George Hairston papers, 1778-1919 [manuscript].

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George Hairston papers, 1778-1919 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31693216

Chiefly correspondence and business papers of George Hairston, 1850-1860, and his estate papers, 1866-1898. There are also letters and financial papers of Anne Elizabeth Hairston George, Samuel Hairston, Major Peter Hairston (1752-1832), and George's father-in-law William Lash (fl. 1834-1896). George Hairston's correspondence is mostly letters with his older brother Peter W. Hairston (1819-1886). Topics include family and neighborhood life; plantation affairs, including conditions among the slaves; Virginia politics; estate settlements; civilian and military experiences during the Civil War, including the service of African-American soldiers and the service of Hairston Watkins with the 24th Virginia Cavalry Regiment and as a prisoner at Point Lookout, Md.; the work of freedmen in Virginia; and postwar finances. Of note is a series of letters in the 1850s concerning Robert Hairston's estate in Mississippi, which he tried to leave to his child by a slave. Family plantations in Pittsylvania and Henry counties, Va., and Davie and Stokes counties, N.C., are documented. Business papers include deeds and land surveys, accounts, receipts, wills, land rental agreements, clippings, advertising circulars, programs, poems, school grade reports, calling cards, and line drawings.

480 items (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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