| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Jones, Francis, 1760-1844 -- Family
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Smith, Mary Ruffin, 1814-1885 -- Family
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Jones, Francis, 1760-1844 fast |
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Smith, Mary Ruffin, 1814-1885 fast |
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Plantation owners -- North Carolina -- Chatham County -- Biography
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Plantation owners -- North Carolina -- Orange County -- Biography
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Plantations -- North Carolina -- History
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Land grants -- North Carolina -- History
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Beneficiaries -- North Carolina -- History
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Beneficiaries
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Families
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Land grants
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Plantation owners
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Plantations
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Chatham County (N.C.) -- Biography
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Orange County (N.C.) -- Biography
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North Carolina
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North Carolina -- Chatham County
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North Carolina -- Orange County
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Southern, David, 1946-2021, author.
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| LC no. |
2014038441 |
| ISBN |
9781476619873 |
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1476619875 |
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