Wilson County, NC - Black Creek Township, Home & Farm Ownership, 1900 I was curious about the level of home and farm ownership in Black Creek Township, where the Bells and several related families lived in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The percentage of ownership was higher than I would have guessed. Before Wilson was formed in 1855, the Black Creek area, I believe, from tracting families, was in the Nahunta Township of Wayne County, North Carolina. The way I researched it was to take neighbors from the 1850 Census and locate them in the various townships and counties in subsequent censuses. The evidence is, at best, circumstantial but it is also considerable. HOME AND FARM OWNERSHIP, BLACK CREEK TOWNSHIP, WILSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA as Listed in the United States Census of 1900, Recorded by Census Taker Bardin in June of 1900. [The 1900 Census for Black Creek Township is forty one pages in length] Home and farm owners are listed in the order recorded by the census taker. Also, it is not possible to know how many of the people listed as home or farm owners actually own the property, free and clear. It seems reasonable that most people under the age of 60 probably did not own their property free and clear. Compiled by: Earl P. Bell Question or Comments to: earl.bell3@gmail.com Town of Black Creek – Home Owners [49 dwellings, 49 families in the town; 13 families out of 49 owned their homes, the remainder were renters; 12 of the 13 home owners were white and the only black homeowner was Emily Woodard, a 60 year old widow.] Total Number of Dwellings in Black Creek Township in June of 1900 (including the Town of Black Creek): 409 of which 79 are owned by the occupant or about 19.3% of the families in Black Creek Township own either a home, a farm or both. Total Number of Families in Black Creek Township in June of 1900 (including the Town of Black Creek): 410 TOWN OF BLACK CREEK HOME OWNERS IN JUNE, 1900: Privett(e), Robert G., age 47, Merchant, Grocery Store [owns home] Privett(e), David M., age 31, occupation unreadable [owns home] Bass, E (name unreadable), age 52, Merchant, General Merchandise [owns home] Bass, Enoch, age 48, Farm Laborer [owns home] Privett(e), William, age 32, Merchant, General Merchandise [owns home] Harris, Sidney, age 64, House Carpenter [owns home] Barnes, Penelope, age 43, Music Teacher [owns home] Sauls, James R., age 24, Farmer [owns home] Joyner, Bettie, age 75, Widow [owns home] Woodard, Emily [black], age 60, widow [owns home] Barnes, Augustus, age 65. Clerk in a Grocery Store [owns home] Elks, Robert, age 57, Barber [owns home] Bardin, Leroy, age 55, Boarding House Manager [owns home] [End of the Town of Black Creek] *************************************** Black Creek Township [beyond the town of Black Creek] Woodard, Benjamin, age 63, Physician Bardin, William, age 48, Farmer [owns farm] Pittman, Caswell, age 55, wheelwright Paschall, Joshua, age 42, Saw Mill Owner Evans, Junior G., age 37, Farmer [owns farm] Daniel, Josiah, age 69, Farmer [owns farm] Darden, William, age 52, Farmer [owns farm] Daniel, James, age 75, Farmer [owns farm] Spivey, Owen, age 46, Farmer [owns farm] Tomlinson, Jonathan, age 44, Farmer [owns farm] Pool, John, age 23, Farmer [owns farm] Ruffin, Richard [black], age 67, Farmer [owns farm] Newsome, Larry, age 52, Farmer [owns farm] Newsome, Charles L., age 45, Farmer [owns farm] Yelverton, John C., age 46, Farmer [owns farm] Scott, Lott, age 65, Farmer [owns farm] Lancaster, Calvin, age 50, Farmer [owns farm] Minshew, Henry, age 48, Farmer [owns farm] Davis, John, age 59, Farmer [owns farm] Campbell, John W., age 42, Farmer [owns farm] Herruant, Jesse, age 55, Farmer [owns farm] Barnes, Jonathan, age 28, Farmer [owns farm] Aycock, Lou P. [female], widow, age 46, [owns farm] Rowe, Grover U., age 29, Farmer, [owns farm] Boswell, Alfred, age 45, Farmer [owns farm] Crooms, William, age 44, Farmer [owns farm] Barnes, Wiley, age 52, Farmer [owns farm] Yelverton, Wyatt E., age 56, Farmer [owns farm] Sauls, Jesse, age 80, Farmer [owns farm] Sauls, Dred, age 25, Farmer [owns farm] Raper, Roberson, age 51, Farmer [owns farm] Trevathan, Jesse D., age 47, Farmer [owns farm] Barnes, John, age 69. Farmer [owns farm] Aycock, John, age 51, Farmer [owns farm] Holland, Joseph, age 49, Farmer [owns farm] Watson, Tobias, age 45, Farmer [owns farm] Bass, Isaac, age 76, Farm Laborer [owns house] Bass, A (unreadable), age 38, Farmer, [owns farm] Bass, Thomas R., age 43, Farmer [owns farm] Bass, Jerry, age 48, Farmer [owns farm] Rose, John, age 70, Farmer [owns farm] Bass, Nancy, age 51, widow [owns farm] Holland, Woodard, age 31 [owns farm] Bass, Delphia, age 39, widow, [owns farm] Bass, Jessie, age 35, Farm Laborer [owns house] Mercer, Wiley B., age 56, Farmer [owns farm] Tomlinson, S (unreadable), age 24, Farmer [owns farm] Bass, David, age 45, Farmer [owns farm] Mathews, William, age 58, Farmer [owns farm] Bass, Nathan, age 49, Farmer [owns farm] Lamm, Ishum, age 61, Grocery Store [owns home] Barefoot, Larry G., age 49, Farmer [owns farm] Melton or Malton, John [black], age 42, Farmer, [owns farm] Daniel, James, age 39, Farmer [owns farm] N (unreadable), John, age 50, Farmer [owns farm] Me (unreadable), James G., age 28 [owns farm] Lamm, Jacob, age 48, Farmer [owns farm] Boyette, Thomas, age 68, Farmer [owns farm] N (unreadable), Hewell [black], Farmer, [owns farm] Williamson, Annie S., age 50, widow, Farmer [owns farm] Barnes, William T., age 45, Farmer [owns farm] Barnes, George, age 51, Farmer [owns farm] Smith, Marcell, age 41, Farmer [owns farm] Boswell, Stephen, age 43, Farmer [owns farm] Marlo(w), William, age 38, Farmer [owns farm] Smith, J (unreadable), age 52, Farmer [owns farm] BLACK CREEK TOWNSHIP HOME AND FARM OWNERSHIP BY FAMILY IN JUNE 1900: BASS – 11 BARNES – 7 SAULS – 3 PRIVETT – 3 AYCOCK – 2 DANIEL – 2 NEWSOME – 2 BARDIN - 2 TOMLINSON – 2 LAMM – 2 YELVERTON – 2 HOLLAND – 2 BOSWELL - 2 HARRIS – 1 JOYNER – 1 ELKS – 1 WOODARD – 1 PITTMAN – 1 PASCHALL – 1 EVANS – 1 DARDEN – 1 SPIVEY – 1 POOL – 1 RUFFIN – 1 SCOTT – 1 LANCASTER – 1 MINSHEW – 1 DAVIS – 1 CAMPBELL – 1 HERRUANT – 1 ROWE – 1 CROOMS – 1 RAPER – 1 TREVATHAN – 1 WATSON – 1 ROSE – 1 MERCER – 1 MATHEWS – 1 BAREFOOT – 1 MALTON – 1 BOYETTE – 1 WILLIAMSON – 1 MARLOW - 1 ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. 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