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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1895 - 1969 (74 years)
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| Name |
Smith, Pearl Virginia |
| Born |
5 Apr 1895 |
| Gender |
Female |
| Reference Number |
56 |
| Died |
23 Jun 1969 |
Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina  |
| Buried |
First Baptist Church of Yanceyville, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Person ID |
I56 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2022 |
| Father |
Smith, George Spears, b. 15 Jun 1868, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. 9 Mar 1927, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 58 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Adkins, Ada Frances, b. 17 Feb 1875, Caswell County, North Carolina , d. 15 Aug 1954, Danville, Virginia (Age 79 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Married |
17 Jun 1891 |
Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina |
- Monroe Oliver, Justice of the Peace
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| Reference Number |
2207 |
| Family ID |
F50 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Moorefield, Arthur William, b. 11 Aug 1893, Person County, North Carolina , d. 29 May 1976, Danville, Virginia (Age 82 years) |
| Married |
14 Dec 1916 |
Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Reference Number |
2187 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Moorefield, Arthur William Jr., b. 25 Oct 1917, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina , d. 11 Jun 1975, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 57 years) [natural] |
| + | 2. Moorefield, Jesse James, b. 10 Apr 1920, Caswell County, North Carolina , d. 30 Aug 1973, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 53 years) [natural] |
| + | 3. Moorefield, Sallie Womack, b. 9 Oct 1921, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina , d. 24 Sep 1971, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 49 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Moorefield, Jack Wiggins, b. 24 Sep 1923, Caswell County, North Carolina , d. 29 Sep 1923, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 0 years) [natural] |
| + | 5. Moorefield, Frank James, b. 22 Jun 1930, Caswell County, North Carolina , d. 30 Sep 2016, Danville, Virginia (Age 86 years) [natural] |
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| Last Modified |
5 May 2022 |
| Family ID |
F19 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Pearl Virginia Smith (1895-1969)
(click on photograph for larger image)
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Last Photograph: Ada Frances Adkins Smith (1875-1954), with grandchildren Henry Spencer Covington III (wearing glasses) and Edward Green Covington, Jr. Pearl Virginia Smith Moorefield to far left (daughter of Ada Frances Adkins Smith.
She was the last Resident Manager of the Caswell County Home (for the poor) located on the County Home Road just north of Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina.
Lease Agreement Deed Book 132 page 111A (1 March 1959) : County of Caswell and Mrs. A. W. Moorefield Sr.
"All of the property, with the buildings, located in Yanceyville Township, Caswell County, North Carolina, on the North side of the County Home Highway; and being the premises formerly used by Caswell County for the maintenance and operation of a County Home for the aged and infirm. This includes about two acres of land, more or less, around the County Home building."
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Caswell Co. Negress Left Big Estate: Will of Mrs. Sallie Wiggins Presented at Yanceyville for Probate (Special to The Bee)
Yanceyville, N.C., Feb 23. -- The last will and testament of Mrs. Sallie W. Wiggins, widely known Caswell county resident and a descendant of the Bartlett Yancey family who died recently in a Baltimore hospital was admitted to probate here yesterday. It disposes of an estate which is given a value of about $100,000 and reveals a striking instance in which a colored woman, the daughter of an ante-bellum slave, receives most of the estate for enjoyment during her life time.
There is unusual interest in the will in Caswell county for in the Wiggins home are antiques which are probably without their peer in this section of the country. They consist of old family furniture imported from abroad during the early pioneering days of Caswell county rich in quality, well preserved and in substantial quantity. All of these valuable antiques have been deeded to five cousins.
Mrs Wiggins also had fine jewelry, the will listing specific bequests of seven diamond rings and bracelets some of the rings being fine solitaires, which in the aggregate represent a large sum to say nothing of other precious stones. There is no appraisal of the estate but $100,000 is considered a fair figure.
Mrs. Wiggins also remembered a faithful tenant, Arthur Moorefield, whom she characterized as "sober and industrious." To him goes the farm "Inglewood" to enjoy as long as he lives. He can cultivate it and enjoy all the proceeds that come from it. When his son, Arthur Moorefield, Jr., becomes of age, he will step into a tidy competence for under the will he will get half the estate. One quarter of the estate will then go to Jesse James Moorefield, another son of the original beneficiary and the remaining quarter goes to his sister, Sallie Womack Moorefield who is still in her minority.
The rest and residue of her estate Mrs. Wiggins left to Sam M. Bason, of Yanceyville, to be held in trust for her colored servant. "For years there has lived with me," she wrote in the will dated December 13, 1928, "a colored woman named Sallie Fannie Graves. She has been a faithful servant and in gratitude for her faithful service I direct that the trustee shall keep this residue of my estate invested in safe, income-bearing securities and the entire income therefrom shall be paid to Sallie Fannie Graves as long as she shall live."
Mrs. Wiggins further provided that the payments should be made to the colored woman who had tended her through her long final illness in monthly installments. Provision also is made for the distribution of this part of the estate at the time of the colored woman's death. She ordered that the following sums be paid.
Yanceyville Presbyterian church, $2,500; Barium Springs orphanage, $100; Mrs. Mattie Allison, $2,500; May Mebane Donoho, $1,000; Caroline Mebane Parker, $1,000; Mrs. Nannie Mebane Donoho, $2,500; Mrs. S. E. Gwynn, $1,000; Glade Valley Mission school (Presbyterian), $1,000; S. M. Bason, $500; Arthur Moorefield, Sr., $100; Pearl Smith Moorefield, $100; Woman's auxiliary of the Yanceyville Presbyterian church, $100; the remainder to be divided between Nannie Donoho and Nannie Mebane Parker.
All of the family silver, understood to be of considerable value, was left to Mr. Bason, who is named executor of the estate. The diamond rings and jewelry, as well as the household effects including the valuable antiques, are to be divided between her following cousins: Nannie Donoho, Mary Parker, Mrs. Mattie Allison, Mrs. S. E. Gwynn and children, and Mrs. Mollie Turner and children. The whole estate is represented by land, securities and jewelry. The will was drawn by Harris, Harvey and Brown, in Danville, prior to Mrs. Wiggins' removal to a Baltimore hospital.
Source: The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 23 February 1929, Saturday, Page 1.
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1900 US Census
Name: Pearl Smith
Home in 1900: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 5
Estimated birth year: abt 1895
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter
1910 US Census
Name: Pearl Smith
Age in 1910: 14
Estimated birth year: abt 1896
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1910: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Household Members: Name Age
George S Smith 42
Ada Smith 35
Pearl Smith 14
William Smith 13
Jesus Smith 11 [Jesse Siler Smith]
Mary Smith 9
Ada Smith 7
John Smith 4
Robert Smith 2
1920 US Census
Name: Pearl Morefield
Age: 21 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1899
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Home in 1920: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Sex: Female
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Father's Birth Place: Virginia
Image: 1029
1930 US Census
Name: Pearl V Morefield
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1895
Relation to head-of-house: Wife
Spouse's Name: Arthur W Morefield
Home in 1930: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina
Death Record
Name: Pearl Moorefield
SSN: 237-68-5308
Last Residence: 27379 Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina, United States of America
Born: 5 Apr 1895
Died: Jun 1969
State (Year) SSN issued: North Carolina (1960)
Source: Ancestry; Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc.
Additional Death Record
Name: Pearl Moorefield
Death Date: 24 June 1969
Sex: Female
Race: White
Age: 74 Years,00 Months,00 Days
Marital Status: Married
Residence: Caswell
Institution: General Hospital Out-of-State Institutions
Autopsy: Yes
Attendant: Physician
Date Received: 00 1969
Source: Ancestry.com; North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. North Carolina Death Records, 1968-1969. Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1998.
Family Bible Record
Pearl Smith Moorefield (Caswell County, North Carolina) married Arthur William Moorefield (Person County, North Carolina). Source: Moorefield Family Bible
Her paternal grandparents were Jesse Siler Smith (Asheville, North Carolina) and Margaret Isabella Graves. For more on the Smith (Asheville) and Graves families see the entry on this database for Sallie Womack Moorefield, daughter of Pearl Virginia Smith.
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Gravestone
Moorefield Homeplace
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