Indexed works
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Robert F. Hoke (1837-1912) Papers
Hoke, Robert F. (Robert Frederick) · 1852
Papers of Robert F. Hoke, 1852 to 1967. Hoke was a Confederate general and ran ironworks in Lincoln, Orange and Mitchell counties. Items include an 1852 letter to him at school in Kentucky, copies of letters on the death of Col. Isaac E. Avery in 1863, reports of troop movements in 1865 and his printed farewell to his division. The Chapel Hill Iron Mountain Railroad also appears. State Archives of North Carolina, PC.64.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the State Archives of NC record: Smith, Hoke, 1855-1931.
Research sources
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Background
- Historical marker O-23: Hoke SmithNC Highway Historical Marker Secretary of Interior, 1893-1896, Governor of Georgia, United States Senator, was born, 1855 at Catawba College, then located at this point.
Collections and databases
- NC LIVE: prepared search for Hoke Smith Library card 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
- Ancestry Library Edition In the libraryOrange County Public Library Census, birth, death and marriage records, and more, free on the public computers at OCPL libraries
