Collection Number:
02909
Collection Title: Chatham County (N.C.) Miscellaneous Account Books, 1790-1793.
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
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This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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2.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 20 items) |
Abstract |
The collection contains records of unrelated businesses in, and of the local government
of Chatham County, N.C., including general merchants' ledgers and daybooks; blacksmiths'
accounts; trustees' and executors' accounts; the docket book of a local court, 1825-1848;
accounts reported by local officials, 1846- 1868, including the sheriff and superintendents
of common schools; and a record of hours worked and wages paid, 1898-1900, at a Bynum
textile mill owned by John Milton Odell (born 1831). Among the persons represented
are James Gaines, William Merony, Robert Ragland, Charles Judson Williams, H. C. Luther,
William Patterson, J. W. Hooker, George W. Thompson, Eliza A. Leach, Isaac Clegg,
Thomas J. Clegg, Womack & Moore, James M. Farrar, and W. A. Nash. Among the localities
represented are Pittsboro, St. Lawrence, Oak Forest, and Bymun.
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Curatorial Unit |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language |
English |
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- Restrictions to Access
- No restrictions. Open for research.
- 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 Chatham County (N.C.) Miscellaneous Account Books,
#2909, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Alternate Form of Material
- Volumes 6 and 19 are available on microfilm.
- 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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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, April 2011; Dawne Howard Lucas, May 2021
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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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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Blacksmiths--North Carolina--History.
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Bynum (N.C.)--History.
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Chatham County (N.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
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Chatham County (N.C.)--Politics and government.
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Clegg, Isaac.
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Clegg, Thomas J.
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Court records--North Carolina--Chatham County--History--19th century.
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Estates (Law)--North Carolina.
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Farrar, James M.
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Gaines, James R.
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Hooker, J. W.
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Industries--North Carolina--Chatham County--History--19th century.
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Leach, Eliza A.
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Luther, H. C.
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Merchants--North Carolina--History.
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Merony, William.
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Nash, W. A.
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Oak Forest (N.C.)--History.
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Odell, John Milton.
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Patterson, William.
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Pittsboro (N.C.)--History.
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Ragland, Robert.
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Saint Lawrence (N.C.)--History.
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Schools--North Carolina--Chatham County--Records and correspondence.
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Sheriffs--North Carolina--Chatham County--History--19th century.
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Textile industry--North Carolina--History--19th century.
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Thompson, George W.
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Williams, Charles Judson.
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Womack and Moore (Chatham County, N. C.)
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The collection contains records of unrelated businesses in, and of the local government
of Chatham County, N.C., including general merchants' ledgers and daybooks; blacksmiths'
accounts; trustees' and executors' accounts; the docket book of a local court, 1825-1848;
accounts reported by local officials, 1846- 1868, including the sheriff and superintendents
of common schools; and a record of hours worked and wages paid, 1898-1900, at a Bynum
textile mill owned by John Milton Odell (born 1831). Among the persons represented
are James Gaines, William Merony, Robert Ragland, Charles Judson Williams, H. C. Luther,
William Patterson, J. W. Hooker, George W. Thompson, Eliza A. Leach, Isaac Clegg,
Thomas J. Clegg, Womack & Moore, James M. Farrar, and W. A. Nash. Among the localities
represented are Pittsboro, St. Lawrence, Oak Forest, and Bymun.
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Chatham County (N.C.) Miscellaneous Account Books, 1790-1793.
20 items.
Folder 1
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The first page is inscribed: "James Gaines, Wm. Meroney Robt. Ragland."
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Folder 2
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Folder 3
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Oversize Volume SV-2909/4
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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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Folder 9
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Accounts kept by Thompson as trustee for Mrs. Eliza A. Leach
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Folder 10
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Blacksmith. Contains settlement of estate and miscellaneous notations.
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Folder 11
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Oversize Volume SV-2909/12
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Oversize Volume SV-2909/13
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Folder 14
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Folder 15
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Folder 16
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Oversize Volume SV-2909/17
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Folder 18
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Folder 19
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Shows names of employees, time worked each month, and wages due.
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Reel M-2909/1
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The entries from 1826 to 1863 contain minutes of the town commissioners, as well as
two pages of treasurer's records. Entries from 1876 to 1878 contain minutes, financial
records, tax lists, and treasurer's records. The records for 1876-1878 were recorded
by Joseph John Jackson, clerk, treasurer, and secretary of the Board of Commissioners.
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- Oversize volumes (SV-2909/4, 12, 13, 17)
- Microfilm (M-2909/1)
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