Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill

SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

#4855-z
ALSTON FAMILY PAPERS
Inventory

Abstract:  Materials include land records, receipts, correspondence,
           and other papers pertaining to the Alston family of 
           Chatham County, N.C. Most of the land records and all
           of the receipts are photocopies of original materials.
           The land records cover the period 1770-1831 and document
           transactions involving Joseph John Alston, William Alston,
           Gideon Alston, and others. Receipts primarily document the
           sale of clothing by Junius A. Alston, 1857-1897. Correspondence,
           1851-1877, written by women and exchanged with relatives,
           contains news of family, literary pursuits, and bereavement.
           Other papers include a freedmen’s contract and a proposal
           to open a school.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Alston, Gideon.
   Alston, Joseph John
   Alston, Junius A.
   Alston, William.
   Alston family.
   Chatham County (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
   Deeds--North Carolina--Chatham County.
   Freedmen--Employment.
   Women--Education--Southern States--History--19th century.
   Women--Southern States--Social life and customs.

Size:   43 items.

Date Span:   1770-1897.

Provenance:   Received from Maria Alston Young in December 1996
              (Acc. 96196) for duplication; original owned by 
              Wade Barber, Pittsboro, N.C. Received from Steve Brooks
              in 2001 (Acc. 98865).

Access:       No restrictions.

Copyright:    Retained by the authors of items in these papers, 
              or their descendants, as stipulated by United States 
              copyright law.

Related Collections: Archibald Davis Alston Papers (#16);
                     Alston, Hariss, Kearny, Thorne, and Related Families (#4521).

                          FOLDER LIST

NOTE: Most documents in folder 1 are photocopies of originals. All
documents in folder 2 are photocopies. Documents in folder 3 are all
originals.

Folder 1
   Land Records, 1770-1831, 16 items.
     Deed, 4 Nov. 1770, Charles Landrun and Joshua Hadley, Orange County.
     Deed, February 1779, Joseph John Alston, Chatham County. 
     Deed, 9 November 1779, Joseph John Alston, Chatham County.
     Deed, 4 January 1781, William Alston, Chatham County.
     Patent with survey, 9 October 1783, Mathew Jones, Chatham County.
     Deed, 14 May 1787, William Alston, Wilkes County.
     Patent with survey, 8 August 1787, Joshua Hadley, Chatham County.
     Survey with plat, 21 September 1787, Lewis Conner.
     Deed, 2 May 1791, Samuel Guthrie, Chatham County.
     Deed, 6 December 1793, Joshua Hadley, Chatham County.
     Deed, 6 September 1797, William DuVal, Virginia
     Deed, 12 May 1801, James Bowels, Chatham County.
     Deed, 31 May 1802. William Duffy, Chatham County.
     Deed with survey, 13 February 1831, Gideon Alston, Chatham County.
     Deed, 6 September 1847, Joab Temple and A. Gaston Headen, Chatham County.
     Deed, 6 November 1890, B.E. Webster, S.A. Webster and Margaret E. Brooks,
       Chatham County.

Folder 2
   Receipts, 1857-1897, 10 items.
     1857, 15 June: Paschal to Alston (clothing)
     1859, January-July: Waddell to Junius Alston (clothing)
     1859, July: Ramsey to Junius Alston (clothing)
     1860, November: Court notice to Junius Alston
     1881, August 21: IRS notice to Junius Alston
     1882, 15 February: J.A. Alston (general goods)
     1885, 9 March: J.A. Alston (groceries)
     1887, 16 March: Junius Alston (accounts for wheat, etc.)
     1888: Wadell to Alston (clothing)
     1897, 4 December: J.A. Alston (general goods)

Folder 3
   Correspondence and other papers, 1851-1877, 17 items.
     1851, November 8: Mary M. Alston, Spring Place, Ga., to My 
       Dear Sister Lizzie
     1852, January?: Mary Chamberlaine, St. Louis, to John B. Clark 
     1852, 20 March: Mary Chamberlaine, St. Louis, to John B. Clark 
     1852, 13 May: Mary Chamberlaine, St. Louis, to John B. Clark 
     1852, 12 November: Mary Chamberlaine, St. Louis, to John B. Clark
     1853, 11 January: Mary Chamberlaine, St. Louis, to John B. Clark?
     Ca. 1852-1853: Mary Chamberlaine to John B. Clark?
     1858?, 23 May: John and Mary Alston, Spring Place, Ga., to My Dear
       Aunt Ann
     1864, 6 August: ?, Greensboro, N.C., to "Dear Mrs. Alston" (fragment)
     1866, 8 December: Clara to Mollie A. Alston
     1867, 1 April: Freedmen agreement between Samuel Leach family and
       John J. Alston
     1873, 29 March: Mary M. Alston to Mollie A. Alston?
     1873, 30 November: Clara, Prince George, Va., to Lizzie Bryan?
     1875, 29 March: ? to Mollie A. Alston
     Undated (before 1877): Mary M. Alston’s proposal to open a school;
       side two is a copy of a poem
     Undated (before 1877): Mary Alston? to Rue Alston (fragment)
     1877, 8 December: Aunt Sarah, Prince George, Va., to Mollie A. Alston