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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Beall and Harper Family Papers #1042, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

All or part of this collection is available on microfilm from University Publications of America as part of the Records of ante-bellum southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series J.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Mrs. E. F. Reid and Mrs. Rufus Gwyn of Lenoir, N.C., in November 1945.

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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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• Beal family.
• Bingham School (Orange County, N.C.)
• Caldwell County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Davidson College--Students--Social life and customs.
• Davidson County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Edgeworth Female Seminary (Greensboro, N.C.)--Students.
• Families--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Guardian and ward--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Harper family.
• Jones family.
• Rowan County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Schools--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• St. Mary's School (Raleigh, N.C.)
• Women--Education--North Carolina--History--19th century.

• Harper-Beall Family Papers, Special Collections, Appalachian State University

Dr. Robert Lamar Beall was the son of Burgess L. Beall of Lexington and Lenoir, N.C., and the nephew of Mary C. Jones of Jersey Settlement in Rowan County. Robert Lamar Beall was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1852 and received his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1856. From 1854 to about 1858, he was the guardian of his brothers Thomas and James and his sisters Ellen and Margaret. He married Mary (Mollie) Harper of Lenoir, N.C.

James Harper (1799-1879) was a founder of Lenoir, N.C. He married Caroline Finley in 1833; their children included sons George and Samuel and daughters Mary and Cornelia. Mary Harper married Robert Lamar Beall, and Cornelia (Nealie) Harper married James F. Beall.

Family and business papers of the Harper, Beall, and Jones families of Rowan, Davidson, and Caldwell counties, N.C. Included are accounts of physician Robert Lamar Beall as guardian for his brothers and sisters; bills and receipts for Robert Lamar Beall, his wife Mary Harper Beall, and others; and correspondence of various members of the three families, including Mary C. Jones of Rowan County; Mary and Cornelia Harper of Lenoir, N.C.; Dr. Beall in Lexington and Lenoir; and students at Davidson College in Davidson, N.C., the Edgeworth Female Seminary in Greensboro, N.C., and the Bingham School in Orange County, N.C.