The Creech Family Continued by James M. Creech  

Richard Creech b. ca 1600 d. ca 1630 m. Frances Beale b. ca 1601 d. 1630. Henry Creech, Sr. b. ca 1621 d. ca 1709 m. ca 1653 Joyce Paine b. ca 1633 d. ca 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. ca 1715 n.ca 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d. 1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b-1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. ca 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. b. ca 1724 d. 1770-1790 m. ca 1745 Mary Lewis b.1724. Joshua Creech, Sr. b. 1754 d. 1835 m. ca 1773 Sally Stanford d. after 1835. Joel Creech b. ca 1786 in Johnston County, N.C. and d. ca 1854 in the same county. He m. Sally Rouse and lived at the old home place that was left to him by his father (his mother lived with him until her death) Issue taken from his will; 1. Eli Creech b. ca 1821 m. Sept 24, 1839 Sally Daughtry b. 1622. Issue; (1) Sarah Elizabeth Creech (2) Eliza Jane Creech m. Thomas Sasser, (3) Stephen E. Creech b. 1844 served in the Civil War, entered Feb 1, 1862. (4) Eli D. Creech b. 1845 m. _______. Had issue; (a) Daniel Creech never married. (b) Jinetta m. ______ Thompson (c) Betty m. Fate Peedin (d) Fannie Creech unmarried (e) David Willis Creech m. Nancy Adeline Braswell, Issue; (a1) Lena m. Fred Sasser (a2) James m. Rachel Elizabeth Jones (a3) John m. Mary Head (a4) Joseph Eldridge m. Catherine Sasser (a5) Mary Eliz. m. R. A. Howell (a6) Junius Troy m. Bessie Mattox (a7) Jake m. Flora Creech dau. of Troy Dee Creech (5) Joel G. Creech b. 1848, served in the Civil War, entered May 9, 1862. (6) Janette (Nettie) Creech b. 1850 (no data) 2. Martha Creech b. ca 1823 (named in will of Joel Creech) 3. Sarah (Sally) Creech b. ca 1825 (named in will) 4. Elizabeth (Eliza) b. ca 1826 m. Silas Webb (lived in Goldsboro, later at Morehead) 5. Larkin Creech b. ca 1828 (called Doctor) m. April 30, 1849 Delany Gerald. dau. of Enos Gearld. Larkin served in Civil War, entered Feb. 28, 1862. Issue; (1) Kassiah Creech (2) William Creech (3) Louisa Creech (4) Wiley Creech m. Feb 25, 1892 Sally Creech (5) Clark G. Creech m. April 18, 1883 Narcissa Lane. (6) Alexander Creech m. Dec 2, 1875 Sarah Fulghum. Issue; (a) John Millard Creech (e) Vance Creech (b) Sudie Creech m. I. W. Batten (f) Mayo Creech (c) Busbee Creech (g) Edward Creech (d) Thomas Creech 6. Devereaux Creech b. ca 1830 d. July 5, 1919 m. Annie Daly and lived in Goldsboro, NC. He served in the Civil War from Wayne County, entered July 5, 1862. Two known children. (1) Robert A. Creech (2) Walter D. Creech 7. John Rouse Creech b. ca 1834 at Smithfield. N. C. in Johnston County, N. C. and died March 12, 1908 at Smithfield. He m. Jan 6, 1858 Eveline Oliver b. June 14, 1841 d. Feb 2, 1917, dau. of Thomas Oliver and Ancey Watson) m. Aug 21, 1829) Issue; (1) James Ransom Creech m. Nov 22, 1688 Lena R. Woodall. Issue; (a) Marvin Creech (d) Erma Creech m. Joe Royal (b) Alton Creech (e) Edwin Creech (c) Mildred Creech m. Wade Moore (f) Sandra Creech m. May 5,1892 Oletha Thompson (2) Tommy D. Creech m. Jan 17, 1881 Bettie Lassiter. Issue; (a) Arthur Creech (b) Tommy Creech Jr. (b) William H. Creech (3) Charles Everett Creech b. Jan 8, 1869 d. Oct 2, 1937 m. April 4, 1900 Laura Frances Lassiter b. Dec 14, 1880 d. Nov 18, 1954, dau. of John Wallace Lassiter and Bettie Frances Hardee. Issue; (a) Edwin D. Creech b. Jan 18, 1901 m. March 9, 1925 Gladys Rose Turnage. (b) John Henry Creech b. Oct 20, 1902 d. June 27, 1957 m. Feb 14, 1934 Margaret Terrell, (c) Chester Bryant Creech b. Dec 8, 1904 m. Jan 31, 1929 Inez Holland. (d) Clara May Creech b. May 22, 1907 d. 1908. (e) Bettie Frances Creech b. Oct 20, 1908 m. Dec 26,1930 Burkett Bryan Hamilton, (f) Gladys LeMay Creech b. Jan 31, 1932 m. March 3, 1935 John Pendleton Cole Jr (g) Leola Creech b. Nov 10, 1913 m. April 5, 1947 Edmond H. Liles.(furnished much data) (h) Marshall Hardee Creech b. Jan 30, 1916 m. Jan 21, 1940 Lena Johnson Brock. (i) Charles Noel Creech b. Sept 20, 1918 m. Jan 22, 1949 Harriet Wayne Gore. (j) Katie Lee Creech b. Sept 20, 1920 m. Feb 7, 1948 John Kenneth Dixon, (k) Albert Sidney Creech b. Dec 29, 1922 m. Nov 14, 1948 Concetta Ferrante. (4) Sanders Creech m. April 15, 1866 Martha Boyette. Issue; - (a) Minnie Creech m. Percy Sellers (e) Dagie Creech m. Fred Johnson (b) Mattie Creech m. Willie Thompson (f) Omega Creech unmarried (c) Effie Creech m. Jesse Thompson (g) James B. Creech m. Nettie _______ . (d) Nora Creech m. Walter Daughtry (h) Walter D. Creech m. Hortense Edwards (i) Henry Preston Creech m. Victoria Peedin (5) W. Sidney Creech m. Delta Thompson. (6) John Henry Creech unmarried (7) Eliza Creech m.______ Thompson. (8) Nancy Creech m. Turner Tyner. (9) Troy Creech m. Geneva Overby. (10) Rosetta Creech m. ______ Thompson. (11) Reddie Creech unmarried. (12) Alice Creech m. ______ Tyner. (13) Della Creech m. Lloyd Strickland. 8. Alvin Creech b. ca 1836 d. before 1854 (April 6, 1853)m. Dec 28, 1846 Edney Bagley b. 1832. Issue; (1) Fannie Creech (3) Lucinda Creech (2) William H. Creech (4) Agrippa Creech Joel Creech ( l786-l854) Will State or North Carolina, Johnston County: To the worshipful the justice of the court of pleas and quarter Sessions May Term in compliance to an order to us directed to make a division of lands between the several heirs of Joel Creech decd. at Feb. term 1854 proceeded as following by mutual consent of heirs, allotted to John R. Creech and Devereaux Creech as it was considered to be to the interest of all the heirs the land of four hundred and thirty one acres, and the three girls, Eliza Webb. Martha and Sarah Creech to receive their proportions in money, finding by assessment of all the land given by Joel Creech to his several daughters and this above allotted to John R. Creech and Devereaux Creech that each share or apportionment should be worth three hundred and sixty nine dollars and seventy five cents. Namely John Rouse Creech received six hundred and twenty eight dollars worth of land two hundred and fifty eight dollars and twenty five cents more than his share, Devereaux Creech received seven hundred and thirty four dollars worth, three hundred and sixty four dollars and twenty five cents more than his share. Eli Creech received five hundred and sixteen dollars worth, one hundred and forty-six dollars and twenty five cents more than his share. Alvin Creech received or his heirs as mentioned in petition received seven hundred and twenty dollars worth, three hundred and fifty dollars and twenty five cents more than his share. Larkin Creech received three hundred and sixty dollars worth less by nine dollars and seventy five cents of his share. Showing that John R., Devereaux, and Eli and Alvin Creech must pay over to Elsa Webb. Martha, and Sarah Creech and Larkin the several amounts which they have received more than their distribution shares, all of which i respectfully submitted to your worship. Commissioners T. W. Whitley, B. Smith, Wm. Brown, B. B. Alford Johnston County Court, May Term 1854 This report returned in open Court, Confined and Ordered recorded & registered J. H. Kennedy - Clerk of Court American Revolution DAR Supplement Patriot Index: Joshua Creech Sr. b 1755 d. after Feb 13, 1835 m. Sally ______ , N.C. The State Records Of North Carolina - V.22- Page 413 - Account of Sundry Firelocks pressed into His Majesty's Service against the Insurgents in 1771. For the Dobbs Detachment which were lost, broken, or destroyed. Joshua Creech - one Flintlock - value one pound Paid at New Bern Nov. 28, 1771 Ezekiel Creech (1780-1857) Will: August 14, 1857- Johnston County, N.C.; 1. Wife Polly 50 acres land north end of Home tract including icy present residence & 15 barrels of corn. 2. Son, John Creech 100 acres adjoining Ramson Holt & William H. Creech. 3. Daughter, Susannah Dowdy, $5 4. John Dowdy, grandson 50 acres in the Benjamin Edwards tract. 5. Grandson, Ezekiel Dowdy, 50 acres beginning at John Creech's line & Holt line in Dry Branch and Dawn Branch to William H. Creech's line & Holt line to Windows Corner. I give to Ezekiel the land left my wife after her death. 6. Grandaughter Elizabeth Dowdy, 1 cow 7. Grandaughter Martha Dowdy 1 cow 8. Grandaughter Polly Dowdy, $20 9. Grandsons, Mathew, William. & Benjamin Wright Dowdy. Wit. William Williams William H. Creech Ezekiel Creech proved Nov. term of court 1862 Joshua Creech (1816-1866) Will: Joshua Creech - Proved Feb. Court 1866 - Johnston County, N.C.; 1. Son, James Patrick, land on stage coach road. Goldsboro to Smithfield. 3 miles below Smithfield 370 acres. 2. William Wright Creech, son 3. John Ayscu Creech & daughter, Patsy Jane Creech, where I now live 172 acres equal divided by them at death of my wife Nancy. 1. Make Levi P. Creech, my son my executor of my last will and testimony. Wit. William Brown Jerome Brown Joshua Creech Served in the Civil War Date Entered: N. Creech - July 15, 1862 - Johnston County, N.C. -wounded Sept 19, 1864. Ramson H. Creech - July 11, 1864 - Johnston County, N.C. - killed Sept 19, 1864. Romulus Creech - April 10, 1862 - Johnston County, N.C. Robert G. Creech - March 14, 1862 - Johnston County, N.C. R. H. Creech - Aug 2, 1863 - Johnston County, N.C. R. H. Creech - June 25, 1862 - Wayne County, N.C. Stephen E. Creech - Feb 1, 1862 - Wake County, N.C. Thomas Creech - July 5, 1862 - Wayne County, N.C. W. Creech - Sept 1, 1861 - Wayne County, N.C. William J. Creech - Nov 16, 1861 - Johnston County, N.C. William R. Creech - May 31, 1861 - Johnston, County, N.C. Ezekiel Creech Sr. (1756 - 1810-1815) Ezekiel Creech Sr. was born in the year 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. This section was to become what is known today as Greene County. He was the 7th child of Benjamin Creech Sr. and wife Mary Lewis Creech. At the young age of about 16 he married Mary Caldwell born about 1753, the daughter of Spencer Caldwell and wife Martha, who lived near present day Wheat Swamp in Lenoir County, N.C. After marriage Ezekiel and Mary made their home at Wheat Swamp near the present day school and church on land given to him by his father. Later they bought the Spencer Caldwell home place. Mary Caldwell had brothers named: Samuel, Charlie, Robert, Joshua and John Caldwell, all of Greene and Lenoir Counties. Another brother Simon Caldwell went to Jefferson County, Ga. Ezekiel Creech Sr. served with Captain Kennedy's Company in the American Revolution from Dobbs County North Carolina, being drafted for duty July 26, 1777, along with his brothers John and Benjamin Jr. Ezekiel Creech Sr. became a large land owner on Wheat Swamp in Lenoir County and also had land on Rainbow Run in Greene County. He bought land on White Marsh and Gum Swamps, near Wheat Swamp Church in the year 1792. He received a land grant for his services in the Revolution from Governor Richard Dobbs Speight in 1793, adjoining land of Thomas Martin. He bought 307 acres of land in the year 1801 and another 100 acres from Joseph King and another 96 acres from Joseph King, being apart of a land grant to William Grant. He received the land from his father and as said aforesaid he bought out his wife's brothers in the Caldwell farm on December 30, 1809. Ezekiel Creech Sr. is buried on the old Caldwell-Creech plantation near Wheat Swamp Church, with no marker at his grave. At one time there was wooden carved markers at the graves, but a fire destroyed them about the year 1945. John Miller Creech(in his 70' s in 1981) remembers his uncle telling him about the markers and has seen them. Also buried in the same cemetery is his son Ezekiel Jr., his wife Mary, son John, Sarah, John's wife, and probably others of the family. This Ezekiel Creech, was known as the Revolutionary Ezekiel Creech, as many cousins bore the same name. Ezekiel Creech Sr. died between 1810 and 1815 and Mary his wife died before her husband about the year 1805. Ezekiel and Mary had 7 children as to order: John Sr. settled in present day Greene County, N.C.; dau. Mary, no data; son Ezekiel Jr.- settled in Lenoir County; Joshua, a son first went to Barnwell Co. SC .- then on to Laurens Co. Ga. near where his uncle Simon Caldwell was seated; son David. went first to Barnwell Co, S. C., then on to Ga., picked up his wife and then on to Alabama; Nancy Jane a daughter, no data; Esther (called Lucy by some) married John B. Kennedy and stayed in Lenoir County. John Creech Sr.- Of Whom later. Ezekiel Creech Sr. (1756- after 1810) Ezekiel Creech Sr. was born 1756 in old Johnston and Dobbs County, N.C. This section was to become Greene County at a later date. He was the son of Benjamin Creech Sr. and Mazy Lewis. He made his home near Wheat Swamp in present day Lenoir County, N.C. He died after 1810 and is buried near Wheat Swamp with no marker at his grave. At age of about 16 he married Mary Caldwell born 1753 and died about the year 1605, the daughter of Spencer Caldwell and wife Martha ______ of present day Lenoir County. Mary Caldwell, wife of Ezekiel, had brothers named: Samuel, Charlie, Robert, Joshua and John all of Greene and Lenoir counties. Another brother Simon Caldwell went to Jefferson County, Ga. Ezekiel Creech Sr. served with Captain Kennedy's Company in the American Revolution from Dobbs County, being drafted July 26, 1777 along with his brothers John and Benjamin Jr. Ezekiel Creech Sr. had large land holdings on Wheat Swamp in Lenoir County and also on Rainbow Run in Greene County. He bought land on White Marsh and Gum Swamps, near Wheat Swamp Church in the year 1792. He received a land grant for his services in the Revolution from Governor Richard Dobbs Speight in 1793, adjoining land of Thomas Martin. He bought 307 acres of land in the year 1801 and another 100 acres from Joseph King and another 96 acres from Joseph King, being apart of a grant to William Grant. He received a tract of land from his father Benjamin Creech Sr. Ezekiel Creech Sr. bought the Caldwell plantation from the brothers of his wife Mary, on 30 December 1809. Deed -Lenoir County, N.C. - December 30, 1609 - From Samuel, Charlie Caldwell, and Samuel Caldwell, agent for Simon Caldwell of the state of Jefferson County, Ga. and Robert, Mary, and Joshua Caldwell of the state of N.C., county of Greene, and John Caldwell of Lenoir County, N.C., for 70 pounds, lying on the south side of Wheat Swamp, containing 70 acres, formerly owned by the late Spencer Caldwell. Beginning at a stake at the John Creech's corner, thence with Ezekiel Creech's line, thence with John Caldwell's line, thence with the run of Spring Branch, then up said branch to Ezekiel Creech's line. Witnesses: Sam Byrd & James Wood C. Westbrook James Bright, Register Deed:Lenoir County, N.C.- Jan. 26, 1807 - From Samuel Caldwell of Greene County to Ezekiel Creech of Lenoir County, N.C., for $779, a plantation on the south aide of Wheat Swamp; beginning at a stake in Spring Branch, estimate 243 acres. Witnesses: J. Lassiter & Robert Caldwell Tax Valuation of Dobbs County, N. C. in 1760 - Number 1 District - Present day Lenoir County, From Kinston West, but north of Neuse River.. Ezekiel Creech - 400 pounds John Creech - 400 pounds Dobbs County, N.C. 1790 Federal Census - Newbern District: Benjamin Creech Jr. - 2-2-4-0-0 Ezekiel Creech - 1-3-4-0-0 John Creech - 1-0-0-0-0 Dobbs and Johnston County, N. C. Deed Index (now Lenoir County) Ezekiel Creech from Nathan Walters - Book 14, page 8 Ezekiel Creech from Benjamin Creech Sr. - Bock 20, page 83 (father to son) Ezekiel Creech from Benjamin Creech Sr. - Book 20, page 113 (father to son) Ezekiel Creech from Joseph King - Book 20, page 89 (year 1801) Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 53 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County, Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, N.C. Ezekiel Creech Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. He m. Mary Caldwell b. 1753 d. ca 1805, dau. of Spencer Caldwell and wife Martha _________. (see page ) Issue; 1. John Creech, Sr. b.177I in old Dobbs Co. N.C. and d. 1838-1850 in Greene C., N.C. He m. 1796 in Lenoir Co, Sarah Starkey b. 1780 d.1830-1838 in Greene Co. N.C., the dau. of Peter Starkey Sr. and wife Sarah ______, of Onslow Co. N.C. See later. 2. Mary Creech b. ca 1773 in old Dobbs County, N.C.(no data) 3. Ezekiel Creech Jr. b.1775 in old Dobbs Co. and d. 1840-1850 in Lenoir Co. He m. Elizabeth Stevens. Had issue; see later. 4. Joshua Creech b. ca 1777 d. ca 1840 in Ga. m. Sarah Bryan (widow of Richard Roberts) and dau. of Lewis Bryan of Pitt Co. N.C. Sarah d. ca July 1836. After his marriage Joshua left old Dobbs C., and went to Barnwell Co. S.C. in the year 1800 and here received a land grant of 127 acres March 2, 1807. He sold this land Nov 24, 1809 and went to Laurens Co, Ga. about the year 1813. He was in present day Montgomery Co., Ga. in 1838 (Montgomery Co. was out from Laurens Co. in 1807. Issue; see later. 5. David Creech b. 1779 and d. by 1840 in Alabama, m. ca 1809 Jane Cone b. ca 1785 in S.C. David left old Dobbs Co., N.C., went 1st to Barnwell, S.C. and then onto Ga., picked up his wife, then onto Alabama about the year 1820. Had issue; (1) Joshua Cone Creech b. ca 1809 d. 1853 in Henry Co. Ala. M. Elizabeth Pynes. ssue; (a) Mary Creech m. March 13, 1842 Jerrod J. Spear, son of David & Sarah Spear. (b) Elizabeth Creech m. 1st Feb 1, l846 John Dobbs, 2nd March 3, 1850 Levi Glass. (c) U. L. Creech m. Aug 28, 1851 Hany A. Lindsey. (d) Ann Creech m. Oct. 30, 1857 David Johnson. (2) William Carter Creech b. April 4, 1810 d. Feb 23, 1892 in Bulter Co., Ala.; he m. Amada Elizabeth Daniels b. Sept 17,1820 d. Sept 9, 1909, dau. of Joseph Daniels and Hulda McCollum. Had issue; see later. (3) Mary Morgana Creech b. ca 1812 m. Feb 20, 1828 Fair Pynes. (4) Laura Creech b. ca 1817 m. Feb 7, 1847 B. T. Deshaze of Barbour Co., Alabama. (5) Elizabeth (Betty) Ann Creech b. ca 1819 a. Oct 17, 1838 James P. Durham (6) Aaron Creech b. ca 1821 a. Feb 15, 1848 Charity Creech, dau. of Noah Creech and Sally Trammel. Aaron served in the Civil War in the place of his brother and was paid $5000 in gold for each year. (see page ___ ) (7) Lydia Ann Creech (out of order) b. ca 1815 m. Oct 18, 1837 in Henry Co. Ala. Noel Register d. June 1840, buried in Henry Co., Ala; she m. 2nd Jeptha Lindsey. Issue; see later. (8) Annie Jane Creech b. Feb 8, 1833 m. Benjamin Lewis. 6. Nancy Jane Creech b. ca 1781 in old Dobbs County, N.C. (no data) 7. Esther Creech (called Lucy by some) b. ca 1783 in old Dobbs County m. John B. Kennedy of Lenoir County, N. C. (known dau.) (1) Elizabeth Jane Kennedy b. 1829 d.1862 m Jesse Hardy Rouse, son of Jonathan Rouse and Catherine Hardy. (had son) (a) James Franklin Rouse m. Elizabeth (Eliza) White, dau. of William B. White and Elizabeth Creech (Eliz. was dau. of Ezekiel Jr. above) John Creech, Sr. (1771-1838.-1850) John Creech Sr. was born 1771 in old Dobbs County, now Lenoir County, N. C. He was the son of Ezekiel Creech Sr. and wife Mary Caldwell. He died between 1838 and 1850 in what is Greene County, N.C. He is buried in the old Creech Cemetery, on the old Creech place with no marker at his grave. At one time there were markers at his grave but an old black man removed the marker at his grave in the 1930's and placed them in a wash near Rainbow Run. He was told to clean up the cemetery; he mistook the meaning and removed all the stone and wooden markers to the wash, thus cleaning up the cemetery. Others that were buried here of the Creech family, included. John Sr., Starkey, Benjamin Jr., Ezekiel, Nancy, Lucy, Revolutionary John Creech and many others. John Creech Sr. became a large land owner, with land holdings in Greene and Lenoir Counties. He married ca 1796 Sarah Starkey born 1780, Onslow County, N. C. and died between the years 1830 and 1838, the daughter of Peter Starkey and wife Sarah ______. The will of Peter Starkey was probated in Onslow County in the year 1790. Peter's children were John, Edward. Peter Jr., William and Sarah Starkey. Gift Deed: 10 Oct. 1838 - Greene County, N. C. - From John Creech, Sr., to my son Starky Creech, lying and being of the front side of Rainbow Marsh, in the county of Greene; it being the frontierable part of father's lands, Beginning at Harper's corner, thence with Harper's line south course to a pine in Ruffin Harper's corner, thence to Harper Turner's field. thence with Rainbow Marsh, thence with Charlotte Cannady's corner, containing 50 acres. I, John Creech by these presents do give and grant to my son Starky Creech. Witnesses: Ezekiel Creech & John Harper Signed John Creech Sr. Attest. James Williams, clerk - John C. Dixon Register. Old Johnston and Dobbs County, N.C. Index Deeds: John Creech from William Arendal Book 20, page 195 John Creech from Edward Byrd Book 21, page 98 John Creech from John Freeman Book 23, page 45 Greene County, N. C. 1820 Federal Census: John Creech - 2 male under 10; 1 male 10 to 16; 1 male 26 to 45; 2 females under 10; 1 female 10 to 16; 1 female 6 to 45, Greene County, N.C. 1830 Federal. Census: John Creech Sr. - 1 male under 5; 1 male 5 to 10; 1 male 10 to 15; 1 male 15 to 20; 1 male 50 to 60; 1 female 40 to 50. John Creech Jr. ; 1 male 20 to 30; 1 female 20 to 30. Stephen Creech - 1 male 20 to 30; 1 female 15 to 20. Greene 1850 Census: William Creech 25 male - farmer-$400 Starky Creech 38 male farmer $500 Pearcy Creech 23 female Mary Creech 36 female Sarah E. Creech 2 female John Creech 13 male Jame W. Creech 5 mo. Male Elizabeth Creech 10 female John Creech 43 male Starky Columbus 5 male Elizer Creech 53 female Richard Creech 1 male Emily Creech 15 female Lucy Creech 35 female Nancy Moye 60 female Benjamin P. Creech 9 male Eli Barrow 22 male James E. Creech 5 male Sarah Ann Barrow 17 female Murphy McCoy 16 male Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henrv Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. He m. Mary Caldwell b. 1753 d. ca 1805, dau. of Spencer Caldwell and wife Martha _________. (see page ___ ) Issue; John Creech, Sr. b.177I in old Dobbs Co. N.C. and d. 1838-1850 in Greene C., N.C. He m. 1796 in Lenoir Co, Sarah Starkey b. 1780 d.1830-1838 in Greene Co. N.C., the dau. of Peter Starkey Sr. and wife Sarah ______, of Onslow Co. N.C. See later. 1. Sarah Ann Creech b. 1800 in Greene County, N. C m. Benjamin Cannady; will written July 7, 1673. Issue; (1) Susan Cannady m. ________ Jones. (2) Eliza Cannady b. Dec 6, 1832 d. Jan 9, 1919 m. John Warren Creech b. Oct. 3, 1829 d. Aug. 6, 1698, son of Stephen Ezekiel Creech and Nancy Tutle. See the Joshua Creech Sr. & Sally Stanford family for issue; 2. Eliza Ann Creech b. 1802 in Greene County, N. C. and married March 14, 1828 at Snow Hill, N.C. Frederick McKay, No issue; 3. John (Jack) Creech Jr. b. 18014 in Greene County, N.C. m. ca 1834 Elizer Branton b. 1797. Had issue; (1) Emily Creech b. ca 1835 (2) Sarah Ann Creech b. 1837 Eli Barrow, (3) Ezekiel Creech b. 1840 m. Elizabeth Murphrey. (4) Elsie Creech b. 1845 4. Infant Creech b. & d. 1808 5. Starkey Creech b. ca 1810 in Greene County d. before 1870 in Greene County. He m. ca 1838 Mary Grimsley b. 1812 d. after 1870, the daughter of Jethrow Grimsley and Lydia ____. See page -Issue; (1) Joseph John Creech was born on Rainbow Run in Greene County, N.C. and was killed in the Civil War at Fort Macon, N.C. April 25, 1862. Unmarried. (b.1837) (2) Mary Elizabeth (Becky) Creech b. Dec 11, 1839 in the Hookerton Township of Greene County, N. C. d. May 1, 1907 and is buried at the Rainbow Church Cemetery in Greene Co. She m. Chapel H. Churchill b. July 8, 1828 d. March 10, 1897, son of William Churchill & Law Freeman (Law Freeman was dau. of John Freeman) Chapel Churchill served in the Civil War, from Greene Co; the will of Mary was written July 13, 1898. They had no issue; (3) Christopher Columbus Creech b. Aug 15, 1842 died Oct 20, 1921 1st Louvenia Forrest b. Sept. 22, 1849 d. Aug 10, 1911, he m. 2nd Martha Patricia Forrest Peaton, widow of John Peaton and both wives were daughters of William Forrest, Jr. and Elizabeth Dixon. No issue by 2nd wife. See later; (4) Richard A. Creech b. ca 1849 d. ca 1861. no issue; (5) Nancy Jane Creech b. March 9, 1851 d. Nov 30, 1916 m. March 8, 1876 at her mother's in Greene Co. to Joshua Parrott Sugg b. June 29, 1839 d. June 13, 1918 son of Lemuel R. Sugg & Patience Barfield. Had issue - see later. 6. Stephen Ezekiel Creech b. ca 1812 7. Richard Creech b. ca 1815 d. before 1850 m. Lucy _________ - b. 1815. Issue; (1) Richard Benjamin Creech b. 1841. m. Mary A. Parrott b. 1836 dau. of Jacob Parrott (2) James Ezekiel Creech b. ca 1845 8. William Creech b. 1822 m. Pearcy ________ - b. 1827. Issue; (1) Sarah E. Creech b. 1848 (2) James E. Creech b. 1850 (there may have been more children) 9. Robert Benjamin Creech b. 1824 m. Sarah ________ . Had issue- See later; Starky Creech (ca 1810- before 1870) Starky Creech was born about 1810 in Greene County, N.C. near Rainbow Run. He died before 1870 and is buried along with his parents in the old Creech Cemetery on Rainbow Run, without a marker. He married Mary Grimsley born 1812 a twin. in Greene County in the Speights Bridge Township. She was the daughter of Jethrow Grimsley and wife Lydia. Mary died after 1870 near Jason. She was living at the time with her daughter Nancy Jane Creech Sugg. She is buried with her husband. Starky and Mary made their home on Rainbow Run on the farm that his father John gave him in the year 1838. Here is where he raised his family and died. This house is still standing (2000 in bad shape) which was a one and one-half story house. His son Christopher made his home here in later years. This house is owned at present by Eugene Hardy, a great grandson of Starky Creech. If Starky Creech became a large land owner, it is not known; he owned small acreage in this section of Greene County. Greene County, N.C. 1860 Census: Starky Creech 50 male farmer John Creech Sr. 52 male Mary Creech 148 female Elsay Creech 15 female Joseph John Creech 21 male John Branton 15 ma1e Mary Eliz. Creech 19 female Frances Branton 13 female Starky Columbus Creech 114 male Richard A. Creech 10 male R. B. Creech 19 male Nancy Jane Creech 8 female Mary A. Creech 21 female James E. Creech 16 male Birchey Swinson 145 female farmer Lucy Creech 50 female Holleon Creech 65 female Deed: Greene County, N. C. - 11 Dec. 1881 - From Chappell H. Churchill and wife Mary Eliz. Churchill to Louvenia Creech for $350 for 28 acres of land. adjoining lands of John Creech. Deed: Greene County, N. C. - 7 Dec. 1889 - From Blount Arthur to Thomas and Louvenia S. Sugg, a tract of land known as the John (Jack) Creech place, adjoining lands of S. C. Sugg, J. W. Dixon and C.C. Creech. Beginning in the run of Rainbow Marsh where the Churchill line crosses. Witness: J. E. W. Sugg Deed:Lenoir County, N.C.- 21 June 1883 - From Jacob F. Parrott to Richard Creech, for $77, adjoining lands of John W. Collins, Richard Creech and James F. Parrott in Kinston, N.C. Will: 13 July 1898 - Greene County, N.C. - Mary Ann Elizabeth Creech Churchill. - To my brother C .C. Creech, my buggy and harness and an equal share in my estate. To my sister-in-law Louvenia, wife of C. C. Creech, the sum of $50. To Hokie Hooker, wife of L. T. Hooker, one bed. All my property shall be equally divided between my brother C.C. Creech, Dora Creech, Nancy Jane Sugg, wife of Joshua Sugg, Frank Creech, son of C.C. Creech and Ida Hill, wife of Jesse Hill. Will: Greene County, N.C. - Chappell H. Churchill: Wife Mary Elizabeth Creech Churchill; sister Eliza A. Noble. Will: Greene County, N.C. - Law Freeman Churchill.: Son Chappell Churchill; daughter Eliza A. Noble. Will: Greene County, N.C. 11 Dec. 1879 - Robert G. Creech - Hookerton - Wife Julia Will: Greene County, N.C. - 7 July 1873 - Benjamin Cannady: wife Sarah Creech Cannady; dau. Susan Cannady Jones; dau. Eliza Cannady Creech, wife of John Warren Creech To wife Sarah, my home tract of land adjoining John Creech Christopher Columbus Creech (l842 - l92l) Christopher Columbus Creech was born August 15, 1842 on Rainbow Run in Hookerton Township in Greene County, N.C. By trade he was a farmer, brick mason and carpenter. He served the entire time of the Civil War with the 3rd North Carolina Regiment, Company A. He was the son of Starky Creech and Mary Grimsley. He married first Louvenia Forrest born September 22 1849, died August 10, 1911, the daughter of William Forrest Jr. and wife Elizabeth Dixon. He married second Martha Patricia Forrest Peaton, widow of John Peaton and sister to his first wife. There was no issue by his second wife. Christopher C. Creech died October 20, 1921 on the farm that he inherited from his father on Rainbow Run in Greene County. He is buried on this farm with his wife, infant son John, with a stone marker at his grave. When Greene County called her sons to arms in May 1861 to fight for what she thought was a just cause, Cris (as I will call him) and his brother Joseph John Creech enlisted in Company A, Third North Carolina Regiment. There was 125 original soldiers and later the number increased to 168. These soldiers marched to Goldsboro to wait the arrival of Burnside, but was sent onto New Bern. where they remained for a month of intensive drilling. Then they were transferred back to Goldsboro to wait again for the expected advance of Burnside. This attack did not come, so the company was sent to Richmond Va. where they arrived on the battlefield of Seven Pines, just after a battle had been fought, (Joseph John Creech, brother to Cris, had been transferred to the F Company, 140th Regiment) The company of Cris's, made camp seven miles from Richmond for the purpose of picket duty. (the two Aldridge brothers, Thomas & James were in this company & were killed) In the year 1862, Company A was engaged in some of the most severe and hardest battles of the war. The battles in which Cris Creech took part was Ellyson's Mill, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, Sharpsburg, Chancellorsville, Richmond. Winchester, Malvern Hill, Payne's Farm and The Seven Day Battle around Richmond. The number killed in battle from Greene County outnumbered that of any other regiment. One account is given that the ammunition gave out when they were just at the point of defeating the enemy. The Third N.C. Regiment reached Appomattox Courthouse on Saturday, April 8, 1865. Most of the original soldiers had been left behind on battle grounds. The wounded were numerous. The flag that they had so proudly waved on the morning of May, 1861, when the soldiers departed the old popular tree at Snow Hill, was torn by bullets, ragged and was bloodstained. They were next ordered to open the road to Lynchburg, which was occupied by the enemy. They were charged by the cavalry, supported by the infantry. The battery was captured and many of the Greene County men were taken prisoners and killed. The Greene County men was led by Gen. W. R. Cox and the last shots that were fired in northern Virginia were fired by the regiment containing many North Carolina men, The company was defeated, taken prisoners and before they left the valley they received the news that Lee had surrendered. The records show that of the original 125 men who left Snow Hill in May 1861, 11 were captured, 34 were killed, 26 died of wounds and only 40 returned after the war. Of these 40 who returned Christopher Columbus Creech was one of them, without a scratch on him. He was one of the men that escaped after the Lynchburg Road and fled back to N.C. hiding and walking the long way as best he could. When he arrived at Kinston, the Yankees had already burned the bridge over the Neuse River and had captured Kinston. He had to swim the river and as he did a small group of Yankees spotted him and tried to cut him off. He came out of the river on the north side and hid in a field grown up with broom straw side of the road. As he hid there, two Yankees rode up on their horses looking for him. One of them said. "Give me a match and we will burn the rebel out and see him run like a rabbit." the other didn' t have a match either, so the first Yankee said. "1st him go then as he is too scared to do any more fighting anyway". After the two Yankees left, Cris returned to his father' s farm and home, located near Rainbow Church, just over in Greene County and a few miles from Kinston, N.C. He spent the night with his family and the following morning he left to find his company and comrades, not knowing that most of his company had been captured or killed up in Virginia, when he escaped. So he left walking towards Goldsboro, as the Confederate Army had retreated that way. When he arrived at Smithfield. he met the road full of Confederate soldiers coming back and told him that the war was over and that Lee had surrendered. The men he met were wounded. ragged. and a weary looking bunch of men that had fought a very brave and gallant fight but had lost to a more larger and more better equipped army. (Continued) Christopher Columbus Creech (1842 -1921) My father, the grandson of Christopher C. Creech, was William Franklin Creech, who knew Cris very well and as a small boy, spent many days and nights with him after his first wife died. During these long nights, he would sit by the fire place, take his little toddy and tell his eldest grandson of his experiences while he was serving with Lee and Jackson in the bloody Civil War. He told of one instant when they were camped around Richmond. Va. one night with no food to eat; Cris told the officer in charge if he would give him permission to leave camp, he would get them something to eat. The officer told him that no permission would be given, but if he just disappeared he could not help it, so Cris slipped out of camp and in a short period of time Cris was back with a milk cow. He never did say how he came by the cow, but the hungry gray coats had beef that night. He said that the men were so hungry that they could not wait for the meat to get cooked done, so ate it with bloody water running down their arms. Also another instant, they were marching through some farming land in southern Virginia, in which there was corn planted and was in the green roasting ear stage and the men ran to the field. pulled the com. ate it raw and as a result many were taken with the dysentery so bad that their end intestine came out at least a foot long. Many died from this as they marched along the roads of Virginia. There were many other things he told about such as robbing the dead of their shoes, so that they would not have to walk in the snow, frost or hard frozen ground barefoot. Many had rags tied on their feet, but they soon came off or wore out. Many suffered from frost bitten feet which caused the loss of toes, one foot or sometimes both feet. There were other things he told that is too terrible to put into print. Many other things he told agrees in accord with the writings of the 125 men in Company A, Third Regiment of North Carolina. Cris Creech always spoke highly of General Stonewall Jackson and said that he was a much better General than Robert E, Lee. It is said Cris Creech hated the "Yankees" as much as any man known. He always called them "Dam Yankees", as long as he lived. Deed: Greene County, N.C.- October 17, 1874 - From Nancy Jane Creech to C.C. Creech, for $150, containing 30 acres, adjoining John Creech, Merrell Grant & others. Witnesses: W. F. Dixon & F. P. Ormond John D. Grimsley- Probate Judge Deed: Greene County, N.C.- September 25, 1884 From C.C. Creech to Daniel W. Patrick, 97-1/2 acres, the same lands conveyed by W. F. Sugg by deed Dec 2, 1878, given to C. C. Creech, known as the Brown lands. Adjoining lands of John M. Dixon, Jincy Sugg, John Dixon Jr. and Stephen Harper. Attest: W.F. Dixon Signed: C.C. Creech, Louvenia Creech L. A. Mewbom. Clerk Mortage: Greene County, N.C.- August 22, 1876- From C.C. Creech to Nancy Jane Creech, $150 on a tract of land. adjoining lands of John Creech, Jim Grant & others, containing 32 acres. Witness: J.P. Sugg Christopher C. Creech Before John D. Grimsley, Judge of Probate Court- Paid March 25, 1893. Mortage; Greene County, N.C.- November 28, 1876 - From C.C. Creech & Louvenia to William K. P. Grant for $100, land containing 32 acres, adjoining lands of said William Grant and John Creech place. Witness: J. E. W. Sugg Signed C. C. Creech and wife Louvenia Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. He m. Mary Caldwell b. 1753 d. ca 1805, dau. of Spencer Caldwell and wife Martha _________. (see page ) Issue; John Creech, Sr. b.177I in old Dobbs Co. N.C. and d. 1838-1850 in Greene C., N.C. He m. 1796 in Lenoir Co, Sarah Starkey b. 1780 d.1830-1838 in Greene Co. N.C., the dau. of Peter Starkey Sr. and wife Sarah ______, of Onslow Co. N.C. See later. Starkey Creech b. ca 1810 d. before 1870 m. ca 1838 Mary Grimsley b. 1812 d. after 1870. Christopher Columbus Creech was born Aug 15, 1842 died Oct 20, 1921 m. 1st Louvenia Forrest b. Sept 22, l849 d. Aug 10, 1911, had issue; he m. 2nd Nov 11, 1911 Martha E. Forrest (Pat) Peaton, the widow of John Peaton and both wives were daughters of William Forrest Jr. and Elizabeth Dixon. No issue by 2nd wife; See page ___ -Issue; 1. Benjamin Franklin Creech b. April 30, 1872 d. April 21, 1932 m. Nov 25, 1891 Joanna Sugg b. Jan 24, 1871 d. Jan 15, 1953, dau. of Joshua Parrott Sugg and 1st wife Harriet Henrietta McIntyre. See page _____ - Had Issue see later; 2 . Ida Elizabeth Creech b. Aug 29, 1875 d. May 13, 1953 buried at Hull Road Baptist Church in Greene County, N.C. She m. Jan 15, 1890 Jesse Parrott Hill b. Feb. 15, 1666 d. Jan 5, 1960, son of Joseph Parrott Hill & Eveline Arthur. Had issue; later. 3. John Christopher Creech b. 1878 died young, buried on Rainbow Run In the Creech Cemetery. 4. Ludora (Dora) Creech b. 1885 on Rainbow Run in Greene County, N.C. and died 1956 on Rainbow Run, buried at Kinston, N.C. She m. Jan 10, 1900 Benjamin Thomas Hardy b. 1876 d. l948, son of Benjamin F. Hardy & Celia Arthur. Issue; (1) Lena Pearl Hardy b. Feb.14, 1901 d. Dec 5, 1977 m. Bruton Bright (dau Gerldine) (2) Lola Mae Hardy b. Dec 18,1903 m. 1st Leroy Luther Tyndal, m. 2nd Robert L. McCoy. (3) Charlie Thomas Hardy b. July 6, 1906 m. Agnes White. (4) Selma Leatha Hardy b. March 1, 1909 m. Carl White. - (5) Arthur Floyd Hardy b. March 27, 1911 d. Jan 3, 1978 m. Ella Lou Herring b. Jan. 30, 1911. (6) Eugene Paul Hardy b. July 11, l914 d. 1979 m. Nellie Carey. (dau. Sandra Hardy m. Jeff Garner. (7) Lymond Carl Hardy b. Sept. 30, 1916 d. July 28, l924. (8) Allen Blount Hardy b. July 8, 1919 d. July 14, 1960 m. Lillian Whitfield (lives at Hookerton, N.C.) has son Allen Hardy m. Leigh Ann Newborn, dau. Of John T. Mewborn & Edna _______ . (9) Infant Hardy b. & d. July 20, l924. Gift Deed: Greene County, N.C.- 1905 - From C.C. Creech and wife Louvenia to Ludora Hardy for natural love and affection for our daughter, for $100 and $200 to be paid to our daughter, Ida Hill, wife of Jesse P. Hill, after the death of C.C. Creech and Louvenia, adjoining lands of W. K. P. Grant and Louvenla Sugg, beginning at a stake at the John Creech old corner, thence with the run of Rainbow Run to the old John Creech corners now belonging to Louvenia Sugg, except the life estate of C.C. Creech and Louvenia Creech, who reserve and hold said land during their natural lives, then to said Ludora Hardy. Gift Deed: Nov 16 1905 - Greene County, N.C. - From C. C. Creech and wife Louvenia Creech to son B. F. Creech, for the sum of $10, adjoining lands of S.C. Sugg Sr. and Louvenia Sugg Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d. 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. He m. Mary Caldwell b. 1753 d. ca 1805, dau. of Spencer Caldwell and wife Martha _________. (see page ) Issue; John Creech, Sr. b. 177I in old Dobbs Co. N.C. and d. 1838-1850 in Greene C., N.C. He m. 1796 in Lenoir Co, Sarah Starkey b. 1780 d.1830-1838 in Greene Co. N.C., the dau. of Peter Starkey Sr. and wife Sarah ______, of Onslow Co. N.C. See later. Starkey Creech b. ca 1810 d. before 1870 m. ca 1838 Mary Grimsley b.1812 d. after 1870. Christopher Columbus Creech b.1842 d. 1921 m. 1st ca 1871 Louvenia Forrest b.1849 d.1911 Benjamin Franklin Creech was born April 30, 1872 in Greene County, N. C. and died April 21, 1932 at Kinston, N.C. and is buried in the Mewborn Cemetery in Greene Co., N.C. He m. Nov 25, 1891 Joanna Sugg b. Jan. 24, 1871 d. Jan 15, 1953, the dau. of Joshua Parrott Sugg and 1st wife Harriet Henrietta Mclntyre. (See page _____ ) issue; 1. Luvenia Creech b Aug 17, 1892 (living in 1980) m. William Franklin Bright b. May 16, 1896 d. Sept 16, 1962, son of Claude Bright & Gertrude Hilliard. Issue; (1) Velma Marie Bright b. May 18, 1921 m. March 27, 1943 William James Ellis. Issue; (a) Nina Bright Ellis (b) Wilma James Ellis (2) Pauline Alice Bright b May 21, 1924 m. April 8, 1949 James Kenneth Rombold. (a) James Kenneth Rombold Jr. (b) Paule Luvenia Rombold (c) Samuel Floyd Rombold (3) Wilma Eleanor Bright b. June 5, 1926 m. Sept 25, 1948 Joseph Erwin Boerman. (a) Joseph Erwin Boerman Jr. (b) Robert William Boerman (c) Nancy Jane Boerman (4) Luvenia Bright Jr. b. Aug 8, 1928 m. Jan 15, 1949 James Harold Murphy. Issue. (a) William Harold Murphy 2. William Franklin Creech b. April 23, 1894 d. Nov 6, 1973 m. 1st April 20, 1914 Vicey Pauline Mewborn b. Oct 16, 1893 d. June 26, 1925, dau. of Joshua Parrott Mewborn and Ida Varina Wooten. He m. 2nd Jan 2, 1927 Mary Magaline Hinnant b. June 11, 1908 d. Jan. 28, 2000, dau. of Joseph L. Hinnant and Winnie Harrison. Buried in Mewborn Cemtery. See Will dated 26 Sept., 1996 in back 3. Lucy Glenn Creech b. Oct 29, 1895 d. _____ m. 1st Dec 19, 1914 Wyatt Hercell Hill b. May 30, 1895 d. Oct 24, 1963, son of William Thomas Hill and Temesia Hoke Taylor. She m. 2nd Raymond Gray. Issue by 1st husband: (1) Vivian Harper Hill b. Jan 31, 1920 m. 1st June 14, 1936 Amos Henry Joyner Jr. son of Amos Henry Joyner Sr. & Addie Melissa Sugg, she m. 2nd 1975 Warren Vaughan. She m. 3rd James Dobson. Issue by 1st husband (a) Vivian Geraldine Joyner b May 20, 1937 m. Jonathan Richard Murphy. (b) Linda Helen Joyner b Sept 27, 1942 m. Edgar F1stcher Linton. (c) Gayle Henri Joyner b. Aug 16, 1951 m. Johnny Earl Mooring. (d) Gordon Hercell Joyner b. Sept 9, 1954 (still living @ Caswell Training School in Jan 2000 (2) Troy Hercell Hill b. March 23, 1922 m. April 8, 1943 Maybelle Braxton b. Aug 27, 1925, dau. of William H. Braxton & Mary Mitchell. Issue; (a) Peggy Ann Hill b. Dec 12, 1944 m. James Ronald Sugg. (b) Frances Jean Hill b. Sept 8, 1949 m. David Allen Rogers. (c) Mary Glenn Hill b. Oct 23, 1950 m. Billy Stroud. (3) Joyce Glenn Hill b July 22, l934 m. March 10, 1951 William Cleveland Gray, son at William Cleveland Gray & Stella Mae Allen (Wm. Jr. b. March 22,1925) (a) Reesa Elaine Gray b. April 11, 1952 m. Patrick Smith Hale. 4. John James Creech b. Nov 26, 1897 d. Oct 11, 1964 m. Jan 6, 1918 Clyde Ophila Worrell b. Sept 3, 1897 (living in 1960) dau. of James Berry Worrell and Lilla Butts (dau. Of George Butts & Mary Jane Smith) Issue; (1) James Earl Creech b. July 13, 1919 m. Dec 18, 1940 Frances Lancaster. Issue; (a) Kenneth Earl Creech (b) Kathy Creech m. May 2,1972 Ronald Paige (2) George Thomas Creech b. Oct 10, 1920 m. Nov 6, 1947 Mary Ellen Smith. Issue; (a) Tony Creech (b) Woody Creech (3) Shelton Franklin Creech b. July 12, 1922 m. 1st Marjorie Coker, m. 2nd Delores Garris, on April 29, 1956. Issue; (a) Olivia Creech (by 1st wife) (b) Franklin Creech (by 2nd wife) (4) John James Creech, Jr. b. May 21, 1924 m. Nov, l946 Melba Murphy. Issue; (a) Rioky Brantley Creech (b) Ronnie Travis Creech (5) Dorothy Mae Creech b. July 25, 1925 d. June 30, 1927 (buried Mewborn Cemetery) (6) Kenneth Brantley Creech b. April. 27, 1929 d. April 5, 1935. (7) Rev. Clyde McGee Creech b. Nov 30, 1935 m. Jun. 16, 1956 Leatrice Marie Smith. (a) Clyde McGee Creech Jr. (b) Lisa Ann Creech 5. Sidney Joshua Creech b. May 10, 1899 d. Jan 21, 1967, buried at Burlington, N. C. m. Annie Elizabeth Grantham b. Oct 1, 1899, dau. of Jesse Hiram Grantham and Amelia Watson Johnson. Issue; (1) Jessie Evelyn Creech b. June 14, 1919 m. Charles T. Breckman. (2) Hazel Winona Creech b. Oat 30, 1920 m. Frank Freemen Hope. (3) Nellie Hamman Creech b. May 27, 1923 m. Robert Weeds. (4) Alice Grantham Creech b. May 24, 1930 m. Lewell Lunsford. 6. Benjamin Levi Creech b. 1901 died at age 1 month, 7. David Tiberius Creech b. Dec 14, 1905 m. 1st Clara Lee Wiggins b. in Wayne County, N.C. dau. of Isaac Wiggins died in Kingsport, Tenn. had two issue by her; m. 2nd Margaret Chapman no issue; m. 3rd Florence Beelany, had 1 daughter; (1) Ruby Lee Creech m. Henry J. Stapleton (lives at Kingsport, Tnn.) by 1st wife; (2) James Linwood Creech m. Ruby Taylor (by 1st wife); (3) Janette Creech (by 3rd wife) lives at Johnson City, Tenn. Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech,Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. He m. Mary Caldwell b. 1753 d. ca 1805, dau. of Spencer Caldwell and wife Martha _________. (see page ) Issue; John Creech, Sr. b.177I in old Dobbs Co. N.C. and d. 1838-1850 in Greene C., N.C. He m. 1796 in Lenoir Co, Sarah Starkey b. 1780 d.1830-1838 in Greene Co. N.C., the dau. of Peter Starkey Sr. and wife Sarah ______, of Onslow Co. N.C. See later. Starkey Creech b. ca 1810 d. before 1870 m. ca 1838 Mary Grimsley b. 1812 d. after 1870. Christopher Columbus Creech was born Aug 15, l842 died Oct 20, 1921 m. 1st Louvenia Forrest b. Sept 22, l849 d. Aug 10, 1911. Benjamin Franklin Creech b.1872 d. 1932 m. 1891 Joanna Sugg b. 1871 d. 1953. William Franklin Creech b. April 23, 18914 in Greens County, N.C. on Rainbow Run and died Nov 6, 1973 in Jason Township in Greene County, N.C. He is buried in the Mewborn Family Cemetery in Greene County. He m. 1st April 20, 1914 Vicey Pauline Mewborn b. Oct 16, 1893 d. June 26, 1925, the dau. of Joshua Parrott Newborn and Ida Varina Wooten; by this union there was 6 children; he m. 2nd Jan 2, 1927 Mary Magaline Hinnant b. Juno 11, 1908 d. Jan. 26, 2000 (buried in Mewborn Family Cemetery) dau. of Joseph L. Hinnant and Winnie Harrison. By this union there were 6 children. (see page ______ ) Issue; 1. William Titus Creech h b. Jan 22, 1915 m. 1st Mildred Frances Joyner b. Aug 20, 1909 d. June 25, 1964, dau. of Amos Henry Joyner Sr. and Addie Melissa Sugg. Had issue; He m. 2nd Suzanne Cole b. Sept 27, 1913 d. 1968, dau. of John Hamilton Cole and Suzanne Hilliard. No issue; Mildred is buried in the Snow Hill Cemetery and Sue is buried in the Mewborn Family Cemetery. William T. m. 3rd Sallie Vinson Phelps, b. March 28, 1918, widow of Adam Green Phelps Jr. and dau. of James Franklin Vinson and Bessie Ellis. One step-son; Michael Phelps; (1) Roger Aron Creech b. Aug 20, 1935 m. Aug 11, 1957 Doris Mae Bryan b. Jan 9, 1935, the dau. of Lee Talmage Bryan and Ora Mae Kinlaw. They live in Henderson, N.C. Issue; (a) Aron Bryan Creech b. May 8, 1968 (b) Karen Leigh Creech b. June 8, 1973 (2) William Kenneth Joyner Creech b. May 12, 1939 m. 1st Barbara Suvannah Wood b. Jan 8, 1942 of Wilkes Co. N.C. and dau. of Lester Lee Wood & Mary B. Holloman; m. 2nd Aug 27, 1981 Glinda Carol Vandiford b. Aug 2, 1944, dau. of John Vandiford and Lula Kearney. Issue by 1st wife; (a) Mary Yvonne Creech b. Aug 24, 1961 (b) Tamela Kay Creech b. March 13, 1971 (c) Christina Dawn Creech b. June 28, 1977 Issue by 2nd wife; (d) (Step-daughter) Glenda Rose Mooring b. July 16, 1965 m. Terry Gibson. Both are Civil Engineering graduates of North Carolina State University Issue; (a1) Benjamin Gibson b. (b1) Sydney Gibson b. (e) William Kenneth James Creech b. July 5, 1983 (named after his dad and great-uncle James M. Creech, original author of this Creech family history document. (3) Mildred Frances Magaline Creech b Feb 19, 1947 m. Louis Emerson Creech b. April 16, 1936 son of Jesse Wyatt Creech and Elisa Mae Emerson. Issue; (a) Rebecca Ann Creech b. July 6, 1967 (b) Frances Louise Creech b Aug 23, 1970 (c) Samson Creech b. Sept 16, 1980 (d) Geoffery Creech b. 2. Norman Franklin Creech b. Oct 2, 1916 d. Jan 11, 1922, buried Mewborn Cemetery. 3. Claude Edward Creech b. Sept 23, 1918 d. ______ m. 1st Emma Florence Taylor, no issue; m. 2nd Ruth Anne Durham. no issue; m. 3rd Anna Rebecca Vinson b. Sept 23, 1923 d. ____ , dau. of James Franklin Vinson and Bessie Ellis. Buried in Mewborn Family Cemetery. One adopted son; Gilbert William Creech b. Aug 1, 1940 m. Jo Ann Mary Davi b. March 28, 1942 of New Orleans and dau. of Joseph John Davi & Anne Elizabeth Bourgeois. Issue; (a) Kristen Ann Creech b. Aug 27, 1967 (b) Steven Davi Creech b. May 21, 1969 (c) Elizabeth Mary Creech b. July 7, 1970 (d) Erin Jean Creech b. Feb 6, 1973. 4. James Milton Creech b. Aug 20, 1920 in Greene County, N.C. (the writer of this Creech history) m. June 14, 1941 at Dillon, S.C. Hester Mary Pelt b. Jan 16, 1925 in Wayne Co. N.C. the dau. of Robert Monroe Pelt and Mattie Essie Garris. (See page ____ )Issue; (1) Linda Faye Creech b. Oct 30, 1943 m. Nov 10, 1962 Patrick Dennis Casey b. April 25, 1942 in Champagne Illinois. Issue; (a) Mary Denise Casey b. Sept 21, 1963 (b) Pamela Jay Casey b. July 14, 1966 m. John Rouse b. ______ , a Civil Engineer (2) Mary Jo Creech b. May 9, 1957 5. Edna Earle Creech b Sept 8, 1922 m. Stanley Jerome Maraijko b. Aug 13, 1920 of Milwaukee, Wis. son of Alex Maraijko and Maggie MacHieiwicz. Issue; (1) Linda Marie Maraijko. b. Nov 14, 1948 m. Aug 11, 1973 Gene Edwin Keller (a) Ann Marie Keller b. June 214, 1977 (2) Paul Eric Maraijko b. May 7, 1953 6. Joan Creech b. March 27, 1925 m. 1st David Earl Baxley d. April 14, 1968, son of Edgar Earl Baxley and Laura Fowler (made home in Lumberton, N.C.) m. 2nd Roy Floyd (a twin) b. Oct 5, 1933, son of Marshall Floyd and Louise Lawson. Issue by 1st husband; (1) Mary Louise (twin) b. & d. Aug 1, 1946 (2) May Elouise Baxley (twin) b. & d. Aug 1, 1946 Note: Issue below for William Franklin Creech and 2nd wife Mary Magaline Hinnant: 7. Vicey Hazel Creech b. Nov 23, 1927 m. Vernon Durwood Stallinge b. July 2, 1925 son of Rossie James Stallings and Lala Snipes. Issue; (1) William Durwood Stallings b. May 3, 1948 m. 1st Brenda Sue Johnson b. July 23, 1948, dau. of Raymond Johnson & Mattie Mae Jones (2 issue) m. 2nd Sept 24, 1977 Deborah Anne Shook, dau. of William Shook & Frances Carolyn Savage. (a) William Dwaine Stallings b. Jan 17, 1970 (1st wife) (b) Darlene Stallings (1st wife) (c) Step-child (2) James Ronald Stallings b. Sept 13, 1951 m. 1st Teresia Sharon Taylor b. April 25, 1954, dau. of Marvin Taylor and Nancy Scott (two issue) m. 2nd May 26, 1976 Janice Faye McKeel, dau. of Glenn McKeel & Leatha Mae Bailey. (a) Gregory Brian Stallings b. April 17, 1972 (1st wife) (b) James Kevin Stailings b. Sept 22, l974 (1st wife) (c) Ronald Allen Stallings b. Jan 24, 1980 (2nd wife) (3) Charles Franklin Stallings b. June 25, 1954 m. June 1, 1975 Elizabeth Diane Merritt, dau. of Sampson Seymore Merritt & Mary Elizabeth Koonce. Issue; (a) Charles Franklin Stallings Jr. b. May 31, 1980 (4) Robert Vernon Stallinga b. May 15, 1963 8. Lyman Carl Creech b. May 7, 1930 m. Nannie Cleo Wade b. Sept 16, 1929 dau. of Roy Wade and Cora Wade. Issue; (1) Dennis Lyman Creech b Nov 23, 1947 m. Aug 14, 1979 Harvie Lynn Holloman dau. of Harvey Wade Holloman (2) Constance (Connie) Hope Creech b. March 13, 1952 m. Gordon Hardy Sutton b. March 17, 1947, son of Josiah Sutton & Louise Pelletier. Issue; (a) Carla Hope Sutton b. March 5, 1976 (3) Kathy Elaine Creech b. May 5, 1956 m. 1st July 6, 1974 Alton Johnson, m. 2nd Bill Page 9. Dorothy Creech b. Jan 3, 1932 m. Bobby Lee Pelletier b. March 10, 1931, son of Tommy Pelletier and Cora Hope Hughes. Issue; (1) Sue Carol Pelletier b. Sept 15, 1951 m. Dennis Allen Langston son of Ivey Langston (a) (b) (c) (2) Bobby Keith Pelletier b. April 7, 1953 m. 1st Brenda Elaine Shirley b. Jan 29, 1954, m. 2nd _______ (a) (b) (3) Judy Marie Pelletier b. Aug 8, 1962 (4) Jenny Lou Pelletier b. Feb 16, 1965 10. Franklin Delno Creech b. March 29, 1934 m. Reba Ann Wade b. Nov 13, 1934, dau. of Claude Wade and Celia Kearney. Issue; (1) Infant dau. Creech b. & d. Sept 28, 1967. (2) David Franklin Creech b. April 9, 1968 d. _______ 11. Barbara Jean Creech b. Aug 16, 1936 m. Frank Parrott Pate Jr. b. Sept 27, 1934 d. Dec 1999 son of Frank Parrott Pate Sr. and Irma Lee Swinson. Issue; (1) Christopher Parrott Pate b. Dec 13, 1956 m. 1st Debbie Wiggins m. 2nd _______ (2) Edward Earl Pate b. Jan 22, 1961 m. 1st Cindy Whitfield m. 2nd _________ (3) Frank Parker Pate b. Dec 24, 1964 m. _________ 12. Nelson Louis Creech b. Jan 15, 1939 m. Lillie Carol Faircloth b April 6, 1938 dau. of Carl Faircloth and Ava Smith. Issue; (1) Clifton Louis Creech b Jan 14, 1959 m. Joyce Davis b. (a) Krysta1 Leslie Creech b. Aug 25, 1980 (b) Daniel Creech b. (2) Jerry Lynn Creech b. Oct 1, 1962 m. Benjamin Franklin Creech (1872-1932) Benjamin Franklin Creech was born April 30, 1872 in the Hookerton Township on Rainbow Run. He was a farmer and like his father a brick mason and carpenter. He was called "Frank Creech" and has lots of grandsons and great grandsons bearing this name for him. He was a very mild and good natured man with a good sense of humor and like to keep all around him in good spirits. He inherited this nature from his father. Now Frank Creech seem to have a roving way about him as he moved about a lot. He sold the farm his father and aunt left him and bought other land in Greene County, then sold it and bought land in Wayne County; then lost this during the great 1930 depression. He moved about in Greene and Lenoir Counties farming, laying brick and doing carpenter work. He married in 1891 Joanna Sugg born Jan. 24, 1871 died Jan. 15, 1953, the daughter of Joshua Parrott Sugg and 1st wife Harriett McIntyre. He was living in Kinston, N.C. when he died of cancer April 21, 1932. He is buried at the Mewborn Family Cemetery near Jason in Greene County along with his wife. There are stone markers at their graves. William Franklin Creech (1894-19 73) William Franklin Creech was born in Hookerton Township on Rainbow Run, Greene County, N.C. April 23, 1894. He married the first time April 20, 1914, Vicey Pauline Mewborn born Oct. 16, 1893 died June 26, 1925 the daughter of Joshua Parrott Newborn and Ida Varina Wooten. He married 2nd Jan. 2, 1927 Mary Magaline Hinnant born June 11, 1908, the daughter of Joseph L. Hinnant and Winnie Harrison. William Franklin Creech was a farmer by trade and acquired large land holdings in Greene and Wilson Counties, N. C. He lived in the Jason Township of Greene County. You might say that William Franklin Creech was a self made man, a good father and husband. He married two of the best women a man could want. When he died, he left his 11 children a good size farm each with all taxes paid. He was a lover of the soil and his fellow man. He is buried at the Mewborn Family Cemetery along with his first wife. There is room for his 2nd wife to be buried also beside him. See the poem he wrote on another page. ( His 2nd wife, Maggie, died at noon on Jan. 26, 2000 several of her children were at her side. One of the largest snow storms ever occurring in Greene Co. had happened just a dew days prior to her death.) James Milton Creech ( 1920 - 1983 ) James Milton Creech was born August 20, 1920 on his father's farm in Greene County, N. C. in the Jason Township. He married June 14, 1941 Hester Mary Pelt born Jan. 16, 1925, the daughter of Robert Monroe Pelt and Hattie Essie Garris of Wayne County, N.C. By trade James M. Creech was a tobacco auctioneer and farmer. After his marriage he moved to the Shine Township of Greene County. He served as Greene County Commissioner for two terms and in 1979 wrote a History of Greene County, N. C. which was the first detailed history of the county to be written. James M. Creech (1920-1983)- Poem written 1974 "My County" High on a hill I stood, a century it seemed; and viewed my county of Greene; There the rural land was around and the busy city noise was not found; I felt the green earth firm 'neath my feet, where the wild flowers grew mild-mannered and sweet; And thought how so many years ago, God called all matter into life, "He spoke and it was so"; I lifted my eyes to the belfry of the sky, and through the blue-white patched clouds, I watched the wild birds fly; I saw the lofty pine, the stout mighty oak, the maple so fair, in fact, all the trees seemed to be in prayer Anew this place was hallowed ground. for while my world was still, I met the God of endless time, high on this Greene County hill. Edna Creech Maraijko (1922- ______ ) Poem written 1973 "Pass It Along" When a bit of sunshine hits you, After passing of a cloud; When a bit of laughter gets you, And your spine is feeling proud; Don' t forget to up and fling it at a soul thats feeling blue, for the minute That you sling it; It's a boomerang to you. William Franklin Creech (1894-1973) Poem written 1960 I believe that today is the Best day since yesterday, and that tomorrow will be even better; I believe in Life and Love; I believe Joy and Happiness for all; I believe there is nothing better than a true Friend; I believe that nothing worth while is wasted I believe to be good is well, to do good is better, to make good is best I believe in having big ideas that your Friends will believe in you I believe it is not so much what we Expect from Life as what we plan to make it that counts I believe he that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread, but he that Followth after vain persona shall have sorrow. I believe that no one is successful without God. William T. Creech (1915-1981) Poem written Mother's Day 1933 Someone I love comes back to me, With every gentle face I see; Beneath each wave of soft brown hair, I seem to see my mother there; With every kind glance and word, It seems as if I must have heard; Her speak and felt her tender gaze, with all her love of yesterdays; And I am moved to take her hand, and tell her now that I understand; How tired she grew beneath the strain of feeling every love one's pain; Then I would smooth and kiss her face, And by her side take my place; And sob my heartaches and cares away, The tears I have so long repressed; Would lose their hurt upon her breast, I think if I could feel her touch; Once more it would not matter much, How bright or how dark the day; I love each mother that I see, who brings my own so nearer to me; For her face has been a beacon ray, sweet to my memory and fresh today; Pointing to Heaven, that home above, where I shall meet her, she whom I love. Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. He m. Mary Caldwell b. 1753 d. ca 1805, dau. of Spencer Caldwell and wife Martha _________. (see page ) Issue; John Creech, Sr. b.177I in old Dobbs Co. N.C. and d. 1838-1850 in Greene C., N.C. He m. 1796 in Lenoir Co, Sarah Starkey b. 1780 d.1830-1838 in Greene Co. N.C., the dau. of Peter Starkey Sr. and wife Sarah ______, of Onslow Co. N.C. See later. Starkey Creech b. ca 1810 d. before 1870 m. ca 1838 Mary Grimsley b. 1812 d. after 1870. Christopher Columbus Creech was born Aug 15, l842 died Oct 20, 1921 m. 1st Louvenia Forrest b. Sept 22, l849 d. Aug 10, 1911. Ida Elizabeth Creech b. Aug 29, 1875 in Greene County on Rainbow Run, d. May 13, 1953 in the Arba Community of Greene County and is buried at Hull Road Baptist Church Cemetery. She married Jan 15, 1890 Jesse Parrott Hill b. Feb 15, 1866 and died Jan 5, 1960, son of Joseph Parrott Hill and Eveline Arthur. Issue; 1. Joseph Columbus Hill b. Jan 7, 1895 d. Nov 1960 m. Sarah Corraine Sullivan b. March 3, 1897, dau. of Frank Sullivan and Carlie Creech. Issue; (1) Nannie Mae Hill b. Oct 22, 1916 (2) Lloyd Columbus Hill b. March 2, 1919 m. Annie Lee Jones b. Jan 7, 1927. (3) Mary Louvenia Hill (4) Marvin Harper Hill b. Nov 30, 1928 m. Katherine Fields b. Feb 28, 1929. (5) William Lidell Hill (6) Joseph Columbus Hill Jr. b. Sept 30, 1936 m. Mollie Evelyn Dail b. June 10, 1941 2. Albert Frank Hill b. June 16, 1897 d. Aug 31, 1972 m. 1st Bettie Jane Sugg b. Nov. 16, 1904 d. Dec 6, 1929, dau. of Levi Jacob Sugg and Ludia Sugg (see page ____ ) Issue; Frank m. 2nd Maude B. Sugg b. April 28, 1903, sister to his 1st wife. no issue; (1) Margaret Elizabeth Hill b. Feb 10, 1927 (2) Frank Sugg Hill b. Nov 26, 1929 m. Carol Shackleford b. Dec 23, 1933, dau. of Jesse Ray Shackleford and Nina May Creech. 3. Arthur Raymond Hill b. Aug 3, 1899 d. Aug 30, 1948 m. Lillian Radford. No issue. 4. Minnie Louvenia Hill b. Oct 20, 1901 d. May 19, 1971 m. Benjamin Harvey Sullivan b. Nov 17, 1894 d. April 6, 1966, son of Walter Frank Sullivan and Carlie Creech. They are buried in the Cobb Cemetery, Jason Township in Greene County, N.C. Issue; (1) Ida Sullivan b. July 18, 1921 m. Harris Hall. Had issue. (2) George Sullivan b. April 7, 1923 d. Jan 29, 1978 m. Ella Frances Hall. Had issue (3) Wayne Sullivan b. Dec 17, 1924 m. Helen Conner b. Aug 2, 1927. Had issue; (4) Frank Sullivan b. Sept 11, 1927 m. Anabell Conner. (5) Ellen Sullivan b. Aug 1932 m. Joe Blizzard. (6) Dorothy Sullivan b. March 7, 1934 m. Gordon Blizzard. (7) Harvey Sullivan Jr. b. Oct 1937 m. Margaret Sauls b. 1941. (8) Charlie Sullivan b. Oct 1939 m. Sarah Jane Bogdner 5. Emma Jessie Hill b. April 17, 1903 d. Aug 31, 1972 m. Levi Jacob Sugg Jr. b. July 18, 1906, son of Levi Jacob Sugg Sr. and Ludie Sugg(see page _______ ) Issue; (1) Frances Eveline Sugg b. Oct 24, 1927 m. Horace Z. Deaver (lives at Deep Run, N.C.) (2) Alfred Lewis Sugg b. June 20, 1929 m. Earline Dail (3) Dora Elizabeth Sugg b. Jan 6, 1931 (4) Jamie Sugg b. Jan 18, 19314 a. Evelyn Joyner. 6. Charlie Patrick Hill b. April 12, 1905 d. April 18, 1939 m. Iona Smith. Issue; (1) Bettie Patrick Hill b. 1936 a. Roger Scoplin. (2) Beulah Jane Hill b. April 10, 1938 m. Bobby Gene Mozingo, b. March 9, 1937 7. Daniel Washington Hill b. Feb 14, 1907 d. Aug 29, 1961. m. Ethleen Johnson b. Jan 29, 1911. Issue; (1) Alvin Hill b May 18, 1934 m. Aldine Pittman b. Nov 17, 1936. (2) Gene Hill b. Nov 19, 1939 m. Jane Daughty b. May 21, 1941. (3) Ethleen Loraine Hill b. Nov 20, l947 m. James Harold Herring b. Jan 14, 1948. 8. James Harper Hill b. July 23, 1909 m. Bertie Ginn. Issue; (1) Bertie Ann Hill b. Dec 2, 1939 m. Jimmie J. Sanderson. 9. Lebert Patrick Hill b. April 29, 1911 m. Juanita Rouse b. June 7, 1916. Issue; (1) Woodard Hill b May 25, 1936 a. Sarah Sugg. (2) Martha Ray Hill b. Dec 7, 1938 m. Walter Teel. (3) Gerald Hill b. July 21, 1939. 10. Hugh Harvey Hill b. Oct 1, 1913 d. May 28, 1970 m. Nov 15, 1934 Irene Dudley, dau. of Luther Dudley and Mamie Pridgen. Irene was b. 0ct 1, 1913. Issue; (1) Edward Arthur Hill b. Dec 16, 1935 m. Nancy Hunt. (2) Helen Hill b. Dec 11, 1937 m. Johnnie Morris b. Sept. 6, 1936. (3) Alma Hill b. Sept 17, 1939 m. Bobby Carraway b. March 2, 1936. (divoiced) Issue: (a) (b) (4) Hugh Hill Jr. b. Nov 18, 1941 a. Hilda Murphy b. June 6, 1945. (5) Thomas P. Hill b. Aug 5, 1948 a. Deborah Harrison b. Nov 15, 1950. 11. Ollie Hubert Hill b. Jan 30, 1918 m. Nov 19, 19?? Emma Frances Wooten b. Jan 17, 1921, dau. of Abram W. L. Wooten and Effie Winford Creech. Issue; (1) Carol Frances Hill b. Feb 23, 1914 m. Charles Edward Hardy b. March 14, 1937. 12. Mary Estelle Hill b. Jan 19, 1891 d. April 6, 1893 (out of order) the eldest. 13. Myrtle E. Hill b. Jan 23, 1893 d. May 30, 1894 (out of order) 2nd eldest) Note: Marriage Bonds of children: 1. Joseph Columbus Hill m. Jan 10, 1916 Corraine Sullivan. 2. Arthur Raymond Hill m. April 20, 1925 Lillian Radford. 3. Minnie Louvenia Hill m. May 1919 Benjamin Harvey Sullivan. 4. Charlie Patrick Hill m. Jan 25, 1936 Iona Smith. 5. Daniel Washington Hill m. Dec 31, 1929 Ethleen Johnson. 6. James Harper Hill m. Nov 13, 1932 Bertie Ginn. 7. Lebert Patrick Hill m. Oct 21, 1934 Juanita Rouse. Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. He m. Mary Caldwell b. 1753 d. ca 1805, dau. of Spencer Caldwell and wife Martha _________. (see page ) Issue; John Creech, Sr. b.177I in old Dobbs Co. N.C. and d. 1838-1850 in Greene C., N.C. He m. 1796 in Lenoir Co, Sarah Starkey b. 1780 d.1830-1838 in Greene Co. N.C., the dau. of Peter Starkey Sr. and wife Sarah ______, of Onslow Co. N.C. See later. Starkey Creech b. ca 1810 d. before 1870 m. ca 1838 Mary Grimsley b. 1812 d. after 1870. Nancy Jane Creech b. March 9, 1851 on Rainbow Run in Greene County, N.C. d. Nov.30, 1916 at home in Jason Township, buried with her husband near their old home in the field with markers at their graves. She m. March 8, 1876, as his second wife Joshua Parrott Sugg b. June 29, 1839 b. in the Jason Township, d. June 13, 1918, the son of Lemuel R. Sugg and Patience Barfield. Joshua served in the Civil War. (See picture at back of book.) Issue; 1. Samuel Sugg b Dec. 14, 1876 d. May 14, 1964 m. Bettie Mooring b. July 28, 1892 d. July 28, 1939, dau. of Robert Mooring and Sarah Mitchell had son; (1) Norman Sugg b. July 10, 1917 m. Evelyn Byrd. Had issue 3 sons; Evelyn b. Feb 2, 1918 2. Mary Jane Sugg b. 1879 died young. 3. Infant daughter Sugg b. & d. 1881. 4. Ludie Sugg b. March 29, 1883 d. Feb 10, 1951 m. Levi Jacob Sugg Sr. b. Oct 28, 1871 d. July 20, 1953, son of Aquilla Sugg and Elizabeth Gray. See later; 5. Letha Sugg (twin) b. Nov 19, 1885 d. Nov 19, 1885. 6. Lelia Sugg (twin) b. Nov 19, 1885 d. Dec 26, 1960 buried at Arba in Greene County, N.C. m. Noah Henry Allen. Had daughter; (1) Virginia Allen b. Nov 29, 1910 d. Nov 8, 1964 m. 1st James Hiram Ham b. Sept 1, 1906 d. May 4, 1955, m. 2nd _______ (service man) no issue; 7. Henry Dallas Sugg b. Feb 16, 1888 d. Oct 6, 1970 m. Nellie Ward b. 1889 d. July 1, 1965, both are buried in the Josh Sugg Cemetery near old home house. Issue; (1) Joshua Parrott Sugg II (J. P.) d. in 1979 m. Susie Lee Daughety (two children) (2) Ailene Sugg d. 1918 as a child. (3) Spicey Samuel Sugg m. Katie Moore. Had issue. 8. Nancy (Nannie) Sugg b. Dec 22, 1889 d. 1978, buried at Warsaw in Duplin County, N.C. m. Cleon Aldridge b. Jan 2, 1885 at Arba in Greene County, N.C. died July 23, 1947 in Duplin Co. N. C., son of Lemuel Aldridge and Cynthia Ferrell. Issue; (1) Jamie Aldridge (2) Otis Aldridge Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. He m. Mary Caldwell b. 1753 d. ca 1805, dau. of Spencer Caldwell and wife Martha _________. (see page ____ ) Issue; John Creech, Sr. b.177I in old Dobbs Co. N.C. and d. 1838-1850 in Greene C., N.C. He m. 1796 in Lenoir Co, Sarah Starkey b. 1780 d.1830-1838 in Greene Co. N.C., the dau. of Peter Starkey Sr. and wife Sarah ______, of Onslow Co. N.C. See later. Starkey Creech b. ca 1810 d. before 1870 m. ca 1838 Mary Grimsley b. 1812 d. after 1870. Nancy Jane Creech b. March 9, 1851 on Rainbow Run in Greene County, N.C. d. Nov.30, 1916 at home in Jason Township Ludie Sugg b. March 29, 1883 d. Feb 10, 1951 m. Levi Jacob (Jake) Sugg, Sr. b. Oct 28, 1871 d. July 20, 1953, son of Aquilla Sugg and Elizabeth Gray. They made their home near Snow Hill, N.C. in Hookerton Township and is buried in the Sugg Cemetery near their old home place. Had issue; 1. Maude Blanche Sugg b. April 28, 1903 m. the widower of her sister Bettie Jane Sugg and a cousm. Albert Frank Hill b. June 16, 1897 d. Aug 31, 1972, son of Jesse Parrott Hill and Ida Elizabeth Creech (see page ______ ) 2. Bettie Janes Sugg b. Nov 16, 1904 d. Dec 6, 1929 m. her cousin Albert Frank Hill b. June 16, 1897 d. Aug 31, 1972, son of Jesse Parrott Hill & Ida Elizabeth Creech (see page _____ ) 3. Lillie Sugg married William Heath - no issue. 4. Levi Jacob Sugg, Jr. b. July 18, 1906 m. Emma Jessie Hill d. Aug 31, 1972 (the same day her brother Albert Frank died) her cousm. dau. of Jesse Parrott Hill and Ida Elizabeth Creech (see page ______ ) 5. Sammie Eugene Sugg b.1909 d. 1910 6. Infant Sugg b. Dec 30, 1911 d. Feb 20, 1912. 7. Willie Jasper Sugg b. 1913 d. 1915. 8. Myrtle Sugg m. Nov 25, 1933 William Bailey Hill b. Sept 21, 1913 d. Jan 24, 1971 son of Walter Roland Hill & Lillie Croom. Issue; (1) Earl Wilson Hill b. Aug 29,1934 m. Aug 18, 1953 1st Ella French b. April 12, 1937 (div. Aug 1965) m. 2nd Doris Huggins. Issue by 1st wife; (a) Earl Wilson Hill Jr. b. Nov 29, 1956 m. Aug 5, 1977 Donna Marie Mewborn. (b) Wesley Merle Hill b. Aug 21, 1959 (c) Teresa Lynn Hill b. April 6, 1961 (d) Curtis Lee Hill b. Sept 30, 1962 (2) James Bailey Hill b. Jan 6, 1937 m. June 28, 1963 Helen Faye Sugg b. Jan 18, 1967 (a) James Linley Hill b. Oct 20, 1967 (3) Betty Lee Hill b. May 1, 1940 m. Oct 12,1958 Ashby Ben Bynum b. March 26, 1935, son of Ralph & Callie Joyner Bynum. (a) James Ashby Bynum b. Jan 18, 1960 (b) Drew Elliott Bynum b. June 15, 1965 (c) Misty Allison Bynum b. Sept 11, 1973. (4) Selma Lou Hill b. Sept 17,1941 m. 1st Dec 6, 1958 **** Frazier Wade; m. 2nd Feb. 24, 1968 Charles Earl Harris. Issue by both; (a) Evelyn Darlene Wade b. Oct 27,1961 (b) Charles Earl Harris Jr. b. May 28, 1969 (c) Kathy Denise Harris b. June 18, 1970 (5) Linley Kent Hill b. Nov 19, 1938 d. Nov 14, 1939 9. Harper Sugg m. _______ Dudley. 10. Lois Sugg m. EarI Barrow, son of James Barrow & Annie Wells (son Ed m. Hilda Pate) 11. Jasper (Pete) Sugg m. Sara 0. Shackleford b. June 26,1927 a cousin. dau. of Jesse R. Shackleford & Nina May Creech (see page _____ ) 12. Louise Sugg m. James Ray MoLawhorn (was a long time teacher at Snow Hill High School and Greene Central H. S. , served as a Board Member on the Board of Education) Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech,Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. He m. Mary Caldwell b. 1753 d. ca 1805, dau. of Spencer Caldwell and wife Martha _________. (see page ) Issue; John Creech, Sr. b.177I in old Dobbs Co. N.C. and d. 1838-1850 in Greene C., N.C. Robert Benjamin Creech b. 1824 in Greene County, N. C. made his home in Wayne County N.C. and died a young man. He married ca 1848 Sarah b. ca 1831. Known issue; 1. Henry Creech b. 1849 died in the Civil War at Sharpsburg, Va. Sept 1862. 2. Robert Gerald Creech b. 1851 in Greene County, N.C. and made his will dated Dec. 11, 1879 in Greene Co. He married Julia Harper of Greene Co., Hookerton Township. Julia made her will dated Oct 11, 1924 in Greene County. Issue; (1) Redding Creech b. ca 1870, was dead by 1924 m. Helen L. was living in Honolula in the year 1924) (2) Rosa C. Creech b. ca 1872 m. J. B. Barnes (living in Wilson, N.C. in 1924) (3) Robert Gerald (Bob) Creech b. (lived at LaGrange, N.C.) m. Hattie Taylor dau. Of Octavious (Dock) Taylor and Sarah J. Britt. Issue; dau. of Ootavious (Dock) Taylor and Sarah J. Britt. Issue; (a) Fred Creech (b) Walter Creech (c) Elizabeth Creech (d) Robert Creech dau. of Ootavious (Dock) Taylor and Sarah J. Britt. Issue; (a) Fred Creech (b) Walter Creech (c) Elizabeth Creech (d) Robert Creech (a) Fred Creech (b) Walter Creech (c) Elizabeth Creech (d) Robert Creech (e) Isabell Creech (4) Noah W. Creech b. 1876 (lived at LaGrange, N.C.) m. Carrie Taylor, sister to Hattie Taylor above. Dock Taylor was son of Starling Bass Taylor and Mary Edmundson Aldridge (widow Aldridge) Nancy J. Britt was dau. of John W. Britt and Nancy Aldridge. Issue; (a) Donald Creech (b) Gerald Creech (c) Lucille Creech (d) Sarah Creech (e) Harry H. Creech (f) Francis Creech Will: July 3, 1897 - Lenoir County, N.C.- Lula A. Britt. Niece: Hattie V. Creech nee Taylor, wife of R. G. Creech. Mother: Nancy Britt - To erect a fence around entire grave yard of the family of the late William Britt. Will: August 7, 1933 - Lenoir County, N.C. - 0. Taylor: Dau. Hattie V. Creech; Dau. Carrie T. Creech; dau. Ada P. Johnson; Dau. May T. Ward; Grandchildren: R. O. Creech; Elizabeth Creech Funderbunke; Fred I. Creech; Walter Creech; Isabell Creech; Gerald T. Creech; Harry H. Creech; Lucille Creech; Francis Creech; Fannie Kate Ward. Marriage Bonds in Lenoir County, N.C.: R. G. Creeoh 21 to Hattie V. Taylor 18- Dec 16, 1896. Death - Lenoir County, N.C. Noah W. Creech b. Aug 16, 1876 d. July 1, 1939, son of Robert G. Creech and Julia Harper, wife Carrie Taylor. Will: Oct11, 1924 - Greene County, N.C.- Julia A. Creech: Son: Robert G. Creech; Son: Noah W. Creech; Son: Redding A. Creech (Deceased) wife Mrs. Helen L. Creech of Honolula; dau; Mrs. Rosa C. Barns of Wilson, N.C. Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810. Ezekiel Creech, Jr. was born 1775 in old Dobbs County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and lived on Wheat Swamp. He was shown on the Lenoir County, N.C. 1820 Census. He married 1797; Elizabeth Steven b. ca 1777. Ezekiel Creech Jr. d. ca 1840-1850 and is buried along with his wife near Wheat Swamp Church on the old Creech plantation, without a stone marker. (See page _____ )Issue; 1. Noah Creech b. 1798 in old Dobbs County, N.C.(now Lenoir) was shown on the Lenoir County 1820 Census with one son under 10 years of age. He left Lenoir County, N.C. shortly after 1820 and went to S.C., then to Alabama on to Texas. His will was written in Aug 1865, filed Jan 20, 1866 in Panola County, Texas. He married Sarah Trammel b. ca 1800 in South Carolina (Barnwell, Co.) Had issue; see later. 2. Mary Creech b. 1801 m. ca 1818 Drewry Hill b. Dec 2, 1790 d. March 17, 1870, son of Richard Hill. and Esther Aldridge. Had issue; see later. 3. Penelope (Penny) Creech b. 1803 d. Jan 28, 1881 m. Henry Cobb Bell d. 1840-1850, son of George Bell and Morning Bright. Had issue; see later. 4. Dau. ______ Creech b. ca 1805 (taken from 1820 Census) no data. 5. Stephen Abel Creech b. ca 1808 d. before 1850 m. Martha Miller. They made their home at Wheat Swamp Community in Lenoir County, N.C. Had issue; see later. 6. Ezekiel Creech III b. ca 1822 d. after 1850 m. Mary Elizabeth _______. Had issue; Taken from the 1850 census: There may have been more than these two: (1) WillIiam C. Creech b 1848 (2) Charles H. Creech b. 1849 7. Elizabeth Creech b. May 15, 1823 d. Jan 7, 1865 m. William B. White b. Nov 23, 1804 d. Nov 11, 1883, son of John P. White and Mary ______. Elizabeth was his 1st wife and William m. 2nd Martha (had I son by 2nd wife) Had issue; see later. b Ezekiel Creech from Joshua H. Byrd - Book 24 page 267 Ezekiel Creech from John Powell & wife- Book 24 - page 174 Ezekiel Creech to son Abel Creech - Book 26 - page 321 Ezekiel Creech to Henry Bell - Book 27 - page 206 Ezekiel Creech to son Noah Creech - Book 26 - page 310 Ezekiel Creech from John Gray - Book 27 - page 384 Ezekiel Creech from John P. Dunn - Book 28 - page 189 Ezekiel Creech from Frederick F. Westbrook - Book 28 - page 256 Ezekiel Creech from John Nobles & others - Book 29 - page 138 Ezekiel Creech from Winsor Dixon, Gdw. - Book 31. - page 143 Ezekiel Creech from Ezekiel Creech -(son) Book 31 - Page 174 Miller B. Creech from Martha (Miller) Creech- Book 28 - page 82 Miller B. Creech from Dordilla Cannon - Book 27 - page 493 Sarah E. Creech tram James M. Hines Sr. (father) - Book 49 -page 33 Ezekiel Creech to Mary HilI (daughter) - Book 26 - page 87 Ezekiel Creech to Drewry Hill (son-in-law)- Book 28 - page 188 Ezekiel Creech to Mary Hill (daughter) Book 29 - page 173 & 255(deed made 1840) Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Jr. b. 1775 d. 140-1850) m. ca 1797 Elizabeth Stevens b. ca 1777. Noah Creech was b. 1798 in present day Lenoir County, N.C. near Wheat Swamp. He was shown on the Lenoir County 1820 Census with one son under 10 years of age. He left Lenoir County shortly after 1820 and went to South Carolina, then to Ga. and then on to Henry County, Alabama, where he was shown on the 1830 census with some cousins. In 1840 he was shown in Barbour County, Alabama (they adjoined each other) It seems that his eldest son, Sion Creech Sr. moved to Texas, Panola County, so Noah Creech Sr. is shown buying land there in 1853. Sion Creech Sr. was in Desota Parish, La. in 1850 but owned land in Panola County, Texas (they are next to each other, states adjoining) Noah Creech Sr. m. Feb 15, 1817 Sarah Trammel b. ca 1800 in Barnwell County, South Carolina. Noah died ca 1866 in Panola County Texas. His will was written in Aug. 1865 filed Jan 20, 1866. Issue; 1. Sion Creech Sr. was b. ca 1818 in Lenoir County, N.C. died April 3, 1887 in Logansport La. m. 1st Nancy Spears in Barbour County, Alabama Jan 1, 1844, dau. of David Spear and wife Sarah. He m. 2nd Tilitha Harris Billingsley (widow) m. 3rd Emily Pate Story (widow) Issue; see later. 2. Paul J. Creech b. ca 1821 in Ala. m. Mary Jane ______ b. ca 1828. 3. Daniel J. Creech b. ca 1823 m. 1st Aug 11, 1852 Harriet Spears, dau. of David and Sarah Spear (sister to Nancy above) He m. 2nd Jan 5, 1854 Mary Jane Johnson. Daniel left Ala. and went with Sion Sr., Noah Jr., and Aaron Creech, (brother-in-law) , other two were his brothers, to La. He m. 3rd Oct 16,1865 Narcis J. Sinclare. 4. Nancy Creech b. ca 1826 m. Aug. 12, 1848 Thomas C. Pyle. 5. Thomas J. Creech b. ca 1829 m. June 30, 1856 Rebecca A. Carter. 6. Charity Creech b. ca 1831 m. Jan 27, 1848 Aaron Creech b. ca 1821, son of David Creech and Jane Cone. See David Creech family. 7. Infant Creech b & d. 1834 8. Noah Creech Jr. b. ca 1836, was killed by Melvin Collins in Panola County, Texas in 1868. Sion Creech Sr. was appointed Tutor and brother James J. Creech was appointed Under Tutor for the three minor children of Noah and wife Missouri who also died in 1868. Issue; His wife was Missouri H. Hunt m. March 18, 1859. (1) Emily Virginia Creech (2) James Wyatt Creech (3) Rachel Creech 9. Sarah Creech b. ca 1838 m. Dec 21, 1854 Enoch N. Booker. 10. James J. Creech b. 1842 d. by 1872 m. Feb. 13, 1867 Missouri Caroline Billingsley b. ca 1843 . Issue; (1) N. Florence Creech b. ca 1868 m. James J. Jones in 1901. (2) Beaulah b. ca 1869 m.Joe T. Poag in 1890. Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Jr. b. 1775 d. 140-1850) m. ca 1797 Elizabeth Stevens b. ca 1777. Noah Creech was b. 1798 in present day Lenoir County, N.C. near Wheat Swamp Sion Creech Sr. b. ca 1818 in I.enoir County,N.C. and died April 3, 1887 in Logansport, La. He m. 1st Jan 1, 1844 Nancy Spears in Barbour County, Ala. the dau of David and Sarah Spear. Had issue; He m. 2nd July 26, 1864 Mary Tilitha Harris in DeSota Parish, La. widow of Bright Billingsley of Carroll County, Miss. She was b. in Ala. and died Feb 8, 1883, dau. of Hudson Harris. Had issue; He m. 3rd Jan 13, 1885 Emily Pate Story in DeSota Parish, La, (Emily Pate had married 1st a Mr. Story and had 1 son by him) had issue; Emily m. 3rd after Sion Sr. died Melven Stephens on Sept 18, 1887, she was his step-mother-in-law. (See page _____ ) Issue by 1st wife; 1. Emily Creech b. ca 1850 m. Feb 18, 1869 James Billingsley b. 1849 (issue unknown) 2. Sion Creech Jr. (Little Si) b. ca 1852 m. 1st Jan 20, 1871 Emma Russell, m. 2nd Nov. 7, 1877 Emma Mosley. Issue; by 1st wife; (1) Lawrence Manning Creech m. ca 1899-l90l Lizzie Leslie. Issue by 2nd wife: (2) Cora Creech m. 1st W. W. Perry; m. 2M Frank Hoell. (3) Judge Ogiltred Creeoh m. 1st Mainie Walker; m. 2nd Dovie Forshee. Mamie Tilletha was b. Sept 28, 1885 d. March 28, 1919, dau. of Wiley Augusta Walker & Carrie Elizabeth Creech (they were half first cousins) see later. (4) Buck Creech m. 1st Meta Cal dwell; m. 2nd Fannie Malone. (5) Tom J. Creech m. Nannie Pugh. 3. Nancy (Molly) Creech b. ca 1854 m. March 17, 1879 Melven Stephens. Nancy died when her children were young. Melven, her widower married Sept 18, 1887 her step-mother Emily Pate Story Creech. Nancy's children were raised by her half sister Carrie Elizabeth and Gus Walker. Issue, (1) Sion (Candy) Stephens, never married. (2) Son Stephens, died young (3) Wiliam (Buddy) Stephens 4. James Creech (Little Jim) b. ca 1856 m. Aug 14, 1884 Nellie C. Billingsley in Carroll County, Miss. Issue; (1) Joshua (Josh) Creech (2) Henry Creech m. Georgia ______ (3) James Noble Creech (4) Kirk Creech (5) Willie Creech m. 1st ______ ______; m. 2nd ______ Andrews (daughter) (6) Eula Creeoh m. E. T. Ritch. 5. William Creech b. April 6, 1858 m. June 23, 1899 Viola Sims. Issue unknown. 6. Mary (Polly) Creech b. ca 1860 died as a young girl. 7. Carrie Elizabeth Creech b. Aug 14, 1865 d. May 1, 1919 m. Dec 3, 1884 Wiley (Gus) Augusta Walker b. July 14, 1860 in Crawford County, Ga. d. Aug 20, 1935. Issue; (1) Mamie Tillitha Walker b. Sept 28, 1885 d. March 28, 1919 m. Jan 29, 1903 Judge Ogiltred Creech (his 1st wife) son of Sion Creech Jr. and 2nd wife Emma ?Mosley. (a) Gladys Creech m. Buck Williams. (b) Floyd Creech m. Minnie ________ (c) Travis Creech m. Christine _______ (d) Nannie Creech m. _______ Reneau (2) Mattie Edna Walker b. Aug 10, 1887 m. George Rucker. Issue; (a) Johnny Burton Rucker m. Cornelia Austin (lives in Shreveport, La.) (3) Gussie Estelle Walker b. June 15, 1889 m. May 17, 1917 Henry Melvin Pharis. (a) Gerald Henry Pharis b. April 15, 1918 m. Martha E. Burns in l941,Caddo Parish (b) Daniel Walker Pharis b. Oct 22, 1920 m. Mar 31, 1942 in Dallas Texas, Bettie J. Johnson. (furnished some of data) (4) Nora Ann Walker b. Sept 27, 1892 d. June 29, 1914 m. Sept 22, 1909 Henry Melvin Pharis (after the death of Nora her widower married her sister above Gussie) (a) Cloise Clotile Pharis b. Feb 28, 1911 m. Thomas Jehu Ford June 6, 1929. (5) Eula C. Walker b. July 14, 1895 m. R. S. Horn. Issue; (a) Raveneta Horn (b) John W. (Blue) Horn (c) Betty Horn (d) Georgia Horn (6) Jimmie 0. Walker b. Sept 4, 1897 d. March 10, 1960 m. Bernard J. Babm.No issue. (7) Carrie Belle Walker b. Feb 28, 1900 m. Robert L. Barnard. No issue. (8) Alyne D. Walker b. Nov 28, 1904 d. March 12, 1964 m. Claude Hartley. No issue. Note: Carrie & Guss Walker raised two children of her half sister Nancy (Molly) Creech Stephens, which were Candy and Buddy Stephens, after her death. 8. Charley Creech b. ca 1867, was killed by a man by the name of Adams and Sion Creech Sr. in turn killed Adams. 9. Annie Creech b. April 27, 1869 Logansport, La. m. Oct 9, 1884 Robert Rhette Russell b. Dec 24, 1862 d. Sept 3, 1941 at Shreveport, La. and is buried in the Bethel Cemetery out of Logansport. Annie d. Sept 12, 1896. Issue. (1) Florence Gertrude Russell b Oct 1, 1888 DeSota Parish, La. d. Dec 23, 1930 in Liss, Ky. m. ca 1902 Alma George Perry b. Sept 24, 1884 Grand Cane, La. (were divorced) he m. 2nd Aug 31, 1913 Fannie Hill b. Jan 26, 1893 Texas. Issue; (a) Annie Alma Perry b. Jan 29, 1907 m. 1st June 30, 1921 Lando Gooslin b. June 22, 1902 d. Nov 21, 1937; m. 2nd March 28, 1938 Ken Jones b. Aug 20, 1910. (a1) Virginia Dare Gooslin b. Nov 23, 1923 m. 1st Oct 28, 1939 Ira Mapes,had daughter Leoda Napes b.l941 m. Ralph Don Mastro b.1937 (sent data) (a2) Grace Geraldine Gooslin b.1925 m. 1950 Walter B. Bradley, (a3) Florence Jenette Gooslin b. 1927 m. 1st Ray Jones, 2nd Owen Carew, b. 1918 (a4) Robert Leon Gooslin b.1929 m. 1948 Rita E. Lerma b. 1928. (a5) William Albert Gooslin b.193l m. 1951 Margie Fugit b. 1935. (a6) Ozite Gooslin b. 19314 m. 1953 Johnny Ingersoll b. 1931. (a7) Alyne Rae Gooslin b. 1936 m. 1952 Vernon Blankenship b. 1926. (a8) Glen Ronald Jones b. 1939 m. 1st 1957 Shirley Lee, m. 2nd Della Mells. (a9) Bernice Jones b. May 24, 1943 (a10) Clifton Jones b. July 7, 1945 (a11) Madgaline Jones b. April 16, 1949 Freebum. Ky. (b) Bobbie Franks Perry b. April 22, 1910 m. June 30, 1927 Floyd William Goble b. Jan 1, 1903 d. June 18, 1938 in Ky. Issue; (b1) Earl James Goble b. 1928 m. 1948 Amy Perkins b 1934. (b2) William Grant Goble b. 1932 m. 1953 Carolyn Schliff b. 1935. (b3) Kenneth Ray Goble b. 1937 m. 1955 Judy Reigh b. 1938 (2) Eureka Ethel Russell b. May 17, 1892 Logansport, La. d. Feb 4, 1967 in Memphs, Tenn. m. Nov 25, 1909 Clifton Hill Aycock b. Oct 17, 1888 d. June 3, 1943. She married 2nd a Mr. Hay. Issue by 1st husband; (a) Ozite Aycock b. Sept 8, 1910 Logansport, La. m. May 13, 1933 at Marion, Ark. Spain Jay Shinault Jr. b. Aug 8, 1909 Memphis, Tenn. Issue; Sent data. (a1) Joyce Gay Shinault b. Nov 11, 1939 m. Dec 20, 1960 Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis, Tenn. Jerry Jones Choate b. Aug 3, 1936. (b) Charley Rhette Aycock b. Sept 17, 1912 m. ca 19314 (div. 1969) Katherine Hoshall. (1 daughter) (a1) Ann Leigh Aycock b. Feb 6, 1936 m. 1958 Robert Maxwell. (3) Pearl Russell b. Feb 19, 1886 (twin) died young. (4) Infant Russell b. Feb 19, 1886 (twin) died an infant. 10. Nona Creech b. Dec 12, 1871 d. July 14, 1885. Issue by 3rd wife Emily Pate Story: 11. Nettie Creech b. ca 1885 and is listed on the Cherokee Indian Roll in 1902 as being 1 to 16 years of age. She married Lonnie Moorman. Sion Creech, Sr. (1818-1887) Sion Creech Sr. owned 11,000 acres of land in DeSota Pariah, La. and about 29,000 acres in Parnola & Shelby Counties Texas, making over 140,000 acres total. When he died his will left his last wife the Home place, 760 acres and lands in Texas (he had already given his children part of it) He left 1,400 acres in DeSota Parish, La. and 3,428 acres in Panola County Texas to his children by his first 2 wives. Sion Creech Sr. (known as Big Si) has a story that he was a tough, mean man and that he killed quite a few men. It is said that when he came to Sheveport, La. with his wagon train of cotton that the word went ahead to clear the way and that they were on the way. As the wagon train moved along the way; Sion Jr. (Little Si) and James (Little Jim) rode on either side of Big Si and were also very tough. It is also said that Little Si and Little Jim were guilty of killings. It seems that this same wagon train left La. and went to Texas the same way, only this time Daniel, Noah Jr., Sion Sr.'s brothers were with them and also Aaron Creech, his brother-in-law. Noah Creech Sr. remained in Alabama & La. until the others had settled. December 3, 1860 - Sion Creech sold to T. G. Boyd. 1 copper colored 5 year old female for $500. June 3, 1864 - Sion Creech bought from G. W. Sims, 1 negro boy age 16 named Edmond for $3,300. April 18, 1859 - Deed Book F - Panola County, Carthage, Texas- Deeds from Noah Creech Sr. & wife Sarah to P.C. Pyle; Daniel J. Creech; Thomas J. Creech; Noah Creech Jr. and to James J. Creech, a minor with Noah Creech Jr. as his agent until he reaches the age of 21 and meanwhile the land was to stay in the possession of Noah and Sarah Creech until their death. Will: Noah Creech- Written August 1865 and filed on Jan 20, 1866 at Panola County Court House. He left every thing to his wife Sarah except his blacksmith tools which he left to Sion Creech Sr. The 2nd wife of Sion Creech Sr. was Tilitha T. Harris, Billingsley even tho' on her marriage certificate to Sion Sr. it is Tabitha Billingsley. Her father Hudson Harris names her as Tillitha T. in a suit she filed against her brother it is Tillitha and Tabitha also her sister Martha Jane Harris Billingsley filed suit against her husband and gives Tilitha P. and T. T. Creech and Tabitha. They were the daughters of Hudson Harris whos' father was Sherrod Harris sometimes spelled Sherwood. The will of Hudson Harris and the two suits are on file at DeSota Parish, Mansfield. La. The will of Sherrod (Sherwood) Harris is in Anson South Carolina 1885. Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech ,Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Jr. b. 1775 d. 140-1850) m. ca 1797 Elizabeth Stevens b. ca 1777. Mary Creech born 1801 in Lenoir County, N.C. at Wheat Swamp married ca 1818 Drewry A. Hill b. Dec 2, 1790 in present day Lenoir County (Dobbs) d. March 17, 1870, son of Richard Hill and Esther Aidridge. Had issue; 1. Elvy Hill b. Sept 23,1820 d. March 11, 1855 unmarried 2. Richard Hill b. Nov 28, 1821 d. May 6, 1865 m. Elizabeth Hardy (Bettie) Bell b. Aug. 17, 1826 d. July 2, 1912, dau. of Henry Cobb Bell and Penelope Creech (a cousin) Richard Hill & Bettie divoiced in 1849. See page ____ Issue; (1) Mary J. Hill b. 1847 (2) Eliza A. Hill b. 1848 3. William R. Hill b. Aug 17, 1822 d. Aug 18, 1877; buried in cemetery by Noah Small home; m. Mary Catherine Jones b. Sept 6, 1834 d. May 14, 1908, dau. of John F.Jones and Nancy Hodges. William served as executor of his father's will in 1870. The will of William R. Hill was March 17, 1877, Lenoir County, N.C.; life estate to wife Mary C.; to be equally divided among the children at her death. Issue; (1) Eunice Hill b. 1857 d. 1933 m. ______ Rouse. (2) Willis Hill b. 1859 d. before 1870. (3) Joshua Edgar Hill b. 1860 m. Minnie Sugg b. Sept 26, 1878 d. Feb 8, 1908, dau. of Hardy P. Sugg and Sarah Jane Whitted (Edgar Hill was b. Oct 8, 1860 and d. June 20, 1911) had issue; (a) Iris Leone Hill b. Nov 9, 1893 (living in 1980) m. Leslie Raymond Creech a cousm. b. Dec 12, 1890 d. Nov 19, 1964, son of Zebulon Benjamin Creech and Effie Josephine Mewborn(for issue see page ___ ) (b) Lotchen Belle Hill b. Oct 10,1896 m. Dec 19314 Raymond Richard Gray a 3rd cousin on the Gray side, b. Jan 25, 1905, son of Cornelius Gray and Mazy Susan Sutton. Had issue; (a1) Fletcher Raymond Gray b. Nov 22, 1935 m. Delores Heath b. Nov 14, 1939 (b1) Joel Ruasyn Gray b. July 25, 1962. (a2) Janet Cooper Gray b. Nov 9, 1938 m. Thomas Kendall b. Nov 17, 1934. (b1) Emily O'Neal Kendall b. Aug 13, 1962 (b2) Stephanie Whitted Kendall b. June 1964 (b3) Meredith Gray Kendall b. May 1965 (4) Mary Catherine (Moflie) Hill b. ca 1863 m. ca 1881 George W. Jones; lived at Arba. (a) George W. Jones, Jr. b.1882 d.1882 (b) Irene Jones (c) Roland Jones (d) Gilbert Jones (e) Leon Jones (f) Mary Jones (g) Bishop Jones (5) Nancy Susan (Nannie) Hill b. 1866 m. Henry L. Sugg. Had issue; (a) Retho Tingle Sugg b. 1892 m. 1913 Virginia Taylor b. 1892, dau. of Henry Swinson Taylor & Catherine Lane. Had issue; (a1) Ruby Dare Sugg b. 1914 d.1917 (a2) Catherine Sugg m. ______ Long. (a3) Stuart Sugg m. Margaret Thomas, dau. of Roy Thomas and Maybelle Smith; (had Michael & Debbie Sugg) (a4) Marjorie Sugg m. Henry Bryan Pittman. (a5) Mary Joyce Sugg m. ______Pierce. (b) Alton Sugg died in World War I in 1918. (c) Blanche Sugg b. June 5, 1898 d. April 7, 1950 m. Jiley Rand Wade b. 1899 d. Feb 20, 1971, son of H. Vander Wade and 1st wife Carrie Smith. Issue; (a1) Hilda Grace Wade m. David Stadiem. (a2) Maxine Wade m. P.L. Barrow (a3) Florine Wade m. Clarence Hardy (a4) Rand W. Wade m. Carol Pipkins (a5) Janet R. Wade m. Thelbert Cunningham (a6) Alvin M. Wade (a7) Carrol B. Wade (d) Henry L. Sugg Jr. (left home for over 40 years, returned in 1980) (e) Harry Sugg b. ca 1906 (twin) m. 1st Ina Hinson, dau. of Lamb Hinson and Lena Hill( Ina died 1934) m. 2nd Thelma Harrefl. Issue by 1st wife; (a1) Alton E. (Toby) Sugg (a2) Dr. Winnifred Sugg of Texas. (a3) Lena Mae Sugg d. March 1934, buried same time as her mother. Issue by 2nd wife: (a4) Anna Merl Sugg (a5) Joan Sugg (a6) Brervia Kay Sugg (a7) Harry Walker Sugg (a8) Timmy Sugg (f) Harvey Sugg b. ca 1906 (twin) m. Dora Dudley. Issue; (a1) Harvey Lee Sugg m. Helen Christman. (a2) Kenneth Sugg m. Marjorie Taylor. (a3) Perry Sugg (6) Nathan W. Hill b. 1668 d. 1921 unmarried. (7) R. Lee Hill b. ca 1871 m. _______ . Issue; (a) Dortch W. Hill (b) Jewel Hill (c) Linda W. Hill (8) Annie Pearl Hill b. ca 1873 m. James Harrison. (had dau.) (a) Sudie Harrison m. Mike Stocks. Issue; (a1) Mary F. (a2) Jimmie (a3) Reginald and (a4) Gordon Stocks (b) Sallie Harrison m. A. B. Darden Sr. (al) A.B. Darden Jr. 4. Drewry Aldrldge Hill b. June 22, 1825 d. Nov 24,1866 m. Ella Pridgen d. 1860. Issue; (1) Rachel Hill (2) James F. Hill (3) Mary E. Hill 5 Mary Hill b. June 1827 d. July 1859. 6. John D. Hill b. Feb 17, 1829 d. Nov 11, 1861 m. Sarah (Sallie) Ann Jones b. Nov 2, 1831 d. May 3, 1901, dau. of John F. Jones and Nancy Hodges (sister to his brother's wife, Mary Catherine) This family lived with John's father until he died. Issue; (1) Franklin D. Hill m. Susan E. ________. Had issue; (a) James Paul Hill (b) Mabel S. Hill (c) Johnnie Hill m. Laura Ormond (d) Roscoe Hill m. Dorothy ________ (e) Earl Hill m. McGee Edwards (f) Nancy Hill m. Johnson. (g) Cecil Hill (h) Hazel Hill (i) Sally Hill m. Owen Jones (j) Homer H. Hill m. Mary Barrow, dau.of (2) Thomas R. Hill Luther Barrow (3) Lizzie Hill m. _____ Faulkner 7. Martha (Patsy) Hill b. 1831 d. Aug. 1882 m. Joseph Sutton. 8. Esther Hill b. Jan 20, 1833 d. May 7, 1833. 9. Elizabeth Hill b. April 21, 1834 d. July 2, 1885 m. James Franklin Jones b. ca 1834 d. May 3, 1863 at Chancellorsville, Va. in the Civil War, son of John F. Jones and Nancy Hodges. Issue; (1) Jesse Hardy Jones b. 1861 m. Sarah Penelope (Nep) Sugg, dau. of Joe Lamb Sugg. (a) Tinnie E. Jones m. Mack Pate. Issue; (a1) Nellie Pate m. Roland Cunningham (a2) Allie (Mac) Pate m. ______ (had Wayne H. & Lassie R. Pate) ( a3) Velma Pate m. Earl Lassiter (had Earl Jr.) (a4) Elsie B. Pate (a5) Rosa Lee Pate (b) Lydia D. Jones died young (c) James Franklin Jones b. Jan 26, 1892 m. April 21, 1915 Eva Bliss Gray b. June 2, 1895, dau. of Cornelius Gray & Mary Susan Sutton. Issue; (a1) Ellen Bruce Jones b.1917 m. 1935 William A. Hardy b. 1913, son of Kirby Junious Hardy & Elizabeth Rouse. (a2) Mary Ruth Jones b. 1918 d. 1918 age 2 months. (a3) Hazel Gray Jones b. 1919 m. 1947 John E. Hare. (a4) James Franklin Jones Jr. b. 1920 d. April 7, 1926. (a5) Jesse Cornelius Jones h. 1922 d. 1969 m. 1947 Margaret McGowen. (a6) Robert Lester Jones b. 1924 d.1968 m. 1948 Ruby Mewborn b. 1929. (a7) Dorothy Bliss Jones b. 1926 d. 1971 m. 1947 James Hodges Hardy b.1924 (a8) Jewel Frances Jones b. 1927 m. 1947 Silas Cyrus Brown Jr. (a9) Annie Sue Jones b. 1929 m. 1948 Paul Henry Watson. (a10) Hattie Louise Jones b. 1931 m. 19514 William Davenport Jr. (a11) James Harold Jones b. 1934 m. 1st Shirley Williams; 2nd Norma Brinson. (a12) Guy Franklin Jones b. 1935 m. 1958 Marjorie Sugg, dau. of Earl Sugg. (a13) Linda Faye Jones b. 1937 m. 1963 Charles W. Tesseneer. (d) Hebrew G. Jones m. Berta Sugg, dau. of Thomas (Tom) Sugg. Issue; (a1) Sarah S. Jones m. Roy Wooten (a2) Thomas L. (Tomboy) Jones m. Vera Freeman (a3) Ruby Mae Jones (e) Arthur W. Jones (f) Jesse J. Jones m. Erma ________ . Issue; (a1) Jesse E. Jones (a2) Edna A. Jones (a3) Wilbur J. Jones (g) Ray W. Jones m. Leola White, a cousm. Had issue; (a1) William A. Jones (a Greene Co. Commissioner) m. Ilene Worthington. (a2) Roland W. Jones (a3) Mary Ellen Jones (a4) Audrey C. Jones (h) Guy Jones died a young man. (2) Mary Ann Jones b. 1861 m. George B. Rouse. Issue; (a) George M. Rouse m. Lillie Gertrude Creech a cousm. see page ____ (a1) Vira Rouse m. James Malloy (had James, Wiley B., Donald W. & Ernest) (a2) Jasper Rouse m. - (had Walter J. Rouse) (a3) James Rouse (a4) Mary Rouse (a5) Woodrow Rouse (a6) William Rouse (had son Jerry A. Rouse (a7) Ebern Rouse (a8) Lebern Rouse (a9) Ray Rouse (see page ____ for more detail) (b) Bernice Rouse b. May 7, 1881 d. July 26, 1952 m. a cousin Mimnie Winifred Creech b. May 25, 1885 d. March 11,1954(see page _____ 10. Hardy Hill b. April 20, 1836 will dated Nov 26, 1879 m. Susan E. _____. Issue; (1) Cora E. Hill (2) Hattie Hill (3) William Claude Hill (Susan may have been the daughter of John F. Jones & Nancy Hodges) 11. Esther Hill b. 1839 d.1894 unmarried (the second child to bear this name, the other died an infant) 12. Nathan Hill b. Aug 18, 1841 died at Petersburg, Va. in the Civil War Oct 22, 1862. Deed: August 7, 1840 - Lenoir County, N.C.- From Ezekiel Creech to Mary Hill, for love and good will to my daughter, lying on the back side of White Marsh, formerly owned by Eliza Mozingo, deceased. a patent from Thomas Mozingo, on Aug 13, 1776. Beginning at the patent corner, thence to a stake in John Rouse's division corner thence with the Rouse line to a stake in the said Eliza Mozingo and John Noble division corner, thence with the Noble line. Mortage: Jan 20, 1910 - Greene County, N.C. - To Simon Wooten from B. F. Creech and wife Joanna Creech; adj. lands of S.C. Sugg & Louvenia Sugg, subject to the life estate of C.C. Creech & wife Louvenia Creech, father & mother of B. F. Creech; paid Jan 24, 1911. Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Jr. b. 1775 d. 140-1850) m. ca 1797 Elizabeth Stevens b. ca 1777. Penelope (Penny) Creech b. 1803 in Lenoir County, N.C. d. Jan 28, 1881 m. Henry Cobb Bell d. 1840-1850, son of George Bell and Morning Bright, dau. of Simon Bright. Issue; 1. Josiah Bell b. 1825 died in the Civil War. 2. Elizabeth Hardy (Bettie) Bell b. Aug 17, 1826 d. July 2, 1912 m. 1st Richard Hill (a cousin) b. Nov 28, 1821 d. May 6, 1865, the son of Drewry Hill and Mary Creech. (Richard & Bettie were div. ca 18149) she m. 2nd Richard B. Taylor b. March 15, 1821 d. Aug 4, 1899. Issue by 1st husband: (1) Mary J. Hill b. 1847 (2) Eliza, A. Hill b. 1848 Issue by 2nd husband: (3) Lemuel Taylor m. _________ (see later) 3. George Bell b. 1830 d. by 1880 m. Nancy E. ______ b. 1850 (1) Martha E. Bell b. 1864 (2) Thomas Bell 1870 (3) Josiah Bell (twin) b. 1874 m. Pearl A. Nethercutt on March 21, 1900. (4) Joseph Bell (twin) b. 1874 4. James Henry Bell b. May 15, 1844 d. Oct 12, 1925 m. 1st _____ . Had issue; m. 2nd Mary John Rouse b. June 7, 1850 d. Nov 16, 1914, dau. Of Jesse Hardy Rouse and Elizabeth Jane Kennedy; had issue; Issue by 1st wife: (1) Julius Henry Bell b. March 14, 1868 m. 1st Martha Patriok b. April 4, 1875; m. 2nd Lona Weeks b. May 15, 1881 d. June 6, 1962 (no issue, but adopted Lura May) (2) Jesse Hardy Bell b. 1870 m. Maggie Tolson no issue) Issue by 2nd wife: (3) Lula Bell b. 1872 (4) Hubert James Bell b. 1876 d. Aug 16, 1916 m. Lila Mae Simmons. Issue; (a) Mayne Bell m. 1st Lee Parker; m. 2nd A. B. Mann Jr. (no issue) (b) Richard Bell m. Virginia Mitchner (c) Lucille Bell m. Harry Waller. (5) Herman Bell b. Jan 19, 1879 d. March 7, 1953 m. 1st Daisy Peele; m. 2nd Lorraine Britt (no issue) (6) Charles Edward Bell m. Bettie Jordan of Raleigh,N.C. ; Issue; (a) Thomas Bell (b) Bettie Bell (7) Needham Erie Bell m. Lucille Wright, dau.of Julius Wilmont Wright & Lela Waller. (a) Needham Eric Bell Jr. b. Oct 31, 1918 m. Mary Theresa Davidson in 1942. (b) Lula Bell. m. John T. Smith d. 1914 5. Mary C. Bell b. ca 1846 m. John Flannagan. Issue; (1) Dau. _______ Flannagan m. _____ Lassiter. (2) Dau. _______ Flannagan m. Ivey Smith. (3) John Flannagan (4) Jay Flannagan (5) Jim Flannagan 6. Nancy Bell b. 1833(out of order) m. J. Calvin Hartsfield. Issue; (1) Hattie Hartefield unmarried (2) Dora Hartsfield m. William Dawson b. 1859 (m. Nov 28,1884) son of William Dawson and Ferebee Sutton. 7. Joshua Bell. b. 1836, killed in the Civil War (out of order) 8. Penelope Bell died in infancy. 9. Deborah Bell b. Aug 20, 1838 (out of order) m. ca 1857 Loftin Nethercutt b. 1819 d. Nov 9, 1859, son of Loftin Nethercutt Sr. and Nancy Barfield. Issue; 1 dau. Deborah m. 2nd _______ Edwards. Issue I dau. ; Deborah m. 3rd Thomas A. Heath, had issue, 1 dau. & 1 son. After Deborah died. Thomas A. Heath married a Hunter and had 3 children: Mary, Sallie, & Hugh Heath. Issue of Deborah by 1st husband: (1) Trumella Nethercutt b. Aug 20, 1858 d. Dec 2, 1909 m. Dec 22, 1875 Alexander Thomas Dawson b. April 23, 1851 d. Dec 22, 1921, son of Thomas W. Dawson and Eliza Rouse. Issue; (a) Ray Dawson b Dec 22, 1876 m. 1909 Willie Harper (b) Guy Dawson b. Feb 21, 1879 m. Sallie Wood. (he d. Jan 8, 1964) (c) Maude Isabell Dawson b. April 6, 1882 m. Troy James Rouse. (she d. Aug 27, 1909) (d) Cleveland Alexander Dawson b. Sept 5, 1884 m. 1st April 4, 1910 Blanche Taylor; m. 2nd Lula (Lynch) Cobb. (e) Harvey Dawson b. Jan 27, 1889 d. Dec 26, 1962 m. June 26, 1912 DeLoca English b. Dec 22, 1892 d. April 3, 1980, dau. of Andrew Jackson English and Amanda Caroline Pollard. Issue: (a1) Thelma Claire Dawson b. May 19, 1913 m. Jan 12, 1946 S. K. Proctor. (a2) Harry English Dawson b. June 29, 1914 d. April 17, 1976 m. Aug. 1958 Margaret Hewes (a3) Nellie Rae Dawson b. Jan 28, 1916 d. May 22, 1964 m. Nov 1, 1941 Edward S. Norwood. (a4) Joyce Amanda Dawson b. Jan 29, 1921 m. Jan 25, 1947 Charles Greyson. (a5) Jack Alexander Dawson b. Sept 10, 1929 m. July 5, 1962 Janet Hatfield. (g) Nellie Dawson b. Sept 1, 1891 d. Oct 19, 1966 m. Troy James Rouse (her sister's widower) Issue of Deborah's 2nd husband: _____Edwards (2) Nannie Edwards Issue of 3rd husband: (3) Myrtle Penelope Heath (4) Infant son Heath (died an infant) Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Jr. b. 1775 d. (140-1850) m. ca 1797 Elizabeth Stevens b. ca 1777. Stephen Abel Creech b. ca 1808 in Lenoir County, N. C. and d. before 1850 on Wheat Swamp in Lenoir County. He married Martha Miller. Issue; (known issue) 1. Miller Benjamin Creech b. ca 1830 in Lenoir County and d. Dec 31, 1907 near Wheat Swamp in Lenoir County. He m. 1st Mary Hill. d. ca 1883 Had 1 son; Miller m. 2nd Sarah E. (Sack) Hines, dau.of James Madison Hines & Nancy Thompson. Had two sons and 1 daughter. Miller B. Creech gave the land on which the present sanctuary of Wheat Swamp Christen Church is located. Miller was a member of the church for over fifty years. Miller B. Creech a farmer enlisted for duty in the Civil War, as private, June 25, l662 (see later of details) The will of Miller B. Creech was written Oct 1905 in Lenoir County, N. C. Issue by 1st wife: (1) Joshua Benjamin Creech b. ca 1883 (mother died in child birth) d. Nov 1, 1938 m. Jan 6, 1909 Bertie Huffman b. 1883. Joshua lived near Wheat Swamp until about 1917 and then moved to Richands, N.C. (issue unknown) Issue by 2nd wife: Sarah E. Hines - were m. May 19, 1885 (2) Dau. ______ Creech, who died young. (3) Milton N. Creech b. ca 1887 m. Lena Waters b. ca 1886 d. Oct 10, 1970. Issue; (a) Robert Lee Creech b. Oct 30, 1911 d. Dec 22, 1942 (b) John Miller Creech (was one of the trustees at Wheat Swamp Christian Church in 1979) (4) James N. Creech (Jamie) d. ca 1965 in Wilson, N.C. m. ______ Issue; (a) Kathleen Creech (an army officer) (b) Edna Creech m. Richard Hardy of LaGrange, N.C. (c) Willie Creech (d) James Creech 2. Henry Creech b. ca 1840 died young (age 6 years) Miller B. Creech, private - born in Lenoir County and was by occupation a farmer when he enlisted in Greene County at age 31, June 25, 1862 for the war. Mustered in as a private and appointed Ordinance Sergeant July 8, 1862 and transferred to field and staff in this regiment. Reported on Company muster rolls through August 1864 as a private with the remark that he was appointed Ordinance Sergeant and detached with the Ordinance Wagons. Source: Manarian Vol. II Calvary- page 385- Company B 63rd Regiment, N. C. Troops (5th Regiment N.C. Cavalry) Note: Miller B. Creech was killed by Leon Sutton. Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Jr. b. 1775 d. (1840-1850) m. ca 1797 Elizabeth Stevens b. ca 1777. Elizabeth Creech b. May 15, 1823 d. Jan 7, 1865 m. William B. White b. Nov 23, l801 d. Nov 11, 1883 at the home of his son-in-law Bright Hill near Kinston, N.C. He was the son of John P. White and Mary _____. William B. White m. 1st Martha ___ and had 1 son Edward White, who died in Calif. and married Hallie Edwards (they had no issue; Issue of Elizabeth & William; 1. John P. White b. April 15, 1842 d. Jan 26, 1887 m. Elizabeth (Betty) Rouse b. July 5, 1841 d. July 13, 1908. 2. Mary Ann White b. Nov 14, 1843 d. Feb 21, 1889 m. Bright Hill b. Dec 24, 1828 d. Dec 26, 1876, son of Thomas Hill and Sally Rouse. Both are buried in a cemetery on the Rouse Road at Kinston, N.C. Issue; (1) Nora Elizabeth Hill b. Dec 24, 1867 d. March 9, 1920 m. Nov 5, 1890 Richard Francis Churchill b. Oct 17, 1861 d. May 14, 1940, son of Samuel C. Churchill and Mary Ann Taylor(Samuel C. Churchill b. 1836 d.1862 in the civil war at Richmond. Va. and was son of William Churchill & Laney Freeman) (2) Eva E. Hill b. Feb 12, 1869 d. June 3, 1954 m. Jan 9, 1886 William Isaac Churchill, brother to Richard Francis Churchill above. (3) Frank B. Hill b. March 22, 1870, died young. (4) Herbert Lee Hill b. July 14, 1872 d. June 21, 1940 m. Sept 19, 1900 Mary (Mollie) Hardy b. March 23, 1874 died Nov 22, 1968, dau. of Parrott Mewborn Hardy Jr. and Susan M. LaRoque. Issue; (a) Mildred Lee Hill. b. Aug 9, 1901 m. June 1923 Charles P. Johnson b. July 11, 1894 d. July 29, 1957, son of Robert Johnson & Bessie Fore. Issue; (a1) Sue Marie Johnson b. Dec 20, 1925 m. Frank A. Rouse(a great grandson of William White) (a2) Charles Herbert Johnson b. Sept 17, 1927 m. Marie Joyner (Clemmie) (5) Alonza Thomas Hill b. Sept 18, 1874, m. Neta May of Grifton, N.C. Issue; (a) Herbert Hill (b) Olin Hill (6) Zebulon B. Hill b. July 13, 1876 died young in 1878. 3. Frank White, died in the Civil War in New York, perished by the yankees. 4. Winifred White m. Joseph Parrott. 5. Julia White b. Oct 24, 1853 d. June 26, 1876 m. Benjamin Parrott III. 6. Elizabeth White b. June 7, 1860 d. Oct 3, 1910 m. J. Frank Rouse Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. Joshua Creech b. ca 1777 in old Dobbs County, N.C. and died ca 1840 in Ga. He married Sarah Bryan (widow of Richard Roberts) and dau. of Lewis Bryan of Pitt County, N.C. Sarah died ca July 1836. After his marriage Joshua Creech left present day Lenoir Co. N.C. and went to Barnwell County, S.C. where he already had first cousins living. Here he received a land grant of 127 acres March 2, 1807. He sold this land Nov. 24, 1809 in Barnwell Co., S.C. and went to Laurens County, Ga. about the year 1813. He was in present day Montgomery Co. Ala. in 1838. Issue; 1. Charles Pinckney Creech b. ca 1807 Barnwell Co. S.C. and d. 1650-1860 m. Martha _______ b ca 1810. Issue; (1) David R. Creech b. 14 Nov 1830 d. 9 Aug 1897 m. Mary A. -. (2) James Bryan Creech d. 4 April 1890 buried at Quitman, Ga. m. Nancy Newsome d. 30 May 1919. (3) Robert Creech m. Nancy _______ (4) Lewis Creech (5) Sarah Creech (6) Eisa Jane Creech m. ______ Lane (7) Patrick Creech m. Margaret S. _______ of Vermont. 2. Mary (Polly) Creech 3. Sarah Creech m. 27 Jan 1840 William Marshall 1st, she m. 2nd ______ Slaughter. 4. David Bryan Creech b. 2 July 1811 in Laurens Co., Ala. died 14 June 1863, buried at Sylvan Grove, Dale Co. Ala. He m. 12 Dec 1833 Judith Douglas McLennan b.7 July, 1811, Richmond Co. N.C. died 11 Dec 1899, dau.of Daniel McLennan & Margaret McCrimmon. David B. Creech received 530 acres of land in Montgomery Co. Ala. in 1837. Issue; (1) Joshua C. Creech b.23 Sept 1834 d. 30 Sept 1864 in Civil War. (2) Margaret Sarah Ann Creech b. 29 Dec 1835 m. Oct 1855 James Duncan McRae b. 10 Jan 1824 d. 30 May 1863, son of Alexander B. McRae. (3) Nancy Catherine Creech b. 19 July 1839 m. 12 Jan 1866 Benjamin Franklin Hamrick (4) Martha Hazeltine Creech b. 16 Jan 1842 d. 27 June 1914 m. 23 Nov 1865 Columbus C. Harmrick b.7 May 1842 d. 18 June 1900. no issue; (5) Selina E. Creech b. 20 Aug 1844 d.15 July 1867 unmarried. (6) Kenneth Alwyn Creech b. 25 Feb 1846 d.1 Oct 1870 m. Mazy Frances Reese Snell b. 5 Nov 1847 d. 26 June 1913 dau. of Jacob Snell & Mary A. ______ (7) Richard Roberts Creech b 10 Oct 1850 d .15 Feb 1909 buried Wilson Co. Texas m. 16 Dec 1874 Emma N. Cocke b. 8 Feb 1850 d.22 Jan 1908. (8) Eliza Ann Creech b. 2l April 1852 d. 28 July 1940 buried Ashford Ala. married 24 Dec 1870 William Henry Rigell b. 2 March 1847 d. 25 Dec 1916, son of Mark Rigell and Frances Stanfield Kelly. see later; 3. Sarah Creech (above) m. 27 Jan 1840 first William Marshall - had dau; (1) Mary Elizabeth Marshall b.1843 at New York d. 1932 buried Sylvan Grove, Dale Co. Ala. m. James Dell. Issue; (a) James Bartow Dell b. 6 June 1861 d.30 Nov 1922 m. Georgia S. Daniel b. 8 June 1868 d. 22 Sept 1940. (b) William Bartow Dell twin to James b. 6 June 1861 d. 1928 m. Blanche Irene Thompson of South Carolina. Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Jr. b. 1775 d. 140-1850) m. ca 1797 Elizabeth Stevens b. ca 1777. Joshua Creech b. ca 1777 d. ca 1840 m. Sarah Bryan (widow Roberts) d. ca 1836. David Bryan Creech b. 1811 d. 1863 m. 1833 Judith Douglas McLennan b .1811 d.1899. Eliza Ann Creech b. 21 April 1852 d. 28 July 1940 buried Ashford Ala. married 24 Dec 1870 William Henry Rigell b. 2 March 1847 d. 25 Dec 1916 son of Mark Rigell and Frances Stanfield Kelly. Issue; 1. Fannie Rigell b. 18 March 1873 died young. 2. Alvin Rigell b. 23 Aug 1874 at Newton Ala. died 7 July 1935 at De Funiak Springs, Fla. m. 13 March 1902 Eliza King Reid b. 8 Aug 1683 at Red Springs, N.C. and died 20 Dec 1935, dau. of Ancil Bailey Reid & Sarah Elizabeth King. 3. Leda Estelle Rigell b.18 March 1877 Geneva Co. Ala. died 16 July 1961 buried at Ashford Ala. m. 22 Jan 1891 Andrew Oscar Manley b. ca 1857 d. ca 1899 at Jackson Tenn. 4. Starlus Rigell. b. 27 Jan 1879 at Newton Ala. d. 23 June 1925 m. 27 Dec 1901 Elizabeth Brett Williams b. 18 Oct 1884 at Gordon Ala., dau. of Joseph S. Williams and Tabitha Brett. 5. Essie D. Rigell b. 24 Feb 1861 d. 30 Nov 1949 m. 16 Dec 1900 Everette Miller Grimsley b. 10 Nov 1876 at Granger, Ala. d. 4 Feb 1964 son of Felix A. Grimsley and Dora Arm McGriff. no Issue. 6. Willie Alto Rigell b. 9 April 1883 d. 4 July 1964 m. 31 March 1908 Joseph Clayton McCreary b. 30 May 1886 Sparta Conecuh Co. Ala. d. 21 Sept 1947, son of R.J. McCreary and Mary Henrietta Stanley (had dau. Blanche McCreary) 7. Bryant Creech Rigell b. 32 Aug 1885 at Columbia Ala, d. 4 Sept 1960 buried at San Rafael, California. No issue. 8. Gladys Mildred Rigell b. 7 Feb 1688 d. 31 Jan 1949 buried at Denham Springs, La. m. March 1908 John Alfred Robinson b. 10 Jan 1889 Henry Co. Ala. d. 31 Oct 1938. 9. Mattie (Martha) Hildreth Rigell b. 4 Oct 1889 m. 29 Oct 1927 to Benjamin Hill b. 17 March 1885 in Ga. d. 8 March 1957, son of Joseph Leary Hill & Sarah Jane Harris. No issue. Note: Tradition has it that Sarah Bryan Roberts had one or two children by Richard Roberts, but only Richard Roberts Jr. who was born 1799 and moved to Dale Co. Alabama before 1850 and was followed by his half brothers & sisters about 1855. Richard Roberts Jr. married 1st Elizabeth _________ who died ca 1855 and he m. 2nd a woman the family always felt was beneath the family. The two became estranged and Richard moved to another county Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Jr. b. 1775 d. 140-1850) m. ca 1797 Elizabeth Stevens b. ca 1777. Joshua Creech b. ca 1777 d. ca 1840 m. Sarah Bryan (widow Roberts) d. ca 1836. David Bryan Creech b. 1811 d. 1863 m. 1833 Judith Douglas McLennan b .1811 d.1899. William Carter Creech b. 4 April 1810 and died 23 Feb 1892 in Butler County, Alabama. He married Amanda Elizabeth Daniels b. 17 Sept 1820 d. 9 Sept 1909, dau. of Joseph Daniels and Hulda McCollum. Issue; 1. Josephine Creech b. 15 Nov 1810 d. 22 Feb 1920, buried at St. Paul's Cemetery, Butler Co. Ala. unmarried. 2. Sidney A. Creech b. ca 1841 d. 1 Feb 1865 in Civil War, unmarried 3. Henry Clay Creech b. 22 Dec 1843 in Ala. d. 18 Oct 1921 buried St. Paul's Cemetery Butler Co. Ala, m. 1st Dorothy Payne, m. 2nd Mary S. Phelps. (had son Henry Clay Creech, Jr. who married Vinnie Lee Pisos & had daughter Suzanna (Susan) Creech who married Isaac Pringle Mooney, great grandfather of Delores Mooney James. Suzanna Creech had brothers James Noble Creech & John Henry Creech of Logansport, La. 4. Francis Lafayette Creech b. 27 Nov 1845 Barbour Co. Ala. d. 24 May 1926 buried at Hartley Cemetery, Butler Co. Ala. m. Alabama Payne. 5. Margaret Creech b. 22 March 1648 d. 21 Jan 1920 m. William Routon. 6. Amanda Henrietta Creech b. 22 March 1851. d. 30 Nov 1922 buried at St. Paul's Cemetery, Butler Co. Ala. unmarried. 7. Hulda Jane Creech b. 17 Sept 1853 d. 12 Jan 1934 buried at Greenville Ala. m. 28 Dec 1880 N.E. Hawkins. 8. William Jasper Creech b. 11 Jan 1855 d. 2 May 1930 buried St. Paul's Cemetery in Butler Co. Ala. unmarried 9. Laura Katherine Creech b. 21 May 1857 d. 18 April 1951 buried at Greenville Ala, m. William W. Thagard. 10. Jerre Boiling Creech b. 6 Oct 1859 d. 27 June 1937 buried at St. Paul's Cemetery in Butler Co. Ala. m. Mrs. Drew Thrower (Widow) 11. Eugenia Mehetabel Creech b. 27 Nov 1861 d. 16 Nov 1949 buried at Greenville Ala. m. George Sherling. Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Sr. b. 1756 in old Johnston County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died after 1810 in Lenoir County , N.C. Ezekiel Creech, Jr. b. 1775 d. 140-1850) m. ca 1797 Elizabeth Stevens b. ca 1777. Joshua Creech b. ca 1777 d. ca 1840 m. Sarah Bryan (widow Roberts) d. ca 1836. David Bryan Creech b. 1811 d. 1863 m. 1833 Judith Douglas McLennan b .1811 d.1899. Lydia Ann Creech b. ca 1815 m. 1st 18 Oct 1837 in Henry County Alabama Noel Register died June 1840 buried in Henry County, m. 2nd Jeptha Lindsey. One dau. by 1st husband; 1. Elizabeth Calistia Register b. ca 1839 m. 25 Dec 1853 William Stevens Johnson b. June 1831. They were married in Barbour County, Ala. Issue; (1) Anna Johnson m. Jim Mapp (lived in NE Texas & SE Okla) Issue; (a) Lela Mapp (b) Hampton Mapp (c) Julia Mapp (d) Leona Mapp (e) Joe Mapp (f) Jesse Mapp (g) Vera Mapp (2) Lydia Johnson m. 1st _____ Cason. issue (a) Washington Cason m. 2nd C. Y. Thomas & lived in Texarkana, Ark.- issue (b) Ella Thomas (c) Leo Thomas-dau. (3) Laura Johnson m. 1st ______ Coffman-issue (a) Ida Coffman (b) son Thomas (4) Charity Johnson m. Dr. _____ Smith, lived in NW Texas- Issue; (a) Ruth Smith (b) Annie Smith twin (c) Arthur Smith twin (5) Nettie Johnson m. Henry Bohannon, lived in Arkansas. issue; (a) Johnson Bohannon (b) Carl Bohannon (c) Barney Bohannon (d) Larkin Bohannon (e) Henry Bohannon (f) Lance Bohannon (g) Berkely Bohannon (h) Pearl Bohannon m. Perry Stewart, (6) Verse Johnson m. Prof. ______ Adams. lived later at Calif. & Oregon. Issue; (a) Willa Wise Adams (b) Omar Adams (c) Larry Adams (d) Rachel Adams died as child (e) Hilda Adams (7) Dora Johnson m. John Sturdivant, lived in Arkansas. Issue; (a) Butler Sturdivant (b) Deiphine Sturdivant (c) Lost several in childhood (8) Delbert Noel Johnson m. Epsie Foster, lived in Arkansas. Issue; (a) Guy Noel Johnson died age two years (b) Berta Lee Johnson (c) Nettie Marie Johnson (d) Jewel Johnson (e) Leonora (Leo) Johnson (f) William Delbert Johnson (g) Annie Lois Johnson (9) Seth Timothy Johnson m. Florence Elizabeth Askew (lived in Texas) Issue; (a) Dau. Johnson born dead (b) Mary Calista Johnson m. C. E.Newell, lived at San Antonio Texas (c) Paul Eugene Johnson d. age 3 mos. (d) (e) (f) all still born (g) Elizabeth Virginia Johnson (h) Dau. died as infant (10) Lillian Johnson never married died as young woman in Arkansas. (11) John Arthur Johnson m. Pearl Calhoun, Issue (a) Willis died as child (b) Lydia Odessa Johnson (c) Hazel Ouida Johnson (d) John Buster Johnson (e) Maggie Marie Johnson (f) William Stevens Johnson (g) Simmie Lee Johnson Creech Information - Marriage Bonds Martha Creech married Oct 2, 1858 K. J. Powell - Wake County, N.C. Witness - William Hicks & J. T. Hill Jackson Powell married Caroline Forbe on May 1, 1865 - Wake County, N.C. Witness - John Creech & J. J. Ferrell Janette Creech married in 1851 Allen Powell - Cumberland County, N.C. Barbara Jean Creech m. Cecil Clayborne (had son Cecil Victor Clayborne 3rd b. 3-11-1970) George Carroll Creech 30, Newport, N.C. m. Dorothy Beatrice Hemby March 24, 1956 Harry Thomas Creech 20, m. Rebecca Ann Beaman 18 Feb 2, 1956 James Earl Creech, 18 Farmville, N.C. m. Thelma Marie Thornton 19 - June 6, 1952 John William Creech 19, Hookerton m. Peggy MoLawhorn 19, Nov 17, 1950. S.E. Creech b. 1842 m. Elizabeth Murphrey b. 1869 dau. of W. D. Murphrey. Witness: Elizabeth Creech Churchill. Gayle Henri Joyner, dau. of Vivian Hill & A.H. Joyner Jr. m. Johnny Earl Mooring. All Greene County, N.C. John W. Creech b.1877 m. Sept 6, 1905 Flora Wright b. 1899 - Lenoir County, N.C. Benjamin F. Creech m. Nov 25, 1891 Anna Sugg - Greene County, N.C. William F. Creech m. April 20, 1914 - Vicey Mewborn - Greene County, N.C. Robert G. Creech b. 1875 m. Dec 16, 1896 Hattie V. Taylor b. 1878 - Lenoir County, N.C. Martha E. Creech b. 186l m. Dec 31, 1879 Thomas G. Allen - at John Creech - Lenoir Co. Hattie E. Creech b. 1876 m. Aug 23, 1892 J. L. Arthur - Lenoir County, N.C. Seth J. Creech b.1896 d. 1928, son of John Willis Creech & Maggie Hockaday- Lenoir Co. Noah W. Creech b. 1876 d. 1939 m. Carrie Taylor - Lenoir County, N.C. Vivian LaRue Creech m. April 19, 1970 Wesley Freeman Sutton, Lenoir County, N.C. John Creech 24, m. Jan 17, 1947 Marie Aldridge 19 - LaGrange, Lenoir County, N.C. John James Creech 46, Hookerton m. Nov 19, 1941 Sallie W. Creech, 38 - Greene County. Charles Brantley Creech 22, Hookerton m. Sept 8, 1937 Bessie Louise Parker 28, Greene John Willis Creech 19, m. Oct 29, 1937 Lillie Mae Harrison 16 - Greene County, N.C. William T. Creech 19, m. Nov 3, 1934 Mildred Joyner 25 - Greene County, N. C. Jasper Vance Creech 55, m. Dec 2, 1932 Layne Hardy Dail 42 Wit. - Mrs. V. A. Creech R.T. Creech 46, m. Oct 9, 1928 Glennie Britt, 34 - Greene County, N.C. Paul Creech 21, m. Jan 4, 1921 Esther Crawson 18 - Wayne County, N.C. Bill Creech m. July 22, 1916 Sarah E. Stocks 19 - Greene County, N.C. (Bill was 19) Henry T. Creech 24, m. Oct 17, 1911 Florence Croom 17 - Greene County, NC. William Douglas Creech m. Mary Ann Richards, dau. of Joseph A. Richards - Greene Co. Jamie Warren Creech m. Margaret Ann Edwards, dau. of Leo L. Edwards - Greene Co. Eugenia Milan Creech, dau. of Marvin E. Creech m. Jerry Lee Brann - Lenoir Co. N.C. Edward Alan Creech 19, m. Sept 19, 1965 Mary Angela Sugg 19 - Greene County, N.C. Jimmy Ray Creech 27, Hookerton m. March 9, 1963 Betsy Faye Nethercutt 25 - Greene Co. John Hill m. Bethany Peeton Jan 7, 1877 - at Jack Creech home - Greene County, N.C. Z. B. Creech 21, m. Dec 18, 1889 E. J. Mewborn 18 - Lenoir County, N.C. Land Deed - Christopher C. Creech to Daniel W. Patrick - Sept 25, 1884 - Greene Co., N.C. Will: Lenoir County, N.C. Feb 7, 1927 - Thomas Jefferson Emerson: Dau. Ethel Rouse; dau. Ida King; dau. Eliza Creech; son William G. Emerson; son George Emerson; Son Alfonza Emerson. Will: Lenoir County, N.C. Aug 15, 1932 - Lucetta Creech: Grandson by marriage Benjamin Creech Arthur. Will: Lenoir County - Oct 1905 - Milton B. Creech: Wife Sarah E. ; son Milton M. Creech; son James M. Creech; son Joshua B. Creech. Will: Lenoir County - Aug 7, 1933 - Doc Taylor, Dan. Hattie V. Taylor m. R. G. Creech; Dan. Carrie Taylor m. Noah W. Creech; a Dan. Ada P. Taylor m. a Johnson; Dau. May Taylor m. a Ward & an Allen; grand children: Robert G. Creeoh, Elizabeth Funderburke, Fred I. Creech, Walter Creech, Isabell Creech, Gerald T. Creech, Harry H. Creech, Lucille Creech, Frances Creech & Fannie Kate Ward. Court Action - Greene County, N.C. - Nov 30, 1886 - Travis E. Hooker, Executor of R. G. Creech vs Julia Creech, widow; Redm. Noah, Robert, Julia Creech and John D. Grimsley Guardian of said Noah, Redm. Robert and Julia Creech. Deed: Pitt County, N.C. - 1883 - S.E. Creech and wife Bettie (Elizabeth) of Wake County, N .C. to Jacob Murphrey of Lenoir County, N .C., our undivided sixth interest in property. Ezekiel Creech of Dobbs County, N .C. was Private in the Contenenial Army, Colonel Richard Caswell's Company, during the Revolution 1776. Christopher Columbus Creech, entered the Civil War, from Greene County, N.C. May 1861, N.C. Company A, Third N.C. Regiment for the entire war. Benjamin Creech, entered for the Civil War, from Greene County, N.C. May 10, 1862. Johnston County, N.C. - 1790 Census - New Bern District: Joshua Croech - 2-6-2-0-0 Taxables in Dobbs County, N.C. - By Several Magistrates 1769: Benjamin Creech Sr., Benjamin Creech Jr., John Creech Voted in the Election of House of Commons - Dobbs County, N.C. - 1779 Joshua Creech, Ezekiel Creech, John Creech Wayne County, N.C. 1870 Census: John Creech 60 male Matilda Creech 48 female Dassilla Creech 24 female Massoniah Creech ---- 17 female Henrietta Creech 9 female Robert Creech 14 male Buried in the Best Cemetery near Goldsboro, N.C. Wayne County: Daniel Creech b. Jan 19, 1849 d. April 12, 1925 Martha Creech wife of Daniel b. June 14, 1858 d. Feb 14, 1925 Catralker, wife of Guss Creech b. April 10, 1821 d. April 25, 1903 John Creech, Sr. ( l758-ca 1783 ) John Creech, Sr. was born in old Dobbs-Johnston County, N.C., what was to become present day Lenoir County. He was the son of Benjamin Creech, Sr. and wife Mary Lewis. He was drafted into Captain Kennedy's Company, July 26, 1777, along with his brothers Benjamin Creech Jr. and Ezekiel Creech Sr. from Dobbs County, N.C. to serve in the American Revolution. It seems that he married just before he was drafted for service. He married Elizabeth Robinson, the daughter of Benjamin Robinson and wife Celia, of Dobbs County, N.C. John Creech, Sr. was shown on the Dobbs County 1769 and 1780 tax list, but not shown on the 1790 Federal Census, because he was dead by this date. He is buried in the old Creech Cemetery on Rainbow Run in present day Greene County, N.C. along with his two brothers and wives. There is no marker at present to his grave, but in the past his grave was marked as well as his brothers, but due to the markers being destroyed in the 1930's by a old black man, who was told to clean up the cemetery, knew no better, removed the tombs and put them in a wash on Rainbow Run (have never been found). Two men have seen these tombstones, Mr. Willie Sugg and William T. Creech, both now deceased. After John' s death, Elizabeth, his wife sold their land in present day Lenoir County to Parrott Mewborn I and Benjamin Creech Jr. It seems that Elizabeth Robinson Creech, her brother Thomas Robinson, sister Easter Robinson, and Elizabeth's three sons, John Jr., Elijah, and Jonathan Creech set out by wagon train to the west. They reached Guilford County, N.C. in the year l781, where the first cousin of her husband Stephen Creech lived on land that he had bought from John Caldwell in the year 1773. Now this Stephen Creech had also bought lands in Montgomery and present day Wilkes County, N.C. Records show that Stephen was here until about the year 1784, then joining the wagon train with the others moved toward the western and north, part of Virginia, Montgomery County, Va.; Here they stayed until the year 1788, then they moved on toward old Lincoln County, Ky. now Harlan County, and Lee County, Virginia. They reached here about the year 1789 and settled; now Stephen Creech, being the oldest and looking out after the rest, help settle his two sons Ledocia and Enoch, Elizabeth & her three sons; Stephen returns to N.C. where he sells his land and returns to Lee County, Va. about the year 1798; Stephen's son William Creech, settled on land in Russell County, Va. By 1799, both Stephen Creech and John Creech Jr. (he is called by many as John Creech Sr. because he was the first John in Lee Co.) were listed as tax payers and paid one tithe each and Stephen on three horses. Enoch and Ledinah Crich appear on the personal property tax in Lee County in 1796. The John Caldwell in Guilford County, was brother to the wife of Ezekiel Creech Sr. the brother to John Creech Sr. husband of Elizabeth Robinson Creech. If Elizabeth ever remarried or if she lived to be of an old age, it is not known. Old Dobbs & Johnston County Index Deeds: John Creech from John Thompson - Book 14, page 579 John Creech from Abram Bush - Book 18, page 210 John Creech to Elizabeth Creech - Book 18, page 333 Elizabeth Creech to Parrott Mewborn- Book 23, page 197 Elizabeth Creech to Benjamin Creech Jr. - Book 23, page 198 Deed of Trust: Sept. 25, 1854-Lee County, Va. Third tract of land on Powell Mountain all the undivided interest in and to the Estate of Thomas Robinson being the brother of the grandmother of said Henry Creech, and who resided in the county of White and state of Tenn. at the time of his death- Deed Book 12, page 243. Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d. 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. John Creech, Sr. b. 1758 d. ca 1783 m. ca 1777 Elizabeth Robinson. John Creech, Jr. (referred to as John Sr. in Ky.) was born 1778 in old Dobbs County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died in 1847 in Harlan County, Ky. He married 1st Stacy Sparks, b. ca 1777 d. ca 1805, had issue; he m. 2nd Peggy Wells b. ca 1775, Wilkes County, N.C. d. ca 1818 dau. of Stephen Wells, had issue; he m. 3rd Sally Smith Armstrong (widow Armstrong) b. 1788 in N.C. d. after 1850, had issue; John Creech, Jr. made his home at Poor Fork Cumberland in Harlan County, Ky. His will was Aug 28, 1850 in Harlan Co. Issue by 1st wife Stacy Sparks; 1. Thomas Creech b. 1794 at Poor Fork Cumberland Co. Ky. d. ca 1870 Harlan Co. Ky. and married 1st _______ Hendreckson, had issue; he married 2nd Celia Wells. See later; 2. Elizabeth (Bettie) Creech b. ca 1795 m. Alexander Dixon of Monroe Co. Va. a minister and farmer. They made their home in Harlan Co. Ky. Had issue; (son of John Dixon) (1) Nellie Creech Dixon (6) James Dixon (2) Sally Dixon (7) Alexander Dixon Jr. (3) Tabitha Dixon (8) John Dixon (4) Martha Dixon (9) Ira Dixon (5) Eleanor Dixon 3. Martha Creech b. ca 1796 m.John Dixon Jr. b. 1785 in Monroe Co. Va. and d. 1852 in Harlan Co. Ky., the son of John Dixon (a brother to Alexander Dixon) John Dixon Jr. & wife Martha made their home at Greassy Creek, Perry & Harlan Counties, Ky. His will was in Harlan Co. June 20, 1852. Had issue; (1) William Dixon (6) Elizabeth Dixon m.__ Smith (2) John Dixon III (had son Ambrose & (7) Amy Dixon m.______ Powell grand-daughter Lucinda Dixon) (8) Tabitha Dixon m.______ Shell (3) Ebenezer Dixon (9) Bertha Dixon (4) Henry Dixon (10) Mary (Pollly) Dixon (5) Eleanor Dixon m. John W. Norris Note: John Dixon Sr. had the following children: Alexander Dixon m. Elizabeth Creech; John Dixon Jr. m. Martha Creech; Joseph Dixon - James Dixon - Ann Dixon m. 1811 James Smith. John Dixon Jr. had over 14,200 acres of land in Harlan & Perry Counties, Ky. 4. John Creech III b. ca 1798 m. 1st Sally Smith, the dau. of Rev. Patrick Henry Smith; he m. 2nd ______ Powell. Issue unknown. 5. Stephen Creech b. ca 1800 m.1830 Sally Gilliazn b. Dec 8, 1808 d. July 7, 1894, dau. of William Gilliam & Catherine Teeter. Stephen Creech, left Harlan County, Ky. for New Orleans, La. and was never heard of agam. Before he left he made his home at Clover Lick Creek in Harlan Co. After Stephen left and never returned. his wife Sally and 3 daughters moved in a log cabin on the left side of the creek about two miles from its mouth, near the house of her father John Creech Jr. Had issue; (1) Catherine Creech m. 1845 William B. Campbell (2) Elizabeth Creech m.1851 Archibald Cornett (3) Mary (Polly) Creech m.1850 Charles L. Cornett. 6. Ann Creech b. ca 1802 married Jason Fields Jr. (no data) (he m. 2nd Louisa Creech) 7. Samuel Creech b. Aug 12, 1804 m. 1st Margaret Smith, had issue she died; he m. 2nd Mariah Wilman, dau. of William Willman. They made their home at Little Fork Creek, Lawrence County, Ky Issue by 1st wife; (Margaret was dau. of Henry Smith) (1) John S. Creech b. 1825 m. Nancy Boggs b. Jan 6, 1827 in Ky. and d. Jan 12, 1934. John & Nancy settled on Little Fork, Little Sanndy River in Lawrence County, Ky. He also owned land on the Big Pigeon Roost in Lawrence County. John served in the Union Army as Corpl. Company B 14th Ky. Inf. issue known 2 daughters; (a) Louisa Creech m. 1871 George Turner. (b) Hannah Creech m.____ Isom (had son Ira Paulas Isom who wrote the papers on Uncle Billy Creech & others, which see) (2) David Creech b. ca 1827 m. Polly Boggs (3) Mary Creech b. ca 1829 m. Oct 8, 1857 Thomas Salyers b. 1835. (4) Henry Creech b. Sept 10, 1831 Harlan Co. Ky. & m. Oct 27, 1852 Lawrence Co. Ky. Christine Wells d. March 13, 1855, had issue; he m. 2nd Feb 7, 1856 Carter Co. Ky. Delinda Burton b. Dec 18, 1834 Scott Co. Va. at Samuel Burton's place. Had issue. Henry served as private in the Union Army 14th. Henry was 5 ft.-10 m., fair complexion, blue eyes and light hair (Creech features) he was wounded in the left hand and had chronic diarrhea, was honorably discharged at Louisa, Ky. Jan 31, 1865. He had this diarrhea and liver trouble the rest of his life. His son-in-law Thomas J. White & daughter took care of him before he died. They charged him $50 for nursing and care; $6 for undertaker and $10 for the burial clothing. Issue by 1st wife; (a) Margaret Creech b. May 2, 1853 m.Charles Maddex b. 1853. (b) Infant Creech B. & d. ca 1855 (c) Infant Creech b. & d. 1857 Issue by 2nd wife; (d) Nancy J. Creech b. Dec 22, 1859 m. John Prince. (e) Emily Isadora (Dora) Creech b. Aug 9, 1864 m. Thomas J. White b. 1858. (f) Sean E. Creech b July 29, 1866 Fielding, Elliott Co. Ky. died Aug 22, 1894 from complacation from measles; buried in Osborn Cemetery, Blaine, Lawrence Co. Ky. m. Oct 2, 1885 Charles Leander Osborn (his 2nd) had one son; (a1) Norman Lee Osborn b. Dec 15, 1886 d. Aug 21, l964 m. May 2, 1907 Nannie Vinson Bates b. March 30, 1888, dau. of Nathaniel Bates and Corilda Thompson; Nannie died July 10, 1974. Issue; (b1) Hurbert Douglas Osborn b. Nov 25, 1908 (b2) Lyda Ellen Osborn b. Oct 16, 1910 m. June 6, 1928 Chilt Monroe Ward b. Aug 16, 1907, son of Manuel Ward & Rosie Caudill. Issue; (c1) Junita Marie Ward b. Dec 24, 1929 (c2) Maxwell Ward b. Feb 10, 1932 (c3) Geneva Justine Ward b. June 24, 1934 m. Feb 8, 1952 Bernard Hughes b. Sept 14, l933 (sent this data) (c4) Ronald Gene Ward b. Feb 21, 1937 (c5) Christine Louise Ward b. March 23, 1942 (g) Metilda Louisa Creech b. Jan 28, 1871 m. Issac Barker. (h) John S. Creech b. June 14, 1861 m.Emily Wright (was 2nd child) (i) Narinda Creech b. Feb 7, 1869 m. Lewis Barker. (j) Mary A. Creech b. Feb 18, 1873 d. Sept 27, 1953 m. Frank Barker. (k) Nandy Ellen Creech b. July 18, 1875 m.Plz. Gilliam. (l) Genoa Creech b. June 14, 1877 m. 1st Harry Barker; m. 2nd Aloriza Edwards (Gemoa d. Aug 31, 1954) (m) William Thomas Creech b. April 3, 1879 m. Matilda Stapleton. (5) Absalom Creech b. ca 1833 died in manhood with T. B. (6) George Towery Creech b.oa 1835 was killed by a sniper in Ga, (7) Enoch P. Creech b. ca 1837, died in the Union Err, in the Civil War with diseritary. Issue of Samuel Creech & 2nd wife Mariah Wellman; (8) Malissa Creech died of quick consumption by getting over heated while standing in a cold branch of water, while putting a wash of cloths out. (9) William J. Creech (known as Uncle Billy Creech) the founder of the Pine Mountain Settlement School, married Sarah Hammond. Issue of John Creech Jr. & 2nd wife Peggy Wells; 8. Celia Creech b. ca 1806 m.J oseph Blair. 9. Sarah (Sallie) Creech b. ca 1808 m. March 20, 1830 Isom Stamper b. ca 1808 d. 189-, son of Samuel Stamper & Sarah Kidd. Isom Stamper was married 1st to wife unknown, he had one child born before 1830 (shown on the 1830 census) Sarah & Isom made their home on Turkey Creek in Letcher County, Ky, Had issue; (1) Child unkrtown(step-ohild to Sarah) shown on the 1830 census as under 5 years old. (2) Ira Stamper b. Oct 11, 1829 d. Feb 1910 in Douglas Co. Missouri, m. 1st Millie Whitaker; m. 2nd Elizabeth Cornett in 1876, (3) Enooh Stamper b. ca 1832 m. ca 1854 Irila ______ (4) John W. Stamper b. March 1834 m. 1861 Elizabeth Gilliam. (5) Sarah Stamper b. ca 1836 unmarried (6) Elizabeth Stamper b. ca 1838 m. 1886 John T. Cole or Cody, (7) Cynthia Stamper b. ca 1840 m. 1866 Silas Cornett, (8) Alexander Stamper b. ca 1842 m. 1866 Nancy Whitaker (9) Susannah Stamper b. ca 1845 m.Jesse Halcomb (10) Lemuel N. Stamper b. Dec 1847 m. 1871 Maneva Smith. (11) Wiley Stamper b. ca 1848 m. ca 1878 Sarah J. _____ (12) Mary (Polly) Stamper b. ca 1849 m.1874 John B. Ciudill. (13) James Stamper b. ca 1853 m.111 1878 Folly Franc~e. 10. Jonathan Creech b. ca 1810 m.1830 Jane Blair, Issue unknown; 11. Absalom Creech b. ca 1812 m. March 20, 1830 Elizabeth Blair, sister to Jane. Known issue; (1) Celia Creech b. 1838 (2) Enoch Creech b. 1840 12. Emma (Emily) Creech b. 1834 m. Jacob (Gab) Gilliam. 13. William (Bill) Creech b. 1816 in Va. lived & died in Harlan Co. Ky. ; he m. Sarah (Sallie) Dixon b. 1813. Known issue; (Sallie's mother was named Elizabeth Dixon b. 1790) (1) Elizabeth Creech b. 1836 Twin) (2) Henry L. Creech b. 1836 (twin) (3) Franklin Creech Issue of John Creech Jr. & 3rd wife Sally Smith Armstrong; 14. Henry J, Creech b. 1819 m.Feb 13, 1840 Elizabeth Kelly. 15. Enoch M. Creech b. July 3, 1821 d. March 9, 1907 m.March 7, 1842 Patience Kelly, b. Feb 16, 1823, dau. of Isaac Kelly & Cynthia Parker. Issue; (1) Silas Creech b. 1843 m. Barbara Nantz b. 1844, dau. of Frederick Nantz & Sarah Chappefl, the dau. of George Chappell. (2) Paralee Creech b. 1845 m._____ Noe (lived at Bryantsville, Ky.) (3) Mary Creech b. Sept 8, 1847 d. Jan 15, 1912 m. June 30, 1864 Ira Holcomb b. Jan 24, 1834 d. Dec 22, 1911 at Bryantsville Ky. Both buried at Burgin. Ky, (4) Martha Creech b. 1859 m. ______ Calloway. (5) John L. Creech b. 1849 (6) Alexander Creech b. 1851 (7) Samuel Creech b. ca 1853 (8) Henry Creech b. ca 1855 (9) Hezekiah Creech b. ca 1857 (10) Barbara Creech b. ca 1863 m. ____Roberts. 16. Charlotte Creech b. 1823 m. 1842 Moses Maggard. 17. Gilbert Creech b. 1825 m. July 13, 1843 Elizabeth Maggard b. Feb 1, 1823 d. Sept 18, 1887. They lived on the Ky. River at Whitesburg. Betsy was sister to Moses above. Gilbert was courtmartialed during the Civil War, Issue; (1) John Creech m. Darthula Ingram. Issue; (a) Gilbert Creech (b) Link Creech (c) Martha Creech m.James Henry Maggard (d) James(Jim) Creech (e) Ella Creech (f) Cynthia Creech m. Alf Lewis (g) Cora m. Ben Hornsby (h) America m.__Studivant (i) Harrison m. Sude Lewis (2) Isaiah (Zay) Creeoh m. Lydia Combs and made their home on Big Branch of Ball Creek in Knotts County, Ky. Had issue; (a) Martha Creech (e) David Creech (b) Mary Creech (f) Samuel (Sam) Creech (c) Rachel Creech m. Sam Noble (g) Gilbert Creech (d) Isaac Creech (3) Sally Creech m. William Vanover. (4) Nancy Creech m. 1879 John (Jack) Creech, son of Isaiah Creech & Cynthia Kelly. (5) Mary Creech m. 1879 Andrew Patrick. Lived on Big Branch of Ball Creek, Knox Co. Ky. Had Issue; (a) James Patrick (e) Elsa Patrick m. Marion Napier (b) Grover Patrick (f) Sylvania Patrick m. Harrison Williams (c) Sally Patrick m. Pierson Dobson (g) Nancy Patrick (d) Lottie Patrick m. George Napier (6) Charlotte Creech m.James Maggard. Issue; (a) Elizabeth Maggard m. Luther Cornett (b) Sarah Maggard m. Leroy Fields (c) David C. Maggard m.Diana Collier (gave much data, a Baptist minister) (d) Mary Jane H. Maggard m. Steve Riley. (e) Ida Maggard unmarried. (7) Cloie Creech m. Jonathan Hart, lived to be 115 years of age. They made their home in Hyden, Ky. Issue; (a) George Hart m. Rebecca Maggard (b) Lee Hart (c) Dora Hart m. Andrew Naggard (d) Laura (****) Hart m.Cornelius Fields (e) Sarah Hart m. Ben Horton (f) Belva Hart m. Logan Browning (g) Jesse Hart m. Alice Maggard (h) Ida Hart m. Robert Brown (i) William (Bill) Hart (8) Rebecca Creech m. Jason Fields III, son of Jason Fields Jr. & Ann Creech. See page _____ . Issue; (a) Felix Fields m. Jude Cornett (f) Nancy Fields m. Bill Fields (b) Hulda Fields m. Sid Cornett (g) John Fields m. Martha Bingham (c) Nary Fields m. Arch Baker (h) Thomas Fields m. Julia Brombeck (d) Celia Fields m. Thin Cornett (i) Rebecc (Babe) Fields m. Robert Caudill (e) Riley Fields m. Sarah Brook 18. Mary (Polly) Creech b. 1827 m. 1846 Abner Lewis Jr. 19. Isaiah (Za) Creech b. 1829 d. 1912 m. Oct 30, 1850 Cynthia Kelly b. 0ct 30, 1830 d. 1901, dau. of Isaac Kelly & Cynthia Parker. Za & Cynthia made their home at Poor Fork, now Cumberland Ky. Both are buried in the Creech Cemetery at Cumberland. Ky. Harlan Co. Had issue; (1) Isaac Creech b. 1846 d. 1912 m.1870 Sarah (Sal]y) Smith (2) Sarah Creech b. 1849 d. 1871 unmarried. (3) Clorinda Creech b. 1851 d. 1922 m. Elijah Davis. (4) John (Jack) Creech b. 1852 m. 1879 Nancy Creech, dau. of Gilbert Creech, (5) Alexander Creech b. 1853 d. 1941 m. Annie lsom. (6) Mary (Pol]y) Creech b.ca 1855 m.George Isom. (7) William Creech b. Jan 31, 1856 m. 1st 1879 Elizabeth Ann Bailey; m. 2nd Lucy McKnight. (8) Gilbert Creech b. 1857 d. 1895 m. July 1885 Elizabeth Branson, (9) Elisha Creech b. ca 1859 m. Celia McKnight. Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d.1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. John Creech, Sr. b. 1758 d. ca 1783 m. ca 1777 Elizabeth Robinson. John Creech, Jr. (referred to as John Sr. in Ky.) was born 1778 in old Dobbs County, N.C. (now Lenoir) and died in 1847 in Harlan County, Ky. Issue by 1st wife Stacy Sparks; Thomas Creech b. 1794 at Poor Fork Cumberland Co., Ky. d. ca 1870 Harlan Co. Ky. and married 1st _______ Hendrickson, had issue; he married 2nd Celia Wells. 1st wife was dau. of Reuben Hendrickson & Hannah Davis, Celia Wells was b. 1797 in Tenn. Thomas had by 1st wife; 1. Samue1H. Creech b. Feb 27, 1819 d. Dec 2, 1878 m. Jan 28, 1847 Rhoda Powell born Jan 2, 1822 Harlan Co. Ky. & d. 0ct 15, 1880 at Pucketts Creek, Harlan Co. Ky, dau. of Samuel Powell & Jane Sargent; had issue; (1) Elisha Creech b. Nov 11, 1847 d. Aug 14, 1896 m. 1871 America Howard and is buried at Calloway. (2) Lelia Creech b. 1850 d. 1869 buried at Puckett Creek with parents, (3) Isaac Newton Creech b. Nov 15, 1852 d. Oct 19, 1934 m.April 8, 1875 Sarah Jones b. Oct 17, 1853 d. Feb 20, 1932, dau. of Speed Jones & Polly Sargent. Had son; (a) John Gills Creech b. Dec 30, 1677 d. Sept 22, 1950 m. Jan 15, 1903 Margaret Euphemia Durham b. Oct 19, 1883 d. Oct 5, 1956 at Bell Co. Ky; had son; (a1) Fred Newton Creech b. Aug 30, 1907 d. Oct 3, 1936 Mary Lillian Broughton b. June 10, 1914, dau. of John Wesley Broughton and Margaret Lock (this couple live at Midd****ro, Ky, & has furnish much data) issue (b1) Fredwyn Phyllis Creech b. July 24, 1939 m. Feb 8, 1959 Francis Joseph Schwendeznan b. Aug 26, 19314. (b2) Sharon Dawn Creech b. July 26, 1944 m. Aug 25, 1966 Major Thomas Roark b. Aug 13, l943 (stationed at Fayetteville,N.C.) (4) Benjamin Frank Creech b. 1855 m. Seretta Howard July 19, 1877; bur. at Pineville, Ky, (5) Robert Creech b. May 9, 1862 d. July 7, 1950 m. Jan11, 1887 Nannie Howard b. May 18, 1867 d. Jan 6, 1951. Issue of Thomas Creach - 2nd wife Celia Wells; 2. Susannah Creech b. 1823- unmarrlad in 1860 m. 1864 John E. Smith, 3. Sarah Creech b. 1828 4. Ruth Creech b. 1842 m.Thomas N. Cripper. Note: There may have been more children by his 2nd wife than shown here; Thomas Creech was a physician. Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d. 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d. 1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, .N.C. John Creech, Sr. b. 1758 d. ca 1783 m. ca 1777 Elizabeth Robinson. Elijah Creech was born in Old Dobbs County, N.C. (now Lenoir) d. June 1, 1854 in Lee County, Va. near Dryden, was born in the year 1779. His will dated April 7, 1854 in Lee County, Va. See will on other pages. He m. 1st ca 1800 Sarah (Sally) Anglin died before 1830 in Lee Co. Va., dau. of John Anglin & wife Jemima (John Anglin was son of James Anglin of Ga.) Elijah m. 2nd ca 1831 Nancy Wells b. 1806. It is said that Elijah Creech had 22 children by both wives, but I will list the ones shown by will and the others known by his 1st wife, If any are left out it will be some of the first set. Issue by 1st wife Sarah (Sally) Anglin; Nancy m. 2nd April 22, 1856 William Brewster. 1. John Creech b. ca 1801 buried in 1847 m. Teny Ann Spencer, dau. of William Spencer. 2. Isaac Creech b. ca 1803 d. after 1852 (left Lee Co. Va,) m. ca 1827 Mariah Pennington b. 1806 d. after 1852, dau. of Micajah Pennington of N .C. Issue; (1) Elisha Creech b. 1825 (2) Dau. _______ Creech b. 1827 (3) Joseph Franklin Creech b. Jan 28, 1830 d. March 26, 1918 m. June 27, 1855 in Lucas County, Iowa, Rebecca Jane Phillips b. Jan 24, 1837 d. Sept 25, 1923, dau. of Peter Phillips & Mathilda Meyers. Joseph served in the Civil War for the Union forces. He was born in Lee County Va. & died in Aberdeen, Washington, (a) Sarah Frances Creech b. July 1856 m. Sylvester Fisher. (b) Peter Isaac Creech b. Oct 11, 1858 d. Oct 17, 1924 m. June 24, 1886 Anna Catherine Hilligoss b. June 23, 1869 d. April 30, 1943. Peter was born in Lucas Co. Iowa & died in Aberdeen, Washington. Anna was born in Jefferson Co. Iowa & died in Tillamook, Oregon. Issue; (a1) Emma Jane Creech b. May 16, 1887 m. Nov 6, 1907 Carl Herman Schultz, (a2) Lela Anna Creech b. Jan 18, 1889 d. Oct 20, 1917. (a3) Victor Isaac Creech b. July 30, 1900 d. March 14, 1967 m.Oct 1, 1924 Vera Belle Hughes b. June 7, 1901 (living in 1980) in Tillamook, Ore, (she came to N.C. to see this writer in 1973, sent much data) Issue; (b1) Victor Allen Creeoh b. Sept 8, 1926 (b2) Donald Eugene Creech b. Jan 30, 1931 m. Aug 25, 1951 Ida V. **** (b3) Robert G. Creech b. July 6, 1940 m.June 17, 1967 Loretta Westen. (b4) Harold Clayton Creech b. Feb 9, 19-- (c) Daniel Timothy Creech b. Oct 1860 m.Jennie ________ (d) John S. Creech b. Jan 21, 1864 d. Jan 14, 1949 m. Ella Watson, (e) Malinda Nancy Creech b. May 1866 m. Robert Kirkendall. (f) Floyd Earl Creech b. July 7, 1869 d. July 8, 1940 m. Alice Harriett Watson (g) Margaret Blanch Creech b. Oct 1872 d. May 15, 1963 m. John David Walker April 16, 1893 (Ella & Alice H. Watson were sisters) (4) Jacob Creech (twin) b. ca 1834 (5) Esaw Creech (twin) b. ca 1834 (had son Leander Creech b. 1868, who had a son Arthur Creech, who had a daughter Charlotte Creech m.______ Simmons) (6) Joel Creech b. ca 1836 (7) Martha Creech b. ca 1838 m.1854 John Jones Jr. (8) Nancy Creech b .ca 1840 m. 1866 Randolph C. Day. (9) Thomas J. Creech b. ca 1842 m. 1872 Mary Ann Brown 3. Rebecca Creech b. ca 1805 m. Nathaniel Gilbert 4. Ira Creech b. ca 1807 m. Elizabeth Legg b. 1822 d. March 22, 1853, dau. of John and Jane Legg. 5. Elias Creech b. ca 1807 m. ______ (had issue of two known children which were) (1) Dau. Eliz. Creech m. Elijah Clay in 1836 (2) Rev. F. L. Creech (methodist minister of Midd****ro, Ky.) see page __ of ___ the letter he wrote concerning his father & uncles. 6. Infant Creech b. & d. 1809 Issue of Elijah Creech by his 2nd wife Nancy Wells; 7. Clarenda Creech b. 1832 m. April 1, 1852 Vincent Hobbs b. 1829. Had issue; (1) Henry C. Hobbs b. 1851 (2) Zachariah Hobbs b. 1854 (3) George W. Hobb b. 1856 (4) Mary A. Hobbs b. 1858 (5) William Hobbs b. 1859 8. Enoch Creech b. 1833 m. Sept 20, 1853 Ursula Bishop b. 1837, dau. of John & Mary Bishop. Enoch Creech moved to Owsley County, Ky. 9. Elijah Green Creech b. ca 1835 m. Nancy Spencer. 10. William Creech b. 1838 m. April 18, 1868 Martha Patterson b. 1844. 11. Alexander L. Creech b. ca 1840 m. 1871 Louisa Ledford. 12. General Lee Creech b. ca 1842 killed in the Civil War 13. Mary Creech b. ca 1844 m. 1886 Samuel S. Lewis 14. Margaret Creech b. 1847 m. June 26, 1868 Martin P. Smith b. 1848, son of Hugh & Lemima Smith. 15. Dewitt Clinton Creech b. ca 1848 16. Patsy (Martha) Creech b. 1851 m. Oct 31, 1867 Robert Marcum b. 1842 (div.) son of Samuel & Clarinda Marcum. From the Diary of John Jay Dickey, a Baptist minister in the late 19th century in Southeastern Kentucky. 6504 pp. page pp 1593-2556, page 242. Elias Creech born in Lee County, Va. Father was Elijah. He raised 22 children, 11 sons and 11 daughters. His brothers John and Jonathan each reared large families. John had 19, Johnathan 20. My uncle John died in Harlan County at the mouth of Clover Lick Creek, on Poor Fork of Cumberland. The Harlan County Creeches are the descendants of my uncle John. Mrs. Elijah Clay of Brathitt is my sister. She is 2 years my senoir, The Creeches are Scotch-Irish. Rev. F. L. Creech, Middlesburg, Ky. Methodist Church P.C. Deed: Court record of Lee County, Va. - dated Sept 25, 1854. Henry Creech to William Henry Harrison Sproul, Deed of Trust, his interest in the Estate of Jonathan Creech deceased. One tract on Powell River, land that Jonathan Creech lived on. Tract II on Wallens Ridge, Tract III on Powell Mountain all of his undivided interest in and to the Estate of Thomas Robinson, being the brother of the grand mother of said Henry Creech, and who resided in the County of White and state of Tenn. at the time of his death. (Deed Book 12) 1820 Harlan County Ky, Census: 1830 Harlan County Ky. Census: John Critch Sr. over 45 (Jr.) John Creech Sr,. 2 sons under 5; 2 sons Thomas Critch 26/45 (son of Jr.) 10 to 15; 2 sons 15 to 20; 20 to 30, himself Jonathan Critch 26/45 (son of Sr.) himself 50 to 60, 2 dau's 5 to 10; 1 dau John Critch Jr. 16/26 (son of Jr.) 10 to 15; 1 dau. 15 to 20; Wife 40 to 50 Will of Elijah Creech (1779-1854) Book - 2 - page 100 - probate June 20, 1854 In the name of God Amen, I Elijah Creech of the County of Lee, State of Virginia... First: I give to my two sons Enoch and Elijah Green a boundary of land... They are to pay Mary and Margaret $200 each when they are twenty-one years old. Second: I give my son William all the remainder of my land on the south side of the river,.. Third: I give to my three eons Alexander, Lee and Clinton all the remainder of my lands where I now live... Fourth: I give and bequeath unto my wife Nancy all the remainder of my real and personal estate of whatsoever kind or nature after settling all my just debts as long as she remains unmarried and if she marries all is to be divided equally among her heirs and if she never marries during her natural life she is to pay Patsy $200 when she becomes twenty-one, and at her death to be divided among my several children, Fifth and lastly I give and bequeath unto my several children not named above all the amounts that I have already gave them which I believe to be equal in proportion to the several children named above except Clarendy there is a balance of seven dollars which will make her equal with the girls named above. I appoint my Sons Enoch and Elijah Green Executors, 7th day of April 1854, In presence of: W. S. Thompson Elijah C. Creech (his mark) A. J. Litton mark Deed: Book-3- page 289- Aug. 12, 1816, between James Trotter of Lee County, State of Va. and Elijah Creech... 100 acres, $100, on the Powell River, Wit; Peter Fulkerson & Richard Beaty James (X) Trotter Deed:- 6- page 54 - Elijah Creech and wife Sally, Feb. 12, 1829 to Samuel Tritt a tract of 145 acres lying in Lee County, Va, on the south side of Powell River Deed: Book- 8 - page 12 - Elijah Creech et al to W. P. Minter made 3rd Feb. 1837; between Rebecca Spencer, Elijah Creech and Nancy his wife, Robert Travis and Elizabeth his wife, Clarenda Lucas, William Lucas and Catherine his wife, John Crich and Teny Ann his wife, of the County of Lee State of Virginia of the one part and W. P. Minter of the same county said... several tracts or parcels of land which William Spencer deceased seized and possessed. Deed: Book 8- page 306 - Nov 3, 1840 between Elias Creech and Elisha Creech all of Lee Co. Va. $100 tract of 50 acres on Elk Knob. Deed:Book G - Harlan County, Ky.- Aug. 20, 1867, betweem Thomas Creech and William $90 for a tract in Harlan Co. Ky. Will: Book 2 - pages 386-397- Jonathan Creech b. 1786 in N.C. died Lee Co. Va. 1852: Pursuant to an order of the Court of Lee County, Va. made on the 7th of Oct. 1852, to us directed first being sworn we have appraised the following property of the estate of Jonathan Creech deceased... Settlement made Nov 23, 1860, Clerks Office of the Court of Lee. Administration: Henry Creech, Elijah Creech, William Creech Richard Creech b. 1600 d. 1630 m. Frances Beale b. 1601 d. 1630 Henry Creech, Sr. b. 1621 d. 1709 1653 Joyce Paine b. 1633 d. 1712. Richard Creech, Sr. b. 1662 d. 1715 1691 Tamer Eliza Davis d. 1719. Richard Creech, Jr. b. 1703 d. by 1782 m. Mary Etheridge b. 1710 d. after 1790. Benjamin Creech, Sr. was b. 1724 in Nansemond County. Va. and died between 1770 and 1790 in old Dobbs County, N.C. John Creech, Sr. b. 1758 d. ca 1783 m. ca 1777 Elizabeth Robinson. Jonathan Creech was born in old Dobbs County, N.C. (now Lenoir) ca 1781 and died Oct 7, 1852 in Lee County, Va. He married 1st Mary (Polly) Anglin had issue, the dau. of John and Jemima Anglin & sister to Sarah Anglin that married his brother Elijah Creech; Jonathan m. 2nd Nancy Bailey b. ca 1790 d. ca 1847, had issue; see will of Jonathan Creech & will of John Anglin on other pages. Issue by 1st wife; 1. Sarah (Sally) Creech b. 1807 m. 1830 Charles Blair Jr. b. 1807, son of Charles Blair Sr. b. 1770 in Va. & came to the Cumberland Valley of eastern Ky. about 1798 and wife Easther Robinson, the sister to Elizabeth Robinson, wife of John Creech Sr. & mother of Jonathan Creech, Charles Blair Jr. settled in Letcher Co. Ky. Issue; (1) John W. Blair b. ca 1831 (2) William Blair b. ca 1833 (3) Jennie Blair m. William Elkins, Issue; (a) John Elkins (c) Charles Elkins (b) Hiram Elkins (d) Sarah Elkins (4) Elizabeth Blair m. Joseph Wells, Issue; (a) Preston Wells (c) Gilbert Wells (e) Caroline Wells (b) Sarah Wells (d) Andrew Wells (f) SheLf Wells (5) Suaannah Blair m. John Collier, Issue; (a) M. Collier (b) Crittenden (c) Charles (d) Hiram and (e) Sarah Collier (6) Sarah (Sallie) Blair b. 1842 m. Marlin Brown, Issue; (a) Marion, Jr. (b) Susannah (c) Melvin (d) Sarah and (e) Charlie Brown (7) Marion Blair m. Regina Dingus. Issue; (a) Sylvania m. Aaron Boggs (b) Nervesta Blair m. Henry Craft (c) Caroline Blair m. Joe Brown (d) Charlie Blair m. Mary Tyler (e) Amanda Blair m. Hiram Blair (f) Henry Blair m. Ellen Adams (g) Mary Blair m.Samuel Banks (h) Francis Blair m. Susan Maggard (i) Dorinda Blair m. Stephen Adams (8) Charles Blair b. 1845 (9) Hiram Blair m. Unita Wells, Issue; (a) Franklin Blair (b) Henry Blair (c) Sarah Blair (10) Germima Blair m. George Caudill. Issue; (a) Charles (b) Sarah (c) William and (d) Lavania Caudill (11) Henry Blair m. Melissa Wells. Issue; (a) Josephine Blair (e) Sylvania Blair (h) Cynthia Blair (b) Charles Blair (f) Isabelle Blair (i) Patrick Blair (c) Tressie Blair (g)Francis Blair (j) Creed Blair (d) William Blair (12) Lavina Blair m. Andrew Wells Issue; (a) Taylor Wells (c) Joseph Wells (e) Albert Wells (b) Amanda Wells (d) James Wells (f) Marlin Wells 2. William Creech b. ca 1808 in Va. helped to administer his father's estate. (no data) 3. Elijah Lee Creech b. Sept 10, 1810 in Lee County Va. and died in Harlan Co. Ky. He m. April 4, 1830 Sarah Day (Sallie) b. Oct 12, 1812, dau. of John N. Day & Lelitia Blair born in Va. 1792, the dau. of John Blair who was born in Va, in 1770 wife Easther Robinson, the sister to Elizabeth Robinson that married John Creech, Sr. back in old Dobbs County, N.C. (grandfather of Elijah b. 1810) John Day was born in 1786 in Holland. Had issue; (1) Evaline Creech b. Dec 17, 1832 m. Sept 11, 1854 Eli Sturgill. (2) Rev. John H. Creech b. Oct 9, 1833 m. June 4, 1854 Mary (Pol]y) Smith. They moved to Laurel County Ky. and had 10 children. (3) Mary Creech b. Oct 27, 1835 m. Dec 20, 1851 William Kelly. (4) Jane Creech b. Dec 27, 1837 m. July 4, 1853 Ora Stidam. (5) Jonathan Creech b. Jan 14, 1840 d. Dec 31, 1912 m. 1st 1858 Lenah Lewis b. July 10, 1841 d. Dec 6, 1894; m. 2nd Eliza Freeman, Issue by 1st wife; (a) Sarah Creech m. Anthony McKnight in 1879, (b) John Creech m. Mary Jane Blair. (c) Mary Ann Creech buried in Camden Cemetery m. Albert Wells, (d) Elijah (Lige) Creech m. 1886 Mary E. Huff, (e) Nancy Creech m. Henry Moore (both buried in Camden Cemetery) (f) W1lliam Henry Creech m. Mary Noe. (g) James (Jim) Creech m. Maude Ketron, (h) Celia Creech m. 1st William Turner; m. 2nd C. L.Howard; m. 3rd Ernest Leech. (i) Hannah Creech m. Elias Creech (j) Henry Creech m. Jennie Wells. (k) Joseph Creech m. 1st ____ Seatzer m. 2nd Emma Lloyd (l) Catherine Creech m. 1st ____ Turner; m. 2nd _____Little;m. 3rd ___ Burns (m) Christopher C. Creech died when small in Harlan Co. Ky. (n) Lewis Creech m. Addie Eharhart, Issue by 2nd wife Eliza Freeman; (o) Danny Creech (twin) died young (p) Della Creech (twin) died young (q) George Creech m. Eva Wren. (r) Roscoe Creech m. Helen Edgeton (s) Jonathan Creech Jr. m. Flossie Roberts. (t) Ruby Creech m.Loraine Ross (lived in Indianaplois, Ind.) (u) Ira Creech m. (wife unknown) (6) Rebecca Creesh b. Nov 4, 1841 m. June 18, 1857 Elias Smith. (7) Sarah Creech b. 12, 1843 d. Oct 25, 1884 in child birth m. Jan 1884 George Helton. (8) William Creech b. Nov 6, 1845 d. May 5, 1846. (9) Elijah Creeoh Jr. b. April 2, 1847 d. July 25, 1883. (10) Infant Creech b. & d. Jan 19, 1849. (11) Catherine Creech b. March 17, l850 m. March 20, 1867 James McKnight. (12) Elizabeth Creech b. March 15, 1852 m. John MoKnight. (13) Ora Creech b. Dec 20, 1854 d. April 4, 1865. 4. Elizabeth Creech b. ca 1812 m. 1st 1861 Boyle Williams; m. 2nd 1867 Hugh Sturgill; lived in Wise County, Va. 5. Mortimer Creeoh b. 1814 d. June 23, 1858 in Combs, Madison County, Arkansas. He m. 1st 1835 Elizabeth Shepherd; m. 2nd Nancy Fields b. ca 1825; (if there was any issue by Elizabeth, the 1st wife it is not known). had issue by 2nd wife; (1) Henry b. ca 1848 (2) Clarinda b. ca 1852 (twin) (3) Emiline Creech b.oa 1852 (twin) (4) Daniel Creech b. June 1855 m. 1st Emoline Friley; m. 2nd Alsie B. _____. Issue; (a) Mary Belle Creech b. May 12,1873 (by 1st wife) d. May 8, 1913 m. Dec 11, 1891 William George Pritchett b. March 19, 1859 d. Sept 1, 1929 (William was m. 1st to Alice Gibson & had one dau. named Berta Pritchett) For some reason unknown. Mary Belle Creech was living with Hiram & Mary Combs in 1880, a good guess would be that her mother had died and these two raised her. Issue; (a1) Ethel May Pritchett b. April 30, 1893 d. July 24, 1968 m. William Harrison Napier b. May 19, 1889 d. May 11, 1914 (m. June 29, 1907) son of Lincoln Napier & Martha Asher. had dau. (b1) Inez Napier b. June 30, 1913 m. Sept 5, 1936 Lloyd Everett Tomlinson b March 1, 1915 son of Lee Glenn Tomlinson & Lulu May Moore (Inez sent most of the data on this family) Issue; (c1) Marilyn b. Sept 10, 1937 m. March 25, 1961 Dalton Cantey (c2) Anne Lee b. Nov 9, 1940 m. Aug 18, 1962 Stephen Maziar (c3) Diana Ethel b. March 12, l945 m. Jan 27, 1968 Ryron Jay Allen. (a2) Howard Earl Pritchett b. May 23, 1895 d. Oct 3, 1962 m. June 30, 1923 Margaret Lucy Howard. (a3) Roscoe Jeane Pritchett b. May 22, 1897 (a4) Luvenia Fidella Pritchett b. Dec 17, 1899 d. April 2, __ (a5) Johnnie Atha Pritchett b. Jan 31, 1902 d. 1905 (a6) Elva Pearl (Eleanor) Pritchett b. Oct 11, 1905 m. Edward Daniel Conner. (a7) Wesley Edward Pritahett b. Sept 27, 1907 m. Lucille Bever (2nd wife) 1st wife unknown) (a8) Rosebud Pritchett (may have been infant) and died as such. (a9) Ruthie Pritchett (may have died as infant) Issue by 2nd wife Alsie B. ______; born June 1865; (a) Charles H. Creech b. April 1889 (b) Jackson Creech b May 1886 (d) William H. Creech b Oct 1890 (e) James S. Creech b. June 1893 (f) Mary A. Creech b. May 1897 (g) Tilford Creech b. Feb 1899 (5) Andrew Creech b. ca 1857 (6) Ann (Dolly) Creech b. 1859 6. Elisha Creech b. in Va. 1816 m. Priscilla Gilbert of Va. (had issue) 7. Alexander Creech b. 1818 (no data) 8. Ira Creech b. 1819 m. Ursula Ann _____ b. 1834 were living in Wise County, Va. in 1860 with four children, born in Va. which were living in the house was Morrison Isom; age 21; (1) Jane b. 1846 (2) Harvey b. 1849 (3) Naomi b. 1857 (4) Caroline Creech b. 1859 9. Henry Creech b. 1821 m. Mahala McKnight in 1838 b. 1818; both b. in Ky. The 1850 Harlan County census show the following children; (1) Ira Creech b. 1839 (2) Elizabeth Creech b. 1851 (3) Nancy Creech b. 1853 (4) Louise Creech b. 1855 (5) Jonathan Creech b. 1857 (6) Jane Creech b. 1858 (7) William Creech b. 1860 Issue of 2nd wife Nancy Bailey born in Tenn.; Jonathan moved back to Va. after 1st wife died; 10. Elizabeth Creech b. ca 1823 (this is the 2nd child of Jonathan Creech by this name, one by his first wife & one by his 2nd wife) d. March 22, 1855 m. Joseph Kilburne b. 1822 Big Stone Gap, Va. The Wise County, Va. 1850 census list these children; (1) Jonathan Kilburne b.ca 1837 (2) Martin Kilburne b 1839 (3) Elijah Kilburne b. 1841 (4) William S. Kllburne b. 1843 (5) George W. Kilburne b. 1845 (6) Sarah W. Kilburne b. 1847 (7) Helen Kilburne b. 1849 11. John Creech b. ].82S m. Mary (Polly) _________. 12. Silas Creech b. 1830 m. Sarah _______ b. 1827 in Va. Issue in 1860 Wise Co. Va. Census; (1) Rosanna b. 1848 (2) Saphronia b. 1853 (3) Benjamin F. b . 1851 (4) Clarenda J. Creech b. 1855 and (5) Eliza V. Creech b. 1857 13. Jonathan Creech Jr. b. 1835 Harlan County, Ky. m. in Lee County Va. April 23, 1856, Nancy Willis b. 1838 in Lee C. Va. dau. of I. & Elizabeth Willis. 14. Mary Creech b. in Va. 1837 m. William Richmond (lived on Turkey Cove, Ky.) 15. Celia Creech b. 1840 m. 1862 John G. McKnight. 16. Cloanna (Clara) Creech b. 1841 m. 1857 Samuel Stidam. Issue in the 1860 census: (1) Sarah Stidam b. 1858 (2) William Stidam b. 1859 17. Jane Creech b. 1842 m. 1856 William McKnight. 18. Rachel Creech b 1844 19. Nancy Creech b. 1846 m. 1866 Randolph C Day. A Short History Of William Creech: A Noted Man of the Kentucky Mountains Uncle William (Billy) Creech of Harlan County Kentucky affectionately known as Uncle Billy", was the principle founder of the "Pine Mountain Settlement School", and a remarkable character whose benificence had great results in the Kentucky mountains. His death occurred in a Louisville hospital May the 18th 1918 and from there his body was taken to his home in Harlan County; William Creech; beloved as the founder of the "Pine Mountain Settlement School", One of the most important educational institutions to be established in the eastern Kentucky mountains, and was a picturesque character in that section of the State where many writers won fame with stories woven from real life. Uncle Billy Creech as he was affectionately known to thousands of men, women and children throughout the country and the mountain sections of the State; came to here "Norton Memorial Infirmary" from his home at "Pine Mountain" Kentucky, several weeks ago for treatment. He was suffering from a complication of diseases and when his condition became desperate a surgical operation was decided on as a last resort and the only hope of saving his life; he came out of the ordeal very weak and his death was not unexpected. Uncle William was born in Harlan county in 1845, and after serving through the States in the Civil War; he was one of the first pioneers to journey back over the Kentucky mountains to the headwaters of the Kentucky River. There he labored hard for many years to improve conditions. He inspired all his neighbors with the spirit of industry and many years ago began promoting his Settlement School. It was not, however until five years ago that he was able to deed all his property over to the "Pine Mountain Settlement School", to have and hold for shool purposes as long as the Constitution of the United States exists. According to the text of his written instrument the school today is prospering beyond the fondest hopes of "Uncle Billy" and those who were associated with him. He had been conspicuous all through his life in his zeal for better things. Writing recently of his hopes for the children in the "Pine Mountain School". He says, "I dont look after wealth for them; I look to the future of our country. I want them taught the knowledge of good and evil and to serve the Living God ". After the settlement of this school "Uncle Billy" and his followers in defatigably to raise funds for the building of a road from one of the isolated sections to the school. This highway he often said, "would liberate more than five thousand people to enable them to reach the education available at the settlement." Success crowned that project, and he afterwards said, "That his lifes' work was finished and that he was ready to die happily". The body of "Uncle Billy", was taken to Pine Mountain late in the day after his death. Beside his widow he is survived by the following children: Joseph G. Creech; William R. Creech; Henry Creech; and three daughters: Mrs. Folly Lewis; Mrs. Nancy Lewis; and Mrs. Rhoda Wilder; all residents of Kentucky. A replica May 19, 1916 By Ira Paulus Isom The History of Uncle Billy Creech, founder of the "Pine Mountain Settlement School" was written buy, Ira Paulus Ison of Stephens, Ky. the son of Hannah Creech & husband _____lson. He also the following about his mother and the Creech family, 1916.  [NOTE: (added April 2011) Charles Cowden requested the following be put on Old Dobbers, "This page credits the gift of land for the Pine Mountain Settlement School to the wrong William Creech. The correct William Creech is: William Creech, b. 30 Oct. 1845, d. 18 May 1918, m. Sarah "Sally" Dixon  15 Mar 1866.  Sarah, b. 13 Apr 1846, d. 02 Apr 1925, was the daughter of William Dixon of Harlan Co. KY.   William "Uncle Billy" Creech was the son of Joseph Creech and Mary "Polly" Campbell of Poor Fork, KY (now Cumberland, KY). I know the truth in this matter because I was born and raised in Harlan County, and I am descended from Enoch Taylor Creech, the brother of the correct William Creech. END OF NOTE ] The Creeches in general were an industrious people and as a rule were generous and kind and were mainly a sensible people. my mother was a mistic never went to school but two weeks during her life; learned the letters of the alphabet and the numerals but never did learn to read she thought it a waste of time she had learned to spell 9 words by sound and hearin~ others spell and could go foot in a spelling class to the head almost every time. She learned a lot of the Scriptures by quotation from others and could do almost all kind of work even chopping wood, cutting corn, husking corn, stripping and cutting cane to make sorghum; never was beat in hoeing corn by any man. Had her own sheep, her own geese, and her own chickens, could make and save money and generally bought whatever she wanted. In growing up she learned ginseng, yellow root and other herbs that she could sell. She bought all her own clothing after she got to going into the forest and take up anything that would sell in the store. When the ground would get too wet to work in the crops she would go into the forest to get the roots of all plants that would bring money. She had an eye as keen as an Indian and an ear to hear like a squirrel. She carded wool, spun yarn to knit socks and stockings for the whole family. Wove cloth in the loom wove blanklets to sell and gave each of her ten children a twenty-five pound feather bed and gave each a heavy woolen blanket and a heavy bedded linsey quilt, bought ticking and made each of her children two heavy feather pillows. She cultivated her own garden mostly with a hoe. My oldest sister lived; to be almost 87 years old and my brother almost two years older, I will be 89 years old the 22 day of this month. This the 18th day of February, I was 87 years, two months and five days old thia morning about three o'clock. As a winder I will close Ira Paulus lsom Stephens, Ky. 41177 Ira Paulus Isom wrote: John Creech had a brother Jonathan, but I never could get much about his family, but my mother was a descendant of his. The only fact that I can give on his family is what I learned from my mother in the first place her grandfather Samuel Creech born Aug 12, 1804 bought a homestead here on Little Fork of the Little Sandy River of John Perry for $500, which contained 500 acres; it was so infested with poisonous snakes is why he sold it so cheap. My farm contains 18 acres of the best valley land in the State, in a favourable season it will produce over 100 bu. to the acre. Deed: Book- 3- page 169- June 8, 1815 - Joseph Koger to Jonathan Creech a tract of land in Lee Co., state of Va. land granted to said Koger by patent date Aug. 9th, 1810, 100 acres. Deed: Book- 3- page 394 - June 19, 1816 - William Harris to Jonathan Creech. Lee Co. Deed: Book- 8- page 245 - July 27, 1839 - Lee Co. Va.; between George Wamper of Lee Co. and Barbary his wife to Jonathan Creech - 5O acres on top of Powell Mountain above Little Stone Gap. Deed: By the 31st of Aug. 1818, Jonathan Creech was living in Knox County, Ky. now Harlan County and sold his land bought from Koger back to him. Deed: Book C - page 412 - Harlan County, Ky. - March 27, 1843 - Jonathan Creech and Nancy Creech of Lee Co. Va. to Elijah Creech of Harlan Co. Ky.... all that tract of land lying in Harlan Co. on the waters of Loones Creek a branch of Poor Fork of the Cumberland River... $2000, 200 acres. Members of the Creech Family came from North Carolina to Lee County, Va. Early records show the name spelled as: CRICH; SCRITCH; CRITCH; CREACH; SCRECH, CREICH; SCRITZ; CREACHES; and CREECH. In the Lee County Va. 1814 Land Tax Records, John and Jonathan Creech paid on land north of Powell River, and Elijah Creech on Powell River, on Bouchers Branch, which was land south of Dryden. John and Jonathan's land was east of Dryden in Turkey Cove. Some of the Creech name not placed - from Lee Co. Va. and Harlan Co. Ky. Stephen Creech m. 1871 Rebecca Bailey. Harrison Creech m. 1861 Fannie Smith Lousia Creech m. Jason Fields John Creech b. ca 1800 m. Nancy Cannon, dau. of Joseph Cannon & Nancy Sutton. Enoch Creech m. 1878 Mary Bailey Enoch B. Creech b. Nov 12, 1868 d. Oct 10, 1950 Arthur Creech b. Sept 27, 1898 d. Dec 17, 1958. Surname Projects A-L Home