George Mewborn Descendants  

Contributed by Martha Mewborn Marble

Generation One

1 . GEORGE 1 MEWBORN was born in Bertie County, North Carolina; Will of Thomas Mewborn I, Will of Thomas Mewborn,
written in Bertie County, NC, Secretary of State Papers, NC Archives, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. He married Mary
Parrott, daughter of Jacob Parrott and Martha (Parrott), in Bertie County, North Carolina, circa 1763. George died in 1766 in Dobbs
County, North Carolina; Estate of George Mewborn, Settlement of Administration, Dobbs County, NC, NC Archives, Loose papers,
NC Archives, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina,,, 14 October 1766 - granted to Mary Mewborn, John Parrott, Thomas Mewborn
on the estate of George Mewborn - by Martin Caswell, Clk.
1763 Mewboorn, George and wife Mary Mewboorn: of Bertie County, North Carolina sold 640 acres of land on the north side of
Cashy River except 250 acres belonging between John Mewborn and Christopher Harrison to Lillington Lockhart and James Lockhart.
Rec. March Court 1766
June 6, 1763
Wit.: Peter Clifton,Thomas Mewborn,John Marshall
Settlement of Administration, Dobbs County, NC (loose papers in State Archives, NC)
14 October 1766 - Mary Mewborn, John Parrott, Thomas Mewborn granted administration on George Mewborn
Martin Caswell, Clk
If George Mewborn died in 1766, how did he come to be one of the persons appointed by the court to partition the estate of Capt. John
Murphrey ten years later, in 1776? We have solid evidence from court papers and from the family letters that Capt. John Murphrey
was thrown from his horse and died in the spring of 1776. I am looking at the court order for partitioning his estate right now.
Twelve men were on the committee: Murphry Dixon, Saml. Hollady, George Mewborn, Spyers Singleton, Rich. Caswell Jr., Richard
Hill, Drew Aldridge, Thos, Aldridge, Nicholas Smith, Samuel Caswell, Jos. Holladay, John Hampton
from Francis Hodges
George was on the 1757 Tax List indicating he was of age.
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MARY PARROTT was born in Bertie County, North Carolina, By 1738; Drewry A. Mewborn Family Bible #2, (Robert Sears,
NY); Dobbs County Bible Records, by William L. Murphy. She married Thomas Aldridge circa 1770. Mary died circa 1810 in Lenoir
County, North Carolina.
Mary Pareot chose William Fleetwood as her guardian by a court held at Cashey bridge, November 14, 1749.
The only known child of George 1 Mewborn and Mary Parrott was:
  + 2. i. PARROTT 2 MEWBORN, born 11 March 1765 in Dobbs County, North Carolina; married Lydia
        Hardy.


Generation Two

2 . PARROTT 2 MEWBORN ( George1 ) was born in Dobbs County, North Carolina, on 11 March 1765; Parrott Mewborn Family
Bible, (New York, 1801); in possession of Joshua E. Mewborn, copy in possession of this writer and at Heritage Place, LCC, Greene
County, North Carolina.; Drewry A. Mewborn Family Bible #2. He married Lydia Hardy, daughter of Benjamin Hardy and Nancy
Howell, in Dobbs County, North Carolina, on 26 April 1786; Parrott Mewborn Family Bible. Parrott died circa 1807 in Lenoir County,
North Carolina.
Parrott was a Justice of the Peace in Dobbs County in 1798. NC Archives Search Room G. O. Book 147
Collection of Ima Mewborn
PARROTT MEWBOORN BIBLE
New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Translated out of the Original Greek and with The Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised
New York; Printed by M. L. & W. A. Davis; 1801
This Bible is in the possession of Joshua E. Mewborn, Coats, North Carolina
Transcribed from a copy of the original by Martha Mewborn Marble
NOTE: On the fly page of this Bible are written the following entries:
Patsy Mewboorn, daughter of L. H. Mewboorn and Louisar was borne Friday 16th September 1825
Temesia and (sic) Mewboorn, daughter of Parrott and Mary his wife, was borne November 20, 1822
Lydia Mewboorn, daughter of Parrott Mewboorn and Lydia, his wife, was borne August 9, 1805
NOTE: The following are in the Family Section of the Bible
Parrott Mewboorn, son of George Mewboorn and Mary his wife was borne March the 11th 1765
Lyddia Mewboorn, wife of Parrott Mewboorn was borne April 26, 1768.
Anny Mewboorn the daughter of Parrott Mewboorn and Lyddia, his wife, was borne July the 26th 1787
Hardy Mewboorn, son of Parrott Mewboorn and Lyddia, his wife, was borne August the 7th 1789
Edy Mewboorn, daughter of Parrott Mewboorn and Lyddia, his wife, was borne September the 7th 1791
Levi Mewboorn, son of Parrott Mewboorn and Lyddia, his wife, was borne Sept. the 9th 1793
Patsy Mewboorn, daughter of Parrott Mewboorn and Lyddia, his wife, was borne Feby. the 16th 1796
Parrott Mewboorn, son of Parrott Mewboorn and Lyddia, his wife, was borne Jany. the 1st 1799
Elizabeth Mewboorn, daughter of Parrott Mewboorn and Lyddia, his wife, was borne March the 5th 1801
Lemuel Hardy Mewboorn, son of Parrott Mewboorn and Lyddia, his wife, was borne March the 21st 1803.
Lydia Mewboorn, daughter of Parrott Mewboorn and Lyddia, his wife, was borne August the 9th 1805
Parrott Mewboorn, son of Parrott Mewboorn and Lyddia, his wife was borne January 1st day 1799
Mary Mewboorn, the wife of Parrott Mewboorn, and the daughter of Drewry Aldridge and Edy was borne March 17, 1802
Temesiar Ann Mewboorn, daughter of Parrott and Mary Mewboorn was borne November 20th 1822
George Mewboorn, son of Parrott and Mary Mewboorn his wife, was borne December 26th, 1824
Joshua Mewboorn, son of Parrott and Mary Mewboorn was borne April 18th, 1827
Nancy Mewboorn, daughter of Parrott and Mary Mewboorn was borne the 14th day of July 1829
Mary Mewboorn, daughter of Parrott and Mary Mewboorn was borne the 11th day of March 1832
Parrott Mewboorn, son of Parrott and Mary Mewboorn was borne August 21st, 1834
Edey and (sic) Drewry Mewboorn, daughter of Parrott and Mary Mewboorn was borne October 12th 1836
Drewry Aldridge Mewboorn, son of Parrott and Mary Mewboorn was borne June 14th, 1840, Sunday Evening, full moon
Levi J. H. Mewboorn, son of Parrott and Mary Mewboorn was borne August the 31stday 1842, Wednesday evening
Lydia Jane Mewboorn, daughter of Parrott and Mary Mewboorn was borne Friday the 31st day of May, 1844, full moon
Joshua Mewborn, son of Parrott and Mary Mewborn was borne April 18th, 1827
Winifred Mewborn, the wife of Joshua Mewborn and daughter of Thomas and Nancy Wooten was borne April 17th, 1853
John Moses Mewborn, son of Joshua and Winifred Mewborn was borne Tuesday, July 25th day, new moon, 1854
Mary & (sic) Temesiar Mewborn, daughter of Joshua and Winifred Mewborn was borne Sept. 6th Saturday, moon last quarter, 1856
Nancy Jane Mewborn, daughter of Joshua and Winifred Mewborn was borne Saturday 20th of November, 1858, full moon
Edy Elizabeth Mewborn, daughter of Joshua and Winifred Mewborn was borne Tuesday the 2nd of October, 1860
Joshua Parrott Mewborn, son of Joshua and Winifred Mewborn was borne Thursday the 25th day of September 1862
George Thomas Mewborn, son of Joshua and Winifred Mewborn was borne the 17th of April 1866.
LYDIA HARDY was born on 26 April 1768; Ibid.; Drewry A. Mewborn Family Bible #2. Lydia died in 1821 in Lenoir County,
North Carolina,. Died between 1820 and 1830 according to the two Census reports; Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn, Farmville, NC.
The Drewry A. Mewborn Bible #2 gives her birthdate as 1765.
The nine known children of Parrott 2 Mewborn and Lydia Hardy were as follows:
  3. i. ANNIE 3 MEWBORN was born in Dobbs County, North Carolina, on 26 July 1787; Parrott Mewborn
        Family Bible. She married Lemuel Hardy III, son of Lemuel Hardy Jr. and Mary Sutton, in Lenoir
        County, North Carolina, on 18 April 1804; Ibid.; Lemuel Hardy III Family Bible. Annie died on 30
        April 1815 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 27; Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn .
ii. HARDY MEWBORN was born in Dobbs County, North Carolina, on 7 August 1789; Parrott
        Mewborn Family Bible. He married Deborah Parrott, daughter of John Parrott II and Hannah (Parrott),
        in Lenoir County, North Carolina, circa 1806; Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn . Hardy died before
        1816 in Lenoir County, North Carolina.

  5. iii. EDITH MEWBORN was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 7 September 1791; Ibid.; John
        Gray Family Bible, in possession of Mrs. Christine Gray Smith.; Parrott Mewborn Family Bible. She
        married John Gray Sr., son of John Gray and Elizabeth Gray, in 1807; Collection of Ima Eula
        Mewborn
. Edith died on 12 August 1844 at age 52; John Gray Family Bible. Her body was interred in
        Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Gray Family Cemetery.
        Edith Mewborn Gray
         Edy Mewborn, as she is listed in her father's Bible, was born 7 September 1791 to Parrott Mewborn I
        and his wife, Lydia Hardy as their second daughter and third child.
         I wish I could describe to you what Edith Mewborn looked like, and what kind of person she was,
        but I could find no one that remembered hearing anything anyone had passed on about her.
         In the days Edith lived we know the Lenoir County area was not so thickly settled as it is today. In
        fact, in 1850 six years after Edith's death, Lenoir County had 362 farms, 656 dwellings, and 4117
        people (total black and white). In 1800 there were two main roads east and west - one on each side of
        the Neuse River. There were about three roads north and south with ferries to cross the river. Maybe
        there was one bridge about Kinston.
         Farming was the main way of making a living. Most of the farms were medium size with a few large
        farms. The farmers raised corn, wheat, cotton, peas and sweet potatoes and hogs. Pork was important.
        There were quite a few water mills as people had to have their meal and flour ground.
         Even though the people in this area had their ups and downs economically, this area was considered
        more prosperous than some of the eastern counties in the period leading up to the Civil War. There
        were no towns of any size in the county. In 1810 there were 4 stores in the county with three of them
        in Kinston. In 1850 Kinston had only 46 families. There was no railroad until 1858 - 14 years after
        Edith's death.
         In 1807, when Edith Mewborn was sixteen years old, she married John Gray, born 3 October 1786,
        the son of John and Elizabeth Gray. The Grays lived near Institute on Wheat Swamp.
         As you know, the man a woman marries often has a big influence on the kind of life she has. This
        was even more true in the days that Edith lived.
         Grays had been in America early. Some came with the Pilgrims in New England, some came with
        the Quakers to Pennsylvania, and Grays came into Virginia by 1629. As you know, the early people
        were often after more land. When the land where they were wore out after using it with poor farm
        practices they moved on to new territory. In the large families there was often not enough land for all
        the sons.
         Some of the Grays in Virginia moved to the Chowan area of North Carolina and settled in the
        Windsor area of Bertie County. The first one I have found so far is Tabitha Haskett, the wife of John
        Gray, who claimed land for bring her family into North Carolina in the late sixteen hundreds. The
        Grays lived in Bertie County when the Mewborns, Suttons, Parrotts and Hardys lived there and
        evidently knew them there as you often found them as witness to land transactions. In one instance a
        Gray and a Hardy had adjoining land. Several of these families seemed to have moved to Dobbs
        County around the same period of time maybe around the 1760's.
         The Grays used the names John, Thomas, William, and George over and over, so it has been hard to
        sort out fathers and sons, cousins, and nephews all with the same name. One land deed had John Gray
        buying land with John Gray and John Gray, Jr. as witness. That is three John Grays there. John Gray,
        a surveyor, surveyed lots of land in eastern North Carolina and probably got acqainted with the Dobbs
        area. The Grays tell me the first Gray came and settled on a land grant he was given. The first record
        I had found of John Gray in Dobbs County was John Gray and Lemuel Hardy on the 1769 tax list,
        although I am told the Grays came in earlier.
         After John and Edith were married they lived in the Wheat Swamp area not too far from Institute and
        ran Gray's Mill on Wheat Swamp. John owned land both in Lenoir County and Greene County.
         When the War of 1812 came along, Edith has some problems that women have had through the ages
        - her husband going off to war. John Gray was a member of the Militia. In 1812, when it was thought
        that the British soldiers were coming in at Beaufort, the Lenoir County Militia were called up to join
        several other counties Militia. They assembled at New Bern in July and marched to Beaufort. By
        September the English had not come so they were sent home. John Gray is on another list that served
        from Lenoir County in the 1812-1814 period.
         The John Grays probably attended the Baptist Church. Bear Creek Primitive Baptist was near by
        and the Mewborns attended that. One of Edith's brothers later helped start Mewborn Meeting House.
        Many of the Grays attended Wheat Swamp which was at first a Baptist Church and later became a
        Disciples of Christ Church as it is today. Some of the Grays have been very active in it through the
        years.
         Most of the sons had land and lived near where John and Edith lived. The children seemed to have
        married into neighboring families or families in horse and buggy distance.
         Their sons, William and George, served as Road Supervisors part of the time during the years 1826-
        1848.
         John Gray died 16 August 1842, at age 55. Edith lived two years longer. In the 1844 tax list for
        Lenoir County Edith Gray was listed in the Kinston district with 1 black pole, 200 acres of land with a
        value of $400.00 with $1.20 tax. Her total tax was $1.80. Edith Mewborn Gray died 12 August 1844
        not quite a month before she would have been 53 years old.
         William Gray, John and Edith Gray's oldest living son, sold John and Edith's six slaves in February
        1845, settling her estate. Family members or family connections bought them.
         John and Edith didn't live long enough to experience the horrors of the Civil War, but several of their
        children took part in it. Their descendants have served their country in other wars through the years.
         Today some of Edith Mewborn's and John Gray's descendants still live on part of the original John
        Gray land in Lenoir County, N. C. However, there are others of their descendants that have scattered
        around North Carolina and many other states. In doing research in other states I have found the name
        John Gray and Edith Gray - so the name goes on.
         Researched, compiled and presented to the Mewborn Family Reunion by
         Kathleen B. McClelland
         Whiteville, N. C.
  6. iv. LEVI MEWBORNE was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 9 September 1793; Parrott
        Mewborn Family Bible.; Lenoir County, NC Cemetery Records, abstracted by Martha Mewborn
        Marble, Heritage Place, LCC, Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. He married Deborah Parrott,
        daughter of John Parrott II and Hannah (Parrott), in Lenoir County, North Carolina, circa 1817;
        Parrott Mewborn Family Bible.; Lenoir County, NC Cemetery Records, abstracted by Martha
        Mewborn Marble. He married Susannah (Susan) Matilda Parrott, daughter of Jacob Parrott II and
        Persis Arendell, in Lenoir County, North Carolina, circa 1829; Collection of Frederick Lee Edwards,
        dec, Originals at ECU, Manuscript Division and family histories at Heritage Place, LCC.; Lenoir
        County, NC Cemetery Records, abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble. Levi died on 18 October
        1855 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 62; Collection of Frederick Lee Edwards, dec .; Lenoir
        County, NC Cemetery Records, abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble. His body was interred in
        Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Levi Mewborne Cemetery; Ibid.
        From the American Advocate, Kinston, NC - 25 October 1855 - DIED at his residence in this county,
        on Sunday the 21st instant, Levi Mewborn, Sr. in the 64th year of his age.
         This date varies from his tombstone.
         **
        SHIRLEY KILPATRICK COLLECTION - ECU
        DEED
        3 November 1868 - E. F. COX, Sheriff of Lenoir County to SARAH E. MEWBORN - by order of
        Superior Court in name of A. BAER, plantiff against L. A. MEWBORN JR and B. F. PARROTT for
        $189.91 - also an execution in the name of JESSE HARDY against LEVI A. MEWBORN for $85.57 -
        also an execution in favor of W. R. HILL plantiff against L. A. MEWBORN and L. J. MEWBORN for
        $47.57 - also an execution against L. A. MEWBORN, B. F. PARROTT and L. J. MEWBORN for
        $817.44 - $900 recovered by plantiffs - lands of L. A. MEWBORN to be delivered to Sheriff to make
        $1100.49 - land adj lands of J. A. HARTSFIELD, R. F. BRIGHT and others being the lands devised
        to LEVI A. MEWBORN JR by LEVI A. MEWBORN, dec
        SARAH E. MEWBORN was high bidder for 4900
        WIT WM. WHITE
        To court 12 October 1869
        Enrolled 1 Jan 1870 Book 38, p 266, 267, 268
        A. C. WADSWORTH, REGT.
  7. v. MARTHA (PATSY) MEWBORN was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 6 February 1796.
        The Bible Records of Parrott and Lydia Mewborn give her birthdate as 16 February while the Lemuel
        Hardy Bible gives it as 6 February;
         Parrott Mewborn Family Bible.; Lemuel Hardy III Family Bible. She married Lemuel Hardy III, son
        of Lemuel Hardy Jr. and Mary Sutton, in Lenoir County, North Carolina, after 1815; Collection of Ima
        Eula Mewborn
. Martha died on 16 February 1851 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 55; Ibid.;
        Lemuel Hardy III Family Bible.
        
  8. vi. PARROTT MEWBORN JR was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 1 January 1799; Parrott
        Mewborn Family Bible. He married Mary (Polly) Aldridge, daughter of Drewry Aldridge Jr. and Edith
        Hardy, in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 27 November 1821; Ibid. Parrott died on 29 April 1864
        in Greene County, North Carolina, at age 65; Ibid. His body was interred in Greene County, North
        Carolina, in Mewborn Church Cemetery.
         Parrott and Mary moved to Greene County to live on land she inherited from her family. Some of
        this land is still in the family.
         Levi Jesse Hardy Mewborn states he was received as a member of the church at Bear Creek in
        August 1824, was baptized by Elder Lewis Whitfield Predestinarian order and was a preacher of the
        same order for about 25 years.
         OBIT - Obituary of Elder Parrott Mewborn
         In memory of Brother Mewborn. He was born on Falling Creek in Lenoir County, NC, on the first
        day of January 1799, and was raised by his mother (his Father died when he was about nine years old).
        He lived in Lenoir County until he was married and had two or three children. Then he sold his land
        and moved with his wife and children and servants to his plantation on Tyson's Marsh in Greene
        County, NC where he lived comfortably to the time of his death which took place on the 29th of April,
        1864.
         He and his wife raised ten children of their own, five sons and five daughters and some orphaned
        children.
         Elder Mewborn was the son of Parrott Mewborn and Lydia, his wife. For his back geneations see
        the obituary of George Mewborn on page 48 and 49 which he wrote himself.
         It was said of Elder Mewborn when a young man that he "was a likely young man with an old
        man's head." He was very steady, well favored, large, strong and fleshy, weighing about 212 lbs.,
        about five feet and 5 or 6 inches high. He kept his flesh and weight to the time of his last sickness
        which was inflamation of the throat and billious fever. He was very ingenious, knowing how to do
        different kinds of work, though farming was his trade. He read a great deal, espcially the Bible. His
        manner in life was plain, easy and peaceable.
         Elder Mewborn was received a member of the Church at Bear Creek, August Meeting, 1824, and
        was baptized by Elder Lewis Whitfield who was pastor of the church at that time. He remained with
        the Church at Bear Creek (and preached his first sermon there from the 12th chapter and latter part of
        the 19 verse of Hosea. "Israel served for a wife and for a wife he kept sheep") until the Church at
        Mewborn's Meeting House was built. Then he with a number of others moved their membership there
        (see page 18) and remained there up to the time of his death. He was the pastor of the said church and
        Bear Creek up to the time of his death. He also traveled and preached a good deal, as long as he could
        go.
         He had a very plain experience of Grace and a very plain call to the ministry. He preached the
        work of Grace as plain and as strong as any preacher I ever heard. He was a firm believer in
        Revelation. Many things were revealed to him both natural and spiritual. Old preachers said he
        understaood the prophicies better than any man they ever heard. He seemed to have a clear view of
        the war many years before it came, and spoke of it and the troubles of it in his preaching. For this and
        many other things, he was persecuted, but he told them if they did not believe it they would feel it.
        And, so they did and them that believed too. The War came and was going on heavy at the time of his
        death. He greatly felt it for he had four sons and two sons-in-law in it. There was not one of them at
        home to nurse him or to see him buried. Then the persecutors turned their tale and said, "We believe
        Elder Mewborn told the truth." He lived to see many of his views fulfilled which he spoke of and
        some are not yet fulfilled. I believe they will come to pass just as true as the War came and other
        things.
         He wrote several pieces which were published in the PRIMITIVE BAPTIST, a paper that was then
        Edited by Elder Temple. The first one was in the 18th Volume, 1854 11th No. The second one was in
        the 18th Vol, 17th No. The third one in 18th Volume, 22nd No. The fourth on in the 20th Vol. 15th
        No. The fifth one in the 21st Vol, No 21.
         He left a widow and seven children, relatives and friends and churches to mourn their loss, and
        they greatly feel it.
         Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth, yea saith the Spirit that they may rest
        from their labours and their works do follow them.
         Done by order of the Church Saturday before the second Sunday in Spetember, 1873.
         T. W. Wells, Mod.
         J. Mewborn, Clerk
         Mewborn Church Records - Book 1, pages 73, 74, 75
        This basic information was also printed in THE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST, Vol 26, 30 July 1864, No 8
        and was written by L. J. H. Mewborn.
         There was also an OBIT in the Primitive or Old School Baptist Ministers of the United States,
        edited by R. H. Pittman - p 174
         Parrott Mewborn wrote a long article for Zion's Landmark which was printed Vol. 18 No 17 28
        July 1854 and reprinted Vol LVI No 14, 1 June 1923 pages 209 - 217. Most of the article regards his
        religious experiences and is too long to print. He does states he was born at Falling Creek of parents,
        grandparents who were all Baptist of the Primitive Order. He gave his birthdate and stated he was nine
        years old when his father died. His education was small and obtained in a log cabin but "when work
        was in rotation I received a liberal share". In 1825 he sold his farm in Lenoir County and moved to
        Greene County, about five miles, a place he referred to as a place of iniquity. He considered selling the
        farm but decided instead to become a Primitive Baptist minister to change his neighbors. The church
        was named in his honor. A school was built for the family and the neighborhood children which was
        consolidated with the Snow Hill School in the mid twenties.
         According to an article by his sons, D. A. and L. J. H. Mewborn, his grandchildren were educated
        - 11 were teachers, one a doctor, two were lawyers and one the president of a large bank.
         The old home built by Parrott and his wife was burned in 1975.
         Four of their sons faught in the Civil War - Joshua was in the 40th. Regiment, Artillery; Parrott III
        was in the 30th. Regiment, Infantry; Drewry Aldridge was in the 47th. Regiment, Infantry; and Levi
        Jesse Hardy was in the 61st Regiment, Infantry. Parrott died before his sons returned from war.
         In a letter dated Feb'y 18th 1864 Parrott said "I have delayed longer than I ought to have done, all
        my sons are gone into the army and one, Drewry Aldridge, was taken a pisoner. I saw him last winter
        in Virginia, in the coldest spell of weather that we had during that winter, and he had not time to
        smoke his hands over the fire,, while weighing out the rations, and it was distressing to hear the poor
        soldiers coughing and groaning through the long cold nights, and there were about twenty new cases of
        the sick, the morning I left and my son among them in the 47th. Regiment. I have one son in the 30th
        Regiment in Northern Virginia, and all the first of the fall and winter without a blanket or tent until he
        got sick and had to go to the hospital and there the kind Doctors let him come home a short time and
        get some clothing. It is hard times in Northern Virginia for the soldiers. We have two more sons, one
        at Brandy Water Ferry near Black Water, Virginia, in the 61st Regiment. They were at Charleston,
        South Carolina, about 150 days, where it has been thundering and lightening and hailing iron for more
        than 200 days and an earthquake; and a plague of lice, fleas, sandflies, and mosquitoes, but like the
        Primitive Baptist never make war or cause there to be war, but always have to fight their Country's
        battles."
        DEED - GREENE COUNTY -20 November 1869 - Levi J. H. Mewborn to Joshua Mewborn, as
        administrator of Parrott Mewborn, dec, to said Joshua Mewborn, being the highest bidder at $2500,
        for two tracts of land. Tract #1 - on the WS of Little Tyson's Marsh, beginning below the old mill site,
        to Christopher Reynold's corner, then to Wade's old corner, thence to Drewry Aldridge's line, thence
        with Henry Herring line - 493 acres. Tract #2 - running with William E. Hardy line thence with
        George Mewborn's line, old mill pond, old mill house - 275 acres.
        
        The Mewborns and Hardys brought a 15 year old orphan boy back with them from a marketing trip to
        Virginia about 1817. That boy was "Stephen Kearney" , my G-G-G Grandfather. The Herman Hardy
        family had a written record of bringing the young Kearney back with them. My brother married
        Herman's Granddaughter and lived in an apartment in the big house. He personally read the record,
        but it cannot be found now. Ima told members of our family that she had heard Parrott II, I
        think he was her Grandfather, talk of the young Kearney coming to North Carolina. Stephen Kearney
        lived and died, and is buried, in the field next to the Mewborn Church.
        from Max Kearney.
  9. vii. ELIZABETH MEWBORN was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 5 March 1801; Ibid. She
        married Major John Hardee, son of Joseph Hardee and Sarah (Hardee), in Lenoir County, North
        Carolina; Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn . Elizabeth died in 1841 in Johnston County, North
        Carolina; Ibid.
        There may be additional decendants in the Hardee book by Col. David Hardee. There is a note in
        Ima's Collection that the information on the Elizabeth Mewborn/Major Hardee line came from David
        Hardee as they freely shared information. Colonial Hardee should be given credit for this entire line
        except for the clippings and later information Ima obtained from newspapers and what information I
        got from the Johnston County abstracts and cemetery records.
        Elizabeth Hardee on 4 September 1841 joined the Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church in the Pleasant
        Grove township of Johnston County.
        The below letter is the only indication of proof I have seen to prove the wife of Major Hardee was
        indeed Elizabeth Mewborn. There is no indication who Cousin Joseph was, but it is obvious he was a
        grandson of Elizabeth Mewborn Hardee and probably the son of Parrott. It is regretful any anwer to
        this letter did not survive.
        Route 4 Snow Hill Jany 27th 1906
        Dear Cousin Joseph: You doubtless will be a little surprised to receive this probaly foolish questions
        from me but I am seeking for information and do not know where else to go to find it - thinking
        probably you could give some of it - is the reason I trouble you. I want to know the date your
        grandmother Elizabeth Hardie was born and death and the number of children she had and their names
        and who they married.
        I am trying to get up a little sketch of the Mewborn family from the time they came to this country
        from England sometimes in the latter part of the 17th century. If you can give me the date of birth and
        death of Hardy Mewborn, Edith Mewborn, Annie Mewborn, and Patsy Mewborn, brother and sisters
        of your grand mother I will be thankful.
        Family all up as usual.
        Your cousin
        Levi J. H. Mewborn
        Collection of Ima Mewborn.
  10. viii. LEMUEL HARDY MEWBORN SR was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 26 January 1803;
        Lemuel Hardy Mewborn Family Bible, in possession of Unknown, Last in possession of Mary Louise
        Mewborn and her brother Thomas Warren Mewborn of Grifton, NC in 1977 when they showed it to
        Ima Mewborn of Farmville, NC. Ima copied the Bible at that time.; Parrott Mewborn Family Bible. He
        married Louisa Kilpatrick, daughter of Francis Kilpatrick and Rachel Pugh, in Greene County, North
        Carolina, on 4 September 1823; Lemuel Hardy Mewborn Family Bible.; Parrott Mewborn Family
        Bible. Lemuel died BY 1760 in Bertie County, North Carolina. Lemuel died CA 1860-1870 in Lenoir
        County, North Carolina; 1860 and 1870 Lenoir Co NC Census.
         This family were members of the Episcopal Church.
        SHIRLEY KILPATRICK COLLECTION - ECU
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        INDENTURE
        15 Feby 1841 - BRYANT MURPHEY to LEMUEL MEWBORN of Lenoir - $3750 - NS Loosing
        Swamp conveyed by GUILFORD MURPHY to GUILFORD HOUGHTON (?) by deed 27 Nov 1836 -
        adj Kinston, Snow Hill road where it crosses Loosing Swamp, to S. B. CARRAWAY to JESSE
        VAUSE, run of Loosing Swamp - 300 acres
        signed BRYAN C. MURPHY
        WIT SNOAD B. CARRAWAY
        To Court April 1841, LEWIS C. DESMOND Clerk
        Enrolled Lenoir Co - ? July 1841, J. E. METTS, Regt
        END OF DOCUMENT
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        _
        NOTE (The below is torn and eaten by insects)
        INDENTURE
        18 Jan 1845 - LEML. H. MEWBORN to LEVI MEWBORN both of Lenoir - $3,?50 - tract in Lenoir
        NS Loosing Swamp where Kinston and Snow Hill Road crosses Loosing Swamp up road to Snow Hill
        to LEVI MEWBORN'S line, to SNOAD B. CARRAWAY's line, adj JESSE VAUSE along course of
        swamp - 300 acres
        WIT ABNER WETHERINGTON, S. SCOTT
        TO Court April Term 1845 - W. C. LOFTIN
        Enrolled 19 June 1845, JAMES E. METTS, REGT
        END OF DOCUMENT.
  11. ix. LYDIA MEWBORN was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 9 September 1805; Parrott
        Mewborn Family Bible.; Lenoir County, NC Cemetery Records, abstracted by Martha Mewborn
        Marble. She married Bright Hardee, son of Joseph Hardee and Sarah (Hardee), in Lenoir County,
        North Carolina, on 5 November 1827; Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn .; Lenoir County, NC
        Cemetery Records, abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble. Lydia died on 14 May 1847 in Lenoir
        County, North Carolina, at age 41; Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn .; Lenoir County, NC Cemetery
        Records, abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble. Her body was interred in Lenoir County, North
        Carolina, in Lydia Hardee Cemetery.
         Both Lydia and Bright are buried in the family cemetery across the road from the old Parrott
        Hardee home which is now burned. Their tombstone reads "Bright Hardee son of Joseph and Sarah
        Hardee b November 18 1802 and d November 12 1841, age 38 years 11 months and 24 days. We
        cherish thy memory.
         Lydia Hardee dau of Parrott Mewborn and wife of Bright Hardee b August 9 1805 d May 14
        1848, age 41 years, 9 months and 5 days. We cherish thy memory".
         The family Bible and the tombstone give a slightly different date.
         OBIT - LYDIA HARDEE - 1805 - 1847
         In memory of Lydia Hardee, daughter of Parrott and Lydia Mewborn who was born in Lenoir
        County, North Carolina, August 9, 1805. She was a pious sister, a good wife, kind mother and
        beloved by her neighbors. She was received a member of the Church at Mewborn's Meeting House,
        Greene County, North Carolina, in April 1843, from which time she continued to fill her place as a
        member of the Church faithfully as the distance and her opportunity would permit until the time of her
        death which took place in the 42nd year of her age, A.D. 1847.
         written by Ava W. Glasgow (nee Taylor)
         Church Record, Book Number one, page 24, of Mewborn's Primitive Baptist Church in Greene
        County, NC.

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