In August 1833, Anthony Forehand pledged two mares, four sheep, twenty hogs, the corn standing in his fields, and two beds with their furniture to secure the rent on Demsey Grandy’s Jonnycake Town place. The gray mare was about ten years old; the bay, about nine. The mortgage named the animals and household goods one after another, bringing an otherwise indistinct Camden farmer into unusually close view. 1833 mortgage
There were two rent obligations, each for fifty dollars. Anthony and his brother William had undertaken the first on 8 February 1831, for that year’s use of the place. Anthony undertook the second alone on 5 February 1833. By the time he made his mark on the mortgage that August, William was dead. The clerk preserved their relationship in a few words: William was Anthony’s brother. That explicit statement is the firmest surviving connection to Anthony’s early family. 1833 mortgage
A William Forehand witnessed a Camden sheriff’s deed on 30 November 1825. A witness of the same name signed a Camden will on 17 January 1828 and appeared in court to prove it in February 1830. These may be earlier appearances of Anthony’s brother, placing him in Camden before the brothers rented at Jonneycake Town. The time and county fit, but the identification remains Possible: neither witness record gives a family relationship, and the local name search is not yet complete. 1825 deed 1828 will and 1830 proof 1833 mortgage
Steven Forehand identifies the Belcross Road–Ivy Neck Road junction as our modern point of orientation for Jonnycake Town. In his 1953 tour, Pugh stopped at Ivy Neck’s road toward Belcross and described a distant opening southwestward as Johnnykin Town. He then mentioned an ancient residence called The Yaupons, about three hundred yards west, without specifying where that distance began. His description locates a remembered landscape; the junction is a viewing point, not a house site. Pugh’s Ivy Neck description
What the mortgage does show is a farmer using rented ground and putting his animals, crop and beds behind his promises to pay. It records the security he offered, not a foreclosure or the loss of those possessions. 1833 mortgage
Anthony was born about 1804. The census taken in Camden in 1850 gives his age as forty-six and his birthplace as Camden. An earlier household headed by Anthony appears there in 1830, but by 1840 he was in neighboring Pasquotank. The compatible ages, geography and deed sequence make this identification High confidence. His years in Pasquotank were substantial enough to leave both a census household and a small purchase of land. 1830 census 1840 census 1841 purchase 1850 household
On 26 February 1841, Nathan Morgan sold him ten acres on the north side of Little River Mill Pond for forty dollars. Both men were described as residents of Pasquotank. The description followed the pond and neighboring lines, naming Michael Holt and Morgan’s remaining land. Seven years later, on 4 February 1848, Anthony sold those ten acres back to Morgan for seventy-two dollars. The sale still described Anthony as a Pasquotank resident. The second deed expressly recalls Morgan’s earlier sale to him. This is a connected piece of Anthony’s land history, though its present boundaries and any dwelling on it remain unidentified. 1841 purchase 1848 sale
A family was growing during these years. Mary, apparently also called Polly, is the probable first wife, at Moderate confidence. Her name comes from the later marriage records of two women believed to be Anthony’s daughters. Those records provide a stronger footing than the older family guesses, although their identification requires care, as explained below. Her maiden surname and the dates of the marriage and her death are unknown. Susan’s marriage Mary Cowell’s marriage
Anthony married again on 1 August 1848. The surviving handwritten entry calls the bride Sally Davis; she is identified with High confidence in our family research as Charlotte Walston, also known as Lotty or Sally. Steven Forehand’s clarification of those names agrees with the later household, her memorial and the record naming her as Durant Forehand’s mother. Charlotte was a daughter of Ambrose Walston, who expressly called her his daughter in his 1855 will. 1848 marriage entry Durant’s marriage Family name clarification Ambrose’s will Charlotte’s memorial
By 1850 Anthony and Charlotte were back in Camden. Four older Forehand girls—Elizabeth, Mary, Susan and Priscilla—appear with them, along with the young boys Abner and Lemuel. William Davis, fourteen, and Josephine Davis, three, were probably Charlotte’s children from her earlier marriage and Anthony’s stepchildren. The household brings the two marriages together more clearly than either marriage entry alone. 1848 marriage entry 1850 household Charlotte’s memorial
Another census page records two people whose names the enumerator did not preserve. On 27 July 1850, Anthony was listed as enslaver of a twenty-year-old woman and a three-year-old boy. Their inclusion is essential to an account of his farming life. The schedule gives neither their names nor their relationship to one another, and it does not identify the boy’s parents. 1850 slave schedule Census instructions
Anthony’s purchases that year survive in a page identified as Seth Squires’s store ledger. Between February and August the account includes cloth, tobacco, salt, a cloth coat and whiskey. The written balance is $13.52, followed by the notation “Bal By Judgement.” Alongside the deeds and censuses, this account preserves another part of his working life: goods obtained on credit, itemized in a merchant’s book. The judgment notation has no separate date and is not an estate or death entry. 1850 store account
Anthony probably died in 1855. We rate that reported year Moderate confidence: the family manuscript attributes the information to W. W. Forehand’s observation of a gravestone that is no longer available to read, and Charlotte’s recorded remarriage to Thomas Forbes on 10 January 1856 is consistent with it. No exact death day or cause has been recovered. Family manuscript Marriage compilation Grave recollections
The yellow-fever epidemic of 1855 has attracted attention in this family’s research. It had a documented effect nearby: an August newspaper reported that Elizabeth City had quarantined conveyances from Norfolk and Portsmouth and turned back a stage from Norfolk. That puts the epidemic within the region’s daily concerns, but no reviewed record identifies yellow fever as Anthony’s illness. The older suggestion that he and Abner died together also conflicts with the best-supported family reconstruction. Abner appears with Lemuel and Durant in Thomas Forbes’s Camden household in June 1860. 1855 quarantine report 1860 Forbes household
Family Ties
Anthony’s parents remain unidentified. John Forehand is a Possible father; the case is discussed below. His brother William is Established by the 1833 mortgage, which places William’s death between their February 1831 obligation and the August 1833 instrument. Mary or Polly is Anthony’s probable first wife; Charlotte Walston is his identified second wife, recorded at their marriage as Sally Davis. Family manuscript 1848 marriage entry Susan’s marriage Mary Cowell’s marriage 1833 mortgage
Elizabeth, Mary, Susan, Priscilla, Abner and Lemuel are identified as Anthony’s children at High confidence. They appear in his 1850 household, supported by the later family records and household continuity. The census itself supplies no relationship column. The four older girls probably belong to the earlier marriage; their individual maternity is less directly documented. Charlotte’s motherhood of Abner and Lemuel is also High confidence. 1850 household 1860 Forbes household 1870 Forbes household Susan’s marriage Mary Cowell’s marriage
- Elizabeth, born about 1834, is probably the Elizabeth Forehand who married Noah Gray on 6 January 1852—Moderate confidence. Her reported death in 1855 remains unverified. Family manuscript 1850 household Marriage compilation
- Mary, born about 1839, is probably Mary Cowell, who married Jacob Cox on 25 January 1874—Moderate confidence. That register names her parents as Anthony and Polly Forehand. The competing Whitehurst identification remains unresolved. 1850 household Mary Cowell’s marriage Whitehurst notes
- Susan, born about 1842 from the 1850 and 1860 census ages, is probably the Norfolk bride of Richard James White in June 1876—Moderate confidence, with the age conflict discussed below. 1850 household Susan’s marriage Susan’s 1860 census
- Priscilla, born about 1844–1845, was five in 1850. Her later life remains unresolved. 1850 household
- Abner and Lemuel continued into the Forbes household. Abner’s difficult age entry in 1850 prevents a secure birth estimate; Lemuel is clearly one, suggesting birth about 1849. The earlier twin description should not be repeated on that evidence. Both are recorded as seven in 1860, an inconsistency rather than a resolved birthday. Abner’s later fate is unknown; Lemuel appears with Charlotte and Durant in 1870. 1850 household 1860 Forbes household 1870 Forbes household
Durant’s parentage is Established. His marriage papers name Anthony and Charlotte Forehand as his parents. He married Sarah Jane Staples in Shiloh Township on 14 October 1877, with her mother Emily’s consent dated the preceding day. His birth belongs in the early 1850s; the family’s reported 1851 date and the several recorded ages have not been fully reconciled. Family manuscript 1860 Forbes household 1870 Forbes household Durant’s marriage
Two grandchildren appear explicitly in Durant’s 1910 census household: daughter Clo, fourteen, and son Durand Jr., twelve. Clo is identified with High confidence as Cloah Forehand Williams, whose daughter Sarah Williams Roberts later preserved the family’s account of the old home. Sarah was Anthony’s great-granddaughter. The 1910 household also includes Durant’s wife Sarah J., forty-seven. Her age is broadly compatible with his 1877 bride, although this census does not explicitly name the children’s mother. Durant’s marriage House recollection 1910 descendants
Between the Lines
A return connected with marriage — Possible. Anthony’s return to Camden may have accompanied his marriage to Charlotte. The February 1848 sale, August marriage and Camden household in 1850 make that a reasonable possibility. None of those records says that marriage prompted the move, however, and the cropped marriage entry gives no residence. A fuller marriage record or a tax entry between the sale and the census could bring the timing into clearer focus. The earlier mortgage to Demsey Grandy documents another change in Anthony’s working life, but no recovered foreclosure or eviction connects it to his departure for Pasquotank. 1848 deed; 1848 marriage entry; 1850 household; 1833 mortgage.
Possibilities, not proven relationships.
Steven suggests that the roughly two-hundred-acre Nichols plantation could have occupied much, perhaps nearly all, of Jonnycake Town, with its house farther back from the road. That is a Possible geographic interpretation. The 1837 deed places the tract in Jonicake Town and names Dempsey Grandy’s adjoining line; the 1839 recital connects it with the Nichols plantation. Neither establishes the locality’s full extent or identifies its house as The Yaupons. Anthony’s rented fields, the plantation’s boundaries and the residence remain separate questions on the modern map. 1837–1839 tract evidence
John Forehand offers a specific direction for the parentage search. The 1800 John household and the 1810 household headed by “J. Forehand” contain age groups compatible with a boy of Anthony’s generation. Yet neither names that boy, and the initials themselves require identification. Lydia Forehand is a separate possible lead because Susan Gregory’s will refers to Lydia’s children without naming them. These clues do not establish John and Lydia as a married couple or as Anthony’s parents. William’s estate, a guardianship or a family distribution naming the brothers would be more decisive. Family manuscript Susan Gregory’s will Parentage census evidence 1833 mortgage
The strongest evidence for Mary or Polly lies in the daughters’ marriages, but one discrepancy matters. Susan’s 1876 license calls her twenty-five, whereas the Camden girl was eight in 1850 and eighteen in 1860. An incorrect marriage age and a different Susan are both credible explanations. Mary Cowell’s record independently names Anthony and Polly, and the family account supports the Cowell–Cox sequence, but the register gives no bride’s age. Together these records favor Mary, apparently Polly, as the first wife at Moderate confidence. Finding the daughters in intervening households could strengthen or change that conclusion. Susan’s marriage Mary Cowell’s marriage Susan’s 1860 census
The family’s North River Road recollection reaches much farther into living memory. Sarah Williams Roberts said her family moved in 1926 to a larger house owned by Dr. Henry Willey. It had been built for her great-grandmother Forehand in the early 1800s and put together with pegs; Sarah lived there until her marriage in 1937. The account also says her father, Gaston Thomas Williams, later bought Willey’s 225.3-acre farm. These are valuable attributed recollections. They do not name Anthony as the builder, or connect that farm by deed to his Jonnycake tenancy or Pasquotank ten acres. House recollection
Steven’s approximate locations of the remembered house and grave keep that family knowledge attached to North River Road. The title connections are still open. But the story already has two distinct kinds of detail worth preserving: the clerk’s list of Anthony’s mares, corn and beds in 1833, and a great-granddaughter’s account of the peg-built house where she grew up nearly a century later. One records what Anthony pledged; the other records what his descendants remembered of home. 1833 mortgage House recollection Remembered locations
How We Rate the Connections
Confidence applies to each particular relationship or identification, weighing the records, chronology, locality and credible alternatives.
William, his brother
Established. The 1833 mortgage expressly calls William Anthony’s deceased brother. 1833 mortgage
John as his father
Possible. Compatible census age groups and family notes suggest the connection; no named parentage bridge has been recovered. Parentage census evidence
Mary or Polly, first wife
Moderate confidence (probable). Two later bride-parent records support her name, with the daughter identifications and Susan’s age conflict retained. Susan’s marriage; Mary Cowell’s marriage
Death in 1855
Moderate confidence (probable). An attributed former-stone observation and Charlotte’s January 1856 remarriage support the reported year. Exact date and cause remain unknown. Family manuscript; Marriage compilation
A Life in the Records
Contemporary records, later references, and attributed dates are distinguished below. This is the currently identified sequence, not an exhaustive inventory of all surviving records.
About 1804 — Birth estimate. Anthony was forty-six and Camden-born in the 1850 census. The family-reported stone also gave 1804. 1850 household Family manuscript
30 November 1825 — Possible brother’s appearance. William Forehand witnessed a Camden sheriff’s deed; his family relationship is unstated. The sheriff’s acknowledgment at May term 1830 and registration on 5 July supply no new appearance by William or Anthony. 1825 deed
17 January 1828 — Possible brother’s appearance. A William Forehand witnessed a Camden will. Identity with Anthony’s brother remains Possible. Will and proof
February term 1830 — Possible brother’s court appearance. The will witness William appeared and proved the instrument by oath. No exact day is supplied. This records William’s attendance, not Anthony’s. Will and proof
1830 — Household. Camden household headed by Anthony: two men aged twenty to twenty-nine and one woman of the same age range. Only Anthony is named. 1830 census
8 February 1831 — Obligation recited later. A joint $50 rent obligation with brother William is recited in the 1833 mortgage; the underlying note has not separately been recovered. 1833 mortgage
5 February 1833 — Obligation recited later. A second $50 rent obligation is recited in the mortgage. 1833 mortgage
1 August 1833 — Execution. Anthony mortgaged property to Demsey Grandy and called William his deceased brother. The transaction concerns rent and collateral, not a purchase of Jonnycake Town. 1833 mortgage
20–21 August 1833 — Proof and registration. The mortgage was proved on 20 August and registered on 21 August. These later recordkeeping dates do not automatically prove personal attendance. 1833 mortgage
1840 — Household. The Pasquotank Anthony household had one man aged thirty to thirty-nine, a woman twenty to twenty-nine, two girls under five, and one girl five to nine. The identity with the Camden man is assessed separately. 1840 census
26 February 1841 — Execution. Nathan Morgan conveyed ten acres north of Little River Mill Pond to Anthony for $40. A repeated year in the opening formula has a reading or copying conflict; the closing date and later entries favor 1841. 1841 purchase
December 1841; 11 January 1842 — Proof and registration. The deed was proved at December term and registered on 11 January 1842. 1841 purchase
4 February 1848 — Execution. Anthony, still described as a Pasquotank resident, resold the same ten acres to Nathan Morgan for $72; the deed explicitly refers back to the earlier purchase. 1848 sale
June term; 20 June 1848 — Proof and registration. The sale was proved in June and registered on 20 June. 1848 sale
1 August 1848 — Marriage. The entry names Anthony Forehand and Sally Davis, identified with Charlotte / Lotty / Sally Walston. 1848 marriage entry Marriage compilation Family name clarification
February–August 1850 — Store account. The account headed “Antony Forehand Dr” on ledger page 82 records cotton on 2 February, tobacco on 6 February, salt on 30 March, a coat on 29 June, and whiskey on 31 August. The written balance is $13.52; the arithmetic has not been independently reconciled. The “Bal By Judgement” annotation has no separate visible date. 1850 store account
27 July 1850 — Slave schedule. Anthony was recorded as enslaver of an unnamed woman aged twenty and boy aged three. Neither their relationship nor the boy’s parentage is stated. 1850 slave schedule
1850 — Population schedule. Camden household 428: Anthony 46, Charlotte 34, Elizabeth 16, William Davis 14, Mary 11, Susan 8, Priscilla 5, Josephine Davis 3, Abner with an unresolved fractional-looking age, and Lemuel 1. The header is cropped; 22 August is supplied by the manuscript rather than independently visible here. 1850 household
6 January 1852 — Family event from compilation. Noah Gray married Elizabeth Forehand, probably the daughter in Anthony’s household. The original entry has not yet been inspected. Marriage compilation
14 August–September term 1855 — Relative’s will and probate. Ambrose Walston named daughter Charlotte Forehand in his will. These dates bound Ambrose’s death, not Anthony’s. Ambrose’s will
1855, reported — Attributed death year. The family manuscript attributes an 1804–1855 gravestone reading to W. W. Forehand. The year has Moderate confidence; the exact date and cause remain unknown. Family manuscript Grave recollections
10 January 1856 — Family event from compilation. Charlotte Forehand married Thomas Forbes. Under the supported widowhood interpretation, Anthony had died before this date; the entry is not an explicit death record. Marriage compilation
6 June 1860 — Later family household. Camden, page 15 (187/375), household 134: Thomas Forbes 36, a wife whose name is uncertain (possibly Sally), 37, Joseph[?], female, 14, Abner 7, Lemuel 7, and Duran 5. The boys carry the Forbes surname. The family identification is High confidence despite inconsistent ages. 1860 Forbes household
1860 — Later probable daughter. Susan Forehand, eighteen, appears in the Garrett household, dwelling 155, row 31. The available image does not retain the full header or date. Susan’s 1860 census
15 June 1870 — Later family household. Shiloh, page 18, household 160/163: Thomas Forbes 50, Charlotta 50, Lemuel 19, and Durant 17. Abner’s absence does not establish a death date. 1870 Forbes household
25 January 1874 — Later parental testimony. Mary Cowell married Jacob Cox in Currituck. The register, book B, pages 17–18, sixth row, names her parents Anthony and Polly Forehand. Her identity with the 1850 Mary is probable. Mary Cowell’s marriage
26–27 June 1876 — Later parental testimony. A Norfolk license issued on 26 June records the marriage on 27 June of Susan Forehand, twenty-five, to Richard James White, thirty-four. Her parents are Anthony and Mary. The nine-year conflict with the Camden Susan remains unresolved. Susan’s marriage
13–14 October [1877] — Later explicit parental testimony. Durant, twenty-two, son of Anthony and Charlotte, married Sarah Jane Staples, sixteen. The consent clearly dates 13 October 1877; the ceremony was on 14 October, with the bracketed year supplied from that attachment. Durant’s marriage
18 April 1910 — Later descendants. Camden Court House, ED 17, sheet 2A, household 18: Clo, fourteen, is explicitly Durant’s daughter, and Durand Jr., twelve, his son. They are Anthony’s grandchildren through Durant. 1910 descendants
Undated recollection — Family testimony. Sarah Williams Roberts described a 1926 move into a Willey-owned house built for her great-grandmother Forehand and her own marriage in 1937. This is attributed family testimony, not evidence that Anthony built or owned that house. House recollection
The Family as We Currently Understand It
Each confidence label applies to the particular relationship or identification beside it. Approximate dates and unknowns are retained.
John Forehand
Birth and death unknown
The 1800 household and proposed 1810 identification offer age-compatible leads. No record yet names Anthony as John’s son.
Lydia Forehand
Birth and death unknown
Susan Gregory’s 1817 will mentions Lydia’s children without naming them. It does not identify Anthony as her child.
John and Lydia are separate research leads. No marriage between them is implied, and Anthony’s mother remains unknown.
Anthony Forehand of Camden
Born about 1804 · Death reported in 1855
The exact date and cause are unknown. The 1830–1850 Camden–Pasquotank identity is assessed as High confidence.
William Forehand
Birth unknown · Died on or after 8 February 1831 and by 1 August 1833
The 1833 mortgage expressly calls William Anthony’s deceased brother. This establishes their relationship without identifying their parents.
Anthony’s wives
Mary, apparently also Polly
Birth and death unknown · Maiden surname unknown
Later marriages of the probable daughters name mothers Mary and Polly. The bride identifications remain qualified, especially Susan’s conflicting age.
Charlotte / Lotty / Sally Walston
Born about 1816–1818 · Died 1903, according to her marker
The marriage of 1 August 1848 records her as Sally Davis. The household, family evidence and Steven’s clarification identify her with Charlotte.
Birth unknown · Died between 14 August and September court term 1855. His will names daughter Charlotte Forehand.
Anthony’s children
The paternal connections below run from Anthony. The older daughters probably belonged to the first marriage, but their common maternity is not directly established. The younger boys are grouped separately without calling Abner and Lemuel twins.
Older daughters — probable first-marriage grouping
Elizabeth Forehand
Born about 1834 · Death unknown; 1855 is reported
Moderate confidence: probably the Elizabeth who married Noah Gray on 6 January 1852. Noah’s birth and death are unknown.
Mary Forehand
Born about 1839 · Death unknown
Moderate confidence: probably Mary Cowell, who married Jacob Cox on 25 January 1874 and was recorded as daughter of Anthony and Polly. Jacob’s birth and death are unknown; Mary’s earlier Cowell marriage remains unresolved.
Susan Forehand
Born about 1842 · Death unknown
Moderate confidence: probably Richard James White’s bride of 27 June 1876. Her age twenty-five conflicts with the earlier censuses. Richard was born about 1842; his death is unknown.
Priscilla Forehand
Born about 1844–1845 · Death unknown
Five years old in the 1850 household. A proposed 1847 childbirth date is unsupported.
Younger sons
Abner Forehand
Birth uncertain; a young child in 1850 · Death unknown
His 1850 age has unresolved fractional-looking strokes. He very likely appears, aged seven, in the 1860 Forbes household.
Lemuel Walston Forehand
Born about 1849 · Death reported as 23 December 1924
One in 1850; later ages vary. The manuscript’s exact dates await their underlying records.
Durant Walston Forehand
Born in the early 1850s; 1851 is reported · Death date unverified here
His 1877 marriage license names both parents. The exact reported 14 March 1851 birth conflicts with some recorded ages.
The Davis children in the blended household
Their household placement, Davis surname and Charlotte’s marriage history support the relationship; an explicit parental record is still needed.
William Davis
Born about 1836 · Death unknown
Fourteen in the 1850 household.
Josephine Davis
Born about 1847 · Death unknown
Three in the 1850 household.
Durant’s marriage and two documented children
Sarah Jane Staples
Born about 1861 from her marriage age · Death unknown
Durant’s bride was sixteen. The year is supplied from the attached consent dated 13 October 1877. Identification with Sarah J., forty-seven in his 1910 household, has High confidence.
The 1910 census explicitly identifies each child’s relationship to Durant. The connections below are paternal; their mother’s identity is inferred rather than explicitly stated by that census.
Clo / Cloah Forehand
Born about 1896 · Death unknown
Recorded as Durant’s daughter, fourteen, in 1910. High confidence: the Cloah Forehand Williams in the later family reminiscence.
Durant Forehand Jr.
Born about 1898 · Death unknown
Recorded as “Durand Jr.,” twelve, and Durant’s son in 1910.
Solid: Established. Dashed: High or Moderate confidence, as labeled. Dotted: Possible. Dashed card outlines mark inferred identities or placements.
Sources: 1850 household; 1860 household; 1870 household; Durant’s marriage; 1910 household; Susan’s marriage; Mary Cowell’s marriage; Ambrose’s will; Susan Gregory’s will; 1833 mortgage; family manuscript.
Sources and Research Notes
Original-record images, later compilations and family recollections are distinguished below. The research was reviewed on 13 November 2026; unresolved readings and identities remain visible in the article.
- Family manuscript. Forehand family manuscript, pp. 107–116 and 122, especially pp. 110–116. A retrospective family compilation; its account of Anthony’s former gravestone is attributed to W. W. Forehand. No surviving stone photograph has been inspected. Related chapter copies are the same evidence.
- 1830 census. 1830 U.S. census, Camden County, North Carolina, p. 359, Anthony Forehand household. Original-record image in the family collection. Only the head is named; no original roll/image locator retained.
- 1840 census. 1840 U.S. census, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, Anthony Forehand household, p. 317 visible on the preserved image. A manuscript annotation instead gives p. 314. Household members other than Anthony are unnamed.
- 1841 purchase. Pasquotank County deed, Nathan Morgan to Anthony Forehand, 26 February 1841, ten acres north of Little River Mill Pond, $40. Proved December term 1841; registered 11 January 1842. Second page 61; book identifier and first page number remain unrecovered. Both record images inspected. A repeated opening year is difficult; the first date and closing execution clause support 1841.
- 1848 sale. Pasquotank County deed, Anthony Forehand to Nathan Morgan, 4 February 1848, ten acres, $72, p. 185; book identifier not recovered. Proved June term and registered 20 June 1848. Recorded-copy image inspected. The deed explicitly recalls Morgan’s prior sale to Anthony.
- 1848 marriage entry. Preserved handwritten marriage-list image, second row: Anthony Forehand to Sally Davis, 1 August 1848. The header, book/page and jurisdiction are cropped; this is not a viewed marriage bond. The bride’s recorded name is retained.
- 1850 household. 1850 U.S. census, Camden County, North Carolina, dwelling/family 428, lines 19–28. Original-record image. Header cropped; the manuscript’s 22 August date is not independently visible. Abner’s fractional-looking age remains unresolved; Lemuel’s is one. No relationship column.
- Marriage compilation. Camden County Marriages, in the rescued CAMDEN County—VITAL RECORDS PDF hosted by the Orange County California Genealogical Society: PDF p. 13 (printed p. 5), Anthony–Sally; PDF p. 15 (printed p. 3), Noah–Elizabeth; PDF p. 17, Thomas–Charlotte. Compiler and issue not fully established; p. 13 refers to a continuation in July 1990. Derivative compilation, not original licenses. View the source.
- 1855 quarantine report. “Stage Quarantined,” Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel (Augusta, Georgia), 15 August 1855, p. 2, rightmost column near bottom. Contemporary newspaper image, Georgia Historic Newspapers, LCCN sn82014777, sequence 2. Establishes a local travel restriction, not Anthony’s illness. View the source.
- 1860 Forbes household. 1860 U.S. census, Camden County, North Carolina, Camden C.H. post office, 6 June 1860, p. 15 (stamped 187; handwritten 375), dwelling/family 134, lines 4–9. Original image. Wife’s name is difficult; boys appear under Forbes. The family grouping supports identification despite inconsistent ages.
- 1870 Forbes household. 1870 U.S. census, Shiloh Township, Camden County, North Carolina, South Mills post office, 15 June 1870, p. 18, dwelling 160/family 163, lines 31–34. Original image. Abner’s absence supplies no death date.
- 1850 store account. Ledger p. 82, “Antony Forehand Dr,” heading 1850, transactions February–August, balance $13.52; preserved original-record image identified in the family collection as Seth Squires’s store ledger. The exact repository/page match remains unverified. UNC’s Seth Squires Account Books finding aid, collection 03747 is a collection lead, not independent verification of this page. “Bal By Judgement” has no separately visible date.
- Durant’s marriage. Camden County marriage license, return and attached parental consent: Durant Forehand and Sarah J./Sarah Jane Staples, license 13 October, ceremony 14 October [1877], Shiloh Township, J. D. Bray. The consent clearly dates 13 October 1877 and supports the bracketed year where the other final digits are obscured. Original supplied image; Durant’s parents Anthony and Charlotte are explicit.
- Family name clarification. Steven Forehand, family identification supplied 30 September 2026: Charlotte, Lotty and Sally Walston identify Anthony’s second wife. This is attributed family knowledge, distinguished from the name Sally Davis in the 1848 entry.
- Grave recollections. Steven Forehand, recollections supplied 13 October 2026, including W. W. (“Billy”) Forehand’s visits to the former grave and the family’s account of the stone’s later movement. No legible photograph of Anthony’s stone accompanies these recollections.
- House recollection. Forehand family manuscript, rendered pp. 110–118 and 122; p. 116 introduces Sarah Williams Roberts’s recollection, describes the 1926 move, peg-built house and later reported Willey–Williams farm purchase. Same underlying manuscript as the family-manuscript citation above. This is attributed reminiscence, not a deed or building contract.
- 1910 descendants. 1910 U.S. census, Court House Township, Camden County, North Carolina, ED 17, sheet 2A, 18 April 1910, dwelling/family 18, lines 12–15: Durant, Sarah J., Clo and Durand Jr. Original image. Fresh review reads wife Sarah J.’s age as 47. Daughter/son relationships are explicit; the identification of Clo with Cloah Williams is a separate correlation.
- 1850 slave schedule. 1850 U.S. census, slave schedule, Camden County, North Carolina, 27 July 1850, left rows 1–2, Anthony Forehand. Original-record image in the family collection; roll/printed page not recovered. Unnamed female 20, classified B, and male 3, classified Mu. Their relationship and parentage are unstated.
- Susan’s marriage. Norfolk, Virginia, Corporation Court, Susan Forehand–Richard James White license dated 26 June 1876; marriage return 27 June 1876. FamilySearch, Virginia County Marriage Records, DGS 007740822, image 818 of 901. Original image: bride 25, born Camden County, parents Anthony and Mary Forehand. The age conflict with the Camden Susan is retained. View the source.
- Mary Cowell’s marriage. Currituck County, North Carolina, marriage register B, pp. 17–18, sixth entry, Jacob Cox–Mary Cowell, 25 January 1874. Register image hosted by NCGenWeb, contributed by Benjamine Bateman and Judy Brickhouse. Bride’s parents Anthony and Polly Forehand; no bride’s age or prior husband’s forename. View the source.
- Ambrose’s will. Camden County, North Carolina, Will Book D:22–23, Ambrose Walston, executed 14 August 1855, proved September term 1855. FamilySearch DGS 004778581, image 234 of 610. Recorded will directly names daughter Charlotte Forehand; it does not state Anthony’s death or call Charlotte a widow. View the source.
- Susan Gregory’s will. Camden County, North Carolina, Will Book C:30–31, Susan Gregory, executed 5 March 1817, proved February term 1824. FamilySearch DGS 004778581, image 21 of 610. Recorded will refers to Lydia Forehand’s children collectively, without naming those children or a husband for Lydia. View the source.
- Parentage census evidence. Original-record images of the 1800 Camden John Forehand household and 1810 Camden J. Forehand household, retained in the family collection; full roll/page locators not retained. These are age-group leads, not named parentage. Also compared: Evin Jones’s 4 February 1781 life lease to the older Anthony and Lois, Camden deed p. 158, proved March and registered 13 April 1792. It supplies no John remainder or descent to the younger Anthony.
- Charlotte’s memorial. Family photograph of the memorial inscribed Charlotte Dunton Walston, 1818–1903, listing husbands Isaac Davis, Anthony Forehand, Thomas Forbes and Wilson Godfrey. Installation date and informant are unknown. The same photograph reproduced in the manuscript is not independent evidence.
- Whitehurst notes. Collected Whitehurst family notes attributed to J. Howard Stevens, The Albemarle and It’s People, 1997–1998. Derivative notes with ambiguous formatting: 19 December 1880 appears on Adelia Honeycutt’s line and cannot establish Mary Forehand’s death or resolve her proposed Whitehurst identity.
- Susan’s 1860 census. Preserved census image attributed to Camden County, 1860, Garrett household, dwelling/family 155; Susan Forehand, 18, line 31. Original-record crop; full header, date, page and roll not retained. Relationship is not stated.
- Remembered locations. Steven Forehand’s annotated satellite-map screenshot, supplied 13 October 2026, locating the family-identified approximate homestead and grave near North River Road. Modern family annotation; not a historical survey, title map or construction record.
- Census instructions. U.S. Census Bureau, 1850 Instructions to Marshals and Assistant Marshals, Explanation of Schedule 2—Slave Inhabitants, heading 5, Color. Official transcription explains B/M categories; it does not establish any individual’s parentage. View the source.
- 1833 mortgage. Camden County, North Carolina, Deed Book U:251, Anthony Forehand to Demsey Grandy, executed 1 August 1833, proved 20 August, registered 21 August 1833. FamilySearch DGS 007513208, image 141. Complete county register copy and faithful detail inspected; same instrument as the older family crop mislabeled page 151. The correct locator is U:251. View the source.
- Candidate William witness, 1825. Camden County Deed Book T:514–515, Luke G. Lamb, sheriff, to Nathan Lurry, executed 30 November 1825; acknowledged May term 1830; registered 5 July 1830. Original register images preserved in the research collection as L04-1825-Lamb-Lurry-p1.jpg and -p2.jpg. Witness identity with Anthony’s brother is Possible.
- Candidate William witness and court proof. Peter Dozier will, Camden Will Book C:115, 17 January 1828; proved February term 1830 by William Forehand. Original register opening, FamilySearch DGS 004778581, image 64 of 610 (alternate viewer: 62 of 210). Witness identity with Anthony’s brother is Possible.
- Family portraits and Charlotte’s AI derivative. Original scans from the Forehand family collection: Charlotte Dunton Walston, Abt. 1890.jpg; Durant Walston Forehand.jpg. Previously independently compared with the family manuscript, pp. 115 and 118. Names and approximate photograph dates are family attributions; Durant’s photograph is undated. The displayed Charlotte portrait is an AI-enhanced and colorized version supplied by Steven Forehand on 13 November 2026; a second enhanced monochrome version was supplied with it. All three Charlotte files are separately preserved and cataloged. The AI tool, prompts and generation dates were not supplied. Colors and reconstructed details are interpretive, not historical evidence; the original scan is linked beneath the portrait. The earlier Durant scan remains preserved; later additions and displayed derivatives have their own source notes below.
- Johnnykin Town and The Yaupons. Jesse Forbes Pugh, Journeys Through Camden County, March 1953, printed p. 10, Ivy Neck stop (marginal 3.5 miles). Original scanned page inspected. Pugh describes the distant opening southwestward and an ancient residence about 300 yards west; he does not specify the distance’s starting point. Modern Belcross Road–Ivy Neck Road orientation and the broader plantation/house-back suggestion: Steven Forehand, 13 November 2026. These are attributed local interpretation, not surveyed boundaries or a documented house site.
- Jonicake Town tract and Nichols plantation. Camden County deed register, p. 217, John D. Grandy to Tully Dozier, executed 13 December 1837, acknowledged May term 1838, registered 15 June 1838; approximately 200 acres in Jonicake Town, adjoining Dempsey Grandy’s line. DGS 007513208, image 423. Same register, p. 303 (upper), Tully Dozier to Abner H. Grandy, executed 12 March 1839, proved May term, registered 16 June 1839; prior purchase from John D. Grandy and Nichols plantation recital. Image 468. Original register images previously inspected; book letter unconfirmed. These connect the two conveyances, but not Anthony’s rented fields or The Yaupons to the tract.
- Charlotte’s later group photograph. Original family scan, “Charlotte Walston, Patsy Adkins, Emma Forehand and cousin Pa.jpg,” preserved in the Forehand photograph collection. Steven Forehand identified Charlotte as the seated woman at far left and supplied an approximate early-1900s date on 13 November 2026; exact date is unverified. Other names are retained as filename metadata, without assigning their positions or relationships. Steven also supplied enhanced sepia and colorized versions and selected the color version for this article. All three files are preserved and separately indexed. AI tool, prompts and generation dates were not supplied; colors and reconstructed details are interpretive. The original scan is linked beneath the displayed derivative. The legacy folder name “before 1900” is not used to date this photograph.
- Lemuel’s circa-1920 portrait. Original family file “Lemuel Walston Forehand, 1920.jpg,” and supplied AI-enhanced/colorized derivative, received 13 November 2026. Steven Forehand supplies the identification and approximate date; exact date is unverified. Both files are preserved and separately cataloged. The original is linked below the displayed derivative. AI colors and reconstructed detail are interpretive; tool, prompts and generation date were not supplied. This is Anthony and Charlotte’s son, distinct from the eighteenth-century Lemuel.
- Durant’s selected portrait. Original family file “Durant Forehand.jpg,” and AI-enhanced/colorized derivative supplied by Steven Forehand on 13 November 2026. Steven identifies Durant; no photograph date was supplied. Both files are preserved and separately cataloged. The original full-resolution scan, including its existing coloration, is linked beneath the displayed derivative. AI tool, prompts and generation date are unknown; colors and reconstructed details are interpretive. The previously displayed family scan also remains preserved separately.
