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Collection Number: 04805

Collection Title: Wootten, Moulton, and Clarke Family Papers,1766-1960

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Size 15.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 3,000 items)
Abstract Clarke family of North Carolina; the New Hampshire-based Moulton family; and New Bern, N.C., native photographer, Bayard Wootten are included in the collection. In 1886, Mary Devereux Clarke, daughter of the prominent North Carolina poet Mary Bayard Clarke and Major William J. Clarke, married George Moulton, a traveling salesman. George Moulton came from a New Hampshire farming family headed by Nathan and Sarah Moulton. Mary's daughter, Bayard Morgan Wootten, learned photography as a means of supporting herself after she and her husband divorced. While Chief of Publicity for the North Carolina National Guard, Bayard set up a studio at Fort Bragg, N.C. After working in New York City, she returned to North Carolina and went into partnership with her brother George C. Moulton. The Wootten-Moulton studio became the official photographer for the UNC Playmakers and yearbook. George and sister Celia Moulton helped Bayard run studios in New Bern and Chapel Hill while she was taking pictures on location. Bayard sold the Chapel Hill studio in 1954 and lived in New Bern until her death in 1959. Papers of the Wootten, Moulton, and Clarke families chiefly consist of correspondence among family members. Clarke family correspondence discusses Major William J. Clarke's experiences during the Civil War and the literary activities of Mary Bayard Clarke. Moulton family correspondence details the daily life of a large family in New Hampshire in the mid-19th century. Letters from Mary Moulton to her husband George, a traveling salesman, describe life in New Bern during the late 19th century. Bayard Wootten's letters to her brother George and her sister Celia discuss matters relating to the Wootten-Moulton photography studios. Letters to and about Bayard Wootten relate to her teaching in the 1890s and early 1900s, her photography and her photography business, her family life, and her son's service in the U.S. Navy and observations of life in China in the late 1920s. There are also diaries and other personal writings of members of the Clarke, Moulton, and Graves families, some poetry by Mary Bayard Clarke, and some writings of a literary or religious nature by unidentified authors. There are financial and legal papers, bills, and receipts generated by members of the Clarke, Moulton, and Wootten families. There is, however, little financial or legal material relating to the operation of the Wootten-Moulton photography studios. Other papers include certificates and licenses, genealogical information, clippings, printed matter, schoolwork, and other materials.
Creator Wootten family.



Moulton family.



Clarke family.
Curatorial Unit Southern Historical Collection
Language English.
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No restrictions. Open for research.
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 Wootten, Moulton, and Clarke Family Papers #04805, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Provenance
Received from Celia Eudy of Kinston, N.C., in April 1996 (Acc. 96043) and April 1999 (Acc. 98328) and from Lawrence Kessler of Chapel Hill, N.C., in August 2002 (Acc. 99291).
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Mary Bayard Devereux, daughter of a prominent lawyer and planter from Raleigh, N.C., married the Mexican War hero, William J. Clarke in 1848. Since Mary struggled with consumption, the couple soon moved to San Antonio, Tex., hoping that the climate would improve her health. There she wrote poetry while William practiced law and became president of the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad Association. When the railroad went bankrupt several years later, William obtained a commission in the Confederate Army and Mary returned to Raleigh. William served as colonel of the 24th North Carolina Regiment until his capture at Fort Delaware. The Clarkes moved to New Bern in 1868 where Mary served as a private secretary to a North Carolina Supreme Court justice and William practiced law.

The couple had four children. Their oldest son, Francis, became a nationally known educator of the deaf. After teaching at the New York Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and attending Columbia University, Willie E. Clarke, their second son, received his law degree and practiced with his father in New Bern. Their third son, Thomas, became the superintendent of the Washington State School for the Deaf.

Their daughter, Mary Devereux, married Rufus Morgan and had two children with him, Mary Bayard and Sam. Rufus moved to California to farm in 1879, but died from eating poisonous mushrooms before he could send for Mary. Later, Mary married George Moulton, a traveling salesman from Hampton Falls, N.H.

George Moulton came from a New Hampshire-based farming family, headed by Nathan and Sarah Moulton. Along with the farm, Nathan owned a ship named the Schooner Cornelia. Nathan Andrew, their oldest son, became a schoolteacher and their daughters, Sara Elizabeth, Harriet (Hattie), and Emma, married and settled on farms in the area. Mary Josephine married the Reverend Frank Graves and lived in Hampton Falls and Exeter, N.H. George Moulton's traveling led him to New Bern, where he met and married Mary Devereux Clarke Morgan.

George and Mary lived in the Clarke family home in New Bern. George worked for several years as a traveling salesman for Duffy's Drug Store. They had three children: George C., Warren, and Celia. George kept close contact with his sister Mary Josephine, and George C. spent part of his childhood living in New Hampshire and working on her farm.

Mary's daughter from her first marriage, Bayard Morgan, became an instructor at the Georgia School for the Deaf. There she met and married Charles Wootten. The couple had two children--Charles and Rufus--but separated in 1904. Bayard moved back to New Bern and learned photography as a means of supporting herself. Her work impressed the Commanding General at Camp Glenn so much that he appointed Bayard Chief of Publicity for the North Carolina National Guard. She worked in this capacity until World War I, when she set up a studio at Fort Bragg, N.C.. In 1917, Bayard was appointed the official photographer for the Grand Central Palace in New York City and had a studio there. She soon returned to North Carolina and became the official photographer for the University of North Carolina Playmakers in 1919; this led to a contract to take all of the pictures for the University's yearbook.

Bayard's brother, George C. Moulton, and sister, Celia Moulton, helped her run the studios in New Bern and Chapel Hill from the 1920s to the 1940s, while she was taking pictures on location. George C. married Myrtle Disoway and had a daughter named Mary Louise Moulton. Celia married another photographer, Bill Lively, but they were separated in the early 1930s shortly after the birth of their daughter, Celia. Celia Moulton continued to assist Bayard in the Chapel Hill and New Bern studios. Bayard sold the Chapel Hill studio in 1954 and lived in New Bern until her death in 1959.

From: The Heritage of Craven County, North Carolina. Ed. Barbara M. Howard Thorne. New Bern: The Eastern North Carolina Genealogical Societyin Cooperation with the History Division of Hunter Publishing Company, 1984.

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Correspondence, financial and legal materials, and photographs of members of the Clarke, Moulton, Graves, and Wootten families. Clarke family correspondence includes letters from William J. Clarke describing his experiences as colonel of the 24th North Carolina Regiment, 1861-1863, and letters written to Mary Bayard Clarke regarding her writing from publishers and admirers, and in response to her queries for information. There are several letters written by Mary Bayard Clarke to her son William E. Clarke.

Moulton family correspondence consists primarily of letters to Sarah Moulton from her children and other relatives describing the details of their daily lives. Letters to George Moulton from Mary Devereux Clarke Morgan Moulton while he was on the road as a traveling salesman for Duffy's Drug store tell about life in New Bern in the late 19th century, as do letters written by George and Mary to their son, George C., who spent part of his childhood in New Hampshire with Mary Josephine Graves.

Wootten-Moulton correspondence contains letters from Bayard to George and Celia Moulton discussing matters relating to the Wootten-Moulton studios. Letters document the later events of Bayard's career after she set up her studios in Chapel Hill and New Bern, but contains little reference to the early years when she began working in as a photographer profession. Also included are letters written by members of the Wootten and Moulton families in New Bern, among them letters to Bayard from her estranged husband, correspondence between Celia Moulton and her husband Bill Lively, and correspondence from Bayard's sons to Mary and Celia Moulton.

There are also diaries and other personal writings of members of the Clarke, Moulton, and Graves families, some poetry by Mary Bayard Clarke, and some writings of a literary or religious nature by unidentified authors. There are financial and legal papers, bills, and receipts generated by members of the Clarke, Moulton, and Wootten families. There is, however, little financial or legal material relating to the operation of the Wootten-Moulton photography studios. Other papers include certificates and licenses, genealogical information, clippings, printed matter, schoolwork, and other materials.

The addition contains chiefly letters to and about Bayard Wootten relating to her teaching in the 1890s and early 1900s, her photography and her photography business, and her family life.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Correspondence and Related Materials,1788-1960.

About 1625 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Personal correspondence of members of the Clarke, Moulton, Graves, and Wootten families.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1. Clarke Family Correspondence 1821-1873.

About 100 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly personal correspondence among the members of the North Carolina-based Clarke family. The subseries contains early correspondence among Mary Bayard Clarke's relatives and letters written by a young Mary Bayard Clarke to her sister in Raleigh.

Correspondence between Mary Bayard Clarke and William J. Clarke includes a series of letters from William in New York City on a business trip to Mary in San Antonio, Tex., during 1858. Another series of letters written from April to December 1861 to Mary from William details his commission in the Confederate Army and his first months as captain of a volunteer regiment. Of interest are letters written by William during his tenure as Colonel of the 24th North Carolina Regiment referring to battles fought in North Carolina and Virginia, 1861-1863.

Included are a few letters regarding her writing to Mary Bayard Clarke from publishers, admirers, and responses to her queries for information. Of note is a letter dated 6 March 1867 from Zebulon B. Vance, former governor of North Carolina to Mary providing information for one of her articles. Also included are letters to Mary Bayard Clarke from her friend Judge E. L. Reade, who had employed her as his private secretary.

Later correspondence consists of letters to William E. Clarke, Jr., from Mary Bayard and William Clarke, his brother Francis who was studying in New York City, his sister Mary Devereux at boarding school, his cousin Kate, and other friends.

Finally, there are letters from Mary Devereux's first husband, Rufus Morgan, regarding his move to California. Undated correspondence contains a letter from Zebulon Vance to Mary Bayard Clarke, letters to William E. Clarke, Jr., from family members, including several from Mary Bayard Clarke, and letters from Rufus Morgan to Mary Devereux.

Folder 1

1821

Folder 2

1834-1838

Folder 3

1852-1858

Folder 4

1860-1861

Folder 5

1862

Folder 6

1863

Folder 7

1864-1867

Folder 8

1868

Folder 9

1869

Folder 10

1870

Folder 11

1871

Folder 12

1872

Folder 13

1873

Folder 14

1874

Folder 15

1875-1879

Folder 16

1879-Undated: Rufus Morgan to Mary

Folder 17

1880-1889

Folder 18

Undated: Zebulon B. Vance to Mary B. Clarke

Folder 19

Undated: To Willie Clarke

Folder 20

Undated: Mary B. Clarke to Willie Clarke

Folder 21

Undated: Clarke family

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 1.2. Moulton Family Correspondence, 1788-1883.

About 500 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence of members of the New Hampshire-based Moulton family. The subseries consists primarily of letters to Sarah Brown Moulton from her children and other relatives. Letters to Sarah from her son Nathan Andrew and her daughters Sarah Elizabeth, Hattie, Emma, and Mary Josephine relate the events of their daily lives. Most letters from her son George describe his traveling in search of work. There is also some correspondence among Sarah's children. Of note are letters dated 25 April1865 from Sarah's sister in Upper Alton, Ill., referring to President Lincoln's funeral and from Sarah's brother, dated 8 May1865, telling about Lincoln's funeral procession in New York City.

Also included are several letters to Nathan Moulton from various correspondents regarding business matters with some mention of politics,1820s-1850s.

Folder 22

1788

Folder 23

1821-1825

Folder 24

1826-1829

Folder 25

1830-1834

Folder 26

1836-1839

Folder 27

1840

Folder 28

1841-1842

Folder 29

1843-1845

Folder 30

1848-1849

Folder 31

1850-1859

Folder 32

1860-1866

Folder 33-34

Folder 33

Folder 34

1867

Folder 35

1868

Folder 36

1869

Folder 37

1870

Folder 38

1871

Folder 39

1872

Folder 40

1873

Folder 41

1874

Folder 42

1875

Folder 43

1877-1879

Folder 44

1880-1883

Folder 45

Undated

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 1.3. Graves Family Correspondence, 1865-1910.

About 75 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Primarily letters to Mary Josephine Graves from her children. The subseries also includes materials relating to her husband's appeal for a higher military pension, a document certifying that her husband was ordained a minister, and several post cards from family and friends. For letters from Mary Josephine Graves to her brother George Moulton, see Subseries 1.4.

Folder 46

1865-1866

Folder 47

1889-1890

Folder 48

1891

Folder 49

1892

Folder 50

1893

Folder 51

1893-1894

Folder 52

1895-1897

Folder 53

1898

Folder 54

1899

Folder 55

1900-1904

Folder 56

1905-1910

Folder 57

Undated

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About 450 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence written after the marriage of Mary Devereux Clarke to George Moulton. The subseries contains correspondence between George and Mary Moulton while he was a traveling salesman for Duffy's Drug Store and she was living in New Bern. There is also correspondence between George and his sister Mary Josephine Graves in New Hampshire. There are several letters written by George and Mary Moulton to their son, George C., who was visiting his aunt, Mary Josephine Graves, in New Hampshire.

Contained here are some letters from Bayard Wootten to George C. Moulton in New Hampshire and to her mother in New Bern. Also included are letters from Willie and Frank Clarke to Mary Moulton and Bayard Wootten and some correspondence of the Moulton family in New Hampshire.

Folder 58

1886-1889

Folder 59

1890-1892

Folder 60

1893-1896

Folder 61

1897

Folder 62-63

Folder 62

Folder 63

1898

Folder 64-67

Folder 64

Folder 65

Folder 66

Folder 67

1899

Folder 68-70

Folder 68

Folder 69

Folder 70

1900

Folder 71

1901

Folder 72

1902

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About 500 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence written while the Wootten-Moulton photography studios were operating in New Bern, Chapel Hill, Fort Bragg, and other locations in North Carolina. The subseries contains letters from Bayard to George C. and Celia Moulton discussing matters relating to the Wootten-Moulton Studios, including letters written in1934 that refer to an exhibit in Charleston, S.C., and to obtaining a contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Correspondence between Bayard Wootten and her estranged husband, Charles Wootten, regarding their impending divorce and their two sons in 1903-1904 and some later letters dated 1915 from Charles to Bayard and to their sons are also in this subseries.

Some correspondence among the Moulton family concerns a dispute over land belonging to a relative of Mary Moulton. Additionally, there are letters from Mary, George C., and Celia to George Moulton while he was visiting Mary Josephine Graves in New Hampshire during the early1920s.

There is a significant amount of correspondence, 1930-1943, between Celia and her husband, Bill Lively, while he was working for Bayard at the Chapel Hill studio and then while he was on the road looking for work. Also contained here are some letters to Bill and Celia from Bill's family and friends.

Later correspondence includes letters from Charles and Rufus Wootten and their wives to Bayard, Mary Moulton, and Celia Lively. Correspondence continues after Bayard's death in1959 with letters to Celia from Charles, Rufus, and others. There are letters from relatives to members of the Moulton family and a small amount of other correspondence.

Folder 73

1902

Folder 74-75

Folder 74

Folder 75

1903

Folder 76

1904

Folder 77

1905

Folder 78

1906

Folder 79

1907

Folder 80

1908

Folder 81

1909

Folder 82

1910

Folder 83

1911

Folder 84

1912

Folder 85

1913

Folder 86

1914

Folder 87

1915

Folder 88

1916

Folder 89

1917

Folder 90

1918

Folder 91

Published telegram from the Provost Marshal General: Photographers wanted

Folder 92

1919

Folder 93

1920

Folder 94

1921

Folder 95

1922

Folder 96

1923

Folder 97

1924

Folder 98

1925

Folder 99

1926

Folder 100

1927

Folder 101

1928

Folder 102

1928: Christmas cards

Folder 103

1929

Folder 104

1929: Christmas cards

Folder 105

1930

Folder 106

1931

Folder 107

1932

Folder 108-109

Folder 108

Folder 109

1933

Folder 110

1933: Christmas Cards

Folder 111

1934

Folder 112

1935-1938

Folder 113

1940s

Folder 114

1950s

Folder 115

1960s-1970s

Folder 116

Undated: New Bern Moultons (George and Mary)

Folder 117

Undated: George C. Moulton

Folder 118

Undated: Bill and Celia Lively

Folder 119

Undated: Letters to Bayard Wootten

Folder 120

Undated: Holiday cards

Folder 121

Undated: Later correspondence

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About 75 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly personal writings by members of the Clarke, Moulton, and Graves families also including some poetry by Mary Bayard Clarke and some writings of a literary and religious nature by unidentified authors.

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About 20 items.

Arrangement: chronological

Writings of a literary and personal nature composed by Sally Clarke, William J. Clarke, and Mary Bayard Clarke. The subseries includes several poems by Mary Bayard Clarke and two biographical essays about her.

Folder 122

Sally Clarke's Poem, 26 April 1788

Folder 123

Colonel William Clarke's Poem to Wife, MBC,1855

Folder 124

Colonel William Clarke Notebook,1865

Folder 125

Colonel William Clarke Notebook,1866

Folder 126

Address delivered on the birthday of St. John the Baptist, 24 June1868

Folder 127

Diary: Mary Bayard Clarke, 1872

Folder 128

Proofs of book of Mary Bayard Clarke Poems by Winchester Hall, 1893

Folder 129

Poems by Mary Bayard Clarke

Folder 130

Religious Poems by Mary Bayard Clarke

Folder 131

"Mary Bayard Clarke," essay written by her son

Folder 132

Mary Bayard Clarke: The Queen Poetess of Carolina Bards Biographical Essay and Bibliography

Folder 133

Colonel William J. Clarke Notebook, undated

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About 19 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Brief entries in diaries kept on a daily basis by Nathan Moulton in1855 and from1860 to1863 primarily mention the maintenance of the farm, finances, and church meetings. Diaries with entries of varying length kept by Sarah Moulton approximately each year from1865 to1881 also allude to the upkeep of the farm, her expenditures, and the activities of her children, George, Emma, Hattie, Nathan Andrew, and Mary Josephine. Also included is one small diary kept by the Moulton's daughter, Hattie Moulton, in1868 with short entries describing her and her family's activities.

Folder 134

Brown's Almanac and Pocket Memorandum, Nathan Moulton, 1855

Folder 135

Moulton, Nathan, 1860

Folder 136

Moulton, Nathan, 1861

Folder 137

Moulton, Nathan, 1862

Folder 138

Moulton, Nathan, 1863

Folder 139

Moulton, Hattie B., 1868(?)

Folder 140

Moulton, Sarah, 1865

Folder 141

Moulton, Sarah, 1866

Folder 142

Moulton, Sarah, 1867

Folder 143

Moulton, Sarah, 1868

Folder 144

Moulton, Sarah, 1870

Folder 145

Moulton, Sarah, 1871

Folder 146

Moulton, Sarah, 1872

Folder 147

Moulton, Sarah, 1874

Folder 148

Moulton, Sarah, 1876

Folder 149

Moulton, Sarah, 1877

Folder 150

Moulton, Sarah, 1878

Folder 151

Moulton, Sarah, 1879

Folder 152

Moulton, Sarah, 1880

Folder 153

Pages from a daybook, 1881

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.3. Mary Josephine Graves Diaries, 1867-1910.

About 17 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Diaries kept by Mary Josephine Moulton , later Mary Josephine Graves in1867,1868, and approximately each year from 1874 to1910. Daily entries of varying length refer to her housework, the maintenance of her family's farm, and the social activities of herself and her family.

Folder 154

1867

Folder 155

1868

Folder 156

1875

Folder 157

1882

Folder 158

1874

Folder 159

1878

Folder 160

1889

Folder 161

1890

Folder 162

1893

Folder 163

1894

Folder 164

1898

Folder 165

1902

Folder 166

1903

Folder 167

1904

Folder 168

1905

Folder 169

1906

Folder 170

1910

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About 20 items.

Arrangement: by type.

Poetry, a speech, sermons, and writings of a religious nature by unidentified authors.

Folder 171

Poetry

Folder 172

Religious eritings

Folder 173

Sermons

Folder 174

Speech

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About 1,000 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Financial and legal papers, bills, and receipts generated by members of the Clarke, Moulton, and Wootten families. The collection includes little financial or legal material relating to the operation of the Wootten-Moulton photography studios.

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About 550 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Includes deeds, indentures, articles of agreement, tax collection records, bank books, insurance policies, day books listing accounts, and other materials kept by several different members of the Clarke, Moulton, and Wootten families. Items of interest include lists of expenses, 1840-1843, for Nathan Moulton's ship, the Schooner Cornelia; materials regarding a land dispute, 1923-1925, surrounding land owned by a relative of Mary Bayard Clarke; and the divorce agreement,1907, between Bayard and Charles Wootten.

Folder 175

1770-1800

Folder 176

1805-1806

Folder 177

1810-1813

Folder 178

1816-1819

Folder 179

1821

Folder 180

1822

Folder 181

1823

Folder 182

1824

Folder 183

1826

Folder 184

1827

Folder 185

1828

Folder 186

1829

Folder 187

1830

Folder 188

1831

Folder 189

1832

Folder 190

1834

Folder 191

1835

Folder 192

1836

Folder 193

1837

Folder 194

1837: Bucon(?) book for I. E. Patton

Folder 195

1838

Folder 196

1839

Folder 197

1840

Folder 198

1841

Folder 199

1842

Folder 200

1843

Folder 201

1844

Folder 202

1845

Folder 203

1846

Folder 204

1851

Folder 205

1854

Folder 206

1855

Folder 207

1856

Folder 208

1857

Folder 209

1859

Folder 210

1861

Folder 211

1863

Folder 212

Last will and testament of Nathan Moulton (1792-1863)

Folder 213

1864

Folder 214

1865

Folder 215

1866

Folder 216

1865-1866: Fitts, Ricker, and Moulton accounts

Folder 217

1865-1907: Account book

Folder 218

Enclosure

Folder 219

1867: Account book

Folder 220

Enclosure

Folder 221

1867

Folder 222

1869

Folder 223

1870

Folder 224

1871

Folder 225

1872

Folder 226

1873

Folder 227

1874

Folder 228

1875

Folder 229

1876

Folder 230

1877

Folder 231

1877: Account book

Folder 232

1878

Folder 233

1878-1891, Fairbanks Standard Scales Book

Folder 234

1880: Account book

Folder 235

1880

Folder 236

1881

Folder 237

1882

Folder 238

1883

Folder 239

1885

Folder 240

1886

Folder 241

1889

Folder 242

1891

Folder 243

1894

Folder 244

1895

Folder 245

1896

Folder 246

1897-1899:P Daybook

Folder 247

1898

Folder 248

1898-1905: George Moulton Expense/account book

Folder 249

1899: Daybook

Folder 250

1900

Folder 251

1903

Folder 252

1904

Folder 253

1905

Folder 254

1906

Folder 255

1907

Folder 256

1908

Folder 257

1909

Folder 258

1913

Folder 259

1914

Folder 260

1915

Folder 261

1916

Folder 262

1917

Folder 263

1917: Account book

Folder 264

1918

Folder 265

1919

Folder 266

1920

Folder 267

1921

Folder 268

1922

Folder 269

1923

Folder 270-271

Folder 270

Folder 271

1924-1925: Legal materials relating to land dispute

Folder 272

1928

Folder 273

1931

Folder 274

1932

Folder 275

1933

Folder 276

1940s

Folder 277

1950s

Folder 278

1960s

Folder 279

Undated legal documents

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.2. Bills and Receipts, 1810-1920.

About 450 items.

Arrangement: chronological by decade.

Bills and receipts for taxes, goods, and services acquired by several different members of the Clarke, Moulton, and Wootten families, including materials,1840s, regarding the Schooner Cornelia and receipts,1880s, from a business run by Willie Clarke and Rufus Morgan.

Folder 280

1810-1820: Nathan Moulton receipts

Folder 281

1820s: William J. Clarke

Folder 282

1820s

Folder 283-284

Folder 283

Folder 284

1830s

Folder 285-287

Folder 285

Folder 286

Folder 287

1840s

Folder 288-289

Folder 288

Folder 289

1850s

Folder 290-294

Folder 290

Folder 291

Folder 292

Folder 293

Folder 294

1860s

Folder 295-296

Folder 295

Folder 296

1870s

Folder 297-299

Folder 297

Folder 298

Folder 299

Clarke and Morgan business correspondence, 1880s

Folder 300

Clarke and Morgan business correspondence, 1890s

Folder 301-305

Folder 301

Folder 302

Folder 303

Folder 304

Folder 305

Clarke and Morgan business correspondence, 1900-1910

Folder 306

Clarke and Morgan business correspondence, 1910-1920

Folder 307-308

Folder 307

Folder 308

Clarke and Morgan business correspondence, 1920s

Folder 309

Clarke and Morgan Business Correspondence, Undated bills and receipts

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 4. Other Materials, 1830-1930.

About 200 items.

Arrangement: by subject.

Materials collected by or relating to different members of the Clarke, Moulton, and Wootten families. Included in Certificates and Licenses is a document conferring the rank of Major on William J. Clarke in1847. The clippings contain an article about William J. Clarke's fighting in the Mexican War, newspaper items collected by William J. Clarke, Bayard Wootten's wedding announcement, and other items.

Folder 310

Autograph book: Sarah Elizabeth Moulton

Folder 311

Baby book: Celia Moulton

Folder 312

Case files

Folder 313

Certificates and licenses

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-4805/1

Military commendation signed by James Polk, July 1848

Folder 314

Clippings

Folder 315

Composition book: Mary Bayard Clarke

Folder 316

Constitution of the First Christian Baptist Society

Folder 317

Genealogy: Brown family

Folder 318

Genealogy: Devereux family

Folder 319

Genealogy: Graves family

Folder 320

Genealogy: Pollock family

Folder 321

Map of Ravenswood Plantation, Jones County, N.C.

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-4805/1

Map of Ravenswood Plantation, Jones County, N.C.: Oversize

Folder 322

Notebook: Bayard Wootten

Folder 323

Printed matter

Folder 324

Postal card book

Folder 325-326

Folder 325

Folder 326

Recipe book: Emma Moulton

Folder 327

Recipes and prescriptions

Folder 328

Report cards

Folder 329-330

Folder 329

Folder 330

Schoolwork: Sarah Brown Moulton

Folder 331-332

Folder 331

Folder 332

Schoolwork: George Moulton

Folder 333-334

Folder 333

Folder 334

Schoolwork: Hattie Moulton

Folder 335

Schoolwork: Emma Moulton

Folder 336-337

Folder 336

Folder 337

Schoolwork: Moulton family

Folder 338

Schoolwork: Francis Clarke

Folder 339

Schoolwork: Bayard Wootten

Folder 340-342

Folder 340

Folder 341

Folder 342

Unidentified

Folder 343

Summary declaration of the faith and practice of the Second Baptist Church of Christ

Folder 344

Warrant for town meeting

Folder 345

Miscellaneous: Mary Bayard Clarke

Folder 346

Miscellaneous: Sarah Moulton

Folder 347

Miscellaneous

Oversize Volume SV-4805/1-2

SV-4805/1

SV-4805/2

Oversize volumes

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Addition of April 1999 (Acc. 98328), 1884-1955.

About 100 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence, 1892-1955; a journal, 1894; an autograph book, 1884; and a few other items of Bayard Wootten; and four letters, 1884-1887, to William E. Clarke. The letters to Clarke are brief and concern legal business. The journal contains stories, poems, and quotations. The correspondence contains many letters to Wootten and only a few written by her. Some have to do with her teaching in the 1890s and early 1900s, some with her photography and her photography business, and some with her family life. A typed letter, August-September 1929, of nine pages from Wootten's son Charles to Wootten describes his travels in China and his experiences as a United States Navy officer on the U.S.S. Pecos.

Folder 348

1880s

Folder 349

1890s

Folder 350-351

Folder 350

Folder 351

1904, 1907

Folder 352

1908-1909

Folder 353

1913, 1918

Folder 354

1920s

Folder 355

1930s-1950s

Folder 356

Undated

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3 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Two letters from Wootten's son Charles to Wootten, one, 22 March 1926, about insurance, and one, 28 August 1928, describing his travels in China and his experiences as a United States Navy officer on the U.S.S. Palos. Also included is a seven-page typed letter, 8 December 1928, from Clare, Charles's wife, to Grandma and Celia, describing her life and activities in China. Related letters may be found in Series 1.5 and in the addition of April 1999.

Folder 357

1926-1928

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Oversize papers (XOPF-4805/1)

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