Z. V. Butts, Jr.

Corpl, Inf., Hdqrs. Co., 30th Div., 119th Reg.; of Carteret County; son of Z. V. and Mrs. Catherine Butts. Entered service July 30, 1917, at Morehead City, N.C. Sent to Camp Royster, N.C. Transferred to Camp Sevier. Sailed for France May 28, 1918. Promoted to Corpl. June 1, 1918. Fought at Ypres, Bellicourt, Hindenburg Drive, St. Quentin. Landed in USA April 2, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Jackson, S. C., April 7, 1919.

Coree Tribe

Coree Indians. A tribe, possibly Algonquian, formerly occupying the peninsulas of Neuse river, in Carteret and Craven counties, North Carolina. They had been greatly reduced in a war with another tribe before 1696, and were described by Archdale as having been a bloody and barbarous people. Lawson refers to them as Coranine Indians, but in another place calls them Connamox, and gives them two villages in 1701–Coranine and Raruta–with about 125 souls. They engaged in the Tuscarora war of 1711, and in 1715 the remnants of the Coree and Machapunga were assigned a tract on Mattamuskeet Lake, Hyde County, North … Read more

Luther Hamilton

2nd Lt., Inf., Machine Gun, 7th Div., 20th Machine Gun Bn.; of Carteret County; son of S. E. and Rebecca W. Hamilton. Husband of Marie Long Hamilton. Entered service Aug. 25, 1917, at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Transferred to Ft. Bliss, Texas, from there to Camp McArthur. Sailing for Liverpool, Eng., Aug. 20, 1918. From Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas, to Camp Merritt, N. J., then overseas. Fought at Metz Sector, Lorraine. Mustered out at Camp Dix, N. J., May 15, 1919.

C. P. Lewis

Machinist Mate 2nd Class (Navy). Born in Carteret County June 22, 1900; son of Mr. Joseph B. and Mary Lewis. Entered service June 27, 1917, at Morehead City, N.C. Sent to Saunders Range, Md. Transferred to Cherry Stone Sub. Base, Va. From there to 5th Naval Dist., Store House, Va. Promoted to rank Feb., 1918. On supply ship No. 25. Mustered out at Norfolk, Va., May 2, 1919.

Coree Indians

Coree tribe, or Coranine Tribe, Coranine Indians. Meaning unknown. Coree Connections. As the final stage of the Coree existence was passed with an Algonquian tribe, some have thought that the affiliations of  this people were also Algonquian. On the other hand Lawson (1860) that notes that their language and that of a tribe to the north were mutually intelligible and there is a reason for thinking that this northern tribe belonged to the Iroquois Confederacy. At least the Coree were closely associated in many ways with the Iroquoian Tuscarora. Coree Location. On the peninsula south of Neuse River in Carteret … Read more

Carteret County, North Carolina – Wills 1760-1799

A. 1777 ARTHUR, JOHN, James, Seth. B. 1719 BRICE, WILLIAM, Ann, William, Eliza, Frances. 1749 BORDEN, WILLIAM, William. 1753 BRICE, WILLIAM, Acton, Frances, Rigdon, William. 1766 BRYANT, NICHOLAS, Eleanor, John. 1769 BERKLEY, AYTWORTH, Abraham, Nancy. 1772 BENTHALL, REUBEN, Thomas, Jacob, Reuben, John. 1773 BENTHALL, JOHN, Reuben; Meadows, John. 1775 BELL, JOSEPH, David, Malachi, Caleb, Joseph, Andrew. 1781 BELL, SOLOMON, Owen. 1782 BELL, NUELL, John, Nuell, Nathan. 1784 BELL, DAVID, David, Sarah, Elizabeth. 1785 BACKHOUSE, JOHN, Allen, John. 1785 BAGWELL, ROBERT, Keziah. 1786 BARRINGTON, NATHAN, Isaac, John, Lawrence. 1787 BREER, HENRY, Sarah, Ross, James. 1788 BALL, NATHAN, Lee, Archie. 1788 BERY, … Read more

Neusiok Tribe

Neusiok Indians, Neuse Indians, Neuse Tribe.  An unclassified tribe, perhaps of Iroquoian stock, found in 1584 occupying the country on the south side of lower Neuse river, within the present Craven and Carteret Counties, North Carolina.  They were at war with the more southerly coast tribes.  In the later colonial period the Indians of the same region were commonly known as Neuse Indians and had dwindled by the year 1700 to 15 warriors in two towns, Chattooka and Rouconk.  They probably disappeared by incorporation with the Tuscarora.

Andrew J. Bell

Private, Field Artillery, Batry. A, 30th Div., 113th Reg.; of Carteret County; son of U. S. G. and E. Bell. Entered service Aug. 6, 1917, at Morehead City, N.C. Sent to Camp Sevier, S. C. Sailed for France June 5, 1918. Fought at St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne, Woevre offensive. Landed in USA March 19, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Jackson, S. C., March 28, 1919.

Frank R. Bell

Sergt. Med. Corps, Co. 317 Amb., 80th Div.; of Carteret County; son of Frank W. and Mrs. Dora C. Bell. Entered service Aug. 4, 1917, at Beaufort, N.C. Sent to Camp Lee, Va. Sailed for Bordeaux June 9, 1918. Promoted to rank of Corpl. Feb. 22, 1918, to Sergt. May, 1918. Fought at Meuse-Argonne, where he was gassed. Sent to F. Hosp. No. 97 and Base Hospital No. 12. Landed in USA March 19, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., April 4, 1919.

K. Lewis

Eng. 1st Class (Navy). Born in Carteret County Jan., 1895; son of Jos. B. and Mrs. Mary Lewis. Husband of Mrs. Mildred Hetzel Lewis. Entered service January, 1915, at Morehead City, N.C. Sent to Norfolk, Va. Promoted to 2nd Class Fireman. Promoted to rank of 1st Class Fireman, then to 1st Class Eng. Served on U. S. S. New York, attached to the Grand British Fleet. Mustered out at Hampton Roads, Va., July 18, 1919.

Neusiok Indians

Neusiok Tribe: Probably a place name. Neusiok Connections. The form of this name suggests that the Neusiok were of the Algonquian stock, but they may have been Iroquoian like their neighbors the Tuscarora and Coree (?). Neusiok Location. On lower Neuse River particularly on the south side, in Craven and Cartaret Counties. Neusiok Village. Chattooka, on the site of Newbern, and Rouconk, exact location unknown. Neusiok History. In 1584 Amadas and Barlowe heard of the Neusiok as at war with the tribes farther north. The later settlers speak to of them as Neuse Indians. They dwindled away rapidly and perhaps … Read more

Charles L. Swindell

Capt., Med. Corps, 11th Div., 17th Inf.; of Carteret County; son of F. D. and Mrs. Susan Decatur Dudley Swindell. Husband of Mrs. Lorna Stanton Hales Swindell. Entered service July 21, 1917, at Washington, D. C. Sent to Camp Greenleaf Aug. 1, 1917, transferred to Camp Meade, Md., July 29, 1918. Promoted to rank of Capt. Jan. 15, 1918. Mustered out at Camp Meade, Md., May, 1920.

R. F. Hauser

Private, Inf., Co. G, 27th Div., 106th Regt.; of Carteret County; son of W. A. and Cora Hauser. Entered service Aug. 5, 1918, at Morehead City, N.C. Sent to Camp Wadsworth, S. C. Sailed for Brest, France, Sept. 14, 1918. Landed in USA March 6, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., April 5, 1919.

Carteret County, North Carolina Cemetery Transcriptions

North Carolina Cemetery records are listed by county then name of cemetery within the North Carolina county. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing.  

Horace Mizell

Yeoman, U. S. N. R. F.; of Carteret County; son of E. R. and Mrs. Martha Mizell. Entered service Aug. 6, 1918, at Morehead City, N.C. Served in Public Works Construction, Charleston, S. C., Paris Island, S. C. Released from active duty. Mustered out at Charleston, S. C., Feb. 20, 1919.