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Sterling Pitchford m. Sep 4, 1809 Warren Co. NC b. 1780 Amelia Co. VA d. Aug, 1822 Smith Creek District, Warren Co. NC |
Wesley B. b. 1807 Warren Co. NC |
Thomas Jefferson b. Jun 13, 1810 Warren Co. NC d. Nov 23, 1883 Warren Co. NC |
Rebecca (Becky) b. Feb 23, 1812 Wake Co. NC d. May 12, 1900 Louisburg, Franklin Co. NC |
| Mary Turner b. ?Aug 28, 1812 Warren Co. NC d. Mar 13, 1889 NC |
Polly Stephens b. Feb 10, 1814 Warren Co. NC d. Feb 28, 1814 Warren Co. NC |
Nancy Dawson "Nannie" b. Jul 23, 1815 Warren Co. NC d. 1899 Warren Co. NC |
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George Anderson b. Jun 7, 1817 d. Nov 25, 1821 |
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The land that Sterling and Betsey built their home on was left to her by
Matthew Davis, her father. It is referred to as the Pitchford Place.
It was located in the Smith Creek District in northwest Warren County NC, and is
described in an excerpt
from History of the Descendants of Peter Davis 1752 - 1952 edited by
Lula Hunter Skillman. |
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North Carolina Counties at
beginning of 1800. |
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Daughters Mary, Nancy and Rebecca were educated at the
White House School, a boarding school for girls in Shocco Springs several miles south of the Pitchford Place. |
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Son Thomas graduated from University of North Carolina in 1831 and from University of Pennsylvania with a Degree in Medicine in 1834. |
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In the 1870 Census of Louisburg Twp. in Franklin Co. NC, daughter Mary Egerton is
57 years old on Aug 11, 1870; meaning she was likely born in 1812. |
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Sources: Baker, Blanche Egerton, comp., "Egerton Ancestry," Roxboro, NC, 1946, transcribed 1969 by great-granddaughter of Wilmot Evans Egerton. Corbitt, D. L., The formation of the N.C. counties, 1663-1943, Dept. Arch. & Hist, Raleigh NC, 1950, 323pp. Eaton, L. Claud, Jr., compiler, Cheatham - Pitchford family history, Vallejo CA, publ. by author, 1993. Holcomb, Brent H., comp., Warren County Marriages, Warren Co. NC, p.131. Skillman, Lula Hunter, ed., History of the Descendants of Peter Davis 1752 - 1952, 4th ed., Atlanta GA, 1964. U.S. Census, 1850, Warren Co., NC, Warren District (entry #756). U.S. Census, 1870, Franklin Co. NC, Louisburg Township, enum. Aug 11, 1870, roll M593_1157, p. 596A, ancestry.com, |
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