Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Alston Family Papers #4855-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Maria Alston Young, 10 December 1996 (Acc. 96196) for duplication; original owned by Wade Barber, Pittsboro, N.C. Received from Steve Brooks in 2001 (Acc. 98865).

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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.

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• Alston family.
• Alston, Gideon.
• Alston, Joseph John.
• Alston, Junius A.
• Alston, William.
• Chatham County (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
• Deeds--North Carolina--Chatham County.
• Freedmen--Employment.
• Women--Education--Southern States--History--19th century.
• Women--Southern States--Social life and customs.

• Archibald Davis Alston Papers (#16); Alston, Hariss, Kearny, Thorne, and Related Families (#4521).

Materials include land records, receipts, correspondence, and other papers pertaining to the Alston family of Chatham County, N.C. Most of the land records and all of the receipts are photocopies of original materials. The land records cover the period 1770-1831 and document transactions involving Joseph John Alston, William Alston, Gideon Alston, and others. Receipts primarily document the sale of clothing by Junius A. Alston, 1857-1897. Correspondence, 1851-1877, written by women and exchanged with relatives, contains news of family, literary pursuits, and bereavement. Other papers include a freedmen₂s contract and a proposal to open a school.

NOTE: Most documents in folder 1 are photocopies of originals. All documents in folder 2 are photocopies. Documents in folder 3 are all originals.