Category Archives: Raleigh Register

SITGREAVES, John – (d. 1802)

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DIED – At Halifax, on the 4th inst., John SITGREAVES, Esq., Judge of the Court of the United States for the North Carolina district.  He served, for a time, as an officer in the revolutionary war.  After the peace he was chosen a Member of Congress under the confederation.  He was repeatedly elected a Member of the Legislature of this state for his native town, Newbern; and for several years part he held the office of which he died possessed.

Source: Raleigh Register & North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, March 16, 1802.

SCOTT, Arthur and HAYS, Esther – (m. 1802)

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MARRIED – On Thursday evening the 25th ult, at Jerico, the <…> of Mr. James HAYS, in Guilford county,  Mr. Arthur SCOTT, Merchant of Baltimore, to the amiable and virtuous Miss Esther HAYS, daughter of Mr. James HAYS.  — Mr. HAYS has complimented the young married couple with the well known farm and buildings, on Haw River, called Ballyhac, computed to be worth at least 4,500 guineas, with other valuable property.  Ballyhac, we understand, is to be the place of the future residence of Mr. and Mrs. SCOTT.

Source: Raleigh Register & North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, March 16, 1802.

Burglaries

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Several burglaries have lately been committed in Franklin county, in this State, the perpetrators of which have not yet been discovered.  The principal sufferer is Thomas LANIER, Esq., who has had his premises robbed of a considerable sum of money, and most of his papers of value, such as bonds, notes, &c.  We trust the villian or villains will shortly be discovered.

Source: Raleigh Register & North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, March 16, 1802.

RANSOM, James (Mrs.) – (d. 1802)

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[DIED in Warren County] – Mrs. RANSOM, wife of Mr. James RANSOM.

Source: Raleigh Register & North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, March 9, 1802.

DAVIS, Buckner (Mrs.) – (d. 1802)

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DIED — In the same county [Warren], a few days ago, Mrs. DAVIS, wife of Mr. Buckner DAVIS.

Source: Raleigh Register & North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, March 9, 1802.

TURNER, James (Mrs.) – (d. 1802)

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DIED – In Warren county, on Friday the 26th ult., in the prime of life, Mrs. TURNER, the amiable wife of Captain James TURNER, Senator of the Legislature of this State from that county.

This truly respectable woman, has left a disconsolate husband, and “a smiling face of pra<…>” to mourn her death <…> loss, a loss of the sense of which time may alleviate, but cannot repair.  Her friends will long lament the deprivation of those virtuous qualifcations which endeared her to them, and the society she so eminently adorned will experience a void, which will not easily be filled.

Source: Raleigh Register & North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, March 9, 1802.

MARSHALL, Frederick William – (d. 1802)

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DIED — At Salem, on the 11st instant, of an apoplectic fit, Frederick William MARSHALL, Esq.  Senior Civilis of the Unitas Fratrura.  He was of noble extraction, born in Saxony, Feb. 6, 1721.  He lived to the age of 81, of which he spent about 31 years in Germany, 15 in Englad, 12 in Holland, about 3 2 1/2 in the United States of America, and about <…> years at sea in passing backwards and forwards.  He was one of the first promoters of the settlements of the Brethern in North Carolina.

The United Brethern have lost in him an indefatigable, “faithful, and very much regretted Director of their general concerns’ and the State a much esteemed citizen. – We add, that his urbanity of manners greatly contributed to the civilization of the first settlers of that part of the country in which he died.  His integrity and benevolence were truly exemplary.  As a neighbour and a friend, his services were not less useful than patriotic.  In him were combined completely, the Christian, the Gentleman and the Scholar.

Source: Raleigh Register & North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, February 16, 1802.

 

CHRISTOPHERS, C. and LANE, Betsey – (m. 1802)

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MARRIED — Near this city, on Sunday last, Mr. C. Christophers, to Miss Betsey LANE, daughter of Mr. James LANE. 

Source: Raleigh Register & North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, February 16, 1802.

PUCKETT, John – (d. 1802)

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DIED – At Chapel Hill, on the 2<…> ult, Mr. John PUCKETT, Postmaster of that place.

Source: Raleigh Register & North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, February 2, 1802.

ATKINS, Rodham – (d. 1802)

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DIED – In this city, on the 18th ult, suddenly, Mr. Rodham ATKINS, formerly an eminent house carpenter.

Source: Raleigh Register & North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, February 2, 1802.