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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Meeta Rhodes Armistead Capehart papers #1530-z, 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 Robert A. Field of New Orleans, La., in 1948.

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Finding aid updated for digitization by Kathryn Michaelis, September 2010

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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• Albemarle Sound Region (N.C.)--History.
• Armstead family.
• Capehart, Baldy Ashburn, fl. 1861-1864.
• Capehart, Meeta Rhodes Armistead, fl. 1849-1868.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Supplies and stores.
• Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Cavalry Battalion, 15th.
• Farm management--History--19th century.
• Farms--North Carolina.
• Gebhardt family.
• Land grants--North Carolina--History--18th century.
• North Carolina--Albemarle and Pamlico section--History.
• North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

• Capehart Family Papers (#1494) and William Rhodes Capehart Papers (#2738).

The collection contains deeds, land grants and bills of sale of John Armistead of Plymouth, Washington County, N.C.; correspondence and other papers of Meeta Armistead Capehart and her husband Baldy Ashburn Capehart of Granville County, N.C.; and other items pertaining to members of the Armistead and Capehart families.

The earliest items, 1780-1822, pertain to John Armistead of Washington County, N.C., and consist chiefly of bills of sale for land in Washington, Bertie, and Chowan counties, several of which are oversized.

Correspondence, 1844-1868, chiefly consists of letters from Captain Baldy A. Capehart to his wife Meeta Armistead Capehart of Kittrells, Granville County, written during the Civil War. Capehart was assistant quartermaster of the 15th North Carolina Battalion; his letters, 1864-1865, describe his activities and duties and advise his wife on the management of their farm. Also included are a number of letters, 1854, to Mrs. William Anthony Armistead from her daughter Meeta, concerning Meeta's daily activities; a letter, 1857, to Mrs. W. A. Armistead from Meeta, about the death of Meeta's father; and three letters, 1858, to Meeta from various relatives, evidently in answer to Meeta's genealogical inquiries.

Other items include accounts of Mrs. W. A. Armistead, invoices and receipts of Baldy A. Capehart, several land lottery tickets printed on the backs of playing cards, a photograph of B. A. Capehart, and a daguerreotype of Meeta Armistead Capehart.

• Oversize papers (OPF-1530/1)
• Photograph (P-1530/1)
• Daguerreotype (SF-P-1530/1)