Arthur-Burgess Family Papers

1852-1936, undated
Manuscript Collection #861
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Arthur family; Burgess Family
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1.50 Cubic Feet
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Arthur-Burgess Family Papers (#861), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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Correspondence (1852-1936) between related members of the Arthur, Burgess, Tuten, and Whitford families of Ernul and Askins in Craven County, Kinston, and Durham's Creek, North Carolina, makes up the majority of this collection. Two letters (1862-1865) originate from Fort Fisher, North Carolina, during the American Civil War. Other letters originate from Greenville, Plymouth, Washington, and New Bern, North Carolina. Also included are clippings, poetry, lyrics, a genealogical typescript listing the descendants of James Gilbert Gatlin, Jr., undated land plats and surveys, and an 1882 land indenture.

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May 21, 2002 (unprocessed), 1 container, 25 items, 0.025 cubic feet, 29 pages; Correspondence (9/23/1893 - 3/16/1915) between Julia Caroline Arthur Burgess, William Batters "Bat" Burgess, Martha Theresa Arthur "Mattie" Burgess, Nancy Eugenia Arthur, Sarah Lucretia "Creatia" Arthur, of Washington, New Bern, Greenville, Kinston, and Ernul NC (16 manuscript letters, 1 photocopy, and 6 envelopes); Descendants of James Gilbert Gatlin, Jr.) genealogical inventory, 1766-1999, (5 p. typescript manuscript) and inventory of letters, (1 p. typescript manuscript, by H. C. Arthur (2000). Donor: Hubert "Carroll" Arthur, on behalf of Hubert C. Arthur, Cheryl Arthur Kite, Hubert Carroll Arthur and Sarah Francis Toler Gaskins.

March 17, 2026 (unprocessed addition 1), 1.5 cubic feet; Correspondence (1852-1939) between related members of the Arthur, Burgess, Tuten, and Whitford families of Ernul and Askins in Craven County, Kinston, and Durham's Creek, North Carolina, makes up the majority of this addition. Two letters (1862-1865) originate from Fort Fisher, North Carolina, during the American Civil War. Other letters originate from Greenville, Plymouth, Washington, and New Bern, North Carolina. Also included are clippings, poetry, lyrics, undated land plats and surveys, and an 1882 land indenture. Loaned by Phillip Hudson Weiss.

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Gift of Hubert "Carroll" Arthur

Loaned by Phillip Hudson Weiss

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Personal Names
Arthur, Nancy Eugenia--Correspondence
Arthur, Sarah Lucretia--Correspondence
Burgess, Martha Theresa Arthur--Correspondence
Burgess, Julia Caroline Arthur--Correspondence
Burgess, William Batters--Correspondence
Family Names
Arthur family
Burgess family
Container list
0861 Digitized Material
Box 1 Folder b Arthur, Clarissa Ann (Tuten), of Ernul, New Bern, and Askin, North Carolina. Correspondence received, 1896-1907
Box 1 Folder c Arthur, Clarissa Ann (Tuten), of Askin, North Carolina. Correspondence received, 1908-April 1909, undated
Box 1 Folder d Arthur, Clarissa Ann (Tuten), of Askin, North Carolina. Correspondence received, May 1909-1911, 1926, undated
Box 1 Folder e Arthur, Ephraim H., of Ernul, North Carolina. Correspondence received, 1890-1910, undated
Box 1 Folder f Arthur, N. Eugenia, of Craven County, North Carolina. Correspondence received , 1879-1885, undated
Box 1 Folder g Arthur, N. Eugenia, of Ernul, Craven County, North Carolina. Correspondence received , 1886-1894
Box 1 Folder h Arthur, N. Eugenia, of Ernul, North Carolina. Correspondence received, 1895-May 1897, undated
Box 2 Folder a Arthur, N. Eugenia, of Kinston and Ernul, North Carolina. Correspondence received , June 1897-June 1898
Box 2 Folder b Arthur, N. Eugenia, of Askin, New Bern, and Ernul, North Carolina. Correspondence received, July 1898-1934, undated
Box 2 Folder c Arthur, Eugenia and Josephine, of Ernul, North Carolina. Correspondence received , 1896, 1936
Box 2 Folder d Arthur, Harvey, of Ernul, North Carolina. Correspondence received, land record, Civil War 1861 appointment to 15th Regiment of the 4th Brigade North Carolina Militia, and receipt , 1852-1866, 1887-1892, undated
Box 2 Folder e Arthur, Harvey, of Ernul, North Carolina. Correspondence received, 1893-1903, undated
Box 2 Folder f Arthur, Josephine F., of Ernul and Kinston, North Carolina. Correspondence received, 1882-1897
Box 2 Folder g Arthur, Josephine F., of Ernul and New Bern, North Carolina. Correspondence received, 1898-1904
Box 2 Folder h Arthur, Josephine F., of New Bern, Askin, and Ernul, North Carolina. Correspondence received, 1905-1937
Box 2 Folder i Arthur, Sarah Lucretia, of Ernul, North Carolina. Correspondence received, 1893-1899, undated
Box 2 Folder j Whitford, Sarah Lucretia Arthur, of Askin, North Carolina. Correspondence received, 1903-1915
Box 3 Folder a Arthur, "Mattie" Martha Theresa., of Ernul, North Carolina. Correspondence received (and some written by her), 1889-1893
Box 3 Folder b Arthur, Rosa C., of Ernul, North Carolina. Correspondence received (plus Sept. 1893 Teacher's Second Grade Certificate from Craven County, N.C.), 1886-1896, undated
Box 3 Folder c Arthur, "Sac" Sarah Theresa Tuten (Mrs.) of Zorah, Ernul, New Bern, and Askin, North Carolina. Correspondence received, 1893-1919
Box 3 Folder d Arthur, Thomas M. "Thom," of Ernul, North Carolina. Correspondence received, 1891-1894, undated
Box 3 Folder e Arthur, William R. "Bill" of Askin, North Carolina. Correspondence received, 1895-1898
Box 3 Folder f Burgess, William Batters "Bat" of Kinston, North Carolina. Correspondence received and sent, 1873, 1898, undated
Box 3 Folder g Burgess, Martha "Mattie" Theresa Arthur (Mrs. William Batters Burgess) of Ernul, North Carolina. Correspondence received , 1893-1895
Box 3 Folder h Burgess, Martha "Mattie" Theresa Arthur (Mrs.) of Kinston, Ernul, New Bern, and Askin, North Carolina. Correspondence received, 1896-1911
Box 3 Folder i Tuten, Alfred P., of Plymouth, North Carolina. Letter sent, 1857
Box 3 Folder j Tuten, Clarissa A. (Miss) of Durham's Creek, Beaufort County, North Carolina. Correspondence received, 1857-1859, undated
Box 3 Folder k Tuten, C. E. (Claudius Erastus?) of East Pascagoula, Mississippi. Letters sent, 1859
Box 3 Folder l Tuten, Thomas A. E. (Atkins Ellison), of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, during the American Civil War. Letters sent, 1862, 1865
Box 3 Folder m Tuten, Martha (sister of Clarissa A. Tuten Arthur) of Washington, North Carolina. Letters sent, 1856, 1891
Box 3 Folder n Tuten, Maimie (Miss) of New Bern, North Carolina. Letters received and sent, 1893, 1897
Box 3 Folder o Jackson, Janie (Miss) of New Bern, North Carolina. Letter sent, 1919
Box 3 Folder p Incomplete correspondence, 1879, 1891-1911, undated
Box 3 Folder q Willis, Nancy H. and Thomas A. Indenture to James M. Willis for land in Craven County, North Carolina, February 13, 1882
Box 3 Folder r Land Plats and Surveys
Box 3 Folder s Advertisements for medical products (1887-1894) and for Liquors (1909)
Box 3 Folder t Miscellaneous documents: undated handwritten address by Ephraim Arthur for closing school exercises; undated typed rendering People's Party Song by J. E. Delmar of Reelsboro, North Carolina
Box 3 Folder u Poetry and song lyrics (often dedicated to a particular person), 1874-1893, most are undated
Box 3 Folder v Printout of Descendants of James Gilbert Gatlin, Jr. prepared by H. C. Arthur shows the relationships between the Arthurs, Burgesses, Tutens, and Gatlins.