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Collection Number: 03039-z

Collection Title: McKenzie and Sumner Family Papers, 1823-1891.

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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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Size 9 items
Abstract The Sumner family of Gates County, N.C., traces its lineage to William Summer of England who settled near Suffolk, Va., around 1690. His descendent, Ellen Sumner, married C. H. McKenzie. The collection contains scattered papers of the McKenzie family of Rowan County, N.C., and the Sumner family, including estate settlements and inventories, and family correspondence, including a letter, 1869, from Philo White (1796-1883), New York editor and diplomat, discussing his activities and political and economic issues in New York and the nation.
Creator McKenzie family.



Sumner family.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
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 McKenzie and Sumner Family Papers, #3039-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Mrs. Julian A. McKenzie of Salisbury, N.C., May 1954.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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The Sumner family of Gates County, N.C., traces its lineage to William Summer of England who settled near Suffolk, Va., around 1690. Among his descendents are General Jethro Sumner (1733-1785), and Colonel Jethro Sumner (born 1758), Benjamin Sumner, Benjamin H. Sumner, and Ellen Sumner. Ellen Sumner married C. H. McKenzie. Other members of the McKenzie family of Rowan County, N.C., include Montford Stokes McKenzie and his brother-in-law, Philo White (1796-1883), a New York editor and diplomat.

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The collection includes scattered papers of the McKenzie family of Rowan County, N.C., and the Sumner family of Gates County, N.C., including estate settlements and inventories, genealogical charts, and family correspondence including a letter, 1869, from Philo White discussing his activities and political and economic issues in New York and the nation.

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Processing Information

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 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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