Swann family papers, 1784-1983.

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Swann family papers, 1784-1983.

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The collection includes correspondence, financial and legal papers, writings, and genealogical materials of the Swann family. Papers, 1784-1847, relate to John Jones Swann and chiefly concern business matters, such as the sale of slaves and banking, particularly his dealings with the Wilmington Branch of the State Bank of North Carolina. Papers, 1853-1865, relate primarily to Ann Sophia Green Swann and include letters documenting her activities in Revolutionary War claims, a volume in which she recorded family history and childhood experiences, and a diary/commonplace book in which she wrote many melancholy entries, mainly having to do with the deaths of several of her children. The few Civil War era items relate to conditions on the homefront in North Carolina and Florida, and, briefly, to Mary Martha Reid's hospital career. Papers, 1879-1926, relate primarily to Samuel Ashe Swann of Fernandina, Fla., and focus particularly on the genealogy of the Swann and related families. A significant correspondent during this period was William Mercer Green (1798-1887).

ca. 260 items (1.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Green, William Mercer, 1798-1887

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First Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Mississippi. From the description of William Mercer Green papers, 1833-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 657647634 William Mercer Green was born in Wilmington, N.C., graduated from the University of North Carolina, and in 1837 became Episcopal chaplain and professor of belles-lettres at his alma mater. He became the first Episcopal bishop of Mississippi in 1849. He was also instrumental in the founding of the University of the Sout...

Swann family.

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The Swann family of North Carolina and Florida included John Jones Swann (fl. 1758) of Bluff Plantation near Wilmington, N.C., son of Frederick (b. 1732) and Jane Swann Jones (1740-1781). For inheritance reasons, John Jones Swann took the name of his great uncle John Swann of Swann's Point on the Cape Fear River and married Sarah Moore (d. 1845) with whom he had three children, among them Frederick Jones Swann (b. 1790), who married Ann Sophia Green. Their son Samuel Ashe Swann was born at Belmo...

Reid, Mary Martha Smith, 1812-1892.

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Swann, Samuel Ashe, 1832-1909

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Real estate speculator, developer, and entrepreneur. Born May 20, 1832 in Pittsboro, Moore County, North Carolina. Swann sought his fortune in Florida when he moved to Fernandina in November, 1855 to be the accountant for Finegan and Company, the firm contracted to build the Florida Railroad. In November 1859, Swann married Martha R. Travere of St. Augustine. The Swanns evacuated Fernandina in 1862 after Union troops captured the port and moved to Gainesville. They retur...

State Bank of North Carolina. Wilmington Branch.

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Swann, John Jones, fl. 1758.

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Green family.

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...