William Ezekial Dycus

William married Johnie G. Cogdell on 20 Mar 1902 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Johnie (daughter of Allen Cogdell and Nancy Jones) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Gertrude Dycus
2. James Homer Dycus was born on 30 Apr 1904; died on 8 Jun 1966.
3. Myrtle Gertrude Dycus was born on 13 Jun 1919 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

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Lawson and Hester Wright are living with Abner and Cela in the 1870 census and are 12 and 10 years old.

Abner and Celia are both buried in the Walls Baptist Church Cemetery between Ellenboro and Forest City, NC.

Abner married Celia C. Bridges. Celia (daughter of Ezekiel "Zeke" Bridges and Permelia Webb) was born on 6 Aug 1831 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died on 28 Apr 1929 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elijah Dycus (Dicus) is listed in the 1850 census in Camp Call, Township #7, Cleveland Co., NC. Elijah and "Viney" are listed in the 1880 Cleveland Co. census (ages 74 and 76) with their granddaughter (Jane Doty) living with them.

Elijah married Lavinia (Viney) Green on 1 Nov 1826 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Lavinia (daughter of Shadrack Green and Mary Gage, daughter of Shadrack Green and Martha (Patsy) Jones) was born about 1805 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died about 1883 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Spelled Louvania in the 1850 Cleveland County census.

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Married:
Bondsman - Elijah Walker

Other Events:

• Cemetery: New House, Cleveland County, NC; homeplace off a secondary road North Of Sandy Plains Church

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A Mary Jones age 4 is living with Ezekiel and Permelia in the 1860 census, possibly a daughter of Arabell?

Ezekiel and Mary appear in the 1870 Cleveland County census in #8 township (Camp Call) in household 83.

Ezekiel and Permelia appear in the 1850 Rutherford County census.

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Excerpts taken from the "Broad River Genealogical Society Quarterly" Vol XVI No. 3 August 1996. Attributed to James Carson Elliott a former private in Co. F, 56th NC. "Ezekiel Bridges furnished 8 sons to the Army. Uncle Zeke and his boys were as loyal and enthusiastic for the cause as any -- all were good and faithful to the last." Four of Ezekiel's boys in gray never made it home.
"Ezekiel was a small man living on a small farm with a big family." (James C. Elliott, "Civil War History," Eswau Huppeday 14, No. 4; Nov 1994)

"He (Ezekiel) abused his family, after not infrequent drinking bouts, and finally, one of his daughters sewed him up in a sheet after he passed out and then beat him with a stick." The next morning he was told that he had been set upon in the woods and beaten by someone. This process was repeated a few time, and Ol' Zeke decided he would give up drinking. " (Attributed to Milfred Smith)

Ezekiel married Permelia Webb. Permelia was born in 1812 in North Carolina; died on 21 Jul 1871 in New House, Cleveland County, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Cemetery: New House, Cleveland County, NC; homeplace off a secondary road North Of Sandy Plains Church

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Lawson's death certificate identifies Permelia's maiden name as Webb.

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William and Urcilla also had several daughters but their names are not currently known.

William married Usely (Ursilla ) Walker on 12 Apr 1803 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Usely (daughter of John Walker and Ursula Covington) was born about 1780; died about 1818. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Bondsman - Thomas Walker
Witness - James Walker

Other Events:

• Cemetery: Family Farm

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Microfilmed records of Sandy Run Baptist Church: "Shadrach Green & his wife Martha Green joined by letter" May, 1830 church minutes Any relationship between Shadrack Sr. (b.~1747) and Shadrack Jr. (b.~1766) is at this point still circumstantial. There are no deeds which transfer land between them and refer to Shadrack Jr as "my son" or any other such smoking gun. A relationship can safely be assumed based on the fact that Shadrack Jr was living in Shadrack Sr's house prior to his marriage, he homesteaded on adjacent property to Shadrack Sr. and after Shadrack Sr's death, he had Sr's son "Shady" living with him until he got on his own two feet.

Shadrack Green's Will, dated March 17th, 1846, is recorded in the Cleveland County Will Book A, Page 55. In his will, he made bequests to his heirs as follows: "To my beloved son, Joseph Green, thirty dollars; To my grandson, William M. Wilson, thirty dollars, to make them equal with Cornelius Green, and Marvel Green and Abner Green, which has all ready had that much; also, John Green to have ten dollars; also that Enoch Green to have ten dollars; also Robert Green, son of Elijah Green, ten dollars; also my son Anselom Green ten dollars; also Shadrack Burns, son of James Burns, ten dollars; also Abner J. Dycus, son of Elijah Dycus, ten dollars; Landrum Bandy, son of William Bandy, ten dollars; also Rachel Oens, five dollars. (My Note: meant OWENS) Then if there be any more that it be equally divided between all my children. I appoint W. H. McKinney and Elijah Dycus my Executors to this my last will and testament."



Buried:
in the vicinity of the present Crawley Gin in upper Cleveland County.

Shadrack married Martha (Patsy) Jones on 20 Dec 1792. Martha (daughter of John Jones and Elizabeth Pettypool) was born on 26 May 1773 in North Carolina; died before 1846 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 250 acres that Shadrack Green Jr. (b.~1766) sold to Asa Loveless in May of 1834 were a combined plot of 50 acres deeded to Shadrack by the state in 1798 for 25 shillings and 200 he had purchased from John Jones in 1799 for 100 pounds NC state currency. There is no marriage bond issued for the Green/Jones marriage, but at the time those were not needed if both sides were confident that the marriage would in fact occur. As the Green/Jones marriage seems to have taken place in the 1799-1801 period the 1799 land sale probably stood in the place of a marriage bond.

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William is listed in the 1850 Cleveland County census. Elizabeth is shown in the 1850 Rutherford County census living between Samuel Bridges (probably a brother to William) and Ezekiel her son.

William and Elizabeth are apparently living apart but maybe still living on the same piece of land since the county line runs in the immediate area.

William married Elizabeth Bridges about 1788. Elizabeth (daughter of James Aaron Bridges and Rebecca Hamrick) was born about 1796 in Virginia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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An Elizabeth Bridges appears in the 1860 Cleveland County Mortality Schedule listed as a widow, age 70, born in NC, died September 1859 of cancer.