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Size | 3.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1550 items) |
Abstract | Caswell County, N.C., was established in 1777. The collection includes unrelated business and legal papers and books of several generations of Caswell County, N.C., residents, including papers, 1701-1905, relating to pension claims, bonds, mortgages, real estate, and other legal matters; and volumes, 1807-1873, including general merchandise daybooks and ledgers, and blacksmiths' accounts, 1807-1850, of William Lea and Company; other merchants' accounts, 1853-1859, with the common schools; and county court accounts, 1872-1873. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, December 2009; Nancy Kaiser, January 2021
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.
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Caswell County, N.C., was established in 1777.
Back to TopThe collection includes unrelated business and legal papers and books of several generations of Caswell County, N.C., residents, including papers, 1701-1905, relating to pension claims, bonds, mortgages, real estate, and other legal matters; and volumes, 1807-1873, including general merchandise daybooks and ledgers, and blacksmiths' accounts, 1807-1850, of William Lea and Company; other merchants' accounts, 1853-1859, with the common schools; and county court accounts, 1872-1873.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1778, 1781-1799 |
Folder 2 |
1800-1804 |
Folder 3 |
1805-1806 |
Folder 4 |
1807-1809 |
Folder 5 |
1810-1811 |
Folder 6 |
1812-1813 |
Folder 7 |
1814-1815 |
Folder 8 |
1816 |
Folder 9 |
1817 |
Folder 10-11
Folder 10Folder 11 |
1818 |
Folder 12 |
1819 |
Folder 13 |
1820 |
Folder 14 |
1821 |
Folder 15 |
1822 |
Folder 16 |
1823-1824 |
Folder 17 |
1825-1826 |
Folder 18 |
1827-1828 |
Folder 19 |
1829-1830 |
Folder 20 |
1831 |
Folder 21 |
1832 |
Folder 22 |
1833 |
Folder 23 |
1834 |
Folder 24 |
1835 |
Folder 25 |
1836 |
Folder 26 |
1837-1838 |
Folder 27 |
1839 |
Folder 28 |
1840 |
Folder 29 |
1841 |
Folder 30 |
1842 |
Folder 31 |
1843-1844 |
Folder 32 |
1845-1847 |
Folder 33 |
1848-1849 |
Folder 34 |
1850 |
Folder 35 |
1851 |
Folder 36 |
1852 |
Folder 37 |
1853 |
Folder 38 |
1854-1856 |
Folder 39 |
1857 |
Folder 40 |
1858 |
Folder 41 |
1859 |
Folder 42 |
1860 |
Folder 43 |
1861 |
Folder 44 |
1862 |
Folder 45 |
1863-1867 |
Folder 46a-46b |
1868 |
Folder 46c |
1869 |
Folder 47 |
1870-1876 |
Folder 48 |
1877-1879 |
Folder 49 |
1880-1883 |
Folder 50 |
1884-1887 |
Folder 51 |
1888-1889 |
Folder 52 |
1890-1899 |
Folder 53a-53b |
1901 |
Folder 53c |
1902-1905 |
Folder 54-57
Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57 |
Undated |
Folder 58-63
Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63 |
Bills and receipts |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-144/1 |
Oversize papers |
Folder 64-66
Folder 64Folder 65Folder 66 |
Folder numbers not usedSee Oversize Volumes SV-144/1-13. |
Oversize Volume SV-144/1 |
Volume 1: Daybook, 1807-1809 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/2 |
Volume 2: Ledger, William Lea, 1808-1821 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/3 |
Volume 3: Daybook, William Lea, 1819-1822 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/4 |
Volume 4: Ledger, William and James Lea1822-1824 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/5 |
Volume 5: Daybook, William Lea, 1823-1863 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/6 |
Volume 6: Daybook, 1824-1826 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/7 |
Volume 7: Ledger, 1824-1835 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/8 |
Volume 8: Daybook, 1826-1827 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/9 |
Volume 9: Daybook, William Lea, 1831-1833 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/10 |
Volume 10: Daybook, 1835-1836 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/11 |
Volume 11: Daybook, William Lea, 1836-1839 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/12 |
Volume 12: Daybook, William Lea & Co., 1838-1839 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/13 |
Volume 13: Daybook, 1841-1843 |
Folder 67 |
Volume 14: Account book, Thomas Gatewood, 1841-1846 |
Folder 68 |
Folder number not usedSee Oversize Volumes SV-144/15-22. |
Oversize Volume SV-144/15 |
Volume 15: Account book, 1843-1846 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/16 |
Volume 16: Daybook, 1843-1854 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/17 |
Volume 17: Daybook, William Lea & Sons, 1848 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/18 |
Volume 18: Daybook, William Lea & Sons, 1848-1849 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/19 |
Volume 19: Daybook, William Lea, 1849-1850 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/20 |
Volume 20: Daybook, 1850-1852 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/21 |
Volume 21: Daybook, 1852-1854 |
Oversize Volume SV-144/22 |
Volume 22: Account book, Board of Superintendants of Common Schools, 1853-1859 |
Folder 69 |
Volume 23: Daybook, 1854-1855 |
Folder 70 |
Volume 24: Court account book, 1872-1873 |