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William Tasse Alexander Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0256
Abstract Papers of William Tasse Alexander and his descendants in the Mallard Creek area of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Consists primarily of records relating to the operation of the family plantation, including deeds and other legal papers, financial accounts, and information on cotton production and enslaved people. Also includes correspondence, an 1882 school register, genealogical material, clippings, photographs, and early twentieth century postcards of Charlotte. A portion of the...
Dates: 1818 - 2000
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

Willis Irwin Henderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0430
Abstract

The collection contains a wide variety of materials, including a bill-of-sale for an enslaved person, letters, land conveyancing papers for land for the Andrew Jackson historic site, DAR papers for the Mecklenburg Chapter, and obituaries for Henderson family members (Willis Irwin Henderson and Perrin Quarles Henderson).

Dates: 1812 - 2007
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

Jetton family papers

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Identifier: MS0366
Abstract

Papers of the Jetton and related families since the mid-eighteenth century; including mostly real estate surveys and indentures, correspondence, genealogical notes, estate records, documentation on the Civil War and Reconstruction, and receipts for consumer goods. The Jetton family has lived in northern Mecklenburg County since the mid-eighteenth century.

Dates: 1726 - 2005; 1754 - 2005
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

Ruth Jetton-Oliver papers

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Identifier: MS0432
Abstract

The collection primarily concerns William Howard and Sarah Elizabeth Jetton, but is entitled the "Ruth Jetton-Oliver papers" in recognition of the donor and to distinguish this collection from the Jetton family papers and the William Howard and Sarah Elizabeth Jetton papers.

Dates: 1889 - 1982
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

Knox family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0403
Abstract The Knox family papers are a small collection generated by the Knox and related families (including the Dunlap, Lowrie, and Porter families) documenting much of their daily activities, mostly from the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. Most of the papers in this collection are letters to and from family members, promissory notes that document short-term loans between friends and family members, papers concerning the settlement of estates of deceased people, the enslavement of...
Dates: 1762 - 1945; 1840 - 1930
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

McCoy family papers

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Identifier: MS0409
Abstract This collection contains papers and photographs generated by the McCoy and related families in Mecklenburg County, NC from 1796 to 2001. Most of the papers were produced by Albert McCoy (1843-1925), and a smaller amount by his children. Other families related to the McCoys were the Gluyas, Houston, and Nisbet families. Because the McCoys enslaved people, some of the files in this collection concern a cemetery for enslaved people and traditional stories told by McCoy family captives...
Dates: 1796 - 2001; 1844 - 1919
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

Patterson Family papers

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Identifier: MS0341
Abstract

Papers of the Patterson family of northern Mecklenburg County, mainly concerning their business activities, real estate purchases, wills and family correspondence. Also includes papers from several related families, especially their Cumming, Hodges, Potts, and Sloan connections.

Dates: 1761 - 1999
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

J. Walter Potts family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0402
Abstract Contains a small collection of papers, beginning with John Neely in 1776, continuing with the Grier family (a.k.a. Greer family), then the Hunter family and ultimately the J. Walter Potts family in the early twentieth century; all from the Steele Creek Township in southwestern Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The papers include documentation concerning real estate transactions, receipts for taxes and consumer goods, promissory notes, letters to and from various family members, and...
Dates: 1776 - 1942; Majority of material found within 1790 - 1890
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

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Mecklenburg County (N.C.) 7
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Mallard Creek (Mecklenburg County, N.C. : Community) 1
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Plantations -- North Carolina -- Mecklenburg County 1
Presbyterian Church -- North Carolina -- Davidson 1
Presbyterian Church -- North Carolina -- Mecklenburg County 1
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- North Carolina 1
Slave records -- North Carolina -- Mecklenburg County 1
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United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- North Carolina -- Charlotte 1
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Freemasons. Long Creek Masonic Lodge, No. 205 (Charlotte, N.C.) 1
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Houston family 1
Hughey family 1
Hunter family 1
Jetton family 1
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