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Note N72 Index

Notes copied from Christine Calcote Dickey:

Arabella was born 4 March 1861. Her mother was sixteen years old and her father was twenty-two years of age. She had one older brother who was two years old at her birth.

The Civil War started on 12 April 1861 at Fort Sumpter in Charleston, S.C. On 15 August 1861, Arabella's father enlisted in the Confederate States Army, at Brookhaven, Ms, as a private. He was promoted to corporal on 1 July 1862 , and to seargent on 3 March 1863. On 12 Feb. 1864 he was admitted to the army smallpox hospital at Russellville, Tennessee. He died six days later on 18 Feb. 1864.

When Arabella was sixteen years of age, her mother, Martha Ann Smith Jackson, who had been in frail health for a long time, died. Arabella and Doc continued to live with Granny Newell until they married. They had all three lived with Granny Betsy Newell since Nathan Andrew had entered the army.

One day before her twentieth birthday, Arabella married Mayberry (Pone) Britt. During her marriage she gave birth to ten children, who all lived to marry and have families of their own. There were three sons and seven daughters. The youngest child, Nellie, was born when Arabella was forty-one years old. Arabella died one day after her seventieth birthday. She had experienced a very active and fulfilling life.

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Note N76 Index

1910 CENSUS LINCOLN COUNTY
BRITT, Nathan 22
" Sallie 16 wife

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Note N82 Index

Oral tradition tells tht Thomas was killed by his wife, Susan Ellen Matthews.

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Note N83 Index

A note that he married sisters, 1. Mariam , 2. Mary Ann Walker, 6 apr 1859

1850 CENSUS HOUSEHOLD NO. 865 COPIAH COUNTY
BRITT, Greenberry age 25 Born Miss. farmer
BRITT, Rassberry age 23 Born Miss Farmer

1860 COPIAH COUNTY HOUSEHOLD 522
BRITT, Greenberry 34
     " Susan 27
     " Thomas 13
     " John 10
     " Rasberry 7
     " Mayberry 4
     " Prentiss 1
    * Thomas and John were NEWELLS, sons or Susan by her 1st marriage

1870 LINCOLN COUNTY TOWNSHIP 8 HOUSEHOlD 203
BRITT, Greenberry 45
     " S. (Susan) 36.
     " Rasbury 17
     " M. (Mayberry) 13
     " Prentiss 10 (md. Celeste SMITH, dau. Pleasant SMITH)
     " Isham 8 (md. Anna NEWELL, dau. John S. NEWELL,
     " E. (Everett) 6
     " A. (Albert) 4
     " Susan 6/12 months

1880 CENSUS LINCOLN COUNTY BEAT 5
BRITT, Greenberry 55
     " Susan 50' wife
     " Maberry 23 son
     " Isham 18 son
     " Everett 16 son
     " Albert 14 son
     " Ellen 9 dau.

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Note N85 Index

Jeptha received a huge land grant in the Copiah-Lincoln County area in 1823. He was one of the first Britts to move to Mississippi from North Carolina.

Mississippi Statehood came 1817; Copiah County was formed 23 January 1823.

A newspaper clipping gave information that Jeptha was buried in Newell Cemetery and that his wagon master was buried at the foot of his grave, marking the line between the masters and their slaves.

1860 and 1870 census records of Copiah Co., Ms.

Marriage dates recorded in Courthouse records in Hazlehurst, Copiah Co., Ms.

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Note N88 Index

John Paul Smith writes about his discovery of the will of Benjamin Britt:

In 1810, Benjamin Britt of Moore County, North Carolina made his will which was recorded on page 269 of Moore County Will Book A. An abstract of this will was published in the Spring 1968 issue of "North Carolina Genealogy" as follows

269 -Will of BENJAMIN BRIT(T) , 1810-1810. Wife Nancy.
(The Harvil place mentioned.) My 6 children: Beleaver(?) (Bellaver), Jeptha, Bulder(?), Edwin, Finalee (Tinate??), & Handay Britt. To the orphans of my brother Rial Britt, dec'd., & his widow Rodah Brit, namely: Avington, Prulellah(?)(Prudillah?), Billasant, Claramon, Becum (Benum?), & Tinsey (Tensay": ) .Exrs. : Joseph Allin. Signed by mark Wits.: F(francis)Bullock, Alexr. Morrison, Britin Britt.

The compiler came across the above abstract quite by accident. I was doing research on some SMITH and FURR families that I knew had lived early in that county in North Carolina, but I had no idea any BRITT families had lived there also. I was somewhat familiar with the old BRITT families of Copiah and Lincoln counties from having come across them so often while doing research on the SMITH, CASE, and other families there.

I did know that an "Old" Jeptha (Jephthah) BRITT was the ancestor of all the BRITT families in Copiah and Lincoln counties, and when I noticed the name of "Jeptha" in the will of the Benjamin BRITT in Moore County, N. C., I immediately took notice. I had also come across the name of Jeptha listed along with a Bolivar BRITT in some early census and tax records of Copiah, and the fact that these two names appeared together in an old North Carolina will seemed to indicate a positive relationship between the BRITT families of Copiah County, Ms. and Moore County, N. C.

Daisy Britt Pierce lived in North Carolina and went searching for the will about which John Paul Smith had written. She found it, and made copies of it. The Britt family has come to accept this will as a valid record of the family heritage through Jeptha and Benjamin.

Robert Britt gives dates for Benjamin as 1765-1810, born in Johnston County, N.C. He projects that Benjamin and Nancy Britt moved to Moore County between 1791 and 1797. Benjamin was head of house in Wake County during 1790 census.

1790 Census
The Head of Families listed in the census are Benjamin Britt, Joseph Britt, Sr., Joseph Britt, Jr., Ryals Britt, William Britt. Under the household of Joseph Britt, Sr. two males under 16 are listed and one woman. No slaves are listed in any household.

Moore County, North Carolina
Jul 1797 Grant # 1566 for 100 acres, both sides of Mill creek, next to John Morgan Medford
1889 Fire destroyed Moore County records, only wills of 1283-1965 on 12 reels of microfilm.