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Citizen family of NC-1790's

Citizen family of NC-1790's

ca (View posts)
Posted: 3 Sep 2005 9:30PM GMT
Classification: Query
I'm wondering if my Sittison (Sitterson) family of Perquiman County NC in the 1790's was actually a misspelling of Citizen. The 1790 census had:
Isaac Sitterson 1-1-5-0-0
Thomas Sitterson 1-3-2-0-0
Samuel Sitterson 1-0-2-1-0
Joseph Sitterson 1-1-5-0-0

Ann Sitteson married Richard Hatfield in Perquimans County NC in 1789.
Any ideas?

Re: Citizen family of NC-1790's

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 2:40AM GMT
Classification: Query
Sorry I took so long to reply. I hope you are still here...

I'm not sure if the spelling variations are of the same family. The story I have heard is that George Citizen's family were the slaves of a family named Leger around Church Point, Louisiana. Went they were freed, George (or his father) refused to take the Leger name. Instead he took the name Citizen to assert that he was a Citizen of the United States.

Re: Citizen family of NC-1790's

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 11:46AM GMT
Classification: Query
I am researching sitterson of that county! I have the last family member as James Sitterson died around 1749. The people I have talked to that have researched more than myself said it may actually be a variation of sitterson...citizen! I have alot of information on all of mine except Rowenna Sitterson born 1868 in chowan county and married a George K. Howall. Have you seen this in passing? Thanks and please keep in touch.

Re: Citizen family of NC-1790's

Posted: 17 Sep 2013 1:51AM GMT
Classification: Query
Yes, that's the same story I was told, that George took the last name Citizen instead of Leger. So now my mother Wilda Leger, married my father Nolton F. Citizen, I'm trying to find out information on my grandmother Agatha or Agnes HEBERT, CITIZEN, LANDRY.
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