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Collection Number: 03803

Collection Title: Henry Bacon McKoy Papers, 1691-1960.

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.


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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Size 19.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 6,000 items)
Abstract Henry Bacon McKoy (1893-1991) was a lawyer of Wilmington, N.C. He was the son of William Berry McKoy (1862-1928) and Katherine (Bacon) McKoy, and his maternal grandfather was Henry Bacon (1822-1891). The collection consists of letters, wills, deeds, business papers, genealogical compilations, albums, writings, printed matter, and other materials (originals and copies) relating to the McKoy family, Bacon family, Usher family, Berry family, and related families of the lower Cape Fear Valley of North Carolina. The papers are organized into 116 units based on names and topics. The materials were gathered or created by William Berry McKoy (1852-1928) with additions and organization by his son, Henry Bacon McKoy, and includes genealogical correspondence and writings of Henry Bacon (1822-1891), railroad executive and government port engineer.
Creator McKoy, Henry Bacon, 1893-1991, collector.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Henry Bacon McKoy Papers, #3803, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Henry Bacon McKoy of Greenville, S.C., November 1967.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, February 2010

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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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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Henry Bacon (1822-1891) was a civil engineer, railroad executive, and stock broker. Bacon was born in Natick, Mass., but lived at Smithville and Wilmington, N.C., 1867-1891, while working with the United States government engineers in connection with river, port, and coastal facilities. His son, Henry Bacon Jr. (1866-1924), was an architect. His daughter Katherine married William Berry McKoy.

William Berry McKoy (1852-1928) of Wilmington, N.C., was a lawyer and political leader. McKoy conducted extensive genealogical and historical research in connection with his family and the lower Cape Fear valley region of North Carolina. His parents were William H. McKoy and Francenia Eliza Berry McKoy. His paternal grandparents were William and Anne Hall McKoy; and his maternal grandparents were William Augustus Berry (1804-1875) and Eliza Anne Usher Berry. William Berry McKoy and Katherine Bacon McKoy had a son, Henry Bacon McKoy.

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The collection includes letters, wills, deeds, business papers, genealogical compilations, albums, writings, printed matter, and other materials (originals and copies) relating to the McKoy, Bacon, Usher, Berry, and related families of the lower Cape Fear Valley of North Carolina. The paper are organized into 116 units based on names and topics. The materials were gathered or created by William Berry McKoy (1852-1928) with additions and organization by his son, Henry Bacon McKoy, and includes genealogical correspondence and writings of Henry Bacon (1822-1891).

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Contents list

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Arrangement: alphabetical by individual names, family names, places, organizations, institutions, topics and other priciples. Note that original arrangement and folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

Folder 1a

Original finding aid

Folder 1

Index by William Berry McKoy

Folder 2

"Descendants of Col. Wm. Rhett. Also McKoy and Rose Families" by William Berry McKoy

Typescript genealogical sketch, about 160 pages, with photographs.

Folder 3-4

Folder 3

Folder 4

Rhett genealogy

Folder 5-5b

Abernathy-Ancrum

Typed data, copies of pertinent wills and other documents.

Folder 6

Ancrum-Bacon, Carl K.

Typed and handwritten genealogical data, copies of pertinent letters and papers, W. B. McKoy's own correspondence, and photographs.

Folder 7

"Bacon Genealogy and Letters", 1830, 1840-1893, 1907

Folder 8

"Bacon family and connections."

Folder 9

"Bacon family genealogy and letters and data"

Folder 10

Bacon, Francis Henry-Bacon, Henry

Folder 11-12a

Henry Bacon, Jr.

Folder 12b

Henry Bacon and Francis H. Bacon

Folder 13

Bacon, Henry-Bacon, J. W.

Folder 14

Bacon, Kate Ingalls-Bacon, Katherine

Folder 15

Bacon, Jonas-Bacon, Katherine

Folder 16

Bacon, Katherine (continued)-Bacon, Oliver

Folder 17

Bacon, Patty-Berry, Anne E.

Folder 18

Berry, Eliza Ann-Berry, Thomas H.M.

Folder 19

Berry, Catherine Ann (nee Hill)-Berry, Charles, Chief Justice

Folder 20

Berry, Henrietta-Berry, William A.

Folder 21

Missing

Folder 22

Berry, Dr. William Augustus

Folder 23

Biggs-Burr

Folder 24

Burr-Cantwell

Folder 25

Caraeciola-Cobb

Folder 26

Cobb, Mrs. May Wright-Condy family

Folder 27

Condy family-Davis, Junius

Folder 28

Davis, Justina-Elks

Folder 29

Ellenberger, Frances Robecca-Fulton, Catherine A. M.

Folder 30

Fulton, David-Grenville genealogy

Folder 31

Griggs

Folder 32

Grimke-Halling

Folder 33

Hallowes-Hasell

Folder 34

Hasell-Heinsberger

Folder 35

Haynes-Hyatt

Folder 36

Henderson, Archibald-Holmes

Folder 37

Hogan-Innis

Folder 38

Jones-Lillington

Folder 39

Lillington-H. B. McKoy, lost trunk

Folder 40

Lord, John B.-McAlister, Sarah Eliza

Folder 41

Miscellaneous historical articles and sketches

Folder 42

McKethan-MacRae (and Alexander)

Folder 43

McMillan, Hamilton-Masonboro Sound (Parsley and MacRae)

Folder 44

Meares-Middleton

Folder 45

Ancrum-Hasell-Berry

Folder 46

Middleton-Nichols

Folder 47

Moore Family and connections-Motte

Folder 48

Mott Family Genealogy-New Hanover County reports

Folder 49

"A Family Record"

Folder 50

Miscellaneous

Loose pages of genealogy of Rhett family, with Hasell connection, and Eleazar Allen connection.

Folder 51-57

Folder 51

Folder 52

Folder 53

Folder 54

Folder 55

Folder 56

Folder 57

McKoy, William Berry

Chiefly letters and papers of W. B. McKoy as a student; also clippings and other materials about the Masonic Lodge in Wilmington, N.C.

Folder 58

McKoy, Judge Almand Alexander-Elizabeth F. McKoy

Folder 59

McKoy,Francenia Eliza (Berry) and McKoy, Francis K.

Folder 60

Missing

Folder 61-62

Folder 61

Folder 62

McKoy, Henry B.

Folder 63

McKoy, James Hasell-McKoy, John

Folder 64

McKoy, Katherine B.

Folder 65

McKoy, Lydia Anciaux-McKoy, Robert H.

Folder 66

McKoy

Folder 67

McKoy, William Ancrum

Folder 68

McKoy, William Henry

Folder 69a

North Carolina and other subjects beginning with N

Folder 69b

North Carolina (published items)

Folder 70

O-Poems, miscellaneous

Folder 71

Perales family-Potts, Joshua

Folder 72

Quince family

Folder 73

Quince-Rhett

Folder 74

"The Rhett Genealogy"

Folder 75

Rhett-Trott-Hasell-Allen-Ancrum-Grainger

Folder 76

Rhett, William, descendants

Folder 77

Rolph, John-Sawin, Lucy

Folder 78

Sawin, Lucy Ann-Smith Thomas

Folder 79

Smith, Benjamin

Folder 80

Smith

Folder 81

"The Descendants of Thomas, 1st Landgrave Smith of South Carolina"

Folder 82

Smith, Peter-Strudwick, Mrs. W.S.

Folder 83

Stuart-Trott

Folder 84

Souvenir Editions of the 30th Division First Reunion "Old Hickory", The Piedmont and The Greenville News

Folder 85

Trott, Nicholas-Von Rotsman, George

Folder 86

Usher, Francenia

Folder 87

Usher (and Berry) family papers

Folder 88-93

Folder 88

Folder 89

Folder 90

Folder 91

Folder 92

Folder 93

Subjects beginning with W and Y

Folder 94-102b

Appendices

Folder 103-108, 500-505

Miscellaneous

Primarily pamphlets, magazines, and other printed material, as well as memorandum books and a small amount of letters of W. B. McKoy.

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