Norvell Winsboro Wilson papers, 1842-1901.

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Norvell Winsboro Wilson papers, 1842-1901.

Intermittent diary, 1862-1878, recording pastoral visits, Baptist conventions, social news, and a cash account of Norvell W. Wilson, a Baptist minister in Chapel Hill and Hillsborough, N.C., 1861-1867, Richmond, Va., 1871-1874, and New Orleans, 1877-1878; a scrapbook of clippings relating to Wilson's career and writings; miscellaneous family letters from members of the Scott and Pearman families of Virginia; and a group of letters, 1852-1869, with no apparent relationship to the rest of this collection, from a family, possibly mulatto or part Indian, who had gone to Ohio and then Canada, describing their life and feelings to their relatives or friends in New Kent County, Va.

ca. 50 items (1.0 linear ft.)

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Wilson, Norvell Winsboro, 1834-1878.

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Norvell Winsboro Wilson (1834-1878) was a Baptist minister in Chapel Hill and Hillsborough, N.C., 1861-1867; Farmville and Richmond, Va., 1867-1875; and New Orleans, La., 1877-1878. Wilson was born in Franklin, Pendleton County, Va., and was ordained in the Baptist ministry around 1858. He married Sallie F. Betts of Black Walnut, Halifax County, Va., June 1861. Their children were Ernest, Knox, Wins, Lilie, Daisy, Kurtz, and Littell. From the guide to the Norvell Winsboro Wilson Pape...

Baptist State Convention of North Carolina

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Pearman family.

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Scott family.

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