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Size | 53 items |
Abstract | John Owen was the governor of North Carolina, 1828-1830. The collection consists chiefly of legal papers and letters dealing with lands in Bladen County, N.C., 1814-1828. Included are indentures, land plats, land grants, records of land sales and slave sales, deeds, wills, bills, receipts, and a tax list for the Confederate states, 1861. |
Creator | Owen, John, 1787-1841. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, August 1996
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, December 2009; Nancy Kaiser, May 2021
This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
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John Owen was the governor of North Carolina, 1828-1830.
Back to TopThe collection consists chiefly of legal papers and letters of John Owen (1787-1841) dealing with lands in Bladen County, N.C., 1814-1828. Included are indentures, land plats, land grants, records of land sales and slave sales, deeds, wills, bills, receipts, and a Confederate tax list for 1861.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
1749-1796 |
Folder 2 |
1801-1829 |
Folder 3 |
1834-1873 |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-572/1 |
Oversize papers:OP-572/1: Land grant made to Thomas Owens, Bladen County, NC, 14 July 1774 #00572-z, Opaperfolder OPF-572/1OP-572/2: Plat of the Winsor lands, undated #00572-z, Opaperfolder OPF-572/1 |
Reel M-572/1 |
Microfilm |