Little Known Fact~Milly and Christine McCoy

The story of Milly and Christine McCoy is unknown to many and only a small number can truthfully say they know the story.

The co-joined twins were borne on 11 July 1851. At the age of 10 months, the twins were sold to John C. Purvis of Chesterfield, South Carolina. Thus John acquired the twins about May 1852.

On 10 March 1854, John C. Purvis transferred the twins to J. P. Smith of Anson County. This change of ownership was documented in Deed Book 15, page 132, Anson County, North Carolina.

They were well cared for and educated during their youth and became free women in 1863 with the Emancipation Proclamation.

The twins traveled the world entertaining their audiences with song and dance. They were billed as:

• "The Carolina Twins",
• "The Two-Headed Nightingale"
• "The Eighth Wonder of the World"

As co-joined twins they lived a long life;  dying from Tuberculosis on 8 October 1912, at the age of 61. Millie was first to pass with Christine dying about 12 hours later.





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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millie_and_Christine_McKoy
[2] https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/millie-christine/summary.html
[3] Deed - J. C. Purvis to J. P. Smith; 10 March 1854; Deed Book #15; Page(s) 132; Register of Deeds; Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina; 3 January 2010.

Reinstatement of a Burned Record

On 2 April 1868 there was a fire in the Anson County Courthouse, Wadesboro, NC destroying many of the records on file.

This lawsuit against my great great grandfather was one of the documents destroyed.

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Abram Conlin to the}                                           NO. 27 Judgt Docket Petition
use of W G Smith & }                                        to reinstate a burned record.
Saml Smith Jr Exec }
of J P Smith Dec'd }

vs
William A Pervis

EXECUTORS OF J. P. SMITH, DEC'D. VS WILLIAM A. PERVIS,

Upon the notice proved and evidence in this case it is declared by
the court that a writ in Debt was duly signed and issued by the
clerk of the Superior Court of law for Anson county at the
initialed of the plaintiff against the Defendant for the sum of One
hundred & fifty dollars and one hundred and twenty-five dollars
damages for the detention thereof returnable to Spring Term 1867,
that said writ was duly executed upon the defendant and returned
that the Defendant did appear but said nothing in bar of plaintiff
actions, that said suit was continued from said Term until fall
Term 1867 when judgment final by default was rendered in favor of
said plaintiff against said Defendant for the sum of $150, and $73
damages for the detention thereof beside the further sum of $12 for
costs in that behalf expended that the record thereof was lodged
in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Law for the
County aforesaid and that the said office containing the said
record was destroyed by fire on the 2nd day of April, A.D. 1868

It is therefore ordered by the Court, in accordance with the
provisions of an Act of Operably in said case made & provided that
the above recited cause be reinstated on the judgment docket.

Judgment of the Court, that the plaintiff pays the cost of the
petition to be taxed by the Clerk of the County. 

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[1] Anson County Minute Docket, Superior Court, 1868-1884, C.005. 30003
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