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James B. (James Byron) Gordon

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Gordon and Hackett family papers, 1752-1942 (bulk 1847- 1860)

Gordon (Family : Wilkes County, N.C.); Hackett (Family : Wilkes County, N.C.) · 1752

Family papers of the Gordons and Hacketts of Wilkes County, North Carolina, dated 1752 to 1942 with most material from 1847 to 1860. Subjects include James B. Gordon, Caroline Louise Gordon Hackett and three Hackett men, and cover Confederate officers' correspondence and military life, education, women's social life, and the Yadkin River Valley. Student life at Chapel Hill appears as well. Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 1040.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Gordon, James B. (James Byron), 1822-1864.

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Records of the time

State Archives catalog: 15 collections naming James GordonState Archives of North Carolina Collection descriptions for manuscripts, county records, and state records held by the State Archives of North Carolina

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Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
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