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Torrance and Banks families papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0087
Abstract Papers of Hugh Torance (1743-1816) and his descendants, including, and especially, his son, James Galbraith Torrance (sic) (1784-1847), and his grandson Richard Allison Torrance (1833-1927), concerning their extensive mercantile, planting, and milling operations at Cedar Grove plantation in northern Mecklenburg County, N.C. Includes account books, Revolutionary War service records, family correspondence, land and estate records, information on enslaved people, contracts with overseers, two...
Dates: 1765 - 1982; 1800 - 1900
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

Hugh Torrance House & Store, Inc. records of incorporation

 Collection
Identifier: MS0157
Abstract

Records of an organization established in 1977 to preserve the northern Mecklenburg County home of Hugh Torance (1743-1816), which was built in the 1770s or 1780s. Includes information on the history and restoration of the house, board minutes, financial records, correspondence, legal documents, fund raising material, and photographs.

Dates: 1974 - 1996
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

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