COUNTY HOME RESIDENTS BURIED POTTERS FIELD And Other Local Cemeteries
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The listings on this page were tediously compiled and shared by May MacCallum, Richmond County Historical Society. Names of the residents of The Richmond County Homes for the Poor and Infirm were not found listed in the County records. May spent many hours meticulously searching and copying death certificates that related to the County Homes #1 and #2. In order to locate the residents, sometimes called 'Inmates', it was necessary to find 'someone' whose occupation was shown as Keeper of the Poor House. The search involved viewing page after page of the Federal Census of Richmond County each decade from 1860 - 1940. May's determined labor of love has resulted in a 4-inch thick notebook, (yes, I measured it.) stuffed with her wonderful findings. Much of it has been published on this site. The people who lived out their golden years in Homes #1 & #2 truly deserve a valid place in Richmond County History, and their descendants deserve to know where they rest today. The first group of residents on this page were buried on the property of the home in which they lived. Their death certificates were found in the Richmond County Courthouse in Rockingham. May The second group listed on this page show names and the cemeteries in which they are buried. Their death certificates were located either in Richmond County Court House, or Ancestry.Com on line. Click on individual name to view death certificate, and learn even more. Enjoy, Myrtle Bridges NCGenWeb Coordinator Richmond County
The following residents lived in one of the Richmond County Homes for the Poor and Infirm. Members of this group were NOT buried on County Home property. However, the County Home was sometimes listed as the undertaker, even if buried elsewhere. This information was obtained from death certificates located in the Richmond County Courthouse. May MacCallum
NO DEATH CERTIFICATES BEFORE 1913
No known death certificates exist before 1913. On March 10, 1913 the General Assembly ratified an "Act to Provide for the Registration of all Births and Deaths in the State of North Carolina." Compliance with this law was less than complete at first. Most deaths and births still took place at home - isolation, carelessness, and the habits of generations inhibited enforcement. North Carolina Research - Genealogy & Local History, 2nd Edit., Helen F.M. Leary, C.G., F.A.S.G. Editor Very little is known about the residents below. Everyone deserves to be validated and remembered. If your research reveals information about any of these folks, please consider sharing it with others. I would be delighted to add it to this site. Thanks! Myrtle Bridges, NCGenWeb Coordinator for Richmond County
The 1860 United States Federal Census for Richmond County, Wolf Pit District shows in Dwelling #557, John Taylor 33, Keeper of the Poor House; Mary Jane Taylor, wife, 21; Christopher C. Taylor 2 years; and Mary Nicholson 65, Pauper. John is s/o Morgan & Jane 'Ginsey' Hunt Taylor - See Descendants Morgan Taylor Dwelling #558: Charlotte Covington 65, Intellectually disabled. May be w/o Samuel Covington, Pauper, who d. bet. 1850-1860 Charlotte Everette 48, Idiot (Intellectually disabled) Esther Covington 65, Idiot Sarah Loyd 75, Pauper Dwelling #559: Milla Sneed 85, Pauper Nancy Yates, Sr., 75, Pauper Nancy Yates, Jr., 46, Insane from Affliction Nancy Barber 85, Pauper Dwelling #560: Martha B. Sneed 55, Pauper Jemimah Sneed 23, Pauper Daniel J. Sneed 20, Pauper Solomon Sneed 21, Insane Patsy A. Sneed 16, Insane Dwelling #561: Daniel Lampley 38, Born Blind Elizer Wiggin 26, b. SC, Pauper John Wiggin 5, b. NC, Insane Dwelling #562: Hugh G. McColl 57, Insanity Hereditary Ellis Viner 30, Idiot
The 1870 United States Federal Census for Richmond County, Rockingham Township shows in Dwelling #60, Joseph Smith 58, Keeper of the Poor House; Nancy Smith 54; Mary Smith 17; and Nancy Smith 12 Dwelling #61: Nancy Yates 42, Pauper (w) Mary Burns 42, Pauper (w) Milly Steele 70, Pauper (b) Polly Taylor 100, Pauper (w) Dwelling #62: Sarah Loyd 85, Pauper (w) Sarah Leak 41, Pauper (w)
The 1880 United States Federal Census for Richmond County, Rockingham Township shows in Dwelling #66, Alamander Taylor 51, Keeper for House; Marthey 48, wife; Mary Taylor 50, sister; Noah Taylor 15, (b) servant. Alamander is s/o Morgan & Jane 'Ginsey' Hunt Taylor - See Descendants Morgan Taylor Dwelling #67: Easter Covington 88, (w) at Poor House Christian McIntire 77, (w) at Poor House Susan Powell 75, (w) at Poor House Sarah Dawkins 20, at Poor House Nancy Yates 57, at Poor House Hannah Poolin 35 (b), at Poor House Holden Batton 71, (w), at Poor House Thos. Johnson 60, (w) at Poor House Ellis Wall 83 (b), at Poor House Littleton Ingram 75 (b), at Poor House Alax Jones 26, (b) at Poor House Thos. McGurt 18, (w) at Poor House
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