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Miss Mary's money : fortune and misfortune in a North Carolina plantation family, 1760-1924

Title
  1. Miss Mary's money : fortune and misfortune in a North Carolina plantation family, 1760-1924 / H.G. Jones with David Southern.
Published by
  1. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015.
Author
  1. Jones, H. G. (Houston Gwynne), 1924-

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Additional authors
  1. Southern David W.
Description
  1. v, 224 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
Summary
  1. "The Smith fortune was made by Mary's grandfather, Revolutionary War veteran Francis Jones, and survived the profligacy of his son-in-law, Dr. James Smith, before being willed to the university and the North Carolina Episcopal diocese. Hundreds of descendants have been virtually ignored. This book, the result of eight years of research, is for them"--
Subject
  1. Jones, Francis, 1760-1844 > Family
  2. Smith, Mary Ruffin, 1814-1885 > Family
  3. Plantation owners > North Carolina > Chatham County > Biography
  4. Plantation owners > North Carolina > Orange County > Biography
  5. Plantation life > North Carolina > History
  6. Plantations > North Carolina > History
  7. Land grants > North Carolina > History
  8. Beneficiaries > North Carolina > History
  9. Enslaved persons > North Carolina > History
  10. Chatham County (N.C.) > Biography
  11. Orange County (N.C.) > Biography
Contents
  1. Preface: "The wealthy old lady" -- Landed grandfather : Francis Jones (1760-1844) -- Profligate father : Congressman James Strudwick Smith (1787-1852) -- Boozing politician son : James Sidney Smith (1819-1867) -- Lecherous doctor son : Francis Jones Smith (1816-1877) -- Saintly daughter : Mary Ruffin Smith (1814-1885) -- Beneficiaries : church and state -- Warring Episcopalians: the battle for Price Creek -- Saving St. Mary's School -- Healing the wounds : the Chapel of the Cross -- Cleaning up, warming up, and lighting up the university -- End of the trail.
Call number
  1. Sc F 15-181
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215) and index.
Author
  1. Jones, H. G. (Houston Gwynne), 1924- author.
Title
  1. Miss Mary's money : fortune and misfortune in a North Carolina plantation family, 1760-1924 / H.G. Jones with David Southern.
Publisher
  1. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215) and index.
Added author
  1. Southern David W.
LCCN
  1. 2014038441
ISBN
  1. 9780786496624 (softcover : alkaline paper)
  2. 0786496622 (softcover : alkaline paper)
  3. 9781476619873 (ebook)
Research call number
  1. Sc F 15-181
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