Month: December 2023

The Dardens buy another lot on Pender Street.

Deed book 290, page 585, Wilson County Register of Deeds Office, Wilson.

Herman Ernest Dannenberg of Baltimore, Maryland, died suddenly during a 1928 visit to Wilson, where he and his family had briefly lived. On 20 March 1941, the trustees of his estate sold to Camillus L. and Norma Duncan Darden a lot on Pender Street for the nominal sum of ten dollars. 

Vick and Cheatham certified as convention delegates.

In May 1904, Rocky Mount postmaster George W. Robbins and John D. Grimsley certified former United States Congressman Henry P. Cheatham and Samuel H. Vick as delegates to the National Republic Convention in Chicago. Cheatham and Vick represented North Carolina’s Second Congressional District.

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December services at Baker Chapel.

Wilson Daily Times, 28 December 1948.

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  • Baker Chapel — Baker Chapel, on East Vance Street, seems to have been in existence from about 1947 to about 1951.
  • Addie Sutton — Addie Mae Sutton died 17 April 1950 at her home at 901 Mercer Street, Wilson. Per her death certificate, she was born 19 February 1904 in Wayne County to Prince Barnes and Josephine Bowden; was married to George Sutton; and worked as a laundress. She was buried in Agusta Cemetery, Wayne County.
  • Rev. W.E. Willoughby — Rev. Willie E. Willoughby died 3 September 1874 in Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born 6 September 1897 to Stanley Willoughby and Nellie Fisher; was a widower; was a minister; and lived at 112 South Reid Street. Mrs. A.F. Morgan, 1302 Washington Street, was informant.

County schools, no. 18: Yelverton School, no. 2.

Yelverton School is gone.

One of only three official Rosenwald Schools still more-or-less standing in Wilson County, it was recently demolished. 

I understand the building was in bad shape, but wish its owner had reached out beforehand to discuss features from its historic interior that might have been salvaged.

Photo by Lisa Y. Henderson, December 2023.

601 East Green Street.

The one hundred eighty-eighth in a series of posts highlighting buildings in East Wilson Historic District, a national historic district located in Wilson, North Carolina. As originally approved, the district encompasses 858 contributing buildings and two contributing structures in a historically African-American section of Wilson. (A significant number have since been lost.) The district was developed between about 1890 to 1940 and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Bungalow/American Craftsman, and Shotgun-style architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

The house at 601 East Green Street was demolished circa 2000.

As described in the nomination form for the East Wilson Historic District: “ca. 1950; 1 1/2 story; stone-veneered cottage with Neo-Colonial motifs.”

In 1946, William and Ethel Cornwell Hines deeded the lot at 601 East Green Street to their son, Dr. William C. Hines, and his wife Nan Delaney Hines.

Wilson Daily Times, 4 May 1946. 

In the 1947 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Hines Wm C (c; M Delane [N Delaney]) physician 534 E Nash h 601 E Green. This entry indicates the Hineses built their house shortly after getting the lot.

In the 1950 census of Wilson, N.C., city directory: at 601 East Green, William C. Hines, 32, general practitioner of medicine; wife Nan D., 28, manager of retail music shop; and son William D., 5.

Photo by Lisa Y. Henderson, December 2023.

The estate of Gaston High (1863).

When Stephen Privett inventoried Gaston High’s estate in 1863, he listed “3 negroes namly Jinsey aged 28 32 years Joseph aged 11 Adaline aged 6 years.”

I don’t know for certain that Jinsey was the mother of Joseph and Adaline, but it’s more likely than not and, even if not, she was surely their surrogate mother.

Nonetheless, on 4 September 1863, Privett sold Jinsey and hired out the two children for $1200.

I have not been able to trace Jinsey, Joseph, or Adaline forward.

Gaston High Estate File, Wilson County; North Carolina Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, http://www.ancestry.com.

The Edwardses sell a church lot on Suggs Street.

Deed book 290, page 595, Wilson County Register of Deeds Office, Wilson.

In November 1944, Calvin S. and Lizzie Edwards sold to Bishop A. Simmons, Elder A.L. McLean, and Deacon Isaac Israel, trustees of the Church of God in Christ Jesus New Deal Incorporated, a forty by one hundred ten foot lot on Suggs Street.

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  • Calvin S. and Lizzie Edwards — in the 1941 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Edwards Calvin S (c; Lizzie) carp h 1105 Carolina
  • Bishop A. Simmons
  • Elder A.L. McLean — in the 1941 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: McLean Alex (c: Flower; 1) filling sta 1421 E Nash h do 
  • Deacon Isaac Israel — in the 1941 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Israel Isaac (c; Vivian; 6) soft drinks 500 E Nash h 510 New Bern

The sale of Rhody and Amos.

25th November 1833 _

Rec’d of Judieth Daniel Three hundred Dollars _ in full payment for Two negros (to wit) Rhody & Amos _ to which payment & truly is now paid by the Said Judieth Daniel to the under sinrder[?] James A. Barnes do warrant and for ever defend the right tittle & of said negros to the sd. Judith Daniel her heirs &c. In witness whereoff I have set my hand & Seal the day & date above mentioned James A. Barnes    Test Bryan Barnes

Edgecombe County    November Court 1833 _ The foregoing Bill of Sale was exhibited in open Court and acknowledged by James A. Barnes the Grantor _ ordered to be recorded. Test  Mich’l Hearn C.C.

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In November 1833, Judith Bryant Daniel purchased two enslaved people, Rhoda and Amos, from James A. Barnes for $300. Interestingly — coincidentally? — Barnes’ 1848 will includes a Rhoda and an Amos.

Deed book 22, page 13, Edgecombe County Register of Deeds Office, Tarboro, North Carolina.