Hugh A. Clark Family Records
circa 1830-1879, bulk circa 1850-1869
Manuscript Collection #1372- Creator(s)
- White (Family : Bladen County, N.C.)
- Physical description
- 0.25 Cubic Feet, 1 records storage box, consists of correspondence, financial records, and legal records
- Preferred Citation
- Hugh A. Clark Family Records (#1372), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- Restricted until processed.
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records (ca. 1830s-1870s, especially 1850s-1860s) related to Bladen County, North Carolina. Most of material is addressed to William Hendon White, who was Hugh A. Clark's great grandfather. W. H. White was sheriff of Bladen County during the early Reconstruction years (definitely 1866-1867 and perhaps longer) and there are communications with the 2nd Military District for this period. A lot of the correspondence is between W. H. White and his brother George Montgomery White (1828-1860) during the early 1850s while George was working on his 1853 A. B. degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Administrative information
Custodial History
January 7, 2021, (unprocessed), 0.25 cubic feet; This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records (ca. 1830s-1870s, especially 1850s-1860s) related to Bladen County, North Carolina. Most of material is addressed to William Hendon White, who was Hugh A. Clark's great grandfather. W. H. White was sheriff of Bladen County during the early Reconstruction years (definitely 1866-1867 and perhaps longer) and there are communications with the 2nd Military District for this period. A lot of the correspondence is between W. H. White and his brother George Montgomery White (1828-1860) during the early 1850s while George was working on his 1853 A. B. degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Gift of Cindy Clark Russell.
Source of acquisition
Gift of Cindy Clark Russell
Copyright notice
Repository does not own copyright. Literary rights to specified documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Metadata Rights Declaration
Key terms
Personal Names
White, George Montgomery, 1828-1860White, William Hendon, 1825-1920--Correspondence
Corporate Names
United States. Army. Military District, 2ndTopical
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--North CarolinaSheriffs--North Carolina--Bladen County
Students--North Carolina--Chapel Hill