Finding Aid for the Larkin S. Kendrick Papers, <date calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="1858/1890">1858-1890</date> (<date calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="1861/1874">1861 - 1874</date>) , PC.1921
Abstract
Larkin Stanhope Kenrick was a farmer living in the neighborhood of Capernaum Baptist Church in eastern Cleveland County, N.C. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 34th, Company F. Eventually, in 1871, Kenrick went to Tennessee and never returned home. Of the 35 letters in the collection, those from the Civil War period are written by Kenrick and various persons in his family, including his wife. Kenrick's departure to Tennessee and his subsequent letters coincide with the appearance of a U.S. commissioner in Cleveland County to arrest members of the Ku-Klux Klan for violations of the federal Enforcement Acts. The 23 miscellaneous materials in the collection include a few receipts, promissory notes, a crop lien, a certificate of military exemption, and a subscription list to pay a minister's salary at the Capernaum Baptist Church. The dates of the collection range primarily from 1861-1874.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Larkin S. Kendrick Papers
- Call Number
- PC.1921
- Creator
- Kendrick, Larkin S.
- Date
- 1858 - 1890; 1861 - 1874
- Extent
- 58.00 items
- Language
- English
- Repository
- State Archives of North Carolina
Restrictions on Access & Use
Access Restrictions
Available for research.
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Copyright is retained by the authors of these materials, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law (Title 17 US Code). Individual researchers are responsible for using these materials in conformance with copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], PC.1921, Larkin S. Kendrick Papers, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Biographical Note
Larkin Stanhope Kendrick, son of John and Elizabeth (Cherry) Kendrick, was born in Cleveland County, N.C., on April 28, 1837. He married Mary Catherine Putnam on August 2, 1855. Like his father and his father-in-law, Larkin Kendrick was a small farmer living in the neighborhood of Capernaum Baptist Church in eastern Cleveland County near the town of Waco. After the outbreak of the Civil War, Kendrick enlisted in Company F, 34th North Carolina Infantry Regiment in September 1861. Though captured, released, returned to his regiment, then wounded in 1862, Kendrick continued in service with his regiment until March 1864 when he was discharged on account of his disability. For reasons that are not at all clear, Kendrick left his family in Cleveland County at the close of 1871 while he went to Tennessee, ostensibly on his way either to France or to Texas. He never returned home.
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Acquisitions Information
Gift, J. Douglas Ruff, Esq., Chevy Chase, Md., 2002.