Whitfield family papers, 1796-1918 (bulk 1830-1899) [manuscript].

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Whitfield family papers, 1796-1918 (bulk 1830-1899) [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23743141

The bulk of these papers is family correspondence, including many letters from relatives who settled in Wayne County, N.C., Monroe County, Miss., Demopolis, Ala., Tallahassee, Fla., and other locations. Also included are miscellaneous business papers; student lecture notes at the University of North Carolina, 1847-1848; a Confederate soldier's brief memorandum book, 1864; estate accounts; a speech by N. B. Whitfield to the North Carolina State Grange, 1908; a general merchandise daybook, 1827-1832; depositions taken in a disputed election in Greene County, N.C., 1840; and other items.

158 items (1.0 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Whitfield, Elizabeth

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North Carolina State Grange

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Confederate states of America. Army

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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Whitfield, James Bryan, 1809-1841.

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Whitfield family.

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Whitfield family members chiefly lived in Lenoir and Wayne counties, N.C., as did members of the related Wooten family. Nathan Bryan Whitfield (1835-1914), planter, state and local official, Confederate colonel, and president of Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company, was the most prominent family member. Other family members included Nathan Whitfield's wife, Elizabeth Green Cobb Whitfield, and his parents Sarah Elizabeth Wooten and James Bryan Whitfield (1809-1841). From the description ...

Whitfield, Nathan B. (Nathan Bryan), 1835-1914

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The two primary persons in this collection are cousins and brothers-in-law, General Nathan Bryan Whitfield and Gaines Gaius Whitfield. Nathan's father, Bryan Whitfield, and Gaius' father, Needham Whitfield, were brothers, and Nathan Bryan married Gaius' half-sister, Betsey. General Nathan Bryan Whitfield was born on 19 September 1799, in Lenoir County, North Carolina, the son of General Bryan Whitfield (1754-1817) and Winifred Bryan Whitfield. His father fought in the Am...

Whitfield, Sarah Elizabeth Wooten.

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