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Size | 36 items |
Abstract | The collection contains business account books, scrapbooks, notebooks, and other volumes kept by white residents of Granville County and Vance County, N.C., and the surrounding area. The account books of Samuel Duty (fl. 1803-1865) include carpenter, blacksmith, and general merchandise transactions. The scrapbooks and legal notebook of lawyer John Willis Hays (1834-1901), chiefly consist of material dated circa 1887-1900 on notable individuals, including American and English jurists. The school notebooks and papers of physician and public health officer Benjamin K. Hays (fl. 1887-1918) include material related to education, health, history, science, religion, and the status of African Americans in the South. Other account books dating from 1835 to 1883 document transactions for general merchandise, a shoe shop, tobacco sales, estate settlements, blacksmith work, an academy, and other businesses in Oxford and Henderson, N.C. The collection also includes an arithmetic book of William B. Brandon and a family history and genealogical journal with reminiscences by John Willis Hays II, John Willis Hays III, and F.B. Hays. In his narrative writing, John Willis Hays III discusses Reconstruction in Oxford, N.C., including the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and the hiring of African American laborers. |
Creator | Hays, John Willis, 1834-1901.
Duty, Samuel, fl. 1803-1865. Hays, Benjamin K., fl. 1887-1918. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Samuel Duty (fl. 1803-1865) lived in Vance County, N.C. John Willis Hays (1834-1901) of Oxford, N.C., was a lawyer. Benjamin K. Hays (fl. 1887-1918) of Oxford, N.C., was a physician and public health officer.
Back to TopThe collection contains business account books, scrapbooks, notebooks, and other volumes kept by white residents of Granville County and Vance County, N.C., and the surrounding area. The account books of Samuel Duty (fl. 1803-1865) include carpenter, blacksmith, and general merchandise transactions. The scrapbooks and legal notebook of lawyer John Willis Hays (1834-1901), chiefly consist of material dated circa 1887-1900 on notable individuals, including American and English jurists. The school notebooks and papers of physician and public health officer Benjamin K. Hays (fl. 1887-1918) include material related to education, health, history, science, religion, and the status of African Americans in the South. Other account books dating from 1835 to 1883 document transactions for general merchandise, a shoe shop, tobacco sales, estate settlements, blacksmith work, an academy, and other businesses in Oxford and Henderson, N.C. The collection also includes an arithmetic book of William B. Brandon and a family history and genealogical journal with reminiscences by John Willis Hays II, John Willis Hays III, and F.B. Hays. In his narrative writing, John Willis Hays III discusses Reconstruction in Oxford, N.C., including the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and the hiring of African American laborers.
Back to TopThis series is an arithmetic book containing rules and examples.
Arrangement: chronological.
This series consists of carpenter and general account books. Volume 11 also includes blacksmith accounts and mention of tobacco purchases.
Arrangement: chronological.
This series includes scrapbooks on notable individuals, including American and English jurists, and a legal notebook of John Willis Hays.
Arrangement: chronological.
This series contains notebooks and papers chiefly related to education and health, along with other material relating to history, science, religion, and the status of African Americans in the South.
Arrangement: chronological.
This series includes miscellaneous accounts for general merchandise, a shoe shop, tobacco sales, estate settlements, blacksmith work, an academy, and other business, all of Oxford or Henderson, N.C.
Oversize Volume SV-1174/1 |
Volume 36: Family history and genealogy journal #01174, Series: "6. Additions." SV-1174/1Acquisitions Information: Accession 102124 (Addition of October 2014). This family journal documents genealogical history of the Hays, Harris, and Duty families and includes sections of personal and family history written by John Willis Hays II, John Willis Hays III, and F.B. Hays. John Willis Hays II described life in Oxford, N.C., as a lawyer during the American Civil War. John Willis Hays III discussed his memories as a child during the Civil War and his impressions of Reconstruction. He mentioned the rise and power of Ku Klux Klan, the hiring of African American laborers, and women relatives sent to an asylum. F.B. Hayes discussed family traditions and his ancestor John Harris of Wales. |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2011
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.
Updated: May 2019
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