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Note: 1860 NC Wayne Census page 416b
all in Dwelling and family number 8
Penny Dickinson 46 female white farmer $2,000 $10,000 birth NC reads
Julia Dickinson 78 female white birth NC reads
Wm Hoskins 14 male white birth NC school
Henry Hoskins 14 male white birth NC school
Susan Hoskins 11 female white birth NC school
This census correctly reports the three children's surname but not Julia's birthplace. The $2,000 was real estate, which would represent one quarter (or at most 43% of William Dickinson's former real property. One quarter, since although he had left his wife basically half for life in his 1843 will, the half that was later to be split between the two daughters, Julia apparently allowed the division to proceed in December of 1848. The other part was to be sold and split between the two sons. What the $10,000 personal property once represented is a mystery since the slaves (which usually account for large figures in this column) mentioned by name were left in the will to Elijah Coleman. Although these slaves with added children are mentioned in connection with James Dickinson having an interest 2 years after the will was worked, along with interest in the "Firm of Peacock and Dickinson" about which I have discovered very little. But the 1860 census lists 12 slaves "owned" by Penny Dickinson, easily accounting for the $10,000 (see far below). Just to record tales handed down , there is an old story in the Dickinson family relayed to me by Mrs. Lucille Pittman that a traveling carnival owner whose wife died giving birth while in the area left his children behind and a large sum of money for rearing them. If this doesn't sound like a white wash for something, nothing does. There is also a story in the family of the Susan Hoskins mentioned above about olive skin in the family due to somebody having come from Poland (again highly suspect, would have to mean Gypsy if true, I suppose), Although there are some coincidental but hardly corroborating bits of evidence that could be a thread to spin a yarn. This thread would be the real explanation for the Hoskins children, with a slight twist, see Judith, the fifth but excluded in child of William and Julia (see notes on Judith). Note that Susan, born 1849, never incurred any racial designation other than white, nor for that matter the earlier census jots imputed to Judith, as well as the only viable candidate for the father, John S Hoskins.
1850 NC Wayne Census page 184b North S. Neuse (half the county)
all in Dwelling and family number 583
Julia Dickinson 68 female white $1,500 birth Va reads
Penelope " 37 female white birth NC reads
Leonard " 13 male white birth NC school
William " 4 male white birth NC
Henry " 4 male white birth NC
Susan " 1 female white birth NC
This census correctly reports Julia's birthplace but not the three youngest children's surname. Leonard is a Dickinson, son of Judith before marriage, the younger three are Judith's through marriage to a Hoskins, as her name was Judith Hoskins in 1847 (3 years prior). Judith has apparently died by this
point, within the last year since Susan was born.
C.R.103.508.48 NC State Archives
An account of sale of the property of William Dickinson Dec'd made by Elijah Coleman his Executor on the 8th of August 1843 on a credit of six months.
1 Lot of plows & gear Julia Dickinson widow
other items
Will of William Dickinson Wayne Co NC Will Book 8 page 502 (mfilm C.103.80005 NC State Archives)
(excerpt) Item, First, I Lend unto my beloved wife during her natural life or widowhood, all the land down on the south side of Aycock Swamp, one house her choice, two Cows and calves her choice, five head of sheep her choice, one safe, one table her choice, two pots, one frying pan, one skillet, one Dutch oven, one wooling wheel, one pair cards, one lining wheel, one loom and all the gear belonging to it, my single oxen and cart & one years provision
...This 20th day of the 5th month in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
Wayne County, NC Judith Williamson & Narcissa Killingsworth -
Act to Legitimate, 1826
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An Act to alter the names of the person therein mentioned, 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 the name of Judith Williamson, the illegitimate daughter of William Dickenson and Julia Dickenson, of the county of Wayne, be altered to that of Judith Dickenson; and that the name of Narcissa Killingsworth, of said county, the illegitimate daughter of Blake Hooks and Peggy Hooks, be altered to that of Narcissa Hooks. And be it further enacted, That the said Judith and Narcissa, be, and they are hereby declared to be legitimated, and forever shall be capable to possess, inherit and enjoy, by descent or otherwise, any estate either real or personal, to all intents and purposes, as if they had been born in lawful wedlock.
Source:
NC Archives Public and Private Laws of North Carolina 1826
Chapter LXXVIII Page 47-48
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1840 NC Wayne Census page 243
William Dickinson
males
1 15-20 who?
2 20-30 25/20 year old James?, Henry 22 years?
1 40-50 William
females
1 10-15 15 (Elizabeth?)
1 15-20 20 ?
1 20-30 27 (Penny?)
1 40-50 Julia?
slaves 10-24 male
10-24 female
24-36 female
1830 NC Wayne Census page 538
Dickerson, William
males
5-10 1 (who?)
10-15 2 (Henry and James?)
30-40 1 (William)
females
0-5 1 (5 year old Elizabeth?)
15-20 2 (17 year old Penny? 20 year old Judith?)
30-40 1 (Julia?)
slaves 3
1820 NC Wayne Census page 465
Dickinson, Wm Jr.
3 males under 10 (two would be Henry and James)
male 26 - 45 (william)
1 female under 10 (Penny, around 7)
1 female 10 - 16 (Judith probably just at 10)
1 female 26-45 (Julia)
Taken together , the 1826 proven state of marriage between William and Julia the fact the younger children didn't need "legitimating" and the younger children start being born around 1812, but apparently Judith around 1810, and that the 1826 act shows the product of an unmarried Julia was Judith "Williamson", It can de deduced that Julia was a Williamson by birth , had a child before marriage fathered supposedly by William Dickinson, she married William by 1812 and had several more children between then and 1825, 4 of whom are living in both 1843 and 1850. Not counting Judith who was around in 1843 and 1847 and apparently 1849, but not 1850.
1860 Slaves:
The $10,000 personal property amount for 1860 for the Julia/Penny household is explained easily by this (just as the real estate was entered by Penny's name instead of Julia's, so were the slaves):
Age/Gender/Race/Name of Slave Owner/Home in 1860
60 Female Black Penny Dickenson Wayne, North Car
34 Female Black Penny Dickenson Wayne, North Car
18 Female Black Penny Dickenson Wayne, North Car
17 Male Black Penny Dickenson Wayne, North Car
15 Male Black Penny Dickenson Wayne, North Car
13 Female Black Penny Dickenson Wayne, North Car
12 Female Black Penny Dickenson Wayne, North Car
8 Male Black Penny Dickenson Wayne, North Car 7 Male Black Penny Dickenson Wayne, North Car 6 Female Black Penny Dickenson Wayne, North Car 5 Female Black Penny Dickenson Wayne, North Car 2 Female Black Penny Dickenson Wayne, North Car The 60 year old would be Tempy, the 34 year old is Mary, Mary and Tempy are both mentioned as early as the 1842 will of William Dickinson. Mary's husband was Moses Davis with whom she can be proven to have had children before the war and is listed as married to after the war and Mary is listed as widowed in 1880. Mary's daughter, Sally, married Robert Bass after the war. Apparently, Mary's own marriage before the war was not hindered by the fact different families held a "title" to the wife and husband. There seems to be evidence from local Wayne County families that often when a title was held it was often almost an "interest in the earnings" and did not interfere (at least totally) with marriages and families that didn't line up with title holding families.
Tempy was born before 1820 and was mother to Jesus and Mary. Mary was "married" to Moses Davis well before the war and they had in excess of 12 children mostly before the war. In 1870 when Moses was still living the entire family was listed with the Davis surname, in 1880 the widowed Mary and all the children still at home were using the Dickinson name again. (Or had the name employed by the census taker). I will try to research this more in case present-day members of this family are interested.
Many members (if not most) of this family stayed right around Penny's home after the war. This would be near Fremont
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