Michael Cable Collection
1785-1824
Manuscript Collection #594- Creator(s)
- Cable, Michael
- Physical description
- 0.055 Cubic Feet, 7 items , Photocopies, consisting of a tax list, wills, records of enslaved persons, and a deed.
- Preferred Citation
- Michael Cable Collection (#594), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions
Collection (1785-1824) containing photocopies of the original correspondence, tax lists, wills, records of enslaved persons, deed, property holders.
Scope and arrangement
The items of greatest interest in this collection are the records transferring enslaved persons from their previous enslavers to their new enslavers in Beaufort and Hyde counties, N.C. through bills of sale and inheritance. The collection includes a bill of sale (1815) and wills of the enslaver Aaron Wilkerson (1791) and the enslaver William Clark (1806, 1809), all of which provide for the transferring of enslaved persons among family and friends of the deceased enslavers. A list of enslaved persons (1824) that include names, ages of some, and their projected monetary value. Also included are a Hyde County deed (1785) and a list (1792) of taxable property in Mattamuskeet Township, which contains name of property holders, white and black taxables, and land holdings. Note: All materials are photocopies of the original documents.
Administrative information
Custodial History
Source of acquisition
Gift of Mr. Michael Cable
Processing information
Processed by C. Crews, March 1991
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Descriptions updated by Ashlyn Racine, May 2023
Copyright notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Metadata Rights Declaration
Key terms
Personal Names
Cable, MichaelClark, William
Wilkerson, Aaron
Topical
Slavery--North Carolina--Beaufort CountySlavery--North Carolina--Hyde County