1st Lt., M. G. Co. F, 157th Div., French Regt., 371st Inf. Born in Craven County; son of E. C. and Mrs. Sudie Ross. Husband of Mrs. Maie Ross. Entered service May 15, 1917, at New Bern, N.C. Sent to Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., transferred to Camp Jackson, S. C. Sailed for St. Nazaire, France, April …
Interviewer: Mary A. Hicks Person Interviewed: Martha Allen Location: 1318 South Person Street, Raleigh, North Carolina Place of Birth: Craven County NC Age: 78 Ex-Slave Story An interview with Martha Allen, 78, of 1318 South Person Street, Raleigh. I wuz borned in Craven County seventy eight years ago. My pappa wuz named Andrew Bryant an’ …
Interviewer: Mrs. Edith S. Hibbs Person Interviewed: Alex Huggins Location: 920 Dawson St., Wilmington, North Carolina Date of Birth: July 9, 1850 Location of Birth: New Bern North Carolina Story Of Alex Huggins, Ex-Slave I was born in New Bern on July 9, 1850. My father and mother belonged to Mr. L. B. Huggins. My father …
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, …
Adam Hance was born in Coblin, a French province of Alsace, and, as usual with the people of that country, spoke both German and English. He came to America and settled near Germantown, Pa., in 1722, where he married a German lady, and raised a large family. His younger son, also named Adam, married a …
M. M., 1st Class, U. S. N. R. F. Born in Craven County; the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gaskin. Entered the service June 4, 1918, at Wilmington, N.C., and sent to Charleston, S. C., then transferred to U. S. S. “Owl,” and then to Opr. Base, Va. Mustered out of the service …
Wagoner, Hdqrs. Troop, 81st Div.; of Craven County; son of W. H. and Mrs. M. Moring. Entered service Sept. 5, 1917, at New Bern, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Transferred to Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C., then to Camp Upton. Sailed for France Aug. 1, 1918. Fought at Meuse-Argonne, St. Die, Vosges Mtns. …
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 …
Private, F. A., Bty. A, 30th Div., 113th Reg. Born in Craven County; son of A. T. and Virginia Wetherington. Entered service July 7, 1917, at New Bern, N.C. Sent to Camp Sevier. Transferred to Camp Merritt. Went to France May, 1918. Fought at Ypres, Bellicourt, Argonne, St. Die, and all other engagements. Mustered out …
Seaman; of Craven County; son of A. M. and Mrs. Fanny Williams. Entered service May 22, 1918, at Vanceboro. Sent to St. Helena, Va., then to U. S. S. Geanette, then to U. S. S. Skiner. One trip overseas. Mustered out at Baltimore, Md., Dec. 15, 1918.
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 …
Sergt., F. A., Battery A, 30th Div., 113th Reg.; of Craven County; son of C. P. and Mrs. Elizabeth Arnold. Husband of Mrs. Bessie B. Arnold. Entered service June 25, 1917, at New Bern, N.C. Sent to Camp Sevier, S. C. Sailed for France May 18, 1918. Fought at St. Mihiel offensive, Argonne Forest, Woevre …
Lt., U. S. N. R. F.; of Craven County; son of Walter and Mrs. Florence Fulford. Husband of Mrs. Miriam Fulford. Entered service July 4, 1917, at New Bern, N.C. Sent to St. Helena, Va. Transferred to U. S. S. “Alabama,” then to U. S. S. “Wyoming.” Sailed for St. Nazaire, France. Detached from the …
Private, 1st Class, Air Service, Btry. B, Casual Detachment; of Craven County; son of J. B. and Mrs. Mary F. Dixon. Entered service June 22, 1916, at New Bern, N.C. Sent to Camp Glenn. Transferred to Camp Mills, N. J. Sailed to British Islands April 27, 1917. Entitled to wear war chevron, one gold foreign …
Yeoman 1st Class, U. S. N. R. F.; of Craven County; son of Charles B. and Clare Hill. Entered service May 22, 1918, at Wilmington, N.C. Sent to Charleston, S. C., July 25, 1918. Served in U. S. Naval Clothing Factory, Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C., from July 26, 1918, to June 2, 1919. Transferred …
2nd Lt., Inf., Co Hdqrs., 30th Div., 119th Reg.; of Craven County; son of S. W. and Fannie C. Brooks. Entered service June 21, 1916, at Goldsboro, N.C. Sent to Camp Glenn. Transferred to Camp Stewart, Texas; from there to Camp Sevier, S. C. Sailed for Calais, France, May 28, 1918. Was in all engagements …
Mechanic, Btry. A, 113th F. Artly., 30th Div.; from Craven County, N.C.; son of George and Susan Ipock. Husband of Poss Willis Ipock. Entered the service at New Bern, N.C. Sent to Camp Sevier, S. C., and transferred to Camp Mills. Sailed for France, 1918. Fought at St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Woevre Sector. Returned to the …
Sergt. Medical Corps Hdqrs. Co., 80th Div., 305th Sanitary Train; of Craven County; son of A. S. and Mrs. Catherine Bagg. Husband of Mrs. Sophie J. Hollister Bagg. Entered service Aug. 4, 1917, at New Bern, N.C. Sent to Camp Lee, Va. Transferred to Norfolk, Va. Sailed for France May 26, 1918. Promoted to rank …
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. Following Cemeteries (hosted at Craven County, North Carolina Tombstone Transcription Project) Charlton-White …
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Sergt., Inf., Co. I, 119th Regt., 30th Div.; from Craven County, N.C.; son of A. and Mary Needleman. Husband of Mollie Needleman. Entered the service at Wilmington, N.C., Sept. 15, 1916, and sent to Camp Glenn, N.C. Transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C., and then to Camp Merritt, N. J. Sailed for France May 28, …
