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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Davis and Fulton Family Papers #5623, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received in May 2015 (Acc. 102214).

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Processed: May 2019

Encoded by: Laura Smith

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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• Davis family.
• Families--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Families--Texas--History--19th century.
• Fulton family.
• Lampasas County (Tex.)--Social life and customs.
• Slavery--North Carolina.
• Stokes County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.

Davis family of Stokes County, N.C., and the Fulton family of Lampasas County, Tex., were related by marriage.

Family letters comprise the bulk of the collection. Correspondents are members of the Davis family of Stokes County, N.C., and the Fulton family of Lampasas County, Tex., who were related by marriage to the Davis family. Early letters from James Davis (1793-1873) written near the start of the Civil War from Red Shoals, N.C., contain references to "the negroes" and "the blacks," presumably enslaved African Americans, and to illnesses including diphtheria. Letters from Jesse Fulton (1857-1937) are chiefly to Mary Kathrine "Katie" Smith of Round Rock, Tex., whom he later married. Other items include an 1899 pamphlet about Methodist minister James Needham, an undated newspaper clipping with a wedding announcement, and notes about the letters that were written by a descendant.