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JORDAN, JOSEPH ELSBERRY – (d. 1958)

Joseph Elsberry Jordan———– 79, a native of Perquimans county and a resident of the sandy hook section of Camden co. for the past 32 years, died at the family residence Monday afternoon at 2;30 after an illness of two months. He was the son of the late Brinkley Ellsberry Jordan and Elizabeth Davis Jordan and the husband of Mrs. Annie Boyce Jordan, a retired farmer and member of Camden Methodist church, and a member of the junior order. Besides his wife he is survived by sons- Leon Jordan of Belcross, Elton Jordan of Buckroe beach, Adrian Jordan of Hartford, CT . Marvin Jordan of Norfolk, Casper Jordan of Washington, DC, Grayson Jordan of Ft. Monroe.—-four daughters- Mrs. Gladys Elliott, of Chapanoke, Mrs. Lois Meads of Elizabeth City, Mrs. Clarice Squires and Mrs. Elizabeth Riggs of Riddle. One brother Aleck Jordan of Winfall. Funeral services will be conducted Wed. afternoon at 2;30 at the Twiford funeral home by the Rev. M. W. Grissom assisted by the Rev. A. L. Stephenson. burial will be in new Hollywood cemetery. He died in 1958.

Contributed by: Linda Mansfield

LAMB, JACOB JENNINGS – (d. 1954)

Jacob Jennings Lamb——–July 22. 1954——–Jacob Jennings Lamb 83, died today at 1;10 am. after a lingering illness at the home of his daughter, Mrs. pearl Hastings, in Camden. He was the son of Lempel and Elizabeth Richardson Lamb and the husband of the late Maggie Brown Lamb. He was a member of Sawyers Creek Baptist Church. Survivors are six daughters, Mrs. John D. Seymour of Belcross, Mrs. George Williams, Mrs. Laura Hodges, Mrs. Pearl Hastings, and Mrs. Morris Upton of Camden. Mrs. Hazel Scott of Elizabeth City; three sons—- Judson Lamb of Elizabeth City, Clarance lamb of Jacksonville, FL. and Horace Lamb of Camden. 24 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Paul F. Burke, pastor of Merry Hill Baptist church at the Toxey , Berry and Lynch funeral home, Saturday at 2;30 . burial will be in the new Hollywood cemetery

Contributed by: Linda Mansfield

LAMB, MARY CATHERINE – (d. no dates)

Mrs. Mary Catherine Lamb, age 75, died yesterday at 1:40 a. m. at the residence in Hickory after an illness of ten years. A native and longlife resident of Norfolk county, she was the daughter of the late John and Henrietta Hastead Waterfield and wife of Lemuel W. Lamb. In addition to her husband , she is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Cecil Riddick, Mrs. Ward Clendenning. Mrs. Arthur Nichols, Mrs. G I. Stone and Mrs. George Whitfield all of Norfolk county. One sister, Mrs. C. W. Mitchell of Norfolk county, and seven grandchildren. Mrs. Lamb was a member of Good Hope Methodist Church. The body was removed to the Graham Funeral Home, South Norfolk. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3 p. m. at Good Hope Methodist Church. Burial will be in Good Hope Cemetery. (No Date)

Contributed by: Linda Mansfield

TOXEY, MILTON NEEDHAM – (d. 1968)

Milton Needham Toxey, 84, of 104 w. Main St. died Monday at 4:30 a,m. in Albemarle Hospital after a short illness. He was a native of Shiloh and lived in Elizabeth City for the past 35 years. He was the son of the late Wiley and Bettie Needham Toxey. A member of the First Baptist Church, he led the singing in the Mens Bible Class for 35 years. He was also a former school teacher and retired farmer. He was the oldest funeral director in this area. He started in the business in Camden County in 1932, moved to Elizabeth City and operated the Pierce and Toxey Funeral Home until 1939. He moved to main street and operated until his retirement in 1964. He also operated the Shiloh Gining Co. He is survived by His wife, Mrs. Mary Forbes Toxey, two daughters, Mrs. John A. Dwiggins of Greensboro and Mrs. Thomas J. Duren of Norfolk, One son Milton Wiley Toxey of Shiloh and six grandchildren. A funeral service will be conducted Tuesday at 4:00 p. m. , in Twiford Memorial Chapel by the Rev. Maynard Magnum, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and the Rev. C. Aubrey McLellan, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Hollywood Cemetery. –March ,25. 1968

Contributed by: Linda Mansfield

WHALEY, MARY – (d. 1969)

Miss Mary Whaley———Miss Mary Ann Whaley 67, of Camden, died Sunday at 10:30 a. m. at the Albemarle Hospital following a sudden illness. She was a native and lifetime resident of Camden County and a member of Sawyers Creek Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Dennis and Lina Sawyer Whaley. She survived by one sister Miss Addie Whaley of Camden and two brothers, Charles W. Whaley and Mack S. Whaley of Elizabeth City. A funeral service was conducted this afternoon at 2:00 in the chapel of the Berry Funeral Home by the Rev. Rufus Corbitt, pastor of Sawyers Creek Baptist Church. Burial was in Hollywood Cemetery. —–April 22, 1969

Contributed by: Linda Mansfield

LEARY, NANCY J. (d. 1939)

Mrs. Nancy J. Leary —– Old Trap.- Mrs. Nancy Jane Leary, 68, died suddenly at her home here at 10:45 Monday night of a heart attack shortly after returning from a club meeting.

She is survived by two sons, Wilson Leary and A. N. Staples of Old Trap; two daughters, Mrs. S. F. Forbes of Riddle and Mrs. S. N. Richardson of Norfolk; two sisters, Mrs. John Garrington of Popular Branch and Mrs. K. S. Sawyer of Beaufort; two brothers, C. C. Needham of Whiteville and G. M. Needham of South Mills.

(Date of death Feb. 13, 1939)

Contributed by: LaCresha Poteat Halley

SAWYER, MARY LOU (d. – no date)

Miss Mary Lou Sawyer died Thursday morning. —-Miss Mary Lou Sawyer, prominent pioneer business woman of this city , died Thursday at 9;45 o’clock at her home, 500 west main st. , after a lingering illness. Born in South Mills, Miss Sawyer was the daughter of the late Miniard J. Sawyer and Margaret K. Sawyer. She moved here in December, 1890. A former school teacher, Miss Sawyer later worked in several departments stores in the city, first at Mitchell’s dry goods store, Chesson’s and then Rucker and Sheely, where she remained active until retiring about ten years ago. Miss Sawyer was said to have sold the first yard of goods at Rucker and Sheelys. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. Four sisters, Miss Effie J. Sawyer of this city, Mrs. James Mercer Davis of Mt. Holly, New Jeresey, Mrs. G. J. Kirchheimer of Norfolk, and Mrs..D. Ray Karmer of this city; one brother , Dr. Blackwell Sawyer of Toms River, New Jersey; Three Nieces and seven Nephews, survive. Funeral services for Miss Sawyer will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2;30 o’clock at the home, 500 west main st. with the Rev. E, H. Potts, pastor of the First Baptist church, Officiating. The Rucker and Sheely co. of which Miss Sawyer was a Member for 26 years, will be closed during the funeral. Interment will follow in Hollywood Cemetery.

(No Dates Given)

Contributed by: Linda Mansfield

WILLIAMS, PATRICK HENRY (d. 1959)

P. H. Williams (Patrick Henry) former state Senator, dead.———–Mr. Williams was native of Camden County; Served two terms in the State Senate in 1923-25. Patrick Henry Williams, former state senator from this district died at his home on Pennsylvania ave. this morning at 3;30 following a heart attack. Mr. Williams, son of the late Robert and Marenda Torksey Williams, was born in Camden County in 1869. He attended Elizabeth City schools until 1886, went to Davis Military school at La Grange, then entered the university of North Carolina in 1888. In 1889 he entered Smith’s Business School at Lexington, Kentucky. He took his bachelor of arts degree at Randolph Macon College and entered the law school of the university of North Carolina in 1897.

Contibuted by: Linda Mansfield Date Hand written on Newspaper April 2, 1959

, DOLLY (d. 1846)

A colored woman, named Dolly, belonging to the estate of Richard Wilder, of Camden county, N.C., died on the 24^th ult., at the age of 120 years! She survived her husband some three or four years, who was 119 at the time of his death! They lived together as man and wife nearly ninety years.

Source: “Aged Negroes.” Scientific American 3 Oct. 1846: 15. Making of America. Cornell University. Web. <http://digital.library.cornell.edu/s/scia/>

Contributed by: Taneya Koonce

BURGESS Family Bible (ROBERT T. & MARGARET ANN KIGHT BURGESS)

This Bible record has not been seen for, as I understand it, about 30 years or more. It belongs to the Ella Hubbard Burgess Riggs (born 1902 and still living in Camden), listed in this Bible record. It has been transcribed by me as written.

This particular text has been cited numerous times in the past, most often in reference to the wife of Zachariah Kite (Kight) and the date of birth of Zephaniah Kite (Kight). She, Claypia (Clarpalia), wife of Zachariah Kite (Kight), has been frequently cited as having been an Indian. This Bible alone has always listed as the reference for this statement. As you see, there is no information regarding her, other than her relationship as the wife of Zachariah Kite (Kight). As far as I know, the only other reference to her is in a deed. With that, there is no evidence to support the long-standing tradition that she was an Indian. I must state, however, that her name, regardless of spelling, is nothing like any other name I have seen in the region. Some of the Kight family did live close to the Indiantown area on the border of Camden and Currituck Counties. The Indians that resided in the area were not for the most part, as many people have assumed, members of the Pasquotank tribe. The Pasquotanks had long since dispersed from the area or had been absorbed into the settling population, both white and slave. The vast majority of the Indians in Camden County, if not all of them, by the mid-1700s were of the Yeopim tribe that was placed on a 10,000 acre reservation in the Indiantown area in about 1704 as noted in a deed from Lord Granville to the Yeopim Indians. The Yeopims had previously lived in the southern part of Perquimans County and parts of Chowan County. If Clarpalia was an Indian, she was more than likely a member of this tribe.

I can not comment definitively on her origins. I can, however, state that, given her name, location, and dates, there is a good possibility that she was indeed an Indian as according to family tradition. Still, I think that every Camden County, NC Kight family researcher should examine the scant references to her, take into account the history of Camden County during the time period in which she lived, and draw their conclusions based on that information, not strictly on family tradition.

The above note is include here with the authors permission: Harvey Benton Harrison, III.

(Page with Copyright information not provided. Design and style common to late 19th century large “family”-type Bibles. All handwriting appears to be the same.)

(Bible formerly belonging to Ella Hubbard Burgess Riggs.)
(Transcribed as written by Harvey Benton Harrison, III.)

(Marriage Certificate page)

THIS IS TO CERTIFY
That Robert T. Burgess
and Margaret Ann Kight
WERE UNITED IN THE BONDS OF
HOLY MATRIMONY
At Shiloh Camden County on the 29th day of
December in the year of our Lord 1878
in Presence of Bailey Needham & Lydia Burgess
Signed Ceremony was performed by
Gideon Barker, Justice Peace

(Births page)
BIRTHS

Caleb Kight Burgess – Born Apil 26, 1880
Addie Kight Burgess – Born April 21, 1881
Aby Kight Burgess – Born June 6, 1882
Paul Kight Burgess – Born September 22, 1883.
Willie Kight Burgess – Born June 3, 1885
Joseph Walston Burgess – Born October 22, 1886
Mary Christian Burgess – Born May 24, 1888.
John Wesley Burgess – Born September 20, 1889.
Caleb Kight Burgess – Born July 15, 1891.
Robert T. Burgess – Born June 4, 1893.
Margaret Ann Burgess – Born September 25, 1894.
Robert T. Burgess – Born September 30, 1895
Nellie Kight Burgess – Born January 19, 1902.
———-
Ella Burgess Was Born June 11, 1902.

(Marriages page)
MARRIAGES

Paul K. Burgess to Laura J. Burgess – November 17, 1906.
Willie K. Burgess to Annie S. Staples – May 24, 1908.
John W. Burgess to Elizabeth Forbes – October 10, 1908
Addie K. Burgess to Frank Baker – March 25, 1913.
Ella Burgess to Charlie S. Riggs – July 17, 1916

(Deaths page)
DEATHS

Caleb Kight Burgess – Died May 14, 1880.
Aby Kight Burgess – Died August, 1883.
Mary Christian Burgess – Died June, 1889.
Joseph Walston Burgess – Died July, 1889.
Robert T. Burgess – Died June 6, 1894.
Margaret Ann Burgess – Died September 25, 1894.
Robert T. Burgess – Died June 15, 1896.

(Written on a blank page)

Margaret Ann Kight, daughter of Caleb and Aby
Kight, was born July 3, 1865.
Robert T. Burgess, son of Hezikiah and Polly Burgess,
was born October 22, 1856.
———-
Caleb W. Kight, son of Dempsey and Elizabeth
Kight, was born October 2, 1835.
———-
Aby Burgess, daughter of Simeon and Elizabeth
Burgess, was born December 30, 1829
———-
Hezikiah Burgess was the son of Hezakiah
and Lydia Wright Burgess.
Polly Burgess was the daughter of Dempsey
and Elizabeth Kight
———-
Dempsey Kight, son of Zephaniah and Margaret
Brown Kite, was born May 8, 1795.
Elizabeth Griffin, daughter of Macy and Sallie
Griffin, was born October 18, 1811.
———-
Zephaniah Kite, son of Zachariah and Claypia
Kite, was born June 25, 1766.