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I was looking at Nas Ancestry video and his mom side of the family last name was Little and they descend from Steele Township, North Carolina
My Mom side of the family last name was Little on her Dad side (my Grandpa) and he was born in Rockingham,Richmond County , North Carolina to my Great Grandmother Nellie Little.
Here goes their Obituaries
Grandpa
My Great Grandmother
Thomas Little
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Thomas Little was Born September 1,1781 in Mallsgate, Stapleton Parish, Cumberland, England and Died April 10th,1855 in Little Mill's Richmond County ,North Carolina
Thomas Little was born about 1781 at Mallsgate, Stapleton Parish, Cumberland, England. He was the son of John Little and Jane Phillips. Thomas sailed for America April 1806. He married Elizabeth LeGrande. He was an overseer in South Carolina for several years before moving to Richmond County, North Carolina where he purchased the former plantation of Robert Johnson Steele near Mangum, North Carolina. According to the Richmond County Historical Society, Thomas Little, with the help of his son, John Phillips Little, became one of the region’s wealthiest cotton planters. His plantation contained 18 slave houses for his 69 slaves. The plantation had a store and a grist mill, the mill giving the community its name of Little’s Mills. The plantation house still stands. He died at Little's Mills, Richmond County, North Carolina.
Thomas's son Benjamin Franklin Little
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Carlisle plantation in Richmond County, North Carolina
Born October 6th, 1830 in Little Mills, Richmond County, North Carolina
Died July 27th,1879 in Richmond, County,North Carolina
Benjamin Franklin Little was a planter of Carlisle plantation, Richmond County, N.C.; Confederate Army officer with the 52nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment; state legislator, 1864-1865; dry goods merchant; and delegate to the 1876 National Democratic Convention in Saint Louis, Mo. In 1856, he married first Mary Jane Reid of Iredell County, N.C., daughter of Rufus Reid.
Was a Colonel for the Confederate States of America. Was planter at his estate named "Carlisle" in northwest Richmond County, near present-day Mangum and the confluence of the Little and Great Pee Dee Rivers.
The Leaks, Steeles and Coles were the leading textile manufacturers in the Rockingham area in the 1800s and 1900s.
The Robert J. Steele II house at 816 Fayetteville Road is the oldest house still standing in the city limits of Rockingham, North Carolina built beginning in 1838.
My Mom side of the family last name was Little on her Dad side (my Grandpa) and he was born in Rockingham,Richmond County , North Carolina to my Great Grandmother Nellie Little.
Here goes their Obituaries
Grandpa
My Great Grandmother
Thomas Little
Thomas Little (1781-1855) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree
Is this your ancestor? Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Thomas Little born 1781 Mallsgate, Stapleton Parish, Cumberland, England died 1855 Little's Mills, Richmond County, North Carolina, United States including ancestors + descendants + 2 photos + 2 genealogist comments + Y-chromosome DNA...
Thomas Little was Born September 1,1781 in Mallsgate, Stapleton Parish, Cumberland, England and Died April 10th,1855 in Little Mill's Richmond County ,North Carolina
Thomas Little was born about 1781 at Mallsgate, Stapleton Parish, Cumberland, England. He was the son of John Little and Jane Phillips. Thomas sailed for America April 1806. He married Elizabeth LeGrande. He was an overseer in South Carolina for several years before moving to Richmond County, North Carolina where he purchased the former plantation of Robert Johnson Steele near Mangum, North Carolina. According to the Richmond County Historical Society, Thomas Little, with the help of his son, John Phillips Little, became one of the region’s wealthiest cotton planters. His plantation contained 18 slave houses for his 69 slaves. The plantation had a store and a grist mill, the mill giving the community its name of Little’s Mills. The plantation house still stands. He died at Little's Mills, Richmond County, North Carolina.
Thomas's son Benjamin Franklin Little
Benjamin Franklin Little (1830-1879) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree
Is this your ancestor? Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Benjamin Little born 1830 Little's Mills, Richmond County, NC died 1879 Richmond County, North Carolina including ancestors + descendants + 1 photos + Y-chromosome DNA + more in the free family tree community.
Born October 6th, 1830 in Little Mills, Richmond County, North Carolina
Died July 27th,1879 in Richmond, County,North Carolina
Benjamin Franklin Little was a planter of Carlisle plantation, Richmond County, N.C.; Confederate Army officer with the 52nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment; state legislator, 1864-1865; dry goods merchant; and delegate to the 1876 National Democratic Convention in Saint Louis, Mo. In 1856, he married first Mary Jane Reid of Iredell County, N.C., daughter of Rufus Reid.
Was a Colonel for the Confederate States of America. Was planter at his estate named "Carlisle" in northwest Richmond County, near present-day Mangum and the confluence of the Little and Great Pee Dee Rivers.
The Leaks, Steeles and Coles were the leading textile manufacturers in the Rockingham area in the 1800s and 1900s.
The Robert J. Steele II house at 816 Fayetteville Road is the oldest house still standing in the city limits of Rockingham, North Carolina built beginning in 1838.
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how much it costs to have this done. I have an ancestry.com account, I too have looked at census records. I can go back as far as 1890. This is just on my momma side, I haven't even begun to do the work on my daddy side.
