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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Edenton (N.C.) Papers, #1910, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Margaret H. Pruden of Edenton, N.C., November 1951.

Purchased from James B. Blackford of Richmond, Va., April 1966.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.

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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• Allen, Nathaniel, circa 1755-1805.
• Badham, William, b. 1735.
• Barefield, John.
• Barker, Thomas, 1713-1789.
• Bateman, Nehemiah.
• Beasley, John.
• Benbury, Thomas, 1736-1793.
• Blair, William.
• Blount, Charles.
• Blount, Joseph.
• Branch, William.
• Cabarrus, Stephen, 1754-1808.
• Cathcart, William, circa 1710-1773.
• Chowan County (N.C.)--History.
• Collins, Josiah.
• Craven, James, d. 1755.
• Dickinson, Samuel.
• Eden, Charles, 1673-1722.
• Edenton (N.C.)--History.
• Eelbeck, Henry.
• Eelbeck, Montfort, d. 1790.
• Eelbeck, William.
• Hill, William, 1737-1783.
• Hodgson, John.
• Hodgson, Samuel.
• Holland, Thomas.
• Johnston, Arthur.
• Johnston, Samuel, 1733-1816.
• Malbone, Peter.
• Michener, Jeremiah.
• Norfleet, Elisha.
• North Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
• Pagett, Samuel.
• Palin, John.
• Parris, Thomas.
• Pollock, Thomas.
• United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prizes, etc.

The collection includes miscellaneous papers, chiefly bills, receipts, deeds, court proceedings, wills, estate settlements (including the division of slaves), and other legal and business papers of Edenton and Chowan County, N.C., citizens, mainly before 1820. There are few letters. Several items concern the awarding of prizes by the Admiralty Court during the Revolution. Persons represented in the collection include: Nathaniel Allen, William Badham, John Barefield, Thomas Barker, Nehemiah Bateman, John Beasley, Thomas Benbury, William Blair, Charles Blount, Joseph Blount, William Branch, Stephen Cabarrus, William Cathcart, Josiah Collins, James Craven, Samuel Dickinson, Charles Eden, Henry Eelbeck, Montfort Eelbeck, William Eelbeck, William Hill, John Hodgson, Samuel Hodgson, Thomas Holland, Arthur Johnston, Samuel Johnston, Peter Malbone, Jeremiah Michener, Elisha Norfleet, Samuel Pagett, John Palin, Thomas Parris, and Thomas Pollock.

• Oversize papers (OPF-1910/1)