Indexed works
Works about Caswell County from library and archive catalogs. The most widely held appear first; novels are not shown here. Follow a link to find a copy or view the material.
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Widely held
Hillsborough District Court Civil Action Concerning Land (1778-1806)
Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2011
Stewart E. Dunaway's abstracts of civil suits over land heard in the Hillsborough District Superior Court between 1778 and 1806. The district covered Orange, Wake, Granville, Caswell, Person, Chatham and Randolph counties, and the papers concern boundaries, ownership and disputed tracts. Published through Lulu in 2011, 337 pages with illustrations, maps and facsimiles.
Included because: Catalog heading in the Durham record: Caswell County (N.C.) -- History.
Bright leaf culture and Thomas Day : Orange and Caswell counties
Vernacular Architecture Forum (U.S.). Conference (2016 : Durham, N.C.) · 2016 · Vernacular Architecture Forum
A tour guidebook prepared for the 2016 Vernacular Architecture Forum conference in Durham, leading visitors through buildings in Orange and Caswell counties. It takes in the architecture of the bright leaf tobacco economy and the work of Thomas Day, the free Black cabinetmaker of Caswell County who worked in the middle of the nineteenth century.
Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: North Carolina -- Caswell County.
North Carolina mortality census, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880,
Almasy, Sandra L. · 1994 · Kensington Glen Publishing
Sandra L. Almasy's transcription of the federal mortality schedules of 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 for Orange, Alamance, Caswell, Durham and Wake counties. Mortality schedules record the people who died in the twelve months before each census, with age, cause of death and place of birth. Published by Kensington Glen Publishing in 1994, 231 pages.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Census -- Mortality schedules -- North Carolina -- Caswell County.
[North Carolina church histories]
1943
Separately published congregational histories from across North Carolina, gathered in one box. Among the churches represented are First Baptist Church of Hillsborough, Bethesda Presbyterian at Ruffin, Griers Presbyterian at Hightowers and Rocky River Presbyterian in Cabarrus County. The collection is dated 1943 and covers Orange, Caswell, Person, Rowan and Cabarrus counties.
Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: North Carolina -- Caswell County.
Council on the Status of Women, Public Relations File, Women in Non-traditional Fields Survey, Number 148-161, Professionals
1992
Survey forms 148 to 161 from the 1992 Women in Non-traditional Fields questionnaire of the North Carolina Council on the Status of Women, filled out by professionals in Orange, Durham, Wake, Guilford, Forsyth and Caswell counties. Seventy-one images.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Caswell County (N.C.).
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
George Vanhook Family Bible Records
1848
George Vanhook family Bible pages, 1848 to 1936, filed with a will, a deed and other family papers. Among them are names of enslaved people and adoption papers for Mabel and James Dunnagin. The family appears in Caswell, Person and Orange counties. 14 images.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Caswell County (N.C.).
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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Governors' Papers: William Hawkins Correspondence, May 1813
Jones, William · 1813
Ninety-eight images of Governor William Hawkins's correspondence for May 1813. William Jones and Nathaniel Macon are among the names, and the letters range over elections, sheriffs, trials, clemency, boundaries and the militia. Hillsborough appears along with more than a dozen counties from Burke and Caswell to Perquimans and Wilkes.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Caswell County (N.C.).
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Governors' Papers: William Hawkins Correspondence, October 1813
Huger, Francis K. · 1813
October 1813 letters to and from Governor William Hawkins, 41 images, with Francis K. Huger and Thomas Pinckney among the names. Inland navigation and the Dismal Swamp Canal come up beside boundaries, the militia and supplies, and Chapel Hill appears with Ocracoke and Brunswick and Caswell counties.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Caswell County (N.C.).
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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