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NOTES ON THE SYBIL HYATT COLLECTION

 
There are 4 boxes in this Collection located at the Lenoir County Library in
Kinston. The information in them varies; however, there is little in the way of
documentation. Lots of charts.
 
NOTE: There is Herring information spread out all over these files as well as
other families
 
BOX A- H
 
ALBRITTON
Book 55 p 17 - Craven Co has 1835 deed from Matthew Albritton of Greene to
David Cutrell of Craven - Broad Creek - $75 for 100 acres
 
AMERSON - Edgecombe Co
 
ALDERMAN
 
ARENDALL
 
BARNES - Edgecombe Co
 
BATTLE - of Edgecombe Co
 
BEASLEY
 
1. letter from Bessie Carmane indicating the writer had an original Herring
Deed which was falling apart - JOHN HERRING to son Joshua, Benjamin and Simon - no
date
 
2. Letter from Bessie Carmine - Elizabeth Matchett had a a sister, Elinor - and
family has Prayer Book from County Downes in Oreland
 
BECTON
 
BLACKSHEAR
 
BLOUNT
This not the NC Blounts
William Witherington (who had the Prayer Book which is posted) had md Sarah
Stanley by 1794 in Darlington Co - daughter of Sands Stanley
 
BROWN
Transcribed copy of Brown Bible - posted on Lenoir Co archives
 
BRIGHT
 
BYRD
 
1. letter - 1847 - great grandfather Bright Byrd b 1790 or 93 md 1813 Gracy
Godwin - lived in Johnston Co then moved to Dale Co, Ala. Redding Byrd also went
to Dale Co
 
2. Another letter - Wm Sutton Byrd b 3 Feb 1789 son of Sutton Byrd d 1802
Sumter Co, SC - had deeds and estate records in Sumter Co
 
3. Refers to grant to Sutton Byrd's father William Byrd - grant of 11 Dec 1766
- Sutton md Margaret
 
CASWELL
 
CAMPBELL
 
CHARTS
 
1. William Henry Croom - b 1813 d 1892 - md Mary Ann Holland on 13 May 1843 at
Hickory Grove Church, Lenoir Co - she died 16 Feb 1857
 
2. partial Bible records of Major Croom Jr - b 29 Nov 1754 - d 1816 - md Mary
(Hardee) - Bible only mentions first name
 
 
DEATH CLIPPINGS
 
A bunch of clippings from the 1940's did not go through
 
COBB
 
COX
 
CROOM
 
1. appears to be Bible record - did not have time to copy
 
2. History of the Croom family by Lillian Wood (appears to be what I have)
 
FAR AS I GOT IN THIS BOX
 
 
BOX - M - T
 
1. Taylor - all Isaac Taylor family except one letter which I copies
 
2. Envelope - original Miller document - copied and abstracted
Another envelope with pictures of PHILLIP MILLER house and his gravestone
 
3. MILLER FAMILY
Of Jones and Lenoir
JOHN and RICHARD MILLER file - a number of abstracts some say from E. L. Miller
papers - already abstracted this Collection.
 
Lost of letters with lines who moved away
 
4. NUNN FAMILY
Roger Cauley from Ireland - wife said to be Alcey Herring
 
MISS MAUD CAULEY'S Bible -
This are handwritten notes and not a transcription of the actual Bible
 
Elizabeth Nunn was born Jan 16, 1796
 
Stephen Nunn was born June 24, 1797
 
(Note says name was Wright Stephen)
 
Freeman Ellis son of Isaac Ellis and Mary Ellis his wife was born May the 8,
1823
 
NOTE: Polly lived at the Straits. Had a sister Holland who md Isaac Fordham and
moved to Texas
 
Elizabeth Cauley decd May 6, 1881 being 84 years 3 months 3 days
 
 
5. Letter from Mrs. Gailard L. Handly in Gainesville, Fla - William Nunn son
of Benjamin Franklin Nunn. Mrs. Handly was the niece of Miss Mollie E. Nunn and
grandniece of Martha Hill
NOTE by MMM - Martha Hill was Martha Nunn Hill, daughter of Redding and Zelota
Nunn and wife of Richard Croom Hill
 
5. Check St. Mary's Co, Md for Nunns - they may have originally been Catholic
 
 
OUTLAW FAMILY
 
1. Lots of Paletine Information
 
 
PARKER INFORMATION
 
1. rather long documentation published July 1916 - written in pencil and will
not copy
This is what she wrote her history of the Parker family from
 
PARROTT
 
PERRY
 
4 pages of information - lst page is missing
 
RUSSELL
 
SHACKELFORD
 
SHINE
 
Some genealogy - Eleanor Shine b 24 Sept 1756 md a Chestnut; Daniel Shine md
Elizabeth Greene daughter of Furnifold and Hannah Consolo Smithwick Greene; John
Shine - b 25 Nov 1725
NOTE: See Shine Bible posted on Lenoir Co Archives
 
SHIRLEY - Edgecombe and Wilson Counties
 
SIMMONS
 
Abstracts of Craven and Jones records - some of the same information in the
Grady work
 
SMITH
Arthur and John of Johnston Co who md Elizabeth Whitfield - tied into the Bryan
family
 
SPEIGHT
 
STEVENSON
 
THOMPSON
Nice write up on family
 
 

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