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MC 133

• About the Badgett Family Papers
• Contents of the Collection

Positive photocopies of papers pertaining to the Badgett family were donated to Special Collections by Willard B. Gatewood, Fayetteville, Arkansas, September 1971.

The material consists primarily of letters to and from members of the Badgett family in Caswell County, North Carolina, and in Jefferson, Texas.  The letters pertain to the slave trade, farming, impressions and observations of Thomas J. Badgett while he was a student at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and at the University of Pennsylvania (events include the execution of John Brown), the Civil War, and conditions and events in Texas following the Civil War.  Other papers include a Confederate States of America bond, deeds, and business correspondence.  Uncorrected, handwritten transcripts of all but the bond are also included.

Processed by Nan Lawler, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, July 1986.

CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION (62 items in 2 folders)

Folder 1

1.  Letter, [N? A?] Washington, Waynesborough, [N.C.}, 10 March 1834, to James H. Moore, Brown's Store, Caswell County, North Carolina.

2.  Receipt, ______ Randolph, Pit [i.e., Pitt?] County, North Carolina, 4 September 1843, to Henry Badgett and John D. Glass.

3.  Letter, John D. Glass, Madison, Georgia, 25 November 1847, to Henry Badgette [sic], Blackwell's Post Office, Caswell County, North Carolina.

4.  Letter, John D. Glass, Covington, Georgia, 12 January 1848, to Henry Badgette [sic], Blackwell's Post Office, Caswell County, North Carolina.

5.  Notice of dissolution of partnership of Winfree & Sheppard and new association of Winfree & Watkins, with short letter, Winfree & Watkins, Richmond, Virginia, 1 January 1849, to Henry Badgett, Blackwell's, North Carolina.

6.  Letter, Henry Badgett, Eatonton, Georgia, 19 December 1849, to his wife, Martha S. Badgett, and children, Blackwell's Store, Caswell County, North Carolina.

7.  Letter, Thomas J. Badgett, Blackwell's Store, Caswell County, North Carolina, 26 March 1843, to his brother.

8.  Letter, Thomas J.  Badgett, Blackwell's Store, Caswell County, North Carolina, 13 April 1853, to his sister, Aadaline [Adaline?] P. Badgett, Salem, North Carolina.

9.  Letter, R. P. Breedlove, Cane Creek, 17 December 1853, to William Badgett, Caswell County, North Carolina.

10.  Letter, A. Badgett, Macon County, Alabama, 15 January 1854, to his brother, Henry Badgett, Blackwell's Store, Caswell County, North Carolina.

11.  Deed of Gift, Henry Glass, Caswell County, North Carolina, to Henry Badgett and Martha Badgett, 18 January 1856.

12.  Letter, Thomas J. Badgett, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 8 August 1856, to his father, Henry Badgett, Blackwell's Post Office, Caswell County, North Carolina.

13.  Letter, Thomas J. Badgett, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 8 November 1857, to his brother.

14.  Letter, Thomas J. Badgett, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 18 March 1859, to his brother, Algernon S. Badgett, Hillsboro, North Carolina.

15.  Letter, Thomas J. Badgett, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 10 April 1859, to his brother, Algernon S. Badgett.

16.  Letter, Alfred Badgett, Jefferson, Texas, 4 June 1859, to his brother.

17.  Letter, Thomas J. Badgett, on University of Pennsylvania letterhead, [PhiladelphIa, PA], 3 November 1859, to his brother.

18.  Letter, Thomas J. Badgett, on University of Pennsylvania letterhead, Sunday, 18 December 1859, to his father [Henry Badgett].

19.  Letter, Thomas J. Badgett, University of Pennsylvania, 1 January 1860, to his mother.  Two photocopies of envelope addressed to Mrs. A. S. Badgett, Hughes Academy, N. C.

20.  Letter, A. Badgett, Harison Ct [Harrison County?], Texas, 31 January 1860, to his brother.

21.  Letter, Thomas J. Badgett, University of Pennsylvania, Tuesday, 21 February 1860, to his brother Sid [Algernon S. Badgett].

22.  Letter, Alfred Badgett, Jefferson, Texas, 26 March 1860, to his brother.

23.  Letter, Jno. D. Badgett, University of Pennsylvania, 13 August 1860, to his brother.  Photocopy of newspaper clipping announcing death by drowning of Thomas Jefferson Badgett, 8 August 1860.

24.  Letter, W. H. Badgett, Head Quarters, Richmond, 7 July 1861, to his mother.

25.  Letter, Jno. D. Badgett, Camp Daniel near Smithfield, Virginia, 8 September 1861, to his uncle.

26.  Confederate States of America $500 bond, 2 March 1863, with seven interest coupons attached.

27.  Surgeon's Certificate of Exemption, 7 March 1863, exempting A. S. Badgett from military duty.

28.  Letter, C. C. Henderson, [M.] A. E. Henderson, Lincolnton, North Carolina, 12 December 1863, to Henry Badgett, Blackwell's, Caswell County, North Carolina.

29.  Letter, C. C. Henderson, Lincolnton, 21 December 1863, to Henry Badgett, Blackwell's Store, Caswell County, North Carolina.

30.  Letter, Wise Brothers, Richmond, Virginia, 5 June 1868, to Henry Badgett, Blackwell's Post Office, Caswell County, North Carolina.

Folder 2

Handwritten transcripts of all items in Folder 1, except for Confederate States of America bond.  Numbered the same as items in Folder 1.