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[Identification of item], in the Ludwick and Ritchey Family Papers, #3298, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Black Hawk War, 1832.
• Cabarrus County (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
• Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Ludwick family.
• Ludwick, Charles.
• Ludwick, Henry.
• Migration, Internal--United States--History--19th century.
• Montgomery County (Ill.)--Social conditions.
• Real property--North Carolina--History.
• Ritchey family.
• Ritchey, Mary Ludwick.
• Ritchey, William N.
• Taxation--North Carolina--History.

Chiefly land and tax records and miscellaneous accounts and receipts of two Cabarrus County, N.C., families. Eight letters, 1830-1834 and 1879, are from relatives who emigrated to Montgomery County, Ill.; these letters report on conditions there and include comments on the Black Hawk War. Prominent family members included Henry Ludewick [sic], Charles Ludwick, Mary Ludwick Ritchey, and William N. Ritchey.