Whereas Aley, my Wife, has eloped from my Bed and Board, this is therefor to forwarn any Person or Persons from crediting her, harbouring or furnishing her with any Thing on my Account, as I am determined not to pay or answer any of her Account — John REGAN.
Robeson county, March 18th, 1802.
Source: Raleigh Register & North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, March 23, 1802.
Steve JACOBS, a Croatoan Indian, under sentence of death for the murder of Mrs. HARPER, a white woman, escaped from jail at Lumberton, Robeson county, NC. Two other prisoners escaped with him. Young BENNET, the jailer’s son, and another assistant took supper to the prisoners. JACOBS assaulted BENNETT, cracking his skull, and then brained the assistant. The prisoners then escaped.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 23 August 1889. Available online at digitalnc.org.
Seventh Fever Victim at Normal
Greensboro, Nov. 30 — Miss McGOUGAN, of Robeson county, a student at the Normal, died this morning of typhoid fever. She had been sick about ten days. During the last days of her illness she was nursed by her mother, who today carried the body of her daughter to her home at Lumber Bridge.
The total number of deaths from the fever at the Normal is seven. There is an improvement in the condition of the patients, though several of the girls remain critically ill. The directors of the college are still in session, and nearly all the members of the board are present. They are still silent. Their conservatism and painstaking efforts to ascertain the cause of the sickness are to be commended.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 2 March 1900. Available online at digitalnc.org.
MARRIED – On the 5th inst., at the residence of Gilbert M. McLEAN, in Robeson county, by the Rev. Hector McLEAN, Mr. John C. SINCLAIR to Miss Sarah McLEAN, daughter of the late Neill McLEAN.
Source: Fayetteville Observer, February 9, 1857
DIED — On the 28d inst., Abram BROWN, a native of Isley, Scotland, but for the last 64 years a resident of Robeson county, aged 86 years.
Source: Fayetteville Observer, February 2, 1857
DIED — Near Lumberton, on the 20th ult., of Pneumonia, William BLOUNT, aged 41 years.
Source: Fayetteville Observer, February 2, 1857
Maxton, Oct. 24. – M.A. SUTHERLAND, while intoxicated, was arrested by Officer J.S. SMITH, it is claimed, because of something that SUTHERLAND said to him. SUTHERLAND, it is said, was not violent, but when the officer started to arrest him he resisted feebly. On this SMITH struck him to the ground, striking him again after he fell. A bystander caught the stick, and SMITH was arrested. Some ugly wounds were inflicted on SUTHERLAND’s head, and for hours he was unconscious, but he will recover. SMITH’s attorneys waived a preliminary examination and the defendant was bound over to superior court in a $200 bond.
Source: Kinston Free Press, October 25, 1905
DIED – In Robeson county, 11th ult., Neill BROWN, Esq., a patriot of the Revolution, aged 88.
Source: North-Carolina standard. (Raleigh, N.C.), 07 Jan. 1836. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042147/1836-01-07/ed-1/seq-3/>
DIED — At Pembroke, on the 7th ins., Mrs. WITHERSPOON, consort of David WITHERSPOON, Esqr.
Source: Raleigh Register and Weekly Advertiser, 25 February 1800, pg 3.
Fayetteville Examiner: Mr. Charles M. WHITE, of Robeson county, died very suddenly at the residence of his son, in the neighborhood of St. Paul’s church, on Friday last. He was apparently in good health a short time before his death. He was on the point of leaving for home, being engaged in fixing his harness, when he dropped on the ground and immediately expired.
Source: Raleigh News and Observer, 18 September 1880. Page 3.