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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 Jane Evans Elliot Diaries #5343, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

The diaries were compiled by Jennie E. McNeil and privately printed as Diary of Mrs. Jane Evans Elliot, 1837-1882 in Raleigh, N.C., in 1908.

Acquisitions Information

Gift of the Presbyterian Historical Society of Montreat, N.C., in June 2007 (Acc. 100705) and received from Mary N. McCoy in February 2010 (Acc. 101252).

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Processed by: Amanda T. Ross, September 2007

Encoded by: Amanda T. Ross, September 2007

Updated by: Amy Morgan and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2019

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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• Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
• Diaries.
• Elliot, Alexander, 1797-1870.
• Elliot, Jane Evans, 1820-1882.
• Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Fayetteville (N.C.)--History.
• Fayetteville (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• North Carolina--Religion--19th century.
• Presbyterians--North Carolina.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
• Women--North Carolina--Diaries.
• Women--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Women--Religious life--North Carolina.

• Alexander Elliot Papers (#4596)

Jane S. Evans was a diarist in Fayetteville, N.C., during the 19th century. Her husband was Alexander Elliot, a lumberman who served in the North Carolina House of Commons, 1824-1825, and the North Carolina Senate, 1826. He was a colonel in the militia and active in the Civil War.

This collection consists of three diaries describing the daily life of Jane Evans Elliot of Fayetteville, N.C. The diaries record thoughts on church preachings, religious reflections, and family matters and also include observations on the Presbyterian New School Controversy of 1837-1838 and the Civil War.