Chatham County Warrants, Onslow County Land Grants, and Medical Remedy Recipes from Alamance County

1788-1897, undated, bulk 1804-1840
Manuscript Collection #1369
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Creator(s)
Tatum, Mary E.
Physical description
0.35 Cubic Feet, 1 half document case and 1 oversize folder, consisting of warrants, grants, a receipt, advertisements, and handwritten cures
Preferred Citation
Mary E. Tatum Collection (#1369), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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ECU Manuscript Collection
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This collection includes 108 Chatham County, North Carolina, warrants (1804-1840); 2 Onslow County, North Carolina, grants (1788, no date); and 1897 financial receipt with 4 handwritten medicinal cures by Wyley M. Cates of Teer and Alamance County, NC, and print ads for his cures.

Biographical/historical information

The Colonial Assembly established Cantham County on December 5, 1770 and was formed from a portion of what was once Orange County. The county was governed by justices of the peaces which severed Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. The justices were appointed by the state's General Assembly. With the new State Constitution in 1868 a 5 member board of county commissions were created and it changed the court system. This caused justices of the peace to become obsolete in 1894.

Scope and arrangement

The bulk of this collection are warrants issued in Chantham County, North Carolina from 1807-1821. The last folder includes remedies and notes made by Wiley M. Cates.

Administrative information
Custodial History

January 21, 2020, (unprocessed), 0.35 cubic feet; This collection contains unrelated material belonging to Mary E. Tatum. Included are 108 Chatham County, North Carolina, warrants (1804-1840); 2 Onslow County, North Carolina, grants (1788, no date); and 1897 financial receipt with 4 handwritten medicinal cures by Wyley M. Cates of Teer and Alamance County, NC, and print ads for his cures. Gift of Mary E. Tatum

Source of acquisition

Gift of Mary E. Tatum

Copyright notice

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

Container list
Box 1 Folder a Chatham County, NC, warrants issued 9 February 1807
Box 1 Folder b Chatham County, NC, warrants issued 9 February 1807
Box 1 Folder c Chatham County, NC, warrants issued 27 March 1807 and 10 August 1807
Box 1 Folder d Chatham County, NC, warrants issued 22 February and 4 August 1810, and 10 May 1819; court charge dated 25 September 1810
Box 1 Folder e Chatham County, NC, warrants issued 22, 23 November 1820; "Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions," undated
Box 1 Folder f Chatham County, NC, warrants issued 23, 24, 28 November 1820 and 10, 11, 13 January 1821; and receipt 12 February 1821
Box 1 Folder g Recipes for remedies by Wiley M. Cates, Alamance County, NC, and accompanying receipt (20 May 1897); undated printed ads for Cates' medical cures
Oversize Folder 1 Onslow County, NC, land grants to John Lewis (date missing) and to Daniel Yates (July 1788); land document in poor shape may be from Patrick Co. VA (according to donor)