0110 – David

1830 NC Ashe none p40

1840 NC Ashe none p5

1850 NC Ashe none p329 43WM NC

1860 NC Ashe Oldfield p309 52WM NC

1870 NC Ashe Pine Swamp p553 62WM NC

1880 NC Ashe Oldfield p628 72WM NCPAPA

David was bondsman to the marriage of Levi Cranfill and Lucinda Hudson on September 7, 1829 (13).

David and his wife Rachel were active members of South Fork Baptist Church in Todd, North Carolina over many years. The church sometimes served as an arbiter for personal disputes between members, and one such dispute was described in the church records in May, 1841:

“A grievance formed or found against brother David Trivett and sister Rachel Trivett for knowing and being accessory as is believed to their children seting up a parseal of bones or skillatons in their lane to obstruct the passing of persons riding and which was thought to be done on purpose as an offense particular to elder Isaiah Wilcoxen’s children as they knew some of them was to pass that way, which matter the whole church thought worthy of dealing and agreed to send for them to attend our next meeting and agreed to brethren Solomon Younce and Eli Brown to site them to attend. Agreed to send to our sister church old field for brother James Lourance to attend our meeting to give evidence in the case.”

Then at the June, 1841 meeting……

“[The church] took up the reference from last meeting against brother David Trivett and sister Rachel Trivett. Inquirey being made if they had made satisfaction to brother Isaiah Willcoxen for there transgression which he answer that they had not, and the church excluded them for their transgression and for being obstinate.”

David became a deacon of South Fork in April, 1852 (51).

David is one of two Trivettes documented to have owned slaves (the other was his brother, Thomas). According to the 1840 Ashe County census there were five “free colored persons” in his household: two males age 10-24; two males age 24-35; one female age 55-100. There were two slaves in the 10-24 age group, one male and one female.

David lost one son, Thomas, in the Civil War in 1864.