Thorne, Annie Blackwell, b. 1878.

Materials in this collection were collected by Annie Blackwell Thorne (born 1878), probably in cooperation with her sister Tempe Williams Thorne (born 1874). The intertwining of the families represented in these papers is well documented in the genealogical materials found in Series 4.

The activities of members of the Alston, Harriss, Kearny, Thorne, and related families largely took place in and around Warren and Halifax counties, N.C.

Three Thorne family members entered into family ventures in Saint Martin Parish, La., in the 1840s. Samuel Thomas Thorne (1827-1921) and his brother John Davis Thorne (1834-1900) owned property on Bayou Teche at Grand Pointe. Their older brother, William H. Thorne, had property further north on Bayou Portage. These ventures were abandoned shortly after the Civil War, and the brothers returned to Warren and Halifax counties.

Annie Blackwell Thorne and Tempe Williams Thorne lived most of their lives in Littleton, N.C. Their younger brother, Thomas Whitmell Thorne, attended N.C. State College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts in Raleigh and then lived in New Orleans, La.

Except for legal materials relating to John Davis Thorne's position as justice of the peace in Saint Martins Parish, materials for all of these closely related families have been filed together according to type.

From the guide to the Annie Blackwell Thorne Papers, 1769-1965, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)