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Stonewall Jackson

From the state marker
“Thomas J. Jackson, later a Confederate general, married Anna Morrison, July 16, 1857, in her home which stood 200 yds. E.”
State historical marker: O-44: Stonewall Jackson

1824–1963 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Civil War Collection

Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina · 1860

Statewide Civil War collection of the State Archives of North Carolina, dated 1860 to 1965. It gathers pardon petitions, bounty payrolls, quartermaster vouchers and supply papers, disabled veterans' claims and letters about artificial limbs, regimental and unit papers, muster rolls, diaries, reminiscences, clippings and sheet music. Orange County is one of the many North Carolina counties represented.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the State Archives of NC record: Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863.

State Archives of NC

Gales Papers

Gales family · 1794

Papers of Joseph Gales Sr. (1761 to 1841), state printer, editor of the Raleigh Register from 1799 to 1833 and mayor of Raleigh, and of his wife Winifred, their sons and a grandson, 1794 to 1864. They include copied reminiscences in which Winifred Gales describes her family. Chapel Hill is one of the places touched. State Archives of North Carolina, PC.146.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the State Archives of NC record: Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863.

State Archives of NC

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Background context: Historical marker O-44: Stonewall Jackson NC Highway Historical Marker Thomas J. Jackson, later a Confederate general, married Anna Morrison, July 16, 1857, in her home which stood 200 yds. E.
Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 206 Orange County pages naming Stonewall Jackson DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Stonewall Jackson NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
Ask locally: Local History Help Hours and request form OCPL Local History Liaison The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form

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