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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.
Size | 51 items |
Abstract | Miscellaneous papers from Wilkes County, N.C., including land grants, 1782-1802; commissions of local officials, 1804-1868; and the annual returns for the Wilkes County Regiment of the Ninth Brigade of the North Carolina militia, 1801. |
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, January 2009
Updated by: Laura Hart, July 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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The collection includes land grants, 1782-1802, containing names of the persons involved and brief descriptions of the Wilkes County, N.C., tracts concerned. Also included are commissions, 1804-1868, for local offices of Justice of the Peace, County Peace Commissioner, and County Militia. There are also annual returns for the Wilkes County Regiment of the Ninth Brigade of the North Carolina militia, 1801, which contains statistics on men and arms.
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Original finding aid |
Folder 1-2
Folder 1Folder 2 |
Documents, 1782-1868 |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-1137/1 |
Land grants, 1782-1802 |
Oversize paper folder (OPF-1137/1)
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