GUILFORD COUNTY, NC - NEWSPAPERS - The Patriot - 1841 ============================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Wayne Dunn Hwdunn@prodigy.net ============================================================== Greensboro Patriot 1841 January 5, 1841 Marriages: Married in Davidson County, on the 22nd ult., by the Rev. Jesse Rankin, Mr. R. J. West to Mrs. Alice Slater. January 12, 1841 Marriages: Married in this county, on Thursday evening last, Mr. Samuel Smith, of Rockingham, to Miss Leah Taylor, daughter of Mr. Fisher B. Taylor, of this county. In this county, on the 31st ult., Mr. Absalom Hodgin to Miss Pelina Clark. In this county, recently, Mr. Thomas Beard to Miss Elizabeth Ross. January 26, 1841 Marriages: Married on Thursday last, Mr. Robert Gray, of Randolph, to Miss Mary M. Wiley, of this county. Deaths: Died in this vicinity, on Friday night last, Robert McKnight, Sen., an aged and highly respected citizen. February 2, 1841 Deaths: Died on the morning of the 28th inst., Saleme Harmon, consort of Mr. A. Harmon, of this place, aged 42 years. Died suddenly, in Stokes county, on the 23rd ult., Thomas, Carr, Sen. March 9, 1841 Marriages: Married in this place, on Thursday evening, 4th inst., by Rev. A. Wilson, Dr. Julius S. Bracken, of Orange, to Miss Mary Eliza Adams, of this place. On the 25th ult., by Rev. John Hinds, Mr. James Wren, to Miss Polly Jackson, all of Guilford county. Deaths: Died in this county, the 23rd of February last, Mary Campbell, widow of the late Samuel Campbell. In this county, on Wednesday the 3rd inst., Elizabeth Dorsey, formerly of Wilmington. March 16, 1841 Married in Rockingham county, on the 4th inst., by the rev. Thomas Thomson, Mr. Leven Miner to Miss Priscilla Walker. In Randolph county, on the 4th inst., Mr. Laban Swaim to Miss Jemina Fentress, daughter of Thomas Fentress, Esquire. In Tarborough, by the Rev. J. Singletary, Mr. Franklin Hargrave, of Lexington, in this State, to Miss Mary W. Parker, daughter of Mr. Theo. Parker. In Mocksville, by the Rev. Moses Brock, Mr. Jno. Taylor to Miss Henrietta Gaither. Deaths: In Asheborough, on Wednesday morning 3rd inst., Rachel Swaim, wife of Benjamin Swaim, editor of the Southern Citizen, leaving four helpless children-one only a few days old. In Randolph county, on the 24th ult., Thomas Hancock, Esq. March 23, 1841 Marriages: Married in Burke county, on the 6th instant, Peter Helms, aged 14 years, to Miss Jane Wallace, about the same age. Also in the same county, at the same time and place, Allen Wallace, aged 13 years, to Miss Mary Helms, aged 25 years. Hurrah for the mountain boys. Wonder if their Mammas know they are out? Deaths: Died on the eleventh inst., at High Rock, Rockingham, N. C. of consumption, Dr. Thomas S. Brent, in the 23rd year of his age. March 30, 1841 Marriages: Married in this county on Thursday evening last by the Rev. Eli W. Caruthers, Mr. Roddy E. Hanner, to Miss Nancy E. Rankin. On the 25th inst., Mr. John W. McKenzie, of Danville, Va., to Miss Martha Walters, daughter of Mr. Archibald Walters, of Caswell, N. C. Deaths: Departed this life on the 11th January, at his residence in Marshall county, Miss., after a short illness, Harrison Jones, Sen., in the 84th year of his age. He was a native of Cumberland county, Virginia, and one of the Virginia Volunteers at the Battle of Guilford, North Carolina, in which he lost his right leg. April 6, 1841 Deaths: Died, at the residence of his father, in Orange county, on Saturday the 27th ult., after an illness of some months, of consumption, Mr. Thomas Walton Bain, son of Nathaniel Bain, aged about 26 years. The deceased was a printer by profession. April 13, 1841 Deaths: Died in this vicinity, on the morning of the 9th, Jacob Albright, infant son of Jacob and Sarah Albright. In Randolph county on Friday the 9th inst., the Rev. Christopher Vickrey, aged upwards of one hundred years. The deceased was born in Virginia, near the town of Winchester, and removed with his parents to the province of North Carolina, when quite a youth. His father was one of the principal sufferers in the ill-judged and disastrous, though patriotic and daring revolt of the "Regulators" in 1770-an event which involved a great number of families in all this portion of the then colony in unexampled suffering for a series of years thereafter. May 4, 1841 Marriages: Married on Thursday evening last, by Moses McGrady, Esq., Mr. Matthew Yates to Miss Rachel Cook. May 18, 1841 Marriages: Married in Randolph county, on the 6th inst., Mr. William Gardner, to Miss Penelope N. Hill. Deaths: Died in Guilford county, on Thursday the 13th inst., of consumption, Elizabeth Tharpe, wife of Noah Tharpe, about the 34th year of her age. May 25, 1841 Marriages: Married on the 20th inst., by the Rev. Wm. B. Dawson, the Rev. John Hinds, originally of Overton co., Tenn., to Miss Rhoda Webb of Guilford county, N.C. daughter of Meredith and Rachel Webb, deceased of Rockingham. June 8, 1841 Deaths: Died in this county, on Tuesday the 1st inst., Henry Hendricks, in the 78th year of his age. On last Saturday, in this place, Charles Bland, after an illness of two weeks. On last Saturday, Absalom H., infant son of Hosea Holder. June 15, 1841 Deaths: Died in this vicinity, on Thursday the 10th, Mary, wife of Mr. John F. Donnell. June 22, 1841 Deaths: Died in this vicinity, on Monday the 14th inst., Sarah Jane, daughter of Christopher and Sarah Hiatt. The deceased was in her 18th year. At his residence in Orange county on Friday, 11th inst., Henry Brannock, Sr., in the 84th year of his age. July 6, 1841 Marriages: Married on the 29th ult., at Clemmonsville, Davidson County, Gen. Dalton, of Madison, Rockingham County, to Miss Sarah I., daughter of John Clemmons, Esq., of the former place. Deaths: Died suddenly in Pasquotank County, at the residence of Dr. Richard H. Ramsay, on the 19th ult., Dr. William H. Williams of Raleigh. July 13, 1841 Deaths: Died in Ashborough, on Thursday, the 8th inst., Marilla Winborne, widow of the late David Winborne, of Guilford, in the 72nd year of age. July 20, 1841 Marriages: Married on Thursday, the 15th by the Rev. Joseph Murray, Mr. Joseph J. Trollinger, Jr., to Miss Nancy M. Tarpley, all of Orange county. July 27, 1841 Marriages: Married in this county, on the 15th inst., Mr. John Glass, aged 70 years, to Miss Jane Coble, 27 years old. August 3, 1841 Deaths: Died at Salem, Indiana, on the 23rd of June, in the 41st year of her age, Anna Starbuck, consort of Benjamin Starbuck, and daughter of William Gardner, of Stokes, N. Carolina At Kernersville, Stokes county, on the morning of the 21st ult., Adolphus Jefferson, infant son of Andrew J. Folger, aged 8 months. In this county on Thursday the 29th ult., George Franklin, infant son of George and Keziah Swain, in the 6th year of his age. In this town, on the 26th ult., James Daniel Webster, infant son of Andrew Weatherly. Also on the 28th ult., an infant son of David Scott. August 17, 1841 Marriages: In Davie county, on the 10th instant, by the Rev. H. H. Tippett, Mr. William M. McElroy, late of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, to Miss Rachel C. Oakes, of Davie. Deaths: In this place, on Sunday morning last Catherine S. infant daughter of Joseph A. and Martha McLean. Also, on the 9th inst., Margaret Eliza, daughter of Robert T. and Zillah Woodburn, in the 4th year of her age. In this county, on the 3rd inst., Jos. Rankin, sen., at an advance age. At the White Sulphur Springs, Va., on Friday the 16th inst., John Dunn, (of the firm Dunn, Mellwaine, & Browley, Petersburg, Va.) in the 37th year of his age. August 24, 1841 Died: In this place, on Sunday morning last, Latham Donnell, Also on the 17th inst., an infant daughter of Henry Boshamer. August 31, 1841 Married: On the 29th inst., by the Rev. John Hinds, Mr. Martin P. Wright to Miss Mary Hopkins, daughter of Thomas Hopkins, all of Rockingham county. Died: In this place, on Saturday morning last, Jane S. McLean, wife of David McLean, and daughter of John Paisley. In Rockingham County, N. C. on the 11th inst., Thomas Searcy, aged 77 years. In this place on Tuesday morning the 24th inst., of congestive fever, Miss Jane C. Johnston, daughter of Dr. William Johnston, of Lincoln county, N. C. in the 18th year of her age. September 14, 1841 Died: At the residence of his son, in Caswell county, on Friday the 26th of August, John Richmond, sen., in the 90th year of his age. He was a soldier of the Revolution and through life a firm and loyal patriot. In this county recently, at an advanced age, Mrs. Mebane, wife of William Mebane. In this county recently, Isaac Murphy. Also, Arthur Sullivan. September 21, 1841 Married: In Georgetown, D. C., on Tuesday the 14th instant, by the Rev. John C. Smith, of Washington, Mr. Robert G. Lindsay, of Greensborough, N. C. to Miss Marianna P. Austin, of Georgetown. Died: In this county on the 30th ult., Elizabeth Jane, daughter of James Miner, age 4 years and 7 months. September 28, 1841 Died: At Spring Hill, Wake county on Sunday 19th, of consumption, the Rev. William S. Johnson, of the North Carolina Conference. In Coffeeville, Miss., on the 1st Sept., of congestive fever, Jane Carbry, wife of Thomas Carbry, formerly of this place. In Coffeeville, Miss., on the 1st inst., William Kerr, formerly a merchant in this place. In this county, recently, Adam Mitchell, in the 75th year of his age. On the 24th, Mrs. Wharton, wife of Newton Wharton. On the 25th, Mrs. Hetrick, wife of Samuel Hetrick. In this county, on Saturday last, John Hardin. Sen., at an advanced age. October 5, 1841 Died: In this county, on Sunday, the 3rd inst., John Swaim, Esq. In this county, at the residence of his father, on the 30th day of September, Joseph M. Causey, aged 23 years. October 12, 1841 Died: In this county, on Tuesday, the 5th of October, Milton A. Meredith (only son of Jonathan Meredith,) in the 23rd year of his age. In Deep River settlement, on Sunday the 3rd inst., at an advanced age, William Lindsay, after a lingering illness. In Davidson, on the morning of 6th instant, Mr. Zebulon Hunt-aged about fifty-five years. On the 5th inst., in Davidson county, Jacob Brummell, in the 78th year of his age. In the vicinity of this place, on Tuesday evening, the 5th inst., John Mitchell, in the 69th year of his age. In the county of Rockingham, N. C., on Monday morning the 27th ultimo, after an illness of only 9 days, John Wyatt Studdlefield. October 19, 1841 Died: At Pittsborough, Chatham county, on Saturday morning last, Gov. John Owen. At the residence of Dr. Hawkins, of Warren, William B. Meares, Esq., of Wilmington of congestive fever, on the 10th or 11th inst. In this county, on Wednesday the 13th, Anna Woodburn, consort of Robert Woodburn, and daughter of Thomas McCuistin. November 2, 1841 Married: In Davidson county on the 26th inst., by the Rev. Ashley Swaim, Mr. Peter Hasten of Stokes County, to Miss Nancy, daughter of Asahel Hedgecock, of the former county. Died: In this place on the 29th ult., Mrs. Reed, wife of Henry Reed. In this county on the 27th ult., Rob't D. Gorrell. Also in this county on the 29th, Geo. Nicks, Esq. Recently in Lexington, John L. Hargrave. November 9, 1841 Died: In this county, on the 29th October, Jane Roberts, consort of John Roberts. In Somerville, Tennessee, on the 3rd ultimo, of typhus fever, William McCollum, second son of Mr. levi McCollu, of Hillsborough, N. C. in the 18th year of his age. On the 7th September last, in Gibson, county Indiana, Mrs. Cornelia C. Withrow, in the 16th year of her age. November 30, 1841 Died: At her residence in this county, on the 23rd inst., near 9 o'clock in the morning, in the 53rd year of her age, Mrs. Nancy Donnell, wife of Maj. Robert Donnell. On the 27th of August last, in Ray county, Missouri, Miss Mary E. Smith, aged as nearly as the writer can tell, about 21 years. December 7, 1841 Married: In Charlotte, N. C. on Tuesday evening the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. Mr. Hall Morrison, Mr. John J. Blackwood, to Miss Laura Springs, daughter of the late Eli Springs. Died: In this vicinity, on Saturday last., Christopher Hyatt, Jun., youngest son of Christopher and Sarah Hyatt-in the 23rd year of his age. In this County on Saturday last, Jehu Hancock. December 14, 1841 Married: In Hillsboro, on the 1st inst., Benjamin C. Cook, Esq., of Granville, to Miss Mary Jane Alsobrook, daughter of the late Samuel E. Alsobrook. In Milton, on the 7th inst., William M. Brooks, M. D. to Miss Virginia, daughter of Mr. John Ward. December 28, 1841 Married: In this place, on Wednesday evening last, by the Rev. E. W. Caruthers, Mr. John R. Denny, to Miss Elizabeth McLean. On Thursday evening last, in this county, Mr. Ammial G. Swaim to Miss Rachel C. Newman. On Tuesday 21, by S. G. coffin, esq., Mr. Wm. Henry Huntly, of Anson county, to Miss Mary Maria Gardner, daughter of Abel Gardner, of this county. On Tuesday 21, by Mordacai Mendenhall, esq., Mr. Robert English to Miss Priscilla Picket, daughter of Jeremiah Picket. Died: In this place, on Tuesday morning the 21st inst., after a lingering illness, Miss Martha Adams, daughter of the late Wm. Adams Of pulmonary consumption, on the 12th instant, in the 22nd year of her age, Miss Elvira Brummell, daughter of the late Jacob Brummell, Esq., of Davidson county.