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| Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 350 items) |
| Abstract | Among the members of the McClelland family of Iredell County, N.C., were William McClelland, surveyor; Nathaniel E. McClelland, physician; John McClelland, Rebecca McClelland, and Margaret McClelland. Relatives also included the Stevenson family, the Hall family, the Adams family of Iredell County, N.C., and the Ewing family of Christian County, Ky. The collection includes family letters, land surveys, and legal and other papers, chiefly 1800-1834 and 1861-1863, of the McClelland Family and related families. Included are letters from Nathaniel Ewing McClelland, written while he was a medical student at Transylvania University, Ky., 1829-1831, and while he was a physician in Rutherford County, N.C., 1832-1833; fifty letters to his parents in Statesville, N.C., from William N. Adams, a soldier of the 4th North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States of America, in Virginia; and some 20th-century items tracing the relationship of Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1900-1965) to the families in the papers. |
| Creator | McClelland family. |
| Language | English |
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Among the members of the McClelland family of Iredell County, N.C., were William McClelland, surveyor; Nathaniel E. McClelland, physician; John McClelland, Rebecca McClelland, and Margaret McClelland. Relatives also included the Stevenson, Hall, and Adams families of Iredell County, N.C., and the Ewing family of Christian County, Ky.
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The collection includes family letters, land surveys, and legal and other papers, chiefly 1800-1834 and 1861-1863, of the McClellands of Iredell County, N.C., and related families, including the Stevensons of Iredell County and the Ewings of Christian County, Ky. Included are letters and other papers written by Nathaniel Ewing McClelland while he was a medical student at Transylvania University, Ky., 1829-1831, and while he was a physician in Rutherford County, N.C., 1832-1833; fifty letters to his parents in Statesville, N.C., from William N. Adams, a soldier of the 4th North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States of America, in Virginia; and some 20th-century items tracing the relationship of Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1900-1965) to the families in the papers. Also included is a map, 1773, of Fourth Creek Congregation and various copies and related items.
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McClelland Family Papers, 1753-1952 and undated.
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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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