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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 350 items) |
Abstract | Among the members of the McClelland family of Iredell County, N.C., were William McClelland, surveyor; Nathaniel E. McClelland, physician; John McClelland, Rebecca McClelland, and Margaret McClelland. Relatives also included the Stevenson family, the Hall family, the Adams family of Iredell County, N.C., and the Ewing family of Christian County, Ky. The collection includes family letters, land surveys, and legal and other papers, chiefly 1800-1834 and 1861-1863, of the McClelland Family and related families. Included are letters from Nathaniel Ewing McClelland, written while he was a medical student at Transylvania University, Ky., 1829-1831, and while he was a physician in Rutherford County, N.C., 1832-1833; fifty letters to his parents in Statesville, N.C., from William McClelland Adams, sergeant of the 4th North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States of America, in Virginia; and some 20th-century items tracing the relationship of Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1900-1965) to the families in the papers. |
Creator | McClelland (Family : Iredell County, 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, July 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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Among the members of the McClelland family of Iredell County, N.C., were William McClelland, surveyor; Nathaniel E. McClelland, physician; John McClelland, Rebecca McClelland, and Margaret McClelland. Relatives also included the Stevenson, Hall, and Adams families of Iredell County, N.C., and the Ewing family of Christian County, Ky.
Back to TopThe collection includes family letters, land surveys, and legal and other papers, chiefly 1800-1834 and 1861-1863, of the McClellands of Iredell County, N.C., and related families, including the Stevensons of Iredell County and the Ewings of Christian County, Ky. Included are letters and other papers written by Nathaniel Ewing McClelland while he was a medical student at Transylvania University, Ky., 1829-1831, and while he was a physician in Rutherford County, N.C., 1832-1833; fifty letters to his parents in Statesville, N.C., from William McClelland Adams, sergeant of the 4th North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States of America, in Virginia; and some 20th-century items tracing the relationship of Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1900-1965) to the families in the papers. Also included is a map, 1773, of Fourth Creek Congregation and various copies and related items.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1752-1800 |
Folder 2 |
1800-1802 |
Folder 3 |
1803-1807 |
Folder 4 |
1808-1815 |
Folder 5 |
1816-1818 |
Folder 6 |
1819-1822 |
Folder 7 |
1823-1826 |
Folder 8 |
1827 |
Folder 9 |
1828-1830 |
Folder 10 |
1831 |
Folder 11 |
1832 |
Folder 12 |
1833 |
Folder 13 |
1834-1952 |
Folder 14 |
Undated material |
Folder 15 |
William N. Adams Civil War letters, 1861-1863 |
Folder 16 |
Fourth Creek Congregation map materials |
Folder 17 |
Family history materials |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder X-OPF-3869/1 |
Fourth Creek Congregation Map, 1773, and copies |
Oversize Image Folder OP-PF-3869/1 |
Photograph and negative of Fourth Creek Congregation map |