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Collection Number: 01721-z

Collection Title: Joseph W. Gilmer Papers, 1787-1846; 1865

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Size 12 items
Abstract Miscellaneous papers of Joseph W. Gilmer, a white farmer in Guilford County, N.C., and his brothers Robert Shaw Gilmer and John F. Gilmer, including deeds, indentures, a pardon for participation in the Confederate rebellion, and a family letter that mentions the trafficking of Kiz(?) and her child, a family enslaved by the Gilmers, through hiring out of their labor, skills, and knowledge.
Creator Gilmer, Joseph W., active 1846-1865.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
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 Joseph W. Gilmer Papers #1721-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Joseph Saunders Phipps of Greensboro, N.C., in May 1950.
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Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, July 1996

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, December 2009

Conscious editing by Nancy Kaiser in March 2023: updated abstract, subject headings, biographical note, contents list

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This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.

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Joseph W. Gilmer was a white farmer in Guilford County, N.C. He and his two brothers, Robert Shaw Gilmer and John F. Gilmer, were orphaned sons of William Gilmer.

Note that "Gilmer" is sometimes spelled "Gilmore."

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Miscellaneous papers of Joseph W. Gilmer, a white farmer in Guilford County, N.C., and his brothers Robert Shaw Gilmer and John F. Gilmer, including deeds, indentures, a pardon for participation in the Confederate rebellion, and a family letter that mentions the trafficking of Kiz(?) and her child, a family enslaved by the Gilmers, through hiring out of their labor, skills, and knowledge.

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Folder 1

Papers, 1787-1865

  • Undated: fragment of a survey
  • 1787: a grant from the State of North Carolina to Robert S. Gilmore, John Gilmer, and Joseph Gilmore
  • 26 March 1816: land indenture, between Nancy Morgan and Robert S. Gilmer, Guilford County, N.C.
  • 1 February 1837, deed of sale for land by Jeremy Forbis, Samuel Forbis, Abner McLean, and Isabella McLean to Robert Shaw Gilmore, Guilford County, N.C.
  • 2 February 1837: deed of sale for land by Robert Shaw Gilmer Jr. to Robert Shaw Gilmer Sr., Guilford County, N.C.
  • 15 August 1837: receipt indicating a debt of money owed by Robert S. Gilmer to Matthew Young.
  • 15 February 1846: letter from John F. Gilmer in Washington to Joseph W. Gilmer in Alamance, Guilford County, N.C., mentioning Kiz(?) and her child, an enslaved family who were to be trafficked by hiring out their labor, skills, and knowledge.
  • 15 August 1865: presidential pardon for Joseph W. Gilmer for taking part in the Confederate rebellion against the United States.
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-1721/1

Deeds, 1787-1807

  • 16 May 1787: Deed for tract of land, Robert Shaw Gilmore, John Gilmore, and Joseph Gilmore, Guilford County, N.C.
  • 17 December 1794: Deed for tract of land, John Forbis, Guilford County
  • 30 August 1806: Deed for tract of land sold by Joseph Gilmer to Robert Gilmer and John Gilmer, Guilford County, N.C.
  • 27 January 1807: Deed for tract of land sold by James Elias and Isaiah Allison to Robert Shaw Gilmer, Guilford County, N.C.
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