Joseph A. Langford (March 29, 1883)

 

Father of Ellen Langford (wife of William Owen White)

Image provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Chapel Hill, NC

Persistent link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92073906/1883-03-29/ed-1/seq-2/

"North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH6X-GT1 : 8 March 2021), Jos A Langford, 1883; citing Warren, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,294,987.

Sherwood White, The progressive farmer. [volume], August 30, 1898

A CALL FOR-A MASS MEETING.
f Believing in the justice of the princi
ples of the People's party, and that the
evils under which this country labors
will never be remedied until such' de
manda are enacted into law, we main
tain tnat these righteous principles
should never be sacrificed for office
alone, for the benefit of a few. There
fore in order that we, aa a party, may
maintain our integrity and preserve
the autonomy of our party, we issue
thia call, and appeal to all Populists in
Wake'county who avor maintaining
the principles of our party, to meet at
the court house in Raleigh, on Satur
doy, the 3rd day of September, 1898,
for the purpose of nominating a straight
Populist ticket for the county.
(Signed) R N. Wynne,
C. E. Kc . ullees,
Jno C. Fort,
C. R Debnam,
J. R. Ecarboro,
D. M. DiZi.R,
G. A. BCARBORO,
O. C Dunn,
W. G. Pearson,
Nob ah Wall,
W. E. MOwULLERS,
N B. Penny,
R J. BUFFALOE,
A. C. Green,
B. B. Buff aloe,
V W. D. Goodwin,
M. W. Buffaloe,
Sherwood White j
? W. O. Buffaloe.
 

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100 Acres, Sherwood White, SALE OF LAND FOR ASSETS. The news & observer December 12, 1901

 

SALE OF LAND FOR ASSETS.
By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of
Wake County, made in the case of M. S. Buffaloe,
administratrix. of Sherwood White, deceased, vs.
Joseph J. White, et als., I will, on Monday, Jan
uary 6th, 1902. sell for cash, by auction at the
Court House door of Wake County, the lands of
the late Sherwood White, deceased, consisting of
100 acres, situated in Little River township,
Wake county, on the waters of Simms’ branch
ind hounded by the lands of John Broughton and
others, being the lands conveyed to Sherwood
White by James and Martha Young by deed,
which is* recorded in Book 40 on page 523 in Reg
ister of Deeds’ office for Wake countv.
J. H. FLEMING,
Commissioner.
December 6, 1901.

The news & observer. [volume], December 12, 1901, Page 6, Image 6
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POPULIST BOLT GROWS BIGGER Middle-of-the-Roaders - The news & observer. - August 24, 1898 - Sherwood White

 

POPULIST BOLT
GROWS BIGGER
Middle-of-the-Roaders Will
Hold a Convention.
NAME STRAIGHT TICKET THE FORMAL (ALL HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, IS THE DAY
Delegates to the Wilson Convention Last Saturday Declare They will Not Ab de by its Action-Some of the Best farmers in the County Among Bolters.

The movement to put out n straight Populist ticket in Wake county, foreshadowed hy the bolt from Wilson's Republican side-show held here last Saturday, has begun to assume shape. A petition calling for a convention of “all Populists in Wake county In favor of maintaining the principles of the party,” was circulated yesterday and within a short time received a number of signers. ,

Those interesting themselves in the matter propose to hold their convention in the court house next Saturday week (September 3) and nominate a straight Populist ticket for the county. That the meeting will be a lively one is a foregone conclusion; that some straight loir, stuff will be dealt out is indicated bv the announcement in the petition that the signers there of "maintain that the righteous principles of the Populist party should never be sacrificed for office alone or for the benefit of a few.” The formal call for the convention is as follows:

Believing in the justice of the principles of the People’s party, and that
the evils under which this country labors will never he remedied until
such demands are enacted into law, we maintain that these righteous principles should never fa* sacrificed
for office alone, for the benefit of a few. Therefore, in order that wc,as a party, may maintain our integrity and preserve the autonomy of our party, we issue this call, and appeal to all Populists in Wake county who favor maintaining the principles of our party, to meet at the court house in Raleigh, on Saturday, the 3rd day of September. ISOS, for the purpose of nominating a straight
Populist ticket for the county.
(Signed)
R. N. WYNNE.
('. E. MV ELLERS,
.TNG. <\ FORT.
(’. It. DEB NAM.
.L R. SCAR BORO,
D. M. DIZAR,
G. A. S('AItBORO,
A. C. DUNN.
W. (J. PEARSON,
NOAII WALL,
\V. E. M'CULLERS,
N. B. PENNY.
It. J. BUFFALOE,
A. C. GREEN,
Ft. It. BUFFALOE,
W. AY. GOODWIN.
M. W. BUFFALOE.
SHERWOOD WHITE,
W. C. BUFFALOE.

According to the statements of those interested in the meeting not only tin above -all of whom are well-to-do representative Wake county farmers —but many other Populists in Ihe county arc disgusted with the Lit** Wilson convention. Among them, they claim, are a number of delegates to fm* convention who did not bolt but who now declare they will not vote for either the men nominated by the Populists or those yet to be named by the Republicans. 1 saw three such delegates yesterday and they expressed themselves very freely on the subject.
“We are not Democrats.” they said, "any more than we are Republicans.

We are Populists, that and nothing more. AVo believe in the principles of that party and we do not think the time has come when we are compelled to desert them or choose another political organization. AA’hen it docs if will be time enough for its to choose new associations. But enemies within our own ranks are seeking to deliver us over to the Republican party. 

We don't propose just at this time to be delivered that is all there is of it. Our cal! for a convention is simply a protest against being traded like cattle to the Republican party by Otho Wilson.”
Other epressions to the same effect have been heard within tin* past few days. There can be no doubt that the bolt is a serious one—much more serious than was at first believed by the managers of last Saturday’s convention.

The news & observer. [volume], August 24, 1898, Page 6, Image 6

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WRAL: Millbrook Village: Abandoned 150+ year old mill hidden in Raleigh

By WRAL Heather Leah, multiplatform producer

People who've lived in Raleigh since before the 1970s may recall a time when the area known as 'North Raleigh' was still called Millbrook Village. The little white post office was still standing and the enormous mill standing by Falls Lake hadn't yet been turned into apartments.

Today, very few remnants of the Millbrook community still remains. Some abandoned homesteads can be found near Falls Lake – ruins from another civilization, another era. Two of the community's original churches, which originally met in brush arbors, still congregate today, holding memories from the bygone time.

And many locals would be surprised to discover that 150+ year old remains of an old, abandoned mill still stands, nearly unrecognizable from its former life, on the banks of Marsh Creek.

In fact, this stone relic is believed to be the original 'mill brook,' from which the entire Millbrook community – and modern day Millbrook Road – takes its name.

The hidden history of Millbrook Village

The remains of the Millbrook community have slowly faded over the years after being annexed by Raleigh. I grew up in Millbrook in the 1980s and went to Millbrook Elementary – but by then the area was just called 'North Raleigh.'

However, those who have lived in Millbrook Village long enough can share stories from a time before the area belonged to Raleigh.

"In the early 1860s a community developed along US-1, six miles north of downtown Raleigh near an important gristmill situated on Marsh Creek," wrote Dr. Phil Ashburn of Millbrook United Methodist Church, one of the community's earliest church congregations.

The churches know about the secret mill remains very well, with oral histories passed down by older church members that this stone structure is indeed the original 'Mill Brook.'

According to Ashburn, the Millbrook community formed in the early 1860s, developing along US-1 around six miles north of downtown Raleigh near "an important gristmill situated on Marsh Creek."

"The well-hidden stone foundation is rumored to remain," he writes.

The Mill Brook community grew around the Raleigh-Gaston Railroad, which built a station in the village in 1860, according to Asburn.Both the Millbrook United Methodist congregation and the Millbrook Baptist Church congregation originally met outdoors, gathering in 'brush arbors,' which were slightly sheltered by overhanging leaves and encircling bushes. In fact, the Harris Teeter at North Ridge Shopping Center, near the Millbrook Exchange Park, is built very close to the original brush arbor for a Millbrook church congregation.

"Most of the farms ranged from 50 to several hundred acres, so the families did not live close to one another. The main crops were corn, cotton, wheat and vegetables. Each family owned cows, chickens and hogs. Before the area had churches, the people assembled at a brush arbor for corporate worship to seek God’s blessings," according to the history of Millbrook Baptist Church.

While most Raleighites and historians have only recently 'discovered' the mill's remains, residents of the neighborhoods around the old granite mill have long known about the structure. However, many of them did not realize it was a mill, nor did they know exactly how historically important the structure was.

Many historians who have examined or studied the mill have theorized this structure is the original 'Mill Brook' for which Millbrook Village and Millbrook Road took their names.

Other roads in the surrounding area include Grist Mill Road, Old Forge Road, Harps Mill Road and Hunting Ridge Road. What old foundations and historic places might these road names recall?

The WRAL Hidden Historian took viewers on a live exploration of the remains of this abandoned historic relic on WRAL's Facebook. Tune in then to see the live exploration, and more history of the lost legacy of Mill Brook Village and its neighboring community of Six Forks.

George White Oteen Hospital Pictures

The White and Moore Family had been residing in Wake County as early as the 19th century, if not before. George and India Moore White welcomed their first child, Bill, about the time in 1928 that George was diagnosed with tuberculosis and was sent for treatment at the hospital in Oteen, N.C.

This is a selection of original real-photo postcards gathered by the North Carolina Historical Commission between 1918 and 1921 of the Public Health Service Hospitals in Asheville and Oteen, N.C. Administrators with the hospitals gave these photographs to the Historical Commission as part of the North Carolina World War Records Collection Project. A number of these images had original identifications written on the back of the photographs. Some of the photographs are from after the end of WWI, showing recovering U.S. military personnel who suffered injuries, illness, or mental issues during WWI.

From North Carolina County War Records, WWI 2, WWI Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.

Margaret Ayers White

Margaret Ayers White, 92, passed away Monday, July 17, 2017. She was born in Washington, NC on March 10, 1925 to the late Edwin W. and Laura Stedman Ayers. Margaret grew up in Raleigh and proudly attended Hugh Morrison High School. 


After graduating, she and several of her friends went to work for Western Union - a job which enabled her to work and travel during the war. On June 15, 1947, she married William "Bill" Albert White and from that union had five children. 

Margaret eventually left the banking industry and began a new career with the US Postal Service, from which she retired in 1986. Post-retirement, she and Bill spent many years traveling in their motor home, often loading up half the family for week-long getaways.

Although Margaret was an active member of the Eastern Star, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the First Families of North Carolina, she was most active at being "Mema" to her six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was a lively, spirited woman whose memory will be cherished forever.

Margaret is survived by her loving children Barbara Shand and husband, Kevin; Patricia Lewis and husband, Todd; John White and wife, Sherry; and Billy White. She leaves behind grandchildren Jennifer Dew, Mark Aubut, Steven White, Robert Haynes, Amy Lewis, and Eric White, and great-grandchildren Heather and Shelby Dew, Ellie White, Samantha Aubut, and Robert "Bo" Haynes. She is also survived by her dear brother James Cordon Ayers of Columbus, Ohio.

The family requests no flowers, but please honor their mother and remember their sister, Peggy Adams, by making donations to Rex Healthcare Foundation's Peggy Adams Scholarship Fund. Checks should be sent to Rex Healthcare at 2500 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, NC 27607.

Arrangements under the direction of Mitchell Funeral Home at Raleigh Memorial Park, Raleigh, NC.

White 8mm Home Movies

Mountains and Flight

William "Willie" Owen White Timeline

This portrait was found behind the William and Ellen Wedding picture, which was in the original wood frame from 1900.

William Owen White was born in October of 1873 to James and Sabrina Peebles White. From the 1880 census, he lived in the Little River district of Raleigh. His grandparents, Sherwood and Susan White, lived next door where they took care of the family farm.

1880
Census - Age: 7
Little River, Wake County, North Carolina

James White, Age: 35 (Farmer)
Sabrina White, Age: 28 (Keeping House)
Joseph White, Age: 9
William White, Age: 6
Zora White, Age: 4
Elizabeth White, Age: 2
James Williams, Age: 16 (Servant)

1900
1900 Census - Age: 27 Raleigh Township

At 26, William Owen White, shows up working at Pilot Mills with his future wife, Ellen Langford (18) who were married on June 27th, 1900 at Midway Baptist Church.

Raleigh 1899-1900 City Directory.
Name / Occupation / Address
White, Wm O; wks Pilot Mills; r 4 Pilot Mills (cotton mill weaver)
Langford, Ellen Miss; wks Pilot Mills; r 22 Pilot Mills (cotton mill weaver)

Wedding portrait of William Owen White and Ellen Langford.

Midway Baptist Church was located at the corner of Spring Forest and Falls of Neuse Roads.

In the 1900 tax list, Willie owned one cow valued at $20 ($574.39 in 2015). The total aggregate assets of his personal property was $20. He paid $154 ($4,422 in 2015) in total taxes. 

In 1903, Willie was working at Pilot Mills and living at 543 N Wilmington. His Mother, Sabrina White is living in room #4. William and Ellen have two sons by 1903, George and Leland.

1910
Census - Age: 37
Barton Creek, Wake, North Carolina

Death - Sept 26, 1912

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Ellen Langford and William Owen White Mourning Photo Brooch

1940 New Car Order

Robert Harper to Ann White Harper, Recorded Voice

Pilot Mills in Raleigh

The following information is from The Village of Pilot Mills Website. 

Mill Hill Village at Pilot Mill - 1892-1982

Pilot Mills in 1896

 Before the existence of the Village at Pilot Mill Mill, another village stood on the same site. Known as Pilot Mill Hill ("Mill Hill" being a name common to the mill villages of North Carolina), it comprised 68 houses of varying sizes. The wooden homes with mud yards fronting unpaved streets were rented to mill workers and their families for a few dollars a month. Covering the area of our present community between Haynes (formerly North Wilmington) and North Blount streets, the old village included a school (now the Hope Elementary School), a church (Pilot Church), and a company store run by the mill.

When the mill closed in 1982, the village was destroyed and the homes were razed. For the next twenty years, the area was desolate, plagued by drug deals, shootings and gang war within the neighboring Capitol Park community.

1914 Plan

In the days of the mill, Haynes Street was called North Wilmington Street, but otherwise the layout of the original village was eerily similar to that of ours today based on the 1914 plan to the left. The former homes have been replaced by buildings much larger and more substantial and the diverse occupations of the new residents are all far removed from mill work. Today high tech industries draw new residents to Raleigh and the Village at Pilot Mill. In the 1890's a new industrial enterprise and the promise of opportunity and a better life drew people to Mill Hill, Raleigh, from around the state.

 

Photo from Mike Legeros at Hidden Raleigh.

Photo by Mike Legeros at Hidden Raleigh

Photo by Mike Legeros at Hidden Raleigh

William Ratcliffe and Etta Rebecca White early 1900s

On the back of the photo reads, Will Rackcliff and Etta White

Portrait of William Ratcliffe and Etta White from about 1900. William and Etta worked at Pilot Mills in Raleigh, NC and are listed in the 1899-1900 City Directory.

Name / Occupation / Address
William Ratcliff; wks Pilot Mills; r 4 Pilot Mills (cotton mill line inspector?)
Miss Etta R White; wks Pilot Mills; r 4 Pilot Mills (cotton mill weaver)

From the 1900 Census, they live next door to each other.

Etta and William are buried in Oakwood Cemetery and her headstone is the Ratcliffe Angel, guardian of Raleigh’s dead. Read a good article written by Josh Shaffer about the Angel on the N&O website.

Shaffer: Graveyard angel glares in darkness

 Photo via Flickr @ Ashe

Etta White

 "By day, the angel guards the grave of Etta Ratcliffe, who died in 1918 after a sickness that dragged on for five months. Stern-faced, unsmiling, the angel doesn’t gaze so much as glower into the distance – a fitting monument to a mother of five dead at 37."

Read more "here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/10/21/2429070/shaffer-graveyard-angel-glares.html#storylink=cpy

 [The angel] came to Raleigh from Italy, ordered by Etta Ratcliffe’s husband and knitting-factory magnate, William. But her ship foundered and sunk off the coast of Wilmington, and the marble angel spent years underwater before a tender-hearted seaman plucked her out of the ocean.

Mary Ratcliffe 1922 Raleigh High School Picture

Mary Ratcliffe's 1922 Raleigh High School Picture.

Mary's parents are Etta Rebecca White and William Ratcliffe. She was born in 1904 and was George White's cousin.

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William Owen White, Wake County Voter Registration

William Owen White registered to vote on Oct. 11th, 1902 with his brother Joseph J. White.

William placed his descendent as his father, James W. White, and Joseph listed their grandfather, Sherwood White.

Dorsey White, Raleigh marine helps win grid cup in China

Raleigh Marine Helps Win Grid Cup in China.

Dorsey White Played For Leatherneck Champions in Shanghai League

Philadelphia, Jan 7. - Dorsey R. White, formerly of Raleigh, NC, was a member of the Third Battalion football team which won the championship of the local American Football League at Shanghai, China, according to information just received at the Marine Corps news bureau here.

The Third Battalion is one the units of the Fourth Regiment of Marines, now on duty at Shanghai. For topping the Shanghai League the team was awarded the Cunningham Cup, donated by the American Consul-General at Shanghai.

Dorsey White is 21 years old, was born in Raleigh, and is a brother of George W. White, of the Raleigh postal Service. He joined the Marine...

American Gas Service Co. June 22, 1939

Newspaper Cutout Dec. 3rd, 1980, The Home Game By Virginia Truax