Reid Family Papers, 1816-2000

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Reid Family Papers, 1816-2000

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/r/Reid_Family.html

In the 19th century, the Reids of Warren County, N.C., and its environs were primarily small landholders and tenant farmers. Family members included Jesse Arthur Bynum (Binium) Reid (1828-1875) and his wife, Nancy Lilly Neal Reid (1837-1886). Among their children were Nancy Hellin Reid Kelly (1861-1937) and Eaton Willis Reid (Bud) (1863-1934). The collection includes financial and legal materials, personal letters, and other items of Reid family members. Most financial and legal items relate to expenditures for groceries, dry goods, taxes, medical bills, and agricultural supplies. Some materials document income, primarily from sales of cotton and tobacco through cotton factors in Petersburg and Norfolk, Va., and tobacco warehouses in Oxford or Rocky Mount, N.C. Included are items documenting Jesse Reid's Civil War service in the 12th North Carolina Infantry Regiment (photocopies) and the North Carolina Home Guard and materials relating to Thomas S. and Nancy Neal, Nancy Lilly Neal Reid's parents. Personal letters were primarily written by members of the extended Reid family to family members living in Warren County, N.C., or in other nearby communities. They document family life and local concerns, including the weather, crime, agricultural news, and venues for entertainment. Also included are letters, 1885-1896, from Nancy Hellin Reid Kelly and her husband Daniel in Davis and then Paris, Tex., about the virtues of their new home state; letters, 1886-1888, from David Lucas, M.D., and his attorney attempting to collect payment for medical services rendered during the illness of Nancy Lilly Neal Reid; and love letters, 1886-1895, that Eaton Willis Reid received from a number of young women. A social history of the Reid family (2000) and a genealogist's report (1981) are also included, as are a few poems, songs, and a short story.

About 500 items (1.5 linear feet)

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 6628701

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

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