Hawkins Family of Eastern NC

Third Generation

5. Curtis Jackson (Lorenzo , Unknown ) was born on 9 Mar 1849 in Duplin Co., NC. He died on 1 Jan 1921 in Seven Springs, Wayne Co., NC. He was buried in Piney Grove Church Cemetery, Seven Srpings, Wayne Co., NC.

Curtis and his wife Margaret purchased 100 acres of land near Beulaville and built a log cabin on it. Later they bought 40 acres of land joining htis property. He made turpentine barrels by hand and sold them for $1.00 each. One tool that he used was called a drawing knife. Another tool he used was to make grooves for the barrel heads. This occupation was know as a "cooper" and these were "cooper tools". Curtis and Margaret moved from Duplin County to Onslow County. Here Curtis worked at a saw mill owned by Frank Thompson for 40 cents a day and boarded himself. From Onslow County, they moved to Jones County, and from Jones County to Lenoir County, and finally to Wayne County. (As told to Irma Jackson Godley by William Martin Jackson (known as Uncle Billy)).

Curtis married Margaret Ann Kennedy on 11 Oct 1870 in Duplin Co., NC. Margaret was born on 28 Dec 1850 in Duplin Co., NC. She died on 26 Jan 1931 in Seven Springs, Wayne Co., NC. She was buried in Piney Grove Church Cemetery, Seven Srpings, Wayne Co., NC.

They had the following children:

+ 11 F i Jenny Jackson was born on 6 Oct 1871. She died on 20 Jul.
  12 M ii Owen Jackson was born on 9 Mar 1873. He died on 25 Jul 1882.
  13 F iii Emily Anna Jackson was born in 1875.

Emily did not have any children.
        Emily married (1) John Jarman.
        Emily married (2) Walter Rouse. Walter was born in 1875.
+ 14 M iv Jonas Jackson was born on 2 Sep 1877. He died on 2 Mar 1960.
+ 15 M v Jonah Jackson was born on 2 Sep 1877. He died on 28 Mar 1963.
+ 16 M vi Stephen Jackson was born on 5 Oct 1879. He died on 13 Jul 1966.
  17 F vii Martha Ellen Jackson was born on 10 May 1882.

Martha did not have any children.
        Martha married (1) Dallas Jones.
        Martha married (2) Walter Rouse. Walter was born in 1880.
+ 18 M viii John Bryant Jackson was born on 25 Sep 1884. He died on 27 Jul 1968.
+ 19 M ix Burl Franklin Jackson was born on 24 Sep 1886. He died on 24 Oct 1963.
  20 M x Joseph Jackson was born on 11 Feb 1889. He died on 15 Feb 1901. The cause of death was Kicked by a horse..
+ 21 M xi William Martin Jackson was born on 24 May 1894.

6. Jessie Jackson (Lorenzo , Unknown ) was born on 4 Nov 1852 in Duplin Co., NC. He died on 13 Apr 1927.

Jessie married Liza McLawhorn. Liza was born on 28 Aug 1851. She died on 29 Oct 1928.

They had the following children:

+ 22 M i James David Jackson.
+ 23 F ii Alice Jackson.
+ 24 F iii Maude Jackson.
+ 25 F iv Ellen Jackson.
+ 26 M v Paul Jackson.
+ 27 F vi Elizabeth Jackson.

7. Hulda W. Jackson (Lorenzo , Unknown ) was born on 7 Apr 1863 in Duplin Co., NC. She died on 6 Jun 1943 in Goldsboro, Wayne Co., NC. The cause of death was Old Age. She was buried in Willow Dale Cemetery, Elm St., Goldsboro, Wayne Co., NC.

"Grandma Edwards" lived with Deward Heath for a couple of months before she died in 1943. They put a bed in the living room for her at 404 E. Ashe Street, Goldsboro, NC.

Hulda married John Nicholas Edwards in 1884 in NC. John was born on 26 Sep 1862 in Duplin Co., NC. He died on 17 Oct 1937 in Goldsboro, Wayne Co., NC. He was buried in Cedar Fork Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery, Duplin Co., NC. John was employed as in Superintendent of Windwood Lumber Company; First pastor of .

Family history says that John N. Edwards was ordained by Carrol Hansley at Core Creek FWB Church in Cove City, NC. He once worked at a Sawmill on a peninsula between Club Foot Creek and the Neuse River. It was after working there that he moved to Goldsboro. In Goldsboro, he opened a grocery store. See Deward M. Heath for more information on the grocery store.

The following story was written in the Free Will Baptist paper on May 30, 1979:

"Folkstone Free Will Baptist Church is a young church, yet it is the oldest church of its denomination in Onslow County, being founded in 1909.

Mr. J. N. Edwards, superintendent of the Windwood Lumber Company in Folkstone, and a friend, Mr. Beauregard Rhodes, were conversing about the possibility of building a church in Folkstone for the purpose of better serving our Lord and the spreading of the gospel. Mr. Edwards remarked to Mr. Rhodes that if he could get the land that the Lumber company would donate the lumber to build the church. During this time the Rev. John Howard from Richlands, North Carolina, was conducting services on alternate Sundays in an old building.

In the fall of 1910, Mr. Jerry Spicer donated a plot of land for the purpose of building a church in Folkstone. With faith, prayer and determination, the people of the community began working together to have a church of their own where they could meet together for their worship services. Much of the labor for the building of the church was donated by lay members of the community. We were a very grateful people when we moved into our new church which was to serve us for forty-two years. Kerosene lamps were the only lighting for our small church. Mr. J. N. Edwards served as first pastor of the church, and, not being ordained at this time, invited the Rev. J. W. Alford of Morehead City, North Carolina, to conduct baptismal services for our nine charter members who have since gone to receive their rewards from our Heavenly Father. The nine charter members who were baptized on this special occasion were Mr. Lawrence Parker, Mrs. Marinda Parker, Miss Nellie King, Mr. Walter Midgett, Mrs. Sudie Ketchum, Mrs. Essie Parker, Mrs. Lucy Yopp, Mrs. Eliza Rhodes, and Mr. Beauregard Rhodes. The first clerk to serve the church was Miss Nellie King, and the first deacon to serve the church was Mr. Walter Midgett."

John and Hulda had the following children:

+ 28 F i Laura F. Edwards was born on 17 Mar 1884. She died on 20 Jan 1939.
  29 M ii Albert Lee Edwards was born on 21 Jan 1886 in NC. He died in Feb 1886 in NC.
+ 30 M iii William A. Edwards was born on 1 Jul 1887. He died in 1937.
+ 31 F iv Lula May Edwards was born on 18 Jan 1892. She died on 27 Jul 1918.
  32 M v John Royal Edwards was born on 4 Dec 1893 in Probably Duplin Co., NC. He died on 15 Jul 1959 in Goldsboro, Wayne Co., NC. The cause of death was Stroke, Heart Failure. He was buried in Goldsboro, Wayne Co., NC.

John and Celia did not have any children.
        John married Celia Herring. Celia died in Goldsboro, Wayne Co., NC.
+ 33 F vi Lucy L. Edwards was born on 15 Mar 1896. She died in 1918.
+ 34 F vii Lena Rivers Edwards was born on 28 Jan 1897. She died in 1922.
+ 35 M viii Alex Mann Edwards was born on 16 Mar 1898. He died in 1999.
  36 F ix Nancy Edwards was born on 24 Sep 1900 in Probably Duplin Co., NC. She died on 7 Nov 1936 in Goldsboro, Wayne Co., NC. She was buried in Willow Dale Cemetery, Elm St., Goldsboro, Wayne Co., NC.
        Nancy married Edward C. Miller.
  37 M x Charlie A. Edwards was born on 13 Apr 1903 in Probably Duplin Co., NC. He died on 20 Dec 1920 in Goldsboro, Wayne Co., NC. He was buried in Willow Dale Cemetery, Elm St., Goldsboro, Wayne Co., NC.

Charlie never married.

8. Alsa Jackson (Lorenzo , Unknown ) was born in Duplin Co., NC.

Alsa married Susan Ann McLawhorn.

They had the following children:

+ 38 M i Alonzo Lorenzo Jackson was born on 24 Mar 1872. He died on 26 Sep 1949.
+ 39 M ii Robert Jackson.
+ 40 F iii Sudie Jackson.
+ 41 F iv Jessie Jackson.
+ 42 F v Cora Jackson.
+ 43 M vi Lloyd Jackson.
+ 44 F vii Maude Jackson was born on 27 Sep 1889.
+ 45 F viii Laura Jackson.
+ 46 M ix James Hopkins Jackson.

9. Elizabeth Jackson (Lorenzo , Unknown ).

Elizabeth married Burrell Merritt.

They had the following children:

+ 47 F i Victoria Merritt was born on 14 Mar 1880. She died on 6 Jun 1953.
+ 48 F ii Mattie Merritt was born on 1 Mar 1884. She died on 8 Dec 1968.
+ 49 F iii Lilly Merritt.
  50 M iv Coye Merritt.

Coye and Fleta had six children, names unknown.
        Coye married Fleta Sanderson.

10. John Hopkins Jackson (Lorenzo , Unknown ) was born on 6 Oct 1854 in Duplin Co., NC. He died on 8 Nov 1924 in Duplin Co., NC.

John married Julia Catherine Kennedy on 12 Apr 1877 in Duplin Co., NC. Julia was born on 22 Jul 1857 in Duplin Co., NC. She died on 11 May 1948.

They had the following children:

+ 51 F i Nancy Jane Jackson was born on 1 Feb 1878. She died on 1 Feb 1943.
  52 M ii Lorenzo B. Jackson was born on 26 Jun 1879 in Duplin Co., NC. He died on 5 Sep 1881.
+ 53 F iii Emma Eliza Jackson was born on 16 Jun 1881. She died on 8 Jun 1954.
+ 54 M iv John William Jackson was born in 1883.
+ 55 M v Lauther Clayton Jackson was born on 30 Oct 1885. He died on 26 May 1954.
+ 56 M vi Joel Lane Jackson was born on 20 Apr 1888. He died on 19 Jul 1975.
+ 57 F vii Minnie S. Jackson was born on 20 May 1890.
+ 58 M viii Sherman Dean Jackson was born on 17 Jul 1893. He died on 24 Aug 1971.
+ 59 M ix Albert Green Jackson was born on 19 Dec 1894. He died on 11 Nov 1965.
+ 60 F x Ida Mae Jackson was born on 27 May 1897. She died on 3 Aug 1975.

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