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Abstract | The Orange County, Durham County, Person County, and Raleigh, N.C. plantations of the Cameron family were home to several generations of white Cameron and Bennehan family members and more than one thousand people enslaved by them. The Camerons also owned substantial plantations and enslaved people in Greene County, Ala., and Tunica County, Miss. North Carolina plantations and family houses included Belvin's Quarter, Bennehan Square, Bennehan Mill (later Red Mill), Bobbitt's, Brick House, Burnside, Eno Mill, Eno Quarters, Fairntosh (sometimes referred to as "Home House"), Fish Dam, Horton Grove, Hunt's Place, Jim Ray's, Jones's Quarter, Leathers, Little River, McKissack's, Mill Quarter (or Person's Mill), North Point, Peaksville Place, Person, Snow Hill, and Stagville. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal documents, and account books that detail plantation management, as well as the relationships, social lives, and well-being of wealthy white men, their wives and children, and the community of enslaved people whose forced labor generated the family's wealth. Of note are materials that identify or document enslaved people, including plantation lists and ledgers that record names, ages, family relationships, labor, and provisioning; bills of sale; account records that show medical care, labor, and supplies; and legal case files that concern enslaved people claimed as property. There is extensive information about Richard Bennehan's store at Stagville, N.C., and the Stagville and Fairntosh plantations, including crop records. Other topics include Duncan Cameron's legal career, the State Bank of North Carolina and the banking industry, the education of the Cameron children at various schools, the development of the University of North Carolina, the state militia, the Episcopal Church, railroads, and state government. There are also speeches, writings, printed material, pictures, and miscellaneous other types of personal papers. |
Creator | Cameron (Family : Orange County, N.C.) |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English |
Processed by: Marion Hirsch and Lisa Tolbert, June 1989
Encoded by: Peter Hymas, June 2005
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, May 2010; Jodi Berkowitz, April 2018
Conscious Editing by: Laura Hart, February 2020 (Updated terminology for intellectual disabilities); Nancy Kaiser and Davia Webb, August 2023 (Updated abstract, subject headings, biographical note, collection overview, contents list. The sub-subseries structure of contents list also was simplified and condensed to subseries. See series level processing notes for more information.)
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The white Cameron and Bennehan families were two of antebellum North Carolina's wealthiest families. On the eve of the Civil War, Paul C. Cameron and his siblings enslaved more than one thousand people and owned nearly thirty thousand acres of plantation land in Orange, Person, Granville, and Wake Counties, and additional plantations in Greene County, Ala., and Tunica County, Miss. North Carolina plantations and family houses included Belvin's Quarter, Bennehan Square, Bennehan Mill (later Red Mill), Bobbitt's, Brick House, Burnside, Eno Mill, Eno Quarters, Fairntosh (sometimes referred to as "Home House"), Fish Dam, Horton Grove, Hunt's Place, Jim Ray's, Jones's Quarter, Leathers, Little River, McKissack's, Mill Quarter (or Person's Mill), North Point, Peaksville Place, Person, Snow Hill, and Stagville. Enslaved people generated wealth for the Camerons and Bennehans from at least 1776.
The family originally migrated to the Piedmont of North Carolina from neighboring Virginia, beginning in the mid-eighteenth century. The first to arrive in North Carolina was Richard Bennehan, Paul C. Cameron's maternal grandfather.
Richard Bennehan was born 15 April 1743, near Warsaw in Richmond County, Va. He was the fifth child of Rachel and Dudley Bennehan, modest landowners of Irish descent. Dudley Bennehan died when Richard was only six, and did not leave any of his estate to Richard. Instead, Richard was apprenticed to a local merchant. In 1762, he moved to Petersburg, Va., where he was employed by Edward Stabler, a commission merchant. In 1768, William Johnston, a North Carolina back country merchant and landowner, offered Bennehan a one-third partnership in the Little River Store, located on Johnston's Snowhill Plantation near Hillsborough, N.C. Johnson had bought bought the land that would become Snow Hill plantation from James Rae (also spelled Rea, Ray and Wray). The store was on the heavily traveled Indian Trading Path that ran through the back country of North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia.
Bennehan accepted the offer, and moved to North Carolina in late 1768 or early 1769. The business prospered under Bennehan and he began to invest the profits in enslaved people and land. In 1776, Bennehan purchase 1,200 acres of plantation land. In 1776 or 1777, he married Mary Amis of Northampton County, N.C., who also owned land and enslaved at least 5 people through an inheritance from her father. When her brother Thomas Amis Jr. gave up farming in Halifax County, N.C., he contributed an additional 20 enslaved people to the Bennehan holdings. Richard and Mary Bennehan's first home was at Brick House Plantation, formerly owned by Tyree Harris, the sheriff of Orange County, N.C.
When Bennehan's partner William Johnston died in 1785, Bennehan opened his own store. He bought property on the Trading Path from Judith Stagg, and opened what became the Stagville Store. Soon after, Bennehan built a modest plantation house near the store, and the family moved from Brick House to Stagville. By 1799, Bennehan owned almost 4,000 acres of land and over 44 enslaved people. In 1802, Bennehan bought more land and opened a Wake County store and plantation where Fish Dam Road crossed the Neuse River.
Bennehan's prosperity as a merchant, landowner, and enslaver translated to social power and influence in the civic life of North Carolina. He apparently had been an earnest patriot in the Revolution and was a close friend of William Richardson Davie, a Revolutionary War military officer and governor of the state (1798-1799). Through his association with Davie, Bennehan became an early supporter of the University of North Carolina, donating books and supplies, as well as serving on the University's Board of Visitors and Board of Trustees. Bennehan also served on the commission that planned the new state capitol building in Raleigh.
Richard and Mary Amis Bennehan had two children, Rebecca, born in 1778, and Thomas Dudley, born in 1782. Thomas was one of the first students to attend the University of North Carolina. He matriculated in 1795 as a student in the preparatory school. He received his degree in 1801, after which he returned to Stagville to help his father manage the store and plantation. Thomas D. Bennehan never married. After his father died in 1825, he inherited the Stagville land, and continued to live there, managing the plantation until his death in 1847. Although not as active in civic matters as his father had been, Thomas D. Bennehan served on the Board of Trustees of the University for 35 years, from 1812 until his death in 1847. After Thomas D. Bennehan's death, his nephew Paul C. Cameron and niece Rebecca Bennehan Cameron received large tracts of plantation land and dozens of enslaved people. Bennehan's estate impacted the enslaved community who were devised to different heirs or relocated to different plantations. Bennehan's will emancipated an enslaved servant, Virgil Bennehan, his wife Phoebe, and her niece and nephew, Maragaret and William, and provided funds for their passage to Liberia.
Thomas D. Bennehan's sister Rebecca was educated at home. When she married Duncan Cameron in 1803, her father gave the newlywed couple land adjoining the Stagville. This became the site of Fairntosh, a large plantation house, built starting in 1810. Her dowry also included 26 enslaved people once held by her maternal uncle Thomas Amis Jr.
Duncan Cameron was born on 15 December 1777, in Mecklenburg County, Va. His father John Cameron was an Anglican minister and a recent immigrant from Scotland. John Cameron's wife was Ann Owen Nash, the daughter of Colonel Thomas Nash, one of the King's Attorneys.
Duncan Cameron was educated by his father, who, in addition to being a minister, ran several academies in the various parishes he served in Virginia. After studying law under Paul Carrington, Duncan Cameron was licensed to practice in 1797. He immediately moved to North Carolina, first to Warrenton, then Martinsville, finally settling in Hillsborough in 1799. He brought with him from Virginia at least one enslaved person, Jim.
As a lawyer, Cameron quickly gained wealth and social and political influence. From 1814 to 1816, he served as Superior Court Judge. He also served several terms in the North Carolina House, in 1806, 1807, 1812, and 1813. He then served three terms in the State Senate in 1819, 1822, and 1823. While in the Senate Cameron served as chairman of the influential Committee on Internal Improvement, which had been originally led by Cameron's friend, Archibald Murphey. In 1812, he was appointed Major General of the North Carolina Militia and served in that capacity until 1814. He, like Bennehan, served on the Board of Trustees from 1802 until 1853.
Cameron was instrumental in the development of the Episcopal Church in North Carolina in the 1820s. In 1833, he bought the defunct Episcopal School for Boys in Raleigh, reestablishing it with the Rev. Aldert Smedes as its director. In 1841, the school became Saint Mary's, an Episcopal girls' school, with Rev. Aldert Smedes again as director. The school remained in Cameron family hands until it was sold to the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina in 1897. Duncan Cameron also helped to establish Christ Church in Raleigh, and built Salem Chapel at Fairntosh, where the Cameron family and some enslaved people attended services.
When the State Bank of North Carolina was formed in 1811, Duncan Cameron was one of its first directors, and in 1829 he accepted its presidency. Later the bank was dissolved and reformed as the Bank of the State of North Carolina. Cameron served as president of the new bank from 1834 until his resignation in 1849.
After his 1803 marriage to Rebecca Bennehan, Duncan Cameron jointly invested with the Bennehan family in merchant partnerships and plantation slavery. He formed a number of partnerships with various family members to run stores in North Carolina and Virginia. The most important of these partnerships were with his father-in-law Richard Bennehan and brother-in-law Thomas D. Bennehan. The first was a limited partnership drawn up in 1806, giving Thomas D. Bennehan and Duncan Cameron a share in the management and profits of the store at Fishdam Ford on the Neuse River, opened by Richard Bennehan in 1802. The second partnership drawn up in 1807 was much more extensive. It combined the Bennehan and Cameron plantations, enslaved people, stores, and flour and sawmills into one powerful and profitable enterprise. The plantations and stores were managed by the Bennehans and overseers, while Duncan Cameron provided his legal and financial expertise to the business. Enslaved people planted and harvested wheat, corn, oats, potatoes, cotton, and tobacco and raised sheep and cattle. Enslaved people also labored as foremen (Luke, Solomon, Virgil, Ovid) waggoners (Jerry, "Whiskey George"), coachmen, tanners, carpenters, millers (Cyrus, Daniel, Matthew), blacksmiths (Lewis), shoemakers (Ben, Lewis Toe, Robbin, Streton, Walker), coopers, gardeners, weavers, doctors (Virgil), and nurses (Mary Walker, Minerva, Christiana, Moriah).
Beginning in 1809, Duncan Cameron purchased additional plantation land in Person County, N.C. In December 1818, he purchased at least 40 enslaved people in Amelia County, Va., many of whom were brought to this plantation. By 1828, Duncan Cameron controlled oever 5,000 acres of land there. By 1845, at least 88 individuals were enslaved on this Person County property.
Cameron was also involved in a partnership beginning in 1802 with his step nephew George Anderson, establishing a store in Hillsborough, N.C., which later moved to Martinsville, Va. In the 1810s, Cameron started a commission merchant firm in Petersburg, Va., with his brother William Cameron and Samuel Snow. These and other business ventures of Duncan Cameron were largely unsuccessful except for the lucrative partnership with Thomas and Richard Bennehan.
Rebecca and Duncan Cameron had eight children: Mary Anne (b. 1804), Thomas Amis Dudley (b. 1806), Paul Carrington (b. 1808), Margaret Bain (b. 1811), Rebecca Bennehan (b. 1813), Jean Syme (b. 1815), Anne Owen (b. 1817), and Mildred Coles (b. 1820).
The Cameron girls, except Mary Anne, were educated at home by governesses. Mary McLean Bryant, who was one of the governesses, corresponded with the girls long after she left the Cameron's employ; she returned many years later to tend the children of Paul C. Cameron. Mary Anne attended Jacob Mordecai's Seminary in Warrenton, N.C., for several years, leaving in 1818.
Paul and Thomas had a number of tutors, including W. P. Mangum, before they were sent away to school. Finding a school suitable for Thomas, who had an intellectual disability, proved difficult. In 1813, he was sent to Lunenberg, Va., to attend his grandfather John Cameron's school. He was then sent to John Rudd's School in Elizabethtown, N.J., and finally, in 1820, to Captain Partridge's school in Norwich, Vt.
Paul attended the Hillsborough Academy and started preparatory school at the University of North Carolina in 1824, but was expelled for fighting in 1825. He then transferred to Captain Partridge's school. Finally, he attended Washington College (now Trinity College) in Hartford, Conn., graduating in 1829.
Until Duncan Cameron moved the family to Raleigh in 1836, they were at risk of the same diseases that ravaged the enslaved population. Fevers and pneumonia from malaria and tuberculosis took the lives of many enslaved people, especially in the 1830s and 1840s when epidemics coincided with the clearing of more and more swampy "bottom" lands that had been purchased by the family.
Of the eight Cameron children, five experienced significant health problems. Mary Ann, Rebecca, Jean, and Anne contracted and died from tuberculosis. Rebecca, Jean, and Anne died in their twenties, and Mary Anne in her early thirties. During the same years, devastating outbreaks of infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, impacted many enslaved people on Cameron property. Mildred escaped tuberculosis but contracted an undiagnosed disease which left her partially paralyzed. Mildred traveled to see doctors in search of a cure, but remained an invalid throughout her adult life, in the care of her sister Margaret and enslaved nurses. One enslaved nurse, Mary Walker, self-emancipated by running away while accompanying the Camerons on a medical trip to Philadelphia in 1848. Mary's son Francis, called Frank, also liberated himself when he escaped from the Camerons in 1852.
Thomas Cameron lived until 1870, but he was dependent on his family throughout his adult life because of his intellectual disability.
Margaret B. Cameron lived at home, caring for her sick siblings and her ailing parents and managing the household until she was forty-two. Then, in 1853, she married George W. Mordecai, president of the State Bank of North Carolina, who had succeeded Duncan Cameron when he resigned the post in 1849. After their marriage, Margaret and her husband resided at the Cameron mansion in Raleigh with about 20 enslaved domestic servants. Margaret inherited control over hundreds of enslaved people and vast acreage from the estates of her father and her uncle Thomas D. Bennehan. In accordance with a pre-nuptial agreement, ownership of the enslaved people remained in her name, although her husband, hired overseers, and her brother Paul C. Cameron effectively managed her property. In November 1859, at least 100 enslaved people were trafficked by sale from Mordecai-Cameron land, followed by a smaller sale of over 60 people in February 1861.
Margaret and George Mordecai were childless, except for a stillbirth in 1854. After her marriage, Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai continued to care for her sister Mildred. Margaret outlived her husband and died in 1886. Her assets and property were left to her brother, Paul C. Cameron.
Paul C. Cameron read law and passed the bar in 1832, but was not interested in being a lawyer. He was interested in agriculture, and his ambition was to move to the Deep South and manage a cotton plantation. Nevertheless, he set up a law practice in Hillsborough, N.C. In 1832, he married Anne Ruffin (1814-1897), daughter of the jurist Thomas Ruffin. At first Paul and Anne Ruffin Cameron lived in a house in Hillsborough called Burnside. In December 1834, Duncan Cameron gifted 41 enslaved people to Paul C. Cameron. In 1837, Paul resigned from the bar, and the young couple moved to Fairntosh so that Paul could take over the management of the Cameron plantations alongside his uncle Thomas D. Bennehan. By this time Fairntosh was unoccupied. Duncan Cameron moved his family, as well as a small group of enslaved domestic servants, to Raleigh permanently in 1836 following his appointment as president of the Bank of the State of North Carolina.
Paul and Anne Ruffin Cameron lived at Fairntosh from 1837 until 1856, when they repurchased Burnside and moved back to Hillsborough. During the years at Fairntosh, Paul C. Cameron ambitiously directed the expansion of the plantation land and enslaved labor. In 1844, he purchased a cotton plantation in Greene County, Ala., and in November 1856, land for another cotton plantation in Tunica County, Miss. Families and kin networks were separated when enslaved people were forced to migrate to these new cotton plantations. In November 1844, 114 people walked from the Cameron plantations in North Carolina to Greene County, Ala. In December 1856, 35 people were moved from Alabama to Tunica County, Miss. In January 1858, 40 people were sent from North Carolina to Tunica County, and in November 1869, 42 more people were sent on the same route. During the American Civil War, in the spring of 1864, many of these families were evacuated back to North Carolina.
Paul C. Cameron was a founding member of North Carolina's earliest agricultural society. He was also a strong advocate for railroads in North Carolina. In the early 1850s, he contracted to build a section of the North Carolina Railroad with enslaved labor from his plantations. He also served on the board of directors of the North Carolina Railroad and was elected its president in 1861. Additionally, he was a director of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad and the Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad.
Although Paul C. Cameron was not as politically active as his father, he ran for a seat in the state senate in 1856 and was elected. He was defeated when he ran for a second term.
At the eve of the American Civil War the Cameron siblings enslaved over one thousand people on plantations across Orange, Person, Granville, and Wake Counties in North Carolina, Greene County, Ala., and Tunica County, Miss. Although the Bennehans and Camerons purchased enslaved people up until around 1842, many enslaved people were direct descendents of early families enslaved by the Bennehans. Among the original enslaved family surnames are Amis, Dickinson, Walker, Bennehan, and Umstead. By the start of Reconstruction, the surnames of formerly enslaved families found on Cameron tenant contracts include Alston, Bigelow, Cain, Dunham/Durham, Evins, Glass, Harriss, Hart, Haskins, Holdt, Justice, Kirkland, Lashley, Latta, Love, Lunsford, Meeks, Peaks, Ruffin, Sears, Sewell, Shaw, Strudwick, Tate, Taylor, Veasy, and Webb.
Paul C. Cameron did not serve in the Confederate Army. He was excluded from the general amnesty granted most Southerners by the Union government because of his wealth. He applied for a special pardon, which he received in 1865. Although the Cameron fortune could no longer include the profits from enslaved people's value and labor, the family still owned vast real estate, stock, and through Reconstruction. Land was leased to white tenants or farmed by sharecroppers on contracts and Paul began to concentrate on the railroads and cotton manufacturing for income. By 1875, Paul C. Cameron had sold sections of his Alabama plantation land to a number of formerly enslaved Black men, including Sandy Cameron, Jim Hargis, and Paul Hargis.
After Reconstruction, Paul C. Cameron led the effort to rebuild and reopen the University of North Carolina. He was a member of the Board of Trustees and chairman of the Building Committee. Cameron himself donated the money for the building of the original Memorial Hall, as well as the maple trees that line Cameron Avenue, named in his honor.
Paul and Anne Ruffin Cameron had a dozen children. Two were stillborn; two died in infancy; one, Mary Amis, died at age eleven. The remaining offspring, Rebecca, Anne, Margaret, Duncan, Pauline, Bennehan, and Mildred survived to adulthood and married.
Rebecca first married Walker Anderson in 1863, then John Graham in 1867. Anne married George P. Collins in 1860. After the Civil War, Anne and George Collins went to Mississippi to manage Paul C. Cameron's plantation in Tunica County, and then returned to Durham, N.C. Margaret married Robert B. Peebles. Pauline married William Shepard and lived in Edenton. After Pauline's death, her sister Mildred Coles married the widower William Shepard.
Duncan and Bennehan were in school during the Civil War. Duncan spent some time in Mississippi living with his sister Anne Collins before settling down to marry Mary Short and take over the management of Fairntosh. His untimely death in 1886 was a great blow to his father.
Bennehan Cameron graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1875. He then moved to Stagville and took over the management of the plantation. After his brother's death, he moved to Fairntosh. He married Sally Mayo in 1891.
Paul C. Cameron died in 1891 leaving his family's vast fortune to his wife, his remaining son Bennehan, and his daughters.
NOTE: This biographical note was revised in 2023 to include more information about the community of people enslaved by the Cameron, Bennehan, and Mordecai families. Vera Cecelski of Stagville State Historic Site contributed to the revision. See also:
This collection documents many aspects of the personal lives and business affairs of the white Cameron and Bennehan families, particularly of its patriarchs Richard Bennehan, Bennehan's son-in-law Duncan Cameron, and Duncan Cameron's son Paul C. Cameron.
Enslaved people, who made up the majority of the plantation population, are also documented extensively in this collection, although there are few records created by them. Information about members of the enslaved community must be gleaned from the perspective of white people. Enslaved people are found in tax lists, bills of sale, deeds, wills and estate papers, ledgers, and account records, and legal files, as well as in the correspondence of the white family members and overseers who wrote about their health and well-being, comportment, and work. Many of these records provide names, ages, family relationships, geographic locations, and scattered information about labor, medical care, and provisioning.
Although the papers date from 1757 to 1978, the bulk of the material pertains to the period 1800 to 1890. Material from the 18th century, while not plentiful, does provide documentation of Richard Bennehan's mercantile enterprises in Orange County, N.C., and of the beginning of the enslaved communities associated with Cameron and Bennehan plantations. Material from the 20th century chiefly deals with the settlement of Paul C. Cameron's estate. The only significant gap in the papers that document the Cameron's activities from 1800 to 1890 is material dating from the Civil War. Anne Ruffin Cameron and Bennehan Cameron burned Paul C. Cameron's papers for these years, apparently to destroy evidence of his support of the Confederacy.
The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal documents, and volumes. In addition there are speeches, writings, printed material, pictures, and miscellaneous other types of personal papers.
This collection is a rich source of information on a number of topics. Series 1. Correspondence provides many details about familial relationships and social behavior of a white Southern plantation family made wealthy by enslaved labor. The harsh conditions of plantation life, notably isolation and disease, especially the impact of the latter in the enslaved community, are also well documented. There is significantly more information about Cameron and Bennehan men than about Cameron and Bennehan women, particularly in material from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. However, after about 1830 the women are represented in correspondence more fully, particularly by Anne Ruffin Cameron and Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai. In addition to Bennehan and Cameron family correspondence, there are also some Mordecai family letters and Nash family letters in Series 1. Enslaved people who were in close proximity to the white family members because of their household roles or skilled labor are often mentioned by name in the letters of family members; overseers' letters more frequently mention enslaved people working in the fields or with livestock. Almost all letters exchanged within the immediate families of Duncan and Rebecca Bennehan Cameron and Paul C. and Anne Ruffin Cameron include mention of enslaved people; only a fraction of these letters are highlighted in this finding aid.
Series 2. Family Financial and Legal Papers and Series 6. Volumes contain extensive information about the Stagville Plantation and Fairntosh Plantation (sometimes called "Home House"), as well as other plantations and family homes in Orange County, Person County, Wake County, and Granville County, and in Greene County, Miss., and Tunica County, Ala. These materials provide information about the enslaved people on the plantations, including their names, ages, the terms of their being trafficked between owners, where they worked, what labor they performed, what provisions they were given, and their medical care. There are also minute details about crops, stock, tools, buildings, and management of these lucrative enterprises. These papers also document the transportation and marketing of the agricultural products of the plantations.
Series 2 and Series 6 also provide much information about the Stagville Store, other stores, sawmills, grist mills, and blacksmith shops located on the Cameron lands.
Series 3. Duncan Cameron's Legal Papers provide extensive documentation of Duncan Cameron's legal career from 1797 until about 1817 as an attorney and superior court judge. Enslaved people are also found in these files where they are represented as claimed or contested property.
The papers also contain some information about the birth and development of important institutions in North Carolina: the State Bank, the University of North Carolina, the North Carolina State Militia, the Episcopal Church, railroads, and state government, in all of which the Camerons were actively involved.
Duncan Cameron's involvement in the State Bank of North Carolina, the Bank of the State of North Carolina, and other banks is documented extensively in Series 1 and Subseries 5.2. Bank Material. Richard Bennehan, Duncan Cameron, and Paul C. Cameron all served on the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina. Letters from University presidents and other board members can be found in Series 1. Documentation of monetary contributions to the University are in Subseries 2.1. Accounts. Duncan Cameron's service as a Major General in the North Carolina State Militia after the War of 1812 is documented in Subseries 5.3. The Camerons' involvement in the development of the Episcopal Church in North Carolina in the early nineteenth century is documented by letters from bishops and others in Series 1; by receipts, deeds, and other documents in Series 2; and by printed material in Subseries 5.4. Church Material. Papers pertaining to the North Carolina Railroad and other railroads are found in Subseries 2.1. Accounts and Subseries 5.9. Railroads. Correspondence pertaining to the railroads is in Series 1. Duncan Cameron's service in the House of Commons and State Senate representing Orange County is documented in Series 1 and in Subseries 5.8. Politics.
The original order of this collection is unknown except for some material in an addition received in 1983. That material is now located in Subseries 2.6. Estate Papers and remains much as it arrived.
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Business and personal correspondence of the Bennehan and Cameron families, particularly of Richard Bennehan (1743-1825), Duncan Cameron (1777-1853), and Paul C. Cameron (1808-1891). There is some correspondence of Thomas D. Bennehan (1782-1847), Rebecca Bennehan Cameron (1778-1843), Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai (1811-1886), and Anne Ruffin Cameron (1814-1897). Some Nash family and Mordecai family correspondence is included among the Cameron letters.
There are only a few letters written by enslaved people. Information about members of the enslaved community must largely be gleaned from the perspective of white family members and overseers who frequently wrote about the health and well-being, comportment, and work of enslaved people. Almost all letters exchanged within the immediate families of Duncan and Rebecca Bennehan Cameron and Paul C. and Anne Ruffin Cameron include mention of enslaved people; only a fraction of these letters are highlighted in this finding aid.
The series is divided into eight subseries. The first six subseries divide the Cameron correspondence which spans 180 years into smaller time periods during which one or more of the Bennehan or Cameron men were principle correspondents. The last two subseries contain undated letters: subseries 1.7 contains undated letters written by members of the Cameron family; subseries 1.8 contains letters written by non family members.
Processing note: in 2023, archivists revised correspondence series descriptions (1757-1866) to include more information about the community of people enslaved by the Cameron, Bennehan, and Mordecai families. Many of the individual letters highlighted as "Records of enslavement" or "Records of Reconstruction" in this series were identified by Jean Bradley Anderson in Piedmont Plantation: The Bennehan-Cameron Family and Lands in North Carolina (Durham, N.C.: Historic Preservation Commission of Durham, 1985) and by Sydney Nathans in To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker (Boston: Harvard University Press, 2012). Many more records of enslavement exist throughout Series 1. Correspondence but have not yet been identified in this finding aid.
Business and personal correspondence of Richard Bennehan, his son Thomas D. Bennehan, his daughter Rebecca Bennehan, and his wife Mary Amis Bennehan. During the years covered by this subseries, Richard Bennehan was in business with William Johnston, and then in business for himself. The material in this subseries predates the arrival of Duncan Cameron in North Carolina.
The bulk of this material consists of business letters to Richard Bennehan from his partner William Johnston of Hillsborough, N.C., with whom Bennehan owned the Little River Store, and from Bennehan's factor and former employer Edward Stabler of Petersburg, Va. Among Bennehan's other business correspondents are merchants David Buchanan of Petersburg, Va., John Alston of Glasgow, Scotland, James Gibson of Suffolk, Va., and Andrew Miller of Halifax, N.C.
Letters chiefly focus on various aspects of the mercantile business, particularly on market conditions, transportation problems, counterfeit money, and prices for tobacco, sugar, rum, and salt. In these letters, there are some passing references made to the War of Regulation, the American Revolution, the Constitution, and the economy. A letter, 9 June 1771, from William Johnston anticipates Governor Tryon's arrival in Hillsborough after the Battle of Alamance. A letter, 15 February 1776, alludes to Bennehan's participation in the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge. William Johnston's death in 1785 is documented, as is Bennehan's subsequent purchase of the Stagville property and building of the Stagville Store in 1787.
Business letters to Richard Bennehan written after 1789 chiefly consist of letters from Ebenezer Stott of Petersburg, Va., who was Bennehan's primary factor during the 1790s. These letters frequently include statements of account, in addition to the usual discussions of market conditions and news.
Among Bennehan's other correspondents during this period are Jesse Benton, William Richardson Davie, Thomas Hart, Allen Jones, Nathaniel Rochester, and Samuel Ashe. A letter, 13 July 1796, from Ashe documents Bennehan's gift of books to the library at the University of North Carolina.
Thomas D. Bennehan's correspondence with his parents Richard and Mary Amis Bennehan and his sister Rebecca date from 1795, when Thomas left for Chapel Hill, N.C., to attend the preparatory school at the University, to 1801, when he graduated from UNC.
The letters between Thomas and Rebecca are particularly numerous. There is only one letter written by Mary Amis Bennehan to Thomas, but there are frequent exchanges between father and son. There are also several letters to Thomas from his classmates, including his cousin Thomas Gale Amis.
There are few letters written to Bennehan in Virginia before he moved to North Carolina in 1768. There are no letters from Bennehan's relatives except for letters from his wife's brother Thomas Amis of Halifax County, N.C.
For financial material pertaining to the Little River Store, the Stagville Store, and the enslaved labor and land that Bennehan purchased with his store profits, see Subseries 2.1., 2.9., 6.1., 6.3., and 6.7.
For other documentation of Richard Bennehan's contributions to the University of North Carolina, see Subseries 2.1.
Processing note: in 2023, archivists revised correspondence series descriptions (1757-1866) to include more information about the community of people enslaved by the Cameron, Bennehan, and Mordecai families. Many of the individual letters highlighted as "Records of enslavement" or "Records of Reconstruction" in this series were identified by Jean Bradley Anderson in Piedmont Plantation: The Bennehan-Cameron Family and Lands in North Carolina (Durham, N.C.: Historic Preservation Commission of Durham, 1985) and by Sydney Nathans in To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker (Boston: Harvard University Press, 2012). Many more records of enslavement exist throughout Series 1. Correspondence but have not yet been identified in this finding aid.
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The bulk of material in this subseries is from the period when Duncan Cameron and Richard Bennehan were in business together. The earliest material in this subseries actually predates Duncan Cameron's marriage to Rebecca Bennehan and his business dealings with her father. The subseries ends with the death of Richard Bennehan.
1797-1799
Chiefly business letters to Richard Bennehan, with some business and personal letters of Duncan Cameron. Richard Bennehan corresponded frequently with his factor Ebenezer Stott of Petersburg, Va., during these years. There are also occasional letters from other merchants, as well as from Bennehan's friends, William Richardson Davie, Jesse Benton, and Samuel Ashe.
Throughout these years there are numerous letters between Richard Bennehan and his son Thomas who was studying at the University of North Carolina. There are also letters between Thomas D. Bennehan and his sister Rebecca, who remained at home. These letters both provide information about student life in the early days of the University, and suggest the character of the Bennehans' family ties.
Letters written to Duncan Cameron are from members of his family in Virginia, and from clients and associates. There are letters from Duncan Cameron's father John Cameron, his brothers John and William, and his sisters Jean and Anna, all of whom lived in Lunenberg, Va. Duncan Cameron's sister, Mary Read Anderson, and her husband Daniel Anderson of Petersburg, Va., were frequent correspondents, as was Duncan Cameron's uncle Ewen Cameron of Franklin, Tenn. Among Duncan Cameron's other correspondents are William Richardson Davie, Archibald D. Murphey, James Turner, John Hogg, John Lenox, and Richard Henderson.
Some scattered correspondence between Frederick Nash, who was Cameron's cousin, and Nash's mother Mary Witherspoon is included. During this period Frederick Nash attended Princeton University and wrote to his mother in New Bern, N.C.
For further documentation of Duncan Cameron's legal practice see Series 3 and Subseries 6.10.
1800-1809
Chiefly letters to Richard Bennehan and Duncan Cameron, with some letters of Thomas D. Bennehan and Rebecca Bennehan Cameron. Included are drafts or copies of some of Duncan Cameron's outgoing letters.
Richard Bennehan's correspondents include his factors in Petersburg, Va., particularly Ebenezer Stott, and his friends and associates William Richardson Davie, Robert Williams, Joseph Caldwell, and Richard Henderson. There are no letters from Bennehan's Virginia relatives except for his nephew William Bennehan, who moved to North Carolina in the 1790s and worked at the Stagville Store and then at the store at Fishdam Ford until his death in 1806. There are several letters from members of the Amis family of Halifax and Northampton counties, N.C. The Camerons had received 25 enslaved people from the Amis family. Their letters, however, mostly pertain to breeding horses, which was of particular interest to the Amises because they owned Sir Archie, a stud horse who had been a star racing thoroughbred.
After Richard's daughter Rebecca married Duncan Cameron in 1803, there are many letters to Richard Bennehan from Cameron. Beginning in 1806, these letters document the lucrative partnership between Duncan Cameron and his father-in-law Richard Bennehan and brother-in-law Thomas D. Bennehan, which combined their lands and stores into a thriving business. Rebecca's letters to her husband Duncan frequently mention enslaved people by name and the general health of the enslaved community. Rebecca was most likely to report on enslaved people who worked at the house or who had special proximity to the white family as delivery drivers, messengers, and foreman.
Duncan Cameron's correspondents included clients from his legal practice, and friends, especially William Richardson Davie, James Webb, Joseph Gales, Archibald Murphey, and Willie P. Mangum. Cameron's family in Virginia were regular correspondents. There are many letters from his father John Cameron of Lunenberg, Va., and from his sisters Mary Read Anderson and Jean Syme of Petersburg, Va. These letters document Duncan Cameron's support of his younger brothers William and John Cameron who were sent to the University of North Carolina by Duncan and then employed by him in Hillsborough, N.C., as clerks in his law office and clerks in the store in Hillsborough run by Cameron's stepnephew George Anderson. There are also letters regularly from Richard Bennehan and Thomas D. Bennehan.
In 1800 and 1801, there are letters from Thomas D. Bennehan to his parents and to sister Rebecca written while Thomas was at the University of North Carolina. Throughout the decade there are letters to Thomas D. Bennehan from his cousin Thomas Gale Amis who was an orphan and had been sent to the University with his cousin by Richard Bennehan. After Thomas Gale Amis's graduation, he worked on merchant ships in the West Indies. According to Jean Anderson in her book Piedmont Plantation: The Bennehan-Cameron Family and Lands in North Carolina (1985), Amis may have been sent away because he was in love with Rebecca. His letters to Thomas D. Bennehan richly describe Guadeloupe, Santo Domingo, and other Caribbean ports, and his perceptions of slavery and the rebellion of enslaved people in the West Indies.
1810-1819
Chiefly letters to Duncan Cameron from members of his family, business partners, clients, factors, and friends. There are a few of Duncan Cameron's outgoing letters to members of his family and scattered manuscript copies of outgoing business letters. Some correspondence of Richard Bennehan, Thomas D. Bennehan, and Rebecca Bennehan Cameron is also included. In addition, there are scattered letters to Duncan Cameron's cousin Frederick Nash from clients, letters to Nash's wife Mary from her sisters, and some correspondence between brothers Samuel Mordecai and George W. Mordecai.
Duncan Cameron's most frequent correspondents during this period were his siblings, Mary Read Anderson of Petersburg, Va., William Cameron of Petersburg, John Adams Cameron of Fayetteville, N.C., and Jean Syme of Petersburg. Mary Read Anderson wrote even more often during this period because her husband Daniel Anderson died, making Duncan Cameron the executor of his will and the guardian of his sons, William and Walker Anderson.
William Cameron and Samuel Snow, who were Duncan Cameron's partners in a mercantile business in Petersburg, wrote frequently to Duncan Cameron, keeping him abreast of market conditions. John Adams Cameron, who depended on his brother for financial aid after a debilitating wound in the War of 1812, was a frequent correspondent.
Duncan Cameron's brother Thomas Cameron of Pennsylvania, and his parents John and Mary Owen Cameron of Lunenberg, Va., wrote to Duncan occasionally. There are several letters from Duncan Cameron's cousin, or perhaps uncle, Ewen Cameron of Franklin, Tenn. Beginning in 1818, there are occasional letters from Duncan Cameron's nephew Walker Anderson who was attending The University of North Carolina. There are also several letters from Frederick Nash.
Rebecca Bennehan Cameron also received letters from Duncan's family. In 1817 and 1818, she also received regular letters from her daughter Mary Anne Ruffin Cameron who attended Mordecai Female Seminary in Warrenton, N.C. Notes from Mary Anne's teachers about her deportment and scholastic progress often appear on the backs of Mary Anne's letters.
Duncan Cameron's legal practice and subsequent appointment to a Superior Court judgeship frequently took him away from home to county courts across North Carolina. Richard and Thomas D. Bennehan wrote to Duncan when he was away, consulting with him about business matters involving their partnership. There are many letters from Rebecca to Duncan during these absences keeping her husband informed about the health of the family and of the enslaved community at Stagville where disease could quickly overtake many people. The enslaved people Rebecca mentioned by name most likely worked at the house or had special proximity to the white family as delivery drivers, messengers, and foremen.
Very little of Richard and Thomas D. Bennehan's correspondence is preserved for this period. There are a few letters exchanged between the two when one was away on business, or when, in 1813, Richard was taking a water cure in Warm Springs, Va. Richard Bennehan's nephew Richard Bennehan wrote occasionally from Richmond County, Va. Several members of the Amis family wrote to Bennehan, mostly concerning horse breeding, especially about the famous stud horse and thoroughbred racer Sir Archie. Thomas D. Bennehan and Rebecca Bennehan Cameron received some letters from their cousins Frances Goodwin Smith and Mary Phillips.
In addition to Duncan Cameron's voluminous family correspondence, there is also substantial correspondence dealing with his legal practice and his various business partnerships. There are many letters from mercantile businesses on the eastern seaboard that employed Cameron as lawyer primarily to collect debts on their behalf. There are also letters from merchants/factors from whom Duncan Cameron bought goods to stock stores he owned and to whom he supplied tobacco and wheat grown on the Bennehan Cameron lands or that he had accepted as payment at the Bennehan Cameron stores. The most frequent merchant correspondents for this period are Rogers and Winthrop of New York, Ebenezer Stott of Petersburg, Roger Lamberth of New York, Pattison Hartshorne of Philadelphia, McEwen, Hale, and Davidson of Philadelphia, John MacMillian of Fayetteville, John Hogg of Wilmington, N.C., Edward Lyde of New York, Robert Walker of Petersburg, W. Haxell of Petersburg, John Thompkins of Richmond, and John and James Dunlop of England. There are also letters from Sam Yarborough who ran the Stagville Store and from Sam Dickins, a plantation overseer.
There are also many letters from other clients for whom Duncan Cameron did legal work, as well as from other lawyers with whom Cameron worked. Extensive correspondence concerns the settlement of the estate of Absolum Tatum of Nashville, Tenn. Cameron worked on this case with Abram Maury, a Nashville lawyer, and Samuel Goodwin, comptroller general of North Carolina.
Duncan Cameron was extensively involved in the establishment of the State Bank of North Carolina during this period. He corresponded regularly with bank officers and the officers of other North Carolina banks. Among his correspondents were William Polk, William H. Haywood, John Haywood, William Boylan, Peter Browne, and J. W. Wright.
Various North Carolina senators and representatives in the United States Congress wrote to Duncan Cameron periodically informing him of legislation dealing with trade, and giving him news about the embargo, the War of 1812, and the Treaty of Paris. There are letters to Cameron from a number of individuals in Washington, including James Turner, Archibald McBryde, William Gaston, James Culpepper, and Richard Stanford.
During this period, Duncan Cameron was a representative in the North Carolina House of Commons and Senate. In 1819, when he became a senator, he became chairman of the influential Internal Improvement Committee originally led by Cameron's friend Archibald Murphey. Correspondence from this period, especially letters from Archibald Murphey, documents Cameron's involvement in state politics.
From 1814 to 1816, when Cameron served as a major general in the North Carolina Militia, he received letters from Robert Williams, the adjutant general, dealing with militia matters. Other correspondents include Richard Henderson, Paul Carrington, James Webb, John Devereaux, Thomas B. Littlejohn, Walter Alves, W. G. Grove, William Norwood, and Thomas Ruffin.
For more information on the State Bank of North Carolina, see Subseries 5.2.
For more documentation relating to Duncan Cameron's service in the Militia see Subseries 5.3.
For more material relating to Duncan Cameron's legal practice, see Series 3 and Subseries 6.10.
For documentation of the Bennehans' and Camerons' financial relationships with their factors, see Subseries 2.1 and 2.9.
For further documentation of Duncan Cameron's participation in the Committee for Internal Improvement, see Subseries 5.8.
1820-1825
Chiefly business and family letters written to Duncan Cameron, and some letters addressed to Richard Bennehan and to Thomas D. Bennehan. A few letters to Rebecca Bennehan Cameron and her daughter Mary Anne Ruffin Cameron from family members are included. Correspondence between George W. Mordecai and his sister Rachel Mordecai Lazarus of Wilmington, N.C., is also included.
Duncan Cameron's siblings Mary Read Anderson, Jean Syme, John Adams Cameron, William Cameron, and Thomas Cameron wrote to him frequently, communicating family news and asking his advice. There are occasional letters from Cameron's mother Anne Owen Cameron, his uncle or cousin Ewen Cameron of Franklin, Tenn., his stepnephew George Anderson, his nephew Walker Anderson, and his nephew William Anderson while he was attending the University of North Carolina from 1822 to 1826.
There are letters from Duncan Cameron's son Paul C. Cameron to Paul's sister Mary Anne and to his parents from the various schools he attended, including the University of North Carolina from which he was expelled in 1824, and Partridge's Academy (1825 and 1826). Included are letters from Paul's instructors concerning his progress in school and his deportment; from John Rudd who ran a school in Elizabethtown, Conn.; and from Captain Partridge concerning Paul's brother Thomas who had an intellectual disability.
Duncan Cameron's involvement in the Episcopal Church is well documented. He received regular correspondence from General Theological Seminary in New York on whose board of trustees he served. He corresponded with Bishop John Ravenscroft about various church matters. Ravenscroft and Cameron were also involved in business dealings together. Cameron was also a vice president of the American Bible Society and the American Sunday School Society during the 1820s and received regular correspondence from the two organizations.
During this period Duncan Cameron was involved in the State Bank of North Carolina. He corresponded with J. W. Wright of the Bank of Cape Fear, Samuel Haywood of the Bank of New Bern, William H. Haywood and Peter Browne of the State Bank, and John Brockenbrough and William Dandridge of the Bank of Virginia.
The Bennehans and Camerons corresponded with many merchants who served as their commission merchants and for whom Duncan Cameron collected debts. Among these merchant firms are Ebenezer Stott of Petersburg, Va., Robert Hamilton of Petersburg, James Davidson of Petersburg, Charles C. Watson of Philadelphia, Hamilton and Donaldson of New York, Duncan Thompson of Fayetteville, N.C., and John Taylor of Wilmington.
Other frequent correspondents of Duncan Cameron, Richard Bennehan, and Thomas D. Bennehan from the 1820s include Thomas Ruffin, Archibald Murphey, Richard Henderson, Dr. James Webb, Walter Alves, William Polk, William Boylan, Thomas B. Littlejohn, Joseph Gales, James Mebane, Joseph B. Skinner, William Norwood, Joseph Caldwell, Elisha Mitchell, Charles Manley, Samuel Yarborough, Thomas Devereaux, John Hogg, James Latta, Samuel Snow, and Dr. Lenco Mitchell. There is a letter in 1823 from Henry Clay recommending a Virginia lawyer to work in North Carolina.
For more documentation of the Bennehans' and Camerons' dealings with their factors, see Subseries 2.1.
For more information on the schooling of the Cameron children see Subseries 4.3, 5.1, and 6.12.
For further documentation of Duncan Cameron's involvement in the State Bank of North Carolina, see Subseries 5.2.
Processing note: in 2023, archivists revised correspondence series descriptions (1757-1866) to include more information about the community of people enslaved by the Cameron, Bennehan, and Mordecai families. Many of the individual letters highlighted as "Records of enslavement" or "Records of Reconstruction" in this series were identified by Jean Bradley Anderson in Piedmont Plantation: The Bennehan-Cameron Family and Lands in North Carolina (Durham, N.C.: Historic Preservation Commission of Durham, 1985) and by Sydney Nathans in To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker (Boston: Harvard University Press, 2012). Many more records of enslavement exist throughout Series 1. Correspondence but have not yet been identified in this finding aid.
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This subseries chiefly contains letters written to Duncan Cameron, with some letters to Thomas D. Bennehan and other family members. The subseries ends with Duncan Cameron's death.
1826-1829
Chiefly business and family letters written to Duncan Cameron. There are some letters addressed to Thomas D. Bennehan. A few letters to Rebecca Bennehan Cameron and her daughter Mary Anne Ruffin Cameron from family members are included. Correspondence between George W. Mordecai and his sister Rachel Mordecai Lazarus of Wilmington, N.C., is also included.
There are many letters from Duncan Cameron's siblings Mary Read Anderson, Jean Syme, John Adams Cameron, William Cameron, and Thomas Cameron who wrote to him frequently communicating family news and asking his advice. There are occasional letters from Cameron's uncle or cousin Ewen Cameron of Franklin, Tenn., his step nephew George Anderson, and his nephews Walker Anderson and William Anderson.
There are letters from Duncan Cameron's son Paul C. Cameron at Washington College (now Trinity College) in Hartford, Conn., from 1826 until Paul's graduation in 1829. Included are letters from Paul's instructors concerning his progress in school and his deportment. There are letters from Captain Partridge concerning Paul's brother Thomas who had an intellectual disability and attended Partridge's school.
Duncan Cameron's involvement in the Episcopal Church during the late 1820s is well documented. Correspondents include Bishop John Ravenscroft, Bishop Brownell, Rev. William Mercer Green, and Rev. Richard Mason. Duncan Cameron received regular correspondence from General Theological Seminary in New York on whose board of trustees he served. He was also a vice president of the American Bible Society and the American Sunday School Society throughout the 1820s and received regular correspondence from the two organizations.
In the late 1820s, Duncan Cameron became more deeply involved in the State Bank of North Carolina, and in 1829 he was made president of the bank. He corresponded frequently with other officers and stockholders in the State Bank, as well as with officials of other banks in North Carolina and Virginia. Correspondents included William Haywood, William Boylan, John Haywood, and Peter Browne of the State Bank. Cameron also corresponded with J. W. Wright of the Bank of Cape Fear, Samuel Haywood of the Bank of New Bern, and John Brockenbrough and William Dandridge of the Bank of Virginia.
Duncan Cameron and Thomas D. Bennehan corresponded with many merchants who served as their commission merchants and for whom Duncan Cameron collected debts. Among these merchant firms are Ebenezer Stott of Petersburg, Va., Thomas and Robert Dunn of Petersburg, Robert Hamilton of Petersburg, James Davidson of Petersburg, Charles C. Watson of Philadelphia, Hamilton and Donaldson of New York, Duncan Thompson of Fayetteville, N.C., John Huske of Fayetteville, and John Taylor of Wilmington.
Other frequent correspondents of Duncan Cameron, from 1826 to 1829, include Thomas Ruffin, William H. Haywood Jr., Archibald Murphey, Richard Henderson, Dr. James Webb, Walter Alves, William Polk, William Boylan, John Haywood, Thomas B. Littlejohn, John Buford, Samuel Ashe, Joseph Gales, Dr. Joseph Umstead, W. P. Mangum, William Cain, James Mebane, William Kirkland, Joseph B. Skinner, John Hawkins, Gavin Hogg, William Norwood, Joseph Caldwell, Elisha Mitchell, Charles Manley, Samuel Yarborough, and Dr. Lenco Mitchell. There is a letter from Henry Clay in 1827, referring to an earlier recommendation he made in 1823.
For more documentation of the dealings of Thomas D. Bennehan and Duncan Cameron with their factors, see Subseries 2.1.
For more information on the schooling of the Cameron children, see Subseries 4.3, 5.1, and 6.12.
For further documentation of Duncan Cameron's involvement in the State Bank of North Carolina, see Subseries 5.2.
1830-1839
Chiefly letters to Duncan Cameron from business associates, friends, and family. There are also some letters to Thomas D. Bennehan, some letters to Paul C. Cameron, some to Anne Ruffin Cameron, and letters to other Cameron women from aunts, cousins, and their governess Mary McLean Bryant. Almost all letters exchanged within the immediate families of Duncan Cameron and Paul C. and Anne Ruffin Cameron include mention of enslaved people who are identified by name. Only a fraction of these letters are highlighted in this finding aid.
Duncan Cameron's sisters Mary Read Anderson and Jean Syme of Petersburg, Va., and brother John Adams Cameron of Fayetteville, N.C., wrote to Duncan often. John Adams Cameron also wrote from Vera Cruz, Mexico, where he was serving as United States consul. William and Walker Anderson, Duncan Cameron's nephews, also wrote to him frequently. During this period, Rebecca Bennehan Cameron and her daughters received frequent letters from Mary Read Anderson, Jean Syme, and many cousins relating family news. Included are a few of Paul C. Cameron's letters to Anne Ruffin Cameron before they married in 1832 and some of their correspondence after they married. There are letters to Anne Ruffin Cameron from her relatives, including Thomas Ruffin, Alice Ruffin, Catherine Roulhac, J. G. Roulhac, and members of the Kirkland family.
Family letters particularly document the following topics: cycles of sickness and disease that caused suffering and death in the enslaved communities between 1830 and 1835; Anne Ruffin Cameron's stillborn children in 1835 and 1836; Paul C. Cameron's dissatisfaction with law, his resignation from the bar, and his move to Fairntosh in 1837; Duncan Cameron's permanent move to Raleigh, N.C., in 1836; Duncan Cameron's daughters' struggles with tuberculosis and family trips made to various springs in search of a cure for the disease; the trip south to Charleston, S.C., and Florida in 1839 to try to cure Anne Owen Cameron; and, finally, the deaths of four of Duncan Cameron's daughters from tuberculosis.
During the 1830s Duncan Cameron was deeply involved in the Bank of the State of North Carolina. He was made president of the institution in 1834, prompting his move to Raleigh in 1836. He frequently corresponded with the officers, stockholders, and board members of the State Bank as well as with officers of other banks in North Carolina and Virginia. Among his correspondents were Charles Dewey, George Mordecai, Peter Browne, and E. P. Guion of the State Bank, Samuel Haywood of the Bank of New Bern, S. W. Wright of the Bank of Cape Fear, and an officer of the Bank of Virginia.
Duncan Cameron continued his active involvement in the Episcopal Church in North Carolina during the 1830s. His purchase of the defunct Episcopal Boys School of Raleigh, in 1833, is documented, as is the School's metamorphosis into Saint Mary's School for Girls in 1837. He continued to serve on the Board of the General Theological Seminary in New York and as vice president of the American Bible Society, receiving regular letters from these organizations. In 1831, his service as a lay delegate to the North Carolina Diocesan Convention is documented. During the 1830s, Cameron corresponded with Rev. William Mercer Green, Bishop Levi Silliman Ives, and Rev. George Freeman.
Throughout this period the plantation holdings of the Bennehans and Camerons continued to grow. There are many letters from the family's factors, particularly Keven and Hamilton of Petersburg, John Huske of Fayetteville, Hamilton and Company of New York, and Charles Watson of Philadelphia. There are letters from the millers and overseers whom the family employed to manage the enslaved people and operate the sawmills and grist mills on the rivers that ran across their land. These letters, as well as the family letters, document details about slavery, agriculture, the Stagville Store, and the post office at Stagville.
Other frequent correspondents of the Camerons and Bennehans include Dr. James Webb, Gavin Hogg, William Gaston, John Devereaux, Archibald Murphey, John D. Hawkins, W. P. Mangum, James Mebane, Joseph Gales, Thomas Littlejohn, William H. Haywood, William Boylan, William A. Graham, and John Kirkland.
For further information on banks, see Subseries 5.2.
For documentation of the sale of the Episcopal Boys School in Raleigh to Duncan Cameron, in 1833, see Subseries 2.1.
For other documentation of the family's involvement in the Episcopal Church, see Subseries 5.4.
For documentation of the financial transactions between the Camerons and Bennehans and their factors see Subseries 2.1.
1840-1849
Chiefly business and family letters to Duncan Cameron, correspondence between Duncan Cameron and Paul C. Cameron, and letters from relatives to Anne Ruffin Cameron, Margaret B. Cameron, and Mildred C. Cameron. Almost all letters exchanged within the immediate families of Duncan Cameron and Paul C. and Anne Ruffin Cameron include mention of enslaved people who are identified by name. Only a fraction of these letters are highlighted in this finding aid.
In the 1840s, Duncan Cameron continued to correspond regularly with his sisters, Mary Read Anderson (until her death in 1844) and Jean Syme (until her death in 1846). Duncan Cameron also received regular correspondence from his nephews William Anderson of Wilmington, N.C., and Walker Anderson of Pensacola, Fla.
There are some letters addressed to Thomas D. Bennehan until his death in 1847. The Cameron women corresponded extensively with their extended family. Among their correspondents were Eliza Cameron, Anna Cameron, Frances Cameron, Mary Edmunds, Eliza Nash Anderson, Anna M., Kirkland, Alice Ruffin, Mary Jones, Emma Cameron, Molly Gale, and Isabelle Cameron. Margaret B. Cameron and Mildred C. Cameron also kept in regular contact with their old governess Mary McLean Bryant.
Among the family letters are reports on the mysterious illness of Mildred Cameron and trips by her and Margaret B. Cameron to Philadelphia to seek new doctors and cures. These letters also reported on the health of both the white family and the enslaved people back at the plantation and include Cameron family members' reaction and response to the self-emancipation of Mary Walker, an enslaved nurse who accompanied the sisters on trips to Philadelphia until she escaped while there in the summer of 1848.
Duncan Cameron continued to be president of the Bank of the State of North Carolina throughout the 1840s until his resignation in 1849. He corresponded frequently with Charles Dewey and others in the banking community.
Duncan Cameron continued to serve on the Board of Trustees of General Theological Seminary in New York in the 1840s. He received letters from Rev. William Mercer Green, Bishop Otey, Rev. Richard Mason of Christ Church in Raleigh, N.C., and Rev. Aldert Smedes. There are several letters reflecting Cameron's presidency of the North Carolina Bible Society and involvement in the Scotch Relief Committee.
Paul C. Cameron and Thomas D. Bennehan managed the plantations in the 1840s. Their primary factors were Andrew Keven and Brothers of Petersburg, Va., and John Huske of Fayetteville, N.C. Paul C. Cameron's trips to Greene County, Ala., in 1844 to relocate more than 100 enslaved people to the new plantation are documented. There are regular letters from Charles Llewellyn, the overseer on the plantation in Greene County, Ala., that discuss the work he and the enslaved people, who sometimes are identified by name, had accomplished. In 1847, there is correspondence about Milton, an enslaved person who self-emancipated by running away from the Greene County plantation and was eventually apprehended. There are also letters from the overseers of plantations in North Carolina including, William Piper, William Hams, and James Colman. Overseer letters sometimes include the names of enslaved people. There are two letters written from Liberia by Virgil Bennehan, the enslaved foreman and doctor who was emancipated by Thomas D. Bennehan's will.
Other frequent correspondents include William Cain, David L. Swain, Hugh Waddell, John Devereaux, William Norwood, C. P. Mallet, William A. Graham, Cad Jones, William Polk, George Haywood, W. P. Mangum, Dr. James Webb, George Badger, Joseph B. Skinner, and William Boylan.
For documentation of the financial dealings between Paul C. Cameron and his factors see Subseries 2.1.
For more information on banking see Subseries 5.2.
1850-1853
Letters written to Duncan Cameron, Paul C. Cameron, and Margaret B. Cameron. The family correspondence from this period documents the following: the death of Duncan Cameron in 1853, the marriage of Margaret B. Cameron to George Mordecai in 1853; the mysterious and devastating illness suffered by Mildred and the long trips to Philadelphia by Margaret, Mildred, and Harriet, an enslaved nurse sent with them; malaria epidemics in the enslaved community at Fairntosh; and Paul C. Cameron's growing interest in expanding his land holdings in the deep South and his subsequent purchase of land in Tunica County, Miss.
Although Duncan Cameron relinquished the presidency of the Bank of the State of North Carolina in 1849, he continued to correspond regularly with officers of the bank until he was close to death in 1853. There are frequent letters from George W. Mordecai, the bank's new president, and letters from Charles Dewey, the secretary of the bank. There are also letters from various family members written to Duncan Cameron. Letters from his son Paul C. Cameron frequently report on plantation matters and nearly always mention enslaved people by name.
There are many letters to Paul C. Cameron from his commission merchants, Andrew Kevan of Petersburg, Va.; C. J. Haigh and Son of Fayetteville, N.C.; and Tartt, Stewart and Co. of Mobile, Ala. There are also letters from John Webster, overseer of the plantation in Greene County, Ala. Webster often identified enslaved people by name in his letters.
There are letters to Paul C. Cameron documenting his growing interest in building railroads in North Carolina, eventually leading to his signing a contract to build a section of the North Carolina Railroad.
Among Paul C. Cameron's frequent correspondents are David L. Swain, Cad Jones, William A. Graham, Charles Phillips, Joseph Wright, V. F. Caldwell, Charles Manly, J. W. Norwood, William Mercer Green, George Freeman, Ken Rayner, and Charles Fisher.
Siblings Paul and Margaret Cameron wrote to each other frequently, giving news of family and of the enslaved community, and also corresponded with many other relatives including John W. Cameron, Walker Anderson, W. H. Ruffin, J. B. G. Roulhac, Lizzie Jones, Mary Edmunds, Fanny Roulhac, William Anderson, Robert Walker Anderson, Rowena Hines, Susan Hines, Thomas Ruffin Sr., Mary Lucas, Anna Kirkland, Eliza Thompson, Margaret Devereux, and Ellen Mordecai. Margaret, called "Maggie," also received letters from Adelaide Montmollin and Louise DeEnde who were friends Margaret made while caring for her sister Mildred "Millie" in Philadelphia; Mary McLean Bryant, who had been the Camerons' governess when Margaret and Mildred were young; and Charlotte "Lotty" Rice, who formerly was the housekeeper of Thomas D. Bennehan.
Processing note: in 2023, archivists revised correspondence series descriptions (1757-1866) to include more information about the community of people enslaved by the Cameron, Bennehan, and Mordecai families. Many of the individual letters highlighted as "Records of enslavement" or "Records of Reconstruction" in this series were identified by Jean Bradley Anderson in Piedmont Plantation: The Bennehan-Cameron Family and Lands in North Carolina (Durham, N.C.: Historic Preservation Commission of Durham, 1985) and by Sydney Nathans in To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker (Boston: Harvard University Press, 2012). Many more records of enslavement exist throughout Series 1. Correspondence but have not yet been identified in this finding aid.
Folder 581-598
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Correspondence, 1826 |
Folder 3747 |
Letter to Mary Anne Ruffin Cameron, 1826Acquisitions information: Accession 101135 |
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Correspondence, 1827 |
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Correspondence, 1837 |
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Correspondence, 1838 |
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Correspondence, 1839Folder 817: Records of enslavement:
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Correspondence, 1842Folder 871: Records of enslavement:
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Correspondence, 1843 |
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Correspondence, 1844folder 924: Records of enslavement:
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Correspondence, 1849Folder 1068: Records of enslavement:
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Correspondence, 1850Includes description of a wedding in Fayetteville (8 February 1850). Folder 1073: Records of enslavement:
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Correspondence, 1853 |
This subseries documents the activities of Paul C. Cameron and his family after the death of Duncan Cameron, until the end of Civil War.
1854-1859
Chiefly family letters written to Paul C. Cameron and Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai. The family correspondence from this period documents the following: the continuing illness of Mildred and several trips to Philadelphia and New York made by Margaret and Mildred, as well as the enslaved people who assisted them, to try new doctors and climates for Mildred; Anne and Paul C. Cameron's move to Hillsborough, N.C.; malaria epidemics at Fairntosh which caused sickness and suffering in the enslaved community; and Paul C. Cameron's trips to his plantations in Greene County, Ala., and Tunica County, Miss. A few letters document farm operations in the wartime economy.
Much of the family correspondence consists of letters between Paul and Margaret "Maggie" (Cameron) Mordecai, who wrote to each other frequently. Many of these letters mention enslaved people by name. There are also many letters from relatives of the Camerons, to whom Margaret wrote regularly, including Mollie Gales, Seaton Gales, John W. Cameron, Walker Anderson, W. H. Ruffin, J. B. G. Roulhac, Lizzie Jones, Mary Edmunds, Fanny Roulhac, William Anderson, Robert Walker Anderson, Rowena Hines, Susan Hines, Thomas Ruffin, Sr., Mary Lucas, Anna Kirkland, Maria Nash, Eliza Thompson, Isabelle Cameron, Margaret Devereux, Emma Mordecai, Ellen Mordecai, Catherine Roulhac, and Jane Ruffin. Margaret also continued to receive letters from Adelaide Montmollin and Louise DeEnde who were her friends in Philadelphia. There are also frequent letters from Mary McLean Bryant, who was the Cameron girls' governess when they were young. During this period, there are letters received by Anne Ruffin Cameron from her Ruffin relatives. Also, there are letters between Anne Ruffin Cameron and her husband Paul, when he was away on trips.
Paul C. Cameron's investments in agriculture are reflected in the many letters from his commission merchants, who sold the products of the Cameron plantations overseas and in urban markets. The major merchants Cameron patronized were Andrew Kevan of Petersburg, Va.; C. J. Haigh and Son of Fayetteville, N.C.; Tartt, Stewart and Co. of Mobile, Ala.; and Rowland and Bro. of Norfolk, Va. There are also letters from John Webster, overseer of the plantation in Greene County, Ala., and, after 1857, from Wilson Oberry, who replaced him. Letters from James A. Jeter and William Lamb, overseers of the plantation in Tunica County, Miss., are included, as are letters from William and Samuel Piper, who were the overseers at Fairntosh. Overseer letters often report on the labor, health, and deportment of enslaved people who are sometimes identified by name.
Although Paul C. Cameron's vast land holdings were his first priority, he did contract in the 1850s to build a section of the North Carolina Railroad (NCRR) with enslaved labor from his plantations. There are letters dealing with the contract and other railroad business, particularly letters from Charles Fisher, an official of the NCRR. There are also some letters documenting Cameron's election to one term in the State Senate in 1856.
Paul C. Cameron's correspondents included David L. Swain, Cad Jones, William A. Graham, Charles Phillips, Joseph Wright, V. F. Caldwell, Charles Manly, J. W. Norwood, Rev. William Mercer Green, Rev. George Freeman, and Ken Rayner.
1860-April 1865
Chiefly family letters written to Paul C. Cameron and his sister Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai ("Maggie"). Some of Paul C. Cameron's correspondence with his wife Anne Ruffin Cameron is included. Family letters frequently give news about the enslaved community and mention enslaved people by name.
From 1860 to 1861, there are numerous letters to Paul C. Cameron from his factors, friends, and business associates. However, during the Civil War, there is very little of Paul C. Cameron's correspondence. According to historian R. D. W. Connor, Anne Ruffin Cameron and her son Bennehan Cameron burned many of Paul C. Cameron's papers in order to protect him when he requested a pardon from the Union government for his support of the Confederacy. The remaining family letters do provide some documentation of the family's response to the war.
Prior to the war, there are business letters written to Paul C. Cameron concerning his plantations and the North Carolina Railroad of which he was president in 1861. Paul C. Cameron's letters from his factors are numerous. Among the factors are Tartt, Stewart, and Company in Mobile, Ala.; Battle, Nobel, and Company in New Orleans, La.; Andrew Keven and Brothers in Norfolk, Va.; Rowland and Brothers in Norfolk; and E. M. Apperson and Company in Memphis, Tenn. Paul C. Cameron also corresponded with his out-of-state overseers, William Lamb in Mississippi and Wilson Oberry in Alabama. Overseer letters often report on the labor, health, and deportment of enslaved people who are sometimes identified by name.
Other correspondents of Paul C. Cameron include Peter Hairston, Charles Pettigrew, William Halliburton, J. W. Norwood, Worth Daniel, Thomas Bragg, Hugh Waddell, William A. Graham, Bishop James Otey, Rev. William Mercer Green, Charles Dewey, David L. Swain, Kemp P. Battle, Charles Fisher, Rev. George Patterson, and Thomas Webb.
During the war, the bulk of the letters deal with domestic topics. There are letters from Paul and Anne Ruffin Cameron's sons Duncan Cameron and Bennehan Cameron, written from the schools they attended. There are also letters from their teachers and headmasters about the boys' deportment and academic progress. Duncan Cameron's several attempts to run away are documented. Some of George Mordecai's personal and business correspondence is also scattered among the Cameron family letters.
Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai (Maggie) continued her prolific correspondence with her extended family throughout the Civil War. Her sister Mildred, who was disabled by a mysterious illness, lived with the Mordecais during this period. Margaret also continued to receive letters from her friends in Philadelphia, Adelaide Montmollin and Louise DeEnde. Margaret corresponded with Emma Mordecai, Laurine Mordecai, Mary Jones, Phebe Hawks, Rebecca Anderson, Mary Lucas, and Robert Walker Anderson. In addition there are letters to Anne Ruffin Cameron from members of the Ruffin family, including Catherine Roulhac, and Thomas Ruffin Jr.
For more documentation of the schooling of Paul and Anne Ruffin Cameron's children, see Subseries 4.3 and 5.1.
For documentation of Paul C. Cameron's service to the Confederacy, see Subseries 5.3.
See Subseries 2.9 for Confederate Bonds.
See Subseries 2.1 for documentation of financial transactions between Paul C. Cameron and his factors.
Processing note: in 2023, archivists revised correspondence series descriptions (1757-1866) to include more information about the community of people enslaved by the Cameron, Bennehan, and Mordecai families. Many of the individual letters highlighted as "Records of enslavement" or "Records of Reconstruction" in this series were identified by Jean Bradley Anderson in Piedmont Plantation: The Bennehan-Cameron Family and Lands in North Carolina (Durham, N.C.: Historic Preservation Commission of Durham, 1985) and by Sydney Nathans in To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker (Boston: Harvard University Press, 2012). Many more records of enslavement exist throughout Series 1. Correspondence but have not yet been identified in this finding aid.
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Correspondence, 1854Folder 1130: Records of enslavement:
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Correspondence, 1855 |
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Correspondence, 1857 |
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Correspondence, 1862 |
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Correspondence, 1865: January-April |
This subseries documents the post-Civil War activities of Paul C. Cameron, with some material relating to Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai and other family members, as well as the freed people who were formerly enslaved by the Camerons.
May 1865-1869
Family letters written to Paul C. Cameron and his sister Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai ("Maggie"). Some of Paul C. Cameron's correspondence with his wife Anne Ruffin Cameron is included. There are also business letters written to Paul C. Cameron concerning his plantations and the North Carolina Railroad and other railroads in the state. Some of George Mordecai's personal and business correspondence is also scattered among the Cameron family letters. Of particular note are the letters from overseers Wilson Oberry in Greene County, Ala., and Samuel Piper in Orange and Durham counties, N.C. Their letters provide some insight into the lived experiences of freed people from the perspective of white people who sought to continue control of the movements of the Black population.
After the Civil War, correspondents described the aftermath of emancipation, often with frustration and fear, and a lack of empathy and imagination for how freed people experienced the abrupt change in their status. Financial uncertainty was a fact of life for nearly everyone, Black peole and white people alike, immediately after the war, but white people were enraged that freed people did not seem to be as stressed by the threat of destitution, or that they engaged in looting to get by. Letters of overseers and former enslavers expressed displeasure if not disbelief that Black sharecroppers and field workers negotiated for pay and benefits to their advantage as much as possible, and that their first concerns were not the interests of their former enslavers. Some male field workers, for example, did not want their wives working in the field. White plantation owners repeatedly complained to each other about the work ethic they attributed to freed people and boasted of discharging workers they found disagreeable. They also shared advice on terms of hire.
The correspondence gives the impression that management of the Cameron's vast land holdings was challenged continuously by labor shortages and lawlessness, including the looting of Fairntosh. Paul C. Cameron ultimately relinquished much of the direct control of his plantations to tenant farmers and sharecroppers, some of whom had formerly been enslaved by him. Although he maintained contact with his antebellum factors Tartt, Stewart, and Company in Mobile, Ala., Battle, Nobel, and Company in New Orleans, La., Andrew Keven and Brothers in Norfolk, Va., and E. M. Apperson and Company in Memphis, Tenn., Cameron did not have as many agricultural products to sell as he did before the war.
Paul C. Cameron remained involved in the North Carolina Railroad after the Civil War, and began to become interested in investing in mills and other industrial ventures. His correspondents during these years included Peter Hairston, Charles Pettigrew, William Halliburton, J. W. Norwood, Worth Daniel, Thomas Bragg, Hugh Waddell, William A. Graham, Bishop James Otey, Rev. William Mercer Green, Charles Dewey, David L. Swain, Kemp P. Battle, Charles Fisher, Rev. George Patterson, and Thomas Webb.
During these years there are letters to Paul and Anne Ruffin Cameron from their sons Duncan Cameron and Bennehan Cameron who were at school. There are also letters from their teachers and headmasters about the boys' deportment and academic progress. There are frequent letters from Paul and Anne Ruffin Cameron's daughter Anne Ruffin Cameron Collins (Annie) and her husband George P. Collins, who moved to Tunica County, Miss., to run Paul C. Cameron's plantation there after the Civil War. There are also letters from another daughter, Rebecca Cameron Graham, and her husband John Graham.
Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai (Maggie) continued to care for her disabled sister Mildred C. Cameron. There are frequent exchanges between Paul C. Cameron and Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai about the health of Mildred, as well as other family business. Margaret continued to receive letters from her friends in Philadelphia, Adelaide Montmollin and Louise DeEnde. Margaret corresponded frequently with members of her extended family including Emma Mordecai, Laurine Mordecai, Mary Jones, Phebe Hawks, Rebecca Anderson, Mary Lucas, and Robert Walker Anderson. Anne Ruffin Cameron's letters from the Ruffin and Roulhac families are also included.
For more documentation about the schooling of Paul and Anne Ruffin Cameron's children, see Subseries 4.3 and 5.1.
For documentation of financial transactions between Paul C. Cameron and his factors, see Subseries 2.1.
1870-1889
Chiefly family letters, particularly correspondence between Paul C. Cameron and his sister Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai ("Maggie"), between Paul C. Cameron and his wife Anne Ruffin Cameron, and between Paul and Anne Ruffin Cameron and their children. Also included are some letters to Paul C. Cameron from friends and business associates.
Family letters document the death of George Mordecai in 1871, Mildred C. Cameron's declining health, the marriages of Paul C. Cameron's children, Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai's trip to Philadelphia for the centennial celebration in 1876, and her involvement with Saint Mary's School in Raleigh, N.C.
Letters to Paul C. Cameron document his continued support of the North Carolina Railroad Company, other railroad companies, local banks, and local cotton manufacturing companies. Also well documented is Paul C. Cameron's leadership in the effort to reopen and rebuild the University of North Carolina which had closed during Reconstruction and fallen into disrepair. There are frequent letters from Kemp P. Battle, president of the University of North Carolina, and from Cornelia Phillips Spencer, Cameron's longtime friend and booster of the University. Paul C. Cameron also corresponded regularly with George W. Patterson, an Episcopal minister and family friend.
Paul C. Cameron continued to correspond with his factors, Andrew Keven in Petersburg, Va., and Rawland Brothers in Norfolk, Va., but the letters are much sparser than in past decades. There are letters from tenants and overseers, including J. G. Piper, Samuel Rogers, and Wilson Oberry.
Paul C. Cameron's frequent correspondents include Bishop Thomas Atkinson, William A. Graham, Aldert Smedes, J. W. Norwood, Kemp P. Battle, John Kerr, George W. Thompson, Joseph B. Cheshire, John Devereaux, George Winston, William Mercer Green, Charles Dewey, and Cornelia Spencer.
Processing note: in 2023, archivists revised correspondence series descriptions (1757-1866) to include more information about the community of people enslaved by the Cameron, Bennehan, and Mordecai families. Many of the individual letters highlighted as "Records of enslavement" or "Records of Reconstruction" in this series were identified by Jean Bradley Anderson in Piedmont Plantation: The Bennehan-Cameron Family and Lands in North Carolina (Durham, N.C.: Historic Preservation Commission of Durham, 1985) and by Sydney Nathans in To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker (Boston: Harvard University Press, 2012). Many more records of enslavement exist throughout Series 1. Correspondence but have not yet been identified in this finding aid.
Folder 1248-1252
Folder 1248Folder 1249Folder 1250Folder 1251Folder 1252 |
Correspondence, 1865: May-DecemberFolder 1248: Records of Reconstruction:
Folder 1249: Records of Reconstruction:
Folder 1251: Records of Reconstruction:
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Folder 1253-1270
Folder 1253Folder 1254Folder 1255Folder 1256Folder 1257Folder 1258Folder 1259Folder 1260Folder 1261Folder 1262Folder 1263Folder 1264Folder 1265Folder 1266Folder 1267Folder 1268Folder 1269Folder 1270 |
Correspondence, 1866Folder 1253: Records of Reconstruction:
Folder 1254: Records of Reconstruction:
Folder 1255: Records of Reconstruction:
Folder 1256: Records of Reconstruction:
Folder 1257: Records of Reconstruction:
Folder 1260: Records of Reconstruction
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Folder 1271-1284
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Correspondence, 1867 |
Folder 1285-1296
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Correspondence, 1868 |
Folder 1297-1309
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Correspondence, 1869 |
Folder 1310-1328
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Correspondence, 1870 |
Folder 1329-1351
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Correspondence, 1871 |
Folder 1352-1367
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Correspondence, 1872 |
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Correspondence, 1873 |
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Correspondence, 1874 |
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Correspondence, 1875Folder ??: Records of Reconstruction
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Folder 1435-1452
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Correspondence, 1876 |
Folder 1453-1464
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Correspondence, 1877 |
Folder 1465-1488
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Correspondence, 1878 |
Folder 1489-1515
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Correspondence, 1879 |
Folder 1516 |
Correspondence, 1870s |
Folder 1517-1539
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Correspondence, 1880 |
Folder 1540-1556
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Correspondence, 1881 |
Folder 1557-1570
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Correspondence, 1882 |
Folder 1571-1587
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Correspondence, 1883 |
Folder 1588-1611
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Correspondence, 1884 |
Folder 1612-1634
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Correspondence, 1885 |
Folder 1635-1656
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Correspondence, 1886 |
Folder 1657-1674
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Correspondence, 1887 |
Folder 1675-1696
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Correspondence, 1888 |
Folder 1697-1715
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Correspondence, 1889 |
This subseries consists of letters written to members of the Cameron family after the death of Paul C. Cameron.
1890-1897
Chiefly letters to Anne Ruffin Cameron from her children and grandchildren. Anne Ruffin Cameron also received occasional letters from Kemp P. Battle, Cornelia Phillips Spencer, and George W. Patterson. The bulk of the letters to her, however, are from family members concerning domestic matters.
1898-1935
Letters written to Bennehan Cameron, Paul C. Graham, and John W. Graham from lawyers and banks relating to the settlement of Paul C. Cameron's estate. From 1898 to 1914, the letters are written to Bennehan. A letter, dated 17 August 1901, deals extensively with Bennehan Square in Raleigh, N.C. After 1914, the letters are to Paul C. Graham and John W. Graham.
Folder 1716-1729
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Correspondence, 1890 |
Folder 1730-1732
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Correspondence, 1891 |
Folder 1733-1735
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Correspondence, 1892 |
Folder 1736 |
Correspondence, 1893 |
Folder 1737 |
Correspondence, 1894 |
Folder 1738 |
Correspondence, 1895 |
Folder 1739 |
Correspondence, 1896-1897 |
Folder 1740 |
Correspondence, 1898-1914 |
Folder 1741 |
Correspondence, 1915-1935 |
Arrangement: alphabetical by last name of writer.
Undated letters written by members of the Cameron family and their relatives.
Arrangement: alphabetical by last name of writer.
Undated letters from individuals (including members of the Mordecai family) who were not members of the Cameron family.
Folder 1867 |
Incoming correspondence (undated): AEmma [Graves?] Alderman (Mrs. Edwin A.). Elias Alexander. Amelia [Johnston] Alves. Walter Alves. B. H. Ancrum. Annie Ashe. Caroline B. Ashe. Meta Ashe. R. H. Ashe. Sam P. Ashe. R. W. Ashton. Robert Atkinson. S. P. Atkinson. EBA. |
Folder 1868-1872
Folder 1868Folder 1869Folder 1870Folder 1871Folder 1872 |
Incoming correspondence (undated): BMrs. George E. Badger. George E. Badger. M. C. Batchelor. Kemp P. Battle. Pattie (Mrs. Kemp P.) Battle. C. Bayley. Miss Beach. Fannie M. Beall. G. T. Bedell. Robert Bell. [C. J. Benton?]. Josh Blake. Tempe Blakely. Ellen Boylan. Annie E. T. Bradford. G. S. Bradshaw. George Brasfield. James Briggs. N. L. Brodnax. A. Brown. Aunt A. Brown. Peter Browne. Mrs. John H. Bryan. Mary McLean Bryant. Sarah M. Bryant. David Buchanan. Benjamin Bulloch. Miss Burgwyn. Burnett & Rigdon. Horace Burton. M. A. Burwell. S. H. Busbee. Jarvis Buxton. |
Folder 1873-1874
Folder 1873Folder 1874 |
Incoming correspondence (undated): CE. Cain. Mary C. Cain. T. R. Cain. W. Cain. David E. Caldwell. Elias Caldwell. Helen (Hogg) Caldwell (Mrs. Joseph). R. A. Caldwell. Harriet A. Carter. Jesse Carter. Agnes Mayo Carter. Joseph Blount Cheshire. Frances Child. C. R. Childs. William Coggin. [W. Cooke?]. James Cothran. Will A. Crawford. C. P. Curtis. Mary DeRosset Curtis (Mrs. M. A.). Moses Ashley Curtis. Mary Curtis. L. Czarnowska. |
Folder 1875 |
Incoming correspondence (undated): DM. C. Dancy. W. Dandridge. Janes Daniel. Allen Jones Davie. Anna Devereux. J. Devereux. Kate Devereux. Margaret Devereux. Meta Devereux. Thomas Pollock Devereux. C. Dewey. Jesse Dickens. Samuel Dickins. John H. [Du Cartintz?]. D[orothea] L. Dix. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/103 |
Incoming correspondence (undated): Letter to Duncan Cameron from Buchanan Dunlop, 2 October 1800Formerly OP-133/90; this number is no longer in use. |
Folder 1876 |
Incoming correspondence (undated): E, F, GPeter Early. [C. W.?] Edmonston. Franklin Felton. Hamilton Fulton. C. E. Gadsden. Joseph Gales. Mrs. Joseph Gales. L. S. Gales. Weston R. Gales. William Gaston. Andrew Gibson. James Gibson. Glass. S. W. (Mrs. William A.) Graham. Lucy A. Green. William Mercer Green. |
Folder 1877-1879
Folder 1877Folder 1878Folder 1879 |
Incoming correspondence (undated): HE. J. Hale. George Haldane. James Hamilton (Granville County). Edward Hampton. J. Hawkins. W. J. Hawkins. Mrs. F. L. Hawks. John Haywood, treasurer. John Haywood, judge. Sherwood Haywood. William Haywood. W. H. Haywood. W. H. Haywood, Jr. Pleasant Henderson. Thomas Henderson. Mrs. Kate Henesse. E. Hill. E. H. Hill. Thomas B. Hill. W. F. Hilliard. C. Hines. Rowena Hines. Nellie Hinsdale. John Hogan. Gavin Hogg. James Hogg, Jr. M. W. Holt. W. Hooper. Helen Hughes. John Huske. |
Folder 1880 |
Incoming correspondence (undated): I, JMr. and Mrs. Iredell [James, Jr.?]. Lieutenant Johnson. William Johnston. Calvin Jones. Maggie Jones. Pride Jones. R. E. (Mrs. Cadwallader?) Jones. Robert H. Jones. Andrew Kevan & Bro. |
Folder 1881 |
Incoming correspondence (undated): K, LF. S. Key. John N. Kirkland. Bryant Kittrell. Andrew Knox Lamb. Lawrence LeMay. [John Lenox?]. George Lightfoot. J. G. Lippett. J. Lippincott. J. R. Lloyd. F. Lock. |
Folder 1882-1886
Folder 1882Folder 1883Folder 1884Folder 1885Folder 1886 |
Incoming correspondence (undated): ME. M. Ida M. W. P. Mangum. James Crew [McCaw?], Richmond, to Richard Bennehan. Benjamin McCulloch. M. McGehee. F. M. McKeithen. Cameron T. McRae. E. McMurtrie. Mary Mason. R. S. Mason. S. L. Manly. M. E. Manly. John Manning. Thomas C. Manning. Betty Marbury (34). H. H. Marbury. Juliet Marbury. Thomas Marshall to James Martin. M. Sue Marshall. W. Mebane. L. Mitchell to Thomas D. Bennehan. Mr. and Mrs. Miller. Ann Moore. Mary Moore. B. F. Moores. Adelaide Montmollin. Augusta Mordecai. Ellen Mordecai. Patty M[ordecai]. Henry Mordecai. M. Mordecai. John Motley Morehead (unimportant note). Martha Morse. H. Murfree. Carolina Myers. |
Folder 1887-1890
Folder 1887Folder 1888Folder 1889Folder 1890 |
Incoming correspondence (undated): N, O, P, QJ. W. Nicholson. Hezikiah Niles. James Norwood. W. Oberry. Robert Nash Ogden. Wm. W. Old. Alfred Palmer. James Parks. Parsons & Co. Lydia C. Partridge. George Patterson. Jeanie Patterson. Samuel F. Patterson. Dane [Pealh?] Mittie Peebles. P. F. Pescud. K. W. Petersilia. Annie S. Pettigrew. J. G. Piper. S. Piper overseer, many letters. W. Piper. Andrew J. Polk. F. A. Polk. Leonidas Polk. Sarah (Mrs. William) Polk. William Polk. Ann Pollok (fragment probably to Mrs. Richard Bennehan). William Potter to Richard Bennehan. H. [J?] Pride to Thomas D. Bennehan. Annie Quayle. |
Folder 1891 |
Incoming correspondence (undated): RMary D. Ramseur. John Ramsey. Susan S. (Mrs. Kenneth Rayner. J. Reid. John Grant Rencher. Crawford Riddell. Rowland. John C. Rudd about Thomas Cameron. Mary Ryan. |
Folder 1892-1893
Folder 1892Folder 1893 |
Incoming correspondence (undated): SR. A. S. A[nna] H[ayes] (Mrs. Romulus M.) Saunders. Romulus M. Saunders. A. M. Scales. W. A. Sharpe. G[ottlieb] Shober. A. Smedes. Bennett Smedes. Sadie S. Smedes. James Smith, Jr. Jesse Smith. Richard Smith. Venal Smith. John Snow. J. Southerland. P. Southerland. W. W. Spear. Cornelia P. Spencer. Mary Stanford. Robert S. Steele. Charles Stewart. David W. Stone. Mrs. Stott. Eben[ezer] Stott. Bettie Strange. F. K. Strother. Bryant Strowd. S. Strudwick. William B. Sullivan. |
Folder 1894 |
Incoming correspondence (undated): T, U, VE. L. T. A. Temple. C. Townsend. Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. (committee). D. & M. Trokes. Asa Turner. J. Turner. S. C. D. Turner. W. D. Turrentine. U. N. C. Dialectic Society. Z. B. Vance. W. F. Vestal. |
Folder 1895-1897
Folder 1895Folder 1896Folder 1897 |
Incoming correspondence (undated): W, X, Y, ZS. H. W. Hugh Waddell. John Wadow. Robert Walker. E. Althea Warren. James Webb. R. Webb. John R. Whitaker. B. Williams. E. B. Eilleston. George T. Winston. J. Witherspoon. A. Wright. J. W. Wright. T. Wright. |
Folder 1898-1901
Folder 1898Folder 1899Folder 1900Folder 1901 |
Incoming correspondence (undated): Unidentified writers; Fragments |
Arrangement: by type and then chronological.
Accounts (Subseries 2.1), deeds and indentures (Subseries 2.2), surveys and land plats (Subseries 2.3), tax lists and receipts (Subseries 2.4), promissory notes and bonds (Subseries 2.5), estate papers (Subseries 2.6), wills (Subseries 2.7), insurance policies (Subseries 2.8), and other papers (Subseries 2.9) documenting the financial and legal affairs of members of the Cameron family and related families, as well as the labor, medical care, provisioning, and trafficking through sale, devising, and hiring out of the people who were enslaved by them, and the labor of freed people who became field workers, sharecroppers, and tenant farmers on Cameron land after the Civil War. For records of enslavement, see subseries for accounts, deeds and indentures, tax lists, estate papers, wills, and other papers.
Processing note: in 2023, archivists reviewed this series to uncover more information about the lived experience of enslaved and free Black people. Folders that include materials related to enslaved and free Black people during the antebellum period, the institution of slavery, or freed people after the Civil War are indicated as "Records of enslavement" or "Records of Reconstruction." People were presumed to be enslaved if identified only by a first name or if described with a racial term (but not otherwise identifed as a free person of color) or as "hands." Receipts that do not identify an enslaved person by name are recorded with the hope that information elsewhere in the collection may help with future identification. Receipts for supplies like hats, shoes, and blankets for enslaved people are only highlighted if explicitly stated for enslaved people; however, it is likely that there are many more receipts for supplies that document slavery.
Accounts document income and expenses of members of the Cameron family and related families and their associates, as well as the labor, medical care, provisioning, and trafficking through sale, devising, and hiring out of the people who were enslaved by them, and the labor of freed people who became field workers, sharecroppers, and tenant farmers on Cameron land after the Civil War.
Note that this subseries is divided chronologically into four periods: antebellum, Civil War, post-war, and undated. The bulk of these accounts is from the antebellum period.
See Subseries 6.2 and 6.7 for account books.
See Subseries 2.6 for accounts relating to settlement of Cameron Family estates.
1767-March 1861
Records of income and expenses of Richard and Thomas D. Bennehan, their business partners William Johnston and Thomas Amis, Duncan and Paul C. Cameron, Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai, Mildred C. Cameron, and several wards supported by the Camerons. Materials include shipping invoices, bills and receipts, various kinds of lists (debts, tools, crops, livestock), household and store inventories, financial statements, and checks.
Records of the lived experience of people enslaved by the Camerons in Orange, Person, and Wake County, N.C., are also found here, especially in lists of enslaved people that often include names, ages, and familial relationships, and in receipts for medical services, provisioning of blankets, hats, and other supplies, and the trafficking through hiring out of their labor, skills, and knowledge. Of note are the points at which the enslaved communities were subjected to significant disruptions and forced relocations. Beginning in 1844, there are receipts and lists of enslaved people, supplies, and expenses relating to a Cameron plantation in Greene County, Ala. Beginning in the 1850s there are similar materials documenting a Cameron plantation in Tunica County, Miss. Also of note are the deaths of Thomas D. Bennehan in 1847 and Duncan Cameron in 1853, which resulted in lists and related documents that show the division of enslaved communities to fulfill the inheritances of the Cameron heirs.
The information contained on a single bill or receipt often combines personal and household expenses with plantation, store, legal, or other business expenses, demonstrating the fluidity with which the Camerons perceived their financial affairs: the private world and the world of business are not always clearly distinct in the Cameron accounts. Furthermore, different business interests are often mingled as well.
The accounts originate from diverse locations including Raleigh and Hillsborough, N.C.; New York and Philadelphia; Norfolk and Petersburg, Va.; Mobile, Ala.; and Memphis, Tenn. Some accounts span several years and are filed according to the date the account was settled or the date of the last entry.
These accounts document myriad services rendered or employed, and goods purchased or sold by the Camerons. Included are bills for textiles and clothing; food, liquor, and spices; tools for agriculture and carpentry; sewing and medical instruments; guns and ammunition; building supplies; household furnishings; plants and animals; music and musical instruments; books and subscriptions for newspapers and periodicals; travel expenses; tuition and school supplies; club memberships; medical visits, prescriptions, and medicines/cathartics for sicknesses, ailments, and procedures such as abortion, childbirth (accouchement), circumcision (phimosis), lancing of boils, and vaccination; land purchases and sales; personal items such as jewelry, eyeglasses, combs, and postage; and tombstones and coffins. Services documented include those offered by the Cameron Family such as horse breeding and Duncan Cameron's legal services, as well as services commissioned by the Camerons, such as weaving, sewing, ditching, gardening, hauling, plastering, painting, building repair (agricultural equipment, household furnishings, buildings), and surveying. Included are bills from doctors, midwives, merchants, factors, carpenters, coppersmiths, tailors, blacksmiths, seamstresses, cabinetmakers, undertakers, stonemasons, overseers, wheelwrights, jewelers, shoemakers, and many others.
Some topics of special interest which are documented by accounts include the capture of two deserters by Richard Bennehan, who was relieved of military service for this act (June 1781); subscription receipts for the Episcopal Schools of North Carolina in 1837 and subsequent bills for building and repairs at Saint Mary's seminary; in the early 1850s, several bills for labor and supplies used to build the North Carolina Railroad; and material concerning the University of North Carolina.
For account books, see Subseries 6.2-6.7.
For accounts relating to the settlement of the estates of the Cameron family, see Subseries 2.6.
April 1861-April 1865
These accounts document the income and expenses of Paul C. Cameron, Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai, Mildred C. Cameron, and others. Like the earlier accounts, these materials identify individual enslaved people at plantations in North Carolina and Mississippi, and document a variety of goods and services, especially medical care, purchased or provided by the Cameron family. There is a receipt documenting the hiring out of labor, skills, and knowledge of enslaved people to the railroad. In addition, there is evidence of Cameron support of the Confederacy in receipts for labor provided by enslaved people to the Confederate Army and for fabric and merchandise associated with Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai's work with the Ladies Soldiers Aid Society of Raleigh (1861).
May 1865-1942
These accounts document the income and expenses of Paul C. Cameron, Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai, Mildred C. Cameron, Thomas A. Cameron, and Bennehan Cameron. The records document a variety of goods and services purchased or provided by the Cameron family, including corn, bacon, and other staples harvested by freed people. Account records also contain property lists and other information about the estates of Paul C. Cameron, Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai, and Mildred C. Cameron. Other records concern the University of North Carolina, and include bills for construction of Memorial Hall (20 June 1885); see also an undated "estimate for completion of Swain Hall, Chapel Hill." Undated accounts from this era are in Subseries 2.1.4.
Undated
Undated accounts, are arranged by recipient and exclude those of Richard Bennehan, Thomas D. Bennehan, and Duncan Cameron, and lists of enslaved people, all of which are filed in folders 2041-2045.
Processing note: in 2023, archivists reviewed this series to uncover more information about the lived experience of enslaved and free Black people. Folders that include materials related to enslaved and free Black people during the antebellum period, the institution of slavery, or freed people after the Civil War are indicated as "Records of enslavement" or "Records of Reconstruction." People were presumed to be enslaved if identified only by a first name or if described with a racial term (but not otherwise identifed as a free person of color) or as "hands." Receipts that do not identify an enslaved person by name are recorded with the hope that information elsewhere in the collection may help with future identification. Receipts for supplies like hats, shoes, and blankets for enslaved people are only highlighted if explicitly stated for enslaved people; however, it is likely that there are many more receipts for supplies that document slavery.
Folder 1902 |
Accounts, 1767-1768 |
Folder 1903 |
Accounts, 1769 |
Oversize Paper OP-133/93 |
Account, 19 December 1769Johnston & Bennehan with Buchanan & Cuniston. |
Folder 1904 |
Accounts, 1770 |
Folder 1905 |
Accounts, 1771Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1906 |
Accounts, 1772Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/92 |
Account, 31 August 1772Johnston & Bennehan with Buchanan & Cunison. |
Folder 1907 |
Accounts, 1773Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1908 |
1774Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1909 |
Accounts, 1775Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1910 |
Accounts, 1776 |
Folder 1911 |
Accounts, 1777Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1912 |
Accounts, 1778 |
Folder 1913 |
Accounts, 1779 |
Folder 1914 |
Accounts, 1780 |
Folder 1915 |
Accounts, 1781Records of enslavement:
Also included is a note signed by Captain Thomas Donoho, excusing Richard Bennehan and Hezekial Ferrell from the next draft of the Continental Army as a reward for their apprehension of Peter Macguire and John [Naybear?], who allegedly had deserted from the Maryland Line of the Continental Army. |
Folder 1916 |
Accounts, 1782 |
Folder 1917 |
Accounts, 1783Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1918 |
Accounts, 1784Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1919 |
Accounts, 1785 |
Folder 1920 |
Accounts, 1786 |
Folder 1921 |
Accounts, 1787 |
Folder 1922 |
Accounts, 1788 |
Folder 1923 |
Accounts, 1789Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1924 |
Accounts, 1790 |
Folder 1925 |
Accounts, 17919 February 1791: David Witherspoon in account with James McKinlay, including an entry for a quart of rum that may have been purchased from an unidentified free Black person. |
Folder 1926 |
Accounts, 1792 |
Folder 1927 |
Accounts, 1793 |
Folder 1928 |
Accounts, 1794 |
Folder 1929 |
Accounts, 1795 |
Folder 1930 |
Accounts, 1796Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1931 |
Accounts, 1797Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1932 |
Accounts, 1798 |
Folder 1933 |
Accounts, 1799Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1934 |
Accounts, 1800 |
Folder 1935 |
Accounts, 1801Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1936-1937
Folder 1936Folder 1937 |
Accounts, 1802Folder 1936: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1937: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1938-1939
Folder 1938Folder 1939 |
Accounts, 1803Folder 1938: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1939: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1940-1942
Folder 1940Folder 1941Folder 1942 |
Accounts, 1803Folder 1940: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1941: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1942: Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/1 |
Duncan Cameron in account with Gracie Anderson & Co., 12 December 1803 |
Folder 1943-1944
Folder 1943Folder 1944 |
Accounts, 1805Folder 1944: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1945-1946
Folder 1945Folder 1946 |
Accounts, 1806 |
Folder 1947-1948
Folder 1947Folder 1948 |
Accounts, 1807Folder 1947: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1948: records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/2 |
Financial material, 7 June 1807 |
Folder 1949-1950
Folder 1949Folder 1950 |
Accounts, 1808Folder 1949: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1950: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1951 |
Accounts, 1809Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1952 |
Accounts, 1810Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1953 |
Accounts, 1811Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1954 |
Accounts, 1812Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1955 |
Accounts, 1813Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1956 |
Accounts, 1814Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1957 |
Accounts, 1815Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/3 |
Balance sheet, 24 May 1815 |
Folder 1958 |
Accounts, 1816Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1959 |
Accounts, 1817Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1960-1963
Folder 1960Folder 1961Folder 1962Folder 1963 |
Accounts, 1818Folder 1960: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1961: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1963: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1964 |
Accounts, 1819Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1965 |
Accounts, 1820Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1966-1967
Folder 1966Folder 1967 |
Accounts, 1821Folder 1966: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1967: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1968 |
Accounts, 1822Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1969-1970
Folder 1969Folder 1970 |
Accounts, 1823Folder 1969: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1970: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1971-1972
Folder 1971Folder 1972 |
Accounts, 1824Folder 1971: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1972: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1973-1975
Folder 1973Folder 1974Folder 1975 |
Accounts, 1825Folder 1973: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1974: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1975: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1976-1978
Folder 1976Folder 1977Folder 1978 |
Accounts, 1826Folder 1976: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1977: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1978: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1979-1980
Folder 1979Folder 1980 |
Accounts, 1827Folder 1979: Records of enslavement
Folder 1980: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1981 |
Accounts, 1828Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1982-1983
Folder 1982Folder 1983 |
Accounts, 1829Folder 1983: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1984 |
Accounts, 1830Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1985 |
Accounts, 1831Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1986 |
Accounts, 1832Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1987-1988
Folder 1987Folder 1988 |
Accounts, 1833Folder 1987: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1988: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1989-1990
Folder 1989Folder 1990 |
Accounts, 1834Folder 1989: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1990: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1991-1993
Folder 1991Folder 1992Folder 1993 |
Accounts, 1835Folder 1992: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1993: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1994-1995
Folder 1994Folder 1995 |
Accounts, 1836Folder 1995: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1996-1998
Folder 1996Folder 1997Folder 1998 |
Accounts, 1837Folder 1997: Records of enslavement:
Folder 1998: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 1999-2000
Folder 1999Folder 2000 |
Accounts, 1838Folder 1999: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2000: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2001-2002
Folder 2001Folder 2002 |
Accounts, 1839Folder 2001: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2002: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2003-2004
Folder 2003Folder 2004 |
Accounts, 1840Folder 2003: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2004: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2005-2006
Folder 2005Folder 2006 |
Accounts, 1841Folder 2005: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2006: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2007-2008
Folder 2007Folder 2008 |
Accounts, 1842Folder 2008: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2009-2010
Folder 2009Folder 2010 |
Accounts, 1843Folder 2009: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2010: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2011-2012
Folder 2011Folder 2012 |
Accounts, 1844Folder 2011: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2012: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2013-2014
Folder 2013Folder 2014 |
Accounts, 1845Folder 2013: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2014: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2015 |
Accounts, 1846Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2016 |
Accounts, 1847Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2017-2018
Folder 2017Folder 2018 |
Accounts, 1848Folder 2017: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2018: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2019-2020
Folder 2019Folder 2020 |
Accounts, 1849Folder 2019: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2020: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2021-2022
Folder 2021Folder 2022 |
Accounts, 1850Folder 2021: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2022: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2023 |
Accounts, 1851 |
Folder 2024-2025
Folder 2024Folder 2025 |
Accounts, 1852Folder 2024: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2026-2027
Folder 2026Folder 2027 |
Accounts, 1853Folder 2026: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2027: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2028 |
Accounts, 1854Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2029-2030
Folder 2029Folder 2030 |
Accounts, 1855Folder 2029: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2030: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2031 |
Accounts, 1856Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2032-2033
Folder 2032Folder 2033 |
Accounts, 1857Folder 2032: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2033: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2034-2035
Folder 2034Folder 2035 |
Accounts, 1858Folder 2034: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2035: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2036-2037
Folder 2036Folder 2037 |
Accounts, 1859Folder 2036: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2037: Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/96 |
Paul C. Cameron, list of goods and prices, New Orleans, La., 14 January 1859 |
Folder 2038-2039
Folder 2038Folder 2039 |
Accounts, 1860Folder 2038: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2039: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2040a |
Accounts, January 1861-March 1861Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2040b |
Tunica County, Miss., Plantation, 1856-1861Chiefly legal documents pertaining to the sale of land and other property in Tunica County, Miss. by Fleming J. McCartney to Samuel Tate of Shelby County, Tenn., and from Tate to Paul C. Cameron, Orange County, N.C. Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2041 |
Richard Bennehan, undated |
Folder 2042 |
Thomas D. Bennehan, undatedRecords of enslavement:
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Folder 2043 |
Duncan Cameron, undatedRecords of enslavement:
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Folder 2044 |
Lists of enslaved people, undatedLists identify enslaved people by name and their enslaver (Duncan Cameron, Paul C. Cameron). Family units are indicated by a horizontal line drawn between names on the list. Locations include Fairntosh, Stagville, Eno, Brick House, Paul C. Cameron's, Bobbitt's, Snow Hill, Snow Hill, Jim Ray's, McKissick's, Jones', Hunt's, Fish Dam, Leathers, Little River, North Quarter, and Mill Quarter. There are a few lists that are more of a census of the enslaved adult and children age groups and supplies of blankets, hats, etc. distributed to enslaved people; another list appears to be male heads of household and the number of workers in each family unit. There is a list of enslaved people with their home plantations and who were to be sent South to Alabama and Mississippi. Enslaved people were trafficked from Fairntosh, Snow Hill, Eno, Brick House, Bobbitt's, Eno, Jim Ray's, and McKissack's. Other lists with the names of enslaved people are titled "Alabama," "Left in Mississippi," "Left in Alabama," and "Alabama debt." There is a list of enslaved people titled "William B. Giles, Esq." There are two lists of enslaved people titled "Fairntosh" that include occupation information. The list of 41 enslaved people given to "P.C.C." has been assigned the date of 24 December 1834 following review of the Orange County, N.C. Deed Book 26, page 184. |
Folder 2045 |
Lists of enslaved people, undatedLists identify enslaved people by name and often include age information. Family unit and location information is less frequently provided. Family units are indicated by horizontal lines drawn between names on the list. Locations include Fairntosh, Bobbitt's, Paul C. Cameron, Snow Hill, Brick House, McKissack's, Jim Ray's, mill quarter/Mill plantation, North plantation, Fish Dam, and Peaksville. |
Folder 2046 |
April 1861-December 1861Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2047 |
1862Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2048 |
1863Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2049 |
1864Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2050 |
January 1865-April 1865Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2051 |
Accounts, May 1865-December 1865Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2052 |
Accounts, 1866Records of enslavement:
Records of Reconstruction:
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Folder 2053 |
Accounts, 1867Records of enslavement:
Records of Reconstruction:
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Folder 2054 |
Accounts, 1868Records of Reconstruction:
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Folder 2055 |
Accounts, 1869 |
Folder 2056-2057
Folder 2056Folder 2057 |
Accounts, 1870 |
Folder 2058 |
Accounts, 1871 |
Folder 2059 |
Accounts, 1872 |
Folder 2060 |
Accounts, 1873 |
Folder 2061-2062
Folder 2061Folder 2062 |
Accounts, 1874 |
Folder 2063-2064
Folder 2063Folder 2064 |
Accounts, 1875 |
Folder 2065 |
Accounts, 1876 |
Folder 2066 |
Accounts, 1877 |
Folder 2067 |
Accounts, 1878 |
Folder 2068 |
Accounts, 1879 |
Folder 2069-2070
Folder 2069Folder 2070 |
Accounts, 1880 |
Folder 2071-2073
Folder 2071Folder 2072Folder 2073 |
Accounts, 1881 |
Folder 2074-2075
Folder 2074Folder 2075 |
Accounts, 1882 |
Folder 2076 |
Accounts, 1883 |
Folder 2077-2078
Folder 2077Folder 2078 |
Accounts, 1884 |
Folder 2079 |
Accounts, 1885 |
Folder 2080 |
Accounts, 1886 |
Folder 2081 |
Accounts, 1887-1889 |
Folder 2082 |
Accounts, 1890-1894 |
Folder 2083 |
Accounts, 1901-1908 |
Folder 2084 |
Accounts, 1909-1942 |
Folder 2085 |
Paul C. Cameron |
Folder 2086 |
Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai and Mildred C. Cameron |
Folder 2087-2088
Folder 2087Folder 2088 |
Miscellaneous |
Deeds, indentures, and grants documenting the trafficking of enslaved people and the transfer of Cameron lands. The bulk of these papers represent transactions involving either Richard Bennehan or Duncan Cameron, and sometimes both. Some documents pertaining to transactions involving Thomas D. Bennehan, Paul C. Cameron, and other family members are also included.
Subseries 3.1 Client Files of Duncan Cameron include deeds not involving the Cameron family. Many enslaved people are documented in the client files.
Processing note: in 2023, archivists reviewed this series to uncover more information about the lived experience of enslaved and free Black people. Folders that include materials related to enslaved and free Black people during the antebellum period, the institution of slavery, or freed people after the Civil War are indicated as "Records of enslavement" or "Records of Reconstruction." People were presumed to be enslaved if identified only by a first name or if described with a racial term (but not otherwise identifed as a free person of color) or as "hands."
Folder 2089 |
Deeds and indentures, 1772-1799Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/101 |
Indenture, 24 January 1776Formerly OP-133/4; this number is no longer in use. Land in Orange County, N.C., sold by Tyree Harris and Mary Ann Harris to Richard Bennehan. In two pieces. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/63 |
Indenture, 1779Land in Caswell County, N.C., sold to Osborne Jefferys. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/100 |
Indenture, 31 August 1786Formerly OP-133/5; this number is no longer in use. Land in Orange County, N.C., sold by James Freeland, sheriff, to Richard Bennehan. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/6 |
Indenture, 27 February 1787Land in Orange County, N.C., sold by Judith Stag to Richard Bennehan. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/66 |
Indenture, 10 July 1788Rosanna Baxter. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/69 |
Indenture, 16 January 1795Walter Alves. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/11 |
Indenture, 28 November 1796Indenture for land sold by the Trustees of the University of North Carolina to Richard Bennehan. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/7 |
Indenture, 19 January 1798266 acres of land in Orange County, N.C., sold by Walter Alves and Amelia Alves to Richard Bennehan. |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/8 |
Indenture, 19 January 1798266 acres of land in Orange County, N.C., sold by Walter Alves and Amelia Alves to Richard Bennehan; second copy. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/71 |
Indenture, March 1799Land in Orange County, N.C., sold to William Lingo. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/9 |
Grant, 26 November 1799From the state of North Carolina to Richard Bennehan for 247 acres in Orange County, N.C. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/10 |
Indenture, 28 November 1799Land in Orange County, N.C., sold by the Trustees of the University of North Carolina to Richard Bennehan. |
Folder 2090 |
Deeds and indentures, 1800-1809Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/13 |
Indenture, 16 April 1801xLand in Orange County, N.C., sold by Anthony Ricketts to Richard Bennehan. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/72 |
Indenture, 22 December 1801Land in Orange County, N.C., sold by William Waite, Person County, N.C., to John Tilley Jr., Orange County, N.C. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/12 |
Indenture, 23 December 1801Land in Orange County, N.C., sold by John Tilley Jr. to Richard Bennehan. |
Folder 2091 |
Deeds and indentures, 1810-1816Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/14 |
Indenture, 19 September 1812Land sold in Orange County, N.C., by Walter Alves to Richard Bennehan. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/15 |
Indenture, 6 November 1812Land sold in Orange County, N.C., by Walter Alves to Thomas D. Bennehan. |
Folder 2092 |
Deeds and indentures, 1817-1819 |
Folder 2093 |
Deeds and indentures, 1820-1823Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/16 |
Grant, 15 August 1822Land in Orange County, N.C., sold by the State of North Carolina to Thomas D. Bennehan, with attached plat. |
Folder 2094 |
Deeds and indentures, 1824-1826Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2095 |
Deeds and indentures, 1830-1833Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2096 |
Deeds and indentures, 1834-1838 |
Folder 2097 |
Deeds and indentures, 1841-1857 |
Folder 2098 |
Deeds and indentures, 1866-1869Records of Reconstruction:
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Folder 2099 |
Deeds and indentures, 1870-1879 |
Folder 2100 |
Deeds and indentures, 1881-1888 |
Folder 2101 |
Deeds and indentures, 1902-1908 and undated |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/102 |
Indenture, undatedLand sold, possibly by James Freeland to Richard Bennehan. |
Surveys and plats of Cameron lands. The bulk of these surveys and plats were commissioned by either Richard Bennehan or Duncan Cameron and date from 1761 to the 1820s. Later survey maps were commissioned by Paul Cameron or his estate. For other Cameron maps, see Subseries 2.6. For survey books, see Subseries 6.8.
Folder 2102 |
Surveys and land plats, 1761-1799 |
Oversize Paper OP-133/17 |
Map, circa 1792Downtown Raleigh, "Union Square," with lots 140, 141, 156, and 157 marked "RB." Laminated. |
Folder 2103 |
Surveys and land plats, 1801-1812 |
Oversize Paper OP-133/18 |
Survey for Richard Bennehan, 20 March 1804 |
Folder 2104 |
Surveys and land plats, 1813-1830 |
Oversize Paper OP-133/19 |
"Plot of Survey Walter Alves heirs to Duncan Cameron," 16 January 1821 |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/24 |
Survey map, 26 October 1824Person County, for Duncan Cameron, hand-drawn by Phillips Moore. |
Folder 2105 |
Surveys and land plats, 1831-1946 |
Oversize Paper OP-133/75 |
Map and survey, 1852White Hall, Arnaudlia, and Lake Place Plantations. Concordia Parish, La. Printed. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/76 |
Map, March 1881Tract of land lying North of Chapel Hill, N.C. Survey by Professor R.H. Graves. Hand drawn. Enclosure dated 24 February 1883. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/77 |
Map of land east of Chapel Hill, N.C., July 1882R.H. Graves, Surveyor. Enclosure dated 24 February 1883. |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/20 |
"Map of Honorable Paul C. Cameron's Land on Flat, Eno, and Neuse Rivers in Durham, Wake, and Granville Counties," March 1890Survey of J.G. McDuffie, white on black. |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/21 |
Map, March 1917Snowhill Plantation. Survey by Sno. K. Strange. |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/22 |
Map, December 1920"Proposed Subdivision of Snowhill Plantation - Durham County, N.C." Drawn by Blair and Drane, Inc., Charlotte, N.C. |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/23 |
Map, October 1921"Subdivisions of Snowhill Plantation, Durham County, N.C. - The Property of the Heirs of Annie R. Collins." Plat and areas by Blair and Drane, Inc. |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/25 |
Map, July 1937"Showing in Part of Timbered Land, Fairntosh Plantation." |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/26 |
Map, December 1946Division line, Fairntosh Farm. |
Folder 2106 |
Surveys and land plats, undated |
Oversize Paper OP-133/27 |
Tract of land between Little River and Flat River, undated |
Oversize Paper OP-133/28 |
Tract of land, undated |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/29 |
Map, undatedPaul C. Cameron's land on Flat, Eno, and Neuse Rivers in Durham, Wake, and Granville Counties. See also XOP-133/30a-b. |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/30A |
Map, undatedMap of Honorable Paul C. Cameron's land on Flat, Eno, and Neuse Rivers in Durham, Wake, and Granville Counties. Blueprint. See also XOP-133/29. |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/30B |
Map, undatedMap of Honorable Paul C. Cameron's land on Flat, Eno, and Neuse Rivers in Durham, Wake, and Granville Counties. Second Copy. See also XOP-133/29. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/31 |
Map, undatedTracts on Flat and Little Rivers, hand-drawn, laminated. |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/32 |
Plan of sundry tracts of land on Little River, undatedHand-drawn, laminated. |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/33 |
Land survey, undatedA large area in Durham County, N.C. Tracts marked I-VIII. No legend. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/34 |
Survey, undatedTract of land belonging to Richard Bennehan on Flat River. |
Tax lists and receipts documenting county, town, city, and federal property taxes paid by various members of the Cameron family over a period of 150 years. The bulk of the material relates to Orange County, N.C., taxes, with some material relating to Hillsborough, N.C., town taxes and Raleigh, N.C., city taxes. There are a few tax lists for federal direct taxes, as well as for "in kind" taxes levied by the Confederacy during the Civil War. Also included are a few receipts and lists documenting taxes paid on Cameron property in Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida.
Of note are the tax lists of people enslaved by Richard Bennehan and Thomas D. Bennehan in Orange County, N.C., from 1770 through the 1830s. These inventories frequently identify the enslaved people by name and age, and sometimes by geographic location and family unit. The tax lists also enumerate land holdings, livestock, and farm equipment. Duncan and Paul C. Cameron's tax records include some detailed lists but primarily consist of receipts documenting only the amount of tax paid.
See Subseries 2.1, 2.6, 2.7, and 2.9 for more information about enslaved people claimed as property by the Camerons.
Processing note: in 2023, archivists reviewed this series to uncover more information about the lived experience of enslaved and free Black people. Folders that include materials related to enslaved and free Black people during the antebellum period, the institution of slavery, or freed people after the Civil War are indicated as "Records of enslavement" or "Records of Reconstruction." People were presumed to be enslaved if identified only by a first name or if described with a racial term (but not otherwise identifed as a free person of color) or as "hands."
Folder 2107 |
Tax lists (Richard Bennehan), 1770-1789Enslaved people are identified by name and categorized by age range on some tax lists. Also included is one tax list, 1786, for the estate of William Johnston in which 12 enslaved people are identified by name and categorized by age range. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/104 |
Tax list (Richard Bennehan), 25 July 1780Formerly OP-133/88; this number is no longer in use. Enslaved people are not identified by name on this tax list. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/105 |
Tax list (Richard Bennehan), August 1782Formerly OP-133/89; this number is no longer in use. Enslaved people are not identified by name on this tax list. |
Folder 2108 |
Tax lists (Richard Bennehan), 1790-1802Enslaved people are identified by name and age on tax lists. |
Folder 2109 |
Tax lists (Richard Bennehan, Duncan Cameron), 1803-1809Orange County, N.C. Enslaved people are identified by name and age on tax lists. |
Folder 2110 |
Tax lists (Richard Bennehan, Thomas D. Bennehan, Duncan Cameron), 1810-1819Orange County, N.C.; Wake County, N.C. Enslaved people are identified by name and age on tax lists. |
Folder 2111 |
Tax lists (Richard Bennehan, Duncan Cameron), 1820-1825Orange County, N.C. In 1821, Duncan Cameron claimed 50 enslaved people as taxable property in Orange County; by 1825, he claimed 95 people. Enslaved people are identified by name and age on tax lists. Enslaved people appear to be listed in groups, possibly by unidentified locations, on tax lists for Duncan Cameron in 1821 and 1825. |
Folder 2112 |
Tax lists (Thomas D. Bennehan, Duncan Cameron), 1826-1829Orange County, N.C. Enslaved people are identified by name and age on some tax lists. People enslaved by Duncan Cameron are sometimes in lists ordered by location (Eno, Home Place, Brick House, Snow Hill). An 1827 list of people enslaved at Fish Dam identifies matrilineal relationships. |
Folder 2113 |
Tax lists (Thomas D. Bennehan, Duncan Cameron, Paul C. Cameron), 1830-1835Orange County, N.C.; Person County, N.C. Enslaved people are identified by name and age on some tax lists. Enslaved people are grouped by location (Stagville, Little River, Fish Dam) and family in an 1830 tax list for Thomas D. Bennehan. At Stagville, some people are listed under "old shop family" and "kitchen." |
Folder 2114 |
Tax lists (Thomas D. Bennehan, Duncan Cameron, Paul C. Cameron), 1836-1839Orange County, N.C.; Person County, N.C. Enslaved people are identified by name and age on some tax lists. |
Folder 2115 |
Tax lists (Thomas D. Bennehan, Duncan Cameron, Paul C. Cameron), 1840-1845Orange County, N.C.; Person County, N.C. Enslaved people are identified by name on some tax lists. An 1842 tax list noted locations: Fairntosh, Eno, Brick House, Bobbitt's, Snow Hill, Jim Ray's, Walnut Hill (Person County), Hickory Hill, and "House Servants." |
Folder 2116 |
Tax lists (Duncan Cameron, Paul C. Cameron), 1846-1849Orange County, N.C.; Person County, N.C.; Greene County, Ala. Enslaved people are not identified by name on tax lists in this folder. |
Folder 2117 |
Tax lists (Duncan Cameron, Paul C. Cameron), 1850-1859Orange County, N.C.; Person County, N.C.; Tunica County, Miss. Enslaved people are not identified by name on tax lists in this folder. |
Folder 2118 |
Tax lists (Duncan Cameron, Paul C. Cameron, Thomas A. Cameron), 1860-1865Orange County, N.C.; Tunica County, Miss. Enslaved people are not identified by name on tax lists in this folder. |
Folder 2119 |
Tax lists, 1866-1869 |
Folder 2120 |
Tax lists, 1870-1879 |
Folder 2121 |
Tax lists, 1880-1899 |
Folder 2122 |
Tax lists, 1900-1941 |
Folder 2123 |
Tax lists (Thomas D. Bennehan, Duncan Cameron, Mildred C. Cameron, Thomas A. Cameron), UndatedA tax list circa 1834-1840 for Duncan Cameron includes enslaved people who are identified by name. |
Promissory notes and bonds documenting money lent by members of the Cameron family to each other and to overseers, craftsmen, neighbors, friends, and relatives. Also included are notes and bonds documenting loans made to the Cameron family.
Arrangement: alphabetical by name.
Receipts, bills, statements, maps, lists of enslaved people, correspondence, and other materials relating to the settlement of the estates of members of the Cameron family. The arrangement of this subseries reflects the arrangement of these papers when they arrived at Wilson Library. The papers pertaining to each estate were in labeled bundles or envelopes. Each set of papers presumably was collected by the family member who was the executor of the estate. The estate papers of Thomas Bennehan and Duncan Cameron are especially complete.
Also included in this subseries are the estate papers of William Johnston, collected by Richard Bennehan who was Johnston's business partner and the executor of his estate.
See Subseries 6.9 for volumes relating to Cameron estates.
See Subseries 2.7 for wills made by members of the Cameron family.
Processing note: in 2023, archivists reviewed this series to uncover more information about the lived experience of enslaved and free Black people. Folders that include materials related to enslaved and free Black people during the antebellum period, the institution of slavery, or freed people after the Civil War are indicated as "Records of enslavement" or "Records of Reconstruction." People were presumed to be enslaved if identified only by a first name or if described with a racial term (but not otherwise identifed as a free person of color) or as "hands."
Folder 2151 |
Estate papers: Thomas Amis, 1804, 1808, undated |
Folder 2152 |
Estate papers: Daniel Anderson, 1813, 1816 |
Folder 2153-2156
Folder 2153Folder 2154Folder 2155Folder 2156 |
Estate papers: Thomas D. Bennehan, 1847-1849Folder 2153: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2154: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2155: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2156: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2157 |
Estate papers: William Bennehan, circa 1807-1812 |
Folder 2158 |
Estate papers: Ann Nash Cameron, 1815-1837Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2159 |
Estate papers: Anne Ruffin Cameron, 1901, 1942 |
Folder 2160-2166
Folder 2160Folder 2161Folder 2162Folder 2163Folder 2164Folder 2165Folder 2166 |
Estate papers: Duncan Cameron, 1816-1853Folder 2160: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2161: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2162: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2163: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2164: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2165: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2166: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2167 |
Estate papers: Mildred C. Cameron, 1882 |
Oversize Paper OP-133/35 |
Estate papers: Inventory of the estate of Mildred C. Cameron by Paul C. Cameron, May 1882 |
Folder 2168 |
Estate papers: Paul C. Cameron, 1925-1939 |
Folder 2169 |
Estate papers: Thomas A. Cameron, 1870 |
Folder 2170 |
Estate papers: Anne Ruffin Collins,1941-1942 |
Folder 2171 |
Estate papers: William Johnston, 1785-1786Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2172-2173
Folder 2172Folder 2173 |
Estate papers: George W. Mordecai, 1854-1874Folder 2173: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2174 |
Estate papers: Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai, circa 1850-1886Records of enslavement:
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Arrangement: alphabetical by name.
Chiefly manuscript copies of wills of members of the Cameron family, and a typescript copy of Paul C. Cameron's will. Also included are wills of more distant relatives, Thomas Amis, Daniel Anderson, and several members of the Ruffin family. The will of Elizabeth Laws who left the enslaved people she claimed as property to Thomas D. Bennehan, is also included in this subseries.
The terms of Thomas D. Bennehan's will and Duncan Cameron's will represent some of the most significant disruptions experienced by the communities of people enslaved by the Bennehan and Cameron families. While family units were preserved, extended kinship networks at and across plantations were broken when people were forcibly moved.
Processing note: in 2023, archivists reviewed this series to uncover more information about the lived experience of enslaved and free Black people. Folders that include materials related to enslaved and free Black people during the antebellum period, the institution of slavery, or freed people after the Civil War are indicated as "Records of enslavement" or "Records of Reconstruction." People were presumed to be enslaved if identified only by a first name or if described with a racial term (but not otherwise identifed as a free person of color) or as "hands."
Folder 2175 |
Wills: Thomas AmisRecords of enslavement:
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Folder 2176 |
Wills: Daniel AndersonRecords of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/91 |
Wills: Daniel Anderson, 12 June 1807Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2177 |
Wills: Richard Bennehan |
Folder 2178a |
Wills: Thomas D. BennehanRecords of enslavement:
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Folder 2178b |
Wills: Anne Ruffin CameronRecords of enslavement:
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Folder 2179 |
Wills: Duncan CameronRecords of enslavement:
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Folder 2180 |
Wills: John A. Cameron |
Folder 2181-2182
Folder 2181Folder 2182 |
Wills: Paul C. CameronFolder 2181: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2182: records of enslavement:
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Folder 2183 |
Wills: Elizabeth LawsRecords of enslavement:
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Folder 2184 |
Wills: Annie M. Ruffin |
Folder 2185 |
Wills: Thomas RuffinRecords of enslavement:
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Chiefly policies for fire insurance on buildings owned by the Cameron family, with a few statements and advertising cards from various insurance companies. Included are fire insurance policies for Saint Mary's School in Raleigh, N.C. See Series 1 for correspondence dealing with Saint Mary's School. Also see Subseries 2.1 and 5.1 for other material about Saint Mary's School.
Folder 2186 |
Insurance, 1820-1829 |
Folder 2187 |
Insurance, 1830-1839 |
Folder 2188 |
Insurance, 1840-1859 |
Folder 2189 |
Insurance, 1860-1869 |
Folder 2190 |
Insurance, 1870-1875 |
Folder 2191 |
Insurance, 1876-1879 |
Folder 2192 |
Insurance, 1880-1885 |
Folder 2193 |
Insurance, 1886-1889 |
Arrangement: alphabetical by type of item, then chronological.
Advertisements, agreements, appointments, appraisals, certifications, Confederate bonds, court papers, licenses, a marriage settlement, memoranda, a presidential pardon, powers of attorney, releases, stock certificates, stockholder lists, and writs.
Advertisements chiefly consist of broadsides advertising the services of Cameron stud horses, including the renowned race horse Sir Archie. Also advertised is the sale of Cameron livestock and the availability of Cameron lands for lease to tenant farmers.
Legal agreements between members of the Cameron family and those with whom they did business include contracts, covenants, leases, and articles of agreement. Of particular note are antebellum agreements to formalize Duncan Cameron's business partnerships, especially with Richard and Thomas D. Bennehan; to traffic enslaved people and transfer land, sometimes in relation to debt repayment; and during Reconstruction to contract with field workers, sharecroppers, and tenant farmers, some of whom were formerly enslaved by Cameron family members. The contracts typically were for a year and dictated terms both financial and behavioural.
Other agreements include Duncan Cameron's contract to write a book summarizing cases decided by the Court of Conference, to be published by Joseph Gales; Paul C. Cameron's agreement with Horner and Graves to rent them land in Hillsborough, N.C., for a high school; and a lease for Saint Mary's School and a heating contract for Saint Mary's.
There are several appraisals and dozens of bills of sale for enslaved people. The bills of sale are for individuals and groups of enslaved people, for adults, children, and sometimes for family units, or partial family units. The pace of human trafficking through purchase of enslaved people, chiefly by Duncan Cameron and Thomas D. Bennehan, was greatest between 1810 and 1830. During the 1820s, there are a few examples of larger groups of people being trafficked between the Camerons and the Bennehans. Most trafficking took place within Orange County, N.C., and to a lesser extent from Amelia County, Va., and Granville and Person counties into Orange County, N.C.
There are similar bill of sale records for livestock. Also included are certifications of horses' pedigrees and of proofs of distilled liquor, and an 1838 document certifying that Duncan Cameron paid off a debt on behalf of "the Episcopal School in Raleigh" (the Episcopal School of North Carolina).
Manuscript copies of official court documents pertaining to court cases or legal actions involving the Camerons are included.
There are a few licenses giving the Camerons permission to distill spirits as well as a license allowing George Mordecai to have two gates across a highway on his land.
The marriage settlement between Margaret B. Cameron and George Mordecai is included, as is Paul C. Cameron's presidential pardon absolving him of his support for the Confederacy.
There are also a number of routine legal documents filed in this subseries: powers of attorney, chiefly granting out of state lawyers power to handle matters concerning Cameron lands; memoranda; releases freeing members of the Cameron family from financial obligations; and writs demanding payment of debt.
Stock and bond certificates and stockholder lists document the family's extensive financial holdings. Included among the stock and bond certificates are Confederate bonds purchased by Paul C. Cameron with Aldert and Bennet Smedes, directors of Saint Mary's School. The bulk of the Cameron's stock holdings was in banks, railroads, and insurance companies. For other stock lists, see Volumes 195-197. For more information about the Camerons involvement in banks and railroads in North Carolina, see Subseries 5.2 and 5.9.
Processing note: in 2023, archivists reviewed this series to uncover more information about the lived experience of enslaved and free Black people. Folders that include materials related to enslaved and free Black people during the antebellum period, the institution of slavery, or freed people after the Civil War are indicated as "Records of enslavement" or "Records of Reconstruction." People were presumed to be enslaved if identified only by a first name or if described with a racial term (but not otherwise identifed as a free person of color) or as "hands."
Folder 2194 |
Advertisements, 1792-1887 |
Oversize Paper OP-133/87 |
Advertisement for the horse, Sir Archie, undated |
Oversize Paper OP-133/36 |
Advertisement by Thomas D. Bennehan for Young Sir Archie, a stud horse, 10 March 1830Printed. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/37 |
Advertisement by Thomas D. Bennehan for Character, a stud horse, 18 March 1832Printed. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/38 |
Advertisement by Thomas D. Bennehan, on behalf of John Ray, for Conqueror, a stud horse, 12 March 1833Printed. |
Folder 2195 |
Agreements, 1775-1810Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2196 |
Agreements, 1811-1859Record of enslavement:
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Folder 2197 |
Agreements, 1860-1869Records of Reconstruction (1865-1877):
Also includes contracts with white farmers who leased land from the Camerons, including Bradshaw, Durham, Green, Franklin, Lashly, Morris, Oberry (Alabama) Straughn, Turrentine, and others. |
Folder 2198 |
Agreements, 1870-1879Record of Reconstruction (1865-1877)
Also includes contracts with white farmers who leased land from the Camerons, including Clemmons/Clements (Blue Hill); Copley, Hall, and Stanley (Snow Hill); Graves and Horner (Barracks); Hines; Lipscomb and Woods; Rodgers (Eno); Tilley (Buffalo Place); and others |
Folder 2199 |
Agreements, 1880-1889 |
Folder 2200 |
Appointments, 1845-1848 |
Folder 2201 |
Appraisals, 1808-1877Records of enslavement:
Also includes valuations of land and personal property. |
Folder 2202 |
Bills of Sale, 1769-1809Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2203 |
Bills of Sale, 1810-1819Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2204 |
Bills of Sale, 1820-1854Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2205 |
Certifications, 1792-1872 |
Folder 2206 |
Confederate Bonds, 1864 |
Folder 2207 |
Licenses, 1815-1870 |
Folder 2208 |
Marriage settlement of Margaret B. Cameron and George W. Mordecai, 1853 |
Folder 2209 |
Memoranda, 1783-1861Includes an investment proposal for a superphosphate factory in eastern North Carolina. Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2210 |
Miscellaneous, 1785-1869Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2211 |
Miscellaneous, 1870-1921 |
Folder 2212 |
Petition for Presidential Pardon, 1865-1866 |
Oversize Paper OP-133/39 |
Presidential pardon by Andrew Johnson of Paul C. Cameron for taking part in the Civil War, 28 September 1865 |
Folder 2213 |
Powers of Attorney, 1826-1941 |
Folder 2214 |
Releases, 1828-1883 |
Folder 2215 |
Stock Certificates, 1838-1895 |
Folder 2216 |
Stockholder Lists, 1819-1889 |
Folder 2217 |
Writs, 1804-1816, 1818-1889 |
Case and client files, dockets, correspondence, and forms documenting Duncan Cameron's legal practice. Enslaved people who were claimed as property are documented in Series 3.1 Client Files, where they are most often mentioned in cases of contested property.
See Series 1 for correspondence from clients.
See Subseries 6.10 for other documentation of Duncan Cameron's legal practice.
Arrangement: alphabetical by client.
Deeds, depositions, case notes, statements, receipts, and other legal papers which do not pertain to members of the Cameron family. The bulk of this material was generated by Duncan Cameron in his law practice and concerns services rendered to clients. Many enslaved people are documented in this subseries. Some material may relate to cases Cameron heard as a Superior Court judge. Other items may have come into the family's possession in the course of land transactions.
Duncan Cameron's legal work on behalf of clients represented in these papers includes debt collection, drawing up legal documents such as wills and deeds, administering and settling estates, and representing clients in court. Cameron collected debts for North Carolina and Virginia merchants. Materials relating to Watson and Ebenezer Stott Company, Gracie Anderson Company, and Buchanan Dunlop Company are particularly numerous.
Many of Cameron's friends, neighbors, and employees also turned to him for legal aid, including Joseph Gales, Bishop John Ravenscroft, Young Dortch, Richard Henderson, Walter Alves and many others. The settlement of the estate of Absolum Tatum, a Tennessee resident, is the most completely documented of Duncan Cameron's accounts in this subseries. Cameron worked on the account with two other North Carolina lawyers, Abram Maury and Samuel Goodwin.
For letters from clients and other lawyers, as well as for occasional manuscript copies of Duncan Cameron's outgoing correspondence relating to his legal business, see Series 1.
For documentation of fees paid Cameron, see Subseries 2.1.
For volumes relating to Duncan Cameron's legal practice, see Series 6.
Processing notes:
The arrangement of this subseries and the appellation "client files" are artificial and were imposed during processing. Papers are filed under the name of the person or company with which the documents are primarily concerned, i.e. the "client". There are exceptions: when the papers pertain to a court case, the documents are filed under the defendant's name. When a document mentions two parties, as with a deed, the document is filed under the first party's name.
In 2023, archivists reviewed this series to uncover more information about the lived experience of enslaved and free Black people. Folders that include materials related to enslaved and free Black people during the antebellum period, the institution of slavery, or freed people after the Civil War are indicated as "Records of enslavement" or "Records of Reconstruction." People were presumed to be enslaved if identified only by a first name or if described with a racial term (but not otherwise identifed as a free person of color) or as "hands."
Folder 2218-2252
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Client files: AFolder 2222: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2226: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2227: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2245: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2247: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2248: Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/70 |
Client files: A, 20 December 1796Indenture between Lodwick Alford and David Malone. |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/73 |
Client files: A, 18 September 1812Indenture between Walter and Amelia Alves and Richard Henderson, 5075 acres in Orange County, N.C. Encapsulated. |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/74 |
Client files: A, 18 September 1812Indenture between Walter Alves and Richard Henderson, 5075 acres in Orange County, N.C. Second copy. Encapsulated. |
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Client files: BFolder 2269: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2271: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2275: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2276: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2280: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2281: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2288: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2292: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2294: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2299: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2312: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2326: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2330: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2342: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2347: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2356: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2360: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2366: Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/40 |
Client files: B, 17 August 1765Indenture between Patrick Bogan and John Ray, 225 acres in Orange County, N.C. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/46 |
Client files: B, 18 August 1760Indenture between Margaret Boggan and James Boggan. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/48 |
Client files: B, 22 July 1762Indenture between Patrick Bogan and John Ray. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/49 |
Client files: B, 19 January 1763Indenture between James Bogan and Olsson Martin. |
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Client files: C-CleFolder 2389: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2392: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2408: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2427: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2437-2466
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Client files: Cli-CuFolder 2440: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2455: Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/54 |
Client files: Cli-Cu, 7 June 1773Indenture between William Cothrell and McCall Elliot, probably Orange County, N.C. land. Laminated. |
Folder 2467-2541
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Client files: DFolder 2471: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2475: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2486: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2490: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2502: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2503: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2510: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2515: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2518: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2525: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2537: Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/68 |
Client files: D, 25 March 1790Indenture between Robert Dickins and John Commons, 319 acres in Caswell County. |
Folder 2542-2559
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Client files: EFolder 2542: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2543: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2545: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2547: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2550: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2555: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2560-2588
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Client files: FFolder 2576: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2588: Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/56 |
Client files: F, 22 December 1773Indenture between William Fletcher and McCall Elliot, 400 acres in Orange County, N.C. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/64 |
Client files: F, 23 May 1786Indenture between James Freeland and Edward Harris. |
Folder 2589-2643
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Client files: GFolder 2593: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2614: Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/41 |
Client files: G, 26 April 1753Indenture with attached plat, between Earl Granville and John Dunnagen, 640 acres in Granville County, N.C. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/42 |
Client files: G, 8 May 1756Indenture with attached plat, between Earl Granville and Osborne Jeffreys, 302 acres in Orange County, N.C. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/43 |
Client files: G, 12 May 1755Indenture with attached plat, between Earl Granville and Osborne Jeffreys, 126 acres in Orange County, N.C. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/57 |
Client files: G, 15 February 1775Indenture between John Garrand and James Harris, 200 acres in Orange County, N.C. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/59 |
Client files: G, 12 May 1755Indenture between Earl Granville and Osborne Jeffreys, 65 acres in Orange County, N.C. |
Folder 2644-2703
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Client files: H-HendFolder 2645: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2649: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2655: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2656: Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/45 |
Client files: H-Hend, 2 February 1760Indenture between Thomas Harris and Tyree Harris, 200 acres in Orange County, N.C. This land eventually was bought by Richard Bennehan. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/51 |
Client files: He-Hend, 5 May 1767Indenture between Nathaniel Harris and Tyree Harris, 300 acres in Orange County, N.C. This land eventually was bought by Richard Bennehan. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/60 |
Client files: H-Hend, 4 October 1775Indenture between James Harris and William Wallace, 129 acres in Orange County, N.C. This land eventually was bought by Richard Bennehan. |
Folder 2704-2755
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Client files: Henl-HuFolder 2711: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2756-2760
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Client files: IFolder 2757: Records of enslavement:
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Client files: JFolder 2765: Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/67 |
Client files: J, 24 December 1789Indenture between Osborne Jefferies and John Commen, 115 acres in Caswell County. |
Folder 2797-2810
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Client files: KFolder 2797: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2811-2859
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Client files: LFolder 2817: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2860-2974
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Client files: MFolder 2862: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2940: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2955: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2965: Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/47 |
Client files: M, 30 July 1761Indenture between Henry McCulloh and John Banks. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/55 |
Client files: M, 6 November 1773Indenture between Gannaway Martin, Olsson Martin, and James Martin. In two pieces. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/86 |
Client files: M, 31 August 1789Indenture between Rebecca McClemen and Ray Ray. |
Folder 2975-2987
Folder 2975Folder 2976Folder 2977Folder 2978Folder 2979Folder 2980Folder 2981Folder 2982Folder 2983Folder 2984Folder 2985Folder 2986Folder 2987 |
Client files: NFolder 2976: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2979: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2983: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2984: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2987: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2988-2995
Folder 2988Folder 2989Folder 2990Folder 2991Folder 2992Folder 2993Folder 2994Folder 2995 |
Client files: OFolder 2988: Records of enslavement:
Folder 2989: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 2996-3056
Folder 2996Folder 2997Folder 2998Folder 2999Folder 3000Folder 3001Folder 3002Folder 3003Folder 3004Folder 3005Folder 3006Folder 3007Folder 3008Folder 3009Folder 3010Folder 3011Folder 3012Folder 3013Folder 3014Folder 3015Folder 3016Folder 3017Folder 3018Folder 3019Folder 3020Folder 3021Folder 3022Folder 3023Folder 3024Folder 3025Folder 3026Folder 3027Folder 3028Folder 3029Folder 3030Folder 3031Folder 3032Folder 3033Folder 3034Folder 3035Folder 3036Folder 3037Folder 3038Folder 3039Folder 3040Folder 3041Folder 3042Folder 3043Folder 3044Folder 3045Folder 3046Folder 3047Folder 3048Folder 3049Folder 3050Folder 3051Folder 3052Folder 3053Folder 3054Folder 3055Folder 3056 |
Client files: PFolder 2999: Records of enslavement:
Folder 3020: Records of enslavement:
Folder 3021: Records of enslavement:
Folder 3023: Records of enslavement:
Folder 3027: Records of enslavement:
Folder 3029: Records of enslavement:
Folder 3031: Records of enslavement:
Folder 3035: Records of enslavement:
Folder 3037: Records of enslavement:
Folder 3044: Records of enslavement:
Folder 3049: Records of enslavement:
Folder 3055: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 3057 |
Client files: QFolder 3057: Records of enslavement:
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Folder 3058-3121
Folder 3058Folder 3059Folder 3060Folder 3061Folder 3062Folder 3063Folder 3064Folder 3065Folder 3066Folder 3067Folder 3068Folder 3069Folder 3070Folder 3071Folder 3072Folder 3073Folder 3074Folder 3075Folder 3076Folder 3077Folder 3078Folder 3079Folder 3080Folder 3081Folder 3082Folder 3083Folder 3084Folder 3085Folder 3086Folder 3087Folder 3088Folder 3089Folder 3090Folder 3091Folder 3092Folder 3093Folder 3094Folder 3095Folder 3096Folder 3097Folder 3098Folder 3099Folder 3100Folder 3101Folder 3102Folder 3103Folder 3104Folder 3105Folder 3106Folder 3107Folder 3108Folder 3109Folder 3110Folder 3111Folder 3112Folder 3113Folder 3114Folder 3115Folder 3116Folder 3117Folder 3118Folder 3119Folder 3120Folder 3121 |
Client files: RFolder 3059: Records of enslavement:
Folder 3065: Records of enslavement:
Folder 3068: Records of enslavement:
Folder 3090: Records of enslavement:
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Oversize Paper OP-133/53 |
Client files: R, 14 February 1770Indenture between John Ray and William Ray. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/58 |
Client files: R, 11 March 1773Indenture between William Ray and James Martin. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/65 |
Client files: R, 26 February 1787Indenture between William Ray and Judith Stagg, 65 acres in Orange County, N.C. This land eventually was bought by Richard Bennehan. |
Folder 3122-3223
Folder 3122Folder 3123Folder 3124Folder 3125Folder 3126Folder 3127Folder 3128Folder 3129Folder 3130Folder 3131Folder 3132Folder 3133Folder 3134Folder 3135Folder 3136Folder 3137Folder 3138Folder 3139Folder 3140Folder 3141Folder 3142Folder 3143Folder 3144Folder 3145Folder 3146Folder 3147Folder 3148Folder 3149Folder 3150Folder 3151Folder 3152Folder 3153Folder 3154Folder 3155Folder 3156Folder 3157Folder 3158Folder 3159Folder 3160Folder 3161Folder 3162Folder 3163Folder 3164Folder 3165Folder 3166Folder 3167Folder 3168Folder 3169Folder 3170Folder 3171Folder 3172Folder 3173Folder 3174Folder 3175Folder 3176Folder 3177Folder 3178Folder 3179Folder 3180Folder 3181Folder 3182Folder 3183Folder 3184Folder 3185Folder 3186Folder 3187Folder 3188Folder 3189Folder 3190Folder 3191Folder 3192Folder 3193Folder 3194Folder 3195Folder 3196Folder 3197Folder 3198Folder 3199Folder 3200Folder 3201Folder 3202Folder 3203Folder 3204Folder 3205Folder 3206Folder 3207Folder 3208Folder 3209Folder 3210Folder 3211Folder 3212Folder 3213Folder 3214Folder 3215Folder 3216Folder 3217Folder 3218Folder 3219Folder 3220Folder 3221Folder 3222Folder 3223 |
Client files: S |
Oversize Paper OP-133/44 |
Client files: S, 11 June 1759Indenture between Thomas Stagg and Thomas Harris, 100 acres in Orange County. This land eventually was bought by Richard Bennehan. |
Folder 3224-3232
Folder 3224Folder 3225Folder 3226Folder 3227Folder 3228Folder 3229Folder 3230Folder 3231Folder 3232 |
Client files: T-Tat |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/95 |
Client files: T-Tat, undatedEquity court document for Absolum Tatum. |
Folder 3233-3270
Folder 3233Folder 3234Folder 3235Folder 3236Folder 3237Folder 3238Folder 3239Folder 3240Folder 3241Folder 3242Folder 3243Folder 3244Folder 3245Folder 3246Folder 3247Folder 3248Folder 3249Folder 3250Folder 3251Folder 3252Folder 3253Folder 3254Folder 3255Folder 3256Folder 3257Folder 3258Folder 3259Folder 3260Folder 3261Folder 3262Folder 3263Folder 3264Folder 3265Folder 3266Folder 3267Folder 3268Folder 3269Folder 3270 |
Client files: Tay-Tu |
Folder 3271-3275
Folder 3271Folder 3272Folder 3273Folder 3274Folder 3275 |
Client files: U |
Folder 3276-3278
Folder 3276Folder 3277Folder 3278 |
Client files: V |
Folder 3279-3361
Folder 3279Folder 3280Folder 3281Folder 3282Folder 3283Folder 3284Folder 3285Folder 3286Folder 3287Folder 3288Folder 3289Folder 3290Folder 3291Folder 3292Folder 3293Folder 3294Folder 3295Folder 3296Folder 3297Folder 3298Folder 3299Folder 3300Folder 3301Folder 3302Folder 3303Folder 3304Folder 3305Folder 3306Folder 3307Folder 3308Folder 3309Folder 3310Folder 3311Folder 3312Folder 3313Folder 3314Folder 3315Folder 3316Folder 3317Folder 3318Folder 3319Folder 3320Folder 3321Folder 3322Folder 3323Folder 3324Folder 3325Folder 3326Folder 3327Folder 3328Folder 3329Folder 3330Folder 3331Folder 3332Folder 3333Folder 3334Folder 3335Folder 3336Folder 3337Folder 3338Folder 3339Folder 3340Folder 3341Folder 3342Folder 3343Folder 3344Folder 3345Folder 3346Folder 3347Folder 3348Folder 3349Folder 3350Folder 3351Folder 3352Folder 3353Folder 3354Folder 3355Folder 3356Folder 3357Folder 3358Folder 3359Folder 3360Folder 3361 |
Client files: W |
Oversize Paper OP-133/50 |
Client files: W, 12 October 1765Indenture between Thomas Webb and James Harris, 135 acres in Orange County, N.C. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/52 |
Client files: W, 15 May 1767Indenture between Thomas Webb and Tyree Harris. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/61 |
Client files: W, 7 November 1776Indenture between William Wallace and James Harris, 179 acres in Orange County, N.C. |
Folder 3362-3367
Folder 3362Folder 3363Folder 3364Folder 3365Folder 3366Folder 3367 |
Client files: Y-Z |
Folder 3368-3376
Folder 3368Folder 3369Folder 3370Folder 3371Folder 3372Folder 3373Folder 3374Folder 3375Folder 3376 |
Client files: Unidentified |
Oversize Paper OP-133/62 |
Client files: Unidentified, circa 1 February 1779Possibly an indenture. |
Oversize Paper OP-133/78 |
Plat of Person County lands, undated |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-133/94 |
Unidentified map, undated |
Arrangement: chronological.
Court dockets and memoranda listing the trials in which Duncan Cameron was involved as a lawyer or as a judge. The terms docket and memorandum were sometimes used interchangeably but usually docket is used to refer to a formal document which lists all the cases being heard at a particular court and memorandum refers to an informal list which includes only the cases involving a particular lawyer.
Dockets and memoranda dating from 1798 to 1813 document Duncan Cameron's service as a lawyer to clients whose cases were being heard at various courts in Piedmont North Carolina, including the Salisbury, Guilford, Caswell, and Orange county courts. Dockets from 1814 to 1816 document cases that Duncan Cameron presided over as a superior court judge in eastern North Carolina. During this period he heard cases in Chowan, Bertie, Halifax, and other coastal counties. Also included are a few dockets from other courts. A single docket from 1837 lists Paul C. Cameron as a lawyer. A few dockets appear to have been drawn up for William Norwood and for Frederick Nash, Duncan Cameron's nephew, both whom were also lawyers. See Subseries 6.10 for bound dockets.
Folder 3377 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1798 |
Folder 3378 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1799 |
Folder 3379-3380
Folder 3379Folder 3380 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1800 |
Folder 3381-3382
Folder 3381Folder 3382 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1801 |
Folder 3383-3384
Folder 3383Folder 3384 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1802 |
Folder 3385-3386
Folder 3385Folder 3386 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1803 |
Folder 3387-3389
Folder 3387Folder 3388Folder 3389 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1804 |
Folder 3390-3391
Folder 3390Folder 3391 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1805 |
Folder 3392 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1806 |
Folder 3393 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1807 |
Folder 3394 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1808 |
Folder 3395 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1809 |
Folder 3396 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1810 |
Folder 3397 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1811 |
Folder 3398-3399
Folder 3398Folder 3399 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1812 |
Folder 3400 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1813 |
Folder 3401-3407
Folder 3401Folder 3402Folder 3403Folder 3404Folder 3405Folder 3406Folder 3407 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1814 |
Folder 3408-3416
Folder 3408Folder 3409Folder 3410Folder 3411Folder 3412Folder 3413Folder 3414Folder 3415Folder 3416 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1815 |
Folder 3417-3424
Folder 3417Folder 3418Folder 3419Folder 3420Folder 3421Folder 3422Folder 3423Folder 3424 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1816 |
Folder 3425 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1817 |
Folder 3426 |
Dockets and memoranda, 1837 |
Folder 3427-3428
Folder 3427Folder 3428 |
Dockets and memoranda, Undated |
Blank forms used for summons, indentures, and bonds. These forms were found among the material now in Subseries 3.1; they were probably used in Duncan Cameron's law office.
Folder 3429-3430
Folder 3429Folder 3430 |
Blank forms, undated |
Speeches, poetry, compositions, and other writings by members of the Cameron family and some by family friends.
Arrangement: chronological.
Speeches given by John A. Cameron (Duncan Cameron's nephew), Paul Cameron, and William Webb, who was a family friend. Speeches by John Cameron and William Webb were written to be read at meetings of the Dialectic Society, the debating society to which they belonged while they were students at the University of North Carolina. Paul C. Cameron's speeches include two lengthy undated addresses: one was presented to the Franklin Society and the other to the University of North Carolina Normal School. This subseries also includes a few unidentified and undated talks, probably drafted by Paul C. Cameron.
Arrangement: roughly by author, then chronological.
Verses attributed to members of the Cameron family, with some poems written by family friends. The bulk of the poetry is unattributed and undated. Some of the unattributed poetry may have been copied from newspapers, magazines, or books.
Folder 3435 |
Poetry, by members of the Cameron family, 1876-1883 and undated |
Folder 3436 |
Poetry, by others, 1876-1883 and undated |
Folder 3437 |
Poetry, unattributed, and undated |
Arrangement: by type, then chronological.
Compositions and notes written by Cameron youth for school or for tutors. Compositions deal with religious, moral, and historical subjects. There are several compositions by John A. Cameron and William Webb, a family friend, while they were students at the University of North Carolina between 1796 and 1805. Topics include dueling, public education, slavery, government, classical history, and current events. Also included is an undated composition by Duncan Cameron entitled "The Just Proportion of Punishment to Crimes," probably written early in his legal career.
School notes pertain to history, religion, weights and measures, and arithmetic. Many notes are undated and unattributed.
For other material relating to the schooling of the Cameron children see Subseries 5.1. For financial papers documenting tuition, room, and board, see Subseries 2.1. See Series 1 for correspondence between parents and teachers, relating to the schooling of the Cameron children. For bound school notes see Subseries 6.12.
Folder 3438 |
Compositions, 1796-1797 |
Folder 3439 |
Compositions, 1798-1805 |
Folder 3440 |
Compositions, 1806-1863 |
Folder 3441-3442
Folder 3441Folder 3442 |
Compositions, undated |
Folder 3443 |
Notes, 1824-1836 |
Folder 3444-3446
Folder 3444Folder 3445Folder 3446 |
Notes, undated |
An article, an essay, and a report. The article, titled "The Late Honorable Paul C. Cameron," was written by J. D. Cameron and appeared in the North Carolina University Magazine sometime after Paul C. Cameron's death, probably in 1892. Paul Cameron's essay, "A Peep Into the Old Dominion," is undated. Also included is a report made by Paul Cameron to the Committee on the Best Farming in North Carolina (perhaps of the State Agricultural Society).
Material relating to schools (Subseries 5.1), banks (5.2), military affairs (5.3), churches (5.4), the Stagville Post Office (5.5), politics, (5.8), railroads (5.9), buildings and grounds (5.12), and family history (5.13), and collections of recipes and instructions (5.6), remedies and prescriptions (5.7), invitations and calling cards (5.11), and miscellaneous printed items (5.10) and notes and fragments (5.14).
Arrangement: grade reports (alphabetical by student), followed by printed material (alphabetical by school).
Grade reports and printed material from schools attended by Cameron youth. The grade reports are chiefly those of immediate family members, including children of Duncan and Paul C. Cameron and children of Rebecca Cameron Graham and Anne Ruffin Cameron Collins. There are also grade reports for other relatives, Allen Ruffin, S. F. Mordecai, and Altona Gales. Printed material consists of pamphlets, invitations to commencements and dances, and circular letters from schools attended by members of the Cameron family and schools, like Saint Mary's, in which the family had a continuing interest.
See Series 1 for letters from Cameron children at boarding schools and for correspondence dealing with the administration of Saint Mary's School. See Subseries 2.1 for financial material relating to tuition, room, and board for Cameron children, and to improvements made at Saint Mary's. Subseries 4.3 contains compositions and notes written by Cameron children. See Subseries 6.12 for volumes containing school material.
Folder 3450 |
Grade Reports: Bennehan Cameron |
Folder 3451 |
Grade Reports: Mary Anne Ruffin Cameron |
Folder 3452 |
Grade Reports: Mary W. Cameron |
Folder 3453 |
Grade Reports: Mildred C. Cameron |
Folder 3454 |
Grade Reports: Paul C. Cameron |
Folder 3455 |
Grade Reports: Pauline Cameron |
Folder 3456 |
Grade Reports: Collins Children |
Folder 3457 |
Grade Reports: Graham Children |
Folder 3458 |
Grade Reports: Other Children |
Folder 3459 |
Printed Material: Misses Nash and Kollock Select Boarding and Day School |
Folder 3460 |
Printed Material: Saint Mary's School |
Folder 3461 |
Printed Material: Trinity College |
Folder 3462 |
Printed Material: Virginia Military Institute |
Folder 3463 |
Printed Material: Washington College |
Oversize Paper OP-133/85 |
Diploma of Paul C. Cameron, undatedFrom Washington College, Hartford, Conn. |
Folder 3464 |
Printed Material: Other Schools |
Oversize Paper OP-133/84 |
Certificate, 1799Thomas D. Bennehan from the Dialectic Society at the University of North Carolina. |
Arrangement: alphabetical by bank.
Minutes, proxy letters, powers of attorney, statements of earnings, reports, and circular letters to stockholders of various banks in North Carolina and Virginia. Duncan or Paul C. Cameron was a stockholder or an official in each of these banks.
See Series 1 for correspondence pertaining to the Camerons' involvement in various banks, especially the State Bank of North Carolina. Subseries 2.1 and 6.2 contain material documenting personal accounts in these banks.
Arrangement: chronological.
Chiefly troop returns sent to Duncan Cameron when he was a colonel in the North Carolina Militia in 1812, and after his subsequent promotion to major general in 1813. Troop returns, also called statements, list the officers, enlisted men, staff, arms, and supplies of the companies and regiments of infantry and cavalry of the 6th and 16th brigade which made up the 3rd division of the North Carolina Militia. This division consisted of regiments representing Person, Orange, Granville, Caswell, and Chatham Counties.
Also included is John A. Cameron's letter of appointment which named him adjutant of the Hillsborough District Regiment of Cavalry of the North Carolina Militia in 1807. There is also some material documenting Paul Cameron's appointment in 1863 as an agent of Orange County to purchase corn for families of soldiers serving in the Confederate Army.
See Subseries 6.1 for volumes relating to military affairs. See Subseries 2.9 for Paul C. Cameron's presidential pardon for his support of the Confederacy.
Folder 3473-3477
Folder 3473Folder 3474Folder 3475Folder 3476Folder 3477 |
Military, 1807-1813 |
Oversize Paper OP-133/79 |
Appointment, 13 January 1812State of North Carolina appointment of Duncan Cameron to rank of Colonel of the Militia of the State. Encapsulated. |
Folder 3478 |
Military, 1814-1865 |
Circular letters, lists, and other printed material documenting the involvement of the Cameron family in the Episcopal church and in various interdenominational charities and organizations.
This material is divided into three categories, papers relating to Christ Episcopal Church in Raleigh, N.C., papers relating to the Episcopal church in general, and papers relating to interdenominational charities and organizations.
Papers relating to Christ Church include an 1851 diagram advertising pews for sale. The diagram records the location and prices of the pews, with the name of some purchasers written in by hand. Jacob Mordecai's 1861 certificate entitling him to ownership and use of a Christ Church pew is included. There are several documents dealing with the finances of Christ Church. There is an undated list of pledge assessments and church expenses. There also are several circular letters requesting money to help pay church debts and explaining how these debts were incurred.
The bulk of the material relating to the Episcopal Church consists of circular letters from parishes in North Carolina and other southern states requesting funds. Also included is the 1817 Constitution of the Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church of North Carolina, naming Duncan Cameron president.
Other material in this subseries provides scattered documentation of the Cameron family's participation in interdenominational organizations. Included are the memberships of Mildred Cameron and Pauline Cameron Shephard in the Order of the King's Daughters and Sons, a list of books to be procured at the American Sunday School Union Depository, a statement from the Ladies Relief Society of Raleigh in 1872 referring to the Society's soup kitchen, and a statement from the orphanage in Oxford, N.C. Also included is a pamphlet from the Oakwood Cemetery Association of which George Mordecai was president.
See Series 1 for correspondence about the Episcopal Church and other religious and charitable organizations. See Subseries 2.1 for receipts for contributions and receipts documenting building projects at Saint Mary's.
Folder 3479 |
Christ Church, Raleigh |
Folder 3480 |
Episcopal Church |
Folder 3481 |
Interdenominational and Charities and Organizations |
Arrangement: chronological.
Receipts, accounts, and statements documenting the operation of the Stagville Post Office. The bulk of the accounts and statements are manuscript copies of originals sent to the General Post Office in Washington, D.C. Receipts document the transfer of funds from Stagville to Washington. The Stagville Post Office was located at the Stagville Store, and the store manager usually doubled as the postmaster. Although the Stagville Post Office opened in 1807, and continued operation into the 1850s, these papers only document the period from 1824 to 1844.
From 1824 to 1829, John Wilkins was postmaster. Thomas Cameron, Duncan Cameron's oldest son, assumed the duties of postmaster in 1830, and continued to serve until 1838 when he was relieved of his position, apparently because of mismanagement. He was replaced by his brother Paul, who served as postmaster through 1844.
Folder 3482 |
Stagville Post Office, 1824-1829 |
Folder 3483 |
Stagville Post Office, 1830 |
Folder 3484 |
Stagville Post Office, 1831 |
Folder 3485 |
Stagville Post Office, 1832 |
Folder 3486 |
Stagville Post Office, 1833 |
Folder 3487 |
Stagville Post Office, 1834 |
Folder 3488-3489
Folder 3488Folder 3489 |
Stagville Post Office, 1835 |
Folder 3490 |
Stagville Post Office, 1836 |
Folder 3491 |
Stagville Post Office, 1837 |
Folder 3492 |
Stagville Post Office, 1838-1843 |
Folder 3493 |
Stagville Post Office, 1844 |
Arrangement: chronological.
Chiefly recipes for preparing such foods as bread, cake, pudding, wine, preserves, pickles, and dressings. Other sets of instructions, also called "recipes," consist of directions for making whitewash, dye, shoeblack, fertilizer, and liquor. Included are instructions for killing bedbugs, tanning, bleaching, knitting, sewing, and "unpacking the organ." The bulk of the recipes and instructions are undated and unattributed, but most seem to have been generated by Cameron women, except for road bills, which are in Richard Bennehan's hand. Road bills give directions and mileages (mostly for North Carolina and Virginia locations) for travelers; most are undated but those by Richard Bennehan must predate 1825.
For other recipes and instructions, see Subseries 6.13.
Folder 3494 |
Recipes and instructions, 1816-1884Includes a recipe for lemon cake. |
Folder 3495 |
Road Bills, undated |
Folder 3496 |
Recipes and instructions, undatedIncludes recipes for coconut pudding, waffles, and buns. |
Folder 3497 |
Recipes and instructions, undatedIncludes a recipe for oyster soup. |
Folder 3498 |
Recipes and instructions, undatedIncludes a recipe for gumbo. |
Folder 3499 |
Recipes and instructions, undated |
Folder 3500 |
Recipes and instructions, undatedIncludes recipes for baked coconut custard and blackberry dumpling. |
Folder 3501 |
Recipes and instructions, undatedIncludes a recipe for black cake. |
Folder 3502 |
Recipes and instructions, undated |
Folder 3503 |
Recipes and instructions, undatedIncludes recipes for blackberry wine and gingerbread. |
Arrangement: chronological.
Home remedies and doctors' prescriptions used by the Cameron household for a variety of ailments of both people and livestock, including sore throat, dropsy, "yellow water," diphtheria, and rheumatism. The bulk of these remedies are undated. See Subseries 2.1 for doctors' bills and Subseries 1.2 and 1.3 for letters from Cameron doctors, especially James Webb.
Folder 3504 |
Remedies and prescriptions, 1809-1877 |
Folder 3505 |
Remedies and prescriptions, undated |
Arrangement: alphabetical by type of material.
Bills, published letters, petitions, memorials, voting tallies, reports, and other miscellaneous printed material primarily documenting Duncan Cameron's involvement in North Carolina state politics, but including Paul C. Cameron's tickets to the 1876 Democratic Convention in Saint Louis at which he served as chairman of the state delegation. There is some material pertaining to Duncan Cameron's service on the Committee on Internal Improvement in the North Carolina Senate, particularly reports from the Neuse River Navigation Company and the Roanoke Navigation Company.
See Subseries 1.2 and 1.3 for letters from Archibald Murphey concerning internal improvements.
Folder 3506 |
Acts |
Folder 3507 |
Bills |
Folder 3508 |
Committee on Internal Improvement |
Folder 3509 |
Memorials |
Folder 3510 |
Miscellaneous |
Folder 3511 |
Petitions |
Folder 3512 |
Published Letters of Duncan Cameron to his Constituents |
Folder 3513 |
Voting Tallies |
Arrangement: by type of material.
Chiefly railroad passes issued to Paul C. Cameron. Because of his service as director of both the North Carolina Railroad Company and the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company, Cameron was entitled to free passes to travel on the trains.
Also included are several miscellaneous items, including reports, an invitation to a railroad gala, various legal documents, Paul C. Cameron's commission from the governor to serve as director of the North Carolina Railroad Company, and other printed items which illustrate Paul Cameron's commitment to the development of railroads in North Carolina.
For documentation of Paul C. Cameron's involvement in building a section of the North Carolina Railroad see Subseries 2.1.
See Series 1 for correspondence about railroads in North Carolina.
Folder 3514-3519
Folder 3514Folder 3515Folder 3516Folder 3517Folder 3518Folder 3519 |
Railroad passes |
Folder 3520 |
Other railroad papersIncludes "Statement of Willam B. Dusenburg," 1857, concerning an unnamed group of enslaved people travelling unaccompanied by their enslaver, Dr. Jones of Chapel Hill, N.C., by train from Goldsboro to Raleigh. |
Arrangement: chronological.
Price lists, advertisements, newspaper clippings, circular letters, and other printed material accumulated by the Cameron family. The bulk of this material consists of price lists from Duncan and Paul C. Cameron's factors in Mobile, Ala., Norfolk, Va., Baltimore, Md., and Richmond, Va., communicating the current prices for tobacco, cotton, wheat, and other agricultural products. These lists are particularly numerous from the 1840s through the 1870s. Much of the remaining material consists of advertisements and circular letters offering a variety of products from local and out of state merchants. Also included are newspaper clippings, chiefly of poetry, and religious tracts. There is a flyer dated 1824 that lists thirteen toasts for the 4th of July.
Also included are programs from the Centennial celebration in Philadelphia in 1876, and an 1876 Christmas poem from the carrier of the Raleigh Daily News to his patrons.
Arrangement: chronological.
Invitations to balls, weddings, "hops," picnics, fairs, receptions, church gatherings, and "at homes," issued to members of the Cameron family. Also included are calling cards of friends and acquaintances, with a few Cameron family calling cards.
Folder 3544 |
Invitations and calling cards, 1866-1869 |
Folder 3545 |
Invitations and calling cards, 1870-1872 |
Folder 3546 |
Invitations and calling cards, 1873-1879 |
Folder 3547 |
Invitations and calling cards, 1880-1889 |
Folder 3548 |
Invitations and calling cards, 1890-1896 |
Folder 3549-3550
Folder 3549Folder 3550 |
Invitations, undated |
Folder 3551 |
Calling cards, undated |
Arrangement: alphabetical by type of material.
Architectural drawings, a blueprint, building specifications, plant lists, gardening instructions, and drawings documenting the design, construction, and maintenance of Cameron buildings and grounds, Saint Mary's School in Raleigh, N.C., Saint Matthew's Church in Hillsborough, N.C., and the State House in Raleigh.
Drawings are chiefly of details such as columns and capitals. There is a blueprint for a structure labelled "flower pit" at Hillsborough.
Building specifications describe the workmanship and materials to be used in the construction of three Cameron and/or Bennehan supported building projects the State House in Raleigh, circa 1792, a brick building at Saint Mary's School in Raleigh, and materials and labor for repairing Saint Matthews Church in Hillsborough. Also included is a "memorandum of Mr. Bennehan's houses," listing buildings with their measurements and brief descriptions.
There are three types of documents that provide information about Cameron grounds and gardens plant lists, gardening instructions, and drawings. The plant lists are undated and list the types of plants used in the Camerons' flower and kitchen gardens. The instructions include information about how "to cultivate celery;" "directions for making up hotbed;" how to make fertilizer for grass, Indian corn, Irish potatoes, beets, cabbage, and strawberries; and directions "for curing diseases... of all kind of fruit and forrest trees." The drawings document garden design and placement of plants, as well as overall ground plans which show the locations of gardens and buildings.
Folder 3552 |
Architectural Drawings and Blueprints |
Oversize Paper OP-133/97 |
Architectural drawing, undated |
Oversize Paper OP-133/98 |
Architectural drawing, undated |
Oversize Paper OP-133/99 |
Architectural drawing, undated |
Folder 3553 |
Building specifications |
Folder 3554 |
Gardens and grounds |
Arrangement: alphabetical by type of material.
Obituaries, memorials, epitaphs, newspaper clippings, certificates of membership, and notes on genealogy.
Obituaries consist of newspaper clippings of death notices of some members of the Cameron family. There are handwritten memorials honoring John Cameron, Paul C. Cameron, Pauline Cameron Shephard, and George Mordecai. These memorials were drafted by the organizations and churches to which the deceased belonged. There are also handwritten drafts and copies of the epitaphs to be put on Cameron tombstones, with some drawings of tombstone designs included.
There are two undated newspaper clippings mentioning Bennehan Cameron, and a 1961 article about Fairntosh. Also included are lists of births, deaths, and marriages of white family members.
Certificates document the involvement of members of the Cameron family in various organizations and on commissions. There is a certificate naming Duncan Cameron to serve on the commission which settled the border dispute between North Carolina and South Carolina in 1812. There is a certificate appointing Paul C. Cameron to serve as a representative of North Carolina at the Yorktown Celebration in 1879. There are several certificates documenting the membership of Paul C. Cameron, George Mordecai, and several members of the Ruffin family in the North Carolina Agricultural Society.
Folder 3555 |
Certificates |
Folder 3556 |
Epitaphs |
Folder 3557 |
Lists of Births, Deaths, and Marriages of white family members |
Folder 3558 |
Newspaper clippings |
Folder 3559 |
Obituaries |
Arrangement: by type, then chronological.
Handwritten copies of outgoing letters (Subseries 6.1: 3 volumes), financial data (6.2 6.7: 142 total volumes), land surveys (6.8: 3 volumes), estate papers (6.9: 6 volumes), volumes documenting Duncan Cameron's law practice (6.10: 19 volumes), farm and travel diaries (6.11: 7 volumes), school notebooks (6.12: 10 volumes), and miscellaneous other bound manuscript volumes (6.13: 18 volumes).
The financial volumes have been further categorized by type: bank books (Subseries 6.2), cash books (6.3), daybooks 6.4), ledgers (6.5), ready money sales (6.6), and other account books (6.7). They thoroughly document Cameron family financial interests and transactions, and are rich sources of information about goods and services available in central North Carolina in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The information in this series complements that found in the various series of loose papers in this collection: appropriate cross references have been included. Also note that many of these volumes served secondary purposes in addition to their main functions, and that appropriate "see also" references are therefore included for each subseries.
Arrangement: chronological.
Handwritten copies of business correspondence concerning store, plantation, and legal interests of Richard Bennehan and Duncan Cameron. (See also Series 1. Correspondence; and Volume 185.)
Folder 3561 |
Volume 1: Letter book, 1771-1786Johnston/Bennehan. Chiefly handwritten copies of letters to merchants about store business. Also included is "Scheme of Goods for Johnston & Bennehan, ..." (14 January 1771; 1 March 1772; 27 February 1773; 10 March 1774; and 1 May 1775) inventories of goods ordered for the store, including a list of book titles and "Invoice of Goods Shipt . . . .", undated, by John Alston, merchant at Glasgow via Edward Stabler, merchant at Petersburg. 58 pages. |
Folder 3562 |
Volume 2: Letter book, 18 February 1801-1 December 1803"Duncan Cameron's Letter Book Commencing in the Year 1801," with index. Copies of letters sent by Cameron in his capacity as lawyer. 140 pages. |
Folder 3563 |
Volume 3: Letter book, November 1801-November 1803Richard Bennehan. "Copies of Letters written by Richard Bennehan Commencing November 1801." This letter book is chiefly business related, but personal references often appear in store and plantation correspondence. 85 pages. |
Arrangement: chronological.
Summaries of the personal bank accounts of Duncan, Paul, Mildred, and Anne Ruffin Cameron, and of George Mordecai. Accounts are chiefly with the State Bank of North Carolina, but some with the Bank of Newbern, the National Bank of Raleigh, and the Raleigh Bank and Trust Company. The bank books show deposits, withdrawals, interest on notes, and Duncan Cameron's salary as president of the State Bank of North Carolina.
See also Series 2.1. Accounts; and Volumes 108, 113, 114, 141, 149, 150, 151, 195, and 196.
Folder 3564 |
Volume 4: Bank book, 1811-1826Duncan Cameron. State Bank of North Carolina. Note: badly damaged; some pages illegible. |
Folder 3565 |
Volume 5: Bank book, 1822-1829Duncan Cameron. "Bank of Newbern Raleigh Office in accot. with Duncan Cameron." Note: badly damaged; some pages illegible. |
Folder 3566 |
Volume 6: Bank book, 1828-1834Duncan Cameron. State Bank of North Carolina. Note: badly damaged; some pages illegible. |
Folder 3567 |
Volume 7: Bank book, 1834-1836Duncan Cameron. State Bank of North Carolina. 47 pages. |
Folder 3568 |
Volume 8: Bank book, 1 September 1836-30 December 1843Duncan Cameron. State Bank of North Carolina. 111 pages. |
Folder 3569 |
Volume 9: Bank book, 5 December 1843-23 September 1859Paul C. Cameron. "Paul C. Cameron A/C Bank of the State of N.C." 38 pages. |
Folder 3570 |
Volume 10: Bank book, 31 December 1845-30 June 1848Duncan Cameron. State Bank of North Carolina. 46 pages. |
Folder 3571 |
Volume 11: Bank book, 1848-1852Duncan Cameron. State Bank of North Carolina. Also contains loose checks, 1851. |
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Volume 12: Bank book, 1 January 1853-31 October 1860Mildred C. Cameron. "M. C. Cameron in Acct. Bank of the State of No. Ca." 28 pages. |
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Volume 13: Bank book, 31 October 1859-12 November 1864Mildred C. Cameron. "Miss M. C. Cameron in Account with Bank of North Carolina." 28 pages. |
Folder 3574 |
Volume 14: Bank book, 1862-1869George W. Mordecai. Summary of Mordecai's account with Bank of North Carolina; also contains a list of pork killed in 1865 and 1866. 44 pages. |
Folder 3575 |
Volume 15: Bank book, February 1891-May 1891Anne Ruffin Cameron. "Mrs. Anne Ruffin Cameron in Account with The National Bank of Raleigh, Raleigh, NC." Contains brief bank summary, but primarily used for genealogical notes on the white Nash, Read, and Cameron families. Contains marriages and names of children with births and deaths listed, but includes few dates. 17 pages. |
Arrangement: chronological.
Month-by-month summaries of incoming and outgoing cash. Each book lists names of individuals involved and amounts of cash received or expended, and includes a combination of plantation, business (store), and personal expenses of the Cameron family for loans, services, trips, etc.
Between 1794 and 1805, cash books chiefly document the income of the Stagville Store.
See also Series 2.1. Accounts.
See also volumes 25, 40, 62 in Subseries 6.4.2; volumes 67, 70, 76, 84, 85 in Subseries 6.5; and volume 147 in Subseries 6.9.
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Volume 16: Cash book, January 1794-December 1797"Cash Book Commencing January 1794." 88 pages. |
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Volume 17: Cash book, January 1798-November 1801"Cash Book Commencing January 1798." 94 pages. Formerly folder 3576. |
Folder 3577 |
Volume 18: Cash book, March 1798-May 1802Primarily a record of cash received, this volume also contains "A List of Bonds, Notes, etc. in the hands of Duncan Cameron" (1790s). 160 pages. |
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Volume 19: Cash book, November 1798-April 1803"Acct. Messrs. Amis & Rhymes with Jesse Rhymes." Shows cash or goods expended, with entries typically including brief reasons for expenses: examples are clothing or textiles for enslaved people, taxes, and expenses for building a milk house. Also included is a separate list of cash received, often recorded as payment in part or in full. Organization is chronological by date of payment. 30 pages. |
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Volume 20: Cash book, December 1801-November 1805"Cash Book Commencing December 1801." 93 pages. |
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Volume 21: Cash book, January 1889-December 189857 pages used in 71 page volume. |
Arrangement: chronological.
Journals of original entry chiefly reflecting the day-to-day business transactions of the Snowhill, Stagville, Hillsborough, and other Bennehan/Cameron owned North Carolina stores. Sometimes labelled "blotters," "journals," or "memorandum books," as well as daybooks, these volumes all show the daily purchases and payments made at various stores. Many of these volumes indicate that original daybook entries have been transferred to ledgers, which show all the charges and payments made on a single account over an extended period of time. Some of these ledgers are in Subseries 6.5.
These daybooks reflect the variety of goods (food and liquor, household supplies, agricultural equipment, books, clothing, and textiles) available from the late eighteenth century through the nineteenth century at the Cameron stores, and reveal the diverse population of enslaved people, craftsmen, farmers, and others who purchased them through cash, tobacco, or service. Although chiefly generated by store business, the daybooks also document other Cameron family financial transactions, including personal, household, and plantation expenses.
See also Series 2.1. Accounts.
Folder 3580 |
Volume 22: Daybook, 1 March 1773-28 February 1777Johnston-Bennehan. "Journal No. C." Snowhill. 237 pages. |
Folder 3581 |
Volume 23: Daybook, 1 March 1774-28 February 1775, 1 November 1792-30 May 17951774-1775, Snowhill, pages 1-156; and 1792-1795, Stagville, pages 1-111. [Paginated in two separate sections.] Johnston-Bennehan. "Day Book 1774 No. F." Snowhill records of enslavement:
Stagville records of enslavement:
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Folder 3582 |
Volume 24: Daybook, 1 March 1775-March 1787Johnston-Bennehan. "Daybook 1775 No. G." Snowhill. Gaps exist during the 1780s. 85 pages. |
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Volume 25: Daybook, 6 November 1784-16 February 1785Johnston-Bennehan. "Daybook Novemr. 1784 A." Snowhill. Recorded after the death of William Johnston, each month in the daybook begins with a cash account. This volume also contains an "Account of Crop; Tobacco received from October 1793," which shows from whom the tobacco was received, warehouse, and disposition. 35 pages. |
Folder 3583 |
Volume 26: Daybook, 19 February 1785-May 1787 with gaps"Blotter." Snowhill. 19 pages, numbered 23-41. |
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Volume 27: Daybook, 1 June 1785-30 October 1787Richard Bennehan. "Day Book." Stagville and Snowhill. 18 pages. |
Folder 3584 |
Volume 28: Daybook, 1 June 1785-30 May 1789"Journal A." Snowhill and Stagville. First half of volume contains Snowhill store transactions, 1 June 1785-30 October 1787, and second half contains those for Stagville store, 6 November 1787-30 May 1789. 203 pages. |
Folder 3585 |
Volume 29: Daybook, 15 July 1787-27 April 1791"Memo Book." Chiefly contains daybook style entries along with a "Memo: of Loose Tobacco [for] Fall 1790." Not systematic; many entries crossed out. 61 pages. |
Folder 3586 |
Volume 30: Daybook, 2 November 1787-30 October 1789Richard Bennehan. "Day Book." Stagville. 257 pages. |
Folder 3587 |
Volume 31: Daybook, 1 June 1789-30 October 1792Stagville. 178 pages. |
Folder 3588 |
Volume 32: Daybook, 1 November 1789-30 October 1791Richard Bennehan. "Day Book." Stagville. 252 pages. |
Folder 3589 |
Volume 33: Daybook, 1 August 1790-26 April 1791 with gaps"Memo Book." Stagville. Most entries crossed out, probably transferred to ledger. 17 pages. |
Folder 3590 |
Volume 34: Daybook, 1 November 1791-29 December 1793Richard Bennehan. "Day Book." Stagville. 279 pages. [See also Volume 23 for Stagville daybook entries for 1 November 1792-30 May 1895.] |
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Volume 35: Daybook, 2 January 1792-24 September 1792Stagville. Many crossed out entries, probably transferred to ledger. 81 pages. |
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Volume 36: Daybook, 21 August 1792-24 February 1799Contains entries for only one day of most months covered. Purchases by enslaved people and others. Payments noted in margins. Many entries crossed out, probably transferred to ledger. 48 pages. |
Folder 3593 |
Volume 37: Daybook, 2 October 1792-27 May 1793"Blotter." Stagville. Many crossed out entries, probably transferred to ledger. 90 pages. |
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Volume 38: Daybook, 1792-1795 with gaps, not arranged in chronological orderStagville. Contains chiefly daybook style entries for scattered days (many crossed out). Also includes list of "Parcel Tobacco" (1793, 1794, 1795); and "Memo of the corn that is ground at David Umstead's Mill from the 1st Day Dec. 95 for the store and Quarter." 41 pages. |
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Volume 39: Daybook, 1 June 1793-28 February 1794"Blotter." Stagville. Contains crossed out entries, probably transferred to ledger. 82 pages. Formerly folder 3595. |
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Volume 40: Daybook, 1 January 1794-29 June 1795"D Book." Stagville. In addition to regular daybook entries, this volume contains separate cash and tobacco accounts and a beef account which shows number of cattle received and expenses for handling the drove. 182 pages. |
Folder 3597 |
Volume 41: Daybook, 1 March 1794-30 December 1794"Blotter." Stagville. Contains crossed out entries, probably transferred to ledger. 72 pages. |
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Volume 42: Daybook, 22 January 1795-26 August 1795Stagville. 90 pages. |
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Volume 43: Daybook, 1 June 1795-30 December 1798"Day Book." Stagville. 181 pages. Formerly folder 3599. |
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Volume 44: Daybook, 5 June 1795-23 April 1796Stagville. 87 pages. |
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Volume 45: Daybook, 3 May 1796-13 May 1797"Blotter." Stagville. 87 pages. |
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Volume 46: Daybook, 1 June 1797-6 September 1797Stagville. 23 pages. |
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Volume 47: Daybook, 28 December 1798-5 July 1799"James Edmund Birchett's Day Book for 1799." Hillsborough, N.C. 90 pages. |
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Volume 48: Daybook, 2 January 1799-30 December 1801"Day Book Commencing Jany. 1st 1799." Stagville. 178 pages. |
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Volume 49: Daybook, 1 January 1801-October 1802 with gapsStagville. Many entries have been crossed out. Also includes "Memo. of Brandy Purchased beginning Fall 1802...," and an account of "Nails used about the Crib at the Brick House" and at Little River. 57 pages. |
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Volume 50: Daybook, 1 January 1802-29 September 1803Richard Bennehan. "Day Book Commencing January 1802 / Ending Septemr. 1803." Stagville. 184 pages. |
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Volume 51: Daybook, 1 December 1802-29 February 1803"Blotter Commencing December 1802 & Ending February 1803." Stagville. 189 pages. |
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Volume 52: Daybook, 1 March 1803-29 March 1805"Blotter Commencing March 1803 / Ending March 1805." Stagville. 181 pages. |
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Volume 53: Daybook, 1 October 1803-May 1807Richard Bennehan. "Day Book Commencing October 1803." Stagville. 154 pages. |
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Volume 54: Daybook, 23 December 1803-May 1806Hillsborough. 61 pages. |
Folder 3607 |
Volume 55: Daybook, 1 April 1805-28 June 1806"Blotter Commencing April 1805." Stagville. 175 pages. |
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Volume 56: Daybook, 1 July 1806-May 1807"Blotter Commencing July 1806." Stagville. 105 pages. |
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Volume 57: Daybook, 30 August 1806; 1 January 1807-29 April 1807Stagville. Some entries identical to volume 53, possibly an earlier version. 37 pages, numbered 113 through 150. |
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Volume 58: Daybook, 1 January 1807-14 February 1807; 1 January 1810Stagville. In addition to daybook entries, the last part of this volume served as a copy book used by an unknown person to practice writing skills. 29 pages. |
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Volume 59: Daybook [Part I], 1 May 1807-12 December 1807Stagville. 95 pages. |
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Volume 60: Daybook, [Part II], 16 December 1807-30 July 1808Stagville. 100 pages. |
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Volume 61: Daybook, 1 August 1808-30 September 1809"Blotter Commencing August 1808." Stagville. 192 pages. |
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Volume 62: Daybook, 2 October 1809-31 December 1810"Blotter Commencing October 1809." Stagville. Among loose pages at end, this volume also contains cash account for Fish Dam, 1811-1813. 181 pages. |
Folder 3610 |
Volume 63: Daybook, 3 March 1881-26 January 1882"Day Book." Contains combination of entries for dry goods store, near the old Stagville site, owned by Duncan and Bennehan Cameron, and for Fairntosh plantation. Most goods were purchased by farm laborers who worked for the Camerons. 361 pages. |
Folder 3611 |
Volume 64: Daybook, 1881-1883Contains two parts including individual accounts with day laborers, January 1881-April 1881, pages 1-30; and 27 January 1882-3 July 1883, showing purchases of sundries, agricultural equipment, and labor. Each entry shows page number of ledger to which it was transferred. 527 pages, numbered 32-558. |
Folder 3612 |
Volume 65: Daybook, 15 November 1883-30 March 1885"Day Book." Contains combination of entries for dry goods store owned by Duncan and Bennehan Cameron and for Fairntosh plantation. Most goods were purchased by farm laborers who worked for the Camerons. 603 pages. |
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Volume 66: Daybook, 31 March 1885-13 November 1886Contains combination of entries for dry goods store owned by Duncan and Bennehan Cameron and for Fairntosh plantation. Most goods were purchased by farm laborers who worked for the Camerons. Many of the farm laborers were previously enslaved by the Camerons or descendents of the community of people enslaved by the Camerons. Family names include Alston, Bigelow, Cain, Dunham/Durham, Evins, Glass, Harriss, Hart, Haskins, Holdt, Justice, Kirkland, Lashley, Latta, Love, Lumsford, Meeks, Peaks, Ruffin, Sears, Sewell, Shaw, Shudwick, Southerland, Tate, Taylor, Turrentine, Umstead, Veasy, Walker, Webb. Other names may be present. 353 pages used in a 640 page volume. |
Arrangement: chronological.
These volumes show all charges and payments (often involving the exchange of tobacco, cash, or labor) made on individual accounts over an extended period of time. The entries have been transferred from daybooks or other sources of original entry. Sometimes labelled "memorandum books" or "journals," these volumes chiefly record store transactions. They do, however, also document a variety of personal, legal, and plantation business, reflecting the fluidity of Cameron family financial activities. See also Series 2.1. Accounts.
1767-1834
Ledgers from the Snowhill Store and the Stagville Store, mill ledgers, and plantation ledgers documenting the Cameron family's financial activities and the people enslaved by them prior to the Civil War.
1881-1894
Ledgers for Fairntosh Plantation after the Civil War.
See also Volumes 93 and 154.
Folder 3613 |
Volume 67: Ledger, 1767-1775Richard Bennehan. Contains personal charges and expenses, as well as store accounts, including an account of horses bought and sold in 1767 and 1768 (page 5); cash accounts with entries for sundries, furniture, services, clothing, profit and loss in law suit (page 14); and Johnston & Bennehan Snowhill store (page 29). Index. 45 pages. |
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Volume 68: Ledger, 1772-1787Johnston/Bennehan. Entries include name and general locations of residence for merchants and customers along with accounts for trafficking of labor of enslaved people and products such as tobacco, pork, beef, deerskin, butter, tallow, beeswax, horses, household furniture, corn, and others. Index. 213 pages. |
Folder 3614 |
Volume 69: Ledger, 1784-1785Johnston/Bennehan. Accounts with merchants and store customers list their names and locations, as well as itemized charges and payments. Index. 82 pages. |
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Volume 70: Ledger, 1785-1795"Ledger A." Accounts with merchants and store customers include their names and general location of residence. Purchases are listed as "sundries" or "merchandise". Payments were often in the form of agricultural products. Contains cash account, tobacco account, beef account, and merchandise summaries. Index. 169 pages. |
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Volume 71: Ledger, 1785-1798"Memorandum Book." Contains a combination of original entries and ledger accounts. Chiefly store related business. Many original entries crossed out, possibly transferred to another ledger. 90 pages. |
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Volume 72: Ledger, 1791-1799"Memorandum Book." Individual accounts include areas of residence of store customers whose purchases are not itemized but listed as "sundries." Payments often in agricultural products. Index. 96 pages. |
Folder 3617 |
Volume 73: Ledger, 1792-1812Contains itemized purchases made by enslaved people at Cameron store, including payments or services. Some entries include the occupation of the enslaved person and identify the enslaver and residence. Many entries are crossed out and the volume is not arranged in chronological order. 58 pages. |
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Volume 74: Ledger, 1795-1804"Memorandum Book Commencing June, 1795." Individual accounts show areas of residence of store customers. Purchases either listed as "sundries" or itemized. Payments in cash or agricultural products. Index. 95 pages. |
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Volume 75: Ledger, 1799-1800"Ledger 1799." Includes names, but not locations of individual store customers. Purchases listed as "sundries." 116 pages. |
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Volume 76: Ledger, 1804-1836Probably Duncan Cameron. This volume does not appear to be chiefly store related. Instead it documents a variety of legal, plantation, and personal financial activities. Ledger entries are a record of enslaved people purchased, as well as postage, legal fees, personal purchases, rent and purchase of land, cash received and expended, interest earnings from bank stock, and medical expenses. Also contains accounts with lawyers, merchants, artisans, and the University of North Carolina. 157 pages. Formerly folder 3618. |
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Volume 77: Ledger, 1824-1834Isham Malone for Duncan Cameron. Person Mills. Individual accounts with laborers represent combination of mill, store, and plantation entries, including grain accounts, charges for shoes, food, supplies, and services such as carpentry, masonry, shoe making, and equipment repairs. Also contains list of stud fees for 1834. 117 pages. Formerly folder 3619. |
Folder 3620 |
Volume 78: Ledger, March 1881-December 1882"Journal/ 1881 & 1882." Includes Duncan Cameron III, personal account and lists day laborers' purchases of merchandise with payments made in labor, produce, or cash. 433 pages. |
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Volume 79: Ledger, January 1883-December 1883"Journal/ 1883." Includes accounts for Duncan Cameron III, plantation, and others. Also contains account for Fairntosh, December 1885, and ledger entries from January 1886 through March 1886. 433 pages total; entries end at page 329 with scattered unused pages. |
Folder 3622 |
Volume 80: Ledger, December 1883-1885Accounts include Duncan Cameron III, Bennehan Cameron, Fairntosh, and others. Index. 360 pages total; entries end, with scattered blanks, at page 344. |
Folder 3623 |
Volume 81: Ledger, 1883-1892B. Cameron. "#2 Fairntosh 1884-91" [cover with this title has been removed]. In addition to accounts of Bennehan Cameron and his wife, this volume includes accounts with day laborers and others. Also noted are charges for provisions and merchandise, and wages for days of labor or goods and services rendered in exchange. Index. 332 pages. |
Folder 3624 |
Volume 82: Ledger, January 1884-December 1885Plantation accounts (Eno and Fairntosh) with laborers and others. Index. 292 pages total; entries end at page 152, with scattered blanks. |
Folder 3625 |
Volume 83: Ledger, 1885-1887R. S. Kirkland, manager for Duncan and Bennehan Cameron. Includes household goods listed in accounts for Duncan Cameron III, and Bennehan Cameron, and agricultural supplies for Fairntosh. Also contains other accounts for customers at the Camerons' dry goods store. Index. 365 pages used in a 548 page volume. |
Folder 3626 |
Volume 84: Ledger, January 1886-February 1887Accounts with farm workers show charges for merchandise and wages for day labor or services rendered. Also cash accounts with W. P. Durham and W. D. Turrentine, agents of Duncan Cameron III. Index. 105 pages used in a 364 page volume. |
Folder 3627 |
Volume 85: Ledger, January 1887-1895Contains cash account of Bennehan Cameron, along with accounts for Fairntosh Plantation, sawmill, house expenses, and individual accounts with farm managers, laborers, and others for merchandise, food, and clothing purchased at the Cameron store. Index. 338 pages. |
Folder 3628 |
Volume 86: Ledger, April 1887-1894"Ledger #3 Fairntosh 1890-1894." Contains accounts with laborers; Stagville dairy sales; accounts with merchants and wholesalers/suppliers; Fairntosh account; and others. Index. 400 pages used with some scattered unused pages. |
Arrangement: chronological.
These volumes contain monthly accounts of merchandise sold in the Cameron stores for cash. Each lists items and their values by date of purchase and gives monthly totals.
See also Series 2.1. Accounts.
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Volume 87: "Ready Money Sales," November 1784-May 1785Johnston-Bennehan. Probably Snowhill. 20 pages. |
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Volume 88: "Ready Money Sales," January 1792-December 1793Probably Stagville. 40 pages. |
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Volume 89: "Ready Money Sales, Commencing January 1794," January 1794-December 1797Probably Stagville. 66 pages. |
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Volume 90: "Ready Money Sales," January 1798-September 1804Probably Stagville. 76 pages. |
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Volume 91: "Ready Money Sales Commencing November 1804," November 1804-November 1811Probably Stagville. 87 pages. |
Arrangement: chronological.
These volumes contain the following types of accounts: lists of enslaved people, including a volume that records the births of [350?] children into slavery at Stagville from 1776 to 1842; store inventories; personal account books; pork lists; household expenses; stud fees; lists of balances; invoices and receipts; mill accounts; stock, crop, and tool lists; check books; school accounts; and property lists. More than one kind of account often appears in the same book, demonstrating the fluid relationship that existed between personal, household, plantation, store, and other Cameron family financial interests.
1768-1865
Accounts documenting enslaved people and many of the Cameron family's other financial interests during and prior to the Civil War.
1870-1892
Accounts documenting many of the Cameron family's financial interests after the Civil War.
See also Volumes: 1, 14, 18, 25, 29, 38, 40, 49, 62, 77, 148, 154, 165, 166, 170, 173, 174, 175, 176, 193, 194, 195, and 196.
Folder 3631 |
Volume 92: Personal account book, 1768-1776Richard Bennehan. Contains a variety of entries, including the following: expenses to Petersburg, Va., 1768-1771, including undefined expenses related to enslaved people or free Black people; cash account to Virginia with a drove of hogs, 1771-1773; cash paid for household furniture; and account of farm at Flat River for equipment, buildings, crops, and labor. Some of the labor expenses included the hiring of unnamed enslaved or free Black people to clean the yard and clear pasture, and of Peter, a shoemaker (page37). 60 pages. |
Folder 3632 |
Volume 93: Invoice book, 1769-1773Johnston-Bennehan. Snowhill. Chiefly contains inventories of merchandise put into Little River Store, owned jointly by William Johnston and Richard Bennehan. Inventories include textiles, ceramics and glassware, books, tools, spices, etc., recording quantity of each item and values in Virginia currency. Includes invoices of goods (textiles, shoes, hunting saddles, books, dishes, etc.) shipped by Scottish factor John Alston to Petersburg, Va. Lists box and cask numbers, along with quantity, description, and value of each item shipped. Ledger style entries also are interspersed throughout the volume. NOTE: This volume has been transcribed in its entirety and may be found in Appendix I, Volume II, of Marvin L. M. Kay's UNC PhD. dissertation, "The Institutional Background to the Regulation in Colonial North Carolina," 1962. 72 pages. |
Folder 3633 |
Volume 94: Invoice book, 1773-1801Johnston-Bennehan. Snowhill. Contains inventories of goods at Little River store and those shipped to Virginia. Also entries for the wide variety of imported and domestic goods purchased for store. Goods mentioned include textiles, rum, gun powder, spectacles, pewter, and curry combs. 280 pages. |
Folder 3634 |
Volume 95: List of children born into slavery at Stagville, 1776-1842Lists of children and parents enslaved by the Cameron family; month and year of birth of child. Also in margins are a few notations indicating month and year of death. The first child was born into slavery in June 1776; 57 children were born before 1800; and 242 births were recorded between 1776 and 1842. 27 pages. |
Folder 3635 |
Volume 96: "Covering Book for Sterne Commencing March 19th 1777," 1777-1778Richard Bennehan. "This book contains the number of mares covered by Sterne, and the Terms thereof. Two thirds of which is the property of Messr. David Mitchell & Sen. H. Bullock of Granville Co. and the other one third the property of Rich'd. Bennehan of Orange Co." 38 pages. |
Folder 3636 |
Volume 97: Memorandum book, 1784-1785; 1785-1792Johnston-Bennehan. Contains itemized purchases of William Johnston (pages N-Q) and Richard Bennehan (pages 1-4). Pages A-M include a variety of entries such as expenses for miscellaneous services and a trip to Petersburg, Va. Also contains "Memorandum of Tobacco sent to Petersburg," 1785-1792. 93 pages. |
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Volume 98: Balances due, 15 November 1798"A List of Balances due Amis & Rhymes on their Ledger November 15th 1798." Lists names with amounts due. Arranged alphabetically. Also includes "List of Notes & Bonds" and "List of Balances due from Amis & Rhymes, November 15th 1798." 23 pages. |
Folder 3637 |
Volume 99: "Register of Receipts," 1798-1822Duncan Cameron. Handwritten copies of receipts for wide variety of expenses including services commissioned, court expenses, and merchandise (from furniture to horses) purchased by Duncan Cameron. 360 pages. |
Folder 3638 |
Volume 100: "An Account of Household Expenses Commencing January 1802," 1802-November 1803Primarily a record of expenses for food supplies including fruit, eggs, butter, and meat. 25 pages. |
Folder 3639 |
Volume 101: "Fall Scheme 1805"Lists amounts of clothing, textiles, books, household supplies and equipment, and other goods probably to be ordered for the Stagville store. 19 pages. |
Folder 3640 |
Volume 102: "Spring Scheme for 1806"Probably a list of goods to be ordered for the Stagville store. Includes building supplies and paints as well as clothing, textiles, books, and household supplies and equipment. 12 pages. |
Folder 3641 |
Volume 103: Mill accounts, 1807Contains a "memo of wheat sold at the mill" and accounts for corn and lumber. 24 pages. |
Folder 3642 |
Volume 103: "Fall Scheme 1808"Probably a list of goods to be ordered for the Stagville store. Last page contains an account of "cotton brought from Little River in the seed." 12 pages. |
Folder 3643 |
Volume 105: Miscellaneous accounts and notes, 1808, 1825Contains a wide variety of entries including a stock list, 1808; whooping cough cure; account of Mrs. Cameron's purchases of medicine in Raleigh and Salem; account of meat smoked; and a Bible verse. 21 pages. |
Folder 3644 |
Volume 106: "Memorandum Book," 14 April 1809-13 March 1809Stagville. Contains miscellaneous accounts of store purchases by enslaved people and others, not recorded in a systematic fashion. Entries are scattered and most are crossed out. 6 pages. |
Folder 3645 |
Volume 107: "Spring Scheme of Goods for Stagville 1811 Spring/ Thos. V. Hargis," 1811Probably a list of goods to be ordered for the store. 7 pages. |
Folder 3646 |
Volume 108: Memorandum book, 1811-1817Duncan Cameron. Primarily consists of "Memo. of Money lent." Also includes Cameron's 1811 account with State Bank of North Carolina. 64 pages. |
Folder 3647 |
Volume 109: Memorandum book, 1818-1833Duncan Cameron. Contains a variety of entries, including money lent by Cameron, an "Acco. of Flour made and sent away from crop of 1827," "Debts owe by DC/ Debts owing to DC," and expenses incurred during an "1818 Journey to Tennessee." 96 pages. |
Folder 3648 |
Volume 110: "List of Balances," 1 November 1822Lists names and amounts owed including Duncan Cameron and Thomas D. Bennehan. Also contains "List of Debts off of the Ledger." These accounts are possibly related to the Stagville store. |
Folder 3649 |
Volume 111: "Pork list for 1822"Bennehan-Cameron. Lists number and weight of hogs, organized by plantation. Includes lists for Person County, Eno plantation, Leathers, "Briges" (probably refers to hogs killed on land purchased from James Briggs in 1821), Little River, Brick House, Fish Dam, and Stagville, along with an estimate of average hog weight. 16 pages. |
Folder 3650 |
Volume 112: Personal account book, 30 April 1824, 3 May 1824-1825; 1830-1833Thomas A. Cameron. "T.A. Cameron's Book Norwich Sept. 10, 1824." Norwich, Vt., 30 April 1824, 3 May 1824-1825. Contains two separate lists, one shows items the young Cameron was permitted to purchase, while another lists name, number, and cost of items actually purchased by Cameron while at school in Vermont. Also contains Farm Memo. Duncan Cameron-Paul C. Cameron, 1830-1833. Includes pork and meat lists and cotton list for "Leathers," Snow Hill, Brick House, Eno, and "Clements" (Person County, N.C.) plantations. 79 pages. |
Folder 3651 |
Volume 113: Check book, 1824-1834Duncan Cameron. Contains loose (between bound paper dividers) handwritten and printed checks drawn on State Bank of North Carolina. |
Folder 3652 |
Volume 114: Memorandum book, 1826-1833Paul C. Cameron. Contains miscellaneous scattered entries concerning state bank account, 1833 tavern expenses, taxes, bank notes, and fees. 32 pages. |
Folder 3653 |
Volume 115: Lists of people enslaved by Duncan Cameron, 1830Duncan Cameron. Separate lists of enslaved men and women, organized by plantation, with a few notations of deaths and trafficking to other enslavers. 10 pages. |
Folder 3654 |
Volume 116: Farm memo, 1834Contains various lists of enslaved men and women compiled by overseers and organized by plantation. Includes names, ages, and some occupations of the enslaved people. Other lists consist of number and variety of stock; agricultural implements plows, harrows, hoes, etc.; number of pairs of shoes made at each plantation; pork and cotton lists. Plantations mentioned include Brick House, Fairntosh, Leathers, Eno, Snow Hill, and Person County. 29 pages. |
Folder 3655 |
Volume 117: Farm memo, 1834-1838Paul C. Cameron. Contains an 1835 list of enslaved people for Orange and Person counties and a variety of accounts, including a list of equipment and supplies bought, March 1834-December 1834. 64 pages. |
Folder 3656 |
Volume 118: Account book, January 1839-April 1839, 30 October 1839Mildred C. Cameron. Contains clothing expenses and a list of sewing and art supplies. List for October was recorded on eve of departure from Raleigh for trip South and shows clothing needed for journey. Also contains a diary entry which discusses religious "confirmation" the previous year and refers to deaths of three sisters, including Anne. 8 pages. |
Folder 3657 |
Volume 119: List of enslaved people, 1839Created as an account of clothing (shirts, coats, and pantaloons) distributed to enslaved people on various plantations. Separate lists of men, women, and children on each plantation. Includes Fairntosh, Snow Hill, Brick House, Eno, Bobbitt's, and Person county. 6 pages. |
Folder 3658 |
Volume 120: List of enslaved people and expenses related to forced migration to Alabama, October 1844-March 1845Separate lists of enslaved people owned by Duncan Cameron and those owned by Paul C. Cameron. Indicates names of men, boys, women, girls, and children, and includes an account of expenses for a forced migration to Alabama. 8 pages. |
Folder 3659 |
Volume 121: Memorandum book, 1844-1848Pencil entries are difficult to read but this volume seems to contain personal expenses of Duncan Cameron and Thomas Dudley Bennehan for travel, clothing, etc. 45 pages. |
Folder 3660 |
Volume 122: Account book, 1844-1869 with gaps; not arranged chronologicallyIncludes accounts for freed people in 1866 and other entries; primarily a record of agricultural sales and purchases (crops, stock, and equipment). 44 pages. |
Folder 3661 |
Volume 123: "Fodder book for 1845 and 1846," 23 October 1845-15 August 1846Duncan Cameron. Monthly account of fodder amounts delivered. 15 pages. |
Folder 3662 |
Volume 124: List of people enslaved by Paul C. Cameron, October 1845Paul C. Cameron. Lists names organized by plantation, some with specific occupations and birth dates. Also includes a list of people who worked in Paul C. Cameron's house, enslaved people at Person Mill, Eno Mill, and in Alabama. 29 pages. |
Folder 3663 |
Volume 125: Account book, August 1851-1853"Expenses on Rail Road Contract in which Duncan, Paul, and Margaret Cameron are equally interested." Contains list of expenditures (primarily for supplies and equipment) and notes. 142 pages. |
Folder 3664 |
Volume 126: Bond and stock book, 1853-1854, 1857Mildred C. Cameron. "This book exhibits a List of M.C.C. bonds, stocks, etc. in the care of C. Dewey Esqr." Also includes one loose page containing an account for Thomas Cameron, 1854; 1857. 38 pages. |
Folder 3665 |
Volume 127: Account book, 1853-1859Mildred C. Cameron/Margaret Bain Mordecai. Personal accounts include purchases of clothing, medicines, and sundries. 127 pages. |
Folder 3666 |
Volume 128: Account book, 1861-1867Paul C. Cameron. Alabama accounts between W. Oberry and Paul C. Cameron, including expenses for medicines and supplies; list of earnings; Confederate Treasury Notes; and a copy of 1867 settlement declaration between Oberry and Cameron. 12 pages. |
Folder 3667 |
Volume 129: Farm memo, 1862-1865Primarily a crop record containing accounts for products such as corn, wheat, and cotton as well as pork, meat and hides. Also includes notations of government taxes. 40 pages. |
Folder 3668 |
Volume 130: List of enslaved people, circa 1865Lists of enslaved people organized by plantation, gender, and age, and indicates distributions of clothing (shoes, blankets, shirts, and coats, as well as hats for men and boys). 18 pages. |
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Volume 206: Duncan Cameron account book, 1803-1832Acquisitions Information: Accession 101750 |
Folder 3669 |
Volume 131: Work list/Labor account book, 1870Contains individual accounts indicating labor performed per day or month chiefly related to repairs at "Mill Dam" (for grist and saw mill at Fish Dam?). Also includes supplies purchased for the repair project. 111 pages. |
Folder 3670 |
Volume 132: Memorandum book, 1870-1872, 1881Paul C. Cameron. "P. C. Cameron's Memo. Book." Contains a variety of entries including a payment on Oberry's note [see Vol. 128], rent payments, and other payments of cash and crops. 113 pages. |
Folder 3671 |
Volume 133: Memorandum book, 1871Contains accounts relating to dry goods store. Covers store opening, bank notes, merchandise shipments, and profits and losses. Also includes undated physics notes and problems, and "Wash List of Cadet Cameron" [Bennehan Cameron] attending Virginia Military Academy. 49 pages. |
Folder 3672 |
Volume 134: Property lists, 1872Contained in Bank of North Carolina bank book, this volume shows separate lists of personal property and real estate owned by Paul C. Cameron, Mildred C. Cameron, and Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai; and joint property of Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai and Mildred C. Cameron. 16 pages. |
Folder 3673 |
Volume 135: Personal account book, 3 October 1876-28 October 1876Margaret B. Mordecai. Contains travel expenses (for trip to Philadelphia?), purchases of food, clothing, merchandise, medicines, and washing. Also includes Mildred C. Cameron's expenses for medicines, washing, clothing, and merchandise. 5 pages. |
Folder 3674 |
Volume 136: Property list, circa 1880"Real & Personal Property List of Miss Mildred C. Cameron in the care of brother P. C. Cameron." Contains list of property with estimated value. Includes real estate, stocks, and bonds. 71 pages. |
Folder 3675 |
Volume 137: Property list, circa 1880Margaret Bain Mordecai. "Mrs. M. B. Mordecai, List of Real & Personal Property." Contains list of property with estimated value. Includes real estate, stocks, and bonds. 26 pages. |
Folder 3676 |
Volume 138: Invoice book, February 1881-July 1885Duncan Cameron III. Bound invoices from wholesalers and merchants in Baltimore, Md., Richmond, Va., New York, etc., for hardware, groceries, textiles, etc. Invoices after October 1883 are made out to Duncan and Bennehan Cameron. Not in strict chronological order. |
Folder 3677 |
Volume 139: Property list, January 1882"A list of Mrs. Margaret B. Mordecai Real & Personal Property. Jany 1882. Made out by P. C. Cameron at her request." Contains descriptions of real estate, stocks, and bonds. 37 pages. |
Folder 3678 |
Volume 140: Household account book for services and supplies, 1882-1884Mrs. Duncan Cameron (Mary B.). "Record." Stagville and Fairntosh. Contains household accounts including wages for cooking, washing, milking, and other services, as well as expenses for groceries and household supplies. Employees included Amy Shaw, Charlotte Council, Jennie Gore, Lucy Perkins, Sally Laskin, and others who are mentioned by first name only. Date of hire and monthly wages are available for some individuals. Also contains some unbound invoices and notes. About 85 pages used in 356 page volume. |
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Volume 141: Account book, 1886-1887, 1890-1892Bennehan Cameron. Contains a variety of entries, including accounts labelled "Household" and "Hands & Tenants," as well as wholesalers "Farthing & Duke," "Bot [sic] of Durham Supply Co.," and "Bot [sic] of J. L. Markham, Durham, N.C." Wholesaler accounts are lists of names and charges for store purchases by people who likely were descendents of people enslaved by the Camerons. These accounts chiefly record purchases of food and merchandise, and are cross referenced to ledgers. This volume also contains a list of "Deposits made into the National Bank of Raleigh" and "Memo of checks Drawn on the National Bank of Raleigh by B. C.," with cross references to "pass books." 100 pages, including some scattered unused pages. Formerly folder 3679. |
Folder 3680 |
Volume 142: Cotton and wage account book, 1887, circa 1900-1908"B. Camerons Book for year 1887 writin [sic] by Thomas Bigelow Esq." Chiefly contains cotton accounts listed by last name, including charges for cottonseed, bagging, and ties with amounts in designated cotton stalls. Also contains unbound notes regarding crops, wages, and debts owed, circa 1900-1908. 142 pages with some scattered unused pages. |
Arrangement: chronological.
Field notes recorded during two different surveys of Cameron lands conducted at the beginning and end of the nineteenth century.
See also Series 2.3. Surveys.
Folder 3681 |
Volume 143: "Field Notes of Land in Person County," 29 March 1819-12 April 1819Duncan Cameron. Survey conducted by Phillips Moore, who recorded measurements and physical characteristics of Cameron property in Person county, N.C. 24 pages. |
Folder 3682 |
Volume 144: "Pass Book," January 1890Contains survey notes for Stagville and Fairntosh taken by D. G. McDuffie. Includes notes of title transfers and brief land purchase history. According to Jean Bradley Anderson, "the D. G. McDuffie survey, which purports to show all the lands held by Paul Cameron in 1890, was either left uncompleted or is incorrect." Anderson estimates that 10,000 acres of land purchased by Richard Bennehan, Duncan Cameron, or Paul C. Cameron are unaccounted for in the McDuffie survey. See Piedmont Plantation: The Bennehan Cameron Family and Lands in North Carolina, Durham, N. C.: The Historic Preservation Society of Durham, 1985. (page 36)]. 80 pages. |
Folder 3683 |
Volume 145: Memorandum, 17 February 1890Contains D. G. McDuffie survey notes for Cameron property in Durham and Granville counties. Chiefly measurements. 94 pages. |
Arrangement: chronological.
Documentation of the estates of various Bennehan and Cameron family members, and of William Johnston.
See also 2.7. Estate Papers; and Volume 165.
Folder 3684 |
Volume 146: Daybook, 7 May 1785-3 May 1787William Johnston Estate. Snowhill. This volume is not primarily a store book. Instead it records various services (building, shoe-making, weaving, etc.), land rent, interest payments, and other transactions charged to the William Johnston estate. Includes charges for weaving cloth intended for use by enslaved people (page 2); for the trafficking of Pat, an enslaved person, through hire by Mrs. Leonard of Hillsborough (page 6); and for the trafficking of Linda and Guy, enslaved people, through hire by William Chizenhall (page 8). 18 pages. |
Folder 3685 |
Volume 147: Account book, 1806-1811William Bennehan. "Acco. with the estate of Will. Bennehan." Small account book shows cash received and expended from Bennehan's estate, chiefly for merchandise. 6 pages. |
Folder 3686 |
Volume 148: Estate accounting book, 28 December 1881"A Record of the effects & items of the Estate of Mildred C. Cameron in the hands of Paul C. Cameron on the day of her death Dec. 28th 1881." Chiefly a description of real estate. 19 pages. |
Folder 3687 |
Volume 149: Bank book, January 1891-May 1900Paul C. Cameron. "P. C. Cameron, Decd. in account with The National Bank of Raleigh, N. C." Executors listed as Mrs. Anne Ruffin Cameron, B. Cameron, R. B. Peebles, and J. W. Graham. 50 pages. |
Folder 3688 |
Volume 150: Bank book, May 1900-January 1914"Executors of P. C. Cameron in account with the National Bank of Raleigh." Account transferred in 1905 to the Raleigh Banking and Trust Company. 46 pages. |
Folder 3689 |
Volume 151: Bank book, February 1914-August 1925"Raleigh Banking & Trust Co. in account with Executors P. C. Cameron." 24 pages. |
Arrangement: chronological.
These volumes document Duncan Cameron's law practice, and include brief case notes and records of legal fees and court expenses. Also included are a few court dockets. See also Series 3. Duncan Cameron Legal; and Volumes 2, S-76, 99.
Folder 3690 |
Volume 152: Legal account book, 1793-1795 with gapsLegal fees. Lists names of clients and fees charged. Not systematically organized. 24 pages. |
Folder 3691 |
Volume 153: Legal account book, 1798-1800Court expenses and legal fees. Contains names of clients and fees charged. Occasional brief notations about nature of case. Organized according to location and term of court, e.g., Guilford, Caswell, Rockingham. 64 pages. |
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Volume 154: Ledger, 1798-1803Spine of binding labeled "Day Book No. I.". Contains legal fees and expenses. Shows cash lent and borrowed. Includes expenses to merchants, tavern keepers, and other attorneys. This volume also contains accounts titled "Houses and Lots in Hillsboro" showing payments for lumber and bricklaying (page 50), and "Houses & Lands__Woodfarm" documenting the trafficking of Moses and Peunny through hiring out of their enslaved labor (page 51). 71 pages. |
Folder 3692 |
Volume 155: Legal account book, 1799Court expenses and legal fees. Lists names of clients and fees charged, organized by location of court: Guilford, Rockingham, Hillsborough, Person, Chatham. 70 pages. |
Folder 3693 |
Volume 156: Memorandum book, 1799Duncan Cameron. Contains brief notes about legal cases organized according to location of court (Chatham, Guilford, Rockingham, Salisbury, and Orange) interspersed with lists of legal fees. 28 pages. |
Folder 3694 |
Volume 157: "Memorandum Book for Salisbury Sup: Co. [Superior Court] 1799," 1799-1804Contains case notes and records of fees. 76 pages. |
Folder 3695 |
Volume 158: "Memorandum Book for Hillsborough Sup: Co. [Superior Court] 1799," 1799-1805Contains lists of fees to be collected for each term. No case notes. 42 pages. |
Folder 3696 |
Volume 159: Legal account book, 1799-1811Case notes and legal fees. Last half of volume primarily contains records of legal fees. Also includes "List of Bonds, Notes, etc." Volume has gaps including entry for 1808 which states "no account kept." |
Folder 3697 |
Volume 160: Brief book, 1801"Briefs of Causes in the Circuit Court of the United States for North Carolina district commenced June Term 1801." 66 pages. |
Folder 3698 |
Volume 161: Fee book, 1801-1803Caswell County. Includes names of clients and fees charged with occasional brief notations about nature of case. 38 pages. |
Folder 3699 |
Volume 162: Fee book, 1801-1805Contains brief notes about legal cases interspersed with lists of legal fees, organized according to location of court Granville, Chatham, and Guilford. 53 pages. |
Folder 3700 |
Volume 163: "Memorandum Book for Orange Court," 1801-1805Contains account of fees to be collected and fees received. 59 pages. |
Folder 3701 |
Volume 164: Case docket, 1801-1805"A Docket of Cases in Hillsboro Sup. Court of law beginning with April Term AD 1801." Includes dockets for April 1801, 1805, and October 1801, 1802, 1803. Lists cases and their disposition. Also contains some case summaries. 64 pages. |
Folder 3702 |
Volume 165: Cash book, 1803-1804Duncan Cameron. "Cash Book A." Contains a variety of entries including a list of cash received from "sundry persons Granville Court for fees," and personal expenses of Duncan Cameron, such as cash paid to individuals, expenses for washing, barber, tavern. Also contains an "Account of Money recd. from Tho. Amis's Estate," 1803-1804. 48 pages. |
Folder 3703 |
Volume 166: Fee book, 1804-1805Along with lists of legal fees, contains miscellaneous entries including cash accounts, travel and tavern expenses, and a variety of purchases, including clothing, books, and silver ladle. 78 pages. |
Folder 3704 |
Volume 167: "Memoranda for Morgan & Salisbury/ September 1805/March 1806/September 1806," 1805-1806Contains lists of fees, court expenses, accounts of money lent, and case notes for terms in "Morgan" [District?] and Salisbury. 20 pages. |
Folder 3705 |
Volume 168: "Memo for Guilford/ Feby 1806," 1806Contains lists of fees, court expenses, accounts of money lent, and case notes for Guilford court. 9 pages. |
Folder 3706 |
Volume 169: "Barr Docket/ November 1808," 1808List of cases with dispositions. 15 pages. |
Folder 3707 |
Volume 170: Memorandum book, August 1809-October 1812Apparently a personal account book kept by Duncan Cameron containing a variety of entries chiefly legal fees and case notes, investments, expenses, loans to others, purchases (services and goods), and various notes. Also store profits. 85 pages. |
Arrangement: chronological.
These volumes are chiefly farm diaries kept by farm managers who worked for Bennehan Cameron during the 1880s. Also included is a travel diary kept by Mildred C. Cameron on an extended trip South, 1839-1840.
See also Series 4. Speeches and Writings.
Folder 3708 |
Volume 171: Record book, 1821Restricted: Volume 171 is closed to general use due to its fragile condition; researchers needing to use this volume should consult with a staff member. This volume is badly deteriorated and only sporadically decipherable. It was earlier thought to be a diary, but on closer inspection appears to consist of records of the North Carolina state board on internal improvements. About 15 pages. |
Folder 3709 |
Volume 172: Travel diary, 31 October 1839-7 March 1840Mildred C. Cameron. Record of trip to Charleston, Savannah, and Saint Augustine, made by the Cameron family in hopes of improving the health of Anne Owen Cameron. Contains daily entries describing landscape, weather, food and accommodations, etc. 104 pages. See also Volume 118. |
Folder 3710 |
Volume 173: "Day Book & Diary for B.[ennehan] Cameron by James Smith 1887," 1 January 1887-15 December 1887Includes records of work performed at farm, sawmill, Red Mill, Durham, and other locations; horse breeding; and accounts with farm laborers for meat and crops. Laborers likely were previously enslaved by or descendents of people enslaved by the Cameron family. Some of the last names of laborers include Austen/Austin/Auston, Beasly, Cain, Collins, Dunagan, Harris, Hart/Harts, Haskins, Henderson, Jesters, Justice, Leslie, Lumsted, Peaks, Sears, Smith, Soull/Sowell, Taps, Tate, Umstead, Veasey, Walker, Webb. Other names may also be present in this volume. 401 pages. |
Folder 3711 |
Volume 174: "Day Book and Diary of W. P. Durham Agt. of B. Cameron commencing 21 Feb. 1887 Time of service from 8th Jan. 1887," 8 January 1887-22 December 1887W. P. Durham's narrative account of the laborers employed daily in specific tasks at Stagville, Fairntosh, Eno, the saw mill, Lilly Mill, Little River, the garden, the cotton gin, the house, and other locations. The laborers, many of whom were previously enslaved by or descendents of people enslaved by the Cameron family, are sometimes called "hands," and at other times their names are provided. Also includes wages, cash accounts, and personal memoranda. There are occasional mentions of illness of laborers and punishment for fighting, not showing up to work on time. Some of the last names of laborers include Amey, Bayley, Biglow, Bookner, Boswell/Booswell, Cain, Cameron, Dunagan, Glass, Haskins, Justice, Lasley (carpenter), Morgan, Oldham, Peekes, Riggsbee, Ruffin, Sewell, Shaw, Southerland, Stanley, Taylor, Turner, Umstead, Veasy, Walker, Watson, White, Whited. Other names may also be present in this volume. 432 pages. |
Folder 3712 |
Volume 175: Farm diary, January 1888-December 1888Eno, Stagville, Fairntosh, Burmuda. Primarily records of work on the farm and horse breeding and a narrative of a trip to work at B. Cameron's in Raleigh, N.C. Also includes receipts, possibly for medical visits. Laborers likely were previously enslaved by or descendents of people enslaved by the Cameron family. Some of the last names of laborers include Austen, Biglow, Cain, Collins, Hart/Harts, Haskins, Henderson, Justice, Mangum, Smith, Soull, Thompson, Umsted. Other names may also be present in this volume. 448 pages. |
Folder 3713 |
Volume 176: Farm diary, 7 February 1889-13 April 1889George P. Collins, Paul C. Cameron's son-in-law. Contains discussion of work on stables for race horses, field work, weather, notes on crops and livestock, and cash accounts. Laborers likely were previously enslaved by or descendents of people enslaved by the Cameron family. Some of the last names of laborers include Collins, Dunegan, Edwards, Glass, Harris, Haskins, Heart, Jeffreys, Jones, Justice, Latta, Meeks, Oldham, Peeks, Ruffin, Sewell, Shaw, Smith, Tapps, Taylor, Thomason, Umstead, Veasey, Walker, Webb. Other names may also be present in this volume. 446 pages. |
Folder 3714 |
Volume 177: Diary, undatedProbably Duncan Cameron. Calendar for the months of June, July, and August showing days for public events e.g., "cockfight at Hillsboro," "tax gathering at Fish Dam ford," "Supreme Co. at Raleigh," and "muster at Huckabees in Wake." 5 pages. |
Arrangement: chronological.
Chiefly lecture notes on history, philosophy, geometry, math, law, and medicine. These volumes document the education of both male and female members of the Cameron household.
See also Series 5.1. School; and Volumes 58, 112, 133.
Folder 3715 |
Volume 178: School notebook, circa 1795Thomas G. Amis. School notes. Fragment of volume containing notes on mathematics and geometry. 36 pages. |
Folder 3716 |
Volume 179: Cipher book, 19 February 1810"Dominic Bennehan's Cyphering Book/19th February 1810." Contains numerous arithmetic problems with practical applications. Topics include numeration, addition of integers, addition of money, troy weight, apothecaries weight, beer and ale measure, land measure, subtraction, multiplication, division, barter. 141 pages. |
Folder 3717 |
Volume 180: School notebook, 1825Margaret B. Cameron[?] Student essays. One marked M. B. Cameron. Contains short answers to questions about the history of England and the American Revolution, 4 January 1825, and essays on various topics including mythology, devotion, anger, and Greek and Roman history, 25 April 1825. 87 pages. |
Folder 3718 |
Volume 181: School notebook, circa 1825Rebecca B. Cameron. School notes. Contains short answers to questions primarily concerning the history of England, but also about geography. 196 pages. |
Folder 3719 |
Volume 182: Law school notebook, 1829-1831Paul C. Cameron. Law notes. Contains sample documents and notes. Topics include prosecution bond, bail, deed of bargain and sale, gift of chattels, writs, pleas and verdicts, depositions, etc. 114 pages. |
Folder 3720 |
Volume 183: School notebook, undatedLecture notes. Handwritten notes from lectures on philosophy. Volume is a fragment. 38 pages, numbered 149-168 and 173 190. |
Folder 3721 |
Volume 184: School notebook, undatedSchool notes. Notes and problems on geometry and proportions. 74 pages. |
Folder 3722 |
Volume 185: Poem and copy book, undatedPoem and copy book. Written by Mary Catherine [no last name; probably a member of Duncan Cameron's household or a schoolmate of his daughters.] Contains copy exercises, a long poem, and a penciled version of a letter mentioning school exams and Rebecca's illness [letter also refers to "Brother Paul" and "Papa" leaving for Raleigh]. 26 pages. |
Folder 3723 |
Volume 186: School notebook, undatedSchool notes. Contains various geometric proofs and problems with notes. [This volume was once attributed to Thomas D. Bennehan, more likely it belonged to one of Duncan's children or one of their contemporaries. Names scribbled on inside covers include Dallas Haywood, Jean Syme, and James Carrington.] 78 pages. |
Folder 3724 |
Volume 187: Medical school notebook, undatedMedical lectures. Contains handwritten copies of lectures on surgical procedures and medical treatments for such things as kidney stones. Fragment. 64 pages, numbered 779-842. See also Series 5.7. Prescriptions. |
Arrangement: by type or subject.
These volumes supplement information contained in Series 5 of this collection, and include information relating to military, church, post office, and state bank affairs, and food preparation. Also included is George Mordecai's journal of proceedings for the Forest Manufacturing Company, a scrapbook created by Margaret Bain Mordecai, and typescripts of Jean Bradley Anderson's reports on Stagville and Fairntosh published by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History.
See also Volumes 15, 58, 105.
Folder 3725 |
Volume 188: Militia Drill Manual, 1800-1825?Instructions for troop formations and drill exercises, and references to other matters concerning militia. 24 pages. See also Series 5.2. Military. |
Folder 3726 |
Volume 189: Sermon book, circa 1796-circa 1808"Rev. Mr. Cameron" (perhaps John Cameron, Duncan Cameron's father). Sermon on repentance. A list of places and dates, presumably indicating occasions on which this sermon was preached, appears on the final page. 53 pages. See also Series 5.4. Churches. |
Folder 3727 |
Volume 190: Sermon notes and Bible verses, 1830sPossibly recorded by several Cameron sisters, including Mildred Coles, Anne, and Jean Syme. References to Bible verses used in sermons by William Mercer Green, George W. Freeman, and Bishop Ives, possibly delivered at Hillsborough or Fairntosh. Also includes list of English Kings. 14 pages. See also Series 5.4. Churches. |
Folder 3728 |
Volume 191: Sermon notes and Bible verses, 1830sPossibly recorded by Jean Syme. Notes include references to sermons delivered by Bishop Ives, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Lacey, Mr. Sutherland, and Rev. Frederick Freeman. 29 pages. See also Series 5.4. Church Material. |
Folder 3729 |
Volume 192: Hymn book, circa 1800-1820?Enclosed sheet in a later hand reads, "Hymnal written by Richard Bennehan." Contains lyrics without music. 142 pages. See also Series 5.4. Church Material. |
Folder 3730 |
Volume 193: "Post Office at Stagville" record book, 1807-1812Records of sales of writing and wrapping paper, postage, etc. to various parties. 24 pages. See also Series 5.5. Stagville Post Office. |
Folder 3731 |
Volume 194: "Post Office Acco. Book," 1830-1832Chiefly a record of postage sales, this volume also includes postal accounts for Duncan Cameron, Thomas D. Bennehan, and others. 16 pages. See also Series 5.5. Stagville Post Office. |
Folder 3732 |
Volume 195: Bank book, 1823-1837"Office Bank of Newbern at Raleigh." Contains "Notes in Suit at the Office of the Bank of Newbern Raleigh," "List of Notes at the Office of the Bank of Newbern at Raleigh on the 24th day of September 1835," "List of Credits . . .," and memos regarding cash received and payments. Also includes "List of Bank Furniture at Bank of Newbern Raleigh Office, 24th Sept. 1835." 59 pages. See also Series 5.2. Bank Material. |
Folder 3733-3735
Folder 3733Folder 3734Folder 3735 |
Volume 196: Stockholder book, 1829-1834Duncan Cameron. Stockholders list with checks. (Loose checks originally contained between bound pages of stockholders list have been separated.) Along with name of stockholder, shows place (Raleigh, Wilmington, New Bern) and amount of subscription. Probably State Bank of North Carolina stockholders. 55 pages. See also Series 5.2. Bank Material. |
Folder 3736 |
Volume 197: Stockholder book, circa 1830"List of Stockholders." Lists names, including Thomas[?] Bennehan and Duncan Cameron, in alphabetical order. Probably State Bank of North Carolina stockholders. Also contains newspaper clipping, dated 14 January 1830, concerning real estate for sale belonging to State Bank of North Carolina. See also Series 5.2. Bank Material. |
Folder 3737 |
Volume 198: Recipe book, 1834?Anne Ruffin Cameron and Jean Cameron. Recipes with index. Contained in volume labeled "Writing Book." 34 pages [several unnumbered pages are bound between pages 12 and 13. See also Series 5.6. Recipes. |
Folder 3738 |
Volume 198a: Recipe book, 1867-1888Acquisitions Information: Accession 91085 NOTE: not available on microfilm. Mrs. George P. Collins. circa 85 pages. See also Series 5.6. Recipes. |
Folder 3739 |
Volume 199: Recipes, undatedAnnie Cameron. Recipes with index. 37 pages. See also Series 5.6. Recipes. |
Folder 3740 |
Volume 200: Recipes, undatedBound fragment. 4 pages used. See also Series 5.6. Recipes. |
Folder 3741 |
Volume 201: Notebook, undatedInformation about animals, plants, soil conditions, the process of tanning, and production of vegetable products such as sugar, bread made from various types of grains, and cider. Signed "Rich D Bayly." Numbered pages with gaps (pages 1-4 (fragments), 9-12, 15-18, 33-40, 44-55, and 60-77). 50 pages total. See also Series 5.6. Recipes. |
Folder 3742 |
Volume 202: "Journal of Proceedings of the Forest Manufacturing Company," 14 March 1857-3 March 1860George W. Mordecai. Minutes of meetings of subscribers. Mordecai was secretary. 9 pages. |
Folder 3743 |
Volume 203: Scrapbook, circa 1870Margaret Bain Mordecai. Chiefly newspaper clippings and printed material about the Confederacy or religious subjects. Also includes clippings of poetry and "A cholera remedy of some repute," as well as a drawing of shells. 25 pages. |
Folder 3744 |
Volume 204: Anderson, Jean Bradley. A Preliminary Report on Stagville Plantation: The Land and the People (North Carolina Division of Archives and History, June 1977)Typescript. 144 pages. |
Folder 3745-3746
Folder 3745Folder 3746 |
Volume 205: Anderson, Jean Bradley. Fairntosh Plantation and the Camerons (North Carolina Division of Archives and History, June 1978)Typescript. 280 pages. |
Engravings and black-and-white photographic prints of the Cameron family and others; color prints and slides of exterior and interior scenes of Fairntosh Plantation, taken in 1973; two watercolors and a pencil sketch; and a few other items.
Prints with negatives carry a note to that effect.
Image Folder PF-133/1 |
PicturesP-133/1-2: Duncan Cameron, undated. Engraving P-133/3: Paul C. Cameron, undated. Engraving P-133/4: Bennehan Cameron, undated. Engraving P-133/5: John Cameron, circa 1790s. Print from a portrait |
Image Folder PF-133/2 |
PicturesP-133/6: George Burgwin Anderson, undated P-133/7: "Rev. Dr. Mason Christ Church, Raleigh, NC," undated P-133/9: John M. Woodson, undated. SEE OP-P-133/1 P-133/10: "Jackson's grave Mr. Cameron from his friend Mary C. Lee [Robert E. Lee's wife]," 18 June 1868 P-133/11: Branches of evergreen from Elisha Mitchell's grave, 8 October 1872. With note to Paul C. Cameron from William Huntington about Mitchell's grave and Mount Mitchell. P-133/12a: Watercolor landscape by Margaret B. Cameron, undated P-133/12b: Pencil sketch of devil with snakes, undated P-133/12c: Watercolor miniature of a swan, 23 January 1836. Initialled JSC [Jean Syme Cameron?]. |
Oversize Image OP-P-133/1 |
Henry Clay, undatedLithograph Possibly from 1842. With note attached, "To honorable Duncan Cameron from W.P. Mangum." |
Image Folder PF-133/3-5
PF-133/3PF-133/4PF-133/5 |
Outdoor scenes and interiors of Fairntosh Plantation, taken by Carolyn Wallace, 1973 |
Image Folder PF-133/6 |
PicturesP-133/49-68: Outdoor scenes of Fairntosh Plantation, taken by J. Isaac Copeland, summer 1973. Color slides P-133/69-76: Unidentified individuals, undated |