Willis G. Briggs papers, 1764-1954.

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Willis G. Briggs papers, 1764-1954.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25677989

Political and personal correspondence of Briggs and materials relating to his ancestors and other relatives. Briggs' correspondence concerns his student days at Wake Forest College; Raleigh newspaper work, 1895-1905; Republican Party activities through five decades; his interest in the history of Raleigh and the history of North Carolina Baptists; his genealogical studies of the Briggs, Grandy, Ferebee, Utley, Hunter, Alston, Hargrove, and Norwood families; and his miscellaneous biographical studies. Papers before 1893 are of the Briggs, Grandy, and Ferebee families in Camden, Currituck, Granville, and Wake counties, N.C., and include papers of Willis Sawyer Grandy (1822-1899), Dr. Enoch D. Ferebee (d. 1876), and the Civil War papers of Tazewell L. Hargrove (1830-1899), lieutenant colonel, 44th North Carolina Regiment, and others, including an autograph book from Johnson Island prison. Twenty volumes include the record book of the judge advocate of the Camden County militia, 1803-1835; the personal diary, 1866-1868, of Thomas Henry Briggs (1847-1928) of Raleigh; Knights of Pythias local records, 1871-1875; and minutes of the Wake County Cattle Club, 1886-1890, which was organized to sponsor livestock exhibitions.

About 2200 items (4.5 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Briggs family.

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Briggs, Thomas Henry, 1847-1928.

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Johnson Island Prison

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Johnson Island, located in Sandusky, Ohio, operated as a federal prisoner of war depot, housing Confederate officers and other enlisted men captured in battle, from April 1862 to September 1865. From the guide to the Johnson Island Prison Autograph Albums, ., 1861-1865, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Union army prison in Ohio. From the description of Diagram, 1862. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat...

Utley family.

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Baptist State Convention of North Carolina

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Grandy family.

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Briggs, Willis G. (Willis Grandy), 1875-1954

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Willis Grandy Briggs (1875-1954) was a Raleigh, N.C., lawyer and postmaster, and served as Republican Party chair for Wake County, N.C. From the description of Willis G. Briggs papers, 1764-1954. WorldCat record id: 25677989 Willis Grandy Briggs (1875-1954) was born in Raleigh, N.C., the son of Thomas Henry and Sarah Grandy Briggs. He was educated at the Raleigh Male Academy, run by Charles C. Holden, and at Wake Forest College, from which he graduated cum laud ...

Hunter family.

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Knights of Pythias

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Founded in 1864, the Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization promoting friendship, charity, and benevolence. Charity work includes maintaining homes for the aged, camps for underprivileged children, higher education for deserving students, and medical care for the needy. From the description of Indianapolis, Ind. Lodges' Records, 1879-1935. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 44012513 ...

Hargrave family.

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Alston family.

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Ferebee, Enoch D., d. 1876.

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Wake Forest College

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Hargrove, Tazewell Lee, -1889

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Ferebee family.

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Wake County Cattle Club.

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Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 44th.

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Grandy, Willis Sawyer, 1822-1899.

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