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Collection Number: 05680

Collection Title: Cabe Lamkin Ray Papers, circa 1750s-1890s

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Size .5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 50 items)
Abstract Cabe Lamkin Ray (1845-1865), assumed to be of Orange County, N.C., was mortally wounded at the Battle of Wyse Fork near Kinston, N.C., in March of 1865. The Cabe Lamkin Ray papers contain a pocket-size bible with biographical notes written by Ray; two framed photographs (one of Ray's brother, Nazareth (Nazor) Vernon Ray, and his family, and one of Ray's sister-in-law, Elibeth Parcilla Wilson-Ray); and scattered letters, land deeds, and an indenture, 1759-1864.
Creator Ray, Cabe Lamkin.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
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 Cabe Lamkin Ray Papers #5680, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Wilbur Wilson in March 2016 (Acc. 102536).
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.
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Processed: May 2019

Encoded by: Laura Smith

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, January 2021

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Cabe Lamkin Ray (1845-1865), assumed to be of Orange County, N.C., was mortally wounded at the Battle of Wyse Fork near Kinston, N.C., in March of 1865 during the American Civil War.

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The Cabe Lamkin Ray papers contain a pocket-size bible with biographical notes written by Ray; two framed photographs from circa 1890s (one of Ray's brother, Nazareth (Nazor) Vernon Ray, and his family, and one of Ray's sister-in-law, Elibeth Parcilla Wilson-Ray); and scattered letters, land deeds, and an indenture, 1759-1864.

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