New Light Township
Abstracted from Branson's Directory of Raleigh with Wake Co. Farmers 1891 by Marie C. Jones, Olivia Raney Library.
| Name | Post Office | Acres | $ Amt |
| Adams, J W | Beck | 119 | 475 |
| Adams, W C | Beck | 30 | 125 |
| Adcock, W St | Pernell | 40 | 200 |
| Allen, Lucinda | Neuse | 37 | 175 |
| Allen, J J | Neuse | 37 | 185 |
| Allen, C E | Neuse | 94 1/2 | 600 |
| Allen, P R | Pernell | 63 1/2 | 262 |
| Allen, Elias | New Light | 57 | 200 |
| Allen, Emily | Pernell | 28 | 140 |
| Allen, Erasmus | New Light | 57 | 225 |
| Allen, J W | Pernell | 56 | 235 |
| Allen, Thomas W | Pernell | 35 | 175 |
| Allen, Wm E | Pernell | 141 | 705 |
| Bailey, Mary E | Pernell | 74 1/2 | 374 |
| Bailey, Lucy | Beck | 224 | 800 |
| Bailey, F J | Beck | 542 | 2100 |
| Bailey, S F, for heirs of J M Mangum | Pernell | 35 | 105 |
| Bailey, Jordan | Beck | 66 | 400 |
| Bailey, P R | Beck | 42 | 250 |
| Bailey, Prisey A | Pernell | 145 | 435 |
| Bailey, Martha | Pernell | 40 | 200 |
| Bailey, Mary C | Pernell | 91 | 455 |
| Bailey, J S | Pernell | 41 | 150 |
| Bailey, P D | Pernell | 102 | 510 |
| Bailey, Betsey A | Pernell | 97 | 679 |
| Bailey, James T | Pernell | 48 1/2 | 300 |
| Bailey, Mary | Pernell | 178 | 1500 |
| Beck, John P | Beck | 110 | 700 |
| Beck, D C | Beck | 85 | 150 |
| Beck, Junius | Beck | 150 | 750 |
| Beck, Chas St | Beck | 113 | 550 |
| Bridgers, S G | Pernell | 47 1/2 | 295 |
| Byrd, Alexandria | Beck | 393 | 1200 |
| Byrd, W F | Beck | 100 | 300 |
| Carter, King | Falls | 105 | 375 |
| Cash, Isaiah | Beck | 350 | 1169 |
| Chappell, W St | New Light | 125 | 500 |
| Chaplin, Ransom | Pernell | 47 | 245 |
| Crenshaw, J M | Wake Forest | 835 | 3400 |
| Davis, Lydia | New Light | 68 | 204 |
| Davis, Martha V | New Light | 36 | 160 |
| Davis, A J | New Light | 1 | 200 |
| Davis, Allen | Pernell | 35 | 150 |
| Dew, James | New Light | 70 | 280 |
| Edwards, M L | Pernell | 32 | 400 |
| Edwards, W P | Pernell | 78 | 300 |
| Emory, H B | New Light | 92 | 415 |
| Emory, Eliza | New Light | 260 | 800 |
| Estes, L E | Pernell | 150 | 450 |
| Estes, Ellen, agt for hrs | New Light | 4 | 28 |
| Estes, Thomas | New Light | 5 | 25 |
| Estes, J M | Grissom | 288 | 1200 |
| Estes, Gilbert | Pernell | 2 | 25 |
| Estes, R M | Grissom | 73 | 300 |
| Garrett, Spencer | Beck | 99 | 292 |
| Griffis, Sallie | Pernell | 2 | 20 |
| Griffin, R U | Pernell | 150 | 750 |
| Harris, H H | Wake Forest | 70 | 210 |
| Harrison, H H | New Light | 470 | 1500 |
| Harrison, Penney | New Light | 23 1/10 | 138 |
| Harrison, C T | New Light | 80 | 460 |
| Harrison, L F | New Light | 237 1/2 | 1110 |
| Hight, Bedy | New Light | 116 | 232 |
| Hines, W T | Pernell | 42 | 300 |
| Hockaday, Alex | New Light | 22 1/2 | 110 |
| Hockaday, Thomas | Pernell | 153 | 200 |
| Holding, J N, agt for Mrs H J Askew and M M Holding | Raleigh | 269 | 1050 |
| Hunt, India | Beck | 170 | 540 |
| Inscore, Joseph | Pernell | 30 | 150 |
| Jackson, Tabby | Pernell | 35 | 105 |
| Jones, Benton | Beck | 84 | 250 |
| Jones, R L | Pernell | 39 | 150 |
| Jones, W H | Beck | 100 | 400 |
| Jones, R P | Beck | 200 | 800 |
| Jones, T C | New Light | 66 1/2 | 254 |
| Jones, Polly Ann | New Light | 73 | 295 |
| Jones, James A | New Light | 40 | 154 |
| Jones, I W | New Light | 42 | 150 |
| Keith, Bryant | New Light | 146 | 1500 |
| Keith, Henry | New Light | 69 | 340 |
| Keith, Mary H | New Light | 69 | 340 |
| Keith, J E | New Light | 142 | 600 |
| Keith, A C | New Light | 232 | 860 |
| Keith, Alfred | Beck | 25 | 90 |
| Keith, Isaac | New Light | 137 | 500 |
| Keith, S H | Beck | 137 | 450 |
| Keith, Albert | Beck | 132 | 366 |
| Keith, Francis | New Light | 240 | 700 |
| Keith, R T | Beck | 104 | 500 |
| Keith, Lemuel | New Light | 782 | 2000 |
| Keith, C C | New Light | 130 | 600 |
| Laffoon, Frankey | New Light | 15 | 30 |
| Lancaster, W T | New Light | 10 | 50 |
| Landis, T L | Beck | 75 | 230 |
| Landis, E L | New Light | 75 | 150 |
| Lassiter, A B | New Light | 124 1/2 | 306 |
| Lawrence, B F | Beck | 1177 | 4980 |
| Laws, Sarah E | New Light | 1092 | 2743 |
| Little, J C | Pernell | 144 | 576 |
| Little, S N | Pernell | 64 | 200 |
| Lowery, J S | New Light | 100 | 500 |
| Lowery, Joyner | Pernell | 11 | 55 |
| Lowery, J N | New Light | 212 | 425 |
| Lowery, Terrell | Pernell | 400 | 2200 |
| Lowery, W T | New Light | 240 | 1650 |
| Lowery, J A | New Light | 55 | 220 |
| Lowery, W J | New Light | 1 | 25 |
| Lowery, G W | New Light | 120 | 600 |
| Lynam, A L | Pernell | 115 | 400 |
| Mangum, O H | New Light | 3 | 100 |
| Mangum, Tillitha | New Light | 288 | 1100 |
| Mangum, Zack | Beck | 111 | 444 |
| Mangum, J R | Pernell | 14 | 56 |
| Mangum, E H | Pernell | 35 | 150 |
| Mangum, J W | Pernell | 40 | 200 |
| Mangum, W M | Beck | 50 | 200 |
| Mangum, Pulaski, hrs of W C Mangum | New Light | 59 | 200 |
| Mangum, S S | New Light | 46 | 250 |
| Mangum, J H | Pernell | 139 | 800 |
| Medlin, W R | New Light | 79 | 250 |
| Medlin, G H | New Light | 20 | 125 |
| Medlin, Yancey | New Light | 31 | 135 |
| Norwood, John | New Light | 289 | 1040 |
| O'Briant, W H H | New Light | 301 | 900 |
| O'Neal, J S | Pernell | 60 | 240 |
| O'Neal, A D | Pernell | 60 | 300 |
| O'Neal, Francis | Pernell | 40 | 200 |
| O'Neal, James R | Pernell | 95 1/2 | 510 |
| O'Neal, Genadious | Beck | 62 1/2 | 266 |
| O'Neal, A H | Pernell | 111 | 643 |
| O'Neal, H H | Pernell | 135 1/2 | 550 |
| O'Neal, A C | Pernell | 135 | 550 |
| Pearce, Geo W | New Light | 37 | 148 |
| Pearce, S G | New Light | 63 | 250 |
| Pearce, Joseph | Pernell | 293 | 1415 |
| Pernell, J W | Pernell | 27 | 760 |
| Perry, Arry A | Pernell | 196 | 880 |
| Perry, James A | Pernell | 117 | 530 |
| Perry, G W | Pernell | 46 | 138 |
| Perry, Wiley F | New Light | 52 | 250 |
| Perry, W F | New Light | 202 | 1375 |
| Pleasants, Robt | Pernell | 107 1/2 | 428 |
| Pleasants, G T | Pernell | 54 | 350 |
| Powell, T C | Pernell | 174 | 975 |
| Powell, J W | Pernell | 43 | 200 |
| Powell, G B | Pernell | 208 | 1300 |
| Powell, J A, sr | Pernell | 384 | 1600 |
| Raleigh Paper Mill Co | Raleigh | 121 1/2 | 20,000 |
| Ray, James A | New Light | 158 1/2 | 790 |
| Ray, W B | New Light | 50 | 200 |
| Ray, A C | New Light | 141 | 300 |
| Ray, W P | New Light | 230 | 700 |
| Ray, W D | New Light | 37 | 200 |
| Ray, J W | New Light | 32 | 125 |
| Ray, Sam'l D | New Light | 10 | 24 |
| Ray, Judy A | New Light | 30 | 116 |
| Ray, Susan | Beck | 24 | 75 |
| Ray, D A | New Light | 90 | 300 |
| Ray, T N | New Light | 170 1/2 | 586 |
| Richards, G W | Pernell | 31 | 62 |
| Robertson, D F | Beck | 50 | 100 |
| Robertson, J A J | Beck | 142 | 750 |
| Rochell, John W | New Light | 61 1/2 | 244 |
| Rogers, J H and sister | Rogers' Store | 75 | 225 |
| Rogers, E B | New Light | 122 | 490 |
| Rogers, J F | New Light | 502 | 2800 |
| Rogers, C M | Oxford | 160 | 500 |
| Sanderlin, J D | New Light | 28 1/2 | 85 |
| Sanderlin, H K | New Light | 777 | 3275 |
| Scott, Henry, sr | Pernell | 15 1/2 | 75 |
| Sherron, James F | Grissom | 59 1/2 | 300 |
| Sherron, W H | Grissom | 1/2 | 125 |
| Sherron, Dunkin | Grissom | 77 | 275 |
| Sherron, J W | Grissom | 24 | 90 |
| Simpson, W J | Pernell | 67 | 300 |
| Smith, Willis | Pernell | 162 | 900 |
| Smith, Louisa | Pernell | 43 | 130 |
| Smith & Bailey | New Light | 5 | 2000 |
| Stroud, W W | New Light | 72 | 250 |
| Sykes, M R | Grissom | 94 | 300 |
| Taylor, A M | New Light | 5 | 15 |
| The heirs of Sandy Perry | Pernell | 5 | 25 |
| Thompson, George W, admr of Paul Cameron, decd | Wake Forest | 2080 | 12,480 |
| Thompson, S W | Wake Forest | 100 | 1500 |
| Thompson, J C | Raleigh | 200 | 1400 |
| Thomerson, T M | Falls | 122 | 613 |
| Warren, Emily C | New Light | 40 | 160 |
| Watkins, R T | Pernell | 49 1/2 | 300 |
| Watkins, J H | Pernell | 162 | 650 |
| Watkins, W W | Pernell | 66 | 184 |
| Watkins, Leola | Pernell | 49 | 175 |
| White, J S | Pernell | 76 | 228 |
| Wiggs, Lucy T | Pernell | 84 | 760 |
| Wilson, Lydia | New Light | 61 | 305 |
| Wilson, L A | New Light | 197 | 800 |
| Wilson, J B | New Light | 106 | 530 |
| Winston, B T, admr of Fannie G Ward, decd | New Light | 575 | 1725 |
| Woodlief, Josiah | Youngsville | 326 | 1070 |
| Woodlief, T L | Youngsville | 70 3/4 | 285 |
| Woodlief, John O | Youngsville | 238 | 1500 |
| Woodlief, Blair | New Light | 123 | 360 |
| Woodlief, Pattie | New Light | 190 | 570 |
| Woodlief, L | New Light | 544 1/2 | 2326 |