Pearson, Richmond Mumford, 1805-1878

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Lawyer, legislator, and member of the North Carolina Supreme Court.

From the description of Papers, 1862-1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270773

Richmond Mumford Pearson, who lived successively in Rowan, Davie, and Surry (later Yadkin) counties, N.C., was a lawyer; legislator; Superior and Supreme Court judge, chief justice of North Carolina, 1858-1878; noted teacher of law; unionist Whig; and, after the Civil War, Republican.

From the guide to the Richmond Mumford Pearson Papers, 1796-1877, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

Pearson, who lived successively in Rowan, Davie, and Surry (later Yadkin) counties, N.C., was a lawyer, legislator, Superior and Supreme Court judge, chief justice of North Carolina, 1858-1878, a noted teacher of law, a unionist Whig, and, after the Civil War, a Republican.

From the description of Richmond Mumford Pearson papers, 1796-1877 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23765268

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referencedIn Ruffin, Roulhac, and Hamilton Family, 1784-1951 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
creatorOf Richmond Mumford Pearson Papers, 1796-1877 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Pearson, Richmond, 1852-1923. Richmond Pearson papers, 1852-1940 (bulk 1872-1912) [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Pearson family. Papers, 1786-1908. Gadsden Public Library
referencedIn Scott, William Lafayette, 1828-1872. Papers, 1847-1877; (bulk 1854-1871). Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Pearson, Richmond Mumford, 1805-1878. Richmond Mumford Pearson papers, 1796-1877 [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Pearson, Richmond Mumford, 1805-1878. Papers, 1862-1864. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Johnston, T. D. (Thomas Dillard), 1840-1902. T.D. Johnston papers, 1828-1896 (bulk 1872-1878) [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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associatedWith Johnston, T. D. (Thomas Dillard), 1840-1902. person
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associatedWith Pearson, Mary McDowell Bynum, fl. 1856-1874. person
associatedWith Pearson, Richmond, 1852-1923. person
associatedWith Roulhac family. family
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associatedWith Scott, William Lafayette, 1828-1872. person
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Birth 1805-06-28

Death 1878-01-05

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