Miss Mary's money : fortune and misfortune in a North Carolina plantation family, 1760-1924 /
Jones, H. G. 1924-2018,
Miss Mary's money : fortune and misfortune in a North Carolina plantation family, 1760-1924 / H.G. Jones with David Southern. - 1 online resource : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
9781476619873 1476619875
BD72FD13-D633-4B15-9E3D-98BE73F2300C OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Jones, Francis, 1760-1844 --Family.
Smith, Mary Ruffin, 1814-1885 --Family.
Jones, Francis, 1760-1844
Smith, Mary Ruffin, 1814-1885
Plantation owners--North Carolina--Chatham County--Biography.
Plantation owners--North Carolina--Orange County--Biography.
Plantations--History.--North Carolina
Land grants--History.--North Carolina
Beneficiaries--History.--North Carolina
Propriétaires de plantations--Caroline du Nord--Chatham County--Biographies.
Propriétaires de plantations--Caroline du Nord--Orange--Biographies.
Plantations--Histoire.--Caroline du Nord
Bénéficiaires--Histoire.--Caroline du Nord
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--State & Local--South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)--United States
Beneficiaries
Families
Land grants
Plantation owners
Plantations
Chatham County (N.C.)--Biography.
Orange County (N.C.)--Biography.
North Carolina
North Carolina--Chatham County
North Carolina--Orange County
Biographies
History
F262.C4 / J66 2014
975.6/590340922
Miss Mary's money : fortune and misfortune in a North Carolina plantation family, 1760-1924 / H.G. Jones with David Southern. - 1 online resource : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
9781476619873 1476619875
BD72FD13-D633-4B15-9E3D-98BE73F2300C OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Jones, Francis, 1760-1844 --Family.
Smith, Mary Ruffin, 1814-1885 --Family.
Jones, Francis, 1760-1844
Smith, Mary Ruffin, 1814-1885
Plantation owners--North Carolina--Chatham County--Biography.
Plantation owners--North Carolina--Orange County--Biography.
Plantations--History.--North Carolina
Land grants--History.--North Carolina
Beneficiaries--History.--North Carolina
Propriétaires de plantations--Caroline du Nord--Chatham County--Biographies.
Propriétaires de plantations--Caroline du Nord--Orange--Biographies.
Plantations--Histoire.--Caroline du Nord
Bénéficiaires--Histoire.--Caroline du Nord
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--State & Local--South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)--United States
Beneficiaries
Families
Land grants
Plantation owners
Plantations
Chatham County (N.C.)--Biography.
Orange County (N.C.)--Biography.
North Carolina
North Carolina--Chatham County
North Carolina--Orange County
Biographies
History
F262.C4 / J66 2014
975.6/590340922