The NCGenWeb Project features a database called NC People in the Papers. This database is a collection of items extracted from newspapers and includes births, marriages, deaths, & general news items.
The time coverage varies, but click on the graphic below to see a list of Lenoir County deaths as reported in the Kinston Free Press and other newspapers. Be sure to check often because the list is automatically updated as new entries are added.
A 1926 Kinston directory has been added to the Internet Archive. This book can be read online, downloaded to your computer as a PDF file, and also downloaded to all popular e-reader devices – including your Kindle.
Visit the directory’s page on the Internet Archive for downloadable formats.
Mickey Sutton has taken the time to compile this collection of yearbooks of Grainger High School into an online resource. Senior photos are available on the site from 1926-1970. If your Lenoir County resident went to school here during this time period, this is a must-use site!
The names of those attending are being added to the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index. Check this list of Lenoir County graduates (currently, only 1927-1940 of this yearbook is included).
Click on the icon below to visit the GHS senior photo site.
From the June 27, 1906 issue of the Kinston Free Press. This drawing accompanied an article about Capt. Grainger welcome address to St. John’s Lodge, No. 4 during a masonic celebration.
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This photo appeared in the June 27, 1906 issue of the Kinston Free Press. The picture accompanied an article in which Plato presented the board of managers of Parrot Hospital with a charity annex named in honor of Elizabeth Parrot.
From the May 15, 1898 issue of the Kinston Free Press
B.W. Canady advertises for a Brass-Seat Pump for pumping water. From the May 4, 1898 issue of the Kinston Free Press.
From the May 3, 1898 issue of the Kinston Free Press
From the May 3, 1898 issue of the Kinston Free Press.
Ad for R.C. Strong, Insurance Agent for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Kinston. From the May 3, 1898 issue of the Kinston Free Press.
