Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Copyright Notice

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Joseph Graham Papers #284-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Joseph Graham's narrative printed in W. H. Hoyt, editor, The Papers of Archibald D. Murphey (Raleigh: North Carolina Historical Commission, 1914), volume 2.

Joseph Graham's narrative was slightly modified and published as "General Joseph Graham's Narrative of the Revolutionary War in North Carolina in 1780 and 1781,"  N.C. University Magazine IV, 1855, pages 338-352.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Joseph Graham of Iron Station, N.C., in August 1947 and Lawrence F. London of Chapel Hill, N.C., in June 1971.

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• Conner, Charles, fl. 1821.
• Graham, Joseph, 1759-1836.
• Graham, William A. (William Alexander), 1804-1875.
• Morrison, R. H. (Robert Hall), 1798-1889.
• Murphey, Archibald D. (Archibald De Bow), 1777-1832.
• North Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
• Slave records--North Carolina.
• Slavery--North Carolina.
• United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives.

Joseph Graham fought with American troops in North Carolina in the Revolutionary War; was a North Carolina state senator, 1788-1793; fought against the Creek Indians in 1814; and became wealthy producing iron.

The collection includes a handwritten manuscript of "Historical notices or suplement [sic] to the History of the Revolutionary War in the western part of No. Carolina" (16 pages) by Joseph Graham; a letter from Archibald De Bow Murphey to Charles Conner and two letters from Murphey to Graham about this manuscript; a letter from Graham to Conner discussing the Revolutionary War in North Carolina; part of a volume, 1769-1864, containing lists of slaves belonging to Graham and his son-in-law, Robert Hall Morrison (1798-1889); and "The National Intelligencer and Revolutionary War Legends" by William A. Graham.