Vance Peacock Dykers Papers, 1920-1965.

Collection Number: 03740

Collection Title: Vance Peacock Dykers Papers, 1920-1965.

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Size	13.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 10,000 items)
Abstract	Vance Peacock Dykers of Jacksonville, Fla., was an amateur genealogist interested in the Peacock family of North Carolina and Georgia and related lines. The collection includes genealogical material including data, charts, compilations, and correspondence, 1920-1965, created and acquired by Dykers in her research.
Creator	Dykers, Vance Peacock.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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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 Vance Peacock Dykers Papers, #3740, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Vance Peacock Dykers of Jacksonville, Fla., April 1966.

Additional Descriptive Resources: A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.

Sensitive Materials Statement: Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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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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Vance Peacock Dykers of Jacksonville, Fla., was an amateur genealogist interested in the Peacock family and related lines. She was married to John R. Dykers.

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The collection includes genealogical material concerning the Peacock family of North Carolina and Georgia, and related Pittman, Applewhite, Pleasant, Woordard, O'Berry, Harris, Bailey, Gay, and May lines including data, charts, compilations, and correspondence, 1920-1965, of Vance Peacock Dykers. Correspondence is arranged alphabetical by name of correspondent. Correspondence of Vance Peacock Dykers chiefly of the late 1950s with some items from 1942-1961. Few charts and data sheets attached to the letters. Interspersed are several folders marked by name of branch of family that include some data, clippings, and correspondence.

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Arrangement: original order of folders kept intact as far as possible.

Folder 1a	Original finding aid
Folder 1-106 Folder 1 Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folder 9 Folder 10 Folder 11 Folder 12 Folder 13 Folder 14 Folder 15 Folder 16 Folder 17 Folder 18 Folder 19 Folder 20 Folder 21 Folder 22 Folder 23 Folder 24 Folder 25 Folder 26 Folder 27 Folder 28 Folder 29 Folder 30 Folder 31 Folder 32 Folder 33 Folder 34 Folder 35 Folder 36 Folder 37 Folder 38 Folder 39 Folder 40 Folder 41 Folder 42 Folder 43 Folder 44 Folder 45 Folder 46 Folder 47 Folder 48 Folder 49 Folder 50 Folder 51 Folder 52 Folder 53 Folder 54 Folder 55 Folder 56 Folder 57 Folder 58 Folder 59 Folder 60 Folder 61 Folder 62 Folder 63 Folder 64 Folder 65 Folder 66 Folder 67 Folder 68 Folder 69 Folder 70 Folder 71 Folder 72 Folder 73 Folder 74 Folder 75 Folder 76 Folder 77 Folder 78 Folder 79 Folder 80 Folder 81 Folder 82 Folder 83 Folder 84 Folder 85 Folder 86 Folder 87 Folder 88 Folder 89 Folder 90 Folder 91 Folder 92 Folder 93 Folder 94 Folder 95 Folder 96 Folder 97 Folder 98 Folder 99 Folder 100 Folder 101 Folder 102 Folder 103 Folder 104 Folder 105 Folder 106	Genealogical correspondence and data Includes pedigree chart forms, correspondence with family members and professional genealogists and librarians, occasional pamphlets and booklets, clippings, and other miscellaneous materials. Materials concern the Peacock family and related Pittman, Applewhite, Pleasant, Woordard, O'Berry, Harris, Bailey, Gay, and May lines.
Folder 107-112 Folder 107 Folder 108 Folder 109 Folder 110 Folder 111 Folder 112	Compilations Includes notes and reports on genealogical topics, primarily the Peacock family and descendants, compiled by Mrs. Vance Peacock Dykers and others.
Folder 113-132 Folder 113 Folder 114 Folder 115 Folder 116 Folder 117 Folder 118 Folder 119 Folder 120 Folder 121 Folder 122 Folder 123 Folder 124 Folder 125 Folder 126 Folder 127 Folder 128 Folder 129 Folder 130 Folder 131 Folder 132	Miscellaneous records and mixed materials Includes book orders and correspondence with book dealers and librarians; unused pedigree charts; records and copies of records of marriage, land grants and deeds, wills, war and pension, United States Census, and others; maps; six reels microfilm; small printing plate; and other materials.
Folder 133	Miscellaneous Persons with only one or two letters.
Folder 134	Mrs. Aubyn Lyonel (Rosemary) Aiken
Folder 135	Mrs. H. C. (Sarah) Alberson
Folder 136	Charles P. Allen, Jr.
Folder 137	Mrs. Blanche Peacock Applewhite
Folder 138	Mrs. Laura Aycock
Folder 139	Mrs. Leroy Bass
Folder 140	F. A. Beall
Folder 141	Dr. and Mrs. J. Frank Beall
Folder 142	Mr. Levi Hollis Beall
Folder 143	Miss Florence Bizell
Folder 144	Amelia Peacock Brown
Folder 145	Mrs. Kemper Peacock Brown
Folder 146	L. H. Brown, Jr.
Folder 147	Mrs. P. O. (Pansy Bernice Peacock) Broxton
Folder 148	Maude McMillian Calder
Folder 149	Mrs. M. W. F. (Cassa Maude Peacock) Calhoun
Folder 150	Mrs. Addie B. Cameron
Folder 151	Mr. James L. Carlile
Folder 152	Mrs. Sam J. (Maurine Peacock) Carroll
Folder 153	Mrs. Margaret Scruggs Carruth
Folder 154	Mr. Bickman Christian
Folder 155	Mrs. Kenneth (Mamie Duncan) Clarke
Folder 156	Mrs. J. McRae Clements
Folder 157	Eleanor Cockrell
Folder 158	Henry P. Cogdell
Folder 159	Mrs. J. Coio
Folder 160	Mrs. Flora Hooper Collier
Folder 161	Mrs. Pauline Coney
Folder 162	Mrs. John E. Connolly
Folder 163	Mrs. Hiram M. (Bessie Peacock) Cooper
Folder 164	Mrs. Brooks Cross
Folder 165	Mrs. Burton Cross
Folder 166	Corene Peacock Danehower
Folder 167	Mrs. R. H. (Margaret Peacock) Dennis
Folder 168	Mrs. S. K. (Sarah Watkins Peacock) Dimon
Folder 169	Mrs. Elton Doaglass
Folder 170	Mrs. L. M. (Zelma) Draper
Folder 171	Mrs. W. P. (Ella Mae) Echols
Folder 172	Mrs. Thomas Earle (Mary Elizabeth Walker) Edwards
Folder 173	Mrs. James W. Elton
Folder 174	Mrs. Taylor Everett
Folder 175	Mrs. Estelle Quarterman Falligant
Folder 176	Lilith M. Farlow
Folder 177	Mrs. J. Holmes (Mary Mott) Foster
Folder 178	Mrs. Henry (Grace Beaty) Furlow
Folder 179	H. W. Goforth
Folder 180	Mrs. Pearl Graham
Folder 181	Alene Thompson Granberry
Folder 182	Judge Warren Grice
Folder 183	Mrs. William R. (Helen Ruth Peacock) Groves
Folder 184	Emma Peacock Guttenberger
Folder 185	Mrs. Herbert P. Haley
Folder 186a	Mrs. H. F. Hardy
Folder 186b	Mr. and Mrs. Wallace L. Harris
Folder 187	Mrs. L. Fred Hockey
Folder 188	Edward G. Hooks
Folder 189	Mrs. B. R. Hughes
Folder 190a	Mrs. Ruby Hughes
Folder 190b	John W. Hunt
Folder 191	Carrie S. Jackson
Folder 192	Mary Louise Jenkins
Folder 193	Sue Barnes Johnson
Folder 194	Anne Deaver Johnston
Folder 195	Mrs. J. Ralph (Ruby) Jones
Folder 196	Mrs. Ben (Annie Belle Peacock) Kelly
Folder 197	Mrs. Lawrence A. Kennard
Folder 198	Mr. B. J. Kincaid, Sr.
Folder 199	Emma L. LaMar
Folder 200	Miss Gale Lambright
Folder 201	Miss Blanche Lee
Folder 202	Myra Peacock Leitzell
Folder 203	Mrs. Robert (Elberta Peacock) Leonard
Folder 204	Mrs. H. B. (Audrey Peacock) Lott
Folder 205	Mrs. James William Lucas
Folder 206	Charlene McAllister
Folder 207	James H. McCranie, Sr.
Folder 208	Mrs. William (Grace) McDonald
Folder 209	William J. McIntosh
Folder 210	Elizabeth Peacock McPherson
Folder 211	Mrs. Harold W. (Virginia Peacock) McRae
Folder 212	Fred A. Martin
Folder 213	Miss Lynda Mitchell
Folder 214	Mrs. Mattie Murray Mitchell
Folder 215	Mrs. W. P. Moore
Folder 216	Elfrida Peacock Moulton
Folder 217	Mrs. William Miller Nelson
Folder 218	W. B. Nowell, Jr.
Folder 219	Bertram G. Oberry, Jr.
Folder 220	Leola Martin Oberry
Folder 221	Mrs. A. K. Peacock
Folder 222	Miss Agnes Peacock
Folder 223	Mrs. Albert Peacock
Folder 224	Albert Peacock, Jr.
Folder 225	Mrs. Albert Luther Peacock
Folder 226	Alfred E. Peacock, Sr.
Folder 227	Alfred G. Peacock
Folder 228	Mr. and Mrs. Alton Edward Peacock
Folder 229	Alton Theodore Peacock
Folder 230a	Bertha C. Peacock
Folder 230b	Mrs. Bryan W. (Elsie Gibson) Payne
Folder 231	Mr. Carol Emit Peacock
Folder 232	Mr. Charles Linsey Peacock
Folder 233	Mr. Clarence C. Peacock
Folder 234	Mr. Claude Peacock
Folder 235	D. D. Peacock
Folder 236	Miss Dorothy Peacock (of St. Louis, Mo.)
Folder 237	Mrs. Dorothy Peacock (of Macon, Ga.)
Folder 238a	Mr. E. A. Peacock
Folder 238b	Professor E. E. Peacock
Folder 239	Emma M. Peacock
Folder 240	Miss Flossie Peacock
Folder 241	Mr. Frank H. Peacock
Folder 242	Captain Fred L. Peacock
Folder 243	Mrs. G. J. Peacock
Folder 244	Gordon Peacock
Folder 245	H. Eugene Peacock, D. D.
Folder 246	Mr. Henry B. Peacock
Folder 247a	Henry Louis Peacock
Folder 247b	Herbert L. Peacock
Folder 248	Dr. and Mrs. Howell B. Peacock
Folder 249	Miss Ida E. Peacock
Folder 250	J. Watson Peacock
Folder 251	Mr. James Peacock
Folder 252a	Colonel James H. Peacock
Folder 252b	Jefferson Davis Peacock
Folder 253	Jere Peacock
Folder 254	Mr. Jerome Robert Peacock
Folder 255	Mrs. John B. Peacock, Sr.
Folder 256	John E. Peacock
Folder 257	Mrs. John Gaston Peacock
Folder 258	Mr. John Howell Peacock
Folder 259	John Howell Peacock, Sr.
Folder 260	John Julian Peacock
Folder 261	John R. Peacock (of High Point, N.C.)
Folder 262	John R. Peacock (of Hartford, Ala.)
Folder 263	John Roscoe Peacock
Folder 264	Joseph Lamar Peacock
Folder 265	Miss Julia Peacock
Folder 266	Mrs. Leland Parry Peacock
Folder 267	Mr. Leon A. Peacock
Folder 268	Leslie C. Peacock
Folder 269	Lillian Carolina Peacock (Mrs. W. Fuller)
Folder 270	Miss Lollie Peacock
Folder 271	Lovett Peacock
Folder 272	Miss Lucille Peacock
Folder 273	Lulu Virginia Peacock
Folder 274	Mr. M. A. Peacock
Folder 275	Malcolm Robert Peacock
Folder 276	Miss Margaret Peacock
Folder 277	Marhham Lovick Peacock, Jr.
Folder 278	Mrs. Marvin Augustus Peacock
Folder 279	Miss Mary Thomas Peacock
Folder 280	Miss Mozelle Peacock
Folder 281	Miss Myrtle Peacock (of Oxford, N.C.)
Folder 282	Myrtle Mary Peacock (of Indianola, Miss.)
Folder 283	Dr. Neal Dow Peacock
Folder 284	Miss Nettie Peacock
Folder 285	Dr. Norman Whaley Peacock
Folder 286	Oliver Lumsden Peacock
Folder 287	Oren Peacock
Folder 288	Otis Lee Peacock
Folder 289	Mr. Paul E. Peacock
Folder 290	Paul E. Peacock, Jr.
Folder 291	Mrs. Pauline Peacock (widow of Charley Harden Peacock)
Folder 292	Mrs. Pauline Peacock (widow of Dr. J. Barney Peacock)
Folder 293	Mr. Pearl P. Peacock
Folder 294	R. Howell Peacock
Folder 295	Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peacock
Folder 296	Robert Carroll Peacock
Folder 297	Robert W. Peacock
Folder 298	Miss Rosa Peacock
Folder 299	Mr. Roscoe Peacock
Folder 300	Dr. Roy Merritt Peacock, M.D.
Folder 301	Miss Virginia Peacock
Folder 302	Virginia Roberta Peacock
Folder 303	W. A. J. Peacock
Folder 304	Mr. W. G. Peacock
Folder 305	Mr. W. Richard Peacock
Folder 306	Colonel Wesley Peacock, Jr.
Folder 307	Mr. Will Peacock
Folder 308	William Peacock, Jr.
Folder 309	Reverend William Leo Peacock
Folder 310	Earle F. Peacox
Folder 311	Mrs. M. E. Peck
Folder 312	Miss Fleda Perry
Folder 313	Mrs. E. V. Pool, Sr.
Folder 314	Mrs. E. B. (Sarah Peacock) Porter
Folder 315	Bruce C. Powell, Jr.
Folder 316	Mrs. Charles Powell
Folder 317	George C. Powell
Folder 318	Mrs. Oscar (Mary Ann Peacock) Powell
Folder 319	Mr. T. Palmer Quarterman
Folder 320	Mr. Harold E. Queen
Folder 321	Mrs. J. C. Quillian
Folder 322	Mrs. Philip G. Ransone
Folder 323	Mrs. W. J. Redman
Folder 324	Mrs. James W. Reid
Folder 325	Landon Charles Reisinger
Folder 326	Ruth Lott Richmond
Folder 327	Judge L. Z. Rosser
Folder 328	Dr. Luby F. Royall, Jr.
Folder 329	Mrs. John B. (Mary) Shelton
Folder 330	Mrs. H. I. Shirley, Jr.
Folder 331	Henry Upson Sims, LL.D.
Folder 332	Mrs. B. F. Smisson
Folder 333	Ada Martin Smith
Folder 334	Miss Naomi Smith
Folder 335	Mrs. Ray Smith
Folder 336	Mr. Robert F. Smith
Folder 337	Mrs. Walter (Addie Patterson) Smith
Folder 338	Mrs. Guy R. Snowe (former Mrs. George B. Peacock)
Folder 339	Atta Peacock Soloman
Folder 340	Mrs. John S. Spalding
Folder 341	Dr. A. M. Stafford
Folder 342	Mrs. John W. (Nannie Lee Peacock) Staudinger
Folder 343	Mrs. A. P. Stephan
Folder 344	Mrs. Margaret Stephens
Folder 345	Mrs. Arnold Stevens
Folder 346	Mrs. Adah M. Stewart
Folder 347	Mr. and Mrs. Ira F. Thomas
Folder 348	Essie B. Woodard Thompson
Folder 349	Mrs. E. B. (Harriet Peacock) Towe
Folder 350	Mr. Alva M. Tuttle
Folder 351	Mrs. J. A. Walker
Folder 352	Mrs. B. F. (Mattie Peacock) Warren
Folder 353	Dr. and Mrs. William M. Watkins
Folder 354	Mrs. Sam (Mary Thompson) Way
Folder 355	Mrs. W. D. Webster
Folder 356	Ester Wilson Whitefield
Folder 357	Mrs. E. C. Wiginton
Folder 358	Miss Elizabeth Wiseman
Folder 359	Mamie Woodard
Folder 360-467 Folder 360 Folder 361 Folder 362 Folder 363 Folder 364 Folder 365 Folder 366 Folder 367 Folder 368 Folder 369 Folder 370 Folder 371 Folder 372 Folder 373 Folder 374 Folder 375 Folder 376 Folder 377 Folder 378 Folder 379 Folder 380 Folder 381 Folder 382 Folder 383 Folder 384 Folder 385 Folder 386 Folder 387 Folder 388 Folder 389 Folder 390 Folder 391 Folder 392 Folder 393 Folder 394 Folder 395 Folder 396 Folder 397 Folder 398 Folder 399 Folder 400 Folder 401 Folder 402 Folder 403 Folder 404 Folder 405 Folder 406 Folder 407 Folder 408 Folder 409 Folder 410 Folder 411 Folder 412 Folder 413 Folder 414 Folder 415 Folder 416 Folder 417 Folder 418 Folder 419 Folder 420 Folder 421 Folder 422 Folder 423 Folder 424 Folder 425 Folder 426 Folder 427 Folder 428 Folder 429 Folder 430 Folder 431 Folder 432 Folder 433 Folder 434 Folder 435 Folder 436 Folder 437 Folder 438 Folder 439 Folder 440 Folder 441 Folder 442 Folder 443 Folder 444 Folder 445 Folder 446 Folder 447 Folder 448 Folder 449 Folder 450 Folder 451 Folder 452 Folder 453 Folder 454 Folder 455 Folder 456 Folder 457 Folder 458 Folder 459 Folder 460 Folder 461 Folder 462 Folder 463 Folder 464 Folder 465 Folder 466 Folder 467	Geographic files Arrangement: by state Chiefly correspondence, charts, data, and notes collected connected to North Carolina and Georgia, but also including other Southern states, California, Connecticut, Indiana, and others.
Folder 468-482 Folder 468 Folder 469 Folder 470 Folder 471 Folder 472 Folder 473 Folder 474 Folder 475 Folder 476 Folder 477 Folder 478 Folder 479 Folder 480 Folder 481 Folder 482	Miscellaneous genealogical papers Miscellaneous folders and genealogical correspondence.
Folder 483-486 Folder 483 Folder 484 Folder 485 Folder 486	Printed material and clippings
Box 7	Volumes Includes History of Pulaski and Bleckley Counties Georgia, 1808-1956 (1957), The Paycockes of Coggeshall (1920), One Dozen Pre-Revolutionary War Families of Eastern North Carolina and Some of their Descendants (1958), and Magazine of American History (1893).
Image Folder PF-3740/1-3 PF-3740/1 PF-3740/2 PF-3740/3	Photographs
Oversize Image Folder OP-PF-3740/1	Oversize photographs
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-3740/1	Genealogical charts

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Collection Number: 03740 Collection Title: Vance Peacock Dykers Papers, 1920-1965.

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Collection Number: 03740

Collection Title: Vance Peacock Dykers Papers, 1920-1965.