Watson-Boomer Family Papers

1804-1918, 1996-2017; Bulk 1850-1918
Manuscript Collection #1446
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Creator(s)
Archbell, Roy A., Jr.
Physical description
0.75 Cubic Feet, 1 document case, 1 half document case, consisting of deeds, correspondence, babybook/diary, transcription of genealogy records
Preferred Citation
Watson-Boomer Family Papers (#1446), 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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The Watson and Boomer families of Beaufort and Hyde Counties, North Carolina, were connected through marriage. Included are original deeds from the early and mid-1800s; birth, death, and marriage dates and genealogy notes; baby book-type notes about the lives of 2 children (1885-1888) of William I. Watson (his mother was a Boomer) and wife "Ms. Charlie" Sidney Archbell Watson; World War I letters (1917-1918) written by William E. Watson to relatives in Aurora (Beaufort County), North Carolina, from Camp Sevier and Fort Jackson in South Carolina; and photographs (late 1800s-early 1900s).

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May 17, 2024, (unprocessed), 0.75 cubic feet; The Watson and Boomer families of Beaufort and Hyde Counties, North Carolina, were connected through marriage. Included are original deeds from the early and mid-1800s; birth, death, and marriage dates and genealogy notes; baby book-type notes about the lives of 2 children (1885-1888) of William I. Watson and wife "Ms. Charlie" Archbell Watson; World War I letters (1917-1918) written by William Watson to relatives in Aurora (Beaufort County), North Carolina, from Camp Sevier and Fort Jackson in South Carolina; and photographs (late 1800s-early 1900s). Gift of Roy A. Archbell, Jr.

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Gift of Roy A. Archbell, Jr.

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Container list
Box 1 Folder a Correspondence, 1914, 1917, March 1918
Box 1 Folder b Correspondence, April 1-20, 1918
Box 1 Folder c Correspondence, April 21-May 10, 1918
Box 1 Folder d Correspondence, May 11-June 8, 1918
Box 1 Folder e Correspondence, June 11- July 11, 1918
Box 1 Folder f Baby book/Diary (1885-1888); Diary of events in Watson family (1884-1895)
Box 1 Folder g Transcription of family records and letters related to the Watson and Boomer families of Hyde County, North Carolina
Box 1 Folder h Land Records, 1804-1850
Box 1 Folder i Land Records, 1852-1857
Box 1 Folder j Land Records [relationship to Watson-Boomer families may be that Charles Archbell's widow Mary subsequently married Fenner B. Guilford], 1815, 1820
Box 2 Binder containing emails and correspondence (1928, 1996-2013), transcriptions of two 1861 letters, 1862 official government note allowing for the purchase of salt, photographs (as early as 1894), photocopies of original documents, and clippings related to Charles Carney Archbell (b. 1831, d. 1861) and his daughter Charlie Sidney Archbell (b. 1862, d. 1944) who married William Independence Watson.