- Descriptive Summary
- Administrative Information
- Content and Scope
- Online Catalog Headings
- Detailed Description of the Materials
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Descriptive Summary
| Repository: | Western Carolina University Hunter Library Special Collections |
| Creator: | Cathey Family |
| Title: | Cathey Family, 1801 - 1926 |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Location: | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Hunter Library Special Collections. |
| Abstract: | Papers and records of the Cathey family of Haywood County, North Carolina. |
| Extent: | 1.25 linear feet |
Administrative Information
Collection is open for research.
Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question, unless otherwise designated.
[Identification of item], Cathey Family, Special Collections, Western Carolina University Hunter Library, Cullowhee, NC, USA.
Gift.
Processed by George Frizzell, August, 1995
Encoded by Brian Sealy, December, 2005
Content and Scope
Papers and records of the Cathey family of Haywood County, North Carolina, including two store ledgers (c.1859-1870), two family Bibles with historical and genealogical entries, and a land grant, correspondence, and speech (c. 1800-1890).
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following subject headings in online catalogs.
Cathey family
Haywood County (N.C.)--History
Detailed Description of the Materials
| Correspondence, 1848, 1858 | ||
| Box MSS 94-4.1 | Box | |
| Folder 1 | Folder | H.G. Woodfin, Franklin, N.C. to Col. J. Cathy, Forks of Pigeon, Haywood Co., N.C.: May 29, 1848. |
| Folder 2 | Folder | J. Cathey to J.T. Cathey ("Dear son"), Hominy Creek, N.C.: Sept. 1, 1858. |
| Family Bibles | ||
| Folder MSS 94-4.1 | Folder 6 | [Family records pages from a Bible, listing marriages, births and deaths for members of the Blalock, Cathey, and Osborne families]: n.d. |
| Box MSS 94-4.4 | Box | Trull family Bible: The Holy Bible. Red Letter Art Edition. Atlanta, Ga.: Hertel, Jenkins & Co., [?]. |
| Box MSS 94-4.5 | Box | Cathey (and Blalock) family Bible: The Holy Bible. Kimber & Sharpless' Edition. Philadelphia: Jesper Harding, 1852. |
| Land grant, 1801 | ||
| Box MSS 94-4.1 | Box | |
| Folder 3 | Folder | Land grant (No. 1395), from State of North Carolina to Robert Reed, for two hundred acres in Buncombe County on Pigeon River, 1801. |
| Photograph | ||
| Box MSS 94-4.1 | Box | |
| Folder 7 | Folder | Picture of Colonel Joseph Cathey (March 12, 1803 - June 1, 1874): n.d. |
| Store ledgers, 1859-1870 | ||
| Box MSS 94-4.2 | Box | Cathey store ledger, 1859-1869 |
| Box MSS 94-4.3 | Box | Cathey store ledger, 1869-1870 |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| Box MSS 94-4.1 | Box | |
| Folder 4 | Folder | Speech: W.T. Blaylock, "Lifes most pleasing pictures," Bethel Academy, October 30, 1890. |
| Folder 5 | Folder | Certificate of attendance to Miss Nan M. Blaylock from the International Cross and Crown for Sunday school attendance, December 19, 1926. |