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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

• Autograph albums--North Carolina.
• Chatham County (N.C.)--History.
• College students--North Carolina--Social life and customs--19th century.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Appointments and retirements.
• Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Haughton family.
• Haughton, John Hooker, 1810-1876.
• Haughton, John Laurence, 1841-1862.
• Haughton, John, fl. 1837-1842.
• Haughton, Thomas Hill, d. 1915.
• Lawyers--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Plantation owners--North Carolina--Chatham County.
• Real property--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--Social life and customs--19th century.

John Haughton was a planter in Chatham County, N.C. His son, John Hooker Haughton (1810-1876), practiced law in both Chatham County and New Bern, N.C. John Haughton's grandson, Thomas Hill Haughton (d. 1915), graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1861 and served as a lieutenant in the Confederate army. John Laurence Haughton (1841-1862), probably another grandson of John Haughton's, also graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1861, but died while in service of the Confederate army.

Legal, military, and other papers and an autograph book relating to three generations of the Haughton family of Chatham County, N.C. Legal papers of planter John Haughton include an 1837 deed of land and an 1842 will. Legal papers of his son, lawyer John Hooker Haughton (1810-1876), include an 1834 admission as attorney to the North Carolina Superior Court of Law and Equity, a printed copy of an 1854 speech delivered in the North Carolina Senate concerning a state constitutional convention, and an 1858 deed of land. The military papers relate to orders for John Haughton's grandson, Thomas Hill Haughton (d. 1915), to report to duty and his appointment as drill master in the Confederate army. The autograph book was compiled by James Laurence Haughton (1841-1862), probably another grandson, while he was a student at the University of North Carolina.