Legal and Financial Papers Series, 1760-1930 and undated
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Legal papers, primarily dating from the nineteenth century, including deeds, summonses, a will, land grants, reports on local election results, sheriff's reports to the state treasurer on tax collections, and inventories of estates. Financial papers are chiefly bills and receipts relating to farming operations. There are also several accounts, stock share certificates, and lists of debts. There are references to slaves in several documents, including a list of slave names belonging to the Ledbetters and Dunns (two family names that appear in Montgomery County, NC), and a mention in the 1817 will of Samuel Clarke (witnessed by two Scarboroughs) of a female slave transferred to a family member.
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