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Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 700 items) |
Abstract | Sally Long Jarman (b. 1887) was a genealogist of Halifax County, N.C. The collection includes genealogical data and ancestral papers gathered by Sally Long Jarman, the bulk of which are typed transcriptions of legal and Episcopal church records pertaining to the Mason, Gray, Long, Amis, and related North Carolina families. Papers of Nathaniel Mason of Summit, N.C., include an order to assemble his militia company to suppress a rumored slave insurrection, 1831. Materials related to Mason's son, Thomas Williams Mason (1839-1921), include his writings while a student at the University of North Carolina in the 1850s, including an essay about his life as a student; four letters he wrote as a Confederate cavalryman on the staff of General Robert Ransom in North Carolina and Virginia, 1862; a letter from his plantation overseer, 1862; and two detailed letters about his military experiences from S. W. Arrington, a soldier in the A.E.F. in England and France, 1918-1919. Among other family papers are a notebook, ca. 1814-1815, kept by Richard A. Jones at Princeton College, and love letters, 1839-1841 and 1859, from Andrew Joyner to his wife, Sarah Jones Burton Joyner, in Weldon, Halifax County, N.C. |
Creator | Jarman, Sally Long, b. 1887. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English |
Processed by: Manuscripts Department Staff, October 1975
Encoded by: Mara Dabrishus, November 2004
Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.
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Sally Long Jarman (b. 1887) was a genealogist of Halifax County, N.C.
Back to TopGenealogical data and ancestral papers gathered by Sally Long Jarman of Halifax County, N.C. The bulk of the collection consists of typed transcriptions of legal and Episcopal Church records pertaining to the Mason, Gray, Long, Amis, and related North Carolina families. Papers of Nathaniel Mason of Summit, N.C., include an order to assemble his militia company to suppress a rumored slave insurrection, 1831. Materials related to Mason's son, Thomas Williams Mason (1839-1921), include his writings while a student at the University of North Carolina in the 1850s, including an essay about his life as a student; four letters he wrote as a Confederate cavalryman on the staff of General Robert Ransom in North Carolina and Virginia, 1862; a letter from his plantation overseer, 1862; and two detailed letters about his military experiences from S. W. Arrington, a soldier in the American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.) in England and France during World War I, 1918-1919. Among other family papers are a notebook, ca. 1814-1815, kept by Richard A. Jones at Princeton College, and love letters, 1839-1841 and 1859, from Andrew Joyner to his wife, Sarah Jones Burton Joyner, in Weldon, Halifax County, N.C.
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Mason genealogy (about 25 items)Correspondence and notes. |
Folder 2-4
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Mason papers, 1830-1919 (about 55 items)Papers, 1830-1862, primarily family correspondence of Nathaniel Mason of Summit, N.C., including four letters, 1862, from his son, Thomas Williams, with the Confederate army in Virginia; an order, August 1831, to Nathaniel Mason to assemble his militia to surpress a rumored slave insurrection; a letter, December 1862, to Thomas W. Mason from his overseer about plantation management; papers, 1869-1904, of T. W. Mason of Garysburg, N.C., and his wife, Elizabeth Gray Mason (Betty), and children, with some about visiting health resorts; scattered business papers of T. W. Mason; two letters, 1918-1919, to T. W. Mason from his cousin, S. W. Arrington, with the American Expeditionary Forces duirng World War I in England and France giving detailed descriptions of his convoy to England and life there and in France, especially a visit to Blois. |
Folder 5-10
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Thomas W. Mason writings (76 items)Essays, orations, poetry, and other writings dealing with literature, history, philosophy, ethics, and contemporary politics, mostly 1850s, while Mason was a student at the University of North Carolina. Included are sixteen poems and "Journal of a Day," about his life as a student.
Digital version: Class Composition of Thomas W. Mason, [1856]:
"The Journal of a Day"
Digital version: Class Composition of Thomas W. Mason, [1856]:
"The Eagle Doesn't Catch
Flies"
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Folder 11 |
Gray genealogy (about 20 items)Extracts from wills, censuses, and other records in Virginia and North Carolina. |
Folder 12-13
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Amis-Atherton genealogy and papers (28 items)Papers, 1826, related to the estate of William Amis of Northampton County, N.C.; copies and extracts of wills and legal records; sketch, 1895, about Northampton County, including the 1834 Senate election between W. D. Amis and W. B. Lockhart; Colonial Dames application of Elizabeth Cameron Blanchard through her Amis ancestors; miscellaneous clippings and notes; Atherton family materials. |
Folder 14-18
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Long genealogy (about 130 items)Correspondence; typed extracts from obituaries, wills, church registers, newspapers, and other records; Ellen Long Daniels materials; notes, jottings, photographs, and data on related lines. |
Image Folder PF-4005/1 |
Photographs |
Folder 19 |
Long papers (22 items)Chiefly 1883-1884, including letters to Bettie Mason Long from Lemuel Mckinney Long before and after their marriage and from her sister Sallie; a letter from T. W. Mason to L. M. Long approving his marriage to Bettie; legal documents, receipts, business correspondence, all before 1883 and after 1887, including a record Nicholas Long's real property, 1829-1882, and a list of money owed the estate of J. J. Long. |
Folder 20-21
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Burton genealogy (56 items)Correspondence; extracts from articles; typed genealogies, including data on the English Burton line. |
Folder 22 |
Burton papers (23 items)Family corresondence, primarily romantic letters, 1839-1841, 1859, from Andrew Joyner on a business trip to Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., to his wife, Sarah Welsh Jones, widow of H. G. Burton, in Weldon, N.C.; letters, 1868, to her granddaughter, Mary Alston, from a friend in Chesterfield, Va.; scattered indentures, bills, and business papers. |
Folder 23-26
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Jones genealogy (about 125 items)Correspondence; extracts from wills, marriage bonds, parish registers, obituaries, newpaper articles about Epps, Burton, and Jones family members; copies of writings by and about Willie Jones and John Paul Jones; miscellaneous notes. |
Folder 27 |
Jones papers (3 items)Sympathy note, 1861; letters, 1868 and undated, about settling an estate (perhaps that of Mary B. Epps); school notebook, ca. 1814-1815, kept by Richard A. Jones, son of William Jones, while attending Princeton. |
Folder 28-29
Folder 28Folder 29 |
Hill genealogy (58 items)Extracts from wills, parish registers, newspapers, magazines, and other publications; materials relating to the Blount family; writings by and about Thomas Norfleet Hill (1838-1904). |
Folder 30 |
Montfort genealogy (about 35 items)Clippings, writings, and toher materials aobut Joseph Montfort (1724-1776); extracts of wills, articles, and genealogies; miscellaneous notes. |
Folder 31 |
McKinnie genealogy (12 items)Correspondence; miscellaneous notes; extract from Hills of Wilkes County, Georgia by L. J. Hill (1923). 12 items. |
Folder 32 |
Gordon genealogy and papers (4 items)Genealogical notes; receipt, 1824, of John Gordon; letter, 1864, about family and war news. |
Folder 33 |
Arrington genealogy (5 items)Miscellaneous genealogical notes. |
Folder 34 |
Historic Halifax, N.C. (9 items)Address by Sally Long Jarman to the North Carolina Colonial Dames meeting in Halifax, N.C., 29 April 1938; articles and essays about Halifax County history; miscellaneous historical articles. |
Folder 35 |
Grace Episcopal Church (2 items)History of Grace Episcopal Church, Weldon, N.C., 1947; selected baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials copied from the vestry book. |
Photographs (PF-4005/1)
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