John M. and Ruth Hodges Papers, PC.1242

[Identification of item], PC.1242, John M. and Ruth Hodges Papers, Private Collections, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.

Papers of the families of John McNeill of Cumberland Co., and of John W. and James P. Hodges of Cumberland and Harnett counties, including grants, deeds, will, estate settlements, slave bill of sale (1772), lists of slaves, letters from relatives in Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas. Ledgers of John W. Hodges include a Confederate tax list (Johnston Co., n.d.); and there are papers relating to purchase and distribution of corn to indigent Harnett Co. families of Confederate soldiers. Postwar items include Harnett Co. cohabitation affidavit for freedman George Williams and Mary Ann, 1866; request for Freedman's Bureau to arbitrate claims of a woman and her former slave for ownership of horse and mule abandoned by Wheeler's cavalry in Apr., 1865; copies of letters from James P. Hodges about local events and fusion politics (1885-1890); minutes of meetings of stockholders and trustees of Little River Academy (1883); and letter from missionaries in China (1910). Also a power of attorney from revolutionary soldier Gerrald Craig, in case of his death (1776). Worth family papers (1823-1938) include correspondence of Roxana Worth McNeill, with descriptions of social life in New York (1846), horseback journey through piedmont North Carolina by Quaker girl (1847), and reactions to the death of Ensign Worth Bagley (1898). Letters of her father Jonathan Worth, governor (1865-1868), include one to his future wife (1823) and descriptions of a daughter's death (1852), railroad trip to Texas via Atlanta (1857), circumstances attending the surrender of Raleigh (Apr. 22, 1865), his hopes of remaining governor (1868), and his health (Alum Springs, Va., 1869). Some letters of his daughter Adelaide Worth Bagley describe visits with daughter and son-in-law Josephus Daniels in Washington, D.C. (1911, 1914). Other correspondents include Worth's brothers Clarkson and Barzillai, and daughters Mary and Elvira Worth Moffitt.

Container Count

4 Boxes

Hodges, Ruth

Hodges, John M.

Hodges Family

McNeill, John

Hodges, James P.

Hodges, John W.

Williams, George

Williams, Mary Ann

Craig, Gerrald

McNeill, Roxana Worth

Bagley, Worth

Worth, Jonathan

Bagley, Adelaide Worth

Daniels, Josephus

Worth, Clarkson

Worth, Barzillai

Worth Family

Worth, Mary

Moffitt, Elvira Worth

Confederate States of America

United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

Little River Academy

Nonpublic Schools

Slaves

Slave Patrols

African Americans

Freedmen

Slave trade

Taxation

Soldiers

Horses

Mules

Political participation

Meetings

Quakers

Girls

Manners and customs

Death

Stockholders

Private School Trustees

Travel

Governors

Railroads

Capitulations, Military

Militia

Politicians

Sons-In-Law

Health

Health resorts

Springs

Poor

Corn

Food

Military dependents

Wives

Raleigh (N.C.)

Washington (D.C.)

Alum Springs (Va.)

Cumberland County (N.C.)

Harnett County (N.C.)

Johnston County (N.C.)

Alabama

Tennessee

Texas

New York

Piedmont of North Carolina

Atlanta (Ga.)

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns

Received c.260 items from Mrs. Sara Harper Jerome, granddaughter of Sallie Worth McNeill and John Murchison Hodges Sr., August 12, 1965. Additional items (c.420) received August-October 1966, from Mrs. Jerome.