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Size | 6.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 5500 items) |
Abstract | Joseph M. Morehead was a Confederate officer and a lawyer of Greensboro, N.C. The collection includes legal and business papers, chiefly 1880-1913, of lawyers Joseph M. Morehead and James Turner Morehead, Jr. (1838-1919) of Guilford County, N.C. Papers include briefs and correspondence with clients and other lawyers. Also included are papers concerning the Guilford Battleground Company of which Joseph Morehead was president; family correspondence after 1900 of James Morehead; and antebellum papers of their father. Volumes include records of cases and estate settlements. A few papers pertain to the two men's careers as Confederate officers and in Reconstruction politics. James Turner Morehead should not be confused with his cousin of the same name, James Turner Morehead (1840-1908), a North Carolina and New York City industrialist. |
Creator | Morehead, Joseph M. (Joseph Motley), b. 1840. |
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, July 2009
Finding aid updated June 2010 by Kathryn Michaelis for digitization.
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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Joseph Motley Morehead (born 1840) was a Confederate officer and lawyer of Greensboro, N.C. He also served for a time as president of the Guilford Battleground Company.
Back to TopThe collection includes legal and business papers, chiefly 1880-1913, of lawyers Joseph Motley Morehead and James Turner Morehead Jr. (1838-1919) of Guilford County, N.C. Legal papers include briefs and correspondence with clients and other lawyers and are related to matters of debt collection, estate settlement, property disputes, divorces, agreements, and insurance policies. Also included are papers concerning United States and North Carolina military history and monuments, particularly related to the Guilford Battleground Company of which Joseph Morehead was president. There are also genealogical materials and photographs, family correspondence after 1900 of James Morehead, and antebellum papers of James T. Morehead, Senior. A few papers pertain to the two men's careers as Confederate officers and in Reconstruction politics. Volumes include records of cases and estate settlements, account books, political items, and a muster-out roll for Company D, 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Volunteers, 1898.
Prominent correspondents represented in the collection include Thomas Ruffin, P. Murphy, William Alexander Graham, Alfred M. Scales, Julian Shakespeare Carr, Augustus Washington Graham, Mathew Whitaker Ransom, Walter Clark, Lindsay Patterson, William Cicero Hammer, Marion Butler, Stephen B. Weeks, Lee S. Overman, Armistead Burwell, W. A. Hoke, D. Schenck, F. M. Simmons, Charles B. Aycock, Kemp P. Battle, Josephus Daniels, William E. Dodd, M. S. Robins, William Kitchin, Robert Digges Wimberly Connor, Alfred Moore Waddell, Robert D. Gilmer, Burton Craige, Joseph M. Dixon, C. Alphonso Smith, George T. Winston, Samuel A. Ashe, Angus Wilton McLean, Nathan W. Walker, and Frank Porter Graham.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1753, 1808-1810, 1817-1829 |
Folder 2 |
1830-1839 |
Folder 3 |
1841-1845 |
Folder 4 |
1850-1859 |
Folder 5 |
1860-1869 |
Folder 6 |
1870-1879 |
Folder 7 |
1880-1881 |
Folder 8 |
1882 |
Folder 9 |
1883 |
Folder 10-11
Folder 10Folder 11 |
1884 |
Folder 12 |
1885 |
Folder 13 |
1886 |
Folder 14 |
1887 |
Folder 15 |
1888 |
Folder 16 |
1889 |
Folder 17 |
1890 |
Folder 18a |
1891 |
Folder 18b |
1891 |
Folder 19-20
Folder 19Folder 20 |
1892 |
Folder 21 |
1893 |
Folder 22 |
1894 |
Folder 23 |
1895 |
Folder 24-25
Folder 24Folder 25 |
1896 |
Folder 26 |
January-June 1897 |
Folder 27a |
July-August 1897 |
Folder 27b |
September-December 1897 |
Folder 28-30
Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30 |
1898 |
Folder 31 |
January-June 1899 |
Folder 32a |
July-October 1899 |
Folder 32b |
November-December 1899 |
Folder 33 |
January-February 1900 |
Folder 34 |
March-May 1900 |
Folder 35a |
June-August 1900 |
Folder 35b |
July-August 1900 |
Folder 36 |
September-December 1900 |
Folder 37a |
January-February 1901 |
Folder 37b |
March 1901 |
Folder 38a |
April-May 1901 |
Folder 38b |
June 1901 |
Folder 39a |
August-September 1901 |
Folder 39b |
October-December 1901 |
Folder 40a |
January-March 1902 |
Folder 40b |
April-May 1902 |
Folder 41a |
June 1902 |
Folder 41b |
July-August 1902 |
Folder 42 |
September-October 1902 |
Folder 43 |
November-December 1902 |
Folder 44a |
January 1903 |
Folder 44b |
February 1903 |
Folder 44c |
March 1903 |
Folder 44d |
April 1903 |
Folder 45a |
May-June 1903 |
Folder 45b |
July 1903 |
Folder 46a |
August 1903 |
Folder 46b |
September 1903 |
Folder 47 |
October-December 1903 |
Folder 48a |
January-March 1904 |
Folder 48b |
January-March 1904 |
Folder 49 |
April-May 1904 |
Folder 50 |
June-September 1904 |
Folder 51 |
October-December 1904 |
Folder 52 |
January-March 1905 |
Folder 53 |
April-May 1905 |
Folder 54a |
June-August 1905 |
Folder 54b |
September-December 1905 |
Folder 55a |
January-March 1906 |
Folder 55b |
April-May 1906 |
Folder 56a |
June-September 1906 |
Folder 56b |
October-December 1906 |
Folder 57a |
January-February 1907 |
Folder 57b |
March-June 1907 |
Folder 57c |
July-September 1907 |
Folder 58a |
October 1907 |
Folder 58b |
November-December 1907 |
Folder 59 |
January-February 1908 |
Folder 60 |
March-June 1908 |
Folder 61a |
July-August 1908 |
Folder 61b |
September-December 1908 |
Folder 62a |
January-June 1909 |
Folder 62b |
July-October 1909 |
Folder 62c |
November-December 1909 |
Folder 63a |
January-April 1910 |
Folder 63b |
May 1910 |
Folder 63c |
June-December 1910 |
Folder 64 |
January-June 1911 |
Folder 65 |
July-December 1911 |
Folder 66 |
January-April 1912 |
Folder 67 |
May-December 1912 |
Folder 68 |
January-April 1913 |
Folder 69 |
May-December 1913 |
Folder 70 |
1914 |
Folder 71 |
1915 |
Folder 72 |
1916 |
Folder 73 |
1917 |
Folder 74 |
January-February 1918 |
Folder 75 |
March 1918 |
Folder 76 |
April 1918 |
Folder 77 |
May 1918 |
Folder 78a |
June-December 1918 |
Folder 78b |
January-June 1919 |
Folder 78c |
July-September 1919 |
Folder 78d |
October-November 1919 |
Folder 79 |
1922-March 1924 |
Folder 80 |
1-17 April 1924 |
Folder 81 |
18-30 April 1924 |
Folder 82 |
May 1924-1934 |
Folder 83a |
Undated |
Folder 83b |
Undated |
Folder 84-88
Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88 |
Miscellaneous and undated |
Folder 89-90
Folder 89Folder 90 |
Clippings |
Folder 91 |
Maps |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-523/1 |
Guilford Battle Ground Park blueprints, 1902, 1904, undatedSix blueprints including proposed designs of monuments to the memory of Generals Nash and Davidson. |
Folder 92 |
French drawing journal |
Folder 93 |
Miscellaneous |
Folder 94 |
Genealogy |
Folder 95 |
Family data from England and Scotland |
Folder 96 |
Family Bible records |
Folder 97 |
Miscellaneous |
Folder 98 |
Volume 1: Settlement with Andrew Lindsay, 1827; Expenditures, 1828-1856 |
Folder 99 |
Volume 2: Attorney's case record, James T. Morehead Jr., 1870-1876 |
Folder 100 |
Volume 3: Miscellaneous notes and land descriptions, Joseph M. Morehead, 1877 |
Folder 101 |
Volume 4: Bank book, James T. Morehead, 1882-1915 |
Folder 102 |
Volume 5: Selected pages from Branson's North Carolina Business Directory 1883 |
Folder 103 |
Volume 6: Canvass book, Rockingham County, N.C., 1884 |
Folder 104 |
Volume 7: Congressional campaign memoranda and voting results, 1880-1886 |
Folder 105 |
Volume 8: Account book, James T. Morehead, 1896-1912 |
Folder 106 |
Volume 9: Muster-out roll, Company D, 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Volunteers, 1898 |
Folder 107 |
Volume 10: Scrapbook, political affairs, circa 1888 |
Folder 108 |
Volume 11: Court transcript, case of Wilson Fulton, undated |
Folder 109 |
Volume 12: Account book, estate of Colonel James T. Morehead, 1919 |
Folder 110 |
Volume 13: Account book, estate of Colonel James T. Morehead, 1919 |
Image Folder PF-523/1 |
PhotographsP-523/1. Reproduction of engraving, John Motley Morehead, circa 1840-1860 P-523/2. Photograph of painting, James Kerr, circa 1820-1840 P-523/3. Photograph of painting, Joseph Williams. Photographer: O. W. Cole, Danville, Va. P-523/4. Photograph, "Monuments to Morehead ancestors, of American Revolution," circa 1950-1960 P-523/5. Photograph, man with bicycle next to monument to "James Morehead of the N. C. Continental Line," circa 1905-1915 P-523/6. Postcard, unidentified man standing in front of house, circa 1905 P-523/7. Postcard, circa 1902. Features reproduction of drawing of three African American children eating watermelon. Caption reads: "Greetings from the Sunny South." P-523/8. Postcard, circa 1904. Features reproduction of drawing of four young women in bathing costumes, lying in sand on their stomachs, kicking their heels up. Caption reads: "Four of a kind." P-523/9. Postcard, circa 1907. Features reproduction of drawing of submarines firing at each other. Caption reads "Monitor and Merrimac." |