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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 225 items) |
Abstract | William C. Moore (died circa 1862) was a planter of Stokes County, N.C. The collection includes accounts, bills, deeds, notes, and personal and business correspondence of William C. Moore and of various relatives and successors. Represented are the Clements, Critz, Rives (or Reves) and Harris families of North Carolina, and the Martin family of Tennessee. Correspondence, chiefly 1818-1850, includes letters from Clements relatives discussing planting and family news in Campbell County, N.C. Also included are 24 volumes, chiefly small miscellaneous account books, but also including accounts with farm laborers, 1872-1888; the captain's record book of Company K, 11th North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States of America; an unidentified [Methodist] minister's record of sermons preached and other memoranda, 1845-1846; and a diary, 1830-1831, of a trip from Virginia through the Midwest, to New York State, and back to Virginia along the eastern seaboard. |
Creator | Moore, William C., d. ca. 1862. |
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; Dawne Howard Lucas, May 2021
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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William C. Moore (died circa 1862), a planter of Stokes County, N.C., was the son of Rueben and Susannah Moore. He was married to Paulina Clements of Campbell County, Va. Among the children of William C. and Paulina Clements Moore were Martha, Sarah, Eliza, and William James Moore (died 1897).
Back to TopThe collection includes accounts, bills, deeds, notes, and personal and business correspondence of William C. Moore and of various relatives and successors. Represented are the Clements, Critz, Rives (or Reves) and Harris families of North Carolina, and the Martin family of Tennessee. Many of the papers are related to the settlement of family estates including those of Reuben Moore, William Clements, Joseph Martin, Gabriel B. Moore, and William James Moore. Correspondence, chiefly 1818-1850, includes letters from Clements relatives discussing planting and family news in Campbell County, N.C. There are few Civil War letters. Also included are 24 volumes, chiefly small miscellaneous account books, but also including accounts with farm laborers, 1872-1888; the captain's record book of Company K, 11th North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States of America; an unidentified [Methodist] minister's record of sermons preached and other memoranda, 1845-1846; and a diary, 1830-1831, of a trip from Virginia through the Midwest, to New York State, and back to Virginia along the eastern seaboard.
Back to TopOversize volumes (SV-3151/8,9).
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