Hyde County Historical Society Collection

1800-1919
Manuscript Collection #433
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Hyde County Historical and Genealogical Society
Physical description
0.25 Cubic Feet
Preferred Citation
Hyde County Historical Society Collection (#433), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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ECU Manuscript Collection
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Collection (1800-1919) including legal documents, court records, bills of sale, World War I army papers, business correspondence, ledger sheets and accounts, and two folio records of black cemeteries in Hyde County.

Biographical/historical information

Dr. Sanford Augustus Long (1820-1900) moved to Hyde County, N.C., from his native Washington County and married the widow of Daniel Shaw, Nancy Shelby Shaw. After her death in 1883 he married Eliza Francis Sparrow with whom he had five sons and one daughter.

Scope and arrangement

The bulk of the collection pertains to the legal and financial activities of Daniel Shaw and S. A. Long, M.D. They include such documents as promissory notes, deeds, affidavits, court settlements, estate papers, and correspondence. A few ledger sheets and correspondence with commission merchants (1881-1885) reflect Dr. Long's success at corn production. Additional items include Dr. Long's official pardon by President Andrew Johnson (1865), his loyalty oath to the U.S. (1865), and an appointment as Justice of the Peace by Governor W. W. Holden (1868).

The collection includes the grave records of black cemeteries in which vital statistics information is recorded about black citizens in Fairfield, Currituck, Swan Quarter, Engelhard, and Lake Landing in Hyde County.

Administrative information
Source of acquisition

Gift of Hyde County Historical Society

Gift of Mrs. Blanche T. Dudley

Processing information

Processed by J. Smith, April 1983; Updated by N. Hardison, September 2025

Encoded by Apex Data Services

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

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Key terms
Personal Names
Long, Sanford Augustus, 1820-1900
Shaw, Daniel
Topical
African American cemeteries--North Carolina--Hyde County
Corn industry--North Carolina--Hyde County
Deeds--North Carolina--Hyde County
Justices of the peace--North Carolina--Hyde County
Container list
Box 1 Folder a Cemetery Records of Fairfield Township Black Cemeteries (October 1975) and a Report of Black Cemeteries in Currituck, Swan Quarter, Engelhard and Lake Landing of Hyde County, N.C.(December 1975), 1975
Box 1 Folder b Sanford A. Long, Sr. Papers - Clippings and Notes including a Typed Statement to Christian People of Belhaven, Genealogical Information and Copies of Paper Money, undated
Box 1 Folder c Sanford A. Long, Sr. Papers - Correspondence, 1861-1886, 1911, undated
Box 1 Folder d Sanford A. Long, Sr. Papers - Financial Records , 1842-1883
Box 1 Folder e Sanford A. Long, Sr. Papers - Financial Records Concerning Crop Production, 1851, 1870, 1881-1885, 1907, undated
Box 1 Folder f Sanford A. Long, Sr. Papers - Land Records, 1800-1887, undated
Box 1 Folder g Sanford A. Long, Sr. Papers - Legal Records that include Court Papers, Estate Records and Sanford A. Long, Sr.'s Will and Testament, 1835-1893, undated
Folder h Sanford A. Long, Sr. Papers - Pardon by President Andrew Johnson, Justice of the Peace Appointment Certificate, and Long's Loyalty Oath , 1865, 1868
Folder i Sanford A. Long, Sr. Papers - Slave and Indenture Records , 1819-1892
Folder j Sanford A. Long, Sr. Papers - World War I Army Papers , 1919, 1920