Person in the county’s record
From the state marker“U.S. Senator, 1855-1858. Federal and Confederate judge. Member of state conventions in 1835 and 1861. Lived 1 block N.”
State historical marker: B-11: Asa Biggs 1811-1878
1811–1878 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗
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Papers of McGilvery M. Staton, a brick dealer, farmer and slaveholder of Williamston in Martin County, and of his neighbors there, 314 items from 1807. Letters come from David L. Swain, Elisha Mitchell, William James Bingham, Asa Biggs and John Spelman, and topics include the settling of Staton's estate in 1861, the University of North Carolina, lotteries and newspapers.
Included because: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Biggs, Asa, 1811-1878.
Papers of Cushing Biggs Hassell, merchant and Primitive Baptist clergyman of Williamston in Martin County, and his son Sylvester Hassell, 259 items from 1814. Topics include the family store, prices of crops and goods, the Fort Fisher assault, Union prisons at Fort Warren and Governor's Island, the Democratic Party and the state constitution. Kemp P. Battle and UNC administration also appear.
Included because: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Biggs, Asa, 1811-1878.
Papers of the Slade family of Martin County, 1751 to 1929, 2,781 items: letters, account books, daybooks, time books, court records and more. Jeremiah Slade (born 1775) sat in both houses of the legislature, served as a commissioner for Tuscarora affairs and was a brigadier general in the War of 1812. His son Thomas Bog Slade attended the University of North Carolina. Plantations and slavery are recurring subjects.
Included because: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Biggs, Asa, 1811-1878.
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