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Turrentine, Michael H., d. 1868. Papers, 1800-1868.

Title: Papers, 1800-1868.

Papers consisting in part of letters from Turrentine while stationed at Fort Caswell or Gatling's Battery, N.C. The collection also concerns the activities of James Turrentine as sheriff of Orange County, N.C., ca. 1838-1840, mainly relating to the land affairs of Phillips Moore and Elizabeth Moore; the gubernatorial election of 1846; social life at Kittrell Springs, N.C., 1860-1863; a smallpox epidemic, 1863; social conditions in eastern North Carolina, 1863; morale of Confederate soldiers, 1864; evacuation of Savannah, Ga., 1864; and a description of Charleston, S.C., after a Union attack, 1864. Among the undated material are a list of slaves with prices, and diagrams and descriptions of the fortifications along the North Carolina coast during the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 45 items.

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Moore, Stephen, 1733-1799. Papers, 1761-1894.

Title: Papers, 1761-1894.

Papers of Moore, a New York resident who had migrated to Canada with British troops during the French and Indian War and later settled in Orange County, now Person County, N.C.; and papers of his family. Included are deeds and other material relating to lands in Orange, now Person, County from 1770s and later; business letters, legal papers, and financial records of Stephen, his son Phillips Moore, and his grandson Stephen Moore, estate papers, and three items concerning the medical treatment of one of the first Stephen Moore's daughters by Benjamin Rush. There is an account book concerning the elder Moore's business as an outfitter for ships in Quebec, 1757-1770, and the administration of his estate of North Carolina, 1799-1813. A daybook, 1845-1852, relates to the family mercantile business at Mt. Tirzah plantation, Person Co. There is also a genealogical table and a biographical sketch of the family.

ArchivalResource: 73 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20030248 View