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Collection Number: 70065-z

Collection Title: Munroe Demere d'Antignac Collection of Papers, 1772-1867

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Size 36 items
Abstract The Munroe Demere d'Antignac Collection of Papers consist of several records documenting the trafficking of enslaved people: a valuation and division of estate, 1837(?) of James E. Long; a letter, 1840, requesting the extension of a hiring out contract for Matilda, an enslaved girl who worked as a house servant and was trafficked by her enslaver John Wood of Hertford; and a list of enslaved people, 1865, who were hired out from the estate of John Francis in Hertford-Edenton area. Other materials include a bond, three notes, a Revolutionary pension claim, and three estate papers, 1772-1837; two unrelated letters concerning an estate and a legal case, 1838; a tax notice, 1859, an estate inventory, 1864; and other records of individual court attendance and charges for Chatham County Superior Court, 1861-1867.
Creator D’Antignac, Munroe, 1905-1980.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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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 Munroe Demere d'Antignac Collection of Papers #70065-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [Note: Previously was unit 1 within the North Carolina Miscellaneous Papers #1135-z]
Acquisitions Information
Purchased from Munroe d'Antignac of Griffin, Ga., in July 1946 (Acc. 20200407.1).
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Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, September 1996

Encoded by: Byte Managers, Inc., 2008

Revision by: Nancy Kaiser, April 2020, October 2022

This collection previously was unit 1 within the North Carolina Miscellaneous Papers (#1135-z). In April 2020, all nine units of North Carolina Miscellaneous Papers were separated into individual collections with revised description. North Carolina Miscellaneous Papers (#1135-z) originally was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.

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Munroe Demere d'Antignac (1905-1980), a white resident of Griffin, Spaulding County, Georgia, collected these papers.

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The Munroe Demere d'Antignac Collection of Papers consist of several records documenting the trafficking of enslaved people: a valuation and division of estate, 1837(?), with the names of the enslaved people who were claimed as the property of James E. Long, deceased; a letter, 11 September 1840, requesting the extension of a hiring out contract for Matilda, an enslaved girl who worked as a house servant for R. H. Smith and was trafficked by her enslaver John Wood of Hertford; and a list of enslaved people, 23 February 1865, whose labor, skills, and knowledge were hired out from the estate of John Francis in Hertford-Edenton area.

Other materials include a bond, three notes, a Revolutionary pension claim, and three estate papers, 1772-1837; two letters, 1838; a tax notice, 1859, an estate inventory, 1864; and other records of individual court attendance and charges for Chatham County Superior Court, 1861-1867. The first letter, 7 June 1838, is from George C. Mendenhall of James Town, Guilford County, N.C., to William Albertson, Perquimans County, regarding the estate of John Woodly and Joseph Tow (or Tom or Tone) Sr. The second letter, 7 December 1838, is from Thomas F. Jones of Raleigh to John Wood of Hertford, N.C., asking for a transcript of a law case and telling about local matters before the Assembly.

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36 items.
Folder 1

Papers, 1772-1867

Records of enlsavement include:

  • 1837(?): Valuation and division of property of James E. Long, deceased, documents that Long had enslaved Ned, Nelson, Emily (a child), Wallace (a child), Dave, Hester and her two children Mily and Susan, Andrew (a child), Hannah (elderly), Stephen, Martin, and Macey (a child). All of these people were trafficked to other family members, Samuel Long, Martha Long, and Sarah Long.
  • 11 September 1840: Letter from R. H. Smith in Washington to John Wood in Hertford, asking if he could keep Matilda, an enslaved girl who worked as a house servant for his wife, until the end of the year.
  • 23 February 1865: List of enslaved people who belonged to the estate of John Francis of the Hertford-Edenton area, and whose labor, skills, and knowledge were trafficked, including: Abby, who was hired out by Thomas Simmons; Patty, who was hired out by J. W. Stanly (?); Sury and Simpson, who were hired out by Joel A. Tilley; Anny and Harry, who were hired out by Nancy B. Francis; and Jack, who was hired out by Thomas M. Pucket.

Other materials include:

  • 1772: Zachariah Nixon, Caleb Toms, and Joshua Toms: account with and bond to Lowther, Hardy and Little of Edenton, N.C.
  • 1777: Note of Joseph Perishoe to Thomas Harvey, executor of Nathaniel Williams estate.
  • 1784: Note of William Harvey to William Roberts, executor of Benjamin Roberts estate.
  • 1795: Note of Joshua Ives (or Eyves) to George Walton.
  • 1834: Revolutionary pension claim of John Goodwin Sr. of Fayetteville.
  • 1835: Request for information about estate of John Pemberton Sr., and about John Bush who offeres to collect on the estate for the heirs.
  • 1837: Agreement for arbitration between Simeon P. Long and William Williams.
  • 7 June 1838: Letter from George C. Mendenhall of James Town, Guilford County, N.C., to William Albertson, Perquimans County, regarding the estate of John Woodly and Joseph Tow (or Tom or Tone) Sr.
  • 7 December 1838: Letter from Thomas F. Jones of Raleigh to John Wood of Hertford, N.C., asking for a transcript of a law case and telling about local matters before the Assembly.
  • 1859: Broadsides announcing that taxes are due.
  • 1864: Inventory for estate of Elizabeth G. Wall, by S. B. Ziglar.
  • 1861-1867: Records of individual court attendance and charges therefor, Chatham Superior Court.
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