Gillespie and Wright family papers, 1735-1990 (bulk 1735-1845)
The collection is chiefly legal and financial papers, 1735-1845, of Gillespie and Wright family members, including land records, deeds, plats, and surveyor's notes; tax records; slave bills of sale and other tiems relating to slaves and slavery; accounts, bills, and receipts; papers relating to business dealings with various Duplin County tenants of Isaac Wright; wills and property inventories; and documents relating to the settlement of the estate of James Moorhead (d. 1808?), for which Isaac Wright and Hinton James (1776-1847) acted as executors. There are also some personal papers, mostly 1790-1830, of family members. In addition, there are two acrostics by black poet Geroge Moses Horton (ca. 1797-ca. 1883); a handwritten version of Jeb Stuart's "Ode to his Favorite War Horse 'Maryland'"; and a 1990 Gillespie family tree and short family history. The papers contain few references to political and national events; they are chiefly concerned with business and family matters
Archival Material, English, 1735