1826-09-09

1872-04-03

1 folder

Includes a certificate for militia duty, a marriage license (Photostat), correspondence (concerning typhus fever outbreak among enslaved individuals on the plantation), and a legal complaint by William Patterson against Thomas M. Alexander for profane swearing. Named individuals in these documents include William Patterson, Captain James Dunn, Thomas M. Alexander, G.L. Gibson, B. Arendell, and R.L. McGuinis.

Patterson Family Papers

Patterson Family. Family papers

Papers of the Patterson family of northern Mecklenburg County, mainly concerning their business activities, real estate purchases, wills, and family correspondence. Includes documentation relating to African Americans enslaved by the Patterson family and freed in 1865 through the Emancipation Proclamation. Digitized content represents a small portion of the full collection of physical materials. Please visit https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/159 for a full collection inventory.

Patterson, William, 1806-1886

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

manuscripts (documents)
legal documents

eng

Patterson, William, 1806-1886

Plantation life
Plantation owners
Slaveholders
Slavery
Enslaved persons
Farm management
Armies
Swearing

North Carolina--Mecklenburg County

Patterson Family papers

Manuscripts--10th Floor, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Manuscript 341

box 1, folder 43

https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/159

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2011-06-10