Pettigrew Family Papers, 1776-1926

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Pettigrew Family Papers, 1776-1926

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Represented are four generations of the Pettigrew family of Washington and Tyrrell counties, N.C. Prominent family members included James Pettigrew (d. 1784), who emigrated from Scotland, eventually settling in Charleston, S.C., where the family name was changed to Petigru; James's son, Charles Pettigrew (1744-1807), Anglican minister, and Charles's son, Ebenezer Pettigrew (1783-1848), state legislator, who established plantations in eastern North Carolina; and Ebenezer's children, including Charles Lockhart Pettigrew (1816-1873), planter; William S. Pettigrew (1818-1900), politician and Episcopal minister; and James Johnston Pettigrew (1828-1863), lawyer and Confederate Army officer; and James Louis Petigru, lawyer of Charleston, S.C. The collection includes business and personal correspondence reflecting the varied interests and activities of Pettigrew family members, including the involvement of Charles and his grandson William in the Anglican and Episcopal churches; the development and management of Bonarva, Belgrade, and Magnolia plantations by Ebenezer Pettigrew, sometimes in cooperation with family friend James Cathcart Johnston of Edenton, N.C., including unsuccessful efforts by the family to hold onto the plantations after the Civil War; slavery, especially William's use of slaves as overseers (some letters from slaves are included); Charles's involvement in the founding of the University of North Carolina and his sons' attendance there; family life, including the education of children at the University of North Carolina and elsewhere; the evacuation of the plantations after the capture of Roanoke Island in 1862; James Johnston Pettigrew's travels to Charleston, Spain and elsewhere in Europe, and Cuba; reestablishment of ties with the Charleston Petigrus that was formalized with the marriage of Charles Lockhart Pettigrew and his cousin Jane Caroline North; and the general decline of family fortunes after the Civil War despite the efforts of Jane Caroline North Pettigrew to hold onto land and other assets. Included are letters of Henry Clay, 1841-1842. Financial records document purchases for family and plantation use and educational expenses and include slave lists. Writings consist mainly of travel diaries, especially of James Johnston Pettigrew; some religious works; poems and acrostics by slave poet George Moses Horton; and other items. School materials consist of notebooks and other items. Commonplace books concern women's activities and current events. William's Episcopal Church materials relate to his service at various North Carolina churches and include journals of parochial visits; registers of salary, offerings, baptisms, burials, etc.; records of sermons delivered; and records of church-related expenses. Genealogical materials include information on the Blount, Bryan, Shepard, and other related families. Miscellaneous items include a phrenological study of Ebenezer, circa 1830s-1840s.

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

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Horton, George Moses, 1798?-approximately 1880

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George Moses Horton was born into slavery on William Horton's plantation, likely in 1798, in Northampton County, North Carolina. William Horton's estate was broken up in 1819; George was separated from his family. As a child he taught himself to read and compose poetry. By the age of 20, he began visiting the University of North Carolina and selling to the students acrostic love poems based on the names of their girlfriends. George was able to buy some time from his owner, James Horton; he was n...

Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863

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Attorney in Charleston (Charleston Co.), S.C. From the description of Letter, n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 43297787 ...

Pettigrew, Ebenezer, 1783-1848

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Shepard family.

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Pettigrew, William S. (William Shepard), 1818-1900

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William Pettigrew was born in Scotland and arrived on the 'Fortitude' in 1849. A surveyor, in 1853 he built the first steam sawmill on the Brisbane River. He had partnerships in mills at Dundathu, Maroochy and Maryborough. He was an alderman in the City Council for some twenty years, and was Mayor of Brisbane 1870-71. He was also a member of the Legislative Council 1877-94. From the description of OM77-26 William Pettigrew Papers, 1862. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 7557...

University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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The University of North Carolina was chartered by the state's General Assembly in 1789. Its first student was admitted in 1795. The governing body of the University, from its founding until 1932, was a forty-member Board of Trustees elected by the General Assembly. The Board met twice a year; at other times the business of the University was carried on by the Board's secretary-treasurer and by the presiding professor (called president beginning in 1804). Other faculty members later assumed the r...

Pettigrew, Charles, 1744-1807

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Petigru, James Louis, 1789-1863

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Lawyer of Charleston, S.C.; Union Party supporter and opponent of nullification and secession; Attorney General of S.C., 1822-1830; unsuccessful Unionist candidate for the S.C. Senate, 1830; code commissioner, 1859-1863; graduate, S.C. College, 1809; son of William Pettigrew (1758-1837) and Louise Guy Gibert Pettigrew; husband of Jane Amelia Postell; father of artist Caroline Petigru Carson (b. 1820-1892). From the description of James Louis Petigru papers, 1822-1948. (University of ...

Pettigrew family.

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Represented are four generations of the Pettigrew family of Washington and Tyrrell counties, N.C. Prominent family members included James Pettigrew (d. 1784), who emigrated from Scotland, eventually settling in Charleston, S.C., where the family name was changed to Petigru; James's son, Charles Pettigrew (1744-1807), Anglican minister, and Charles's son, Ebenezer Pettigrew (1783-1848), state legislator, who established plantations in eastern North Carolina; and Ebenezer's children, including Cha...

Pettigrew, Charles Lockhart, 1816-1873.

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Pettigrew, Jane Caroline North.

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Johnston, James C., -1865

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Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. He was the seventh House speaker and the ninth secretary of state. He received electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He also helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Grea...

Bryant family.

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Pettigrew family.

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Four generations of the Pettigrew family carved three plantations out of the swampy lands between Lake Phelps and the Scuppernong River in Washington and Tyrrell counties, N.C. While there were Pettigrew women who led productive and interesting lives, the family's history is dominated by fathers and sons. Starting out from Scotland, James Pettigrew (d. 1784) arrived in Pennsylvania, but soon moved on, first to Virginia, and then to Granville County, N.C. Ever restless, he continued ...