This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.
Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 900 items) |
Abstract | Leigh and Winslow family members included planters James Leigh (1781-1854) and his son, Edward Augustus Leigh (1825-1901) of Land's End plantation, Perquimans County, N.C., and Julian Emmitt Winslow (1897-1975), great grandson of James Leigh, an oil jobber and fertilizer manufacturer. Julian Emmitt Winslow was also a flight instructor during World War I and served in the North Carolina Senate in 1949, 1951, 1959, 1961, and 1965. The collection includes letters to Edward Augustus Leigh and other family members, 1877-1938, chiefly discussing routine business, financial, and personal matters. There are also receipts and account books, 1752-1902, relating to the purchase of agricultural and other items and to farm maintenance, including a few mentioning slaves and several pertaining to the confinement of Edward's brother, James Leigh, Jr., in an insane asylum, 1855-1856. Biographical and probate records, 1767-1976, are largely wills and estate papers, many of them relating to James Leigh's estate, and other items of genealogical interest. Julian Emmitt Winslow papers include Winslow's correspondence during his 1959 and 1961 North Carolina Senate terms. Also included is some personal correspondence and material about his World War I military service. There are also many photographs and postcards dating from around World War I. These include pictures of aircraft and pilots, plane crashes, a flood, and aerial views of various locations, including Houston and Galveston, Tex. |
Creator | Leigh (Family : Perquimans County, N.C.)
Winslow (Family : Perquimans County, N.C.) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
Gilbert Leigh (1729-1792) was a carpenter in Chowan and Perquimans Counties, N.C. His son, James Leigh (1781-1854) owned a plantation in Perquimans County, where he also served as a deputy sheriff, officer in the militia, and representative to the House of Commons. He eventually became one of the wealthiest men in the county.
In 1802, James Leigh married Mary Barclift, who died in 1823. In 1825, he married Susan Banks. He died in 1854, survived by six of his twelve children, including Edward Augustus Leigh (1825-1901), who inherited the family plantation. At the time of his father's death, Edward Augustus Leigh also was named guardian of his brother James Leigh, Jr., whom he placed in an insane asylum in Pennsylvania. In 1860, Edward Augustus Leigh's tax payments provided about 3% of Perquimans County's revenue. He lost much of his wealth following the Civil War.
Edward Augustus Leigh married Margaret Stevenson Jacocks in 1846; she died in 1850. In 1857, he married her half-sister, Grizzell Emily Jacocks (1838-1903). One of his children, Martha (Mattie) Gordon Leigh (b. 1868), married Charles Cook Winslow (1861-1909).
Among Martha Gordon Leigh and Charles Cook Winslow's six children was Julian Emmitt Winslow (1897-1975), an oil jobber and manufacturer of liquid fertilizers. He also was a flight instructor in the Army Air Corps during World War I. From 1932 to 1946, he served as sheriff of Perquimans County. An active member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to the State Senate in 1949, 1951, 1959, 1961, and 1965. From 1953 to 1957, he was a member of the State Highway Commission.
Back to TopThe collection includes letters to Edward Augustus Leigh and other family members, 1877-1938, chiefly discussing routine business, financial, and personal matters. There are also receipts and account books, 1752-1902, relating to the purchase of agricultural and other items and to farm maintenance, including a few mentioning slaves and several pertaining to the confinement of Edward's brother, James Leigh, Jr., in an insane asylum, 1855-1856. Biographical and probate records, 1767-1976, are largely wills and estate papers, many of them relating to James Leigh's estate, and other items of genealogical interest. Julian Emmitt Winslow papers include Winslow's correspondence during his 1959 and 1961 North Carolina Senate terms. Also included is some personal correspondence and material about his World War I military service. There are also many photographs and postcards dating from around World War I. These include pictures of aircraft and pilots, plane crashes, a flood, and aerial views of various locations, including Houston and Galveston, Tex.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Letters to Edward Augustus Leigh, 1877-1882; Grizzell Emily Jacocks Leigh, 1875-1903; and Mattie Winslow, 1913-1938, chiefly discussing routine business, financial, and personal matters. Included is letter to Mattie Winslow describing the Confederate Army service of relatives.
Folder 1 |
Correspondence, 1877-1938 |
Arrangement: by document type and chronological.
Receipts for agricultural and other items including property maintenance, agricultural products, horses, clothing and related items, personal items such as tooth brushes and umbrellas, farm equipment and tools, and slaves; bills of sale; and related financial records from the 1850s, 1870s, and 1890s through 1903. Included are several books, a few indentures, a court order from the 1700s, and miscellaneous financial records from the 1830s. Folder 4 contains receipts relating to James Leigh, Jr.'s confinement in an insane asylum, 1855-1856. Information concerning slaves can be found in folders 3, 5, 11, 12, and 13.
Folder 2 |
Loose papers Financial records, 1752-1788 |
Folder 3 |
Loose papers Financial records, 1836-1855 |
Folder 4 |
Loose papers Vouchers against James Leigh, 1855-1856 |
Folder 5 |
Loose papers Financial and related records, 1856 |
Folder 6 |
Loose papers Financial and related records, 1857-1861 |
Folder 7 |
Loose papers Leigh family financial records, 1867-1886 |
Folder 8 |
Loose papers Financial and related records, 1896-1903 |
Folder 9 |
Loose papers Receipts for house rent, 1901 |
Folder 10 |
Loose papers Receipts for house rent, 1902 |
Folder 11 |
Bound items Account book, 1834-1837 |
Oversize Volume SV-4028/1 |
Bound items Ledger of James Leigh's accounts, 1840s |
Oversize Volume SV-4028/2 |
Bound items F. E. and C. J. Winslow commercial account book, 1847-1864 |
Folder 12-13
Folder 12Folder 13 |
Folder numbers not used |
Folder 14 |
Bound items Account book, 1895-1898 |
Arrangement: by document type and chronological.
Wills, estate accounts, family histories, and related material. The majority of the material concerns the estate of James Leigh (1781-1854). Also included are estate accounts of Jonathan Phelps, 1767, and Jesse Copeland, 1782; a memorial to Margaret Leigh (d. 1850); a land plat recorded in 1830; and a certificate signed by the governor of Indiana in 1846.
Folder 15 |
Probate accounts, 1767-1782 |
Folder 16 |
Probate accounts, 1816-1903 |
Folder 17 |
Probate material relating to estate of James Leigh, 1854 |
Folder 18 |
Account book of sale of James Leigh's estate, 1854 |
Folder 19 |
Leigh family biographical records |
Folder 20 |
Leigh family history |
Arrangement: by document type and chronological.
Correspondence of Julian Emmitt Winslow during his terms in the North Carolina State Senate in 1959 and 1961. 1959 material is organized by subject; 1961 material is arranged chronologically. Also included is personal correspondence, 1918-1921; material concerning his military service during World War I; and material concerning a trip he took to Cuba in 1959. A Cuban newspaper (in Spanish), dated 1 January 1959, describing the overthrow of the Batista government and Fidel Castro's assuming power is filed in folder 43.
Photographs and postcards, mostly of World War I era aircraft and pilots. Includes photos of plane crashes, photos of a flood, and aerial photos of various locations, including Houston and Galveston, Tex., during this period. Also included is a photograph of the Leigh farm house.
Image Folder PF-4028/1-4
PF-4028/1PF-4028/2PF-4028/3PF-4028/4 |
World War I photographs |
Image Folder PF-4028/5 |
Home of James Leigh, Hertford, N.C.House built circa 1830-1837. |