Meeks-Randolph-Whitfield Papers

1768-1909
Manuscript Collection #395
Creator(s)
Whitfield family; Randolph family; Meeks family
Physical description
0.11 Cubic Feet, including deeds and land records, a petition, correspondence, and legal documents.
Preferred Citation
Meeks-Randolph-Whitfield Papers (#395), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
Access
No restrictions

Papers (1768-1909) including deeds, a land survey, a petition, correspondence, legal documents, mortgages, seizure of property, bond issue, debts, and taxes concerning the Meeks, Randolph, and Whitfield families of Pitt County, North Carolina.


Scope and arrangement

Papers deal with Bethel, Belvoir, and occasionally Falkland townships in the northwest corner of Pitt County, and pertain primarily to property along Grindle and Conetoe creeks.

Those from the period 1768-1849 belong to the Meeks and Randolph families. Besides land deeds, they include a 1788 survey for a grant of land to David Averett and an 1845 business letter and account statement with information on the sale of cotton, corn, and naval stores on the New York market. Post-Civil War documents all pertain to the family of George B. Whitfield, Bethel attorney-farmer-businessman. They are predominantly legal documents pertaining primarily to a 1902 lawsuit over the ownership of 5,000 acres of land. Other information in the collection concerns creation of a public road from Conetoe Creek (undated), changing land prices from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century, and mortgages and seizures of property for nonpayment of debts and taxes. Also discussed are crops, livestock, timber, and a bond issue (1903) for the Greenville Graded School.


Administrative information
Custodial History

November 8, 1979, 50 items; Pitt County, N.C., records (1768-1909) consisting of land records, petitions, and miscellaneous. Gift of Mr. Stephen H. Simonds, Greenville, N.C.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Mr. Stephen H. Simonds

Processing information

Processed by F. Elliot, September 1986

Encoded by Apex Data Services

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
Meeks family
Randolph family
Whitfield family
Topical
Agriculture--North Carolina--Pitt County
Public schools--North Carolina--Greenville
Real property--North Carolina--Pitt County