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| Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 158 items) |
| Abstract | Whitfield family members chiefly lived in Lenoir and Wayne counties, N.C., as did members of the related Wooten family. Nathan Bryan Whitfield (1835-1914), planter, state and local official, Confederate colonel, and president of Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company, was the most prominent family member. Other family members included Nathan Whitfield's wife, Elizabeth Green Cobb Whitfield, and his parents Sarah Elizabeth Wooten and James Bryan Whitfield (1809-1841). The bulk of these papers is family correspondence, including many letters from relatives who settled in Wayne County, N.C., Monroe County, Miss., Demopolis, Ala., Tallahassee, Fla., and other locations. Also included are miscellaneous business papers; student lecture notes at the University of North Carolina, 1847-1848; a Confederate soldier's brief memorandum book, 1864; estate accounts; a speech by N. B. Whitfield to the North Carolina State Grange, 1908; a general merchandise daybook, 1827-1832; depositions taken in a disputed election in Greene County, N.C., 1840; and other items. |
| Creator | Whitfield family. |
| Language | English |
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Among the members of the Whitfield and Wooten families of Lenoir and Wayne counties, N.C., the most prominent was Nathan Bryan Whitfield (1835-1914), planter, state and local official, Confederate colonel, and president of Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company. Other family members include Nathan Whitfield's parents, Sarah Elizabeth Wooten Whitfield and James Bryan Whitfield (1809-1941); his wife, Elizabeth Green Cobb Whitfield; their daughters, Sally Whitfield Miller (1866-1928), Hattie Whitfield, and June Whitfield; and his ancestors Allen Wooten (1779-1810) and Allen Whitfield Wooten (born 1808).
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Scope and Content
The collection includes family correspondence, business and personal letters, deeds, notes, and other agreements, chiefly 1830s through 1890s, of the Whitfield and Wooten families of Lenoir, N.C., and relatives in Wayne County, N.C. The papers are chiefly those of Allen Wooten, Allen Whitfield Wooten, James Bryan Whitfield, Nathan Bryan Whitfield, Sally Whitfield Miller, and June Whitfield. The bulk of these papers is family correspondence, including many letters from relatives who settled in Wayne County, N.C.; Monroe County, Miss.; Demopolis, Ala.; Tallahassee, Fla.; and other locations. Also included are miscellaneous business papers; student lecture notes at the University of North Carolina, 1847-1848; a Confederate soldier's brief memorandum book, 1864; estate accounts; a speech by Nathan Bryan Whitfield to the North Carolina State Grange, 1908; a general merchandise daybook, 1827-1832; depositions taken in a disputed election in Greene County, N.C., 1840; and other items.
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Whitfield Family Papers, 1796-1918 (bulk 1830-1899) and undated.
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, June 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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