Thompson family papers, 1809-1924 [manuscript].

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Thompson family papers, 1809-1924 [manuscript].

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The collection is chiefly Thompson and Malone family letters and financial and legal materials, especially indentures and other items relating to land acquisition and sales. Goodloe Malone's account book lists about seventy names and ages of slaves in Mississippi. Also included are a few Civil War letters to Joseph N. Thompson during his captivity, and writings of three family members, including the Cockrill family genealogy, written by Granville Goodloe around 1898; Lucie Blackwell Malone Thompson's autobiographical sketch about her childhood in Alabama and Civil War days, which she spent at Salem Academy, Winston-Salem, N.C.; and reminiscences by Joseph N. Thompson, chiefly about his Civil War experiences in the 35th Alabama Infantry Regiment. There are no materials in the collectio relating to Jacob Thompson's public career.

About 150 items (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7127081

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885

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American politician. From the description of Letter signed : "Department of the Interior," to J.S. Black, Attorney-General, 1858 May 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572142 From the description of Letter signed : "Department of the Interior," to J.S. Black, Attorney General, 1857 Dec. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572137 From the description of Signature clipped from the register of Brown's Hotel : Washington, D.C., 1858 Jun. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat reco...

Thompson, Rebecca, d. 1856.

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Thompson family.

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Thompson family members included Jospeh B. Thompson (d. 1849), who left Alabama to grow cotton in Louisiana; his uncle, Lawrence Thompson (d. ca. 1864), who grew cotton round Tuscumbia (Franklin Co.), Ala., and his wife, Rebecca (d. 1856); Joseph's nephew, Jacob Thompson of Oxford Miss., congressman (1839-1851), secretary of the interior (1857-1861), and Confederate official; and Joseph N. Thompson, a Confederate soldier who was wounded and taken prisoner. Also the related Malone family, represe...

Thompson, Joseph N., fl. 1861-1924.

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Salem Academy (Winston-Salem, N.C.)

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Malone family.

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Goodloe, Granville, fl. 1898.

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Cockrell family.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 35th

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Malone, Goodloe W., fl. 1840s-1870s.

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Thompson, Lucie Blackwell Malone, b. 1847.

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Thompson, Lawrence, d. ca. 1864.

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Thompson, Joseph B., d. 1849.

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