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Collection Number: 03362-z

Collection Title: William L. Connelly Papers, 1817; 1838; 1864 (bulk 1838)

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This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

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Size About 25 items
Abstract William L. Connelly (fl. 1817-1838) of Burke County, N.C., was commissioned justice of the peace, 1817, and later was captain of a company of North Carolina militia volunteers serving in the effort to remove the Cherokees from North Carolina (Trail of Tears). All but two items are military papers, 1838, of William L. Connelly. Papers include communications from United States Army headquarters in Washington, D.C.; from the state Adjutant General at Raleigh, N.C.; from 3rd Regiment headquarters at Franklin, N.C.; and from scattered militia and army personnel. They chiefly relate to the mustering in, equipping, paying, and mustering out of Connelly's militia unit. One document, signed by Winfield Scott, ordered the removal of all remaining Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama. Other papers include Connelly's commission, 1817, as justice of the peace and a 1864 Confederate tax form of E.S. Connelly of Burke County, N.C.
Creator Connelly, William L., fl. 1817-1838.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the William L. Connelly Papers, #3362-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Loaned by Agnes McLean of Connelly Springs, N.C., May 1958.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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William L. Connelly (fl. 1817-1838) of Burke County, N.C., was commissioned justice of the peace, 1817, and later was captain of a company of North Carolina militia volunteers serving in the effort to remove the Cherokees from North Carolina.

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All but two items are military papers, 1838, of William L. Connelly. Papers include communications from United States Army headquarters in Washington, D.C.; from the state Adjutant General at Raleigh, N.C.; from 3rd Regiment headquarters at Franklin, N.C.; and from scattered militia and army personnel. They chiefly relate to the mustering in, equipping, paying, and mustering out of Connelly's militia unit. One document, signed by Winfield Scott, ordered the removal of all remaining Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama. Other papers include Connelly's commission, 1817, as justice of the peace and a 1864 Confederate tax form of E.S. Connelly of Burke County, N.C.

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Processing Information

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009

This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

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