Inventory of the Edenton (N.C.) Papers, 1717-1937

Collection Number 1910


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Descriptive Summary
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Collection Overview
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Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
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Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Title
Edenton (N.C.) Papers, 1717-1937.
Call Number
1910
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 300 items (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
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.


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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
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A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
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.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

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.
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Collection Overview

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.