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Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-302
Scope and Contents
Official documents from Onslow County, North Carolina from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. Items include letters, deeds, maps, and contracts.
Dates:
1787-1908, undated
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-117
Scope and Contents
1493 deed written in an undetermined language on vellum.
Dates:
1493 May 5
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-127
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of the Barden family, who were planters in Sampson and Duplin Counties during the 19th century. Contained within are mercantile records, receipts for the purchase of enslaved persons, land indentures, correspondence, photographs and other documents that illustrate the economic activities of the family. All items are photocopies of originals authorized by the donor of the materials.
Dates:
1790-1922 (photocopies/reprints)
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-303
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers and artifacts of or relating to the Bland Family of North Carolina, including papers of other prominent families who have close relations to the Blands. This collection spans from 1802 to 1985 and consists primarily of legal documents regarding the transfer and acquisition of land in Brunswick and Columbus counties of North Carolina. There are various types of deeds, the majority being land deeds, as well as several indentures between Bland family members...
Dates:
1802-1985
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-082
Scope and Contents
This collection contains original family documents consisting of a right-of-way agreed upon between William Calder and E.P. Hall, a deed between Phila C. Calder and James Lytch, two receipts, one for payment by Mrs. P. C. Calder, and the other for payment by Robert E. Calder, and a bond and warrant with a list of payments by Robert E. Calder.
Dates:
1844-1875
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-022
Scope and Contents
These records are primarily deeds for land in Craven County, North Carolina ranging in date from 1724 to 1882. Included are a Lord’s Proprietors’ land grant, two king’s grants, a North Carolina state grant, several deeds, and some maps and descriptions of land tracts. Several deeds are transfers, made throughout the years, which consist of either part, or all the same parcel of land. Cross-references are made in the inventory to the most obvious of these grants. There are also letters and a...
Dates:
1724-1882, 1950
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-066
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of photocopies of land grants, deeds, and land surveys for various properties in North and South Carolina. Also of significance in this collection are photocopies of Dr. Bellamy's Oath of Allegiance (U.S. Department of State Certificate), his pardon from President Andrew Johnson, and his letter of the pardon to Secretary of State William H. Seward.
Dates:
1778-1865 (photocopies)
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-126
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the Deeds of Lease and Release for 960 acres of land originally sold by John Watts to Edward Bridgen and later by Edward Bridgen to his sister, Elizabeth Catharine DeRosset. The land was located near near New Topsail sound and Barren inlet, bordering land owned by Job Howes.
Dates:
1769-1774
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-270
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of John A. McNeill, Sr. of Lake Waccamaw, Columbus County, North Carolina. McNeill (1918-2016) was a World War II veteran, pharmacist, boy scout, and Columbus County historian. Included in this collection is McNeill’s comprehensive bibliographic work compiling a wide array of primary and secondary sources pertaining to various cultural, ecological, and historical topics on Lake Waccamaw. This research was completed in conjunction with his collaborator...
Dates:
1735-2004
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-021
Scope and Contents
These papers document land transfers in Baltimore and Howard Counties in Maryland during the 1800s and contain three items: two indentures and one map.One indenture, dated December 5, 1837, records a sale by Alexander H. and Rebecca A. Tyson to Robert Gilmor, Jr., of a tract of land called Mount Pleasant. Both parties were of Baltimore County.The other indenture in this group is an assignment from Charles Carroll of Howard County, Maryland, to his son, John Lee...
Dates:
1837-1857
