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• Alachua County (Fla.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
• American diaries--Southern States--History--19th century.
• Bernard, Jesse.
• Bernard, Overton.
• Edenton (N.C.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
• Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Florida--Religious life and customs.
• Lawyers--Florida--History--19th century.
• Methodist Church--North Carolina.
• Methodist Church--Virginia.
• Norfolk (Va.)--History--19th century.
• Overton, Jesse.
• Portsmouth (Va.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
• Virginia--Religious life and customs--19th century.

Diaries of Overton Bernard and his son, Jesse. Overton Bernard kept his diary while serving as a Methodist minister in Edenton, N.C., 1824, and as a bank employee in Portsmouth, Va., 1858-1863. Entries include description of church work and the progress of the Civil War around Norfolk, Va. Jesse Bernard, lawyer of Alachua County, Fla., kept his diary sporadically from 1856 to 1891. It contains entries relating to local religious affairs, lawyering, visits to Virginia, and the Civil War. There are few entries after 1861.