Sutton Family Papers, PC.1228
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Sutton Family Papers
- Call Number
- PC.1228
- Creator
- Sutton family
- Date
- 1735-1886
- Extent
- 0.2 cubic feet
- Repository
- State Archives of North Carolina
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], PC.1228, Sutton Family Papers, Private Collections, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Collection Overview
Papers of the McKays, Cromarties, and Suttons of Bladen Co., including originals and some photocopies of Bladen Co. grants (1735-1861), deeds (1741-1886), plats, and other papers and letters about land; and agreements by James T. McKay on speculation land in Columbus and Brunswick counties (1828-1835). Also copies of McKay's law license (1815) and of N.C. Supreme Court opinion on provision in his will to free and colonize certain slaves (1855). Miscellaneous items include photocopied plats of Patrick Henry's land in Brunswick Co.; an Alabama power of attorney; copy of will of Hugh Murphy (1835); and letter about claim by James Wilson on the Confederate government (1862).