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THE NEW BERN MIRROR. NEW BERN. N. C.
Friday, January 11, 1974
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HEADING FOR THE BARN
Father Time, who has the last word with all of us, is
prompting Craven Sheriff Charlie Beny to bow out of
office at the end of his present term.
When last challenged by younger opposition. Berry
likened himself to a mule still capable of plowing a
straight furrow to the far end of the field. He won the
election, and kept right on going.
Now, with 35 years service in law enforcement, he
is retiring with the satisfaction of knowing that for a
quarter of a century the citizens of Craven County
wanted him to be their Sheriff.
During his span in the office, he was without
question Craven’s surest bet to be victorious at the
polls. Every aspirant to any elective position in the
County sought his support, as did State politicians.
Typical of the respect accorded him by outsiders,
was Superior Court Judge William J. (Dick) Bundy’s
statement at a gathering here that “Charlie Berry is
the best Sheriff in North Carolina, and I know what
I’m talking about.’’
Charlie’s critics, and he picked up a number of
them through the years, might not agree with Bun
dy’s evaluation, but we’ve heard other distinguished
jurists speak highly of the man too.
This editor’s most vivid memories of the Sheriff
will always center around the tireless manner in
which he probed for clues in a murder mystery that in
a rare moment of inspiration this writer dubbed “The
Case of the Croatan Corpse.’’
It began with discovery of a nude, unidentified
l»dy, badly decomposed, in Croatan National Forest.
For weeks, Berry and others worked day and night,
with little to go on.
The unknown victim was buried in Cedar Grove
Cemetery, at an unannounced hour, to avoid the
morbidly curious,' and we’ll never forget the dignity
with which the Rev. Charles E. Williams conducted
last rites.
Weeks after the story began, during which this
newsman spent a lot of sleepless nights along with
Berry, our telephone ran at dawn. It was the Sheriff.
Less than half an hour later we were on our way to
Fort Eustis, Va.
There a soldier whose home was at Havelock ad
mitted slaying a sailor at a picnic area on the Van-
ceboro road, and hauling his body to the wooded spot
where it was found.
The killer was convicted and sentenced here in
Craven County Courthouse, and Berry had much to
do with solving a crime that received national
coverage. There were other cases less spectacular in
which the Sheriff also impressed us.
We wish him well in his retirement, and so do a lot
of folks white and black, on both sides of the track.
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.\CCOUNT OF SALES
ESTATES OF
THOMAS HAVENS. 1766
1766, October 24. Account
returned by Christopher Neale,
Admr.
Purchasers: Daniel Car-
mady, Christopher Neale,
Christopher Dawson, Nixon
Connor, Polly Green, Jacob
Gooding, Thomas Nelson,
Joseph Atherly, James Green,
Jr., John Howard, Thomas
Ani’ews, Thomas Carraway,
Mrs. Williamson, Philip
Thomas, Wjlliam Meeks, Jacob
Hull, Joshua Fulcher, Elias
Justice, William Green,
Thomas Shine, Thomas
Franklin, Moses Hurley and
others. 3 12- pages of per
sonally.
Estate of Eli
zabeth Havens, 1777
1777, October 17. Account
returned by James Williamson,
Admr. Purchasers: John
Carraway, John Williamson,
Joshua Fulcher, Charles
Shanawolf, Michael Hyman,
Joseph Green, John Vendrick,
Thomas ' Harper, Abraham
Vendrick, Sidney Crispin,
David Purifoy, Samuel Hoover,
Joshua Cutlvell, John Biggs,
John Bedscott, Joseph Green,
John Bryan. Sale by John
Bryan, Sheriff.
Account of Sales
Of Estate of Ilar-
tholomew Howard
1786 July 7. Purchasers: Ruth
Howard, William Borden,
Horton Howard, John Morgan,
William Borden, Thomas C.
Evans, Malachi Jolly, James
Bell, Richard Lovett, Benjamin
Stanton, Jun. Philip Neale,
Robert Young, Joseph Dew,
Joseph Loftin, Henry Sikes,
James Potter, Benjamin
Stanton, Josefrii Bishop, James
Pacquinet, Obadiah Always,
Adam Tooley, Abner Lambert,
Jonas Small, Roger Jones,
Jonas Linch, John Shapley,
Horton Howard, Andrew
Blanchard, Josias Willson,
Benjamin Hardester, John
Mace, Bookajah Smith, Jesse
Harris, James Bell, Edward
Canady.
Inventory and account of
sales . continued at James
Howard’s in Onslow County, the
14 day of April 1787. Inventory
and account of sales continued
the 4th vendue the 4th day of
May 1787, at the house of Hope
Stanton, Carteret County,
payable in 6th months after
date. Ruth Howard -s-
Stock and farm implements
sold. 1787 one plantation rented
for the year to John ^apley,
also one half saw and grist
mills, rent to Dew & Howard for
2 months, &c. of mils &c to
Edward Tinker.
Other purchasers: Benjamin
Small, Jonas Small, William
ToolO; William Park, Joseph
Dew.
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Samuel Hyman, minor in
account with William Conway,
Guardian.
June 1809.
Accounts paid to: Fannv
Parks, Joshua Scott, Joseph
Oliver, James G. Stanly,
Freeman Woods, John Coart,
Webb & Beckwith, Adam Scott,
Edward Pasteur, Thomas
Hyman, William Shepard,
Francis Hawks, John sears,
Salmon Hall, Samuel Simpson,
William Hollister, William
Oliver, James W. Thompson,
Raynor Butler, Joseph Physioc,
Village Verses
HARD TO FIGURE
Nothing else disrupts a house
Qui^e as much as one small mouse.
Lions in jungles have their roar.
But mi.st feared on a kitchen floor
Is just a little patch of gray
That doesn’t have a thing to say.
Lightning fast at hide and seek,
He makes the bravest woman shriek.
And every husband knows she’ll yap
Until the culprit’s in a trap.
Why then, do wives transform a spouse
From a man into a mouse?
-JGMcD
Philip Ryall, Dr. Ed Pasteur,
Thomas C. Master, John Coart,
William Conway, Rent Bounder
Neck Plantation to Joseph
Physioc; Manor Plantation to
John Always; mentions:
Thomas Austin, George Cooper,
Thomas Jerkin Samuel and
James Reed, Benjamin Borden,
William Taylor, Absolem
Fulford, Fred Hargett, Joseph
and John Wallace, William
Blackledge, Benjamin C. Good,
Samuel Sparrow, Samuel
Street. Account audited June 12,
1809 by William Hollister,
William Good, John Jones.
Account dated December 16,
1816. William Conway Guardian
to Samuel Hyman: Names
mentioned: Joseph Master, S.
Oliver, A. Marshal, J. H.
Parmele, William Hollister, M.
McCartner, William Oliver,
John Harvey, John Dunn, J. G.
Stanly, E. Webb, Lewis Bryan,
Josh Coart, Thomas McLin,
Elijah Clark, Moses, Jarvie;
Samuel Gerock Salmon Hall,
Smallwood & Guion, S. B.
Forbes, Raynor Butler, Francis
Hawks, Thomas Austin,
Stephen Winn, John Always,
Horatio Dade, Asa Jones,
Enoch Jones, Wm. Conwy, John
Dewey, Lewis Cannon, 'Thomas
L. Cheeke, Thomas Skidmore,
John Crickman Avis Marshall,
Taylor & Justice William
Gason, Moses Jarvis, Joseph
Oliver, Salmon Hall, Charles
Stewart. William Dunn, Adam
Scott, James G. Tignor, John
Creels an. Account audited by
John Sears, Francis Hawks,
Stephen B. Forbes.
(Inventories & Accounts,
Clerk’s Papers, Craven County
N. C.)
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