negroes

1850 Division of Peter Davis Negroes found in Warren County, North Carolina Will Book 41, Page 90 and 91.

Contributed by Lori Hunter

In obedience to an order of Court for Warren County made at the November Term 1850, we the undersigned commissioners
met on Monday the 16th day of December and proceeded to divide the negroes belonging to the Estate of Peter R. Davis
deceased as follows (viz):

Lot No 1 To Mr. Pitchfords Children

Simon valued at $850; Willis 800; Sandy 800; Arthur 800; Washington 600; Moses 600; Daniel Sr. 50; Harry 200; Isham

List of the Negroes, and their ages, as well as known on the 1st of January 1850 belonging to Peter R. Davis Estate, also those born up to 1st November 1850.

Warren County, North Carolina Loose Estate Papers, North Carolina State Archives CR.100.508 Peter R. Davis 1850. (Also in Warren County Will Book Number 41.)

Contributed by Lori Hunter

Penny, 90
Daniel, 67
Jim Bracy, 67
Charles Hamilton, 59 Legacy
Gloster, 64
Dick, 56
Lewis, Snow, 55
Harry, 55
Sy, 52
Isham Macklin, 51
Joe, 46
Guilford, 46
Trip, 44

Moses (Yancy), 41
Isham (Yancy)

Lewis Tarver, 40
John, 67

Contributed by Billy Joe Cabaniss, Jr.
Cabaniss Web Site

Please Read
April 29, 1999

I was recently asked if I had any knowledge of a 1918 crime that occurred in Huntsville, Texas (Walker County). The crime was described as the lynching of a family of six African Americans on June 4, 1918. I think I was asked about it because the family and I share the same surname, the crime was committed in Texas, and, finally, I live in Texas.