folder 012: Correspondence, January–May 1795

Enslaved people are documented in a will, 6 March, in which Eliza Kennon bequeathed three enslaved people, Dick, Lucy, and Lucy's son David, to her son William Kennon; an enslaved girl Hannah, who was the daughter of Dianna, to her granddaughter Elizabeth Warren Kennon; an enslaved boy named Ben to her grandson William Kennon Harrison; an enslaved boy named Patrick to her grandson William Kennon (son of Richard Kennon); an enslaved boy named Jim to her grandson John Woodson Kennon; Jane and her children to the children (except William Kennon) of her son Richard Kennon; Dianna and her children to the children (except Elizabeth Warren Kennon) of her son Charles Kennon; and Ceasar and Fanny were bequeathed to John Kennon. Letter, 6 November, from William R. Davie discussing the plans for a new building at the University and the addition of teachers; continuation of letters form Isaac Lee Guion telling of his life at Princeton; letters, 7 and 20 March, from Hugh Williamson concerning his desire for copies of a letter from General Greene and some correspondence of Governor Caswell which were among the officials papers of North Carolina; correspondence, 14 and 20 June, between Haywood and John G. Blount concerning the possibility of the setting up of a mercantile establishment at UNC by Haywood's brother and a Mr. Hardin; letter, 15 September, from Willie Blount, Knoxville, Tenn., discussing relations between the Creek and Chickasaw Indians, immigration to Tennessee from the Atlantic states, and the building of roads; letter, 16 September, from Thomas Blount in Knoxville, concerning a merchant in Tennessee who was coming to Raleigh to set up a business; will of James Jordan, 21 December; letter, 29 December, from William R. Davie concerning publicizing trouble with the president of the University, and personal affairs.

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