Howerton family papers, 1817-1901.

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Howerton family papers, 1817-1901.

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Business and family correspondence, financial and legal papers, and other materials relating to the Howerton family. Business correspondence, 1822-1901, includes letters relating to Philip Howerton's position as sheriff of Halifax County, Va.; slaves; accounts, many having to do with the tobacco industry; and other topics. Family correspondence includes letters relating to education, travel, and news of the Howerton, Purkins, Owen, Cabaniss, and other related families. There are also letters, 1844-1851, that Sally J. Brodnax in North Carolina wrote to Eliza J. Howerton. Financial and legal materials are both loose papers and volumes. Loose papers, 1817-1869, pertain chiefly to Philip Howerton and document his sheriff activities. Many items relate to slaves. Loose papers, 1870-1896, relate primarily to family members and to tobacco merchants in South Boston, Va. Volumes, 1819-1881, are account, cash, and other books, many relating to tobacco. Among the other papers are writings by family members, including an 1859 diary; an 1859 songbook; a notebook dated 1882-1884; recipes; printed circulars and advertisements; and clippings.

2,000 items (4.5 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7093979

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Cabaniss family

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The Cabaniss and related families were prominent in both business and law in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Georgia. From the description of Cabaniss family papers, 1864-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863262 ...

Howerton family.

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The Howerton family of Halifax County, Va., included Philip Howerton (1793-1879), tobacco planter and sheriff; his son-in-law Rufus H. Owen (fl. 1870-1890), tobacco planter and merchant of South Boston, Va.; and Howerton's children, Susannah Catharine (1824-1870); William Matthew (1826-1874); Judith Anne Purkins (1828-1874); Eliza Jane Owen (1830-1917); and Louisa Dresser (1833-1882). From the description of Howerton family papers, 1817-1901. WorldCat record id: 23158867 ...

Brodnax, Sally Jones, 1829-1851.

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Howerton, Philip, 1793-1879

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Owen family.

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Perkins family.

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