Nancy Avaline Jarrett Papers, 1852-1878, 1966-1997

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Nancy Avaline Jarrett Papers, 1852-1878, 1966-1997

Nancy Avaline Jarrett Papers, 1852-1878, 1966-1997

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/j/Jarrett,Nancy_Avaline.html

Nancy Avaline Jarrett (1808-1880), the daughter of Hannah Brandon McKee (later Lowry) and James L. McKee, grew up in western North Carolina. She married Colonel Nimrod Simpson Jarrett (1799-1871) of Buncombe County, N.C., in December 1826. Jarrett acquired vast amounts of land in western North Carolina and was murdered in September 1871. The collection consists chiefly of letters written to Nancy Avaline Jarrett by her mother, Hannah Brandon Lowry, and her brother, James L. McKee, 1852-1878. Lowry's letters discuss the lives of women and family life in 19th-century North Carolina. The letters of James L. McKee discuss family affairs; his business in Yanceyville, N.C.; the town's preparations for the Civil War; and the economic effects of the war. Also included are a few letters written to Nancy Avaline by various aunts and cousins. A small number of letters written by J. L. Robinson to Nimrod Simpson Jarrett discuss North Carolina politics in the early 1870s. There are also several items concerning family history, among them a small family tree of the McKee and Jarrett families; several items relating to the murder of Nimrod Simpson Jarrett; and pictures of Nimrod Simpson Jarrett, Nancy Avaline Jarrett, and their daughter, Harriet Iowa Jarrett.

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