Willis G. Briggs Papers, 1764-1954

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Willis G. Briggs Papers, 1764-1954

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Willis Grandy Briggs (1875-1954) was a Raleigh, N.C., lawyer and postmaster, and served as Republican Party chair for Wake County, N.C. The collection consists of political and personal correspondence of Briggs and materials relating to his ancestors and other relatives. Briggs' correspondence concerns his student days at Wake Forest College; Raleigh newspaper work, 1895-1905; Republican Party activities through five decades; his interest in the history of Raleigh and the history of North Carolina Baptists; his genealogical studies of the Briggs, Grandy, Ferebee, Utley, Hunter, Alston, Hargrove, and Norwood families; and his miscellaneous biographical studies. Papers before 1893 are of the Briggs, Grandy, and Ferebee families in Camden, Currituck, Granville, and Wake counties, N.C., and include papers of Willis Sawyer Grandy (1822-1899), Dr. Enoch D. Ferebee (d. 1876), and the Civil War papers of Tazewell L. Hargrove (1830-1899), lieutenant colonel, 44th North Carolina Regiment, and others, including an autograph book from Johnson Island prison. Twenty volumes include the record book of the judge advocate of the Camden County militia, 1803-1835; the personal diary, 1866-1868, of Thomas Henry Briggs (1847-1928) of Raleigh; Knights of Pythias local records, 1871-1875; and minutes of the Wake County Cattle Club, 1886-1890, which was organized to sponsor livestock exhibitions.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Briggs, Willis G. (Willis Grandy), 1875-1954

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Willis Grandy Briggs (1875-1954) was a Raleigh, N.C., lawyer and postmaster, and served as Republican Party chair for Wake County, N.C. From the description of Willis G. Briggs papers, 1764-1954. WorldCat record id: 25677989 Willis Grandy Briggs (1875-1954) was born in Raleigh, N.C., the son of Thomas Henry and Sarah Grandy Briggs. He was educated at the Raleigh Male Academy, run by Charles C. Holden, and at Wake Forest College, from which he graduated cum laud ...

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