William Timothy Paul Family Papers

1739-1907
Manuscript Collection #1462
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William Timothy Paul Family
Physical description
0.30 Cubic Feet, 1 half document case and 1 oversize folder
Preferred Citation
William Timothy Paul Family Papers (#1462), 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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Papers (1739-1907) of William Timothy Paul and his descendants and relatives of Craven, Pamlico, and Carteret Counties, North Carolina. The collection contains land deeds, documents signed by William T. Paul as a constable and as a justice of the peace, correspondence, receipts, and legal documents related to setting up a Mutual Aid Society, judgments and agreements, and to the Board of Commissioners of Pamlico County.

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March 13, 2025, (unprocessed), 0.30 cubic feet; Papers (ca. 1749-1905) of William Timothy Paul and his descendants and relatives of Craven, Pamlico, and Carteret Counties, North Carolina. The collection contains land deeds, documents signed by William T. Paul as a constable and as a justice of the peace, correspondence, receipts, and legal documents related to setting up a Mutual Aid Society, judgments and agreements, and to the Board of Commissioners of Pamlico County. Gift of Larry S. Paul, Jr., and his wife Nancy C. Paul.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Larry S. Paul, Jr. and Nancy C. Paul

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Processed March 2025 by Martha Elmore

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Container list
Box 1 Folder a Correspondence, tax receipts, land indentures, Civil War oaths of allegiance to the United States, and 1884 will all pertaining to William Timothy Paul., 1860-1888, undated
Box 1 Folder b Documents related to William T. Paul's job as a constable and as a justice of the peace., 1873-1876
Box 1 Folder c Documents related to Dudley Paul: land indentures, 1879 letter written from relative Smith Paul living in Indian Terrritory in later Oklahoma, contested outcome to an 1898 election of a Pamlico County man to the North Carolina House of Representatives, and correspondence., 1877-1904
Box 1 Folder d Deeds (and also official copies of 1768, 1775, and 1805 deeds) for land in the area of Goose Creek in Craven and Pamlico Counties, North Carolina., 1804-1884
Box 1 Folder e Land surveys, deeds, and 1871 official copies of 1753 and 1754 deeds., 1739-1893, undated
Box 1 Folder f Reference letters for Grover G. Paul., 1907-1909
Box 1 Folder g Documents relating to Sarah "Sally" Bryan Smithwick Paul: tax receipts, documents related to a gift of farm animals, and document related to renting out part of William T. Paul homeplace., 1867, 1889-1893
Box 1 Folder h Documents of the Pamlico County Board of Commissioners related to the county lines for Pamlico and Craven Counties, North Carolina, 1875
Box 1 Folder i Miscellaneous documents including among others: 1828 land covenant between Zaccheus Paul and Abner Pasteur and Edward Pasteur, forming a mutual aid society in Pamlico County, and a political letter (189?) sent out by the Peoples Party of North Carolina., 1828, 1874-1904
Oversize Folder os1 Oversize folder containing land deeds and covenants concerning Craven and Pamlico Counties, North Carolina, many of which refer to Goose Creek property., 1739, 1806-1907