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Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 320 items) |
Abstract | Cadia Barbee Welborn was a prominent member and officer of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daughters of the American Revolution, Alexander Martin Chapter. The collection includes correspondence of Welborn relating to her efforts to collect genealogical and historical material; compiled genealogical and historical material from many sources relating to colonial times through the Civil War; photocopies of 17th- and 18th-century legal documents; and original 18th- and 19th-century deeds, estate papers, circulars, clippings, and letters relating to North Carolina history, particularly in Randolph County and Guilford County, and to the Welborn family, including letters from Lincoln, Mo., 1839, and Lafayette County, Mo., 1857, describing life and surroundings in those places. |
Creator | Welborn, Cadia Barbee. |
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, May 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.
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Cadia Barbee Welborn was a prominent member and officer of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daughters of the American Revolution, Alexander Martin Chapter. She was also involved with the Daughters of the American Colonists and a charter member of the North Carolina Society of Colonial Wars.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence, 1923-1937, of Cadia Barbee (Mrs. John Scott) Welborn relating to her efforts to collect genealogical and historical material as an officer of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Alexander Martin Chapter, and of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; compiled genealogical and historical material from many sources relating to colonial times through the Civil War; photocopies and transcriptions of 17th- and 18th-century legal documents; and original 18th and 19th-century deeds, estate papers, circulars, clippings, and letters relating to North Carolina history, particularly in Randolph and Guilford counties, and to the Welborn family, including letters from Lincoln, Mo., 1839, and Lafayette County, Mo., 1857, describing life and surroundings in those places.
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