From the Ledger to the Stars

Hannah Guion of New Bern, Lincolnton & Charlotte, c. 1831–1899 — a documentary archive

The Newspapers, 1831–1963

The press record spans 132 years: from the New Bern papers of the year of Hannah's birth, through the small datable traces of her Charlotte life, to the land-sale notices that track her parcels through the twentieth century and the 1963 death notices — in Charlotte and New York — of the granddaughter who carried her name. (The 1899 death, funeral, and probate notices are filed with Hannah's Arc; the 1860 fair premium is there as well.)

Newbern Sentinel — 9 November 1831
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Newbern Sentinel — 9 November 1831

A clipping from the New Bern press in the very year of Hannah's birth — the town's public record of the world into which she was born.

Hannah Guion on the Letter List — 1885
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Hannah Guion on the Letter List — 1885

The Charlotte Democrat of 7 August 1885 lists a letter waiting at the post office for Hannah Guion — a small, datable trace of her Charlotte residence.

Re-Sale Notice — Jennie & David Greene, 1910
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Re-Sale Notice — Jennie & David Greene, 1910

A 1910 Charlotte News legal notice touching the resale of land in the orbit of Hannah's former Boundary Street property.

“Sale of Valuable Land” — 1921
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“Sale of Valuable Land” — 1921

A 1921 sale notice in The Charlotte News tracing the later history of the family's Charlotte real estate.

“Sale of Land” — 1927
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“Sale of Land” — 1927

A 1927 notice in The Charlotte News and Evening Chronicle — the Boundary Street parcels still moving through the deed books a generation after the 1899 will.

New York Daily News — 9 October 1963
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New York Daily News — 9 October 1963

The New York death notice of Hannah Guion Stewart — the granddaughter named for the matriarch, the infant of the 1870 census and an early Livingstone College graduate.

The Charlotte News — 12 October 1963
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The Charlotte News — 12 October 1963

Charlotte's notice of the death of Hannah Guion Stewart, closing a name that had run through the family's records for 132 years.