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PERSON FAMILY PAPERS, #590, 1739-1907

Letters, bills, receipts, deeds, and other papers of the Person family, large landowners and political leaders of Granville County, North Carolina, and nearby counties. Included are scattered papers pertaining to the sale and hiring-out of slaves (1796, 1801, 1822); slave birth records (1833-1857); and records of clothes and blankets given to slaves (1833-1844).