]> wm_estes Inventory of the William Estes Collection, 1851 - 1923 Processed by: George Frizzell; machine-readable finding aid created by: Brian Sealy Special CollectionsWestern Carolina University Hunter Library
Cullowhee, NC, USA
 2005

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: November, 2005 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS Inventory of the William Estes Collection, 1851 - 1923 Western Carolina University Hunter Library &wcuaddress; Descriptive Summary Western Carolina University Hunter Library Special Collections William Estes William Estes Collection, 1851 - 1923 MSS 95-3 Material in English 11 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Hunter Library Special Collections. William Estes William Estes was from Swain County, North Carolina. He served as a judicial official as well as a lieutenant in the North Carolina Militia during the Civil War. The Collection contains Estes' personal documents and correspondence from the period 1851-1923. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], William Estes Collection, Special Collections, Western Carolina University Hunter Library, Cullowhee, NC, USA.

 Acquisitions Information

Gift

 Processing Information

Processed by George Frizzell

Encoded by Brian Sealy, November, 2005

 Biographical and Historical Note

William Estes was from Swain County, North Carolina. He served as a judicial official as well as a lieutenant in the North Carolina militia during the Civil War. The Collection contains Estes' personal documents and correspondence from the period 1851-1923.

Content and Scope

Personal papers of William Estes and related family of Swain County, North Carolina. The papers include personal and/or business correspondence; papers related to Estes' capacity as a judicial official (court summons or court actions; warrants; notices of actions, petitions, and decisions; agreements); property and land related papers (notices, transactions, surveys, etc.); receipts and memorandum and account booklets; surveys and reports on stills and distilleries, road duty, or schools; promissory notes; Estes' commission as a 1st Lieutenant in the North Carolina militia (April 20, 1862); vouchers for clay hauled (1910); ephemeral printed items, books, business forms, and a photograph.

 Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following subject headings in online catalogs.

Estes, William Swain County (N.C.)--History Detailed Description of the Materials MSS 95-3.1 Correspondence, 1861-1921 1 Correspondence, 1921 2 Correspondence, undated 3 Correspondence (from Arkansas), 1882-1889 4 Correspondence (from Arkansas), 1890-1897 5 Correspondence, business related, receipts, 1847-1927 6 Business related (forms) 7 Distilleries and stills, surveys, reports, 1870-1877 8 Envelopes, undated 9 Land related items (notices, transactions, surveys), 1867-1882 10 Land and property forms (warranty deed, abstract of property, land acreage), circa 1880s-1920s 11 Legal documents (courts summons, court actions, warrants, notices of actions petitions and decisions), 1851-1893 12 Legal agreements, 1853-1892 13 Legal agreements, search warrants, promissory notes, 1865-1892 14 Legal related State forms, 1877 15 Memorandum and account booklets, undated 16 Militia, Commission from The State of North Carolina to William Estice appointing him a First Lieutenant in state militia, April 20, 1862 17 Music 18 Outhouse Plans and State specifications 19 Photograph and picture postcard 20 MSS 95-3.2 Political related articles, 1871-1884 21 Presidential Candidates (article), undated 22 Professor's Trip (pamphlet), 1889 23 Promissory Notes, 1855-1905 24 Promissory Notes, 1867-1904 25 Promissory Notes, 1874-1928 26 Receipts (printed / forms), 1800-1923 27 Receipts (handwritten), 1850s-1870s 28 Receipts (handwritten), 1880s 29 Receipts, 1890s and undated 30 Receipts from Dr. Sansabaugh, 1868 31 Road Duty, 1874-1872 32 School related, list of names and Board of Education form, 1883 33 Tombstone sketch 34 Vouchers for clay hauled, 1910 35 Will, 1873 36 Box 95-3 Promissory notes, 1833-1902 Receipts, 1853-1906 Printed items and books