Collection: BREVARD, ALEXANDER, PAPERS \
Lincoln County
s pr 2, 1-2,3
(p.ian .
1751-1911 .
Physical Description: c. 300 items; grants, deeds, plats, letters, will,
lists of Revolutionary soldiers, bills of sale, powers of attorney, land
and partnership agreements, subpoenas and other legal papers, military
commissions, accounts, receipts, poem, genealogical material, diary, and
miscellaneous items.
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Acquisition: From Biennial Report:
191Ц-1916,
Mr. F. Brevard McDowell ,
of Charlotte presented a collection of papers of the Brevard family,
consisting of
18Ц
pieces from the years 1775 to 1869, inclusive; July
6, 19U3, typescript copy of letter, dated March 16, 1896, to Mrs. Capt.
C. Hansell, Thomasville, Ga., given by Dr. Chalmers C. Davidson, Davidson
College Library, Davidson, N.C. "
Description: This collection contains the personal papers of Alexander
Brevard (c. 1755-1829) of Lincoln County and his descendents, Brevard
served in the American Revolution as a Quartermaster with the rank of
Captain. After the war he entered the iron manufacturing business in
Lincoln County, where he lived until his death in 1829. For a genealogy
of the Brevard family see John H. Wheeler, Reminiscences and Memoirs of
North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinian s', pp.
The earliest records in the Brevard Papers consist of grants and
deeds for that part of North Carolina which became Lincoln County. Anson,
Mecklenburg, Tryon, and Rowan counties are represented in the transactions
prior to the formation of Lincoln. Arranged separately are plats and
descriptions of lands involved in the transactions.
Family correspondence constitutes the bulk of the papers, many of
the letters being written to Alexander Brevard by his brother Joseph.
These letters (1790-1811:) are primarily concerned with the sale of iron
made at the Brevard forge in Lincoln County. Joseph acted as Camden,
S.C., agent for his brother in the disposal of his product. Family
activities, sale of cotton, and local news are of major concern in these .
and the remainder of the correspondence. Other correspondents relate
activities at the College of Columbia (University of South Carolina)
(1803-1822), settlement of Revolutionary claims and accounts, applications
for Revolutionary pensions and grants, compiling of Revolutionary War
history of Brevard family, western lands, and genealogy.
