Papers (1863, 1938) including bill of state and clippings, genealogical clippings, newspapers.
The collection consists of a bill of sale (1863) transferring Rachel, a black female enslaved from her previous enslaver James Davis to her new enslaver Ida Davis. The genealogy clipping apparently taken from a Duplin County, N.C. newspaper (1938) traces the descendants of Wendel Davis, Sr., eighteenth century planter of Lenoir and Duplin Counties.
Gift of Mrs. Randolph Kirkpatrick
Processed by D. Lennon, July 1975
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Descriptions updated by Ashlyn Racine, May 2023
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