Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#3158-z
RUFUS AMIS PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Scattered family papers of Rufus Amis of Granville
County, N.C., including letters, 1848-1850, to his
first wife, Elizabeth Ragland, in Colbert and Barton,
Miss.; letters concerning Amis's illness and
resignation from the Confederate Army; certificates;
receipts; muster rolls, 1861, of Company I, 13th North
Carolina Volunteers; and pages from the Amis and
Chandler family Bibles and Amis family histories.
Correspondence includes microfilm copies of two
additional letters, one from Rufus to Bettie, 1858,
telling her about prospects for settling in Arkansas
and its advantages over North Carolina, and one, 1853,
from John Barr Andrews, a student at the University of
North Carolina.
Online Catalog Terms:
Amis, Elizabeth Ann Ragland, 1836-1900.
Amis Family--Genealogy.
Amis, Rufus, 1835-1903.
Andrews, John Barr, fl. 1853.
Arkansas--Economic conditions--19th century.
Chandler family--Genealogy.
Confederate States of America--Army--Recruiting, enlistment,
etc.
Confederate States of America--Army--North Carolina Regiment
13th.
Family--Mississippi--Social life and customs--19th century.
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs--19th century.
Ragland, Robert L., fl. 1848-1850.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--Social
life and customs--19th century.
Size: 33 items.
Provenance: Received from Mrs. John W. Ross of Green Cove
Springs, Fla., and her sister, Mrs. T. M. Andrews
of Chapel Hill, N.C., 1956-1979.
Access: No restrictions.
Processing Note: This collection was processed with support
from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers,
or their descendants, as stipulated by United
States copyright law.