In his household is 30 year old Sally Wilkins, probably his wife, though, as with the 1860 census, the 1850 enumeration does not give relationships of people in the household to the head of the household. However, unlike the previous abstract, this second one shows that he married Marzilla Holland in Nash County on 6 January 1867, and that they lived in Nash County: Nash County, North Carolina Vital Records Abstracts Name: Wilkins, Asa Birth Date: 1846 Birth Place: Nash CO., NC Marriage Date: 6 Jan 1867 Marriage Place: Nash CO., NC Spouse: Marzilla Holland Residence: Nash CO., NC Source Information: Herrin, Cynthia. Detailed information about holdings may be found in theCounty Records Box Listsof the State Archives of North Carolina. Source Information: Herrin, Cynthia. For example, all the Boons, Meltons, and Joiners seem to have become Bone, Milton and Joyner. ____ SLAVE RECORDS There is a two volume work concerning slaves in Nash County abstracted by Timothy W. Rackley. c.1979+ Name, Age, Sex, Color, Occupation, Value of Real Estate, Value of Personal Estate, Place of Birth, Attended School within the year, Person over 20 years of age who cannot read & write B H Sorsby, 39, Male, County Court Clerk, $1500, $2172, NC Frances Sorsby, 34, Female, NC Lucy Sorsby, 15, Female, NC Benjanin H Sorsby, 14, Male, NC Susan F Sorsby, 12, Female, NC, Attended School within the year Ellen D Sorsby, 7, Female, NC, Attended School within the year Saml S Sorsby, 5, Male, NC Charles B Sorsby, 3, Male, NC Kate Sorsby, 1, Female, NC James Williams, 25, Male, Farm La, NC Susan Williams, 23, Female, NC,Person over 20 years of age who cannot read & write Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Nashville, Nash, North Carolina; RollM653_907; Page: 664; Image: 168; Family History Library Film: 803907. Son of Thomas Whitfield, II and Kerenhappuch Sallie Whitfield Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. North Carolina began requiring statewide registration of births and deaths in March, 1913. ____ I also found a marriage index for Asa Wilkins and Marsilla Holland at the Latter Day Saints (LDS) website at www.familysearch.org. He was born in North Carolina. Petition of Thomas Whitfield and wife, Mary Whitfield and John Chapman and wife, Jordan Chapman petition to divide inherited land (whereas William Harrison, late of Isle of Wight, decd., died seized of 1,000 acres in Newport Parish which was willed to said Harrison by William Bressie on 6/9/1701. Neighboring states: Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Biltmore House, Asheville, North Carolina, c. 1902, Andy Griffith in North Carolina Birth Index, 1913-2000, Newspaper editor and Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels in North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975. Information and film numbers follow: Slave records (Nash County, North Carolina), 1781-1864 Authors North Carolina. Vital records (births/deaths) were not kept in North Carolina on a statewide basis before October 1913. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Index, 1741-2004, U.S., Returns from Military Posts, 1806-1916. Vol. Containing the names of over 30,000 county residents, it provides information regarding the individual's birth, parents, marriage, spouse, children, and death. date of bond, bondsmen, witnesses. Entries range from before 1800 up through the beginning of the twentieth century. North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 Includes Delayed Birth registrations extending back into 18th century; these require documentary proof of birthdate or age, birthplace, and parentage from other records and must identify contemporary owner of family Bible if presented for proof. For those Ancestry.com patrons seeking ancestors from North Carolina, this can be an informative database. W H Renfrew, Ass't Marshal Post Office: Nashville Name, Age, Sex, Color, Occupation, Value of real Estate, Value of Personal Estate, Place of Birth, Cannot Read, cannot Write, Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards Asa Wilkins, 30, Male, Black, Farm Servant, North Carolina, Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards Zillie Wilkins, 25, Female, Black, Keeping House, North Carolina James Wilkins, 3, Male, Black, North Carolina Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Union, Nash, North Carolina; RollM593_1150; Page: 115A; Image: 233; Family History Library Film: 552649. County Register of Deeds offices house birth and death records and marriage licenses for their counties. But the 1850 census of free inhabitants of Nash County show sixty people by the name of Wilkins who were mostly Mulatto, but some also listed as black. I located him and his family under the name George R. Marshborn living in the Mannings District with a Post Office address of Peachtree Grove. 1909. Families of Early North Carolina is separated into three sections. This database is a distillation of vital records from the history of Nash County. This is for Georgia Sucranna Predgea. The slave schedules can only be used as a guide to finding slave ancestors because these enumerations (for 1850 and 1860) give the names of the slave owners, but rarely give the names of individual slaves. Her parents were Ase Wilkins and Tillie Wilkins. Whitfield is to receive the upper part and Chapman is to receive the lower part of the land). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. 4640 Mail Service Center, This is a finding aid. Containing the names of over 30,000 county residents, it provides information regarding the individual's birth, parents, marriage, spouse, children, and death. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. 37} Schedule 1. Included are: Mailing: The 1790 enumeration is missing for Caswell, Granville, and Orange counties; the 1810 is missing the counties of Craven, Greene, New Hanover, and Wake, (though the information has been substituted in most publications with tax lists); and the 1820 is complete except for Currituck, Franklin, Martin, Montgomery, Randolph and Wake counties. A national directory from the Library of Congress that lists of libraries around the country that have the newspapers in their collections. ____ Another vital record abstract gives Asas birth year as 1846, and his place of birth as Nash County. They are both from North Carolina: 1860 United States Federal Census Page No. 1909. Original data: Families of Early North Carolina. North Carolina Divorce Index, 1958-2004 Containing the names of over 30,000 county residents, it provides information regarding the individual's birth, parents, marriage, spouse, children, and death. 1909. I next wanted to see if I could find him in the 1860 census. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868Index; bonds were not required by law. For those Ancestry.com patrons seeking ancestors from North Carolina, this can be an informative database. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. ____ Another example is below. In 1909, a local genealogical group published a series of county histories for northeast NC in sections covering people and adventures of the county and biographical facts purchased through subscription with families providing the . The census index follows. Inhabitants in Union Township, in the County of Nash, State of North Carolina, enumerated by me on the 23rd day of August 1870. The bondsman acting as surety on behalf of Asa was Matt Greene. From the author: In 1777 Nash County, North Carolina was carved out of the much larger Edgecombe County. Marcellas maiden name or the date of the marriage is not given in this record. Nash County, North Carolina, United States, Northampton, North Carolina, United States, Patriots - Daughters of the American Revolution. The information provided in the records is usually given to the authorities by a close relative. Statehood: November 21, 1789 In addition to these state-level resources, many counties and towns maintain important genealogical collections in local libraries, genealogical societies, or historical societies, so check for a local resource when researching. North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 - Images of certificates, including stillborn and fetal deaths. The census index follows: 1900 United States Federal Census Name James W. Wilkins Name: John Wilkins. It includes stillborn and fetal deaths. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally . William Wilkins is shown to be a 38 year old mulatto, working as a carpenter. The organizations listed below provide information about North Carolina history and genealogy. This database contains North Carolina death certificates from 1909-1976. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. Notes. An example ofa Wilkins family in the 1850 census includes the household of39 year old farmer John Wilkins, born North Carolina. Think Babies NC seeks to ensure that North Carolina's youngest children, prenatal to age 3, benefit from effective and equitable public policies, programs, and funding so that all children have what they need to thrive: healthy beginnings, supported families, and quality early care and learning experiences. The microfilm may have been scanned, but have a contractual, data privacy, or other restriction preventing access. Howell Edmunds is executor. FamilySearch makes every effort to enable access dependent on decisions of record custodians and applicable laws. The first record below notes that Asa Wilkins was born in Nash County in 1830, and that he married a girl namedMarcella who was born in 1850. ____ Nash County, North Carolina Vital Records Abstracts Name: Wilkins, George P. Birth Date: 1875 Birth Place: Manning, Nash CO., NC Father: Asa Wilkins Mother: Marcella Residence: Manning, Nash CO., NC Other Notes/Race: Negro. Asa is listed as a 30 year old black male working as a farmer. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. I briefly included bits that would provide interest (murders, suspected murders, family feuding, illnesses and drunkenness, etc), hoping to tip researchers off to the existence of other family records that might be found in court proceedings or newspapers. 15 SCHEDULE 2.-Slave Inhabitants in Mannings District in the County of Nash State of N. Carolina, enumerated by me on 7th day of July, 1860. Source Information Ancestry.com. Original data: Families of Early North Carolina. ____ Next are the Nash County Vital Records Abstracts for the children of Asa and Marcella Wilkins. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. The names often don't match up with other available records, but seem to have been tinkered with by the editors of the book. The slave owner in the Eastern Division, Halifax County, is B R Wilkins, with 11 slaves. 1909. The marriage was performed by the Justice of the Peace, G R Marshborn. Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped return envelope. Thomas was a Patriot of Nash county, North Carolina via North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 D Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 111 : 1914. . See the transcriptions that follow from Ancestry.com for these slave schedules for the Wilkins slave owners named in the above counties: WILKINS SLAVE OWNERS IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules Age, Gender, Race, Name of Slave, Owner Home in 1860 60, Male, Black, Mary Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina 42, Male, Black, Mary Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina 41, Male, Black, Mary Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina 36, Female, Black, Mary Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina 36, Female, Black Mary Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina 34, Female, Black, Mary Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina 30, Male, Black, Mary Wilkins Edgecombe, North Carolina 28, Female, Black, Mary Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina 26, Male, Black, Mary Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina 15, Male, Mulatto, Mary Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina 15, Female, Black, Mary Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina 14, Male, Black, Mary Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina 13, Male Black, Mary Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina 10, Male Black, Mary Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina 10, Female, Black, Mary, Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina 9,Male, Black, Mary Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina 3,Male, Black, Mary Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina ____ Age, Gender, Race, Name of Slave, Owner Home in 1860 11, Male, Black, Easter H Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina ____ Age, Gender, Race, Name of Slave, Owner Home in 1860 6, Male, Black, Antoinett Wilkins, Edgecombe, North Carolina ____ WILKINS SLAVE OWNER IN FRANKLIN COUNTY 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules Age, Gender, Race, Name of Slave, Owner Home in 1860 6, Female, Black, Susan Wilkins, Franklinton, Franklin, North Carolina 4, Male, Black, Susan Wilkins, Franklinton, Franklin, North Carolina 1, Male, Black, Susan Wilkins, Franklinton, Franklin, North Carolina ____ WILKINS SLAVE OWNER IN HALIFAX COUNTY Age Gender Race Name of Slave Owner Home in 1860 90, Male, Black, B R Wilkins, Eastern Division, Halifax, North Carolina 56, Female, Black, B R Wilkins, Eastern Division, Halifax, North Carolina 41, Female, Black, B R Wilkins, Eastern Division, Halifax, North Carolina 39, Male, Black, B R Wilkins, Eastern Division, Halifax, North Carolina 26, Male Black, B R Wilkins, Eastern Division, Halifax, North Carolina 24, Female Black, B R Wilkins, Eastern Division, Halifax, North Carolina 18, Male, Black, B R Wilkins, Eastern Division, Halifax, North Carolina 15, Male Black, B R Wilkins, Eastern Division, Halifax, North Carolina 13, Male, Black, B R Wilkins, Eastern Division, Halifax, North Carolina 12, Male, Black, B R Wilkins, Eastern Division, Halifax, North Carolina 2,Female, Black, B R Wilkins, Eastern Division, Halifax, North Carolina ____ WILKINS SLAVE OWNER IN WILSON COUNTY 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules Age Gender Race Name of Slave Owner Home in 1860 37, Female, Black, John Wilkins, Jozners and Gardners, Wilson, North Carolina 30, Female, Black, John Wilkins, Jozners and Gardners, Wilson, North Carolina 22, Male, Mulatto, John Wilkins, Jozners and Gardners, Wilson, North Carolina 21, Male, Black, John Wilkins, Jozners and Gardners, Wilson, North Carolina 20, Female, Black, John Wilkins, Jozners and Gardners, Wilson, North Carolina 12, Female, Black, John Wilkins, Jozners and Gardners, Wilson, North Carolina 9,Female, Black, John, Wilkins Jozners and Gardners, Wilson, North Carolina 7,Female, Mulatto, John, Wilkins Jozners and Gardners, Wilson, North Carolina 7,Female, Black, John Wilkins, Jozners and Gardners, Wilson, North Carolina 5,Female, Black, John Wilkins, Jozners and Gardners, Wilson, North Carolina 5,Male, Mulatto, John Wilkins, Jozners and Gardners, Wilson, North Carolina 3,Male, Mulatto, John Wilkins, Jozners and Gardners, Wilson, North Carolina 2,Female, Mulatto, John Wilkins, Jozners and Gardners, Wilson, North Carolina 2,Female, Black, John Wilkins, Jozners and Gardners, Wilson, North Carolina Source Information: Ancestry.com. 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