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Size | 3.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1,900 items) |
Abstract | William Francis Martin was a lawyer and Confederate Army officer from Elizabeth City, N.C. The collection includes correspondence and business papers, including 21 volumes, chiefly of Martin and his brother, James G. Martin, adjutant general of North Carolina and Confederate brigadier general. Much of the collection consists of legal papers, law account books, and other papers of W. F. Martin's law practice in northeastern North Carolina before and after the Civil War. Also included are Civil War papers of his agent, Gilbert Elliott (born 1843), who was involved in the construction of Confederate gunboats on the North Carolina coast; students' notebooks; volumes of accounts of or with the United States customs house for the Camden District, 1837-1843; journal of the schooner Bancroft mapping North Carolina coastal waters, 1852-1853; general merchandise accounts, 1855-1856 and 1865-1870, at Plymouth, N.C., and 1860-1861 at Elizabeth City; record of local and state taxes, [Pasquotank County?, N.C.], 1860; merchandise accounts with ships, 1860-1862 and 1865-1867; order book and journal of a United States revenue sloop off the North Carolina coast, 1872-1875 and 1877-1879; letter book of the United States Life Saving Service at Elizabeth City and Manteo, N.C., 1878-1881; and other items. |
Creator | Martin, William Francis, 1821-1880. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, September 2009; Nancy Kaiser, April 2021
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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William Francis Martin (1821-1880) was a lawyer and Confederate Army officer from Elizabeth City, N.C. He attended the University of North Carolina; practiced law in Elizabeth City; joined the Confederate Army in 1861 and commanded the 17th Regiment, North Carolina Volunteers; and was a prisoner of war at Fort Warren, Boston, Mass. He was a civic leader in Elizabeth City and in the Albemarle, N.C., section and was a vestryman at Christ (Episcopal) Church. Martin married Elizabeth McMorine, 1849, and their children were William John, Robert Bruce, Sophie, Charles, Helen, Martha McMorine, Elizabeth McMorine, and Edward.
Martin was also the brother of James G. (James Green) Martin (1819-1878), adjutant general of North Carolina and Confederate brigadier general.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence and business papers, including 21 volumes, chiefly of William Francis Martin and his brother, James G. Martin. Much of the collection consists of legal papers, including deeds, indentures, bonds, wills, law account books, and other papers of W. F. Martin's law practice in northeastern North Carolina before and after the Civil War. Also included are Civil War papers of his agent, Gilbert Elliott (born 1843), who was involved in the construction of Confederate gunboats on the North Carolina coast; students' notebooks; volumes of accounts of or with the United States customs house for the Camden District, 1837-1843; journal of the schooner Bancroft mapping North Carolina coastal waters, 1852-1853; general merchandise accounts, 1855-1856 and 1865-1870, at Plymouth, N.C., and 1860-1861 at Elizabeth City; record of local and state taxes, [Pasquotank County?, N.C.], 1860; merchandise accounts with ships, 1860-1862 and 1865-1867; order book and journal of a United States revenue sloop off the North Carolina coast, 1872-1875 and 1877-1879; letter book of the United States Life Saving Service at Elizabeth City and Manteo, N.C., 1878-1881; and other items.
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