Jacob and Penelope Benton Bishop Family Records

1740-1812
Manuscript Collection #1438
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Creator(s)
Bishop Family
Physical description
0.2 Cubic Feet, 1 half document case, consisting of birth and death records
Preferred Citation
Jacob and Penelope Benton Bishop Family Records (#1438), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
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Custodial History

September 19, 2023, (unprocessed), 0.2 cubic feet; Birth and death records (1740-1812) for the Bishop family of Cheraw District, South Carolina, are written in ink on the inside of the front cover of a book. Only the front cover of the book is extant. [According to ECU Conservator Larry Houston, the wooden cover board is covered in an alum tawed pig skin and the tooling suggests a late gothic style binding which indicates the book's date was anywhere from 1550 to the 1700s.] Gift of William E. "Mickey" Elmore

Source of acquisition

Gift of William E. "Mickey" Elmore

Container list
Box 1 Folder a Front cover, of a no longer extant book, containing Bishop family records written in ink on the inside of the cover.