Some Bible Records
of
Halifax & Northampton Counties
North Carolina
[pp. 11-20]

 
David Coffield departed this life 12 October AD 1817 in the 52nd year of his age

Spier William Coffield departed this life 27 October 1825 in the 28th year of his age

John Whitaker Coffield departed this life 31 August 1820 in the 20th year of his age

West Duck Coffield and Elizabeth Whitaker Coffield daughters of David and Elizabeth Coffield died 13 October 1812 within six or seven hours of each other

Elizabeth Coffield daughter of John and Christian Whitaker and Widow of David Coffield departed this life April ____ 1835 aged 5__ (sic)


THOMAS HENRY COFIELD BIBLE
(John W. McGwigan)

Bible now in possession of Thomas Henry Cofield and wife of Enfield, North Carolina. 27823

No Publication date, publisher or place of publication was found. It bears the inscription "presented to Mae Cofield from Thomas Cofield."

Thomas Henry Cofield of Enfield, N. C. and Mae Marie McWilliams of Enfield, N. C. were married in Tarboro, N. C. 5 January 1928 - witnessed by Curtis Cofield and Maderlin Cofield

Thomas Henry Cofield's parents were Henry Cofield and Grace Cofield. His paternal grandparents were Henry Cofield and Anna Cofield. His paternal grandmother was Lucy Bradley.

Mae Marie McWilliams' parents were George McWilliams and Mary McWilliams. Her paternal grandparents were Bynum Qualls and Marih (sic) McWilliams. Her maternal grandmother was Nancy Harvey

First child born to Thomas and Mae McWilliams Cofield was  Willie Mae who married Albert Rees Johnson. One granddaughter by this union is Tanya Marie

Second child born to Thomas and Mae McWilliams Cofield was Sylvia Arlene who married Richard Carl Ellison, Jr. Two grandchildren by this union: Dale Felichia and Dawn Claudette Ellison

Third child born to Thomas and Mae McWilliams Cofield was  Claudelle Vivian who married Ernie Hardaway, Jr. Two grandchildren by this union: Ennie Ka and Thomas Carl Hardaway.

Fourth child born to Thomas and Mae McWilliams Cofield was Ruel Solomon who married Lillie Jones. They have one child, Karla Solomon. (Note. Ruel Solomon was reared by Thomas H. Cofield and his wif. He is not their  son.)

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George McWilliams was born June 1860 (sic) and died 2 September (19)54 

Mary McWilliams was born 20 February 1869 and died 3 October (19)43

George M. McWilliams was born 3 May 1888 and died 30 March (19)__

Roxie McW. Davis was born 3 September 1890

Rosie McW. Arrington was born 12 December 1892 and died 8 May (19)65 

Jesse B. McWms. was born 3 February 1893 and died 5 February 1966 

Ethel B McW .Rudd was born 27 April 1894 and died 27 October {19)36 

Lafayette McWms. was born 16 July 1895 and died 22 November 1966 

Willie McWms. (sic) was born 22 December 1897 and died 5 July (19)49 

Elluid McWilliams was born 16 April 1899

Mefria McWilliams Solomon was born 6 November 1900 and died 3 October (19)43 

Josephine McWilliams was born 22 June 1901

Ernest McWilliams was born 10 November 1903

Marion McWilliams was born 1 May 1905 and died May (19)49

Mae McWilliams Cofield was born 3 October 1906

Viola McWilliams Taylor was born 27 December 1908 and died February 1942 

Love McWilliams Hardy was born 25 June 1911

Elwood T. McWilliams was born February 1915

P.F.C. George L. McWilliams was born 25 November 1944 and died 23 June 1966 

Henry C. Cofield was born 28 November 1868 and died 14 December 1942 

Grade Cofield was born 1 March 1872 and died 21 August 1936 

Bennie Cofield was born December

Curtis was born 18 November

Harry was born December

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Thomas was born 17 May 1902

Nathaniel was born 5 January 1905 and died May 1942

Augustus was born October

Junius was born 1 July

Julia was born 30 June

James


LEE GRANT BIBLE
(Leslie H. Collier)

Bible now in the possession of Marshall W. Grant, Rt. 1, Garysburg, N. C. 27831

William H. Lee was born 22 July 1855

J. L. (Jesse LeRoy) Lee was born 1 March 1857 

Lillian Rebecca Lee was born 13 May 1861 

John B. Lee was born 22 September 1862 

Sarah J. Lee was born 22 September 1864

James Robert Lee was born 23 November 1866 

Charles Watkins Lee was born 19 October 1869

Lillie May Lee, daughter of William H. and E. D. Lee, was born 6 May 1881 

Willie Fitzhue Lee was born 12 February 1885 

James Millard Lee was born 25 July 1887 

Sarah (Sallie) W. Lee was born 12 January 1891 

James V. Lee was born 30 April 1894

Julia Whitfield Lee was born 7 July 1891 - daughter of John B. Lee

Buckner Lee was born 14 November 1895 - child of John B. Tee

William W. Grant was born 2 October 1882 

Viola E. Grant was born 16 March 1884

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Ollie Lee Grant was born 27 January 1886 

Lillian Ruth Grant was born 2 February 1888 

William W. Grant, Jr. was born 17 September 1911 

Virginia Lee Grant was born 26 March 1913 

David Augustus Grant was born 24 April 1915 

Florence Mildred Grant was born 16 December 1916 

Lillian Rebecca Grant was born 17 January 1919 

Edith Mae Grant was born 10 February 1921 

Marhshall Wood Grant was born 19 May 1924 

Lena Evelyn Grant was born 8 June 1926

W. H. (William) Lee was married to Miss E. D. (Bettie) Webb 18 December 1878 

Miss Lillian Rebecca Lee was married to William Grant 22 December 1881

W. H. Lee (William) was married to Miss Mary E. Vincent 19 February 1890 (2nd wife)

John B. Lee was married to Laura Eunice Brockwell 21 November 1889 

William W. Grant was married to Miss Lena Robinson 9 November 1910

William W. Grant Jr. was married to Miss Lillie Mae Floyd 19 December 1936 

Lillian Rebecca Grant was married to Horace Clark Guthrie 20 December 1942 

Edith Mae Grant was married to Marvin Flythe 19 November 1950

Lena Evelyn Grant was married to Emery W. Doughtie 16 January 1954

J. L. (Jesse) Lee, son of W. W. Lee and Sarah J. Lee, died 13 December 1881 

W. W. (William Watkins) Lee died 22 October 1875

C. W. (Charles Watkins) Lee died 13 May 1891

J. R. (James Robert) Lee died 19 December 1892

Lillian R. Grant died 10 June 1888

Lillie Mae Lee died 13 June 1902

Viola E. Grant died July 1885

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Mrs. E. D. Lee died 4 October 1889

Sarah J. Lee died 19 April 1904 - (2nd Wife of William Watkins Lee)

Ollie Lee Grant died 19 July 1911

Sarah J. Lee died 8 March 1919 � (Daughter of William Watkins I )

David Augustus Grant died 9 November 1919 

William Watkins Grant died 11 August 1939 

Lena Robinson Grant died 10 February 1953

WILLIAM H. COLLIER BIBLE 
(Leslie Collier)

Bible now in possession of Miss Bessie Edwards, 2200 Shoop Ave., Norfolk, Virginia.

Submitted by his grand-daughter, Mrs. William Camp Moody, Star Route, Box 240, Gaston, N. C. 27832

Joseph Collier was born 10 April 1790

Sarah C. Collier, the wife of Joseph Collier, was born the 22 December 1799 

James C. Collier was born 6 July 1820

William H. Collier was born 22 December 1822

Sarah T. L. Parham, the wife of William H. Collier, was born 24 January 1824

Mary Elizabeth Collier, daughter of William and Sarah T. L. Collier, was born 2 September 1844

Emma Louisa Collier, the daughter of William and Sarah T. L. Collier, was born 2 December 1845

William Augustus Collier, son of William H. Collier and Sarah T. L. Collier was born 27 April 1847.

Joseph Henry Wilmer Collier, son of William H. Collier and Sarah T. L. Collier was born 22 October 1848

Laura Rebecca Collier, daughter of William H. and Sarah T. L. Collier, was born 5 October 1850

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Edwin Thomas Collier, son of William H. and Sarah T., L. Collier, was born 28 August 1852.

Matthew Myrick Colliers son of William H. Collier and Sarah T. L. Collier, was born 26 October 1854

James Coalman Collier, son of William H. and Sarah T. L. Collier, was born 20 June 1856

Bettie B. Garner, the wife of William H. Collier, was born 30 August 1838

William Collier, son of William H. Collier and Bettie B. Collier, was born 5 May 1863

John Benjamine Collier, son of William H. Collier and Bettie B. Collier, was born 17 January 1865

Willie Collier, son of William H. and Bettie B. Collier, was born 11 March 1867

Sarah Jane Collier, daughter of W. H. and Bettie B. Collier, was born 24 January 1870

Walter Ernest Collier, son of William H. and Bettie B. Collier, was born 10 December 1873

Lillian Irene Collier, daughter of William H. and Bettie B. Collier, was born 25 December 1875

Rosa Lee Collier, daughter of W. H. and Bettie B. Collier, was born 25 October 1878

Joseph Collier was married to Miss Sally Chieves Mangum the 5 May 1819   

William H. Collier was married to Miss Sarah T. L. Parham the 26 October 1843

Laura R. Collier was married to Junious A. Barham the 24 January 1872

Emma S. Collier was married to Montgomery Shields the 12 February 1873

Joseph H. Collier was married to Miss Viola Grant the 12 November 1873

William H. Collier was married to Miss Bettie B. Garner the 7 November 1860

James C. Collier died the 1 September 1820

Mary Elizabeth Collier died 14 April 1845 - funeral preached by Rev. William McGwigan

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Edwin Thomas Collier died 26 July 1855 - funeral preached by Rev. James M. Mod

Matthew Myrick Collier died 11 September 1855 - funeral preached by Rev. James M. Wood

James Coalman Collier died 16 July 1856 - funeral preached by Rev. J. M. Wood

Joseph Collier departed this life 25 June 1856, in the full assurance of faith and hope. His funeral was preached from the 4th verse of the XXXIX Psalm, by the Rev. James M. Hainy, 27 June 1856

William Augustus Collier departed this life 12 October 1856. His funeral by Rev. James M. Wood, 5 February 1857

Sarah T. L. Collier departed this life 3 February 1857. Funeral preached by Rev. James M. Wood from II Timothy, the 4th, 6th, 7th and 8th verses, 5 February 1857

William Collier departed this life 20 June 1863, age 1 month and 15 days. Funeral preached by Rev. James M. Wood. Romans V Chapter, 18th verse, 22 June 1863

Sally C. Collier departed this life 18 July 1866. in the full assurance of faith and hope. Funeral preached by Rev. James M. Wood

Walter Collier died 12 January 1874

Willie Collier departed this life 8 June 1867. Funeral by Rev. James M. Wood


JAMES ESTEE DANIEL BIBLE
(Sarah Thrower Hardison)

Bible now in the possession of Mr. P. L. Daniel, Pleasant Hill, N. C. Lafayette Daniel was born 20 July 1850 and died 18 April 1919 Louise Daniel was born 4 February 1857 and died 15 September 1932

James Estee Daniel married Hattie Belle Stephenson at Elam Baptist Church on 13 December 1908 by Rev. A. Cree

James Estee Daniel was born 10 January 1883 

Hattie Belle Stephenson was born 22 June 1884 

Arline Eve Daniel was born 30 December 1909

James Derastus Daniel was born 1 March 1912 

Philip Lafayette Daniel was born 16 March 1914

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MONT L. DANIEL and MARY LOU MAGEE BIBLE 
(Sarah Thrower Hardison)

Bible now in the possession of Mr. P. L. Daniel, Pleasant Hill, N. C. Title page of this Bible is missing.

M. L. Daniel, the son of W. I. Daniel and Mary A. Daniel, was borned 20 July 1820. Mary L. Magee, his wife, was horned 11 February 1857

Edie Thomas Daniel, the son of M. L. Daniel and Mary L. Daniel, was borned 8 December 1873

McHenry Daniel, the son of the same, was horned 11 May 1875

Charlie Gee Daniel, the son of the same, was horned 26 August 1876

Barnes Ross Daniel, the son of the same, was horned 20 March 1879

James Estee Adam Daniel, the son of the same, was horned 10 January 1883

Manie Jonu Eve Daniel, the daughter of the same, was horned 9 July 1885

Eugene Carnegie Daniel, the son of the same, was horned 14 July 1888

Rufus Alphuous Daniel was born 23 August 1890 the son of the same father and mother

Mary Lou Daniel, the daughter of the same, was borned 27 September 1892

M. L. Daniel married Mary L. Magee 20 November 1872

Edie Thomas Daniel, the son of M. L. Daniel an Mary L. Daniel, died 20 January 1875

McHenry Daniel the son of the same died 27 July 1875

Charlie Gee Daniel the son of the same died 29 June 1879

Barnes Ross Daniel the son of the same died 21 January 1881

Mary Lou Daniel the daughter of M. L. and Mary L. Daniel died 30 October 1920

Eugene C. Daniel died 19 January 1953

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W. I. Daniel died 17 January 1874

Mary A. his wife died 24 March 1884

M. L. Daniel died 18 April 1919

Mary L. Daniel, wife of M. L. Daniel, died 15 April 1932

DONNIE (HUX) DICKENS BIBLE
(Mable Hux Williams)

Bible now in the possession of Edward Walter Dickens III, 2308 Hood Court, Virginia Beach, Va. 23454

No publisher or date. A much used Bible


Alexander A. (Austin) Hux Son of William Hux and his wife Mariah B. (Mariah Temperance Brantley Dickens) Hux borned ye 1841 March 18th

Sarah E. (Eliza) Britt daughter of Richard Britt and his wife Eliza Britt. horned 14 February 1846

Alexander Samuel Hux was born 17 November 1868

Willie (William) Richard Hux was born 7 July 1870

Frances Lula Hux was born 11 July 1872

Eliza Donna Brantly Hux was born 18 September 1874

George Alphos (Alpheus) Hux was born 11 September 1876

Sarah Elizabeth Hux was born 17 November 1878

Mathew Wesley Hux was born 30 May 1881

Myra Ruth Hux was born 19 August 1883

Lenora Annie Hux was born 28 February 1886

Agnes Tabitha Hux was born 22 November 1889

Alexander A. (Austin) Hux and Sarah E. (Eliza) Britt was married 2 October 1866

Alexander A. Hux and Sarah (Ann) Britt was married 13 June 1888 

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Edward Walter Dickens and Donnie Hux married 21 September 1892

Sarah E. Hux died 18 April 1886

Alexander A. Hux died 10 November 1897 Sarah (Ann) Hux died 18 April 1917 A. Samuel Hux died 3 March 1919

Willie R. (Richard) Hux died 16 July 1922 Lenora A. (Hux) Crawley died 22 December 1943

George A. (Alpheus) Hux died 5 June 1946

Frances Lula Hux died 18 January 1948

Mathew Wesley Hux died 13 January 1957

Sarah Elizabeth Hux died 26 June 1960

Myra Ruth Hux died 2 August 1962

Edward Walter Dickens died 7 October 1951

DAVID FLEMING BIBLE
(Maude Fleming)

This record was copied in 1955 from the original Bible then in the possession of Jesse Fleming of Enfield now deceased. Present whereabouts of the Bible is unknown.

Title page is missing.

David Flemming and Ann were married 18 February 1776

Benjamin Fleming son of David Flemming and Ann, his wife, was born 12 March 1777

Sarah Flemming daughter of David Flemming and Ann his wife was born 22 June 1778

Lydia Flemming daughter of David Flemming and Ann, his wife, was barn 14 December 1782

John Flemming, son of David Flemming and Ann, his wife was born 18 March 1786

James Flemming, son of David Flemming and Ann, his wife was born 23, January 1788

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