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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 100 items) |
Abstract | Personal correspondence among members of the Roberson family living in Orange County, Chatham County, Moore County, Bladen County, Raleigh, and other locations in central North Carolina. The letters primarily concern health and family matters. There are references to conditions during the Civil War. There are also bills of sale for slaves in Chatham and Orange counties; receipts and other items relating to the death of Allen Moore Roberson; and papers relating to Avis J. Roberson's work as a captain in the North Carolina militia during the Civil War, including lists of men, apparently from Chatham County, who were eligible for military service. |
Creator | Roberson (Family : Orange County, N.C.) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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The Roberson (also spelled Robertson) family has lived in Orange and Chatham counties, North Carolina, since the seventeenth century. Thomas Roberson (fl. 1814) was the brother of Mary, Meriott (or Merit), William, and Nathaniel. Thomas's son Allen Moore Roberson (d. 1856) was the father of Alvis J. Roberson (fl. 1860-1902) and Thomas A. Roberson, who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Alvis J. Roberson served as a commissioned officer in the Confederate Army. It was his job to list the names of men in the surrounding counties who were eligible for military service. He and his wife, the former Elizabeth Ann Durham, were the parents of H. H., G. B., John A., Mary, and Delia. Three of their sons also served in the Confederate Army. Delia Roberson Oldham was the mother of Floy T. Oldham, and the grandmother of Gerald M. Oldham from whom this collection was received.
Back to TopPersonal correspondence among members of the Roberson family living in Orange County, Chatham County, Moore County, Bladen County, Raleigh, and other locations in central North Carolina. The letters primarily concern health and family matters. There are references to conditions during the Civil War. There are also bills of sale for slaves in Chatham and Orange counties; receipts and other items relating to the death of Allen Moore Roberson; and papers relating to Avis J. Roberson's work as a captain in the North Carolina militia during the Civil War, including lists of men, apparently from Chatham County, who were eligible for military service.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Personal correspondence among members of the Roberson family living in Orange County, Chatham County, Carthage (Moore County), Raleigh, and other locations in central North Carolina. The letters primarily concern health and family matters. A few letters, dated 1861-1865, mention the Civil War.
Folder 1 |
1814-1863 |
Folder 2 |
1864-1887 |
Folder 3 |
1900-February 1901 |
Folder 4 |
April 1901-May 1902 |
Folder 5 |
Undated |
Bills of sale for slaves in Chatham and Orange counties, North Carolina; receipts and other items relating to the death of Allen Moore Roberson; and papers relating to Alvis J. Roberson's work as a commissioned officer in the Confederate Army, including lists of men from nearby counties who were eligible for military service.
Folder 6 |
Bills of sale for slaves, 1830, 1845, 1859 |
Folder 7 |
Receipts and other items relating to the death of Allen Moore Roberson, 1856 |
Folder 8-9
Folder 8Folder 9 |
Materials relating to Alvis J. Roberson's involvement in the Civil War |