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[Identification of item], in the Hunt Family Account Book #05803, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received from Michael Elliott and Elizabeth Elliot in October 2019 (Acc. 103719).

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• Account books--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Granville County (N.C.)
• Hunt family.
• Hunt, George Washington (1816-1876)
• Hunt, John Penn (1789-1849)
• Slavery--North Carolina.
• Tenant farmers--North Carolina--History--19th century.

The white Hunt family, including John Penn Hunt (1789-1849) and George Washington Hunt (1816-1876), and the people enslaved by them resided in Granville County, North Carolina. According to the collection donor, the community in Granville where the Hunts lived is currently called Cornwall. It was previously known as Adoniram, and is sometimes referred to as Huntsboro (likely after the family).

The Hunt family account book was kept first by John Penn Hunt (1789-1849), circa 1845-1849. It appears his son George Washington Hunt (1816-1876) then used the volume, circa 1850-1875. The account book is otherwise a routine record of transactions, but is notable for its documentation of the names and birth dates of people enslaved by the Hunt family; the hiring out of enslaved people; payment to a midwife relating to an enslaved woman named Martha; tenant farmers working on Hunt family lands in the 1870s; and the births, marriages, and deaths of members of the white Hunt family.

Page 202 in the volume contains a list of "Births of John P. Hunt's Negroes," which include Willis, Hardey, Ritter, Henderson, Fielding, Eliza, Neverson, Martha, Anney, James, Crittey Ann, Margarett, David Dotson, Emmerline, Green, Margarett Daughter (of) Martha, Marey Frances, Amanda Jane, Haurice Son of Ann, Ann Elizer, Daniel, Dick, Rufus F. Leandres, William Henrey, Marey Jane, Neverson, Henrey Clay, David Dotson, Frances Caroline, Agnes, Angeline, Frances, David, Charles Henry son of Jane, Margaret Elizabeth, Frederick, [final name unreadable due to torn page].

• Oversize volume (SV-05803/1)