| Abstract |
Correspondence with family members discusses family matters, crop conditions in Alabama and Tennessee, economic conditions, and religious life. Colonel Cherry of the 15th North Carolina Reserves stationed in Greenville, N.C., comments on African American troops, Confederate troop movements in Pennsylvania, the siege of Vicksburg, General Robert E. Lee's strategies, and Confederate deserters. Financial papers include slave records, promissory notes, debt contracts, teacher's salary receipts, school tuition receipts, and tax receipts. Also contains estate and guardianship records, genealogical notes, land records, petition for work on the public roads of Craven County, and a record of division of school committee money between white and black schools in Craven County. |
| Access restriction | Joyner- No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Arthur Family Papers (#235), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Photocopy. Greenville, N.C. : East Carolina University, 1973. |
| Terms of use | Joyner- Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Loaned by Mrs. Nancy Opphile. |
| Biographical note | The collection primarily concerns the family of Michael and Sidney Arthur, a 19th century Craven County family. Arthur were married in 1825 and had six sons and a daughter. The Arthurs lived near present day Ernul in the Little Swift Creek District of the county. |
