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Joseph Shaw

1742–1832 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Joseph Shaw, 1742-1832

Draughon, Larry D. · 1997 · L.D. Draughon

Larry D. Draughon's study of Joseph Shaw, 1742 to 1832, who moved from Charles County, Maryland, to Orange County, North Carolina, as the subtitle in one catalog record spells out. Self-published in 1997, 148 pages at 28 centimeters, concerning the Shaw family, it serves genealogists working Maryland to Carolina migration and sits in the library's Wall Local History Collection.

Included because: Catalog heading in the Library of Congress record: Shaw, Joseph, 1742-1832 -- Family.

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Books in OCPL’s Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection whose titles, catalog subjects, or descriptions match this person. The Friends’ recommended starting points are labelled.

  • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC 929.209 DRA Joseph Shaw, 1742-1832: From Charles County, Maryland to Orange County, North Carolina Draughon, Larry D. · 1997

    Larry D. Draughon's study of Joseph Shaw, 1742 to 1832, who moved from Charles County, Maryland, to Orange County, North Carolina, as the subtitle in one catalog record spells out. Self-published in 1997, 148 pages at 28 centimeters, concerning the Shaw family, it serves genealogists working Maryland to Carolina migration and sits in the library's Wall Local History Collection.

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