Greene County NcArchives Biographies.....Fields, Jeremiah 1780 - bef 1850 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Guy Potts http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00017.html#0004214 Jeremiah Fields, abt 1780 - bef 1850 Jeremiah was in the Greene County, NC 1800 census age "up to 20" and thought to have been in the Tyson's Marsh area northwest of Snow Hill as some of his neighbors received land grants there. Some researchers think he may have been a son of Brittle Fields of Lenoir County. Some researchers think he may have descended from John Fields of Rhode Island. For more research on these families see http://olddobbers.net/. In 1800 he voted in an Election at Snow Hill on the second Thursday and Friday in August to elect one person qualified to represent the County of Greene in the Senate of the General Assembly the present year. In 1816 he was on the Taxables and Taxable Property List in Captain B. Sheppard's District. ----- Jeremiah Fields Family Bible from Carol P. Martoccia Following is a partial list of names from the bible listing Jeremiah's children. See full bible record http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/lenoir/bibles/fieldsjere.txt. Jeremiah's birth and death dates are no included but he died between February 28, 1843 and the 1850 census Thomas H. Fields Son of Jeremiah Fields and Mary Fields his wife was born the 3rd of February 1807 Alexander Fields son of the above parents was born the 25th of March 1809 Matthew Fields son of the above parents was born the 7th of May 1811 William Britle (sic) Fields son of the same parents was born the 4 of July 1813 Lemuel Fields son of the above parents was born the 11 of April 1815 Eliza Fields daughter of the above parents was born the 4th of September 1817 Josiah Fields son of the above parents was born the 4th of January 1820 Henry Fields son of the above parents was born the 4th of September 1822 The names Josiah, Lemuel and William B. Fields appeared in Wayne County deeds starting in the 1840s. This Josiah married Caroline Casey, daughter of Richard Casey, son of Micajah Casey d. 1800 of Wayne. See Wayne County Fields' deeds http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/wayne/deeds/fieldsdeeds.htm Jeremiah had a second wife in Greene County named Elizabeth who is thought to have been Elizabeth Bryan/Bryant and was born abt. 1790. Their children were: Margaret D., born 1826 per 1850 census James Addison, born Aug 7, 1828 per tombstone Bennet Curby born Oct 22, 1829 per tombstone Robert C., born Sep 7, 1834 per tombstone (This family was in Wayne County by September 25, 1852 in the Brogden Township and were in the 1860 census) ----- General Assembly Records - Nov. 1828 - Jan. 1829 Box 2, NC Archives From Roger Kammerer http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/greene/court/bryant01.txt Joel Bryant Petition - A Bill to alter the names of Blake Ballard and Elizabeth Ballard of Greene County, and to legitimate them. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that Blake Ballard and Elizabeth Ballard, illegitimate children of Joel Bryon and Margaret his wife of Greene County, shall hereafter be known and distinguished by the names of Blake Bryon and Elizabeth Bryon, and by those names shall be made capable to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any County within this State; and those names shall be legitimated, and made capable to take, inherit, possess and enjoy any estate, real or personal which may be devised or descend to them in as full and ample a manner, to all intent, and purposes, as if they had been born in lawful wedlock; Any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Read on 3 Jan. 1829. ----- Greene County, NC Estate Records 1839-1845 by Bill Murphrey http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/greene/images/estates1.htm Page 84 - Nicholas Smith Senr., 24 April, 1840. Division and Valuation of negroes by James B. Pridgen, Thos. Wooten, Jeremiah Fields and Dempsey Wood. Page 85 - Nicholas Smith Senr., 24 April, 1840. Division of Lands by James B. Pridgen, Jeremiah Fields, Thos. Wooten and Dempsey Wood. Page 319/20 - February Term 1843 - James B. Pridgen Exc'r of Joel Bryant Dec'd in Account Current with said Estate. Money found in hand $16.14 1/2 3 notes on Blake Bryant 14.96 1 note on Thos. Wooten 407.19 1 note on Furna Mitcehll 5.56 1 note on Ben. Mitchell 11.59 1 note on Henry Maytones 4.12 1 note on Wm. Conner 11.65 2 notes on Jeremiah Fields 70.82 Rent of land 1841, due 1842 64.21 Amt. of account of sale 107.93 Total $894.14 1/2 Credit Contra to Feb'y 28, 1843 1. Clerks recp't $7.00 2. Ben Mitchell receipt .95 3. Nathan Hooker Do 1.36 4. Parrott Hill Do 1.16 5. Clerk Do .21 6. Tax Do .25 7. Aquilla Sugg Do 4.36 8. William H. Ham Do 3.75 9. Nancy Vause Do 49.43 10. Jeremiah Fields Do 32.18 11. Jas. B. Pridgen Do 20.50 12. Clerks fee return & order for Settlement .95 Desparate claims allowed on Henry Maytones for Commissions 4.12 Total $119.99 Page 320 - February Term 1843 - Pursuant to an order issued from Feb'y Term 1843 appointing a committee to audit and settle the accounts of Jas. B. Pridgen Exc'r of Joel Bryant Dec'd. After examining the accounts we find the hole remaining in hand $733.49 1/2 of which $200 and its interest is to go to Robert Bryant, the balance to the children of Jeremiah Fields as the will directs. Recorded May Term 1843. Page 333 - Aug Term 1843 - Jeremiah Fields Guardian to his Bryan children in Acct current. Amount of debt due from committees report 28 Feb 1843 $514.94 1/2 By this amount for Gen'l Bond .60 This Amt paid Jury for attendance to dispossess Nancy Vause 10.00 This Amt of trouble and expense of same 31 Jan 1841 10.00 This Amt of Tax rent for 1842 .40 Total amount $493.74 1/2 Jeremiah (x) Fields Guardian August Term 1843 - Then was the foregoing report of Guardianship made on oath in open court confirmed and ordered to be recorded. (Reference to "Bryan children" may have been to distinguish them from his and the first wife's children). ----- North Carolina General Assembly Records 1800 Greene County Election Nov and Dec 1800 Session - Box 2 - Senate Committee Reports From Martha Marble http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/greene/court/1800vote.txt At an Election begun and held at Snow Hill on the second Thursday and Friday in August in 1800. To elect one person qualified to represent the County of Greene in the Senate of the General Assembly the present year. The vote of the free holders of the said County were taken as follows to wit - Jeremiah Fields, others. ----- Treasurers and Comptrollers Reports Box 14, NC Archives From Martha Marble http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/greene/taxlists/1816tax.txt Greene County Taxables and Taxable Property in Captain B. Sheppard's District, 1816 Jeremiah Fields, 330 acres, $650, 1 white pole ----- 1800 Greene Co NC Census Jeremiah Fields 1 M up to 20 2 F up to 20 Neighbors William Hinson, Lemuel Hardee, Drury Aldridge, James Glasgow Jr. Not in 1810 or 1820 Census 1830 Greene Co NC Census Jeremiah Fields 2 M under 5 2 M 5-9 2 M 10-14 2 M 15-19 2 M 20-29 1 M 50-59 1 F under 5 1 F 10-14 1 F 30-39 1 Slave Neighbors Tabitha Hill, Lemuel Hill, Richard Smith, James Moring, James Garland 1840 Greene Co NC Census Jeremiah Fields 2 M 5-9 3 M 10-14 1 M 15-19 1 M 70-79 1 F 15-19 1 F 40-49 1 Slave Neighbors Eliza Aldridge, Thomas Lee, Samuel Hardy, Stephen Carney, Parrott Mewborn 1850 Greene Co NC Census Adison Fields, 22, Farmer, real estate 1000 Elizabeth, 59 Benit C., 20 Robert, 15 Neighbors Henry Fields, Mathew Fields, Nicholas Smith & wife Margaret D. (daughter of Elizabeth and Jeremiah), Elizabeth Vause, Lemuel Hardy, Parrot Mewborn 1860 Wayne County, NC Census - Indian Springs Elizabeth Fields, 67 Neighbors J. A. Fields, John Capps, Nicholas & Margaret Smith, Newman Potts Sr. (No further records have been found for her) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/greene/bios/fields59nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 9.0 Kb