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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Andrew McCauley Papers, #4059-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Mrs. Cecil B. Wilkins of Virginilina, Va., June 1975.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 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.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Arkansas--History.
• Creek Indians--History--19th century.
• Creek War, 1813-1814.
• Indians of North America--Wars--Alabama--1812-1815.
• Law students--Connecticut--History--19th century.
• McCauley, Andrew, d. 1832.
• McCauley, John W.
• McCauley, Robert.
• McCauley, William.
• Mississippi--History--19th century.
• New Jersey--History--1865-
• North Carolina--Economic conditions.
• North Carolina. Militia--History--19th century.
• Real property--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Tennessee--History--19th century.

Andrew McCauley (died 1832) of Orange County, N.C., was the father of John McCauley (fl. 1819-1820), William McCauley (fl. 1814-1815), and Robert McCauley (fl. 1819-1820).

Dr. John W. McCauley (fl. 1872-1875) of Pleasant Grove, Orange County, N.C., was apparently raised by his uncle Gabriel Lea and was involved with the settlement of Lea's estate.

The collection includes deeds and property papers, 1800-1818, of Andrew McCauley; letters, 1814-1815, to McCauley from his son Major William McCauley, serving with the North Carolina militia during the Creek Indian War in Alabama concerning camp life, health of troops, relations with Creek Indians, and other matters; and two letters, 1819 and 1820, to John McCauley from his brother Robert about law studies in Litchfield, Conn. Also included are letters, 1872-1875, received by Dr. John W. McCauley from relatives in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and New Jersey, concerning business and legal affairs, with occasional comments on society and economic conditions; and a few other items. Some correspondents include William A. Lea, John A. Lea, Gabriel Lea, and Minnie Lea Moore.