Ruby Ezzell McArthur Family Papers

1796-1939, 1963
Manuscript Collection #1042
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Physical description
1.47 Cubic Feet, 1 slim document case, 1 flat box and 3 oversized folders
Preferred Citation
Ruby Ezzell McArthur Family Papers (#1042), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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Papers (ca. 1796-1939, 1963) relating to the Abbott, Sumrell, Phillips, Fife, and Trout Families of Contentnea Neck Township, Lenoir County, North Carolina, and Johnson County, Indiana.

Scope and arrangement

The papers center on the Abbott, Sumrell, Phillips, Fife, and Trout familes of Contentnea Neck Township, Lenoir County, North Carolina and of Johnson County, Indiana. This small collection of family papers mainly contain financial and land records with the additional material consisting of correspondence, notes, military records, printed material, a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, an architectural blueprint and drawings. Researchers who are into movie history will find the scrapbook and the newspaper issue clipping of the Atlanta Journal of particular interest since they contain pictures and information on the movie, "Gone With The Wind". The printed materials include a book on the life of George Washington, a 1904 calendar, a guidebook on Washington, D.C. and a thank you note. The financial records include tax receipts paid from 1890 to 1901. Most noteworthy are the land certificates issued by the General Land Office of Indianapolis, Indiana and signed by U.S. Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.

Administrative information
Custodial History

June 21, 2005, 175 items, 1047 cubic feet; Papers (ca. 1796-1939, 1963) relating to the Abbott, Sumrell, Phillips, Fife, and Trout family papers of Contentnea Neck Township, Lenoir County, North Carolina, and Johnson County, Indiana, including land records, military records, financial records, correspondence, notes, architectural, printed materials, and scrapbooks materials, etc. Donor: Mr. and Mrs. James L. Gaddis Jr.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Gaddis Jr.

Processing information

Encoded by Lindsay Flood, April 3, 2008 and Processed by Nanette Hardison, June 5, 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
Abbott family
Fyffe family
Phillips family
Somerville family
Trout family
Places
Johnson County (Ind.)--Genealogy
Lenoir County (N.C.)--Genealogy
Container list
Box 1 Folder a Drawing by S.C. Ezzell, 1916
Box 1 Folder b Book, "The Life of George Washington", 1904 Calendar, Guidebook to Washington, D.C., Newspaper Clipping and Thank You Note with Envelope, 1904, undated
Box 1 Folder c Correspondence - Letter by Green on the subject of Capital Punishment, 1963
Box 1 Folder d Financial Records - Receipts and Account Book with the Family Names of Abbott, Sumrell and Phillips along with Miscellaneous Financial Notes, 1848-1858, 1871, 1899, undated
Box 1 Folder e Financial Records - Receipts with the Name J. H. Abbott, 1800-1899, undated
Box 1 Folder f Financial Records - Receipts with the Name J. H. Abbott, 1889-1890, 1893, 1897-1898
Box 1 Folder g Financial Records - Tax Receipts, 1890-1901
Box 1 Folder h Land Records concerning the Fife and Phillips Families, 1797, 1811, 1821, 1830-1833
Box 2 Folder a Issue of the Newspaper, Atlanta Journal Sunday, Souvenir Edition with Envelope, Atlanta, Georgia, that features the movie, "Gone With The Wind"., 1939
Box 2 Folder b Scrapbook with pictures and information on the movie, "Gone With The Wind", undated
Oversize Folder 1 Land Record issued by the State of Georgia for land in Lenoir County; Military Record awarding a military commission to Washington Sumrell by Governor W.W. Morrison; and a Treasury Bond loan in the amount of $100 issued by the Confederate States of America., 1848, 1857, 1863
Oversize Folder 2 Land Certificates issued by the General Land Office of Indianapolis, Indiana to James William, William Williams, William Kinston(?), and Taylor Ballard from Indiana for the purchase of land. The certificates are signed by U.S. President Andrew Jackson and U.S. President Martin Van Buren., 1835, 1837, 1839
Oversize Folder 3 Architectural Blueprint and Drawing by S.C. Ezzell, 1909-1910