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Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 500 items) |
Abstract | Mary Elizabeth Farrow Credle (1881-1946) was the daughter of Wilson T. Farrow (1837-1916) and Mary Elizabeth (Respess) Farrow (1846-1905). The collection contains chiefly business papers (deeds, accounts, receipts, contracts, letters), but also personal correspondence preserved by Mary Farrow Credle from preceding generations of the Credle family, Farrow family, and Respess family in Beaufort County and Hyde County, N.C. Members of the families were engaged in coastwise shipping, maintaining ships, buying and selling lands and slaves, farming and other businesses. Included are papers of Isaiah Respess, merchant and trader, who was imprisoned alternately by the Confederate and Federal authorities during the Civil War; the Reverend Joseph B. Hinton (1788-1872), antebellum state legislator, of Beaufort County and Raleigh, N.C.; Wilson T. Farrow (1837-1916) of Ocracoke Island and Washington, N.C.; and their kin. Earlier papers are Beaufort and Hyde county deeds; material after 1894 is sparse. The Civil War items document Isaiah Respess's mercantile activities in New Bern, N.C., and Beaufort, N.C., while under Union occupation, trading with New York firms. |
Creator | Credle, Mary Farrow, 1881-1946. |
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, November 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 by: Laura Hart, December 2021
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Mary Elizabeth Farrow Credle (1881-1946) was the daughter of Wilson T. Farrow (1837-1916) and Mary Elizabeth (Respess) Farrow (1846-1905). She married Walter Credle in 1908 and they had three daughters, Sophia, Florence, and Mary.
Back to TopThe collection contains chiefly business papers (deeds, accounts, receipts, contracts, letters), but also personal correspondence preserved by Mary Farrow (Mrs. Walter) Credle from preceding generations of the Credle, Farrow, and Respess families in Beaufort and Hyde counties, N.C. Members of the families were engaged in coastwise shipping, maintaining ships, buying and selling lands and slaves, farming and other businesses. Included are papers of Isaiah Respess, merchant and trader, who was imprisoned alternately by the Confederate and Federal authorities during the Civil War; the Reverend Joseph B. Hinton (1788-1872), antebellum state legislator, of Beaufort County and Raleigh, N.C.; Wilson T. Farrow (1837-1916) of Ocracoke Island and Washington, N.C.; and their kin. Earlier papers are Beaufort and Hyde county deeds; material after 1894 is sparse. The Civil War items document Isaiah Respess's mercantile activities in New Bern and Beaufort, N.C., while under Union occupation, trading with New York firms.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1-3
Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3 |
Papers, 1706-1819 |
Folder 4-6
Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6 |
Papers, 1820-1849 |
Folder 7-11
Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11 |
Papers, 1850-1865 |
Folder 12-15
Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15 |
Papers, 1866-1869 |
Folder 16-18
Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18 |
Papers, 1870-1879 |
Folder 19-21
Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21 |
Papers, 1880-1892 |
Folder 22-23
Folder 22Folder 23 |
Papers, 1893-1946 |
Folder 24-25
Folder 24Folder 25 |
Papers, undated |
Folder 26 |
Fragile materialsIncludes papers isolated from the rest of the collection due to preservation concerns. Materials include receipts, accounts, deeds, correspondence, and other papers similar to those in the main run of the collection. |
Folder 27 |
Volume 1: Business arithmetic book, James F. Clark, 1819 |
Folder 28 |
Volume 2: Account book, Mary E. Respess, 1864-1865 |
Folder 29 |
Volume 3: Account book, the schooner Watauga, 1865-1867 |
Folder 30 |
Volume 4: Account book, Watauga, 1866 |
Volume 4: Wilson T. Farrow, 1881-1889 |
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Folder 31 |
Volume 5: Notebook, Mary E. Respess, 1867 |
Oversize Volume SV-1853/6 |
Volume 6: Scrapbook, 1878-1938 |
Folder 33 |
Volume 7: Labor records and accounts, Wilson T. Farrow, 1881-1884 |
Folder 34 |
Volume 8: Accounts for undertaker's services, Wilson T. Farrow, 1904-1907 |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-1853/1 |
Extra oversize papers |