I am looking for info. on the Henry Tucker family. from Old Dobbs County born circa 1790 inNC   died1840 in Monroe Co. Tenn.     I could not find much info in Dobbs because the Court House burned early.   I have dates on marriages.  He married  Marry Polly Grant cr 1790 inNorth Carolina.   He married Sarah Myers Sept 29,1814 in Washington Co. Virginia.    I have tried for years to find his parents. – Jeannie  Tucker Beasley

If you have any suggestions for Jeannie please email her at jbeasley6@suddenlink.net.

Local Youth Has a Chance Rhodes Scholarship Now – Charles ROUSE, son of Mr. and Mrs. N.J. ROUSE, of Kinston, was selected as one of the five University of North Carolina students who will compete with students from other colleges in the State for the honor of being one of the two Rhodes scholars to be selected from the State this year. A news dispatch from Chapel Hill at the weekend carried the following announcement:

“The five university representatives are Jack CROWE, Dallas, Tx.; Ed HUDGINS, Marion; Charles LIPSCOMB, Greensboro; Charles ROUSE, Kinston, and Walter SPEARMAN, Charlotte.  The selections were announced today by Dean Addison HIBBARD, chairman of the local Rhodes scholarship committee.  Other members of the committee were N.W. WALKER, D.D. CARrOLL and R.B. HOUSE.

Applications were judged on the basis of the students; character, scholarship and extra-curricular activities.  Six men applied for the coveted scholarships, which carry an annual stipend of about $1,500 for study at Oxford University.  The names of the men selected will be forwarded to President H. S. HILLEY, who is secretary of the state committee. Dr. H.W. CHASE, president of the university, is chairman of the state committee. From the men selected in each institution will be chosen the two successful candidates. Dr. T.J. WILSON, III of Chapel Hill and William J. COCKE, of Asheville, were the last Rhodes scholars to represent the university.

Young Mr. ROUSE is at present a law student at the university, where he took his A.B. degree with high honors, being accorded the Phi Beta Kappa membership for scholarship. He is at present on the staff of the Law Review of the University and has been prominent in frat circles.

Contributed by Taneya Koonce.

The directory was printed by Baldwin Publishing Company.  It lists all residents aged 16 years or older, a business directory, buyer’s guide and local civic & government information.   Click on the image to access the full-text or click here.

You can also browse specific cemeteries.

Search for cemetery records in Lenoir County, NC at by entering a surname and clicking search: Lenoir County, NC (134 names) All of Find A Grave (64.7 million names) Restrict search to Surname

This update includes items from the June 18 – June 30 1906 issues and added more than 300 names to the database.  Remember, this is not a complete index; just items I think have greater genealogical value, in addition to all vitals of local and residents of nearby counties.

Lenoir county deaths reported in these issues include:

• ASKEW, (infant) – 11 month old daughter of John Askew
• HARGRAVE, Katie L. (Mrs.)
• OGLESBY, Beulah –  (2 year old daughter of Henry T. Oglesby)
• PATRICK, George Lane
• POTTER, Adeline
• SUTTON Jr., John W.

Marriages added with this update include:

• Maud Luce KING and G. W. GWALTNEY
• Nancy BEST and Robert Peyton BENSON
• Miss Frankie SHIVERS and Robert PHILLIPS
• Laura ROUSE and Ed JONES
• Lillie HOWARD and R.C. JACKSON

The total number of names in the NC People in the Papers database associated with Lenoir County is now up to 377.

Location:  From Hwy 70 in Kinston take Jenny Lind Rd. turn left on Bear Creek Rd, then right onto Ben F Herring Rd. Cemetery is on the left in the field surrounded by trees.

Listings

Double stone
ELMORE
Wife
Lucy Herring
July 5 1906
Sept 9 1986
Husband
Lester May
Nov 6 1901
Apr 3 1955

Double stone
HERRING
Lucy Jane Dawson
Apr 11 1874
Aug 19 1942
Benjamin Franklin
July 18 1874
Dec 16 1959

Frances W Herring
June 22 1901
July 1 1990

Jake Herring
Oct 8 1881
Oct 15 1959

Double stone
HERRING
Emma Clyde Cowen
Oct 5 1912
Apr 26 1993
Tommie Franklin
Oct 25 1905
Aug 16 1960

Ira W Dawson
Feb 24 1870
Feb 20 1927

John W Dawson
Died March 9 1920
Age 36 years

Hugh Mac Lane
1877 – 1918

Barbara Hines Lane
1878 – 1930

Zella Dawson Brown
Aug 31 1884
Jan 24 1938

Seth Dawson
Born March 29 1871
Died May 30 1915

Clyde
Son of
Seth & Zella Dawson
Died Aug 13 1908
Aged 2 mos

Double stone
HEATH
Gertrude D
Dec 25 1888
Aug 25 1966
Henry T
May 12 1886
Feb 15 1947

Double stone
DAWSON
Della
Nov 30 1848
Oct 15 1908
Thomas
June 10 1840
Dec 20 1895

Mamie Lane
1914 – 1918

Franklin Lane
Born & Died 1898

Levi Andrew Dawson
North Carolina
PFC US Army
World War I PH
Feb 2 1894
Dec 7 1961

Double stone
DAWSON
Andrew L
Oct 4 1864
Dec 29 1920
Hannah Herring
Apr 1 1871
July 3 1913

Archie Franklin
Son of
Andrew L & Hannah H Dawson
NOI

Infant of
Andrew L & Hannah H Dawson
NOI

George Lindsey
Son of
Andrew L & Hannah H Dawson
NOI

Infant of
Andrew L & Hannah H Dawson
NOI

Huldy A
Daughter of
T & D Dawson
Born
Nov 10 1879
Died
Aug 12 1882

Virginia
Daughter of
T & D Dawson
Born
May 20 1876
Died
Oct 2 1881

Elbert
Son of
T & D Dawson
Born
Dec 7 1872
Died
July 10 1881

Double stone
PELLETIER
Myrtle D
1878 – 1950
Robert L
1871 – 1920

Doc
Son of
R L & Myrtle Pelletier
Sept 7 1914
Oct 22 1917

Double stone
PELLETIER
Helen Hunt
May 1 1920
NOD
Hazel Haynes
May 1920
May 10 2007

DAWSON
NOI

Location: Off Hwy 58 between Grays Mill Rd and Airy Grove Church Rd back in the field

Listings

Rachel Dawson Bright
Wife of
Simon Bright
Born
April 3 1803
Died
Feb 25 1863

Simon Bright
May 24 1850
Aged 58 Yrs.