Record #:

22934

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

The Tucker family owned a flax wheel made by Charles Tull in 1788 and the McLawhorn family owned old counterpanes and shawls made by Betsy English in 1845. The Tugwell family owned a 100 year old gourd that a child could sit in. A local newspaperman, Henry T. King amassed numerous historical articles and several strange pieces of memorabilia. Mrs. Charles McLawhorn owned a miniature hand carved high-back chair carved about 1860 by Greene Letchworth. During World War II scrap drives, many citizens contributed firearms and other historical artifacts for the war effort. In 1961, at the Bicentennial Exhibition at the Greenville Art Center, numerous local relics were on display, including “Lafayette’s Chair” and Gen Bryan Grimes’ clothes.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , May 14-27 1986, p7

Subject(s):

Antiques--Pitt County; Relics--Pitt County; Heirlooms--Pitt County