Leak and Wall Family Papers, 1785-1897

Collection Number: 01468

Collection Title: Leak and Wall Family Papers, 1785-1897

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Size	1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 200 items)
Abstract	Chiefly business correspondence and accounts of John W. Leak (1816-1876), Rockingham, N.C., planter, with commission merchants; and family papers, 1877-1897, of his son-in-law, Henry Clay Wall (1841-1899). Volumes include a record, 1833-1847, of the Rockingham Sabbath School; antebellum plantation and slave records; personal accounts; diary of H. C. Wall, 1862, in Virginia while serving in the 23rd North Carolina Regiment, C.S.A., and in 1869; diary of Fannie (Leak) Wall, 1869-1870; financial records, 1861-1864, for the Richmond County (N.C.) Relief Committee for the Families of Volunteers; and scrapbooks.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Leak and Wall Family Papers #1468, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Mrs. Henry C. Wall of Rockingham, N.C., in May 1948.

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Chiefly business correspondence and accounts of John W. Leak (1816-1876), Rockingham, N.C., planter, with commission merchants; and family papers, 1877-1897, of his son-in-law, Henry Clay Wall (1841-1899). Volumes include a record, 1833-1847, of the Rockingham Sabbath School; antebellum plantation and slave records; personal accounts; diary of H. C. Wall, 1862, in Virginia while serving in the 23rd North Carolina Regiment, C.S.A., and in 1869; diary of Fannie (Leak) Wall, 1869-1870; financial records, 1861-1864, for the Richmond County (N.C.) Relief Committee for the Families of Volunteers; and scrapbooks.

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1. Business Papers and Related Material, 1785-1897 and undated.
2. Volumes, 1833-1872.

Expand/collapse Series 1. Business Papers and Related Material, 1785-1897 and undated.

About 185 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly bills, accounts, and scattered business letters with commission merchants and others of John Wall Leak (1816-1876). Early papers consist of deeds and indentures from North and South Carolina, 1785-1791. There is a group of papers, 1861-1863, pertaining to the Richmond County Relief Committee for the Families of Volunteers for which John W. Leak was treasurer. These papers consist of reports to the Central Committee from District committees, general records and accounts, individual applications and receipts for aid, and statements of individual allowances. There are also papers of Ann C. Leak as administrator of her husband's estate, 1877-1878, and a copy of his will, 1876. Leak's daughter, Fannie (1847-1921) married Henry Clay Wall (1841-1899), and there is scattered family papers from them.

Folder 1	1785-1842 #01468, Series: "1. Business Papers and Related Material, 1785-1897 and undated." Folder 1
Folder 2	1853-1859 #01468, Series: "1. Business Papers and Related Material, 1785-1897 and undated." Folder 2
Folder 3	1860-1863 #01468, Series: "1. Business Papers and Related Material, 1785-1897 and undated." Folder 3
Folder 4	1861-1863 (Relief Committee) #01468, Series: "1. Business Papers and Related Material, 1785-1897 and undated." Folder 4
Folder 5	1865-1866 #01468, Series: "1. Business Papers and Related Material, 1785-1897 and undated." Folder 5
Folder 6	1867 #01468, Series: "1. Business Papers and Related Material, 1785-1897 and undated." Folder 6
Folder 7	1868-1869 #01468, Series: "1. Business Papers and Related Material, 1785-1897 and undated." Folder 7
Folder 8	1870-1897 #01468, Series: "1. Business Papers and Related Material, 1785-1897 and undated." Folder 8
Folder 9	Undated #01468, Series: "1. Business Papers and Related Material, 1785-1897 and undated." Folder 9

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12 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 10-11	Folder numbers not used #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." Folder 10-11 Folder 10 Folder 11
Oversize Volume SV-1486/1	Volume S-1: 1833-1847, 63 pp. #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." SV-1486/1 Rockingham Sabbath School records and library records.
Oversize Volume SV-1468/2	Volume S-2: 1833-1872, 150 pp. #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." SV-1468/2 Early accounts of Stephen Wall, the estate of Martha P. Davis, and Henry C. Wall's accounts of general supplies.
Folder 12	Volume 3: 1839-1845, 150 pp. #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." Folder 12 Miscellaneous notes; accounts; lists of slaves, 1839-1841; and farming and planting records, 1842-1845, of John W. Leak.
Folder 13	Folder number not used #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." Folder 13
Oversize Volume SV-1468/4	Volume S-4: 1843-1854, 1867, 50 pp. #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." SV-1468/4 Day book of John W. Leak with miscellaneous accounts and farm records.
Folder 14	Volume 5: 1854-1856, 24 pp. #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." Folder 14 Pocket account book of John W. Leak.
Folder 15	Volume 6: 1861-1864, 50 pp. #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." Folder 15 Financial records of the Committee for the Relief of Families of Volunteers in Richmond County, N.C., John W. Leak, agent.
Folder 16	Volume 7: 1862, 1869, 63 pp. #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." Folder 16 Journal of Henry C. Wall, Pee Dee Guards, Company D, 23rd North Carolina Regiment, with miscellaneous notes; notes on Bethel, 1862; and accounts on crop record, 1869.
Folder 17	Volume 8: 1867-1868, 125 pp. #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." Folder 17 Pocket account book of John W. Leak.
Folder 18	Volume 9: 1868-1877, 128 pp. #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." Folder 18 Henry C. Wall's account of receipts and disbursements as executor of the estate of Mial Wall.
Folder 19	Volume 10: 1869-1870, 112 pp. #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." Folder 19 Diary of Fannie Leak.
Folder 20	Volume 11: 1872, 16 pp. #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." Folder 20 Pocket account book of John W. Leak.
Folder 21	Volume 12: Undated, 6 pp. #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." Folder 21 Pocket account book of a few stray accounts and lists.
Folder 22	Folder number not used #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." Folder 22
Oversize Volume SV-1468/13	Volume S-13: 1872-1874, 119 pp. #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." SV-1468/13 "Grief Book No. 5" by Walter F. Leak (b. 1797) with philosophy, poetry, and musings addressed to his daughters, Ann C. Leak, Hannah P. Steel, and Mary C. Scales.
Folder 23	Volume 14: 1875, 134 pp. #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." Folder 23 Ann C. Leak's scrapbook of her father Walter F. Leak's poetry.
Folder 24	Volume 15: 1877, 232 pp. #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." Folder 24 Comments and writings addressed to Fannie Leak Wall and her husband, Henry C. Wall, from her grandfather, Walter F. Leak.
Folder 25	Volume 16: 1880, 98 pp. #01468, Series: "2. Volumes, 1833-1872." Folder 25 Album and scrapbook containing chiefly poetry from newspapers and magazines. The name A. C. Leak appears on cover.

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M-1468/1-2
SV-1468/1-2, 4, 13

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Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, September 1996

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Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, December 2009