James Berdine and Merry Thomas Pittman, Jewel T Adcock, Hazel Rosser, and Mary Yarborough Thomas Family Collection, 1779-2013
Note: The full finding aid will be completed in more detail at another time. For now, this is an informal list of the materials housed in my own little family archive.
Items that have already been digitized and processed are linked to their pages from here. Individual photos in the collection will not be listed unless they have been digitized, and they will be linked to their correct box or folder when they are posted.
I will accept requests for the digitization of non-sensative documents, photographs, or digital images of memorabilia. If you have a request, post a comment or send me an email at joy@joysephine.com. Please indicate the appropriate section, box, folder and title.
PAPERS:
Box 1: PAPERS
- Folder 1: James B & Merry T Pittman Wills
- Subfolder 1: James B Power of Attorney
- Subfolder 2: Merry T Power of Attorney
- Folder 2: James B & Merry T Pittman
- Subfolder 1: James B Pittman Sanford High Diploma 1939
- Subfolder 2: Merry T Pittman Sanford High Diploma 1948
- Subfolder 3: Jack & Merry Cards & Letters
- Folder 3: James B Pittman
- Subfolder 1: 1946 Diamond ring papers
- Subfolder 3 Society of Manufacturing Engineers
- Subfolder 4: James B Newspapers
- Folder 4: Merry T Pittman
- Subfolder 1: Merry Newspapers
- Subfolder 2: Sunday School 1958
- Subfolder 3: Merry letter – dancing lessons
- Subfolder 6: Poems
- Folder 5: Merry T Pittman
- Subfolder 1: Denver 1976 photos
- Subfolder 3: Denver 1976 newspaper clippings
- Subfolder 4: Denver 1976 hotel and air
- Subfolder 5: DHS Certificates
- Subfolder 7: Mayberry autograph
- Folder 6: Contests
- Subfolder 1: The Big Payoff 1954
- Subfolder 2: Flight
- Subfolder 3: Sanford Herald
- Subfolder 4: Time Out
- Folder 7: SacoLowell
- Subfolder 1: SacoLowell Reunion
- Subfolder 2: SacoLowell
- Folder 8: Sanford High
- Subfolder 1: Sanford High Class of 1948, Reunion 2008
- Subfolder 2: Sanford High Class of 1948, 60th Reunion 1998
- Subfolder 3: Reunion papers
- Folder 9: Jewel Adcock – Newspapers
- Subfolder 1: Jewel T Adcock Newspapers – scrapbook
- Subfolder 2: Jewel T Adcock Newspapers
- Subfolder 3: Jewel T Adcock Newspapers
- Subfolder 4: Jewel T Adcock Newspapers
- Folder 10: Jewel T Adcock
- Subfolder 3: Career papers
- Subfolder 4: Published works
- Folder 11: Jewel T Adcock
- Subfolder 1: Jewel will, divorce
- Subfolder 2: Jewel will, divorce
- Subfolder 3: New Yorker Entry
- Folder 12; James M Pittman
- Subfolder 1: News clippings 1976
- Subfolder 2: Business NC 1985
- Subfolder 3: ACC Calendar 1983
- Subfolder 4: 6th grade
- Subfolder 5: Father’s day
- Subfolder 6: Note from mother
- Subfolder 7: Family Medical Center Calendar 1985
- Subfolder 8: Art Instruction, Inc
- Subfolder 9: Wolfpack News: Sept 9, 1978 and Sept 5, 1981
- Subfolder 10: Plant Delights Catalog Fall 2002, Spring 2003
- Folder 13: James M Pittman
- Subfolder 1: Restricted – no access
- Subfolder 2: Carolina Country 1995
- Subfolder 3: Kidd Millennium 2002
- Subfolder 4: 1996 Spectator
- Subfolder 5: Artist of the Month FCB Guestbook
- Subfolder 6: James M Newspapers
- Subfolder 7: Childhood artwork
- Folder 14: T Scott Pittman
- Subfolder 1: Service records
- Subfolder 2: Photo, note to Jewel
- Subfolder 3: Photo, Scott & Terry
- Subfolder 4: Junior High Diploma, 1965
- Subfolder 5: Beach-O-Gram clippings, 7 September 1978
- Subfolder 6: Report Cards, 3rd-8th grade
- Folder 15: James Clyde Thomas
- Subfolder 1: Funeral guestbook
- Folder 16: James B and Merry T Pittman
- Subfolder 1: Letter from George Lambert + Prince Charles Photos
- Subfolder 2: Birth Certificates
- Subfolder 3: Marriage Certificate
- Subfolder 4: James B Funeral service program
- Subfolder 5: Rockwell Calendar 1986
- Subfolder 6: Lester Whitted Parole papers
- Folder 17: Mary Yarborough Thomas
- Subfolder 1: Death certificate
- Subfolder 2: Funeral papers
- Subfolder 3: Newspaper clippings
- Subfolder 4: Gates Huff
Box 2: PAPERS
- Folder 1: Hazel Rosser
- Subfolder 1: Literary Club
- Subfolder 2: Literary Club
- Subfolder 3: Will dispersement
- Folder 2: Hazel Rosser
- Subfolder 1: Tom Thumb Wedding
- Subfolder 3: Rosser Roots
- Subfolder 4: Egypt 1959 (photo)
- Folder 3: Sanford High
- Subfolder 1: Reunions
- Subfolder 2: Reunion Letters
- Folder 4: Families
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- Subfolder 1: Avent Family of Avents Ferry
- Subfolder 2: The Kellys
- Subfolder 3: The Kellys
- Subfolder 4: Pittman Family History (from Ross Pittman)
- Subfolder 5: Raglan Castle
- Subfolder 6: Ragland
- Subfolder 7: The Life of Hon. F. B. Ragland
- Subfolder 8: Rosser Roots
- Folder 5: Families
- Subfolder 1: The Family History of Archibald Murphy Yarborough
- Subfolder 2: Yarborough notes
- Subfolder 3: Yarborough notes
- Subfolder 4: Yarborough copies, NC State Archives
- Folder 6: Yarborough Reunions
- Subfolder 1: Reunion Minutes, 1972-1992
- Subfolder 2: 1993 Notebook
- Subfolder 3: 1993 Reunion papers
- Subfolder 4: Reuinion recipes
- Subfolder 5: Reunion notes
- Subfolder 6: Guestbook
- Folder 7: Portraits – 8×10 & larger
- Subfolder 1: Jewel T. Adcock
- Subfolder 2: Meredith Pittman Calton
- Subfolder 3: Bryan Pittman
- Subfolder 4: James Benjamin Pittman, copy printed from Ross Pittman’s original
- Subfolder 5: James M Pittman
- Subfolder 6: Jay, Jon, Joy Pittman
- Subfolder 7: Harry and Berta Thomas
- Subfolder 8: Merry T. Pittman
- Folder 8: Portraits – 8×10 & larger
- Subfolder 1: Morris F Pittman
- Subfolder 2: Timothy Scott Pittman
- Subfolder 3: Teresa T Talley
- Subfolder 4: Lawrence K Thomas
- Subfolder 5: Mary Y Thomas
- Subfolder 6: Archibald Murphy Yarborough
- Subfolder 7: Unidentified
- Subfolder 8: Unidentified
- Folder 9: Histories
- Subfolder 1: Town of Broadway
- Subfolder 2: Murder Legends of Central North Carolina
- Subfolder 3: Lt. William Roberts WWII memories
- Folder 10: Histories
- Subfolder 1: Sanford, NC
- Subfolder 2: Sanford, NC Centennial
- Folder 11: WWII
- Subfolder 1: Newspapers
Box 3: PAPERS
- Folder 1: Unnamed
- Subfolder 1: Sanford Brick & Tile
- Subfolder 2: County Fair
- Folder 3: James B & Merry T Pittman
- Subfolder 1: Charlotte Ave house
- Subfolder 2: Deed, Mary E Thomas to Merry Pittman
- Subfolder 3: Deed, 1611 Carbonton Rd
- Subfolder 4: Deed, Morris F to James B and Merry T Pittman
- Subfolder 5: “Empty Thoughts” scrapbook
- Folder 4: JB Pittman briefcase contents
- Subfolder 4: Teacher Evaluation
- Folder 5: JB Pittman WWII Service
- Subfolder 1: Honorable Discharge
- Subfolder 2: Service Records
- Subfolder 3: Service records
- Folder 6: Scott football photo
- Folder 7: James M baby book
Box 5: Newspapers – removed 5/13/24
Box 6: Yarborough documents, 1779-1918
- Folder 1: Envelopes to AM Yarborough, nd
- Folder 2: Bonds, Leins, and debt owed to the estate of AM Yarborough, ca 1883
- Folder 3: The Widow Rush’s Tract, nd
- Folder 4: AM Yarborough to Mr. Lawrence Houghton, List of Goods Sold, nd.
- Folder 5: Joseph Yarborough Land Survey, 1779, photocopy
- Folder 6: Joseph Yarborough Land Grant, 1779, parchment copies
- Folder 7: Harman-Mathis Land Survey + Deed, 1796, witnessed by William Avent
- Folder 8: Heirs of Joseph Yarborough to Jeremiah Yarborough, 1803
- Folder 9: Heirs of Joseph Yarborough to Jeremiah Yarborough, 1803, copy
- Folder 10: Hardy Christian + wife Ruthy to T Springfield, 1821
- Folder 11: Kinchin Robirds land survey, 1821
- Folder 12: Joseph Avent + Judith to T Springfield, 1823
- Folder 13: Kinchin Roberts to T Springfield, 1828
- Folder 14: Kinchin Roberts to T Springfield, 1829
- Folder 15: A Roberts to JW Judd, 1830
- Folder 16: Thomas Springfield to J Avent, 1835
- Folder 17: Thomas Springfield to J Avent, November 1835
- Folder 18: John Judd to Gideon Dickens, 1835
- Folder 19: Gideon Dickens to Joseph Avent, 1837
- Folder 20: Division of Rush Land to Joseph Avent and Micajah T Hawkins junior, alias Joseph Hawkins, 1842
- Folder 21: Gideon Dickens to John Womack, 1842
- Folder 22: Luther Thomas to John Womack, 1843
- Folder 23: Luther Thomas to John Womack, Jr, 1843
- Folder 24: Heirs of Tarleton Maddox, division of lands, 1845
- Folder 25: Thomas J Yarborough to AM Yarborough, 1848
- Folder 26: Woodson Maddox to AM Yarborough, 1849
- Folder 27: John Womack to Joseph Avent, 1851
- Folder 28: John Womack to AM Yarbrough, 1851
- Folder 29: Christopher Boling + wife Elizabeth to AM Yarborough, 1852
- Folder 30: AM Yarborough to Thomas Hunt, 1853
- Folder 31: Survey + Plat for Mrs Ann Bond, 1853 and Letter to R Faucette describing land, 1851
- Folder 32: Thomas J Hunt to James Fuquay, 1854
- Folder 33: William J Thomas + wife Emaline to AM Yarborough, 1854
- Folder 34: Miranda Yarborough to AM Yarborough, 1855
- Folder 35: Richard Paschal (Sheriff) to AM Yarborough, 1856
- Folder 36: JH Farrar + Wife Elizabeth (Avent) to GW Avent, 1868
- Folder 37: Glover Avent + Wife Cornelia to AM Yarbrough, Survey of plot of 519 acres, 1872
- Folder 38: William A Blount + Wife Mary to Cornelious Dodd, 1872
- Folder 39: BT Howze, admin of A. Avent, to AM Yarborough, 1872
- Folder 40: JW Taylor to John McEllington, 1875
- Folder 41: Trustees of Memphis Church to AM Yarborough, 1876
- Folder 42: AM Yarborough to Chatham County School Committee, deed for school house, 1878
- Folder 43: Thomas Cross to AM Yarborough, 1880
- Folder 44: Ruth + Matthew Watson to AM Yarborough, 1883 and survey, 1881
- Folder 45: EJ Lilly + Wife HP to JR Hunter, 1884
- Folder 46: SW Brewer (Sheriff) to AM Yarborough, 1884
- Folder 47: John A Womack to AM Yarborough, 1884
- Folder 48: Abner Gunter and wife Martha to AM Yarborough, 1886
- Folder 49: Agreement to divide land of AM Yarborough, signed by heirs, 1886
- Folder 50: Letter by JB Yarborough concerning estate of AM Yarborough, 1886
- Folder 51: JA Gunter and wife to JB Yarborough, 1891
- Folder 52: WJ Adams to JB Yarborough, 1892
- Folder 53: Leo A White letter to Mary E Yarborough, 1918
Boxes 7-8: Magazines – removed 5/12/24
Box 9: Oversized documents
- 2 Sanford Centennial newspaper books
- 2 Carolina Bank Calendars for Sanford Centennial Celebration
- 1 Newspaper clipping, matted (James B Pittman & Merry T Pittman fashion show)
PHOTOGRAPHS:
Case 1: Pre-1900 to 1957, 4×6 Photos and smaller
- Box 1: pre-1900/1910
- Mary Frances Avent
- James Clyde Thomas and Edgar Thomas, circa 1898
- 1. James Clyde Thomas, WWI, 2. Mary Emma Yarborough, circa 1918
- James Clyde Thomas and friend, WWI
- Mary Emma Yarborough and brother (Benjamin Carl?) circa 1915
- Unknown, Can you help?
- Jeremiah Bennett Yarborough, circa 1880
- Mary Emma Yarborough’s class, 1907, with note from Jewel Adcock
- Mary Emma Yarborough in Buggy, circa 1900
- Unknown Yarborough Sister
- Mary Emma Yarborough Thomas and [Unknown] (2 images)
- Unknown – Yarborough portrait circa 1900/1910
- Box 2: 1920
- Box 3: 1930/1940
- Box 4: 1930/1940
- Box 5: 1930/1940
- Box 6: 1930/1940
- Box 7: 1949
- Box 8: 1950s misc
- Box 9: 1950s misc
- Box 10: 1950
- Box 11: 1951-1952
- Box 12: 1953
- Box 13: 1954
- Box 14: 1955
- Box 15: 1956
- Box 16: 1957
Case 2: 1958-1973, 4×6 Photos and smaller
- Box 1: 1958
- Box 2: 1959
- Box 3: 1959
- Box 4: 1960s misc
- Box 5: 1960s misc
- Box 6: 1960
- Box 7: 1961-1963
- Box 8: 1964-1969
- Box 9: 1970s misc
- Box 10: 1970s misc
- Box 11: 1970s misc
- Box 12: 1970s misc
- Box 13: 1970-1972
- Box 14: 1973
- Box 15: 1973
- Box 16: 1973
Case 3: 1973-1980, 4×6 Photos and smaller
- Box 1: 1973-1975
- Box 2: 1973-1975
- Box 3: 1973-1975
- Box 4: 1976
- Box 5: 1977
- Box 6: 1978
- Box 7: 1979
- Box 8: 1979
- Box 9: 1979
- Box 10: 1980s misc
- Box 11: 1980s misc
- Box 12: 1980s misc
- Box 13: 1980s misc
- Box 14: 1980s misc
- Box 15: 1980s misc
- Box 16: 1980
Case 4: 1981-1985, 4×6 Photos and smaller
- Box 1: 1981
- Box 2: 1981
- Box 3: 1981
- Box 4: 1981
- Box 5: 1982
- Box 6: 1982
- Box 7: 1982
- Box 8: 1982
- Box 9: 1983
- Box 10: 1983
- Box 11: 1984
- Box 12: 1984
- Box 13: 1984
- Box 14: 1985
- Box 15: 1985
- Box 16: 1985
Case 5: 1986-1990, 4×6 Photos and smaller
- Box 1: 1986
- Box 2: 1986
- Box 3: 1986
- Box 4: 1987
- Box 5: 1987
- Box 6: 1988
- Box 7: 1988
- Box 8: 1989
- Box 9: 1989
- Box 10: 1990s misc
- Box 11: 1990s misc
- Box 12: 1990s misc
- Box 13: 1990s misc
- Box 14: 1990s misc
- Box 15: 1990
- Box 16: 1990
Case 6: 1990-2000, 4×6 Photos and smaller
- Box 1: 1990
- Box 2: 1990
- Box 3: 1991
- Box 4: 1991
- Box 5: 1992
- Box 6: 1992
- Box 7: 1993
- Box 8: 1994
- Box 9: 1994
- Box 10: 1995
- Box 11: 1996
- Box 12: 1995-1997
- Box 13: 1998
- Box 14: 1998
- Box 15: 1999
- Box 16: 2000
Case 7: 2000-2009, 4×6 Photos and smaller
- Box 1: 2000
- Box 2: 2000
- Box 3: 2001
- Box 4: 2001
- Box 5: 2002
- Box 6: 2003
- Box 7: 2004
- Box 8: 2002-2004
- Box 9: 2002-2004
- Box 10: 2005
- Box 11: 2006
- Box 12: 2006
- Box 13: 2007
- Box 14: 2007
- Box 15: 2008-2009
- Box 16: 2008-2009
Case 8: 5×7 photos, cards, etc
- Box 1: T. Scott Pittman
- Box 2: Hazel Rosser
- Box 3: Mary Y Thomas
- Box 4: Notes/Ephemera
- Box 5: Letters/Cards
- Box 6: Jack and Merry Cards and Letters
- Box 7: Postcards (written)
- Box 8: 5×7 modern portraits & photos
- Box 9: 5×7 modern portraits & photos
- Box 10: 5×7 modern portraits & photos
- Box 11: 5×7 vintage portraits & photos
- Box 12: 5×7 vintage portraits & photos
- James Berdine Pittman, Fayetteville Technical Institute Staff Photo
- Yarborough Women, circa 1915-1920
- Merry Louise Thomas Pittman, portrait circa 1929
- Timothy Scott Pittman, US Army Reserves portrait (original given to cousin Meredith)
- Timothy Scott Pittman, 1954 (original given to cousin Meredith)
- Box 13: Newspaper clippings
- Box 14: Newspaper clippings
Case 9: slides removed 5/11/24
Cases 10-11: negatives removed 5/11/24
Case 12: James B & Merry T Pittman, Jewel T Adcock, Mary Y Yarborough, 5×7 cards & smaller
- Box 1: Postcards (blank)
- Box 2: Postcards (blank)
- Box 3: Funeral of James Clyde Thomas sympathy flower cards
Case 13: VHS removed 5/11/24
Albums, Memorabilia, and Loose Items
Albums
- Album: Genealogy Scrapbook (created by Joy Jones for Jack and Merry Pittman)
- Album: Jack and Merry Pittman, 50th Anniversary, 1991
- Album: 1974-1987 neighborhood ice cream dinners
- Album: Jack and Merry Pittman, Hawaii, 1989
- Album: Jewel and Jim Adcock
Books
- Removed from Bibles
- Yearbook: Centaro 1977, Central Carolina Technical Institute
- Yearbook: Sandprints 1942, Sanford High
- Yearbook: Fayetteville Technical Institute 1969
- Yearbook: Fayetteville Technical Institute 1961
Yearbook: United States Army Training Center, Infantry, Fort Bragg (Company B, Sixth battalion, second brigade), 1969 (given to cousin Meredith)
Memorabilia and Loose Items
- Drawer 1:
Hazel Rosser’s glasses (in shadow box display), Hazel Rosser’s box of jewelry and charms, Mary Emma Yarborough (in her teens) set in an ambrotype/daguerrotype/tintype case (may not be original image for case) - Drawer 2: County fair ribbons, Merry Pittman’s Central Carolina Pioneer Club President’s plaque – 1976, Lady Buxton wallet with photos, Denver 1976 box of souvenirs, Merry T Pittman’s 1994 plaque for CCCC Educational Office Person of the Year, James B. Pittman leather belt, harmonica, James B. Pittman wallet insert, Pittman embroidered patch, child’s fork,
baby shoes, crochet baby slippers, 1967 NC Eastern Champions plaque, 1966 Eastern Champions plaque (all given to cousin Meredith) - 12X12 Case 1: James B Pittman’s Fayetteville Technical Institute service award plaque, Joy Pittman Martin Middle School Lions plaque 1997
- 12X12 Case 2:
T. Scott Pittman’s birth plate (given to cousin Meredith) - 12X12 Case 3: Mary Frances Avent family portrait; Merry T. Pittman’s Associates Certificate (framed), Notary Public Certificate (framed)
- Tube 1: 2 Rolled, laminated newspaper clippings (James M Pittman art stories)
- Miller Boles Funeral Home, programs and guest book for James Berdine Pittman Funeral, December 2010
- Miller Boles Funeral Home, programs and guest book for Merry Thomas Pittman Funeral, February 2011