Civil War
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Use this heading for collections related to the American Civil War, including materials created after 1865 that have significant Civil War content. Also use the LCSH heading: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Diary, Jeffrey T. Wilson, 1913 (Ms2011-015)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2011-015_WilsonDiary1913
Dates:
1913
Jeffrey T. Wilson Diaries, 1913, 1928 (Ms2011-015)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2011-015
Dates:
1913, 1928
Jeffrey T. Wilson Diaries
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-015
Abstract
The collection consists of two diaries (1913, 1928) written by Jeffrey T. Wilson (1843-1929). Wilson was a former enslaved person who spent most of his life in and around Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. He worked as a bailiff in the Norfolk courts after leaving the U. S. Navy and wrote a column, "Colored Notes," for The Portsmouth Star from 1924 until his death in 1929. He outlived four wives and had at least twelve children. Wilson's diaries...
Dates:
1913, 1928