Hugh Buckner Johnston Collection, PC.206
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Hugh Buckner Johnston Collection
- Call Number
- PC.206
- Creator
- Unknown
- Date
- 1755-1967
- Repository
- State Archives of North Carolina
Collection Overview
Material collected by Professor Johnston of Atlantic Christian College, local historian and genealogist, chiefly papers of the Batts, Dickinson, Drake, Edwards, Farmer, Farrow, Gardner, Robbins, Sharpe, Williford, and Woodard families of Edgecombe (later Wilson) Co. and the Moss family of Granville Co. Most date from 1820 to 1860 and include land and financial records, court papers, estate papers, a few business letters, and miscellaneous Wilson Co. papers (1818-1897). There are typed copies of Civil War letters from William Henry Edwards, Co. H, 59th Regt. NCT (4th N.C. Cavalry), and from his in-laws George W., John B., and Gray W. Woodard of Wilson Co. Original items include appointment of Duncan Lamon as deputy receiver of quitrents for Earl Granville in Edgecombe Co. (1761); appointment of naval stores inspector, Edgecombe Co. (1810); letter from Blake Baker to Col. Thomas Wiggins about legal matters (1810); Pitt Co. grant (1783) and deeds for Bynums and Deldays; account books of William White, Wilson Co. storekeeper (1806-1807, 1809-1823); three administrators' bonds (1800-1825); wills of free Negro Arch. Artice (frag., 1849) and of Mary Ann Stokes (1860); 119 daily registers from Wilson Co. public schools (1892-1910); and Supreme Lodge Knights of Gideon minutes and records of mortuary fund, Bath (1912-1924).
There are photocopies of some Virginia land patents (1666-1724), court orders, and wills and photocopies from the National Archives of Revolutionary War pension applications, some of which include Bible records. Also photocopied are an oath of allegiance (1776) and correspondence (1777-1779) between Col. Jonas Johnston of Edgecombe Co. and Gov. Richard Caswell about deserters, bounty payments, and action in South Carolina; and the U.S. State Department file (1898-1913) on Rev. Owen L. W. Smith of Wilson Co., a Negro, Republican, and consul to Liberia (1898-1902). Also in collection are miscellaneous photocopied genealogical material on families in Edgecombe, Wayne, Franklin, and Warren counties and indexed newspaper articles by Johnston on local history and genealogy.