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Continued: The name Betsey Davis was found on Ancestry.com supplied by a Tony B Pearce. I have not been in contact with Tony.
1830 Anson Co, NC census:
next to son William
Elizabeth
2 males 5 - 10
1 male 15 - 20
1 male 50 - 60
2 females 15 - 20
1 female 40 - 50
1840 Anson Co, NC census:
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Elizabeth Pearce
1 male to 5
2 males 15 - 20
1 male 20 - 30
1 female 20 - 30
1 female 50 - 60
11970 May 14, 1838 Elizabeth Pearce (Anson Co) to James Gatherings (same); Elizabeth owes Gatherings & Covington $96.67 by note dated March 17, 1837 which is “credited with” $37.67 on Nov 23, 1837 & interest and owes Gatherings & Covington $75 by book account and owes Gatherings $75 by “sundry” notes & accounts and owes S Handy $79 & interest; to secure payment sold in trust 850 ac on Lanes Cr; border: joins said James Gatherings, Peter Parker, Absalom Holly, & others [no more description]; willed by my late husband Asa Pearce during my natural life; (b) my interest in 2 Negroes Jerry & Hannah also willed to me by Asa Pearce for my lifetime; & (c) following property which is my own: 3 horses; a sorrel horse, a bay mare, & a sorrel colt, 6 cattle, 20 hogs, 2 feather beds & furniture, 100 bushels of corn, a horse cart; if debts arent' paid by Jan 1 next, Gatherings can sell property after giving 20 days notice at 3 places & use proceeds to pay debts; any residue ffrom sale goes to Elizabeth. (signed) Elizabeth Pearce's mark “X”; witness – A Myers [only one witness]; wit oath Mar 14, 1838 by A Myers; Mar 15, 1838 recorded; book Z p 569
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