Papers, 1763-1885.

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Papers, 1763-1885.

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Chiefly photocopies of Civil War correspondence from Cabe Lamkin Ray to his father, Tyre B. Ray, his mother Nancy, and his sister. Cabe Ray was a member of Co. H of N.C. infantry's 40th Regiment, and wrote from Forts Anderson and Holmes. He died in 1865 of wounds he received. A letter of Mar. 31, 1865, from J.R. Strayhorn to Tyre Ray reports on Cabe Ray's bravery in battle. Includes a few other family letters, and an early land deed (1763) from John Dunagin and his wife to William Ray for land in Orange County, N.C., near the Little River.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7343469

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 40th.

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Strayhorn, J. R.

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Ray, Tyre B.

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Resident of Orange County, N.C. From the description of Papers, 1763-1885. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32604612 ...

Ray family.

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Ray, William, 1944-

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Ray, Cabe Lamkin.

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