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Collection Overview
| Size | 4.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 100 items) |
| Abstract | The Nash County Historical Association (NCHA), a non-profit group headquartered in Rocky Mount, N.C., was organized in 1970 to promote the study and preservation of local history and genealogy. Since 1975, NCHA has been responsible for the administration, restoration, and preservation of Stonewall Manor, an antebellum plantation home in Rocky Mount. The collection consists of account books, 1806-1928; physicians' ledgers, 1835-1874; a mathematical instruction book, 1827; Saint Anne's Guild meeting minutes, 1919-1921; a log from the Claims Committee of the United States House of Representatives, 1892-1893; and other items. Most of the materials are from Rocky Mount or surrounding Nash and Edgecombe counties. Among the individuals mentioned in the materials are Bennett Bunn (1787-1849), a Nash County planter and builder in 1830 of Stonewall Manor; Redmond Bunn (1806-1883), builder of the Benvenue plantation; Redmond Bunn's son, Benjamin Hickman Bunn (1844-1907), a Civil War veteran, mayor and postmaster of Rocky Mount, who served three terms in the United States House of Representatives; other Bunn family members; James Jones Philips (1798-1874), a physician and planter of Nash and Edgecombe counties; other Philips family members; and Thorp family members. A few items contain records of schools or church groups, and there are also some references to slaves owned and sold, as well as a few accounts of African American schools, field hands, and house workers. |
| Creator | Nash County Historical Association. |
| Language | English |
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Historical Information
The Nash County Historical Association (NCHA), a non-profit group headquartered in Rocky Mount, N.C., was organized in 1970 to promote the study and preservation of local history and genealogy. Since 1975, NCHA has been responsible for the administration, restoration, and preservation of Stonewall Manor, an antebellum plantation home in Rocky Mount.
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Scope and Content
The collection consists of account books, 1806-1928; physicians' ledgers, 1835-1874; a mathematical instruction book, 1827; Saint Anne's Guild meeting minutes, 1919-1921; a log from the Claims Committee of the United States House of Representatives, 1892-1893; and other items. Most of the materials are from Rocky Mount or surrounding Nash and Edgecombe counties. Among the individuals mentioned in the materials are Bennett Bunn (1787-1849), a Nash County planter and builder in 1830 of Stonewall Manor; Redmond Bunn (1806-1883), builder of the Benvenue plantation; Redmond Bunn's son, Benjamin Hickman Bunn (1844-1907), a Civil War veteran, mayor and postmaster of Rocky Mount, who served three terms in the United States House of Representatives; other Bunn family members; James Jones Philips (1798-1874), a physician and planter of Nash and Edgecombe counties; other Philips family members; and Thorp family members. A few items contain records of schools or church groups, and there are also some references to slaves owned and sold, as well as a few accounts of African American schools, field hands, and house workers.
Note that titles of the materials were largely supplied by the Nash County Historical Society.
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Series 1. Account Books and Related Materials, 1806-1928.
Arrangement: alphabetical by account book title.
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Series 2. Physicians' Ledgers, 1835-1874.
Arrangement: alphabetical by account book title.
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Series 3. Other Materials, 1827-1921.
Arrangement: alphabetical by title.
| Folder 38 |
"Arithmetick" by John R. Horne, 1827 #05480, Series: "3. Other Materials, 1827-1921." Folder 38Hand-printed mathematical instruction book, 18 September 1827. |
| Folder 39 |
"Arithmetick" by John R. Horne, 1827: Enclosures #05480, Series: "3. Other Materials, 1827-1921." Folder 39 |
| Folder 42 |
Saint Anne's Guild journal, 1919-1921 #05480, Series: "3. Other Materials, 1827-1921." Folder 42Includes meeting minutes kept by several secretaries of the guild, located in Rocky Mount, N.C. |
| Folder 40 |
United States House of Representatives Claims Committee report log, 1892-1893 #05480, Series: "3. Other Materials, 1827-1921." Folder 40Contains records of motions of the Claims Committee for which North Carolina Representative Benjamin Hickman Bunn served as chair. The last several pages of the log contain Bunn's children's scribbles. |
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Processed by: Matt Dailey, January 2011
Encoded by: Matt Dailey, January 2011
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