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Per a Wilson County Birth Index, Doretha White was born in 1912 to Joe T. White and Lula Edwards.
In the 1930 census of Coopers township, Nash County: farmer Joe T. White, 53, divorced; and children Arthor, 29, Doretha, 18, Catherine M., 16, Joe T., 14, Altas R., 10, and Nannie F., 6.
Nancy Coleman Evans (1900-1937).
In the 1900 census of Old Fields township, Wilson County: farmer Thomas Coleman, 34; wife Mollie, 24; and children Fannie, 10, Delany, 5, Allis, 4, and Nancy, 1 month.
In the 1910 census of Taylor township, Wilson County: on the mill path, farmer Thomas Coleman, 39; wife Mollie, 34; and children Fannie, 19, Lonnie, 14, Alace, 12, Nancy, 9, Johnnie, 8, Esquire, 5, Connie, 2, and Neva and Eva, 2.
In the 1920 census of Taylor township, Wilson County: farmer Levi Evans, 23; wife Nancy, 20; daughter Esther Q., 2; and sisters Fannie Battle, 26 and Mamie Evans, 16.
In the 1930 census of Jackson township, Nash County: farmer Levie Evans, 33; wife Nancy, 29; and children Esther, 12, Viola, 10, Rachael, 6, D.C., 4, and Harvey, 1.
Nancy Evans died 26 September 1937 in Jackson township, Wilson County. Per her death certificate, she was 37 years old; was married to Levie Evans; was born in Wilson County to Tom Coleman and Mollie Wooten of Wilson County. Levie Evans was informant, J.F. Cowan was the certifying physician, and C.E. Artis was undertaker.
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Wilson Daily Times, 24 May 1927.
Wilson Daily Times, 10 March 1922.
Wilson Daily Times, 3 July 1923.
Per her death certificate, Emma Evans died of aortic regurgitation. She was a native of Wayne County, and her sister Florence Loftin, who lived at 600 West Nash Street in Wilson, served as informant. (Emma’s employer, department store merchant Charles Gay, appears in the 1920 census residing at 104 West Green Street.)
Emma died intestate. Her brother Major J. Loftin applied to open her estate, estimated at $450 in value, listing her siblings Sylvester Loftin, Robert Loftin, Ben F. Loftin, Alice Ford, Lena Loftin, Bettie Loftin, Florence Loftin, Mary Hinnant, and Jessie Barron and mother Eveline Loftin as her heirs at law. (In the 1920 census of Black Creek township, Wilson County: on the road to Horns Bridge, widower Major J. Loftin, 42, his widowed mother Evaline, 71, brother-in-law Sam Barron, 24, sister Jessie Barron, 24, and nieces Donnie, 13, Maybelle, 12, and Marie Barron, 10. In earlier censuses, the Loftins appear in Indian Springs township, southern Wayne County.)
North Carolina Wills and Estates, 1665-1998 [database on-line], http://www.ancestry.com.
“In the name of God Amen I Isham Evans of the County & State [of Wayne County, North Carolina] aforesaid being In a low State of Health but of a sound & perfect mind & memory & noing that its appointed onst for man to die I resine my body up into the hands of that God that made it and having also Called to mind my worldly Estate to dispose of as folows”
To beloved wife Marah Evans — “one Negro girl by the name of Nance, to her her natural life or widowhood.”
To “Jacob Evans son of Joel Evans de’t” — “three Negros, one man by the name of Gorge, one Woman by the Name Cate, one boy named Dick & there increas”
To Sally Evans, daughter of Joel Evans, deceased — “one Negro girl by the name of Nance after the death or widowhood of my wife”
To Prissila Evans — lend “one Negro girl by the Name of Gine to her her natural live or widowhood & after that I give the said Negro girl gine to to Polly Evans daughter of Joel Evans”
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Isham Evans signed his will on 16 January 1815, and his executors filed it in May Court 1815. Evans lived in the Black Creek area in what is now Wilson County.
Original will available at North Carolina Wills and Estates, 1665-1998 [database on-line], http://www.ancestry.com.