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Collection Overview
| Size | 11 items |
| Abstract | The Grudger family and Love family were early settlers of western North Carolina with relations to the Smith and Baird families. The collection includes two brief essays relating to early settlers around what became Asheville, N.C.; information about members of the Gudger, Love, Baird, and Smith families of western North Carolina, including Bacchus J. Smith (1804-1886), C. Drayton Smith (1813-1894), and Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894); and a letter, 14 December 1879, from Z. B. Vance to his aunt, M. A. Baird of Asheville. |
| Creator | Gudger family.
Love family. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical
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The Grudger and Love families were early settlers of western North Carolina with relations to the Smith and Baird families.
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Scope and Content
The collection includes two brief essays, "Some Interesting Facts Concerning an Old Family" and "One Branch of an Old Family," relating to early settlers around what became Asheville, N.C. The collection also contains information about members of the Gudger, Love, Baird, and Smith families of western North Carolina, including Bacchus J. Smith (1804-1886), C. Drayton Smith (1813-1894), and Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894); and a letter, 14 December 1879, from Z. B. Vance to his aunt, M. A. Baird of Asheville.
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Gudger and Love Family Papers, 1879 and undated.
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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