Thompson

Snaps, no. 14: Margaret Thompson Renfrow Hinnant.

Margaret Hinnant Renfrow per PPC2008

On 21 October 1877, John Rentfrow, 19, married Margaret Thompson, 16, at Henry Boykin’s in Wilson County.

In the 1880 census of Old Fields township, Wilson County: farmer John Rentfrow, 21, wife Margaret, 19, and Ophilia Whitley, 20.

In the 1900 census of Spring Hill Township, Wilson County: farmer John Rentfrow, 40; wife Maguaret, 37; and children Franklin, 19, John T., 15, Mattie H., 12, Fannie, 10, Clinton, 7, and Oria, 1.

On 15 November 1908, John S. Renfrow, 20, of Spring Hill, son of John and Margaret Renfrow, married Cena Barnes, 19, parents unknown, in Spring Hill township.

In the 1910 census of Spring Hill township, Wilson County: farmer John Rentfrow, 50; wife Margarett, 48; children Clinton, 17, Ora, 11, and Ella, 8; and granddaughter Nancy Earp, 2.

On 21 March 1912, Fannie Renfrow, 21, daughter of John and Margaret Renfrow, married David Pace, 24, son of David and Louisa Pace, in Wayne County.

Clinton Renfrow died 28 March 1917 after an accident with an axe.

On 6 January 1918, Ora Renfrow, 19, daughter of John and Margaritta Renfrow, married W.H. Parker, 24, son of Nancy Parker, in Wilson County.

On 4 January 1920, Ella Renfrow, 18, daughter of John and Margaret Renfrow, married Lumis Robinson, 27, son of W.R. and Susie Robinson, in Old Fields township.

On 18 August 1923, Henderson Hinnant, 60, of Spring Hill township, son of Emmesley and Allie Hinnant, married Margaret Renfrow, 39, of Spring Hill township, daughter of Dock and Harriet Thompson, in Wilson.

In the 1930 census of Spring Hill township, Henderson G. Hinnant, 72; wife Margret A., 65; and children Hubert, 40, and Leona Hinnant, 30.

Henderson Hinnant died 7 August 1938 in Wilson township. Per his death certificate, he was 49 years old, a farmer, married to Margaret Hinnant, and born in Wilson County to Enzly and Carolina Hinnant. Informant was Earnest Hinnant.

In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Lumas Robinson, 47, wife Ella, 38; children John Wm., 17, Ratha, 16, E.J., 15, Josephine, 14, Yean, 10, and Ella and Stella, 6; and widowed mother Margret Hinnant, 77.

John Thomas Renfrow died 29 July 1958 in Fairmont, Robeson County. Per his death certificate, he was born 6 April 1940 in Wilson County to John Renfrow and Margaret Thompson and was married. Informant was Mary Renfrow.

Margret Hinnant died 5 May 1947 in Crossroads township. Per her death certificate, she was born 1 March 1884 [actually, about 1861] in Wilson County to Doc Thompson and Harriett Williams and was the widow of Josiah Hinnant. She was buried in New Vester church cemetery. Ella Robinson was informant.

Photograph courtesy of Ancestry.com user PPC2008.

News of the colored graded school.

WM 7 22 1891

Wilson Mirror, 22 July 1891.

WA 9 14 1893

Wilson Advance, 14 September 1893.

WDT 5 28 1897

Wilson Daily Times, 28 May 1897.

  • Frank O. Blount — in the 1880 census of Wilson township, Wilson County: gristmill worker Daniel Vick, 38, wife Fannie, 35, and children Samuel, 16, Nettie, 14, Earnest Linwood, 12, Henry, 10, and James O.F., 8, plus Frank O. Blount, 20, and Marcus W. Blount, 26. Though the Blounts were described as boarders, they were in fact Fannie Blount Vick’s brothers. Three years later, Frank and his cousin Samuel H. Vick (as well as neighbor Daniel Cato Suggs) were recorded in the junior class at Lincoln University in Chester, Pennsylvania. Frank Blount left Wilson before 1895. In that year, he is listed in the city directory of Washington, D.C., working as a porter and living at 463 Washington N.W. In 1900, he is found in the census of Saint Louis, Missouri, newly a widower, boarding at 2627 Papin Street and working as a janitor. Ten years later, he had gotten on with the post office and was living at 3030 Laclede with his second wife Mamie L. and her four sons, George P., 26, Cortello, 21, Robert M., 19, and Harrison Dove, 10. In the 1920 census, Frank and Mamie Blount are recorded at 3010 Laclede. Mamie Dove Blount died in 1930 in Chicago, but I have not yet found Frank’s death certificate.

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Catalogue for Lincoln University for 1882-83 (1883).

  • Braswell Winstead — In the 1900 census of Wilson, Wilson County: assistant postmaster Braswell Winstead, 39, wife Ada, 25, and children Arnold, 13, George, 12, Rolland, 11, and Christine, 8.
  • Levi Peacock — In the 1900 census of Wilson, Wilson County: postmaster Levi Peacock, 30, wife Hannah, 28, a schoolteacher, and children Olivia, 5, Hannah, 3, and Levi, 2, plus mother Susan Pyett, 50.
  • Ada Battle and Charles Battle — Ada G. Battle and Charles Tecumseh Battle were children of Charles and Leah Hargrove Battle. Ada, born about 18, never married.
  • Lucy Thompson — Per her death certificate, Lucy A. Thompson was born about 1875 in Wilson County to Ennis and Helen A. Ruffin Thompson. She was unmarried, a teacher, and died 24 July 1946.
  • _____ Melton — probably Leavy J. Melton.
  • Sallie Barber — Per her death certificate, Sallie Minnie Blake Barbour was born about 1871 in Wake County to Essex and Clara Hodge Blake. In the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson township, Wilson County: mechanic Charlie Barber, 47; wife Sallie, 40, teacher; and sons Luther, 21, John, 17, James, 17, and Herbert, 15, plus two roomers. The colored graded school was renamed in her honor in the late 1930s. She died in 1942.