Collection Number:
01681
Collection Title: Gray Family Papers, 1722-1879 (bulk 1846-1879)
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival
material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are
physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available
through the World Wide Web. See the
Duplication Policy section for more information.
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 |
1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 650 items) |
Abstract |
Gray family members include George Gray, merchant of Windsor,
Bertie County, N.C.; John Gray, William Gray, Stevens Gray, and William Lee Gray,
lawyers and merchants in eastern North Carolina; and John McKenzie, son of Janet
(Gray) McKenzie. The collection is primarily business and personal correspondence,
bills, and accounts, 1846-1879, of George Gray, mainly concerning shingle shipments,
his cotton plantation near Marianna, Fla., Albemarle Sound fisheries (chiefly
1870s), and the education of his children at the Bingham School, Wesleyan Female
College, and elsewhere. Correspondents include William Rhodes Capehart, Joseph B.
Roulhac, William B. Boykin, Henry A. Gilliam, and John Roulhac. Also included are
legal papers and business letters, 1722-1846, of John Gray, William Gray, Stevens
Gray, George Gray, and William Lee Gray. Volumes include personal and merchants'
accounts, 1816-1819, 1837-1847, and 1854-1857, and also notes and accounts by John
McKenzie for a trip from North Carolina to Boston, 1765-1766.
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Creator |
Gray family. |
Language |
English |
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- Restrictions to Access
- No restrictions. Open for research.
- Restrictions to Use
- No usage restrictions.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their
descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Gray Family Papers, #1681, Southern Historical
Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Acquisitions Information
- Gift of Mrs. Moses B. Gillam of Windsor, N.C., February 1950 and October
1956.
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.
- Sensitive Materials Statement
- Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or
confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy
laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. §
132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of
State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.).
Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to
identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent
of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under
common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's
private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable
person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no
responsibility.
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The following terms from
Library of Congress Subject
Headings
suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the
entire collection; the terms do
not usually represent
discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or
items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's
online catalog.
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Account books.
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Albemarle Sound
(N.C.)--History--19th century.
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Bingham School
(Orange County, N.C.)--Students.
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Boston (Mass.)--Description and
travel.
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Boykin, William B.
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Capehart, W. R. (William Rhodes), 1836-1907.
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Education--North
Carolina--History--19th century.
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Families--North Carolina--Social life
and customs.
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Fisheries--North
Carolina--History--19th century.
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Gilliam, Henry A.,
1819-1891.
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Gray family.
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Gray, George, fl.
1846-1879.
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Gray, John.
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Gray, Stevens.
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Gray, William Lee, fl.
1819-1822.
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Gray, William.
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Lawyers--North
Carolina--History--18th century.
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Lawyers--North
Carolina--History--19th century.
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Marianna (Fla.)--History--19th
century.
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McKenzie, John, fl.
1765-1766.
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Merchants--North
Carolina--History--18th century.
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Merchants--North
Carolina--History--19th century.
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Plantations--Florida--Jackson
County.
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Roulhac, J. B. G. (Joseph Blount
Gregoire), 1795-1856.
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Roulhac, John Gray,
1797-1858.
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Shingle industry--North
Carolina--History--19th century.
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Wesleyan Female College
(Murfreesboro, N.C.)--Students.
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Windsor
(N.C.)--Commerce.
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Windsor (N.C.)--History.
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Windsor (N.C.)--Social life and
customs.
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Women--Education (Higher)--North
Carolina--History--19th century.
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Gray family members include George Gray, merchant of Windsor, Bertie County, N.C.;
John Gray, William Gray, Stevens Gray, and William Lee Gray, lawyers and merchants
in eastern North Carolina; and John McKenzie, son of Janet (Gray) McKenzie.
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The collection is primarily business and personal correspondence, bills, and
accounts, 1846-1879, of George Gray, mainly concerning shingle shipments, his cotton
plantation near Marianna, Fla., Albemarle Sound fisheries (chiefly 1870s), and the
education of his children at the Bingham School, Wesleyan Female College, and
elsewhere. Correspondents include William Rhodes Capehart, Joseph B. Roulhac,
William B. Boykin, Henry A. Gilliam, and John Roulhac. Also included are legal
papers and business letters, 1722-1846, of John Gray, William Gray, Stevens Gray,
George Gray, and William Lee Gray. Volumes include personal and merchants' accounts,
1816-1819, 1837-1847, and 1854-1857, and also notes and accounts by John McKenzie
for a trip from North Carolina to Boston, 1765-1766. There are also some early maps
of the town of Windsor, N.C.
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Contents list
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Gray Family Papers, 1722-1879 and undated.
Folder 1a
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Folder 1
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Folder 2
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Folder 3
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Folder 4
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Folder 5
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Folder 6
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Folder 7
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Folder 8
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Digital version: Map of the Town of Windsor, 1806
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Folder 9
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Folder 10-11
Folder 10
Folder 11
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Folder 12
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Folder 13
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Folder 14
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Folder 15
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Folder 16
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Folder 17
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Folder 18
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Folder 19-24
Folder 19
Folder 20
Folder 21
Folder 22
Folder 23
Folder 24
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Folder 24
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Folder 25-26
Folder 25
Folder 26
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Folder 27-33
Folder 27
Folder 28
Folder 29
Folder 30
Folder 31
Folder 32
Folder 33
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Folder 33
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Folder 34
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Folder 35
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Folder 36
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Folder 37
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Folder 38
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Reel R-01681/1-3
R-01681/1
R-01681/2
R-01681/3
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Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2009
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 January 2021
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