DIED – At his plantation near this city, in the night of the 4th inst., Mr. Samuel PEARSON, in the 8?st year of his age. Mr. P. had been afflicted the last four years of his life with the Stone which had prevented him from leaving home, during that time. He was not, however, confined to his room till within five or six days of his death.
Source: Raleigh Register, 11 May 1802, page 3.