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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
I'ridiiy. January 19. 1968
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LEE-JACKSON DAY
One doesn’t have to be an unreconstructed rebel,
or even a Southerner, to recognize Robert E. Lee and
Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson as not just great
Confederate generals but great Americans.
Lee has been hailed by every military leader of
note, at home and abroad, as the master strategist, and
his methods of waging war against insurmountable
odds have been utilized in all major conflicts since his
day.
Jackson, likewise a military genius, had no equal
when it came to moving troops rapidly. Before the
War Between The States, his distinguished service for
our nation in the Mexican War earned him rapid ad
vancement from second lieutenant to major.
But to steer clear of prejudice, let’s see what
Compton’s Encyclopedia says about this man;
“While we remember Jackson as a great general,
it is especially as an honest and upright man that we
admire him. On the march he always carried with him
his Bible and Napoleon’s Maxims of War. To the study
of the latter he owed his success as a general; to the
study of the former his greatness as a man.
“He interpreted literally the injunction to pray
without ceasing, and even on the battlefield his lips
were often seen moving in prayer. Left a penniless or
phan at an early age, he learned to depend on himself
and secured an education by his own efforts.
"Mter attending a small country school in Virginia,
he decided to go to West Point. He set out for Wash
ington, walked most of the way, and upon arrival in the
capital, he presented himself before the Secretary of
War and asked for an appointment to the Military
Academy. The secretary was so impressed by the boy’s
determination that he immediately got the appointment.
“In May 1863, after winning the battle of Chancel-
lorsville, he and his escort were mistaken in the dusk
by his own outposts for a detachment of Federal caval
ry. They were fired upon and Jackson fell mortally
wounded. The loss of this brilliant general more than
offset the Confederate gain in their victory.
“In the whole history of the War of Secession no
figure stands out with more picturesque vividness. His
earnestness of purpose and his religious determination
to do the right as he saw the right, combined with his
military genius, made him a man admired alike by
friend and foe.’’
As for Robert E. Lee, Compton’s Encyclopedia
says, “Could he have lived until the centenary of his
own birth, Jan. 19, 1907, he would have heard his
eulogy pronounced by a Massachusetts Adams. He
would have seen all parties and a national press united
to do him honor, not only to his genius as one of
America’s greatest soldiers, but also to the nobility of
his character.
“Lee might have prolonged the struggle indefinitely
by breaking up his army into guerrilla bands and scat
tering them among the mountains, but this he refused
to do. There are few instances of greater nobility than
that with which he accepted defeat, and set himself
to helping to make his country once more a union of
loyal states.
“It was Lee who said “Duty is the sublimest word
in the language; you cannot do more than your duty;
you should never wish to do less.’’ In April 1861, the
question of duty confronted Lee himself, when Presi
dent Lincoln offered him the command of the United
States forces.’’
Historians are inclined to believe that from the
very outset Lee realized he was leading a Lost Cause,
but when war did come to his beloved South he remain
ed loyal to the region of his birth.
So as one Southerner to another, never be ashamed,
or consider it corny, to pause for a single day each year
and honor the memory of Lee and Jackson. Our Yankee
readers, and we have many, will agree with Compton’s
that their greatness belongs to all America.
Historical
Gleanings
ELIZABETH MOORE
CARRAWAY ADMINISTRA
TION BONDS
1777, Sept. 9, To his Ex
cellency Richard Caswell,Gov
ernor, 1000 pounds current
money ol the State, Richard
Carraway, deceased, John Car-
raway, administrator. William
and Gideon Carraway,sureUes.
Chris. Neale and Abner Neale,
witnesses.
1795, June 7. To Joseph
Leech, Esq. Chairman of Court
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions.
300 pounds current money. Wil
liam Carraway, deceased. Es
ter Carraway, administratrix.
Levi Dawson and James Miller,
sureUes. John Stanly,Witness.
1799, June 10. To Joseph
Leech, Esq. Chairman of Court
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions.
500 pounds current money.
Thomas Carraway, deceased.
Thomas Carraway, adminis
trator. Alexander Carruthers
and James Nelson, sureties.
S. Chapman, witness.
1801, March 10. To Joseph
Leech, Esq. Chairman of Court
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions.
William Carraway, deceased,
Mary Carraway, administra
trix. Ephraim Fulshlre and
Roger Jones,sureties. S. Chap
man, witness. 500 pounds cur
rent money.
1804, March 13. John F.
Frink, Esq. Chairman of Court
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions.
Thomas Carraway, deceased.
John Carraway, administra
tor. Joseph Nelson and Henry
Carraway, sureUes, Isaac Lee
Guion, witness. Fifteen hundred
pounds current money.
1807, June 9. John Tillman,
Esq., Chairman of Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions.
400 pounds current money. John
Sparrow, deceased, Henry Car
raway, administrator. Johns.
Nelson, Joseph Wallace, sure
Ues. J. G. Stanly, witness.
Sept. 13, 1819. To John F.
Smith, Esq., Chairman of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions. 250 pounds current
money. James Carraway, de
ceased. Samuel Cooke, Admin
istrator. John S. Nelson and
James T. Jones, sureUes. J.
G. Stanly, Witness.
Sept. 13, 1819. To John F.
Smith, Esq., Chairman of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions. Two hundred fifty
pounds current money. Joshua
Carraway, deceased. Samuel
Cooke, Administrator. John
S. Nelson and James T. Jones,
sureUes. J. G.Stanly,Witness.
Feb. 23, 1823. To John F.
Smith, Esq., Chairman of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter Ses
sions. $8,000.00. Gideon Car
raway, deceased. Henry Car
raway, administrator. Thomas
Sparrow and Gideon Sparrow,
sureUes. J. G. Stanly, wit
ness.
Feb. 17, 1825. To John F.
Smith Esq. Chairman of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions, $2,000.00. Gideon
Carraway, deceased. Charles
Carraway, Administrator. J.C,
Cole and JohnHarvey,Jr.sure
Ues. J. G. Stanly, witness.
May 9, 1825. To John F.
Smith, Esq. Chairman of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter
Yilloge Verses
STREET SCENE
She couldn’t help it, he got in the way.
As thoughtless puppies will at play;
One anguished yelp, piercing and shrill.
Then the little form was quiet and still.
The lady drove on, and will never know
'The tears that were shed in childish woe;
But two little girls won’t soon forget —
She didn’t stop when she killed their pet.
—JGMcD.
Sessions. $250.00. Solomon
Carraway, deceased. Elijah V.
Pittman, Administrator. John
Shine, surety. J. G. Stanly,
Witness.
Feb. 14, 1826. To John F.
Smith, Esq. Chairman of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions. $2,000.00. William
Carraway, deceased. Joshua
Carraway, Administrator.
Samuel Whitehurst, E. V. Pitt
man, sureties. Johns. Hawks,
witness.
(Clerk's Louse Papers, Cra
ven County, N. C.)
QUERI^: InformaUon want
ed on William Burney of Lake
Waccamaw, owned land In
Columbus County. Made will
in 1824, recorded in Columbus
County, named wife Sarah:
Friend David Shipman, twosons
James and David Burney. Three
daughters Mary Ann Brantley,
Elizabeth andLucy Burney; land
patented by his grandfather,
William Burney.
Also William Burney made
will in 1783, recorded in Bla
den County, mentions brother
Simon Burney, wife Elizabeth,
four sons: James, Arthur,
Samuel and William. Also Wil
liam Burney made will in 1760,
recorded in Bladen County,
mentioned 300 acres on Bogue
Swamp and his 3 children: Si
mon Burney, William Burney
and Catron Brocke.
Also William Meburney.
George Burney Smith, 915
Lovera Blvd. San Antonio,
Texas 78201.
Information wanted on name
Killebrew. Robert Klllebrew
in Edgecombe Co., N. C. by
1763. Robert Killebrew, Sr.
mar. Elizabeth Bullock ?.
Children: Lawrence Klllebrew,
1763-1835, Buckner, Caleb Gild-
well, Joshua,Robert, Jr.,Mary,
Elizabeth, Sarah. Will exchange
information. LTC. Roland L.
Killebrew, 7020 Fairwood
Drive, Indianapolis, Ind. 46256.
Information wanted on Mary
Elizabeth Hawks who married
Emory Mannon Gray, and lived
in Tupelo, Miss, in 1877. Had
daughter Margaret Luella.
Write Mrs. H. H. M., c/oBox
803, New Bern, N. C. 28560.
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