Norfleet Family Papers, 1722-1929.

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Summary

Creator:
Norfleet (Family : Bertie County, N.C.)
Abstract:

Norfleet family of Bertie County, N.C.

Correspondence, legal documents, land records, account books, plantation journals, and other records of the Norfleet family. Six of the volumes are diaries or account books of Stephen Andrews Norfleet (1822-1910), proprietor of several plantations in Bertie County. Accounts, 1844-1895, relate to slaves, debts, receipts, and expenditures. In his journals, 1856-1860 and 1870-1871, Stephen A. Norfleet recorded daily agricultural activities and the health of his slaves. He also kept notes on navigation on the Roanoke River. Two volumes are the diary, 1891-1892, of Ernest Norfleet (1851-1901), a U.S. Navy surgeon, on a voyage to China and Japan, including descriptions of travel and social life in the Far East and references to Norfleet's interest in Eastern art. Also included are family correspondence, 1820s-1900s and legal and business papers, early 1700s-early 1900s, of the plantations and of various family members.

Extent:
350 items (2.0 linear feet)
Language:
Materials in English
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Background

Biographical / historical:

In the 1820s, Thomas F. Norfleet (d. 1855) served as guardian for Antoinette and John A. Norfleet, following the death of their father, John Norfleet.

Stephen Andrews Norfleet (1822-1910) was the proprietor of several plantations in Bertie County, N.C., including Woodbourne, Indian Woods, Norfleet's Ferry, and Kelford.

Ernest Norfleet (1851-1901) was a United States Navy surgeon who served in China and Japan in 1891 and 1892.

Scope and content:

Correspondence, legal documents, land records, account books, plantation journals, and other records of the Norfleet family. Six of the volumes are diaries or account books of Stephen Andrews Norfleet (1822-1910), proprietor of several plantations in Bertie County. Accounts, 1844-1895, relate to slaves, debts, receipts, and expenditures. In his journals, 1856-1860 and 1870-1871, Stephen A. Norfleet recorded daily agricultural activities and the health of his slaves. He also kept notes on navigation on the Roanoke River. Two volumes are the diary, 1891-1892, of Ernest Norfleet (1851-1901), a U.S. Navy surgeon, on a voyage to China and Japan, including descriptions of travel and social life in the Far East and references to Norfleet's interest in Eastern art. Also included are family correspondence, 1820s-1900s and legal and business papers, early 1700s-early 1900s, of the plantations and of various family members.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Thomas S. Norfleet of Roxobel, N.C., through transfer from the North Carolina Collection in 1951 and of Gardner Gidley and Margaret Norfleet Gidley of Clemmons, N.C., in March 1997 (Acc. 97044).

Processing information:

Processed by: Rebecca Hollingsworth, May 1992; Adera Scheinker, September 1997

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, May 2021

Part of 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.

Sensitive materials statement:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

No usage restrictions.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the Norfleet Family Papers #549, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765
wilsonlibrary@unc.edu