Asa John Locus (1895-1974), son of Asa and Annie Eatmon Locus.

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In the 1900 census of Taylors township, Wilson County: farmer Asa Locus, 27, wife Anna, 22, and children Larry, 5, Johney, 4, and Kniver, 1.

In the 1910 census of Taylors township, Wilson County: on Nash Road, farmer Acy Locust, 40, wife Annie, 33, and children Larry, 15, John, 13, Eva, 11, James, 8, Ada, 6, and Paul, 3, and mother-in-law Wilmur Eatman, 68.

On 1 September 1917, John Lucas, 21, of Nash County, son of Asa and Annie Lucas of Taylors township, married Susie Stamper, 18, of Oldfields township, daughter of John and Ella Stamper, at the courthouse in Wilson. Gray Ellis applied for the license.

In the 1920 census of Griffins township, Nash County: farmer John Lucas, 24; wife Suddie, 20; and children Paul, 2, and Queenaster, 10 months.

In the 1950 census of Jackson township, Nash County: farmer John Lucas, 57; wife Sudie, 50; hired hand James Morgan, 44, farmhand; and mother Annie Lucas, 74.

John Lucas died 21 December 1974 in Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born 15 March 1899 to Ace Lucas and Annie Eatmon; was married to Suddie Stample; lived at 401 East Banks; and was engaged in farming.

Photo courtesy of Europe A. Farmer, Free in a Slave Society: The Lucas/Locus Family of Virginia and North Carolina (2006).