Excerpted from the “Hyde County Items” column:

Mr. Daniel NEAL did his usual amount of work on the 29th ult.  At night he complained of a pain in his breast, which continued to grow worse, until he died about 12 o’clock.  The deceased was one of the old man and a consistent member of the Baptist church.

Source:  Washington Gazette (Washington, NC). 12 June 1884.