Promise Land Homes

Promise Land Homes Map

205 South 10th St.

Capt John E Lewis and Mary Lewis Day (siblings) ca 1920s

Capt John E Lewis

Georgia Day Eldred ca 1920s

Hannah Lewis Styron and Mary Lewis Day (sisters) ca early 1900s - raised on Wades Shore

Ken Eldred Sr and Georgia Day Eldred ca 1920s

Ken Eldred Sr. - US Navy ca 1945

Mildred Willis ca 1920s

Uncle Bennie Day on the right ca early 1920s

305 south 14th st.

Eva Pearl Guthrie Humberry Willis ca 1978

Marian Humberry (daughter of Earl and Pearl) and unknown

Marion Hunberry (daughter of Earl and Pearl)

Marion Hunberry and friends maybe in front of 1301.5 Shackleford Street ca 1942

305 S 14th Street - Helen Lewis

305 S 14th Street - Jesse Lewis

305 S 14th Street - Lena Gray Lewis

909 Shepard St.

Annie Mae Parker and Nettie Willis Murrill

Annie Mae Parker Guthrie and Nettie Lee Willis Parker

Annie Mae Parker Guthrie in Atlantic Beach

Annie Mae Parker Guthrie

Carolyn Kirth Guthrie Green, Jennifer Guthrie Robinson and Julia Annette Guthrie Lutz

Carolyn Kirth Guthrie Green, Jennifer Kay Guthrie Robinson, Leroy Kirth Guthrie, Annie Mae Parker Guthrie and Leroy Kirth Guthrie jr

Carolyn Kirth Guthrie Green

David John Guthrie

Jennifer Guthrie Robinson

John Samuel Parker sr. and Nettie Lee Willis Parker

John Samuel Parker

Julia Annette Guthrie Lutz and Carolyn Kirth Guthrie Green

Julia Annette Guthrie Lutz, Annie Mae Parker Guthrie and Carolyn Kirth Guthrie Green

Julia Annette Guthrie Lutz, Carolyn Kirth Guthrie Green and Annie Mae Parker Guthrie

Julia Annette Guthrie Lutz, Cornelius Guthrie and Carolyn Kirth Guthrie Green

Julia Annette Guthrie Lutz

Nettie Lee Willis Parker

Nettie Lee Willis Parker and Annie Mae Parker Guthrie

Nettie Lee Willis Parker and John Samuel Parker sr.

Nettie Lee Willis Parker, Daughter of Josephus Willis Jr. and Pennsylvania Guthrie Willis. b. 1889, d.1966

Nettie Lee Willis Parker

Pennsylvania Guthrie Willis and Josephus Willis Jr.

Pennsylvania Guthrie Willis and Nettie Lee Willis Parker

Rosalie Parker -daughter of Josephus Willis, Jr. and Pennsylvania Willis

Leroy Kirth Guthrie jr

1011 Evans Street

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1105 Evans Street

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Darius Ballou circa Sept 1862

1200 Shepard st

Dace Guthrie

Kib and Jeanette Guthrie ca 1928

Kib Guthrie

Kilby Thomas Guthrie, D.C.3. USS Wiltsie D.D.716

Tommy Guthrie, son of Kib and Jeanette

1202 Shepard St.

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1203 Shepard st

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Thomas Lewis (1879 - 1941)

Raymond Lewis, Vernon Guthrie, Leroy Guthrie (Atlantic Beach 1930-35)

Lula Guthrie Lewis (1882 - 1917)

Leroy Kirth Guthrie

Janice Ray Ditto ca 1952

Annie Mae Parker Guthrie

1203 Shepard Street

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David T. Gould

David T. Gould, Terrell Gould III c. 1988

David T. Gould

Margaret Gilmore Gould

Margaret Gould and Jack Bailey, Queen for a Day 1950 in Hollywood, CA

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Teluthia Willis

1204 Shepard St - Surviving children of Russell Cole Willis - Bev, Gary, April 2010

Russell Willis

Gary Cole Willis ca 1949

Charles Willis

Barbara, Gary & Bev - Surviving children of Russell Cole Willis

1205 evans st.

Capt. Johnnie Guthrie

Lou Morrow Bell, Capt. Johnnie Guthrie

Lou Morrow Bell, granddaughter of Capt. Johnny Guthrie

Lou Morrow Bell, Maxine Guthrie Morrow 1956

Maxine Guthrie Morrow and O.J. Morrow

Johnnie Guthrie obituary

Lou Morrow Bell 1955

r-l, Capt. Johnnie, Nannie, Lou Morrow Bell

Lou Morrow Bell, Tommy Morrow

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1206 shepard st.

Capt. Dave's 1922 license

Capt. Dave

Dave and Priscilla Gould c 1911, 16 and 14 years old

Dave Gould with Sparrow

David T. Gould aged 18

David T., Leroyal T., Dave, Priscilla, Lee, Ella Grey, Madeline, 50th Ann. 1962

Ella Grey Gould Smith

Harriet Lane Willis Guthrie (old)

Harriet Lane Willis Guthrie (young)

Harriet Lane Willis Guthrie

Leroyal Gould c. 1930

Leroyal T. Gould

Madeline Gould Austin

Priscilla and Dave Gould, old home at 1206 Shepard St. Jan 1952

Priscilla Gould in back yard

Priscilla Guthrie Gould (young)

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1208 shepard st.

Carol Ann Edwards at grandmother Sally's house

Sally Edwards and Hattie D

Sally Edwards

1210 evans st.

Bessie Willis Lewis, Willie Lewis, Deborah, and Norma

Mary Ann Lewis

1210 shackleford st.

Clayton Guthrie

Father of Gretchen Guthrie Guthrie, Benjamin Franklin Guthrie 1894-1922 Married Sally Guthrie

Grethen Guthrie

Melissa Guthrie - Absoloms Sister at 305 S 14th Street

Plymouth Willis at 1209 Shepard Street

Sally Guthrie Wills and Gretchen Guthrie Guthrie, Promise Land girls. Ca 40s.

Absolem Guthrie (Tobe) 1875-1956. Lost his wife, daughter and her husband and was raising his orphaned granddaughter, Gretchen

Donald Gray Guthrie in his early 20s in the back yard at 1210 Shackleford .Bobbie Dawn is crying for getting into trouble

Gretchen Guthrie Guthrie in front of 1210 Shackleford. early 40s. Sailing that day with her cousin, Toby Charles Guthrie

Mary Allen Willis Guthrie 1894-1967. Mother of Donald Guthrie and James Guthrie. Backyard of their home, 1407 Evans Street

Sally Guthrie mother of Gretchen Guthrie Guthrie and Fern Falcon Johnson. Sally and Benjamin both died in 1922 leaving two babies

1212 evans st.

Bobby and Mary Austin

Kelly and Lucille Lewis Guthrie

Mary Laura Guthrie Austin

1302 Shackleford st

1302 Shackleford Reginald Haywood Willis

1302 Shackleford

Carolyn Ruth Willis Jubb

Clyde Elspher Willis

Estelle Willis03

Gene Thomas Willis

Hannah Lewis Styron, Jerry, Richard (Dickie) Willis, UK, Patricia Willis Luther, Jackie Arnold

Hannah Lewis Styron, Mary Lewis Day

Jerry Wayne Willis

Ned Willis

Nellie Styron Willis

Okaneal Willis and Nellie Styron (approx 18 yo)

Ozell Willis

Patricia Willis Luther

Reginald Clemmons Willis

1302 Shepard st

1302 Shepard St - Vernon Guthrie, unk, Leroy Kirth Guthrie circa 1930

1302 Shepard St - Zenovia Guthrie - Ms. NC

1928 New Bern parade

Cornelius Guthrie, granddaughters Annette, Carolyn Guthrie

Leroy Kirth Guthrie, Annie Mae Parker Guthrie at Atlantic Beach

Zenovia Guthrie

1304 Shepard st

Gerald Lewis 1952

Gerald Lewis_and Kemp Wickizer 1952

1305 Shackleford st

Capt. Gib Willis, Bill Murrill, Johnny Mayberry,David Murrill, Jimmie Howland, Hannah Guthrie Willis

Capt. Gilbert Willis 1908

Hannah E. Guthrie Willis 1906

Harriet Rose Willis, Hannah Guthrie Willis c 1924 at the Landing

Nettie Murrill (2)

Nettie Murrill (3)

Nettie Willis 1933

Nettie Willis Murrill c 1948

Pennsylvania Willis and Josephus Willis, Jr.

Pennsylvania Willis, Nettie Willis Parker, Anna Kaye Warren, Carrie Parker Warren 4 generations

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William and Nettie Murrill 1976

1306 Shepard st

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1306 Shepard St - Miss Annie Randolph

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Cicero and Marinia Guthrie c. 1930-40_s

Genevieve Tuten c 1940_s

Genevieve Tuten Youraine c. 1950

Lawrence Frank Tuten, Cecil, Frieda, Genevieve c 1930_s

Lawrence Frank Tuten

Samantha Guthrie (Tuten) c 1930

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1308 Shepard - Georgia Rae, Levonia Guthrie holding Gayle 1932

1308 Shepard in 1927

About 19th St - Amy Louk Guthrie (George's mother) and Lola Day and Natalie Ruth Willis

Amy Louk Guthrie - 20s

Aunt Esther sailing

Bryant mending net at 304 S 16th St 1945

Grandpapa Cicero Guthrie 1925

Julius Nelson family 1925

1309 Shepard st

Carlton Guthrie (1901-1958)

Dora Guthrie Arthur Guthrie - 1891-1967

Dorie and Douglas Guthrie (mother and son)

Sallie and Douglas Guthrie (brother and sister)

Wilma Guthrie Mutter 1

1309 Shepard - Dora Guthrie02 - 1891-1967

1309 Shepard Street - Carlton Guthrie and unknown

1309 Shepard Street - Dorie Guthrie and Nat Willis

1309 Shepard Street - Dorie Guthrie and unknown

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1309 Shepard Street - Gary Willis and unknown

1309 Shepard Street - Sallie Guthrie Willis

1311 Shepard Street - Sallie Guthrie Willis and Walter Guthrie

Carlton Guthrie, Clifford Smith, Ed Purifoy, Frances Purifoy

Dora (Dorie) and Wilma Guthrie Mutter

Dorie and Sallie Guthrie

Dorie and Wilma Guthrie (mother and daughter)

Douglas Guthrie and Bill Mutter

Sallie Guthrie Willis and Wilma Guthrie Mutter ca 1958

Willma Guthrie Mutter and Sallie Guthrie Willis

Wilma and Sallie (sisters) Guthrie

Wilma Guthrie Mutter 2

Wilma Guthrie Mutter 6

Wilma Guthrie Mutter 7

Wilma Guthrie Mutter and Bill (House left - Randolph and Annie Willis, Guthrie-Wickizer House)

Wilma Guthrie Mutter and Bill (S 13th Street Alley)

Wilma Guthrie Mutter and Nathanial Willis

Wilma Guthrie Mutter

Wilma, Douglas, Dora, and Sallie Guthrie

1310 Shackleford st

1310 Shackleford - Sallie Willis 1

1310 Shackleford - Sallie Willis

1310 Shackleford Street - Ellie and Norman Larkee

1310 Shackleford Street - Emma and Nat Willis

1310 Shackleford Street - Emma Willis

1310.5 Shackleford Street - Nat and Sherry Willis

Nat and Sallie Guthrie Willis

Nathaniel, Sally, and Darlene Willis

1310 Shackelford Street - Emma Willis and Rudy

1310 Shackleford - Nathanial Willis

1310 Shackleford - Sallie, Nathanial, Darlene Willis

1310 Shackleford -Darlene Willis

1310 Shackleford 1

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1310 Shackleford Street - Nat and Sallie Willis

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1310.5 Shackleford Street - Nat Willis ca April 1950

1310.5 Shackleford Street - Nat Willis-04

1310.5 Shackleford Street - Nat Willis

1310.5 Shackleford Street - Sallie Guthrie Willis ca April 1950

1310.5 Shackleford Street - Sallie Guthrie Willis

Nat Willis

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Sally Guthrie and Nat Willis ca 1950s

1310 Shepard st

Joe Guthrie, baby Marie _ Alva Bell ca 1955

Mary Caroline, Alva Bell, Maybelle Guthrie ca 1940

1311 Shackleford st

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Bette - Sarah E. Gillikin c 1897

Bettie Adams c 1950_s

Bettie Adams c 1969

Deanie and Phyllis

Faye Ona Guthrie

Freddy Cooper Adams

Laurie Willis Peterson, Mary Adams Peterson, 305 S. 14th St., c 1939

Ray Adams

William Ford Adams, May 1940

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1311 Shepard Novella and Sallie Willis

1311 Shepard Street - Gary and Wanda Willis

1311 Shepard Street - Novella Willis

Gary Kent Willis

Novella and Nathaniel Willis

Unknown, Jimmy, and Gary Willis

1313 Shepard st

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Hattie Dee Davis at 13th St about 1950

Ms. Dora, wearing her bonnet, in the water next to boat. Marvin is the barely visible boy standing behind her

Hattie Dee Davis & Bobby Lawrence sitting in the goat cart, 1940

Hattie Dee with Miles Cottage 1946

Bill Collins’ drawing of Kib’s Store

1401 Shackleford st

Janice Elnita Barbour - age 6

Janice Elnita Barbour

Esther Dale Smith

Josephine Styron Smith 30Jan1880-29Apr1941

Rudolph Dowdy Austin 31Oct1928-21Nov2004

1408 Shackleford st

Leroy Gould, 1408, 1406, 1404 Shackleford St. shown behind car. 1953

Tana Smith Smith, Julia Gould Charles, Phyllis Smith Weeks. 1408 shown in background. 1955

1410 Shackleford st

1410.5 Shackleford St - Julia Gould Charles and Estelle Hughes

Ella Grey Gould Smith Aug. 2012 age 94

Phyllis Weeks Smith at the Landing

Vernon Smith, Leroy Gould 1953 (2)

Vernon Smith, Leroy Gould 1953

1411 Shepard st

Agnew Guthrie

Clara Guthrie, Ruth Guthrie, Floyd Congleton, and Ray Guthrie

Eva Hancock Guthrie, wife of Walter Guthrie

Margaret Guthrie Becton and Agnew Guthrie

Ray McDonald Guthrie, Ruth Claire Guthrie McKay Eva Adelaide Guthrie Willis, Margaret Clark Guthrie Becton

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Ray McDonald Guthrie 1926-1944 Born and raised at 1411 Shepard Street

L-R: Agnew Guthrie, Adelaide Guthrie Willis, __, Clara Sutton Guthrie

Agnew Guthrie 1411 Shepard Street circa 1955

Margaret, Addie, Adelade Guthrie late 30s

Eva Adelaide Guthrie circa 1947

Agnew Guthrie late 40s

Adelade Guthrie, Bobbie and J.T. Mason 1940

Adelade Guthrie and Jenny Sherwood 1940

Rose Griffin Collection

Albert Lea’s store/fish house on Harkers Island. (Copy)

Alton Willis ran the fish house.

Walking up the dock: Ira Willis.

Dark shirt with hat facing the end of the dock – Sammy Willis.

Man without shirt – and man in front - - Both unknown

Rose Griffin, one year old (Copy)

Allen and Naomi Guthrie at their homeplace on Harkers Island in 1952 (Copy)

Old Family Homes

Two houses (Copy)

Elsie Mae Willis at her home (Copy)

Boo Willis House, taken August 1985 (Copy)

John Lewis House, taken August 1985 (Copy)

Promise Land Homes

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