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Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2,200 items) |
Abstract | Charles Wetmore Broadfoot was a Confederate officer, state legislator, 1870-1872, trustee of the University of North Carolina, and lawyer, of Fayetteville, N.C. He married Kate Huske, 1877. The collection includes papers of the successive and overlapping law practices of John Huske (1786-1848); his son, John Winslow Huske (1809-1841); J. W. Huske's brother-in-law, James Cochrane Dobbin (1814-1857); Dobbin's brother-in-law, Jesse George Shepherd (1820-1869); Dobbin's son, James C., Jr.; and Charles W. Broadfoot, John Huske's son-in-law, all of Fayetteville, N.C. The collection also includes correspondence with clients and pertinent business records. The practice was mainly concerned with estate settlement, guardianships, and debt collection. |
Creator | Broadfoot, Charles Wetmore, 1842-1919.
Dobbin, James C. (James Cochran), 1814-1857. Huske, John Winslow, 1809-1841. Huske, John, 1786-1848. Shepherd, Jesse George, 1821-1869. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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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Charles Wetmore Broadfoot (1842-1919) was a Confederate officer, state legislator, 1870-1872, trustee of the University of North Carolina, and lawyer, of Fayetteville, N.C. He married Kate Huske, daughter of William Huske and granddaughter of John Huske, in 1877.
John Huske (1786-1848?) was a lawyer of Fayetteville, N.C. His eldest son was John Winslow Huske (1809-1841), also a lawyer.
Back to TopThe collection includes papers of the successive and overlapping law practices of John Huske (1786-1848); his son, John Winslow Huske (1809-1841); J. W. Huske's brother-in-law, James C. Dobbin (1814-1857); Dobbin's brother-in-law, Jesse George Shepherd (1820-1869); Dobbin's son, James C., Jr.; and Charles W. Broadfoot, John Huske's son-in-law, all of Fayetteville, N.C. The collection also includes correspondence with clients and pertinent business records. The practice was mainly concerned with estate settlement, guardianships, and debt collection. There are numerous bills, receipts, accounts, insurance policies, deeds, notes, and lawyers' business correspondence. There are also some business and financial papers and personal correspondence of the lawyers concerned.
John Huske's papers extend from about 1806 to about 1847, during which period he had at one time a law partnership with John Winslow and later a partnership with his oldest son, John Winslow Huske. Huske's papers are concerned with his Hogg family inheritance, the estate of Peter Mallett, the guardianship of the children of Catharine Mitchell, and the estate of John Winslow Huske, among other affairs. There are also references to the affairs of the McNeill, Simpson, McLaughlin, Webb, and many other families in the region.
The papers of Jesse Shepherd begin in 1847 and are similar to those of John Huske, relating to estate settlements, guardianships, and collections. Shepherd's papers reflect the affairs of A. C. Simpson, the Philemon H. Conely estate, Ann P. Huske, William T. Smith, J. C. Dobbin, Walter A. Huske, Mallett, and Robinson families, and others. In 1866 James C. Dobbin, Jr., entered a partnership with Shepherd and his papers are mingled with Shepherd from that point forward.
Papers, 1870-1891 and 1907-1919, are of Charles W. Broadfoot and relate to debt collection undertakings; bankruptcies and foreclosures; Cumberland County, N.C., school funds in the 1870s; and personal investments.
There is also a group of clippings and broadsides, mostly dated in the 1870s, related to political and civic issues, and three volumes of accounts.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1740-1799 |
Folder 2 |
1800-1809 |
Folder 3 |
1810-1814 |
Folder 4 |
1815-1819 |
Folder 5 |
1820-1822 |
Folder 6 |
1823-1824 |
Folder 7 |
1825-1826 |
Folder 8 |
1827-1828 |
Folder 9 |
1829 |
Folder 10 |
1830 |
Folder 11 |
1831 |
Folder 12 |
1832 |
Folder 13 |
1833 |
Folder 14 |
1834 |
Folder 15 |
1835-1837 |
Folder 16 |
1838-1839 |
Folder 17 |
1840 |
Folder 18 |
1841 |
Folder 19 |
1842 |
Folder 20-21
Folder 20Folder 21 |
1843 |
Folder 22 |
1844 |
Folder 23-24
Folder 23Folder 24 |
1845 |
Folder 25 |
1846 |
Folder 26 |
1847 |
Folder 27 |
1848 |
Folder 28 |
1849 |
Folder 29 |
1850 |
Folder 30-31
Folder 30Folder 31 |
1851 |
Folder 32 |
1852 |
Folder 33 |
1853 |
Folder 34 |
1854 |
Folder 35 |
1855 |
Folder 36 |
1856-1857 |
Folder 37 |
1858-1859 |
Folder 38 |
1860 |
Folder 39 |
1861-1865 |
Folder 40 |
1866 |
Folder 41 |
1867-1868 |
Folder 42-44
Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44 |
1869 |
Folder 45 |
1870-1879 |
Folder 46 |
1880-1882 |
Folder 47 |
1883 |
Folder 48 |
1884 |
Folder 49 |
1885-1889 |
Folder 50 |
1890-1919 |
1937 |
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Folder 51-54
Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54 |
Undated |
Folder 55 |
Volume 1: Bank book, Jesse G. Shepherd, 1853-1858 |
Folder 56 |
Volume 2: Ledger, Jesse G. Shepherd, 1869-1871 |
Folder 57 |
Volume 3: Daybook, 1869-1880 |
Folder 58-59
Folder 58Folder 59 |
Clippings |
Folder 60 |
Biographical material |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder X-OPF-87/1 |
Oversize papers |