My great grandfather's place.
3. 1877. " In the meantime the fact that the
Negroes constituted such a great majority gave indications that radical
domination might continue. Especially this was true in regard to town
administration. This field of activity offered a greater opportunity in
exercising tact and ingenuity than that of county or state politics.
To meet this political emergency arose William Pippen.
(William Mayo,
my great grandfather. He traveled to New York City after the War in his
Confederate uniform as that was all he possessed, asked a friend of his
father's if he would lend him money to start a mercantile shop in
Tarboro, which he did, and was so successful that he built the *William Mayo Pippen House beside the library in 1870 while acquiring numerous other lots. BT)
He conceived a plan by which the whites could control town affairs in
Tarboro. The old citizens will recall that prior to1875, there were no
wards or districts in the town of Tarboro; in fact, no such provision
had been anticipated in the town charter. (1760) A census of the city
showed that the Negroes had the majority and invariably elected all
three commissioners. Mr. Pippen appeared
before the State Legislature and succeeded in having the charter
amended, dividing the town into three wards. The first and second wards
contained the majority of whites in the central part of town, while the
third ward included the suburbs, where the Negroes lived. This placed
the Negroes in a position to carry only one ward, and the whites the
remaining two wards, and Negro domination collapsed."
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TARBORO — An exterior restoration of the Pippen-Staton House, a grand post-Civil War era mansion on Tarboro’s Main Street, is under way.
SECU*Real Estate has hired the Enfield-based contracting company Andrus & Company, LLC for the rehabilitation project. Preservation architect Richard Andrews estimated the project would be completed in three to four months.
“It is what I consider to be a pivotal, significant property within the Tarboro Historic District, which is a National Registered Historic District,” Andrews said. “The owner wants to sell it to a buyer, who will then complete the rehabilitation on the inside of the house…It would make a great residence. It’s been a residence ever since it was built.”
William Mayo Pippen, a wealthy merchant and planter, was the home’s first owner, purchasing the property in September 1879.
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