Avery family of North Carolina.
Biographical notes:
The Avery family of Burke County, N.C., was prominent in western North Carolina, owning extensive tracts of land and actively participating in local and state politics. Family members include Waightstill Avery, who served on the committee that drew up the first North Carolina constitution and was the state's first attorney general; his wife, Leah Probart Franck Avery; their son, Isaac Thomas Avery; his wife, Harriet Erwin Avery; and their children, William Waightstill Avery, Clarke Moulton Avery, Thomas Lenoir Avery, Isaac Erwin Avery, Alphonso Calhoun Avery, and Willoughby Francis Avery.
From the description of Avery family of North Carolina papers, 1777-1890, 1906 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 22150632
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Subjects:
- Slavery
- Account books
- Agriculture
- Banks and banking
- Desertion, Military
- Dueling
- Families
- Gold
- Lawyers
- Plantations
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- Confederate States of America (as recorded)
- North Carolina (as recorded)
- Burke County (N.C.) (as recorded)
