- Collection:
- African American History
- Title:
- Roach Family Papers: family correspondence
- Creator:
- Roach family
- Date of Original:
- 1820/1897
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Indiana
Frontier and pioneer life--Georgia
Smallpox--North Carolina
Rodman, Will. B. (William Blount), 1817-1893--Correspondence
Roach family
Creek Indians--Georgia
Frontier and pioneer life--Indiana
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--North Carolina
Slavery--North Carolina--Craven County
Macon (Ga.)--Description and travel
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Fort Hawkins (Ga.)--Description and travel - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Collection
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Folder of handwritten correspondence of the Roach family of Craven County, N.C. The Roach family was prominent in Craven County, N.C., during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Members of the family emigrated to Georgia and Indiana in the 1820s, where correspondence evolved. Charles Roach, Sr., his wife Polly, and their sons Charles, Jr., James, and David, constitute the central focus of the collection. Subjects included in the correspondence include frontier life in Georgia and Indiana, Indigenous peoples including the Creek Indians of G.A., life at Fort Hawkins, G.A., the enslaved and their enslavers, event during the Civil War, the period of Reconstruction, and life in Craven County, N.C.
- Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/35831
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This item has been made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Researchers are responsible for using these materials in accordance with Title 17 of the United States Code and any other applicable statutes. If you are the creator or copyright holder of this item and would like it removed, please contact us at als_digitalcollections@ecu.edu.
- Contributing Institution:
- J.Y. Joyner Library
- Rights:
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