George W. Norwood Papers, PC.1219

Papers of the Norwood family of Wake Co., including deeds, surveys, and plats (1839-1889); and wills and estate papers of George W. Norwood, Sr., Augustine Norwood, and James T. Marriott. Also election certificate and deputy bonds of Franklin Co. Sheriff John Norwood (1803-1804); letter from Alabama about estate of James T. Marriott (1857); marriage contract between George W. Norwood, Sr., and Rebecca W. Marriott (W. W. Holden, trustee), 1862; papers for his army substitute Thomas J. Smith (1862); concession speech by G. W. Norwood, Jr., in race for Wake Co. sheriff (1900); and guardian papers for Norwood children (1903-1912). Papers of James T. Marriott, Wake Co. clerk of court, include both personal bills and receipts and those relating to court costs (1838- 1859). Sales of slaves (1850-1860) and promissory notes involve J. T. Marriott, G. W. Norwood, Charles and John Manly, Thomas H. Briggs, Perrin Busbee, and others, and there is a list of slave dates of birth from 1820 to 1864. Miscellaneous items include copies of wills of Frank Anderson (Franklin Co., 1817) and Sarah Nance (Wake Co., 1828); and agreements for W. O. and J. H. Ferrell of Raleigh to buy engine from Oneida Iron Works (1880-1884). Printed material relates to Inter-State Farmers' Association (1888), reorganization of Democratic party (1897); and the campaign for the constitutional amendment disfranchising Negroes, with speech by George Rountree, election laws, and broadsides (1900).

Norwood, George W.

Norwood Family

Norwood, George W., Sr.

Norwood, Augustine

Marriott, James T.

Norwood, John

Marriott, Rebecca W.

Marriott Family

Holden, W. W.

Norwood, G. W., Jr.

Marriott, J. T.

Marriott, G. W.

Manly, Charles

Manly, John

Briggs, Thomas H.

Busbee, Perrin

Anderson, Frank

Nance, Sarah

Ferrell, J. H.

Ferrell, W. O.

Rountree, George