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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 225 items) |
Abstract | Scattered papers, chiefly 1830s-1870s, of Cox, businessman, local official at Kinston, N.C., and mayor of Goldsboro, N.C. These papers include accounts and receipts of Cox, his father, and other relatives; financial records of Cox as board chairman of the Lenoir County, N.C., common schools, 1852-1861; general merchandise accounts, 1865-1867; accounts with labor and domestic help, 1884-1889; accounts, receipts, and vouchers of Cox as an agent of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, 1868-1869; letters, 1860, from Cox's son, James G. Cox, a student at the University of Virginia, 1860, and notes, presumably made by James G. Cox, from law lectures given by Professor John Barbee Minor at the University of Virginia, 1860; two items, 1863, relating to hiring slaves, signed by Washington Duke (1820-1905); and various other personal, public, and business papers. |
Creator | Cox, James W. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, September 1996
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, January 2010
This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
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Scattered papers, chiefly 1830s-1870s, of Cox, businessman, local official at Kinston, N.C., and mayor of Goldsboro, N.C. These papers include accounts and receipts of Cox, his father, and other relatives; financial records of Cox as board chairman of the Lenoir County, N.C., common schools, 1852-1861; general merchandise accounts, 1865-1867; accounts with labor and domestic help, 1884-1889; accounts, receipts, and vouchers of Cox as an agent of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, 1868-1869; letters, 1860, from Cox's son, James G. Cox, a student at the University of Virginia, 1860, and notes, presumably made by James G. Cox, from law lectures given by Professor John Barbee Minor at the University of Virginia, 1860; two items, 1863, relating to hiring slaves, signed by Washington Duke (1820-1905); and various other personal, public, and business papers.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Papers before 1829 are chiefly deeds and accounts of James Cox of Kinston, N.C., and include seven marriage licenses, 1820-1828, Lenoir County; a letter, 1800, from John Davis of Harpeth, Tenn., to Arthur Crawford of Wayne County, N.C., about lands belonging to the heirs of Robert Hooks; a report on forming a committee at Kinston to care for the welfare of dependents of volunteer soldiers; and a copy of Ephraim Daniel's will, 1822.
Papers, 1829-1860, are mostly accounts, receipts, and property matters of James W. Cox. They include also papers relating to the property of Gabriel and John Sherard and their Rogers and Daniel relatives. Scattered items suggest Cox's activities relating to schools, 1829; railroads, 1850s; and his children's education at St. Mary's School, Raleigh, 1857, and at the University of Virginia, 1860. Also included is a letter, 1832, from Jesse Speight of Greene County, N.C., about politics; a report card from Goldsborough Female College, 1855, for Eliza Cox; and a letter from James G. Cox at school in Oxford, N.C., 1859.
Among the papers, 1861-1865, are several Confederate tax-in-kind returns; common-school teachers' certificates signed by James W. Cox for the committee on examination; school accounts; two brief letters from Calvin H. Wiley, 1862; and miscellaneous receipts and communications relating to the hiring of slaves, including two 1863 items signed by Washington Duke. Papers, 1868-1869, consist of monthly accounts rendered by James W. Cox as agent at Goldsboro for the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad with a batch of receipts, vouchers, and other items attached to each monthly account.
Materials, 1870-1874, include accounts for Elizabeth Sherard and her estate, 1873, for which Cox was guardian and estate administrator, and two communications from James W. Cox, mayor of Goldsboro, to the police, 1874. There are also two undated subscription pledge lists for the Kinston Female Institute.
Folder 1 |
1741-1829 |
Folder 2 |
1830-1839 |
Folder 3 |
1840-1862 |
Folder 4 |
1863-1867 |
Folder 5 |
January-September 1868 |
Folder 6 |
October-December 1868 |
Folder 7 |
1869 |
Folder 8 |
1870-1874 and undated |
Arrangement: chronological.
Primarily record books of James W. Cox. The last volume contains a story by Willie Becton Fort, a student at Wake Forest, 1858-1859, and the University of North Carolina, 1859-1861, about Civil War spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow.
Folder 9 |
Volume 1: 1832-1838Eight court dockets, probably from Wayne or Lenoir County, N.C. 34 pp. |
Folder 10 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-3653/2 |
Volume S-2: 1852-1861 and 1884-1889Entries relating to school districts, written by R. W. King until about 1856 when James W. Cox became chair of the board for common schools. This volume was later used for accounts with laborers, washwomen, and others, with lists of time worked, provisions, and pay. 50 pp. |
Folder 11 |
Volume 3: 1856-1864Record book of James W. Cox as chair of the board for common schools. Included are receipts for amounts paid to teachers. 250 pp. |
Folder 12 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-3653/4 |
Volume S-4: 1860, 1863, 1865Notes, presumably of James G. Cox, on the analysis of law of real and personal property under Professor Minor at the University of Virginia. There are also copies of 1863 and 1865 letters written by James W. Cox at Chapel Hill. 50 pp. |
Folder 13 |
Volume 5: 1865-1867Account book of James W. Cox, merchant, including a record of wholesale purchases and retail sales of dry-goods, provisions, and hardware. Part of this volume is ledger, part is a journal. 45 pp. |
Folder 14 |
Volume 6: UndatedTypescript story, "Spies of the Confederacy: The Story of Rose O'Neal Greenhow and Her sources of information at Washington--Her arrest and imprisonment--Before Fort Fisher" by Willie Becton Fort, Pikesville, N.C. 17 pp. |