General Notes

Census reports indicates Thomas William Byrum was born abou
t 1846-1847 in Union County. After the Civil War, he came t
o Edgecombe County, where on September 8, 1868, he was marr
ied to Harriett Little by Joseph Cobb, J.P.
Thomas William Byrum was killed 5 Oct. 1889 at a mill he ow
ned near Aquilla, Hill County, Texas.
"Edgecombe 42:579): NC. Edgecombe Co. this deed made this t
he 29th day of December A.D. 1877 by Thomas W. Byrum and Wi
fe Harriet L. Byrum of the same state and county over writt
en to Kate D. Little wife of Leonidas of Edgecombe Co. (sic
)... Witnesseth that the said Thomas W. Byrum and Harriet L
. Byrum his wife in consideration of three Hundred dollar
s to them paid...have...sold...to the said Kate D. Little t
heir Interest which is one Eleventh part of a certain undiv
ided...tract of land in Edgecombe County adjoining the land
s of Da___ Lawrence, C.H. Jenkins, James Lawrence and other
s...on the North side of Tar River...on the east side of th
e road leading from Tarboro to Greenville supposed to be ab
out seven and a half or eight miles from the town of Tarbor
o known as the land belonging to Frederick D. Little deceas
ed upon which his widow now resides and containing about th
ree hundred and seventy acres..."
Witness: Leonidas Little, Justice of the Peace.