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| Genre/Form: | Correspondence Sources |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Hamilton family; Ruffin family; Roulhac family; J B G Roulhac; James H Ruffin; Thomas Ruffin; Anne M Kirkland Ruffin; Daniel H Hamilton; Catherine Ruffin Roulhac |
| Material Type: | Manuscript |
| Document Type: | Book, Archival Material |
| All Authors / Contributors: | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| OCLC Number: | 244999078 |
| Notes: | Title from reel guide. Accompanied by a printed reel guide. |
| Description: | 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. |
| Series Title: | Records of ante-bellum southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War., Series J., Part 7,, Alabama ;, reel 7. |
Abstract:
The collection consists chiefly of family correspondence and other documentation of members of the Ruffin, Roulhac, and Hamilton families, their friends and associates who lived in eastern and central North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, and Alabama. The papers relate to routine family matters, everyday life, business matters, to the Civil War and Reconstruction, and to various public concerns. Papers were those belonging to Thomas Ruffin, a lawyer who became chief justice of the North Carolina supreme court; Anne M. Kirkland Ruffin, Joseph B.G. Roulhac, Catherine Ruffin Roulhac, Daniel Heyward Hamilton, Jr., and Frances Gray Roulhac Hamilton. Ruffin became a leading planter who operated two plantations--one in Rockingham County and the Hermitage in Alamance County. Ruffin's oldest daughter, Catherine, married Joseph Blount Gregoire Roulhac (1795-1856), a merchant in Raleigh who traveled frequently to the Northeast and Middle Atlantic states on business. Catherine and Joseph had 7 children, one of whom, Frances Gray, married Daniel Heyward Hamilton, Jr. (b. 1838), a Confederate soldier who later owned a naval stores business in Madison County, Fla. James H. Ruffin kept a plantation record of cotton picked, clothing allowances to slaves, number of hogs killed, and other matters. Ruffin planted acres of corn, cotton, oats, wheat, potatoes, and tobacco.
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Related Subjects:(22)
- Hamilton family -- Correspondence.
- Ruffin family -- Correspondence.
- Roulhac family -- Correspondence.
- Roulhac, J. B. G. -- (Joseph Blount Gregoire), -- 1795-1856.
- Ruffin, James H. -- Correspondence.
- Ruffin, Thomas, -- 1787-1870.
- Ruffin, Anne M. Kirkland, -- 1794-
- Hamilton, Daniel H., -- 1838-
- Roulhac, Catherine Ruffin, -- 1810-
- Marengo County (Ala.) -- History -- Sources.
- Alabama -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
- Plantation life -- Alabama -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
- Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
- Families -- Alabama -- Social life and customs.
- Families -- Florida -- Social life and customs.
- Families -- North Carolina -- Social life and customs.
- Families -- Tennessee -- Social life and customs.
- Merchants -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century.
- Plantations -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- North Carolina.
- Slaves -- Alabama -- Marengo County -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
- Agriculture -- Alabama -- Marengo County -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
