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[Identification of item], in the Thomas Hallyburton Papers #5220-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received from M & S Rare Books, Inc., of Providence, R.I., in June 2005 (Acc. 100103).

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• Baptists--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Gold miners--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Gold mines and mining--Appalachian Region, Southern.
• Gold mines and mining--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Hallyburton, Thomas, 1763-1841.
• Rutherfordton (N.C.)--History.
• Shoemakers--North Carolina--History--19th century.

Thomas Hallyburton (1763-1841), probably of Rutherfordton, N.C., was a shoemaker and gold miner.

Papers of Thomas Hallyburton (1763-1841), probably of Rutherfordton, N.C., shoemaker and gold miner, include a ledger, an insert in the ledger, a bulletin, and photocopied pages of a book. Thomas Hallyburton's ledger dates from 1833 to 1843, and mostly contains information related to shoe sales and repairs and sales of gold from Doggett's Mine. An undated insert in the ledger is a handwritten note about how the Rutherfordton Baptist Church collected contributions from parishioners. Also included is Gold Deposits in North Carolina by Herman J. Bryson, a bulletin published by the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development in 1936, and photocopied pages from Gold and Silver in the West: The Illustrated History of the American Dream by T. H. Watkins, 1971, which includes historical information about the Appalacian Gold Fields.