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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, July 23, 1971
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POST MORTEM
It is not beyond the realm of possibility that in
creasing Craven County’s Commissioners from five
to seven could have bt^n a good thing.
However, determined efforts to bring this about
appeared to be, for the most part, a move to regain
lost power, and prestige that goes with it.
As presently constituted, the board is divided three
to two in much of its thinking. Certainly, divisions of
this sort are not uncommon in politics.
Wielding the deciding vote, whenever there is a
deadlock, is the present chairman. The board
member he deposed as chairman had, of course, the
same power.
The former chairman, as all informed citizens
know, is now identified with the minority, and the
picture isn’t likely to change in the immediate future.
What might have alter^ the picture would have
been the addition of the aforementioned two mem
bers to the board. Voting with the present minority
they could have established a four to three majority.
TTiere are a number of “ifs” in this line of
reasoning, but the minority in this instance appeared
to have nothing to lose in the event a majority did not
result from the maneuver.
The present majority, by the same token, had
nothing to gain by increasing the number of board
members to seven. When you hold the winning hand,
what is the point in giving your opponent a chance for
two more cards?
ITiere are those who will criticize either the
majority or the minority, or maybe both,* but in
politics the name of the game is power, and pious
pronouncements shoudn’t be taken too seriously.
If, as widely rumored, the former chairman
chooses to run against Congressman Walter Jones, it
would enhance his image if he were chairman of the
board, rather than simply one of its members.
Considering the suggested increase of two mem
bers on its merits, we frown on the possibility that
New Bern could very easily have three of the seven
members, instead of the two out of five it now has.
The Mirror isn’t at all sure that the rest of Craven
County wants this sort of thing saddled on it.
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Historical
Gleanings
ELIZABETHMOORE
THE HEIRS OF
WII.I.IAM SHEPARD
To the Worshipful the Justices
of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions of the County
of Craven:
The petition of John S.
Shepard, William B. Shepard,
John H. Bryan, and wife, Mary;
Frederick B. Shepard, Charles
Shepard, Richard M. Shepard,
James B. Shepard, Charles
Pettigrew, William S. Pet
tigrew, Mary Pettigrew,
Johnstone Pettigrew and Anne
B. Pettigrew, children and heirs
of law of Anne B. Pettigrew, Uie
daughter of William Shepard,
deceased, the last four by their
guardian Ebenezer Pettigrew,
respectfully showeth unto your
worships that they are the heirs
of William Shepard, deceased.
They further show that the
said William died many years
ago, having a last will and
testament in which he
authorized his executors to keep
and possess his real estate until
his youngest child, James B.
Shepard, should reach the age
of 21 years, and then the said
real estate to be equally
divided, &c.
That the aix>ve mentioned are
the only heirs and existing
representatives of the said
William Shepard, those of the
name of Pettigrew being en
titled to the interest of their
mother, one of the heirs of the
testator.
They further show that
William Shepard died seized of
certain parcels of land lying in
the Town of New Bern, &c,
towit: a portion of Lot No. 89;
also a portion of ground on the
west side of Craven Street,
beginning at the Southern
comer of Lot No. 55, the
property of the late Nathan
Smith, and running South-
Village Verses
RETURN TRIP
It’s great to venture out of town,
To see new sights and places;
But pretty soon you’re bound to yearn
For old familiar faces.
The things far off may thrill you
As on and on you roam;
But then lonesomeness will fill you.
And you’ll long for friends and home.
We all nave a tender feeling
For the spot where we were born;
Though it may be small and corny,
Still we miss it while we’re gone.
So when only strangers meet you.
And you’re feeling sort of down,
Just come back and friends will greet you
In your old home town.
—JGMcD.
wardly, &c being part of Lot No.
15, the first of these parcels of
land is improved with a good
dwelling house and outhouses;
the last has been leased to
tenants who have erected their
own dwellings. The said
William Shepard died seized of
a piece of ground being a por
tion of Lot No. 19, also a parcel
of ground on the West side of
Middle Street, &c to Southern
comer of John S. Morris’ for
merly John Stanly’s line. South
wardly to the channel of Trent
River, and westward to the line
of John S. Morris, formerly
Tinker’s &c with wharf and
water privileges. In the last two
parcels of ground, Mary
Shepard, the widow, has her
dower so that the reversion only
belonging to the heirs of the
testator. Petitioners pray for
division, -s- John H. Bryan and
Charles Shepard. February
Term, 1837. Commissioners:
George S. Attmore, John M.
Roberts, Asa Jones, Stephen B.
Forbes, George Wilson.
+ -H- -F + +
Query: “My grandfather
Hezekiah Carr Edwin Hurst,
born 1822 in Georgia. According
to 1880 Census, his mother and
father were born in Georgia,
What were their names? Did
Hezekiah have any brothers and
sisters? Their Names. My
grandmother Sara A. Freeman,
born 1830 in Tenn. had one
brother Mose, who lived in Gay
County, Ala. Her father born in
N. C. Her mother bom in S. C.
Name of father unknown.
Sara’s mother Tabitha E. born
1808, was living with Hezekiah
and Sarah in 1880. What was her
maiden name.
“My great grandfather Jacob
H. Watts, bom 1819 in Ga. Who
were his parents and did he
have brothers and sisters. His
father bom in S. C. his mother
in N. C., town and county
unknown. My great grand
mother Luamy E. Metcalf
(Midcalf), born 1845 in Ala. My
great great grandmother Sara
Metcalf (midcalf) was born in
Georgia. Who were Sara’s
mother and father? They were
born in Georgia. My family
moved West in 1920. Mrs. Eva
Hurst Gillespie, P. 0. Box 61,
San Jon, N. M. 88434.
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