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Size | 72 items |
Abstract | George Nathaniel Folk (1839-1896) was a lawyer, law teacher, Confederate officer, and state senator of Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C. The collection includes correspondence and other papers of George N. Folk and his wife, Betty Council Folk (died 1912). Papers dated 1845-1855 are love-letters and letters from friends to Betty Council before her marriage to George Folk. Almost all of the papers dated after 1855 are personal business papers and other personal items, 1860s-1890s, of George Folk, and tributes and letters of condolence at his death. |
Creator | Folk, George N. (George Nathaniel), 1839-1896. |
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, January 2009
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.
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George Nathaniel Folk (1839-1896) was a lawyer, law teacher, and state senator of Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C. He served as a colonel in the 65th North Carolina Regiment, 6th North Carolina Cavalry in the Confederate army. After the Civil War, Folk, along with Major Junius Tate of Morganton, N.C., was charged with the murder of a bushwhacker named Reece, who had been court martialed and shot during the war.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence and other papers of George N. Folk (1839-1896) and his wife, Betty Council Folk (died 1912). Papers dated 1845-1855 are love-letters and letters from friends and suitors to Betty Council before her marriage to George Folk. Almost all of the papers dated after 1855 are personal business papers and other personal items, 1860s-1890s, of George Folk including items related his wartime murder charge and mental health. There are also tributes and letters of condolence at his death and papers pertaining to legal and property matters.
Among the correspondents in this collection are E. M. Davis, John J. Mott, Tyre York, Robert Franklin Armfield, William Blackmer, Johannes A. Oertel and wife, William B. Council, Edmund Jones, and Julian S. Carr.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
1845-1863 |
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Folder 2 |
1864-1914 |
Folder 3 |
Undated |