Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#1530-z
MEETA ARMISTEAD CAPEHART PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Primarily Civil War letters to Meeta A. Capehart
of Kittrells, Granville County, N.C., from her
husband, Capt. Baldy Ashburn Capehart, assistant
quartermaster, 15th North Carolina Battalion, in
Virginia and North Carolina, describing his
activities and duties and advising his wife on the
management of their farm. Also included are
scattered Armistead and Capehart family papers and
land grants from the Albemarle region of North
Carolina.
On-line Albemarle Region (N.C.)--History--19th century.
Catalog Armistead family.
Terms: Capehart, Baldy Ashburn, 1833-1899.
Capehart, Meeta Rhodes Armistead, fl. 1849-1868.
Capehart family.
Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Confederate States of America.
Army--Officers--Correspondence.
Confederate States of America. Army--Supplies and
stores.
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina
Cavalry Battalion, 15th.
Farm management--North Carolina--History--Civil War,
1861-1865.
Farms--North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Land grants--North Carolina--History--18th century.
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Size: About 150 items.
Provenance: Received from Robert A. Field of New Orleans, La.,
in 1948.
Access: No restrictions.
Processing Note: This collection was rehoused under the
sponsorship of a grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities, Office of
Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1992.
Related Collections: Capehart Family Papers (#1494);
William Rhodes Capehart Papers (#2738).
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States
copyright law.
DESCRIPTION
Deeds, land grants and bills of sale of John Armistead of
Plymouth, Washington County, N.C.; correspondence and other
papers of Meeta Armistead Capehart and her husband Baldy Ashburn
Capehart of Granville County, N.C.; and other items pertaining to
members of the Armistead and Capehart families.
The earliest items, 1780-1822, pertain to John Armistead of
Washington County, N.C., and consist chiefly of bills of sale for
land in Washington, Bertie, and Chowan counties, several of which
are oversized.
Correspondence, 1844-1868, chiefly consists of letters from
Capt. Baldy A. Capehart to his wife Meeta Armistead Capehart of
Kittrells, Granville County, written during the Civil War.
Capehart was assistant quartermaster of the 15th North Carolina
Battalion; his letters, 1864-1865, describe his activities and
duties and advise his wife on the management of their farm. Also
included are a number of letters, 1854, to Mrs. William Anthony
Armistead from her daughter Meeta, concerning Meeta's daily
activities; a letter, 1857, to Mrs. W. A. Armistead from Meeta,
about the death of Meeta's father; and three letters, 1858, to
Meeta from various relatives, evidently in answer to Meeta's
genealogical inquiries.
Other items include accounts of Mrs. W. A. Armistead,
invoices and receipts of Baldy A. Capehart, several land lottery
tickets printed on the backs of playing cards, a photograph of B.
A. Capehart, and a daguerreotype of Meeta Armistead Capehart.
Folder 1 1780-1822
2 1844-1864
3 1865-1868
4 Undated items and printed material
SHELF LIST
Items separated
OP-1530/1-18
P-1530/1 Photograph of Capt. B. A. Capehart.
P-1530/SF Daguerreotype of Meeta Armistead Capehart.