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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the William Hall Johnston Papers #4198-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from W. J. Simonton of Fort Bragg, Cal., in October 1979.

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• Adams, Susan.
• Clergy--Georgia--History--19th century.
• Davidson College--Students--History--19th century.
• Estates (Law)--North Carolina.
• Families--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Johnston, Dorcas Hall Knox.
• Johnston, Robert.
• Johnston, William Hall, 1819-1859.
• Love-letters--19th century.
• Presbyterian Church--Georgia--History--19th century.
• Princeton Theological Seminary--Students--History--19th century.
• Rowan County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Slave records--North Carolina.

William Hall Johnston was the son of Dorcas Hall Knox and Robert Johnston of Mount Vernon, Rowan County, N.C.

Family letters dealing with conditions in Rowan County, N.C., at Davidson College, and at Princeton Theological Seminary, 1840-1844; love letters to Susan Adams in which William Johnston explained his reasons for becoming a Presbyterian minister in Lafayette, Ga., 1846; a list of the values and ages of slaves belonging to the estate of Robert Johnston, 1842; and other items.