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Size | 3 items |
Abstract | James A. Johnston was a resident of Iredell County, N.C. The collection includes a bill of sale for a slave, 1845; four pages listing births and deaths, presumably chiefly of slaves, 1825-1861; and a letter, 1864, from J. A. Johnston, serving as hospital steward at the Confederate hospital at Petersburg, Va. |
Creator | Johnston, James A. (James Alexander), 1809-1882. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Patrick Huber, September 1992
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
This collection was rehoused under the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1992.
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James A. Johnston (b. 1809), was a merchant, planter, and slaveholder of Iredell County, N.C. In 1864, he served as a steward in a Confederate Army field hospital in Petersburg, Va.
Back to TopThe three items in this collection are an 1845 bill of sale for Johnston's purchase of a 23-year-old black slave named Henry for $450 from David Holdsclaw of Iredell County, N.C.; an 1864 letter from Johnston in Petersburg, Va., where he was serving as a hospital steward, to his uncle about Johnston's activities; and a list of birth and death records, presumably for black slaves, with entries ranging from 1825 to 1867.
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