78, page 215, Wilson County Register of Deeds Office, Wilson; map courtesy of Google Maps; North Carolina Wills and Estates, 1665-1998 [database on-line], http://www.ancestry.com.