Nancy Joyner Smith Papers

1807-1925, undated
Manuscript Collection #1165
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Smith, Nancy Joyner
Physical description
0.51 Cubic Feet, 51 items
Preferred Citation
Nancy Joyner Smith Papers (#1165), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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May 3, 2010, (unprocessed) 51 items, 0.51 cubic feet; Papers (1807-1925, undated) relating to the Joyner and Smith families of Farmville, Pitt County, North Carolina area, compiled by Nancy (Nannie) Joyner Smith, & including family correspondence, wills, deeds, indentures, plat maps & other land records; apprenticeship & share cropping agreements; financial, tax, & insurance records; & oath of allegiance to the United States, etc. See preliminary inventory attached. 1 box & 1 oversized folder. 51 items. 69 p. (ca. 0.51 cubic feet) Recd. 9/16/2009. Note: Gift transferred from North Carolina Collection. Donor: Mrs. Betty Lou Howard

Source of acquisition

Gift of Mrs. Betty Lou Howard

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Encoded by Jonathan Dembo, May 03, 2010

Descriptions updated by Ashlyn Racine, May 2023

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

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Joyner familly
Smith family
Container list
Box 1 Folder a Joyner, Daniel, Pitt County, N.C. William H. Smith Share Cropper Agreement (1871, undated) Holograph. 2 items. 2 p
Box 1 Folder b Joyner, John, Pitt County, N.C. Benjamin Forbes Indenture for Sale of Land (16 Dec. 1807) Holograph. 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder c Joyner, Thomas, Pitt County, N.C. Last Will and Testament (ca. 1860) Holograph. 1 item. 2 p
Box 1 Folder d Joyner, Thomas, Pitt County, N.C. Plat of T. Joyner [Joiner] & A. Bird's Land (6 Nov. 1807)) Holograph. 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder e Joyner, Thomas, Pitt County, N.C. Plats of Land (undated) Holograph. 2 items. 2 p
Box 1 Folder f Davis, A. , Conwayton, S.C. Letter to William Joyner, Farmville, N.C. (11 July 1871) Holograph. 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder g Joyner, William, Pitt County, N.C. Indenture of Apprenticeship (27 Feb. 1866) for Rachel, a 13 year old orphaned Black girl, to live as a servant until she is 21, teaching her to read & write; signed by Horace James, for the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen
Box 1 Folder h Joyner, William, Pitt County, N.C. Oath of Allegiance to Constitution of the United States; witnessed by James W. May & Walter Newton, Justices of the Peace (13 Sept. 1865) Printed form. 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder i Pitt County Commissioner William Joyner of Pitt County to make sale of certain enslaved people according to the enslaver Priscilla Moore's Will (28. Feb. 1861) Holograph. 1 item. 1 p. Note: Agreement for the transfer of Ned, a Black man enslaved, from his previous enslaver to his new enslaver N. J. Allen for $985.00
Box 1 Folder j Pitt County Commissioner William Joyner of Pitt County. James Ross Share Cropper Agreement (undated) Holograph. 1 item. 1 p. Note: Agreement for the transfer of Ned, a Black man enslaved, from his previous enslaver to his new enslaver N. J. Allen for $985.00
Box 1 Folder k Joyner, William, Pitt County, N.C. Miscellaneous Receipts (1837-1872) Holograph. 13 items. 13 p
Box 1 Folder l Joyner, William, Pitt County, N.C. U. S. Internal Revenue Excise Tax Receipts (Feb.-May 1867) Printed forms. 2 items. 2 p
Box 1 Folder m Joyner, William, Pitt County, N.C. U. S. Pitt County & North Carolina State Tax Receipts (10 Oct. 1871) Printed form. 1 item. 1 p. Note: $12.04 total
Box 1 Folder n Joyner, William, Pitt County, N.C. State of North Carolina, Collection District No. 3, Receipt for Taxes Paid (20 June 1884) Printed form. 1 item. 1 p. Note: $51.30 total
Box 1 Folder o Joyner, William, Marlboro, N.C. J. B. & J. L. Barrett Account Statement (11 Jan. - 31 Dec. 1860) Holograph. 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder p Joyner, William, Pitt County, N.C. Lang & Mayo [Moye ?] Account Statement (6 Feb. 1872 - 21 Jan. 1873) Holograph. 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder q Joyner, William, Pitt County, N.C. Amen Joyner Estate Cash Sales of Debts, Farmville Court House, N.C. (2 May 1873) Holograph. 1 item. 2 p
Box 1 Folder r Joyner, William, Pitt County, N.C. Cash Book Page 281-282 (23 Sept. 1885 - 19 Sept. 1886) Holograph. 1 item. 1 p. Note: Shows debt of $315.60
Box 1 Folder t Smith, Nannie E. (Mrs.) American Legion of Honor Assessments & Receipts (1884-1886) Printed forms & Holograph. 3 items. 4 p. Note: Brittle, fragile, Torn; need conservation
Box 1 Folder u Barnes, Ora L., Stantonsburg, N.C. Letter to Ora (Mrs. Jason) Turnage, Farmville, N.C. (5 May 1925) Holograph. 1 item. 2 p. Note: Sympathy on death of Ora's mother; mentions death of "Cousin Nan"
Box 1 Folder v Chestnutt, J. L. Tuition Bills for Mrs. N. E. Smith, Farmville, N.C. (20 May 1885, undated) Holograph. 2 items. 5 p. Note: Penciled note: "I love you with all my heart. J.L."
Box 1 Folder w Hooker, William T., Brooklyn, N.Y. & Richmond, VA. Letters to Mrs. Nancy E. Smith, Farmville, N.C. (1884-1885) Holograph. 5 items. 14 p. Note: Hooker was Nancy's cousin & friend; he had left Pitt County because he could not get along with "Jennie"
Box 1 Folder x Smith, R. L., Pitt County, N.C. Jacob Gay Share Cropper Agreement (1 Jan. 1887) Holograph. 2 items. 2 p
Folder os1 Item 1 Joyner, Henry & Tisha E. A. Joyner (his wife), Pitt County, N.C. William H. Smith Share Cropper Agreement (21 April 1868) Holograph. 15.25" x 9.75" 1 item. 1 p
Folder os1 Item 2 Joyner, Thomas, Pitt County, N.C. Wesley B. Mangum Land Deed (18 Jan. 1854) Holograph. 15.25" x 9.75" 1 item. 1 p
Folder os1 Item 3 Smith, William H., Pitt County, N.C. Daniel Joyner Share Cropper & Sale of Personal Property Agreement for 1876 (11 Jan. 1876) Printed form. 9" x 21" 1 item. 1 p