Surname Saturday -- Carter & Cully

This evening, as I was looking over a timeline that I had created for my husband's grandfather, Hezekiah Carter, I noticed that one of the witnesses at his first marriage was G.W. Cully. Since connecting with Yvette Porter Moore of Digging Roots: My Family History, my eye has become keen to any Cully connections in our family documents.

Hezekiah Carter; Marriage Register, Volume 6, pp. 65-66; Craven County Register of Deeds, Craven County, NC.

The marriage license was issued on October 20, 1896 to Hezekiah Carter, age 25, Colored, and to Stella Cannady, age 25, Colored. They were married on October 22, 1896 by the Rev. A.F. Mitchell in Township No. 6. Witnesses were M. F. [Omm], GW Cully, and CC Godett.

GW Cully. The first thing I checked was the Census record on Ancestry.com. What I discovered was even more interesting than I had anticipated.

George W. Cully's age was recorded as 5/12; however, the Census was recorded on August 20, 1870 and his month of birth is recorded as January. . . which would make him abt. eight months old. His parents were  William (35) and Nancy (33) Cully; his siblings: Sarah (9), Ambrose (7), Melvina (4), and Mary (2). 

The 1880 Census shows the William & Nancy Culley household with two servants: Matilda Carter and Mary J. Canady. At that time, the children at home were Ambrose (18), Melvina (14), and George [H.] (10).

Recently, Yvette had posted on Facebook a photo of her grandmother Agnes and her older brother, Osborne Ambrose Cully (b. March 29, 1899; d. young). Hmmmm . . . another clue. The 1900 Census shows that the Cully family, which had migrated to the Worcester, MA area before 1900, lived on Eastern Ave. The family consisted of: Ambrose (b. Apr. 1866), his wife Nora (b. Nov. 1870), and children: S. Hannah (b. Dec. 1890), F. Sarah (b. Jan 1891), E. William (b. Jan 1893), E. Kate (b. Oct 1895), A. Osborne (b. March 1899), and M. Agnus (b. May 1900).

It appears that it was Yvette's great grand uncle, George W. Cully, who was one of the witnesses 

at 

Hezekiah Carter's marriage to his first wife, Stella Canady.

Amanuensis Monday -- The Estate of Abel Carter

[NOTE: Abel Carter was my husband's 4th Great Grandfather. Special thank you to Michaud Robinson who found this document and notified me of its existence on FamilySearch: Craven County Estates 1740-1870; pp. 75-77. Previously I had believed that he had died abt. 1795. Here his Inventory is made in 1807.]

                                         June 13 Day 1807

The Estate of Abel Carter Deceased the Count of Said

one Case with bottles to Wm Dove JunR     1--17--6

11 pewter Spoons to John Fenner                0--7--6

one Case & one Vial to Richard Morris Junr 0--9--6

one hackle and mouse traps to John Fenner  0--2--6

two Slays and 1 Guears to Isaac Jesop         0--5--6

one Adds and howel to Jacob Dove             0--6--0

one plain and Drawing knife to John Fenner 0--0--2

one peck to                    George Jesop        0--3--0

one pail and kealer to Wm Howard              0--7--0

one tub one pail to Alexander Thomson        0--2--0

one Gun to Kelser Bradick                          2--0--6

one Earthenpot to Jamesann Godett             2--2--0

one wedge to Silas Richards                        0--5--0

three hoes to John Fenner                           0--8--6

three Razors and Shaving Box to Kelser Braddick     8--0

one hat to. . . Jacob Moore                         0--7--0

wooling wheel without Rim Wm Howard     0--1--0

one pail of trumpery to Jeffery Sampson      0--5--6

two pot trammels to John Fenner                 0--4--0

one Spider to Silas Richards                        0--10--0

two Mugs to Lainah Howard                       0--2--6

one Cup to Wm Physoc                              0--8--0

                                                                 ______

                                                                 8  18  2

one Earthen Bole to Silas Richards               0--2--5

Lot of Crockery wair to Wm Howard           0--8--0

Spice morter to Abel Moore                         0--2--6

one Barrel to Richard Morris Junr                 0--5--0

one hammer to Wm Physiock                       0--3--6

one Ax to Wm Howard                                0--12--6

one hatchet to Jacob Moore                          0--7--6

one Dish and three plates Willy Cully             0--7--0

one Cagg to Jeffery Sampson                        0--4--0

one Bason to [crossed out] Wm Physiock      0--1--6

one Case and other things to Richard Mooris  0--1--0

one Jug to John Fenner                                 0--0--6

one Chest and all that is in to to George Jesop 0--10--0

three powder horns to Kelser Bradick             0--1--0

two pare kneedles to Wm Howard                  0--2--0

knives and forks Wm Howard                        0--2--0

one Cagg to Richard Morris                            0--3--6

one Case and trumpery Richard Morris            0--1--

one pot to Jamesann Godett                            0--5--0

                                                                    _______

                                                                    12--18--8

one pot [crossed out] to Jno Fenner                  0--1--6

three Bottles to Wm Physioc                            0--1--0

Fish hooks Alexander Thompson                      0--3--6

Cagg of trumpery to Wm Physioc                     0--1--6

one Bible to Silas Richards                               0--8--0

one Cagg and Trumpery to Wm Physioc           0--0--6

one hand Saw to John Fenner                           0--12--0

one Bed to Wm Dove Junr                               10--10--0

                                                                      _______

                                                                      28--17--2

Sotd By John Fenner [unreadable]

Treasure Chest Thursday -- Beginning an inventory, Part 2

A couple weeks ago I started inventorying the treasures I received following my Dad's death in 2004.

1. As I unfolded the flaps, a green binder labeled Photographs . . . dated between September 1955 and about 1962. 



Courtesy of Hobbizine.com

2. The next item came in a heavy cardboard tube, yellowed with age, with white,  metal caps on each end. Affixed to the tube was a Parcel Post label: From Registrar's Office, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. To: Mr. Richard A. Newton, 1960 North Road, Vestal, New York. FIRST CLASS. Affixed to the upper right hand corner was a forty-cent John Marshall stamp, postmarked: LEHIGH VALLEY, OCT 19 PM [unreadable] PA. Inside was my Dad's rolled-up Master's Degree and tassels, which he had never displayed.

Wondering why Dad had received his Master's on October 9, 1966 while living in Vestal, NY, I called Mom for some insight. 

Dad had taught at Pleasant Valley High School from 1961-1966, when we relocated to New York State . . . close to where my Dad grew up. While teaching in Pennsylvania, he attended graduate school nights and summers. He graduated just before we relocated to Vestal, NY; and since he did not attend commencement, his degree was mailed to him.

Upon relocating, he had to apply for New York State  teacher certification, which meant he needed additional coursework to be completed at the State University of New York at Binghamton. There he took Photographic Design and 3-Dimensional Design. Mom said they liked his work so much they were going to offer him an Associate Professorship, but his Master's Degree was in Education, rather than Art.

Dad was very talented in many areas, receiving degrees and certifications in various fields, but never really found his niche in life. His passion was in Art Psychology and Guidance, but never found an opportunity to work in that field. Instead, he taught Drafting and Art in the public schools for twenty years.

Richard Allen Newton
(1933-2004)
1st year teaching, circa 1960
Pleasant Valley High School
Broadheadsville, PA