Memoir (undated) consisting of typescript memoir, economic activities.
Abigail Bray (ca. 1825-1885) was married to George Rix Overman and together they had two children, George LaFayette Overman and John Pool Overman. After George's death, she remarried George W. Brothers (1822-1903) in ca. 1857. Together they had several children, one named Abigail Brothers (1857-1933). Abigail Brothers married Malachi C. Stanley (1857-1931) in 1880 and together they had eight children.
The Abigail Brothers Stanley Memoir concentrated on the latter half of the nineteenth century in Pasquotank County, N.C. The reminiscences of Mrs. Stanley are of interest for their insight into the social and cultural history of this area. Of particular interest are commentaries concerning the hiding of men in the swamps and woods during the Civil War to avoid the Confederate conscription officers, fighting between "Buffaloes" and "Guerellars" in Pasquotank County, and the hardships confronting the family after the Civil War. The memoir also includes information on the education system in Pasquotank; attitudes toward religion, witchcraft and drinking; punishment for stealing horses; and economic activities of the citizens. Considerable family history is included in the memoir.
Gift of Mrs. Doris Fearing
Processed by L. Hofler, April 1974
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