John McKee Sharpe papers, 1793-1954.

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John McKee Sharpe papers, 1793-1954.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26319457

This collection contains the papers of John McKee Sharpe, the Sharpe family, and John H. McKee. The Sharpe family papers, 1781-1890, are bills, receipts, buisness papers, and correspondence of the Sharpe family, principally relating to Amos Sharpe, Ebenezer Franklin Sharpe, and Silas Alexander Sharpe, along with other family members. The papers include material related to Silas Alexander Sharpe as a colonel in the North Carolina Home Guard, 1863-1865, that address militia activities in Iredell County and Alexander County, especially with conscription, apprehension of deserters, slaves detailed to work at Fort Fisher, and local defenses; and his business papers in connection with the Atlantic, Tennessee, and Ohio Railroad. Other papers include items related to slavery bonds, 1793; family news, the prosperity of Kentucky farmers, 1817; the estate of John H. McKee, family correspondence; slave sales, 1849; letters regarding political and economic conditions, as well as race relations during Reconstruction in North Carolina, 1871. The John H. McKee papers, 1820-1870, chiefly contains the scattered business and legal papers of John H. McKee, as well as extensive family correspondence with relatives spread across the South. Topics include the legal separation of McKee and his second wife, Rececca Reese (Caldwell) Carson; the successes and failures of son Thomas Jefferson McKee (b. 1855), who settled in Shelby County, Tex.; crops; debt; slave sales, 1846, 1854; the death of uncle John Stevenson and the manumission of his slaves, 1850; the move of John Stevenson's slaves to Liberia, 1854; family news, including marriages, deaths, and estates; William McKee's service during the Revolutionary War, and compensation rights from the United States government to his heirs, 1850, 1853; life among United States army troops in Tennessee, 1863; and an account of the planned but never established Western College, 1870. The John McKee Sharpe papers, 1903-1954 chiefly consists of correspondence and genealogical materials of John McKee Sharpe relating to the history of the Sharpe and McKee families and members of the related Caldwell, Mills, Moore, and Murdock families, and to Iredell County history.

About 800 items (1.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7160721

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Sharpe, William, 1742-1818

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William "Billy" Sharpe (December 13, 1742 – July 1, 1818) was a lawyer, politician, American Revolution patriot, and a delegate to the Continental Congress from North Carolina. Born near Rock Church in Cecil County in the Colony of Maryland, Sharpe pursued classical studies, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and engaging in surveying there. He moved to Rowan County in late 1768 or 1769 in that part of the county that became Ire...

Sharpe, John McKee, fl. 1903-1941.

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Sharpe, William

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Atlantic, Tennessee, and Ohio Railroad Company.

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Sharpe, Ebenezer Franklin.

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McKee, Thomas Jefferson, b. 1855.

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Murdock family.

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Mills family.

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Sharpe, John McKee.

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John McKee Sharpe (fl. 1903-1941) and his ancestors, Amos Sharpe, Ebenezer Franklin Sharpe, Silas Alexander Sharpe, and John H. McKee were all from Iredell County, N.C. From the description of John McKee Sharpe papers, 1793-1954. WorldCat record id: 26319457 ...

North Carolina. Militia

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Caldwell family.

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Moore family.

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Sharpe family.

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Sharpe, Amos.

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Sharpe, John, 1680-1713

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British lawyer. From the description of John Sharpe papers, 1739. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980970 ...

McKee family.

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Sharpe, S. A. (Silas Alexander), 1830-1903

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McKee, John H.

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