Arthur C. Ray Papers, PC.124
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Arthur C. Ray Papers
- Call Number
- PC.124
- Creator
- Ray, Arthur C.
- Date
- 1796-1909
- Repository
- State Archives of North Carolina
Restrictions on Access & Use
Access Restrictions
This collection is available for research but certain use restrictions apply. See use restrictions note.
Use Restrictions
These materials are loaned to the State Archives and have not been accessioned into the Archives' custody. They are available to researchers and may be copied for reference purposes, but requests for publication, loans, or any other use, should be referred to the Registrar.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], PC.124, Arthur C. Ray Papers, Private Collections, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Collection Overview
Primarily deeds and plats (1837-1892) and copies of deeds (1796-1875) belonging to the Ray family in Buncombe and Yancey counties. A pamphlet by Hodge Mathes, Saga of the Carolina Hills, concerns Prof. Elisha Mitchell's explorations and his guide "Big Tom" Wilson, and includes a section by the Rev. M. T. Ray on the Ray family who once owned Mt. Mitchell and were Unionists during the Civil War. Also a few legal papers, including reference to nickel mine in Haywood Co., and copy of the Beaufort Co. will of John Gray Blount (1823).
Contents of the Collection
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Acquisitions Information
Loaned to North Carolina Historical Commission by Mr. Arthur C. Ray, Springfield, North Carolina, on August 10, 1934.