Pitt County NC

Thigpen Cemetery, North Carolina

A transcription taken by Annette Ginn Roebuck in 2004 of the Thigpen Cemetery in either Edgecombe or Pitt County, North Carolina.

Thomas C. Rollins

Corpl., Inf., Co. D, 33rd Div., 122nd Regt.; of Pitt County; son of W. J. and Mrs. A. C. Rollins. Entered service May 27, 1918, at Boydton, Va. Sent to Camp Lee, Va., transferred to Newport News, Va. Sailed for France July 2, 1918. Promoted to Corpl. June, 1918. Fought at Meuse-Argonne, Troyon Sector. Gassed at Troyon Sector Nov. 9, 1918. Sent to Base Hospital No. 52. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., May 27, 1919.

John R. Barrett

Private 1st Class, Infantry, of Supply Co., 30th Div. 120th Reg.; of Pitt County; son of J. H. and Mrs. Mamie Barrett. Entered service April 17, 1917, at Raleigh, N.C. Sent to Camp Bickett. Transferred to Camp Sevier and Camp Merritt. Sailed for France May 12, 1918. Fought at Ypres, Hindenburg Drive, Bellicourt, Cambrai, Mustered out at Camp Jackson, April 18, 1919.

Tuscarora Indians

Tuscarora Tribe, Tuscarora Confederacy: From their own name Skǎ-ru’-rěn, signifying according to Hewitt (in Hodge, 1910), “hemp gatherers,” and applied on account of the great use they made of Apocynum cannabinum. Also called: Ă-ko-t’ǎs’-kǎ-to’-rěn Mohawk name. Ani’-Skǎlǎ’lǐ, Cherokee name. Ă-t’ǎs-kǎ-lo’-lěn, Oneida name. Tewohomomy (or Keew-ahomomy), Saponi name. Tuscarora Connections. The Tuscarora belonged to the Iroquoian linguistic family. Tuscarora Location. On the Roanoke, Tar, Pamlico, and Neuse Rivers. (See also Pennsylvania and New York.) Tuscarora Subdivisions. The Tuscarora should be considered a confederacy with three tribes or a tribe with three subtribes as follows: Kǎ’tě’nu’ā’kā’, “People of the submerged pine tree”; … Read more

George H. Manning

Machinist, Btry. A, 30th Div., 113th F. A.; of Pitt County; son of J. B. and Mrs. Martha Manning. Entered service at Washington July, 1917. Sent to Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C. Transferred to Camp Mills. Sailed for France May 26, 1918. Was in all battles. Returned to USA April 19, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Jackson, S. C., April 24, 1919.

David L. Hardee

Mechanic, F. Artly., Batry. B, 113th Regt., 30th Div.; from Pitt County, N.C.; son of D. W. and Henrietta Pitt. Entered the service at Greenville, N.C., April, 1917, and sent to Camp Sevier, S. C., and transferred to Camp Mills, Long Island. Sailed for France May, 1918. Promoted Mechanic Nov., 1918. Fought at St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Verdun and Toul Sector. Mustered out of the service at Camp Jackson, S. C., March, 1919.

Ronald J. Harrington

Private, Artly., Batry. B, 30th Div., 113th Regt.; of Pitt County; son of J. A. and Mrs. Mary Harrington. Husband of Mrs. Julia Luicke Harrington. Entered service May, 1917, at Ayden, N.C. Sent to Camp Sevier. Transferred to Camp Mills. Sailed for France May 25, 1918. Fought at Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, Woevre, Toul Sector. Gassed at St. Maurice Nov. 9, 1918. Returned to USA March 19, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Jackson, S. C., March 28, 1919.

Slave Narrative of Anthony Dawson

Person Interviewed: Anthony DawsonLocation: 1008 E. Owen St., Tulsa, OklahomaAge: 105 “Run nigger, run,De Patteroll git you!Run nigger, run,De Patteroll come! “Watch nigger, Watch-De Patteroll trick you!Watch nigger, watch,He got a big gun!” Dat one of the songs de slaves all knowed, and de children down on de “twenty acres” used to sing it when dey playing in de moonlight ’round de cabins in de quarters. Sometime I wonder iffen de white folks didn’t make dat song up so us niggers would keep in line. None of my old Master’s boys tried to git away ‘cepting two. and dey met … Read more

Henry Stocks

Wagoner, M. P., 281st Co., Attached to 1st Div.; of Pitt County; son of A. F. and Mrs. Patsy Stocks. Entered service July 25, 1916, at Grifton, N.C. Sent to Camp Royster, N.C., transferred to Camp Wadsworth, S. C. Sailed for Calais, France, June 1, 1918. Fought at Hindenburg Line. Was wounded by shrapnel Sept. 29, 1918, at the Battle of Hindenburg Line. Sent to Graylingwell British Hospital. Returned to USA Sept. 18, 1919, New York. Mustered out at Camp Dix, N. J., Oct. 28, 1919.