Davis Family Papers

1863, 1938
Manuscript Collection #204
Portions of this collection are digitized (1 item)
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Creator(s)
Davis family
Physical description
0.044 Cubic Feet, 2 items , bill of sale and clipping
Preferred Citation
Davis Family Papers (#204), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
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Papers (1863, 1938) including bill of state and clippings, genealogical clippings, newspapers.

Scope and arrangement

The collection consists of a bill of sale (1863) transferring Rachel, a black female enslaved from her previous enslaver James Davis to her new enslaver Ida Davis. The genealogy clipping apparently taken from a Duplin County, N.C. newspaper (1938) traces the descendants of Wendel Davis, Sr., eighteenth century planter of Lenoir and Duplin Counties.

Administrative information
Custodial History

June 27, 1972, 2 items; Bill of sale (1863), and clipping. Gift of Mrs. Randolph Kirkpatrick, Jacksonville, Florida

Source of acquisition

Gift of Mrs. Randolph Kirkpatrick

Processing information

Processed by D. Lennon, July 1975

Encoded by Apex Data Services

Descriptions updated by Ashlyn Racine, May 2023

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

Key terms
Family Names
Davis family
Topical
Slave trade--North Carolina--Duplin County
Places
Duplin County (N.C.)--Genealogy
Lenoir County (N.C.)--Genealogy