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Size | 2.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2,130 items) |
Abstract | Henry W. (Henry William) Faison (1823-1885) was a physician and cotton farmer of Duplin County, N.C. The collection contains chiefly cotton accounts of Faison with merchants in Wilmington, N.C., and bills, receipts and other business items, as well as estate papers, of Faison and his Faison, Williams, Hicks, and other relatives in Duplin and Sampson counties, N.C. There are a few items relating to slaves and a few concerning Faison's medical practice. Also included are Faison family letters and personal correspondence of members of the Faison family, especially of Winifred Faison, 1892-1937. Many of the family letters concern school and college experiences in the 1870s and 1880s at the University of North Carolina, the University of Virginia, Augusta Female Seminary in Staunton, Va., and other schools. In addition, there is a series of papers, 1809-1884, relating to Buckner Lanier Hill (1800-1860) of Duplin County and his relatives; the connection of Hill to the Faisons is not clear. These papers consist chiefly of financial and legal items, especially estate papers; some relate to illegitimacy. |
Creator | Faison, Henry W. (Henry William), 1823-1885. |
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, June 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Updated by: Laura Hart, January 2022
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Henry William Faison (1823-1885) was a physician and cotton farmer of Duplin County, N.C. He married Martha W. Hicks (1832-1900) in 1848 and they had at least nine children including Sallie, Winifred M. (died 1937), Rowland, Henry, Mollie, John M., Percy, and James.
Back to TopThe collection is chiefly business papers of Henry William Faison relating to his medical practice and cotton plantation and farm including extensive cotton accounts with merchants in Wilmington, N.C., bills and receipts, and correspondence. There are also wills, estate papers, indentures, and other legal and financial documents of Henry William Faison and his Faison, Williams, Hicks, and other relatives in Duplin and Sampson counties, N.C. Also included are Faison family letters and personal correspondence of members of the Faison family, especially of Winifred Faison, 1892-1937. Many of the family letters concern school and college experiences in the 1870s and 1880s at the University of North Carolina, the University of Virginia, Augusta Female Seminary in Staunton, Va., and other schools. In addition, there is a series of papers, 1809-1884, relating to Buckner Lanier Hill (1800-1860) of Duplin County and his relatives; the connection of Hill to the Faisons is not clear. These papers consist chiefly of financial and legal items, especially estate papers; some relate to illegitimacy.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1770-1830 |
Folder 2 |
1831-1839 |
Folder 3 |
1840-1846 |
Folder 4 |
1847-1859 |
Folder 5 |
1860-1862 |
Folder 6 |
1863-1868 |
Folder 7 |
1869 |
Folder 8 |
1870 |
Folder 9 |
1871 |
Folder 10 |
1872 |
Folder 11 |
1873 |
Folder 12 |
1874 |
Folder 13 |
1875 |
Folder 14 |
1876 |
Folder 15 |
1877 |
Folder 16 |
1878 |
Folder 17 |
1879 |
Folder 18 |
1880 |
Folder 19 |
1881 |
Folder 20 |
1882 |
Folder 21 |
1883 |
Folder 22 |
1884 |
Folder 23 |
1885 |
Folder 24 |
1886 |
Folder 25 |
1887 |
Folder 26 |
1888 |
Folder 27 |
1889 |
Folder 28 |
1890 |
Folder 29 |
1891 |
Folder 30 |
1892 |
Folder 31 |
1893-1894 |
Folder 32 |
Undated |
Fragments |
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Folder 33 |
Printed matter |
Folder 34 |
Introductory material |
1820, 1840 |
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Folder 35 |
1866-1879 |
Folder 36 |
1880-1883 |
Folder 37 |
1889 |
Folder 38 |
1890 |
Folder 40 |
1891 |
Folder 41 |
1892-1900 |
Folder 42 |
1911-1937 |
Folder 43 |
Undated and fragments |
Folder 44 |
1809-1839 |
Folder 45 |
1840-1859 |
Folder 46 |
1860 |
Folder 47-48
Folder 47Folder 48 |
1861 |
Folder 49 |
1862 |
Folder 50 |
1863 |
Folder 51 |
1864 |
Folder 52 |
1865 |
Folder 53 |
1866 |
Folder 54 |
1867 |
Folder 55 |
1868 |
Folder 56 |
1869 |
Folder 57 |
1870 |
Folder 58 |
1871 |
Folder 59 |
1872 |
Folder 60 |
1873 |
Folder 61 |
1874 |
Folder 62 |
1875 |
Folder 63 |
1876 |
Folder 64 |
1877-1878 |
Folder 65 |
1879 |
Folder 66 |
1880 |
Folder 67 |
1881 |
Folder 68 |
1882 |
Folder 69 |
1883-1884 |
Folder 70 |
Undated |