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[Identification of item], in the Prevatte Family Papers #05080, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received from Malcom Bullock of Salisbury, N.C., in October 2001 (Acc. 99100).

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• Agriculture--North Carolina--Robeson County.
• Baptists--Clergy--History--19th century.
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• Estates (Law)--North Carolina.
• Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Farm life--North Carolina.
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• Prevatte family.
• Real property--North Carolina--Robeson County.
• Robeson County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.

The Prevatte family has lived in Robeson County, N.C. since the late 18th century. Thomas Prevatte, Jr. (1764-1843) moved to Robeson from Craven County, N.C., in 1797 with his wife, Sally West Prevatte (1771-1853). Thomas and Sally Prevatte had at least nine children and lived on land near Fairmont, N.C., and Old Field Swamp. Thomas's brother, Peter Prevatte (b. 1766), also settled in Robeson County with his wife Eleanor Clements Prevatte, and their children.

Several members of the Prevatte family served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Thomas and Sally's son, Furney Prevatte (1808-1895), was a Baptist minister and helped establish several churches in Robeson County. Another son, Elias W. Prevatte (1814-1886), appears to have owned a farm and was married to Caroline Bullock Prevatte (1846-1882). Elias W. and Caroline Prevatte's son, E. Fowler Prevatte (1871-1936) apparently grew tobacco and was a member of the Woodmen of the World. Elias W. Prevatte's nephew, Charles Prevatte (1833-1911), served as executor of his estate.

Chiefly receipts, deeds, promissory notes, tax receipts, account statements, and other documents of various members of the Prevatte family, farmers of Robeson County, N.C. The documents describe business transactions, land grants, farm activities, tax assessments, and other family dealings. Included are receipts, 1886-1887, of executor Charles Prevatte, settling the estate of Elias W. Prevatte; papers, 1893-1934, of E. Fowler Prevatte; papers, 1839-1886, of Elias W. Prevatte; and papers, 1791-1843, of Thomas Prevatte. Also included are papers of other Robeson County residents.