Here’s another reference to an African Methodist Episcopal church in Lucama. This deed, dated 13 December 1917, records the sale of a one-quarter acre lot on Main Street to trustees of an A.M.E. church for $475. The lot was identified as “the lot upon which St. Pauls Church stands.”
The metes and bounds description is slightly different, but this appears to be the same quarter-acre lot the church bought in 1903. I’ll need to research that further. In the meantime, though we now know what happened to the church, I still don’t know exactly where it was.
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- Willis Hines
On 30 January 1901, Willis Hines, 44, of Wilson County, son of Simon and Easter Hines, married Edith Jones, 31, daughter of Noel and Sarah Jones, in Lucama, Wilson County.
In the 1910 census of Lucama, Cross Roads township, Wilson County: on Railroad Street, Willie Hines, 62, brickyard laborer; wife Edith, 46; children Lee H., 7, John H., 6, and Arcadie, 3; and stepdaughters Addie, 18, and Ida Deans, both servants.
Edith Hines died 15 May 1929 in Wilson. Per her death certificate, she was 59 years old; was born in Wilson County to Noah Jones and Sarah Jones; was married to Willis Hines; and lived at 200 Pender Street, Wilson. Sarah Barnes was informant.
In the 1930 census of Lucama, Cross Roads township, Wilson County: farm laborer Willis Hines, 72, widower, and boarder Arnly Adams, 84, widower.
Ida Hines died 16 January 1931 in Wilson. Per her death certificate, she was born 28 March 1901 in Lucama to Will Hines and Sarah Barnes; lived at Route 5, Wilson; worked as a laundress; and was buried in Wilson.
- R.D. Bethea — Roddie Bethea.
In the 1920 census of Cross Roads township, Wilson County: farmer Roddie Bethea, 50; wife Mary R., 45; and children Lillie, 15, James A., 11, Clifton, 9, Vashtie, 6, and Hubert, 22.
- J.L. Wright — Jacob L. Wright.
In the 1910 census of Lucama, Cross Roads township, Wilson County: farmer Jacob L. Wright, 41; wife Mary, 37; and children Willie M. [Wright], 20, Arece, 3, Annie M., 10 months, and Lenora, 20.
In the 1920 census of Black Creek township, Wilson County: Willie Wright, 30; wife Lenora, 30; children Robert, 6, Silas, 4, and Mary, 1; father Jacob, 51, widower; and siblings Arsee, 13, Annie, 10, and Carlie, 9.
In the 1930 census of Black Creek township, Wilson County: R.C. Wright, 22; father Jake Wright, 62; sister Annie Mae McCoy, 20, and her children James F., 5, Bernetha, 3, and James H., newborn.
Annie Mae Pettiford died 9 November 1968 in Wilson. Per her death certificate, she was born 6 July 1911 in Wilson County to Jacob Wright and Mary Jones; lived in 908 Stantonsburg Street; and was married to Benjamin Pettiford. Rematha Pettiford was informant.