1832

1865

1 folder

Includes slave bills-of-sale, correspondence regarding formerly enslaved people, correspondence regarding the Freedmen's Bureau, sharecropping terms offered to individuals formerly enslaved by William Patterson, and bartering and wage documentation. Names and ages of enslaved African Americans referred to include a woman named Cate, a boy named Abraham (12), a boy named Levi (4), a man named Andy (38). Names of formerly enslaved individuals listed in a ledger between them and former slaveholder William Patterson include Ned (between 70-80); Cindy (about 40) and 4 children; Bill, Jenny and 4 children; Milaz; Aaron; Ann; Jean and infant child; Neal and 3 children; Nancy (about 16). Other names in the documents include Captain John C. Barnett of the Freedmen's Bureau, William Nantz, Clement Nantz, William Potts Farm, William S. Alexander, Samuel B. Walls, W.L. Davidson, and Dr. G.W. Caldwell.

Patterson Family Papers
Patterson Family. Family papers
Patterson Family papers

Papers of the Patterson family of northern Mecklenburg County, mainly concerning their business activities, real estate purchases, wills, and family correspondence. Includes documentation relating to African Americans enslaved by the Patterson family and freed in 1865 through the Emancipation Proclamation. Digitized content represents a small portion of the full collection of physical materials. Please visit https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/159 for a full collection inventory.

Patterson, William, 1806-1886

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

manuscripts (documents)
correspondence
bills of sale

eng

Patterson, William, 1806-1886

United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

Enslavers
Plantation life
Plantation owners
Slaveholders
Farm management
Slave bills of sale
Slavery
Enslaved persons
Enslaved persons--Emancipation
Sharecropping
Enslavement

North Carolina--Mecklenburg County

Patterson Family papers

Manuscripts--10th Floor, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Manuscript 341

box 1, folder 42

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2011-06-06