March 1926
Vol. 2; #3
Card of thanks from Mr. I.S.
GIBBS & Elizabeth in the death of his beloved wife.
Card of thanks from Mrs. T.C.
MANN & Thomas in the death of our dear husband and father.
Birth of Thomas Harrison STEWART
on March 2, 1926. His parents are Rev. & Mrs. E.R. STEWART. He joins
a sister, Evelyn Bell STEWART, and a brother, Elliott Brown STEWART.
Letter of thanks to the people
of Hyde County from O. L. WILLIAMS, whose 8 years as Clerk of Superior
Court comes to a close.
Notice of sale of 150 acres
of Lyda Carter STUDDART & her husband, George Joseph STUDDERT, said
lands conveyed to Lyda C. STUDDERT by H. C. CARTER and his wife on May
28, 1919.
Mrs. Carrie CARTER, sister
of Mr. Columbus SIMMONS, died this year.
Mrs. Maggie BALLANCE of Lake
Landing, age 62, died early in February.
Mr. John MIDYETTE of Gull
Rock died, aged 51 years.
Other Deaths Recently:
Mrs. Isaac GIBBS and Mr. T.C.
MANN both died in a Washington hospital, having undergone serious operations.
One died at 5 o’clock, the other at 5:25. Mrs. GIBBS was 54 years old and
she leaves behind two sisters, two brothers, a husband and many friends
to mourn her departure. She was laid to rest in Fairfield Cemetery. Services
were conducted by E.R. STEWART, assisted by H.M. JACKSON, pastor of the
Methodist Church. Mr. T.C. MANN was 66 years old. He and his brother died
only a week apart. Mr. MANN’S death was caused by a little shoe tack setting
up infection in his big toe some 2 ½ to 3 years ago. He has had
several operations hoping to save the limb. Mr. MANN has been a businessman
in this community and will be missed by the inhabitants of Fairfield. He
leaves behind a widow and her son, some daughters and some grandchildren.
Rev. H.M. JACKSON held services at the home of the deceased on February
16, 1926, assisted by Rev. Mr. DAWSON of Swan Quarter and E.R. STEWART
of Fairfield.
Mr. Richard MANN suffered
a stroke of paralysis March 4. He died March 9 and was buried near his
home in the family cemetery on March 10. Rev. H.M. JACKSON, assisted by
Rev. Mr. BROSS, former pastor, conducted the services.
Mrs. George HODGES died at
Washington Hospital February 3 from cancer of the stomach. She was buried
at Rose Bay.
Mrs. HILL of Sladesville died
and was buried February 28. She was the wife of Rev. HILL who was at one
time pastor of the Swan Quarter charge.
Mr. & Mrs. Charlie SADDLER
lost their infant baby girl on February 15. The baby was one month old.
A. L. CUTHRELL announces his
candidacy for nomination for the House of Representatives for Hyde County.
Sarah MANN is made administratrix
of the will of T.C. MANN, deceased.
Marriages at Engelhard:
November 1926
Vol. 2; #11
Items of Interest:
Lawyer C.L. BELL has taken
the clerk’s office to finish Mr. O.L. WILLIAMS unexpired term as clerk
from November 1 to December 1.
Born to Mr. & Mrs. Eure SPENCER,
a daughter, October 30, 1926.
Card of thanks from William
SNIDER on the death of his wife.
Over 180 homes, farms, and
lots are advertised for taxes in Hyde county this year. The drainage tax
makes it hard on many of the farmers around the lake.
Leechville - E.W. SPRUILL
of New Lake was found not responsible for the death of his mother, Mrs.
Lena SPRUILL, on October 19. The only person present when the accident
occurred was H.L. SPENCER, husband of the deceased, who testified she had
been accidentally shot. The deceased is survived by her husband, one daughter,
Laura CAHOON, wife of Nathan CAHOON; two sons, C.H. SPRUILL and E.W. SPRUILL;
her father, D.W. DUNBAR, all of New Lake.
Mr. Louis SWINDELL, who was
operated on for stone bladder in the Washington hospital, died and was
buried at Engelhard.
Pupils enrolled at East Carolina
Teacher’s College at Greenville, N.C.
From Swan Quarter—Mattie BRIDGMAN,
Hortense BOOMER, Archie HARRIS, Mary Etta JARVIS, Elaine TUNNELL, Mrs.
Essie Lee BOOMER
From Middletown—Lois MANN, Lizzie MANN,
Katy MANN, Ella Lee BOOMER
From Lake Landing—Mary SWINDELL, Mary
WHITE, Mabel Leon MANN
From Scranton—Hilda CREDLE, Alida
SWINDELL
Mrs. William SNIDER died at
the home of Mr. Tom JONES Saturday, October 29 and was buried at Fairfield
Sunday afternoon. She leaves her parents, two brothers, one sister and
a husband. She suffered much but bore it all with patience. She was only
24 years old.
December 1926
Vol 2; #12
A lengthy history of Mattamuskeet
Drainage District by S.S. MANN:
Excerpt from Deed Book “A”, page 213, Hyde County Record of Deeds:
“This Indenture the twenty-second day of April in the year of our Lord
Christ, seventeen hundred and forty-six, between Long TOM and Charles SQUIRES
of Hyde County in North Carolina, Indians, and Cason BRINSON of Onslow
County, in the same Province, planter, of the other part and the rest of
the Indians.” In the description of the land occur the words “Along a line
of marked trees made by Charles SQUIRES by the order of his father, John
SQUIRES, King of said Indians.”
Deed Book “A”, page 216—“To all ye people to whom these presents shall
come—Greeting: Know ye, that I, George SQUIRES, with the consent of all
the Arrowmuskeet Indians in the Province and County aforesaid.
Excerpt from Senate Document No. 677, 63rd Congress, 3rd Session entitled
“Indians of North Carolina; page 16—In a note relative to “Coree” tribe
this passage occurs: “They engaged in the Tuscarora War of 1711 and in
1715 the remnants of the Coree and Machapungo were assigned a tract on
Mattamuskeet Lake, Hyde County, North Carolina, where they lived in one
village until they became extinct.
(Note by Mr. MANN: In my opinion this tribe did not become extinct,
but lost its identity because some of the chief people of the tribe intermarried
with white immigrants and their descendants still live in the County. Others
intermarried with the Negroes and some of these also reside in the County
and have a very distinctive physique indicated by straight hair, lighter
complexion, with different coloring on the cheeks and having bearing and
speech that indicates a lineage superior to that of the ordinary African.)
page 51—Some of the tribe (the Croatans) fought under “Bonnul,” as
some termed Col. BARNWELL, and we have reliable evidence that they brought
home a few Mattamuskeet Indians as prisoners and slaves. The descendants
of these Mattamuskeets had their traditions also. The name Dare was not
recognized by them in our first investigations, but afterwards discovered
that they pronounced the name variously as Darr, Durr, and Dorr. This discovery
was made when we related to an old chronicler of the tribe the story of
Virginia DARE, the first white child born on American soil. Mattamuskeet
Lake, according to tradition preserved by these Indians, was a “burnt lake”
or lake caused by water filling a hole burnt in the ground. We are indebted
for this tradition to an aged gentleman of Roberson County who was familiar
with the traditions of the tribe from about 1820 to 1824. He mentioned
several persons who represented that they were descendants from Mattamuskeet
Indians, who were taken prisoners in the war between the whites and the
Tuscoroas by a tribe on the Lumber River. These Mattamuskeets could locate
the dwelling places of their ancestors who live in now what is Hyde County
in the vicinity of Mattamuskeet Lake.
Deaths:
Mrs. George WILLIAMSON died
at her home near Hydlam, Monday, November 29th. She was an invalid for
several years and has suffered long. She was buried at Souls cemetery.
[In Memory Of by Martha Rebecca SWINDELL & R. S. SPENCER, JR. states
Cora Lee WILLIAMSON was born October 24, 1868 & died November 29, 1926.
Her father was Tilman F. STOTESBURY and her mother, Margaret A. FISHER.
She was the wife of George Washington WILLIAMSON and was buried in Soule
Cemetery located on Hwy. 264.]
Mr. George TAYLOR of Swan Quarter, who
had been confined to his home for several years, while at Morehead City for
treatment, died November 29th. His wife and children did not get to see him
after he left home since he was buried at Morehead City on the same day he died.
Mr. John Warren SPENCER, one of
Swan Quarter’s best and oldest citizens, was born June 20, 1834 and died
November 5, 1926, age 92 years, 4 months, 16 days. He was married twice,
first to Miss Nancy Jane BERRY and to this union was born one child. Then
to Miss Mary FISHER, to them were born eight children. Side by side they
walked the path of life over 62 years. The funeral service was held at
Souls Church and he was laid to rest in the church cemetery. The pallbearers
were his grandsons.
Engelhard News:
Mr. John PATRICK, son of Mrs.
Cora PATRICK, and Miss Myra BRIDGEMAN of Swan Quarter, were married at
the Christian parsonage by Dr. J.H. HANSON Thursday night, November 18th.
Miss BRIDGEMAN is one of our popular young teachers here and Mr. PATRICK
is a popular young business man of this place. They will make their home
here.
Mr. & Mrs. S. M. JONES of Bethel
and Mrs. Paul E. JONES and son Rastus, of Farmville, spent a few days with
Mrs. Virginia SPENCER the week before Thanksgiving.
Dr. Ira M. FISHER of Stotesbury,
West Virginia, and little son, Marshall, were down here visiting Mr. Marshall’s
grandmother, Mrs. J. E. SPENCER.
Mr. & Mrs. D. B. WATSON
and family went to Creswell last Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with Mrs.
Watson’s parents, Mr. And Mrs. Tom SPENCER.
1927
[The following issues loaned for filming by Miss Rebecca SWINDELL,
Swan Quarter: April, June, September, October, and December. The March
issue was loaned for filming by the Baptist Collection, Wake Forest University.
All other issues are missing.]
March 1927
Vol. 3; #3
Deaths:
On February first Mr. D.L.
SPENCER was called out of this world. He had been sick and confined for
about a month. During this time, his brother, Mr. Ed SPENCER, waited upon
him. He died in his brother’s arms. He was 66 years, 6 months old. His
life had been that of a bachelor. He leaves behind a brother, Mr. Ed SPENCER
and many relatives to mourn his going.
Many will recall Captain Tom Frank
CURNS, who made regular visits to Fairfield purchasing supplies for the
Dredge and Quarter boats. He was also a mail carrier for these boats. Recently
the Quarter-Boat moved to Mill Creek on Swanquarter- Belhaven road. Captain
Tom Frank, as he was known, moved with the Quarter boat as he was connected
mostly with it. Recently he had a tooth which gave him trouble, this he
had extracted and from it seems to have been poisoned. He developed pneumonia
and died Saturday, February 12th in his home near Quarter Boat. He was
carried back to his old home in Gum Neck. He had recently constructed a
little house on the highway near Quarter Boat where he had moved his family.
He leaves behind a wife and children. He belonged to the Freewill Baptist
Church.
The first child was enrolled
at Thomasville Baptist Orphanage in Thomasville, N.C. on November 11, 1885.
April 1927
Vol. 3; #4
This paper is two years old.
With the May issue we begin our third year of publication. It is the only
paper published in Hyde County and has a circulation this month of 500
and is still growing.
Captain A.B. BURNS will start
a new boat line for Fairfield. It runs from Fairfield to Norfolk, Virginia
every Tuesday.
As this goes to press April
11th, we have two very sick patients in Fairfield, Mrs. Jep MASON and Mrs.
George SWINDELL.
Mr. And Mrs. Neal GRAY have
been feeble for some time. We hope for them a recovery of their health
as the Spring opens up.
Misses Sallie SPENCER and
Florence CLARK are home from Avon, N.C. where they have been teaching school
this past winter.
Mr. Oscar GIBBS, son of Mrs.
Annie Gibbs WESTON, died in the Washington Hospital on Friday, April 1st.
He was buried in St. George’s cemetery Saturday morning.
Deaths:
Will J. SPENCER is appointed
as Hyde County Accountant and will be paid $1800.00 per year.
June 1927
Vol. 3; #6
[Portions of this monthly were cut out.]
All who know Brother Josiah
ELLIOTT love him. He was born 1 ½ miles from Hertford, N.C. He is
now almost 80 years old. He has lived at Hertford 51 years and entered
the ministry at the age of 36 years. Brother ELLIOTT started out in life
a laboring man. For 6 years after moving to Hertford he was a drayman.
Mrs. ELLIOTT was an invalid for nearly 12 years and Brother ELLIOTT contributed
his life’s ministry largely to her help.
Mr. W.T. KIRK of Swan Quarter,
is a real carpenter mechanic. He, with his force, are now making some beautiful
boats.
September 1927
Vol. 3; #9
Mrs. R.W. JONES of Fairfield,
who was in Washington Hospital, is back in her home greatly improved.
There was a mad dog in Swan
Quarter Saturday, August 27th. It bit Mr. Cahoon TOOLEY of Belhaven, formerly
of Swan Quarter. It also bit three colored men, Columbus FRANKLIN, Charlie
PETERSON, and Bell FULFORD.
Marriages:
Mr. Webb ALEXANDER was united
to Patsie Jane SADDLER on September 6th.
Mr. Balfour JARVIS was married to
Isolyn PAUL of Washington on September 4th.
Mr. Murray CARAWAN of Rose
Bay, who was working at Pageland, S.C., underwent an operation for appendicitis.
Mr. D.D. Cutrell carried his
baby to Washington for a minor operation.
New Houses in Hyde:
Death:
Mrs. John LEE of Swan Quarter
was called to her reward September 6th. Funeral services were conducted
at her home on the 7th and she was buried at Soul’s Church cemetery . She
was the daughter of John B.M. SWINDELL and wife Pollie SWINDELL and the
wife of Mr. John LEE, SR., deceased. She leaves one sister, Mrs. M.G. FISHER;
one brother, Mr. George SWINDELL of Norfolk, Virginia; three sons, T.W.
LEE and John LEE, JR. of Swan Quarter and George F. LEE of Norfolk, Virginia.
She lacked one month and 4 days of being 74 years old.
A letter written by S.S. NEAL
to Rev. E.R. STEWART about the death of his father. (His father’s name
was not mentioned in this letter.)
October 1927
Vol. 3; #10
Mr. Charlie MIDYETTE of Engelhard
is in Washington Hospital, taking treatment for kidney colic.
Fairfield Baptist Church is
begun.
A quiet, but pretty wedding
took place at Swan Quarter, Saturday, Oct. 1, when Miss Janie Dell CARAWAN,
daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Columbus CARAWAN, became the bride of Mr. Robert
Eston DUNNING of Aulander, N.C. The wedding took place at the home of the
bride’s parents, with the Rev. E.R. STEWART officiating. The ring was born
on a white chrysanthemum by Herman CARAWAN, brother of the bride. The matron
of honor was Miss Vida DUNNING, sister of the groom and the best man was
Malcolm CARAWAN, brother of the bride. The bride was educated at Eastern
Carolina Teacher’s College in Greenville. Following her graduation, she
taught two years in the Winston-Salem city schools. Mr. DUNNING is a graduate
of North Carolina State College, of the class of ’22. At present he is
county agent of Washington County, employed in work sponsored by the State
Department of Agriculture. The couple will make their home in Plymouth,
N.C.
Deaths:
On September 18th Brother
John McKINNEY was called home to his reward. He died at the age of 72 years.
After visiting friends and relatives in Saint Bride’s, Virginia this summer,
he returned to Fairfield to live with his son, Mr. Jennings McKINNEY, but
lived only a couple of weeks. He leaves to mourn his going, two sisters,
two sons, three daughters, and a number of grandchildren.
December 1927
Vol. 3; #12
[Many portions of this monthly had been cut out.]
Marriages:
Birth:
Born to Mr. And Mrs. Herbert
SPENCER of Fairfield, a girl, Nov. 30.
Many friends of Messers. Jim
BURRUS and Joe Gray BAUM have been made sad in several ways recently. First,
to learn of the serious accident in the killing of Mrs. J.D. BULLOCK of
Leechville, N.C. on November 13. Second, to learn that after hitting Mrs.
BULLOCK that they did not stop and render help. Third, that they are serving
their sentence in the penitentiary for 2 ½ years each. Sympathy
goes out to the aged mother and wife and son who are left behind.
