Captain Cannons District – 1775 Pitt County Census

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Capt. Cannon's District

Thank you to Joyner researcher Aimee McCall for providing this. 

Aimee emailed me last month after finding some useful Joyner posts on this site. Fortunately, she had something that was shared with her, that she wanted to pass along for other Joyner researchers. She wrote:

“[Y]ou shared the 1775 Pitt County list of Inhabitants and an abstract for that, but it is missing all Joyners. In my research I was able to connect with an individual who had a copy of Capt Cannon’s District which is missing from the North Carolina Digital Collection. I am sending it to you along with the source she provided. I don’t know all of the particulars for posting it, but it has been extremely helpful for me as 6 of my 6-7th great grandparents are listed on it. Maybe you already have it, but I didn’t see it. … [no other Joyners] are in this district which leads me to wonder what other districts may be missing.” 

If you have information about other Pitt County tax list districts that weren’t included on other sites, please comment below if you’re willing to share them here. Thank you for being willing to help your fellow researchers!

PAGE 1

  • Capt. Nath’l Cannon
  • Dennis Cannon Sr.
  • Dennis Cannon Jr.
  • Reuben Powel (Reuben Powell) Sen.
  • Sampson Powel (Sampson Powell)
  • Samuel Maning (Samuel Manning)
  • Willis Williams
  • Daniel Fores? (Daniel Forrest? Daniel Fornes?)
  • Charles Hardee
  • Samuel Powel (Samuel Powell)
  • Wm. Whitfield
  • John Blackston
  • James Braxton Jnr
  • George Dikes ?
  • Wm Ellet
  • John Barber
  • Abram Barber
  • Joseph Barber
  • Thos Travis
  • Thos Blackston
  • Edward Beal?
  • John
  • Thos. Garrett
  • Paul Hariton?
  • Jacob Waller
  • R Damorney Lawhon? (Lawhorn?)
  • Edward Travis
  • Elizabeth Oquinn (Elizabeth Quinn?)
  • Luey Smith (Suey Smith?)
  • Hezekiah Dennis
  • Lazarus Smith
  • Edward Clark
  • John Ginkins (John Jenkins)
  • Thos Davis
  • Martha Turner
  • John Frezel
  • Moab Rountree
  • John Fulford
  • James Braselton Senr
  • Frances Rountree
  • Benjamin Blount
  • Isaac Blount
  • Thomas Brumble? (Crumble?)
  • Wm Wilson

PAGE 2

  • Carlob (Caleb?) Tripp
  • John Sirmon
  • Israel Joyner (Isral? Joyner)
  • Solomon Sutton
  • Thomas Wilamson
  • Benj Swarner?
  • John Whealer
  • John Smith
  • Jacob Blount
  • Samuel Simons
  • Samuel English
  • Elizabeth English
  • Sarah Mearenor?
  • Stephen Powell
  • Wm Turner (Wm Tinner? Tunner?)
  • Thos Sirman
  • Robert Moss
  • D. Demsemoss?
  • Job Sirman
  • Jonathan Jackson?
  • John Slaughter

CITATION:

Henry Toole Clark Papers, 1757-1885, A list of the Inhabitants of Pitt County taken by order of the Continental & Provincial Congress Aug 25, 1775, Pitt County, A list of the Number of Souls in Capt Cannon’s District, Duke University Library, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Oversized image at the end of the collection.

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