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Battle Family Papers, 1765-1955

Title: Battle Family Papers, 1765-1955

Prominent members of the Battle familyof North Carolina included William Horn Battle (1802-1879) of Louisburg, Raleigh,and Chapel Hill, lawyer, legislator, judge of the North Carolina superior andsupreme courts, and trustee and professor of law at the University of NorthCarolina; his son, Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) of Chapel Hill and Raleigh,lawyer, president of the Chatham Railroad, who was active in state affairs duringthe Civil War, served as state treasurer and as University of North Carolinapresident, 1876-1891, and professor of history, 1891-1907; and Kemp Plummer Battle'sson, William James Battle (1870-1955), University of North Carolina and Harvardstudent, professor of classics, dean, and acting president, 1893-1917, and professorof classics, 1920-1955, at the University of Texas, and professor of classics,1917-1920, at the University of Cincinnati. Papers give detailed coverage of the life of William HornBattle and his family and many aspects of North Carolina history, including life onthe Confederate homefront and social conditions during Reconstruction. There arealso materials relating to the Episcopal Church, in which the Battles were activelay members, and some slave bills of sale and Chatham County Railroad items. Papersof Kemp Plummer Battle relate to his interest in the early history of North Carolinaand of the University of North Carolina. Papers of William James Battle documentfamily and personal affairs. They are especially rich in Battle family history, butdo not include many items relating to his professional career. Volumes are chieflystudent notes and personal accounts kept by William James Battle, 1885-1909. Theaddition of April 2005 contains correspondence and other papers of Battle familymembers, mostly Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919), but also his wife and children.Professional papers of Kemp Plummer Battle include his notes from the secretsessions of the North Carolina convention of 1861, notes and drafts of articles andspeeches by Kemp Plummer Battle, clippings of articles by or about Kemp PlummerBattle, and a few other items. Many letters are from Cornelia Phillips Spencer(1825-1908), whose brother Charles Phillips married Kemp Plummer Battle's aunt,Laura Caroline Battle.

ArchivalResource: 10,000; 17.5

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Irvin, Isaiah T. Isaiah T. Irvin Sr. will, 1856.

Title: Isaiah T. Irvin Sr. will, 1856.

The collection consists of the last will and testament of Isaiah T. Irvin, Sr. of Wilkes County, Georgia, dividing his estate amongst his wife, Isabella Irvin (37 negroes, the cattle, the plantation and all farm equipment), his grandson John Pope Johnson ($2,000 cash, five shares in Ga. RR & Banking stock), his daughter Louisa T. Crosby ($4,500 cash), his granddaughters Caroline Favor, Ann Reese and Isabella Askew ($900 each), his grandsons Isaiah T. Irvin, Jr. (his Ga. RR & Banking stock), the remainder of his estate to be divided amongst Martha Stephens (granddaughter), Nancy Favor, Charles M. Irvin, Isaiah Irvin Jr., Martha Battle, Mary Callaway (children).

ArchivalResource: 1 items (0.1 linear feet).

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Mary Eliza Battle letters, 1840-1865 (bulk 1850-1860).

Title: Mary Eliza Battle letters, 1840-1865 (bulk 1850-1860).

Chiefly letters from Pittman's first husband, William Francis Dancy, her brothers and sisters and their spouses, and her friends and cousins; together with bills, inventory, invitations, slave records, tax records, and other papers. Correspondents include her father, James Smith Battle (1786-1854); brothers William Smith Battle (1823-1915) and Turner Westray Battle (1824-1850) and his wife, Lavinia Basset (Daniel) Battle; sisters Cornelia Viola Battle Dancy (1824-1844), Penelope Bradford Battle Cox (1830-1880) and her husband, Gen. William Ruffin Cox, and Martha Ann Battle (1833-1913) and her husband, Kemp P. Battle; and friend Ellen Douglas Brownlow. Topics include family news, politics, life in Raleigh, N.C., goings on at the University of North Carolina, time spent at resorts such as White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., and the Episcopal Church.

ArchivalResource: 544 items.

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