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Note: Will: of William Dickinson Wayne Co NC Will Book 8 page 502
(microfilm C.103.80005 NC State Archives)
I William Dickinson of the County of Wayne & State of North Carolina, Being of sound mind & memory but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence, do make ordain and publish this my last will & Testament in manner and form following, (Viz.) 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, etc. ...and after her death or widowhood, my will & desire is that the above named lands be equally divided between my two daughters (Viz.) Penelope and Elizabeth Dickinson, to them & their heirs forever. etc. ...I the said William Dickinson have hereunto set my hand and seal, This 20th day of the 5th month in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three. etc.
NC State Archives, from original C.R.103.508.48 (Dickinson, William)
Xerographic Copy Sep. 16 1986
This an agreement made and entered into between Penelope Dickinson of the one part and Burden Peacock and wife Elizabeth of the other part, all of the county of Wayne and state of North Carolina and heirs at law of William Dickinson, dec'd. etc
Lot no. 2 is appropriated to Penelope Dickinson and bounded as follows, beginning at a red oak on the east side of the briery branch where the public road crosses said branch, etc etc (S, E, S, E) to a stake the corner of lot no. 1, then with the dividing line etc. then (E, N) to a stake in Aycock's swamp, thence up the various courses of said swamp to the mouth of the briery branch, then up the run of the said branch to the beginning contaning two hundred and eighteen acres. Which lot is to receive from no.1 the sum of fifty dollars. etc.
this 18th day of December AD 1848 etc.
This Indenture made this the 2nd day of November in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and sixty nine between Penelope Dickinson of the County of Wayne and State of North Carolina of the first part and Susan Yelverton wife of Jesse W Yelverton of the County and State aforesaid of the second part, Witnesseth, that the said Penelope Dickinson for and in consideration of the natural love and affection the said Penelope Dickinson has for the said Susan Yelverton wife of the said Jesse W Yelverton and for the further sum of one dollar to the aforesaid Penelope Dickinson in hand paid by the said Susan Yelverton wife of the aforesaid Jesse W Yelverton, the receipt and payment whereof is hereby acknowledged has bargained and sold and by these presents does grant bargain and sell unto the said Susan Yelverton and her heirs a certain piece or parcel of land situate lying and being in the county and state aforesaid on the north side Aycock Swamp and bounded as follows, Beginning at a stake in the run of briery branch and runs up the run of said branch as it meanders to a stake known as Bishop Corner, then nearly east with the line of a tract leased to James Dickinson to a stake in the line of a tract leased to Henry Hoskins then north 192 poles to the beginning containing eighty four acres, to have and to hold the said land unto the said Susan Yelverton and her heirs all and singular the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining after the death of the said Penelope Dickinson and not before, and the said Penelope Dickinson does for herself and her heirs executors administrators and assigns warrant and defend the right and title of the same unto the said Susan Yelverton and her heirs forever, the said Penelope Dickinson always reserving and excepting her life estate in the land and premises. In witness whereof the said Penelope Dickinson has hereunto set her hand and affixed her seal, the day and date first above written
Penelope Dickinson {seal}
Witness
Benjamin Aycock
North Carolina } In Probate Court
Wayne County } Dec. 7th 1871
The due execution of the foregoing deed was this day proved before me by the oath & examination of Benjamin Aycock the subscribing witness thereunto, let it be registered.
Geo. Jno. Robinson
Probate Judge
Recorded Dec. 9th 1871
D.J.Ezzell, Reg.
Microfilm C.103.50036 NC State Archives
Wayne County Divisions and Dowers 1867-1927
Book 1 pages 331-333
North Carolina } In the Superior Court
Wayne County } Before J. P. Cobb C.S.C.
Petition for partition James Dickinson, Elizabeth Peacock and the heirs of Henry Dickinson, deceased,
to wit: Julia, Amelia, James and Claudius, the last three infants appearing by their next friend. To the court Upon reading and considering the petition herein it is considered and adjudged that E.G. Pippin, M.T. Johnson and J T Aycock disinterested persons be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to divide and appropriate in the proportion of one third to James Dickinson, one third to Elizabeth Peacock and one third to the heirs of Henry Dickinson, deceased named Julia, Amelia, James and Claudius, to and among the petitioners the lands mentioned and described in the petition herein, to wit:
One tract of land known as the Penny Dickinson tract, situated in Wayne County, North Carolina, on the south side of Aycock Swamp bounded and wholly surrounded as follows, on the east and south by the land of Burden Peacock, on the west by the lands of Jesse Yelverton, on the north by Aycock Swamp, containing 88 acres, more or less. Also the tract on which James Dickinson now resides bounded on the south and west by the lands of A J Harrell and Bunyan Ellis, on the north by the lands of Jesse Yelverton, and on the east by the lands of Burden Peacock and wholly Surrounded by the said lands.
Jno. P Cobb
C.S.C
North Carolina } To the Superior Court
Wayne County } of said County
We, E.G.Pippin, M.T. Johnson and Jesse T Aycock the undersigned commissioners appointed by the court to divide and make partition between and among James Dickinson, Elizabeth Peacock and the heirs of Henry Dickinson, deceased heirs at law and tenants in common in the lands of Penny Dickinson deceased and described in the petition for partition, where upon after being duly sworn to do equal right and justice between the claimants, proceeded on the 26th day of January AD 1882 to view said estate and set apart to the claimants their respective shares thereof, its metes and bounds so hereafter given, have and do hereby make the following appropriations, that is to say:
Lot no. 1 is assigned and appropriated to Elizabeth Peacock in severalty, bounded as follows, to wit: begins at a stake lot no. 2 corner, etc, then Peacock's own corner, etc. Aycock's Swamp, etc. corner of lot no. 2 etc. to the first station, containing 44 acres and valued at eight hundred dollars.
Lot no. 2 is appropriated and assigned to the heirs of Henry Dickinson deceased, to wit: Julia, Amelia, James and Claudius, in severalty bounded as follows, to wit: Begin at a stake Jesse Yelverton's corner & runs etc to corner lot no. 1 then etc. to Aycock's swamp etc. to the mouth of Briery Branch then etc. to Jesse Yelverton's corner then his line, etc. to the first station containing forty three and three fourths acres and valued at eight hundred dollars.
Lot no. 3 is appropriated and assigned to James Dickinson in severalty, bounded as follows, to wit: begin at a pine in the line of lot no. 2 etc. (near) Jesse Yelverton's corner, etc to a stake then etc. to a stake then etc. to the first station containing fifty (50) acres and valued at eight hundred dollars. This in our judgment is an equitable division and partition of said lands respectfully submitted under our hands and seals this January 27th AD 1882
E.G Pippin
M.T. Johnson
J.T.Aycock
For final decree see M D Feb'y special term 1882. Minute Doc Book 2 page 111
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 of slaves 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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