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Charles J. Watson

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By Charles J. Watson

Charles J. Watson papers, 1861-1873 ; 1900.

Watson, Charles J., -1873 · 1900

Correspondence and personal narratives of Charles J. Watson, who died in 1873, covering 1861 to 1873 with one item from 1900: twenty seven items in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 3955. The material follows a soldier of the 27th North Carolina Infantry, imprisonment at Point Lookout in Maryland, and later migration to Robertson County, Texas.

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Read contemporary evidence: State Archives catalog: 11 collections naming Charles Watson State Archives of North Carolina Collection descriptions for manuscripts, county records, and state records held by the State Archives of North Carolina
Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 7 Orange County pages naming Charles J. Watson DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Charles J. Watson 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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