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Size | 41 items |
Abstract | The Lynch family of Orange County, N.C., counted among its members John Lynch, Mary Lynch, and Thomas Lynch. The collection includes five scattered letters, 1831, 1835, 1845, 1863, 1870, to members of the Lynch family of Orange County, N.C., from relatives in Tennessee, Missouri, and Iowa, about family matters; thirty-five deeds, bills, accounts, receipts, and tax papers accumulated in the Lynch family of Orange County; and an account book, 1873, of an unidentified general merchant in Hillsborough, N.C. |
Creator | Lynch (Family : Mebane, N.C.) |
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, January 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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The Lynch family of Orange County, N.C., counted among its members John Lynch, Mary Lynch, and Thomas Lynch (fl. 1840-1885) of Mebanesville, N.C. Thomas Lynch acted as the executor of the estate of Samuel Byrd or Bird (fl. 1817).
Back to TopThe collection includes five scattered letters, 1831, 1835, 1845, 1863, 1870, to members of the Lynch family of Orange County, N.C., from relatives in Tennessee, Missouri, and Iowa, about family matters; thirty-five deeds, bills, accounts, receipts, and tax papers accumulated in the Lynch family of Orange County; and an account book, 1873, of an unidentified general merchant in Hillsborough, N.C. Among the correspondents and persons mentioned in the papers are Thisbe Reeves, A. J. Bingham, Mary Lynch, Thomas Reeves, Coonie Smith, Anna P. Bird, Alex Mebane, John Tibbin, Robert Tinnin, Richard Bird, Samuel Bird, and Thomas Lynch.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Papers, 1780-1885 (original collection finding aid included) |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-3711/1 |
Oversize papers |
Folder 2 |
Volume 1: Account book, 1873 |
Oversize papers (OPF-3711/1).
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