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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 50 items) |
Abstract | The collection is chiefly 20th century genealogical materials concerning the Williamson, Davidson, and Lea and related families. Also included is a diary, 1842-1848, of George Washington Jeffreys, a preacher in Caswell County, N.C., and Pittsylvania County, Va., concerning his religious thoughts and farming activities. |
Creator | Williamson, William Bethell. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, August 1992
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
This collection was rehoused under the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1992.
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The collection is chiefly 20th century genealogical materials concerning the Williamson, Davidson, and Lea and related families. Also included is a diary, 1842-1848, of George Washington Jeffreys, a preacher in Caswell County, N.C., and Pittsylvania County, Va., concerning his religious thoughts and farming activities.
Back to TopNotes and correspondence of genealogist William Bethell Williamson relating to the Williamson, Davidson, Lea, Jeffreys, and related families.
Folder 1 |
Bethell family, Davidson family |
Folder 2 |
Davidson family |
Folder 3 |
Edwards family, Eaton family, Graves family, Haralson family, Jeffreys family |
Folder 4 |
Lea family |
Folder 5 |
Lea family, McLean family, Slade family, Vance family |
Folder 6 |
Williamson family |
Diary, 774 pp., of farmer and Methodist preacher George Washington Jeffreys of Caswell County, N.C., and Pittsylvania County, Va., beginning on 2 August 1842 with frequent entries until around July 1846 and a few entries thereafter until 31 January 1848. Most of the entries deal with Jeffreys's constant renewal of religious faith and meditations on the meaning of life and the role of religion in it. Entries also discuss more mundane matters, such as Jeffreys's preaching schedule and topics for sermons, and his success and failure with crops and livestock.
Folder 7 |
George Washington Jeffreys Diary |
Reel M-2846/1 |
Microfilm |