[This record contains two references to our Pipkins, descendants of Jesse Pipkin of the will of John Pipkin, d 1745, Chowan County, NC] Copied from a Column by A.T. Outlaw in the DUPLIN TIMES, Kenansville, N.C. May 12, 1938 "OUR YESTERDAYS" Wendel Davis, Sr., of Lenoir & Duplin counties was a wealthy land owner & planter. According to family records he was a son of James & Catherine (Wendel) Davis & lived to be a very old man. He died about the year 1830, leaving a large family. The public records show his marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Albertson Sr, of Duplin County near 1780 & possibly he was married more than once. The Albertson's were a family of considerable wealth & prominence. Several of them were well known for their active support of the British cause during the Revolutionary War. The children of Wendel Davis Sr, were as follows: 1) James Davis, married & left a large family as follows: a) Dr. John Davis, never married b) David Davis, married Annie Lightner c) Egbert Davis, married Elizabeth Lawson & Susan Kinsey d) Christopher (Kit) Davis e) James Davis f) Sara Davis, married James Kornegay g) Nancy Davis, married a Kornegay h) Susan Davis i) Margaret Davis, married a Giddens j) Eliza Davis, married a Robinson k) Catherine Davis, married Christopher (Kit) Turner l) Louise Davis, married a Miller 2) John Davis, served for some years as Sheriff of Lenoir County, he married Malissa Taylor & their children were as follows: a) Wendel Davis, never married b) John P Davis never married c) Angelina Davis, married Edward Wooten. It is said that he was a leader in the Ku Klux Klan of Reconstruction days, mysteriously disappeared & was never seen or heard from again d) Elizabeth Davis, married Captain William T Wooten, Confederate officer, who died during the war. Their only daughter, Myrtie, married Dr. Henry Tull of Kinston e) Nancy Davis, died when she was about 18 years old 3) A daughter, married Christopher Lawson, Sr 4) Rachel Davis, married Captain Edward Albertson, who was a militia officer & Justice of the Peace in Duplin County for many years. (My note, Captain Edward's second wife was Elizabeth Pipkin, widow of Elisha Pipkin, son of Jesse of the 1745 will) 5) Willie Davis, married Samuel Albertson, a brother of Edward 6) Wendel Davis Jr, married Smithy Rouse & their children were as follows: a) James Davis, killed in the Civil War b) Samuel Davis, married Cammie Carr c) Alexander Davis, married Elizabeth Barrett d) Council Davis, married Mattie Scarboro e) Julia Davis, married P.D. Gold f) Winifred Davis, married [Willis] Pipkin g) Susan Davis, married Clay Huggins & after his death, she became the second wife of her cousin, Dr. Ira Davis h) Elizabeth Davis, first wife of Dr. Ira Davis 7) Captain Samuel Davis, born 1781, died 1838. He was a man of large means & considerable prominence. He lived & died at what is now known as the Ford Place in Duplin County. He gave the premises for old Prospect Meeting House, near his home, sometime during the years just prior to 1810. He was an officer in the County militia service. His wife was Catherine, daughter of Andrew Tuttle & their children were as follows: a) Wendel Davis, died young b) Delia, the first died young c) Elizabeth Davis, married Lewis Pipkin d) Calvin Davis, married Elizabeth Green e) Phineas Davis f) Seth Davis g) Nancy Davis, married Henry Swinson & her children were Tuscumbia, Samuel, Catherine & Elizabeth Swinson h) Emma Davis, married Jesse Jackson & her children were: Ann, Maria, & Susan Catherine Jackson i) Maria C. Davis, married Dr James W. Blount who was a practicing physician in Kenansville for many years j) Sophronia E. Davis, married Byron D. Ford k) Dr. Ira S. Davis, married Elizabeth Davis & Mrs Susan Davis Huggins, sister of the first wife l) John E. Davis died without issue m) H. Adeline (Delia the second), first wife of Dr. James Hall Jerman n) Winifred Davis, second wife of Dr. Jerman 0) James P. Davis, died without issue. He represented Duplin County as a member of the State House of Commons, session of 1846 8) Sarah Davis, born 25 Mar 1791, died 28 Nov 1876, married McLendal Jerman, born 1791, died 18 Jun 1823, when only 32 years of age. Their tombs are in the old Jerman Cemetery near Hebron Church, Duplin County. At the time of his death, McLendal Jerman owned large tracts of land & numerous slaves. His widow lived for 53 years after his death. Their children were as follows: a) Nancy (Sarah Ann) Jerman, married David Burney of Columbus county & he died soon after their marriage. Possible she married again b) Elizabeth Jerman, married Aretus Williams c) Job L. Jerman d) Dr. James Hall Jerman. He represented Duplin County as a member of the State House of Commons sessions of 1836 & 1838, & served as Clerk of the County Court from 1846 to 1851. He married Delia Davis & Winifred Davis, sisters, & their children were Kate, Samuel & Hepsibah E. Jerman. Dr. Jerman died in the smallpox epidemic during the winter of 1853-54 A grandson & namesake, James Jerman Bowden served as Register of Deeds of Duplin County for a period of eighteen years e) Sarah McLendal Jerman died in childhood f) Mary McLendal Jerman, married Furnifold Green Simmons of Jones County. They were the parents of several children, including ex-United States Senator Furnifold McLendal Simmons of New Bern, now eighty odd years old. This family lived in Kenansville during the Civil War when Senator Simmons was a boy of nine & ten years of age. The home occupied by the family is now owned & occupied by Prof. O.P. Johnson, Superintendant of Duplin County Schools.