EDWARDS, Dempsey and SHEPARD, Elizabeth – (m. 1853)

MARRIED – In Greene county, on Thursday evening, the 14th instant, by Joshua ROUSE, Esq., Col. Dempsey EDWARDS to Miss Elizabeth A. SHEPARD, all of Greene.

Source: Semi-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC). 30 July 1853. Available at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.

E.T. Albritton Recovers (1882)

Excerpted from the Snow Hill Items column:

Mr. E.T. ALBRITTON who has been sick for a long time, and once despaired of, has recovered and has returned to Mt. Olive with his parents who have been with him during the greater part of his sickness; we hope he will return soon well as ever.


Source: New Berne Weekly Journal , 30 March 1882, page 3. 

Mrs. Hargrave Visits (1890)

Excerpted from the Beacon Flashes column:

Mrs. Bettie HARGRAVE, of Snow Hill, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. L.N. HOWCUTT for the past week.


Source: Roanoke Beacon, 30 May 1890, pg 3. Available online at digitalnc.org.

ALBRITTON, Martha (Mrs.) – (d. 1835)

DIED — On the 30th ult. in Greene county, Mrs. Martha ALBRITTON, after a lingering and painful illness of four weeks, which she bore with great fortitude.


Source: North-Carolina standard. (Raleigh, N.C.), 14 Jan. 1836. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042147/1836-01-14/ed-1/seq-3/>

SCURLOCK, Joseph – SHEPPARD, Martha J. – (m. 1800)

MARRIED – In Greene County, on the 13th ult., Mr. Joseph SCURLOCK, of Chatham County, to Mrs. Martha J. SHEPPARD, of the former county.

Source:  Raleigh Register and Weekly Advertiser,  5 August 1800.