Record #:

22529

Author(s):

Clark, Walter

Abstract:

This short collection publishes, possibly for the first time, several letters and documents pursuant to a gathering in Palmyra, Halifax County, North Carolina which planned to declare for secession prior to South Carolina's declaration in 1860.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 17 Issue 2, October 1917, p90-95 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--1775-1865

Record #:

22530

Author(s):

General W.A. Smith

Abstract:

Dr. John Washington Bennett, Anson County native, was chief surgeon of the Confederate Hospital at Richmond, known as 'the Soldiers' Home'.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 17 Issue 2, October 1917, p96-101 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Anson County--History; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1864--Medical care; Bennett, John Washington; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Confederate hospitals

Record #:

22467

Author(s):

Wilson, Peter M.

Abstract:

This article provides biographical information and anecdotal stories about George Edmund Badger, the thirteenth Secretary of the US Navy and a North Carolina native. It also touches upon his ten years of service in the US Senate, where his knowledge of naval matters was highly sought and listened to.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 15 Issue 3, January 1916, p136-151 , por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Badger, George Edmund, 1795-1866; Politicians

Record #:

22468

Author(s):

Alexander, Violet G.

Abstract:

The Spratt burying-ground in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina is one of the oldest burying places in the state. Many of the inscriptions on tombstones found in the graveyard pre-date the American Revolution.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 15 Issue 3, January 1916, p152-157 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Gravestones; Mecklenburg County--History; Cemeteries

Record #:

22469

Author(s):

Hinton, Mary Hillard

Abstract:

This article explores the history of the historic home and property Ingleside, located in Wake County, North Carolina. Originally the home of Revolutionary War veteran Colonel John Ingles, Ingleside eventually became home to North Carolina Governor Charles Manly and his son John H. Manly before the Civil War. During the Civil War, Union troops occupied the property and a Union officer buried $20,000 in coin that has never been found. After the war, the property was divided and passed through a number of different owners.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 15 Issue 3, January 1916, p158-165, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Manly, Charles, 1795-1871; Ingleside (Wake County); Ingles, John, 1739-1816

Record #:

22471

Author(s):

Battle, Kemp P.

Abstract:

Unionists successfully resisted secession in North Carolina until Lincoln's call for troops in April of 1861. Governor Henry Ellis, summoned the Legislature and called for the election of a convention to consider secession. That body met on May 20, and by the end of the first week of June the delegates voted to secede from the United States and elected to join the Confederate States of America. These steps included passing an ordinance of secession, general legislation dealing with the change in government, electing delegates to the Confederate Congress, secret sessions regarding the build-up to war with the Union, and numerous constitutional changes.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 15 Issue 4, April 1916, p177-202 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Secession--History

Record #:

22472

Author(s):

Chappell, Mack

Abstract:

In Edenton, North Carolina three distinct building types were completed in the early 1700s. One was the Cupola House, built by Francis Corbin who was appointed by John, Earl of Granville. The Cupola House was built in 1758 after several years of construction. The house faces the water and is filled with unique structural features that were maintained even as the property changed ownership over the years.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 15 Issue 4, April 1916, p203-217, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Edenton--History; Architecture

Record #:

22473

Author(s):

Cobb, Collier

Abstract:

North Carolina Outer Bank residents produces a unique and local version of each original story. Story tellers take the original tropes and story points from the ancient myths and cast them into a modern and local setting, as well as speak a pure and idiomatic English unique to the region. By doing so, they are able to convey the values from those stories in an easier and more accessible manner.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 15 Issue 4, April 1916, p218-226, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Outer Banks--Culture; North Carolina--Culture; North Carolina--Outer Banks; Storytelling

Record #:

22474

Author(s):

Clark, Walter

Abstract:

William Alexander Graham was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina in 1804. Graham achieve much in the way of public service during his lifetime becoming Speaker of the House of Commons, Governor of North Carolina, Secretary of the United States Navy, Senator of the United States, Senator of the Confederate States, and nominee of the Whig Party for the Vice Presidency.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 16 Issue 1, July 1916, p2-16, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Graham, William Alexander, 1804-1875; North Carolina--History--1775-1865

Record #:

22475

Author(s):

Shepherd, Henry Elliot

Abstract:

This article discusses the family history and life of North Carolina native James Cochran Dobbin. Born to a prominent Fayetteville family, Dobbin was elected to the House of Representatives in 1845 but chose not to run for reelection. Instead, Dobbin entered the North Carolina State Legislature where he was instrumental in the creation of Asylum for the Insane (State Hospital) in Raleigh. He stayed in the State Legislature before being appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Franklin Pierce in 1853.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 16 Issue 1, July 1916, p16-31, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Dobbin, James C., 1814-1857

Record #:

22476

Author(s):

Alexander, Violet G.

Abstract:

As early as 1737, Colonel John Selwyn was granted tracts of land in the Piedmont region of North Carolina by the British Crown. Neither Colonel Selwyn or his son George ever set foot on their land in Carolina, and with the death of George in 1791 the name all but disappeared in the region with the exception of a street named Selwyn in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 16 Issue 1, July 1916, p32-38 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

22477

Author(s):

Knight, Edgar W.

Abstract:

Although North Carolina developed long before 1860, the educational growth of the region grew slowly during the colonial period due to the slow growth of populations. However, there is evidence of efforts to foster education through the poor law and apprenticeship system which granted guardianship and tuition to many poor and orphaned children.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 16 Issue 1, July 1916, p39-51 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; North Carolina--Education

Record #:

22478

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

Dr. Henry Elliot Shepherd was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1844. A graduate of Davidson College, the Military Academy at Charlotte, and the University of Virginia, Shepherd also served on the battlefield during the American Civil War. Advancing to the rank of First Lieutenant of Infantry in the Forty-Third North Carolina troops, Shepherd was the youngest commissioned officer in the Confederate Army. Shepherd returned home after being wounded at Gettysburg and held captive by the Union Army, later making a name for himself as college professor, president, and superintendent.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 16 Issue 1, July 1916, p52-55 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sheperd, Henry Elliot, 1844-1929; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Record #:

22480

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

Edgar Wallace Knight, born in 1886 in Woodland, Northampton County, North Carolina, earned degrees at Trinity College and Columbia University. Knight is an author and frequent contributor to magazines on the subjects of education and history.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 16 Issue 1, July 1916, p58 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Knight, Edgar Wallace, 1886-1953

Record #:

22481

Author(s):

Clark, Walter

Abstract:

This address given at the presentation of the portrait of Major General Stephen D. Ramseur to the Memorial Association, was given by Chief Justice Walter McKenzie Clark. In the address, Clark recalls the day North Carolina declared independence from the Union and joined the Confederacy, and the presence of Stephen Dodson Ramseur, then a captain of artillery who within three years, rose to the rank of Major General and who died leading his men at Cedar Creek, Virginia.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 16 Issue 2, October 1916, p68-75, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Ramseur, Stephen Dodson, 1837-1864; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865