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PUBLICATIONS ABOUT
SAMPSON COUNTY
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Books at the GenealogyBookstore.com about Sampson County.
The Brinson Genealogy book “Here, There and Yonder” sub titled Cason & Sons,
A Brinson Genealogy by Robert W Brinson has been reprinted and I received them
from the publisher today. The books look great. They are hard covered. The books
are a direct reprint with no updates. The book has 900 pages.
Thomas Brinson came to America in the mid to early 1600s. This book mainly tracks
the descendents of his second son. Some Brinson’s were among the first American
families to enter Texas are also tracked by the book.
The books are for sale and are priced at $30.00 for local sales when the buyer picks
up the book in New Bern, NC. If I package and ship the books they will be $40.00
postage paid. I will require payment by certified check or money order in advance.
Questions or for more Information Please Contact
Don Brinson
donaldcarl3763@suddenlink.net
252-638-2157
SEARCH FOR THE PARENTAGE OF JAMES E. WEST 1804-1880©
AND THE PROGENITOR©
JAMES WEST OF BLADEN, DUPLIN, SAMPSON AND ROBESON COUNTIES, NC
AND HIS CHILDREN 1734-1850
A STUDY BY MARY FRANCES (WEST) POWELL
This book details the search for the NC origins of James E. WEST, William
WEST and Gibson WEST, Sr. who migrated to GA from 1820-1840 and lived there
until their deaths.
James WEST, the progenitor; and all his children alive 1828 are identified in this book.
Included are names of spouses for most of his children. Send an email
request and I will provide names of James' children.
There are 171 pages in the book; chapters are indexed but timelines are
not indexed.
Cost of the book is forty dollars with shipping and handling included. A tracking number is also
used to prevent loss in the mail.
Please send either money order or personal check; credit cards are not accepted.
The book should be received within three weeks of receiving your order with payment.
Email: westhistorian@yahoo.com
Write: Mary F. (WEST) POWELL
771-B Wembly Drive
Frederick, MD 21701
Book Edited by Kent
Wrench
Images of SAMPSON COUNTY, published by Arcadia Publishing,
compiled and edited by Kent Wrench. This book spans from the Civil War
to the mid-twentieth century and depicts Sampson's towns, villages,
people, schools, churches, homes and it's past turpentine industry.
The images present a wonderful visual history, matched with informative
captions. This book will be a treasure in preserving and remembering
the spirit of Sampson County.
The book is available at the Sampson County History Museum, Clinton
NC for $18.99. Order by mail from: Kent Wrench, 2821 Wrench Road, Godwin,
NC 28344 for $20.00 including postage.
Books by Bradley Lee West and Kenneth Dale Register
- NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY CEMETERIES, VOL. 3.
This is the final cemetery book . Using topography maps, 911 map,
and other sources. I have finally finished this project. This book
contains a listing of 144 gravesites located in the northwestern part
of the county extending from Clinton, NC on Hwy 421 North towards
Dunn, NC and from Clinton, NC along Hwy 24 West towards Autryville,
NC. Hwy 24 being the dividing line between the southern and northern
parts of the county. It has 300 pages with an index. The price is
$30.00.
- SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ….. THE W.P.A.
The Works Progress Administration Pre –1914 Cemetery Inscription Survey
For Sampson County , NC. As surveyed by Mrs. Thyra R. Ussery, Margaret
Jackson, and Mrs. Buck Wilson. This book contains a listing of 420
gravesites. Cemetery listings from all over Sampson County. It has
287 pages with an index. The price is $30.00.
- CLINTON CITY CEMETERY
This book contains the listing of graves in the town cemetery of Clinton,
Sampson County, North Carolina. It has 200 pages and an index. Also
included are three maps of the cemetery. The price is $30.00.
- THE 1784-1786 NC STATE CENSUS, 1790, AND 1800 SAMPSON COUNTY
NC CENSUS
This book contains the 1784 and 1786 State Census for Duplin and Sampson
Counties. Also the 1790 and 1800 Sampson County, NC State Census.
It has 57 pages. The price is $15.00.
- NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY CEMETERIES, VOL. 1
This book contains a listing of 262 gravesites located in the northeastern
part of the county extending from Clinton, NC on Hwy 421 North towards
Dunn, NC and from Clinton, NC along Hwy 24 East towards Turkey, NC.
Hwy 24 being the dividing line between the southern and northern parts
of the county. It has 484 pages with an index. The price is $40.00.
- NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY CEMETERIES, VOL. 2
This book contains a listing of 161 gravesites located in the northwestern
part of the county extending from Clinton, NC on Hwy 421 North towards
Dunn, NC and from Clinton, NC along Hwy 24 West towards Autryville,
NC. Hwy 24 being the dividing line between the southern and northern
parts of the county. It has 484 pages with an index. The price is
$40.00.
- SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY CEMETERIES
This book contains a listing of 330 gravesites located in the southern
part of the county extending from Autryville along Hwy 24 East to
Turkey. Hwy 24 being the dividing line between the southern and northern
parts of the county. It has 375 pages with an index. The price is
$40.00.
- NINETEENTH CENTURY VITAL STATISTICS OF SAMPSON COUNTY AND DUPLIN
COUNTY, N. C., {1796 - 1870}, VOL. 1
This book consists of articles on births, marriages, family reunions,
biographies, and deaths out of Fayetteville and Wilmington newspapers.
I have researched through many a newspapers for information on Sampson
County. I did Duplin County out of respect for it being the parent
county of Sampson County. There is so much quailty information in
these articles. I typed the articles as they appeared. There is no
article abstraction here. It has 244 pages with an index. The price
is $30.00.
- NINETEENTH CENTURY VITAL STATISTICS OF SAMPSON COUNTY AND DUPLIN
COUNTY, N. C., {1871 - 1892}, VOL. 2
This book consists of articles on births, marriages, family reunions,
biographies, and deaths out of Clinton, Fayetteville and Wilmington
newspapers. There is so much quailty information in these articles.
I typed the articles as they appeared. There is no article abstraction
here. It has 270 pages with an index. The price is $30.00.
Shipping and Handling included in the price.
As long as there is interest, I will keep the books available.
Send order to: Bradley Lee West , 8817 Roseboro Hwy, Roseboro NC 28382.
Make check payable to
Bradley West
NO CREDIT CARDS
Books will be shipped right away.
Publications available through the Sampson County Historical
Society
- The Heritage of Sampson County by Oscar M. Bizzell and Virginia
L. Bizzell, editors, 786 pages on archival paper. Contains sections
on local history, family histories and pictorial honor pages. This
fine book was the centerpiece of Sampson's 200th birthday celebration
in 1984.
- Sampson County Court Minutes, 1784-1800 compiled and edited
by Oscar M. & Virginia L. Bizzell. Contains 317 pages on acid
free (long life) paper. During the early days of independence, there
was no newspaper coverage here, but the early court minutes read like
one. They listed the county justices, sheriff, clerk of court, constables
and patrols f or the various districts, jurymen, overseers of the
various roads leading to every part of the county, wills submitted
f or probate, items contained in the estate and their value, proof
of deeds to be recorded, approximate age of many persons, illegitimate
children, orphans, guardians, insolvents, attorneys, legal cases that
went to court and the verdict, name and value of slaves, free negroes,
and many other such records not available elsewhere. Price is $38.
- Sampson County Court Minutes, 1800-1810 compiled and edited
by Oscar M. & Virginia L. Bizzell. Contains 230 pages on acid
f ree paper. This is a continuation of the court minute book listed
above and covers the next ten years from August 1800 through May term
of court 1810. Price is $33.
- Sampson County Court Minutes, 1810-1820 compiled and edited
by Oscar M. & Virginia L. Bizzell. The minutes of a county court
are essential to those interested in a county and its inhabitants.
This book contains 250 pages on acid free paper. price is $35.
- Sampson County Court Minutes, 1820-1830 compiled and edited
by Oscar M. And Virginia L. Bizzell. Continuation of the above three
court minute books beginning with the creation of the County in 1784.
This book contains 310 pages on acid f ree paper. Price is $38
- Seventh Census of the USA - 1850 - Sampson County, N.C.
compiled and edited by Virginia L. Bizzell. Contains 138 pages on
acid f ree paper. Lists families and free persons living here 66 years
after the county was formed in 1784, and eleven years before the start
of the War Between the States. Alphabetized for easy use, to show
name, age, sex, race, occupation, dollar value of real estate, number
of slaves, and place of birth. Lists persons who reported they married
within the year. Names all persons (both free and slave) who died
during the one year ending 1 June 1850. Price is $22.50.
- Eighth Census of the USA - 1860 - Sampson County, N.C. compiled
and edited by Virginia L. Bizzell. Contains 165 pages on acid f ree
paper. Lists families and free persons living here one year before
the start of the War Between the States. Alphabetized f or easy use,
to show the post office and district (township). Lists persons who
married and persons (both free and slave) who died within the year
ending 1 June 1860. Price is $22.50.
- Ninth Census of the USA - 1870 - Sampson County, N.C. compiled
and edited by Virginia L. Bizzell. Contains 264 pages on acid free
paper. Lists all persons and families living in the county. Slaves
were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, and they are
listed f or the first time. This book is alphabetized for easy use,
to show the house ancl family number, post office, township, name,
age, sex, race and occupation. Lists persons married within the year
and the month in which babies were born. The mortality section names
persons who died during the one year ending 1 June 1870, age, sex,
color, married or widowed, place of birth, month died, occupation,
cause of death, family number and township. Price is $28.
- Sampson County Childlife, NC, 1870-1890 by Oscar M. Bizzell,
editor, 74 pages. Contains 77 stories by O.J. Peterson about games
children played, oneroom schools, work on the farm, trapping wild
game, why town folks seemec3 bigoty, and other such tales that will
amuse and inform you. Price is $6.
- A Mixed Up Sampson County Family, 1848-1868 by Martha E.
McArthur. Edited and supplemented by Oscar M. Bizzell. Describes life
in the county during the perilous days of the War Between the States,
and the reconstruction afterwards. Contains 36 pages printed on acid
free paper. Price is $5.
- The Five Civilized Indian Tribes of Eastern North Carolina
by C.D. Brewington, a distinguished Indian native of Sampson County.
This 2nd printing is edited and supplemented by Oscar M. Bizzell,
and placed on file at the Library of Congress under Number 94-065035.
A concise but true story of the historical facts about these Indians
whose descendants are still here. Presents evidence of their intermarriage
and life with the Whites from Sir Walter Raleigh's Lost Colony. Contains
50 pages printed on acid f ree paper. Price is $7.
- Hollerin' Revived At Spivey's Corner by Ermon H. Godwin
and Oscar M. Bizzell, 80 pages. Hollerin' - not to be confused with
hollering or hog callingis the oldest form of comanunication known
to man. But it was almost a lost art when banker Ermon Godwin and
radioman John G. Thomas conceived the idea of a national hollerin'
contest at Spivey's Corner, Sampson County, N.C. It isn't likely that
either Ermon or John even dreamed the event would ever reach the size
and fame it has. The 25th anniversary contest was held June 1993,
and a book written to describe the first 25 years. Price is $6.
- The Huckleberry Historian News and Announcements of the
Sampson County Historical Society. Usually seven pages per issue.
Published four times a year since 1979. Features local history, genealogy
and folklore items by the members. Includes membership in the Society.
$5 per year.
To order, contact Sampson County Historical Society, 2336 Horine Road,
Clinton, NC 28328. Telephone 910-564-6471. Terms: Cash or check with
order. All prices include postage.
Books in process
- Revolutionary War Records, Duplin and Sampson Counties, N.C., Contributions
to Genealogy, by Virginia L. Bizzell and Oscar M. Bizzell.
- Cape Fear Valley Folklore, by Micki Cottle and Oscar Bizzell. The
focus will be on Duplin/Sampson stories about bygone people, places
and events that entertain and inform the reader. Please contribute
one or more for our consideration. They should be about one typewritten
page long and we will credit the author for his/her contribution.
Folklore stories are an important part of local history and are cherished
by many people.
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