| Abstract |
The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of Celina Clark Noble and family. Also included are transfers of property with the Campbell, Chapman, and Clark families. Collection is composed mainly of land records for these families in the Chicod Township of Pitt County and the Creeping Swamp and Swift Creek areas of Craven County. Includes a commissioner's report, deeds, land descriptions, and surveys. Also contains legal and financial papers consisting of promissory notes, mortgages and foreclosures, a slave bill of sale, a lien bond, and deeds for timber land in Pitt County. Also includes Confederate currency and bonds; original mid-nineteenth century ballads; business accounts; personal notebook; bills; receipts; a petition to President Cleveland to appoint Osborn C. Noble as postmaster in Vanceboro, N.C.; a notice to elect Edward Stanly as congressman from the Third District; and receipts for tuition at Carolina Christian College at Ayden, N.C. |
| Access restriction | Joyner- No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Noble Family Papers (#171), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Joyner- Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mrs. O. C. Noble. |
| Biographical note | Stephen Noble (b. 1827) and Celina Clark Noble (b. 1829) were the parents of Osborn Clark Noble (b. 1852). |
