William H. Worth Papers, 1867-1869, 1885

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William H. Worth Papers, 1867-1869, 1885

1867-1885

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0286

Papers (1867-1869, 1885) of Quaker, who refused to serve in Civil War and who became a tax assessor and farmer near Kinston, NC, and state business agent and treasurer for the NC Farmers' Alliance, 1894-1900, consisting of letterpress book, financial records, Republican party politics, security notes and press, store account.

0.22 Cubic Feet, 3 items, 1 volume

eng, Latn

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11637597

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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North Carolina Farmers' Alliance

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Republican Party (N.C.)

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Worth, William Henry, b.1839.

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William Henry Worth was born in 1839 in Guilford County, N.C. He was a faithful member of the Society of Friends and was educated at New Garden Boarding School (Guilford College). As a Quaker, he refused to participate in the Civil War, and in 1864 he left North Carolina to live in Indiana and Ohio. Returning to North Carolina, Worth served as tax assessor for the 3rd District from 1866 to 1869. Worth also owned a farm near Kinston in Lenoir County for nineteen years and in 1889 became state bus...