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Note: OBIT: Sasser, Capt. Wm., Mar Smithfield R.R. Mar 31, 1815 Marriage and Death Notices from Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette, 1799-1825, pg. 151
The Star 7 Apr 1815 In Smithfield, Wm. Sasser Esquire, Joel Atkinson and John Allen. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/johnston/obits/a/allen1054gob.txt
BIOGRAPHY: File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Ardrey n/a November 5, 2007, 2:23 am
Will be let to the lowest bidder in the Town of Smithfield, Johnston County, on Monday the 19th day of August next, the building of an Academy in said Town. The dimensions will be 22 feet by 40 feet, two stories high, with such conveniences as is necessary for an Academy. This undertaking will be well worth the attention of Workmen. The terms of pay will be made known on the above day. Bond and approved securities for the faithful performance of the contract will be required by:
Daniel Boon David Turner William Sasser W.W. Hopkins Robert H. Helme Henry Guy Ellick Sanders W.W. Bryan Saml. Mitchnor Commissioners Smithfield, Johnston County, NC July 21st, 1812
WILL: Estate Record
Sasser William 1817 Div. of land to named heirs. 1 page
Johnston County Loose Estate Records 1771-1962, p. 74
DEEDS: Kinfolks of Wayne County North Carolina 1793-1832, by Joseph W. Watson, Rocky Mount, NC, 1986
Pg.6 - Chapter title Deed Book ?
p. 139 John Sasser deed to his brother, William Sasser, of Johnston Co., NC for land situated in Wayne Co. which was devised to him by his father, Josiah, deceased, late of Wanye Co., July 25, 1794.
CENSUS: 1787 Johnston County, N. C. Tax List Capt William Talton Company
White males 21-60 WM <21 & 60+ WF all ages
Able Sasser 1 1 1
William Sasser 1 2 5
Author Sasser 1 0 2
BIOGRAPHY: SASSER: D. At Smithfield, lately, of the prevailing disease, Capt. William Sasser, of that place, merchant. RR Fri 31 Mar 1815 3:5. ....As far as we can learn, the above named died of the prevailing Epidemic of Camp Plague. RaNCSw Fri 31 Mar 1815 3:4. "RR" refers to the "Raleigh Register" newspaper. "RaNCSw" refers to the "Raleigh North Carolina Star Weekly" newspaper. I know that one or both of these are on microfilm in the NC State Archives Genealogy section. I looked at them a several years ago, and they don't say much beyond what the abstract says. Other newspaper reports during that period indicated there was some sort of epidemic or pandemic running through the area at the time. It was bad enough to shut down the court house for a few months. If you look at abstracts from the court minutes, there is a gap of about two months. The William Sasser they are refering to is *not* Henry's father. He was the son of Josiah Sasser/Elizabeth Bryan (later Elizabeth Blackman) and grandson of John Sasser. Here are some additional documents that appear very shortly after the newspaper articles to support this claim. 1. The Johnston County Court Minutes (May 22, 1815, p. 219) states "Elizabeth Blackman having in Open Court Reliquinshed her Right of Administration on the Estate of her decd. son William Sasser, Admn. is therefore granted to John Sanders, Jr. who came into Court and entered into bond in the Sum of ?20,000 with Reuben Sanders and William Hinton Esqr. his Securities, and Qualified agreeably to Law, Ordered that said Admr. have leave to sell the perishable Estate of said decd. agreeably to Law." One of the many divisions of William's property in Smithfield is in the State Archives. Henry never shows up among those fighting for his property; it is always the Wayne County Sassers. 2. Johnston Co NC County Deed Book H-2, 309, 13 June 1815, "John Sasser of Montgomery Co TN to Lewis Sasser of JoCo for $175., all right & Claim to land descended to me from the Est. of my brother William Sasser, dec. late in JoCo...," signed John Sasser Nov. Ct 1815, Wit: Malcolm Smith, B Robin Hood. 3. Johnston Co NC County Deed Book H-2, 308, dated 27 June 1815, "Elizabeth Sasser of JoCo to Lewis Sasser of JoCo for $175., all right & Claim to land descended to me from the Est. of William Sasser, dec. late in JoCo...," signed Elizabeth (x) Sasser Nov. Ct 1815, Wit: Isaac Williams, Elizabeth Blackman. 4. The Johnston County court records trace family fighting over William SASSER's estate into the mid 1820s. The State Archives in Raleigh, NC contains a copy from 1817 of one of the many divisions of the property in Smithfield (File Box .056.508.73.) The property is divided among Polly BRYAN (wife of Benjamin BRYAN); Elizabeth WILLIAMS (formerly the wife of Isaac WILLIAMS); Elizabeth SASSER; Lewis SASSER; Susannah STEVENS (wife of Edward STEVENS); and John SASSER. Records of Doug Sherman
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