| Scope and content |
Photopcopies of bible records, genealogical sheets, receipts, and land records refer to the Sutton, Parks, Uzzell, and Woods families of Bucklesberry, Lenoir County, N.C. Also mentioned are numerous slave births as early as 1776. Deeds in Bucklesberry pertain primarily to property belonging to the Sutton family. Land surveys (mid to late 1700s) pertain to Giles and Sutton property in Craven and Dobbs counties. Includes receipts for taxes, store accounts, and tuition payments for private schools in Lenoir County. Other items include pages documenting the weight and price of slaughtered hogs, indenture of apprenticeship of an orphan, directions for taking medicine, and note from 1780 concerning the writer getting drafted. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Sutton Family Papers (#315), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Reproduction note | Photocopy. Greenville, N.C. : East Carolina University, 1976. |
| 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- Loaned by Mr. Clellan Sutton. |
| Biographical note | The Sutton, Parks, Uzzell, and Woods families resided in Bucklesberry, Lenoir County, N.C. |
