CR_037_603_1_F11_Edgecombe_Cohab_Last_Name_H

State of North Carolina. Edgecombe County. On this the 24 day of May 1866, personally appeared before me, IRVIN THIGPEN, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, for said County, Austin Higgs and Harreitt Jeffreys residents od said County, both of whom were lately slaves, but now emancipated, and acknowledge that they have cohabited as man and wife for 12 years. Irvin Thigpen

Austin Higgs to Harriet Jeffreys

Paid STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 30 EDGECOMBE COUNTY. ON this the 16th day of August 1866, personally appeared before me, ED Macnair a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Carry Hill and Jane Harrison residents of said County, both of whom were lately slaves, but now emancipated, and acknowledge that they have cohabited as man and wife for 6 years. ED Macnair JP

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. EDGECOMBE COUNTY, ON this the 29th day of August 1866, personally appeared before me, W H Powell a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Charles Hill and Cathrine Powell residents of said County, both of whom were lately slaves, but now emancipated, and acknowledge that they have cohabited as man and wife for 6 years. W. H. Powell

Charles Hill To Cathrine Powell