Wake County, NC - Governor David Stone (1808-1810) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North Carolina Archives & History Collection: DAVID STONE PAPERS Bertie and Wake Counties 1793-1942 P.C.82.l Physical Description: 76 items: letters, will, marriage license, legal papers, memorandum and account books, pamphlet, genealogical material, map. Acquisition: Biennial Report: 1914-1916, 72 pieces, gift of Alfred Williams of Raleigh. November 29, 1966, 15 items, photocopies of the original documents given to the Historic Hope Foundation, Windsor, North Carolina, by Mrs. Eliza Symmes of Wilmington, a descendant of David Stone through his daughter Sarah who married Robert H. Cowan of Wilmington. Description: David Stone, born 1770 at Hope Plantation near Windsor, Bertie County, was educated at Princeton University, studied law under William R. Davie, and began practice in Halifax in 1790. This scholar, lawyer, planter, and businessman held the following elective offices: Member, N.C. House of Commons, 1790-1794; Superior Court Judge, 1795-1798; member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1799-1801; U.S. Senator, 1801-1806; Superior Court Judge, 1807-1808; Governor, 1808-1810; member, N.C. House of Commons, 1811-1812; U.S. Senator, 1812-1814. He was a promoter of education, of native industries, and of roads and waterways necessary to procure markets. During his term as governor, the heirs of the Lord Proprietor Earl of Granville brought their celebrated suit against North Carolina, claiming much of the Northeastern portion of the state. Elected U.S. Senator in 1812 as a Republican and Madison supporter, Stone voted consistently with the Federalists against the administration's war measures. Censured in 1813 by the state legislature for his voting record in the U.S. Senate, he resigned in 1814. Married first to Hannah Turner in 1793 and then to Sarah Dashiell in 1817, he died in 1818 and was buried at Rest Dale, his plantation in Wake County. For further biographical information see Samuel A. Ashe, Biographical History of North Carolina, IV, 422-429; and Dictionary of American Biography, XVIII, 72-73. Items relating directly to David Stone consist of photocopies of his 1793 marriage license, his father's 1796 will, a family genealogy, and a biography. There are a few letters and legal papers concerning the leased lands of the Tuscarora Indians in Bertie County and seven letters to Stone referring to land frauds in the state, the war-debt funding system ("this Hamiltonian brat"), Thomas Jefferson, James Turner, Connecticut legislators, and fireplace marble for Hope plantation. A typescript letter from Stone to General Calvin Jones of Raleigh concerns an army commission for Jones [original letter in possession of James W. Jones, Bolivar, Tenn]. Later material is an invitation to the launching of the liberty ship, S.S. "David Stone," in 1942 at Wilmington. The remainder of the material concerns Stone's son David Williamson Stone who reached his majority the year of his father's death, 1818. Seven letters pertaining to family property and financial problems (1840-1845) are from David W.'s uncle Thomas Dashiell, cousin Sarah Ellen Dashiell of Washington, D.C., and uncle Joseph B. Hinton of Raleigh. Other items involve property in Bertie County, railroad bonds, bank stocks, business accounts, and an enterprise in Baltimore. Of the four small memorandum books, only the one kept by Mrs. David Stone (1824-1827) appears to have the original entries. Her book contains aphorisms and quotations and entries made on visits to Canada, Washington, and Europe. A fragmentary account book lists taxable slaves in 1813 and birth dates of family and slaves. There is also a map sketched by David W. Stone of his father's Wake County lands apportioned to the heirs (n.d.). The site of Rest Dale plantation is indicated on the map; and the mills, a dam, and a canal on the Neuse River are also shown. Miscellaneous items include a pamphlet of the N.C. Constitution of 1865 and certificates for a justice of the peace and a register of wills, one signed by Secretary of State John C. Calhoun (February, 1845) and the other by Secretary of State James Buchanan (November, 1845). Arrangement of Papers: P.C. 82.1 Folders - Photocopies (1793-1942) - Correspondence, etc. (1838-1847) - N.C. Constitution of 1865 - Miscellaneous - Bertie County (Tuscarora) Lands (1801-1806) - Books, Account, Memorandum, etc. Finding Aids: Main Entry Card Autograph Cards Hinton, Joseph B. Sands, Jos[iah] (1757-1852) Date Cards 1800-1807 1840-1847 Geographic Cards Bertie County Wake County Subject Cards Bertie County Courts Ethnic Groups—Indians—Tuscarora Lands Internal Improvements—Neuse River—c. 1820 Jones, Calvin Land—Tuscarora—Bertie County Turner, James U.S. Congress War—Revolutionary See also: Wake County Estates Papers: David Stone. 50 items dealing with settlement of the estates of David Stone, died 1818, and of his 14-year old daughter Anne, died 1826 Richard W. Iobst, "The Personal Career of David Stone," Historic Hope Foundation, Windsor, N.C. Melonie Taylor, "The Political Career of David Stone," unpublished master's thesis, East Carolina University, 1967 Finding Aid completed by Ellen Z. McGrew 10 June 1967 Work Sheet Number: P.C. 82 (Addition) P.C. 82.1 Name of Collection: David Stone Papers (Addition) Dates: 1793-1942 Acquisition Information: Received as a loan from the Historic Hope Foundation on November 29, 1977. Loan brought in by Mr. John E. Tyler, Roxobel, N.C. Accessioned January 25, 1978. Physical Description: 19 items History and Description: Original marriage license of David Stone, 1793, deeds, page from the Stone family Bible; letters about the Stone family written after the death of David Stone; and genealogical papers relating to the Stone Family. ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by North Carolina Archives & History ______________________________________________________________________