| Scope and content |
Papers (1900-1918, 1944) including birthing records, genealogical records, copies of estate settlement, financial records, deeds of sale for parcel of land. Mary Weston kept a notebook of the births she attended as midwife in the Blounts Creek area covering the years 1900 through 1917. Entries are brief, listing only the date, name of the mother, and sex of her child. The collection also contains genealogical material on the Rowe, Weston, Cayton, and Tuten families of Beaufort County, N.C. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Mary Elizabeth Weston Papers (#626), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | 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 Johnnie Bryan Weston. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mrs. Annie Alura Jones. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mrs. Mary Lillian Mills. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Durwood Weston. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mrs. Jesse Irene White. |
| Biographical note | Mary Elizabeth Weston of Beaufort County, N.C., was born September 15, 1842. She married William Cayton (1834-1869) on January 15, 1865 and had two children. After William's death, she married John Watson Weston and they had five children before her death on April 28, 1920. |
