1800 - regular
1810 - regular
1820 - regular, industrial
1830 - regular
1840 - regular, Revolutionary War pension
1850 - regular, agriculture, industrial, mortality, slaveholder
1860 - regular, agriculture, industrial, mortality, slaveholder
1870 - regular, agriculture, industrial, mortality
1880 - regular, agriculture, industrial, mortality
1890 - Union Civil War veterans
1900 - regular
1910 - regular
1920 - regular


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The following information was submitted by Floyd Phelps

Suggested and interesting reading for those people researching in Tyrrell and Washington Counties.

• The Pettigrew Papers Volumes I-III
• War of Another Kind:  A Southern Community in the Great Rebellion

Did you know that before Creswell was named Creswell, it was named "Cool Springs"?

Did you know that the people of Washington/Tyrrell County were involved in a local guerrilla war that lasted for three years? If you are interested in the historical make up of these counties then I think that you must read War of Another Kind:  A Southern Community in the Great Rebellion." It also describes the "Battle of Plymouth" with a map of its defenses.

The Pettigrew Papers Volume II 1819-1843 is still in publication. It can be purchased from North Carolina Division of Archives and History. You can reach them at 919-733-7442 and get yourself on the mailing list for a list of publications (list is free) and periodically they will send you a booklet of available publications and the prices. They have this book for $45.00 but many are really cheap. Volume I 1685-1818, apparently is not in print but I am sure if enough people wanted it they might have a reprinting. Volume III is due to be printed which I am sure would cover the Civil War period and then I could get more of a grip on the War of Another Kind.

This period was apparently unique to Washington County residents, as their feelings applied to the War and to themselves, that is why a war of another kind. I was born on the Lake 1937, I don't know how just yet to explain it but people to people relationships were so much alike a hundred years later, just unbelievable. Another thing that stood out was the lack of manpower support for either side. 350 men went to the Union and 350 men went to the confederacy. Most of the residents couldn't read nor write and were hard working very poor people and as a result, didn't care very much for the feds as it were and surely weren't going to die in a war fighting for the rich men (Pettigrew and Collins) to keep their slaves. Politics were as far away to them as the moon. At first I couldn't understand why, to my knowledge, none of my ancestors fought in the war, now I think I do, and I being in their place would have felt the same way. You know, until I delved into these books, I was always under the impression the War was a great event massively supported by two different schools of thought. Now I find that just the opposite is true, most of the people were so much trying to survive that only a very small portion of the population actually took part in the War. If slavery was the issue, just how many whites owned slaves in Washington County, not many. Anyway, it's interesting to try and analyze the whys, as Paul Harvey would say "You know the news, now for the rest of the story.

Try The Division of Archives and History for more information on the Pettigrew Papers

As far as the War of Another Kind is concerned, you will have to go to a bookstore and make a special order for it. Any major book outlet such as the ones in the malls will do. You will need:

Title : War of Another Kind
Author : Wayne K. Durrill
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Inc. Copyright: 1990 by Wayne K. Durrill
ISBN : 0-19-506007-5

Historic Washington County, published by the Washington County Historical Society, Plymouth, NC 1971

Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr. has published several books that may be of use to Washington Co. researchers.