Jarratt-Puryear family papers, 1807-1918 ; (bulk 1843-1879).

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Jarratt-Puryear family papers, 1807-1918 ; (bulk 1843-1879).

Chiefly correspondence relating to the Clingman, Jarratt, Poindexter, and Puryear families, early settlers of Surry County, N.C., together with a genealogical table. Subjects include the slave trade between North Carolina and Alabama, 1830-1835; North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction, conditions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill prior to the war, plantation accounts, the distillation and sale of whiskey, and business affairs. Correspondents include William James Bingham, John Adams Gilmer, and Zebulon Vance.

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Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894

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Confederate general; governor of North Carolina, and U.S. senator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Washington], to William F. Vilas, 1888 May 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574072 Confederate Army officer, governor of North Carolina, and U.S. senator from North Carolina. From the description of Papers, 1857-1893. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20460648 Zebulon Baird Vance, a native of Buncombe County, N.C., was go...

Gilmer, John A. (John Adams), 1805-1868

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Representative from North Carolina. From the description of Autograph clipped from the register of Brown's Hotel : Washington, DC., [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269561275 ...

Puryear family.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Poindexter family.

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Bingham, William James.

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Clingman family.

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Jarratt family.

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