]> pc_buchanan_james_p Finding Aid of the James P. Buchanan Papers, 1919 - 1926 Processed by: George Stevenson; machine-readable finding aid created by: Fran Tracy-Walls &hdrNcDncsa; 2004 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: July, 2002 Description is in English September, 2004 Converted from Version 1.0 to Version 2002, and re-encoded by Ashley Yandle. Finding Aid of the James P. Buchanan Papers, 1919 - 1926 North Carolina State Archives &tpNcDncsa; Descriptive Summary North Carolina State Archives. Buchanan, James P. James P. Buchanan Papers, 1919 - 1926 PC.1855 Materials in English 7 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Public Services Branch, North Carolina State Archives. James P. Buchanan was a member of Macon Local Union of the North Carolina Division of the Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union. The collection consists of seven items, including a volume of minutes, 1919-1923, of the Wendell Farmers' Union Cooperative Warehouse; a memorandum book and five leaves from a farm account book, with information on the Buchanan farm near Wendell, N.C., 1923-1926. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], PC.1855, James P. Buchanan Papers, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Deposited Feb. 21, 1990; given Feb. 4, 1997, by Mrs. Marshall Ledford, Zebulon, N.C.

Processing Information

Processed by George Stevenson, February, 1997

Encoded by Fran Tracy-Walls, July, 2002

Biographical Note

James P. Buchanan of Route 2, Wendell, was a member of Macon Local Union of the North Carolina Division of the Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union. The principal crops on his farm, located near Lizard Lick and Wendell in Mark's Creek Township, eastern Wake County, were cotton and tobacco. When the Wendell Farmer's Union Warehouse Company was chartered in 1919, Buchanan was elected secretary and treasurer.

Collection Overview

The materials in this collection relate both to the warehouse operation and to Buchanan's farm operations. These include the following:

Wendell Farmer's Union Warehouse Company. The volume with the directors and stockholders minutes for May 1919 to Feb. 3, 1923, also contains a list of the stockholders arranged by local union: Archers, Knightdale, Little River, Macon, Piney Grove, Wilsons Mills, Wake Cross Roads, Wilders Grove, Eagle Rock Academy, Middlesex, and Corinth. These local unions were in eastern Wake, northern Johnston, and southern Nash counties. The minutes are concerned chiefly with finances accruing to the company from the warehouse in Wendell, and the debts and mortgages of the company. Contractural agents operated the warehouse, so operations at the warehouse are not detailed in these minutes.

Buchanan Farm Accounts, 1923-1926. These are five leaves removed from a standard post-bound record book, almost all of which was a blank volume. They contain records of the tobacco sales and cotton sales of both Buchanan and his tenants/share croppers as well as some tenants'/laborers' accounts. A brood stock record dated in 1924 includes swine and cows.

Memorandum of Accounts, 1923. This small booklet includes records of various persons owing for fertilizer, soda, potash, corn, cotton seed, tobacco cloth, tobacco sticks, cucumber seed, potatoes, hay, meal, and so forth. It is unclear whether the debtors are laborers, tenants, sharecroppers, or others.

Online Catalog Headings

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Subject Terms Cooperative societies. Farmers. Marketing. Tenant farmers. Tobacco. National Farmers' Union (U.S.) Wendell Farmer's Union Warehouse Company. Geographic Terms Johnston County (N.C.) Nash County (N.C.) Wake County (N.C.) Related Collections

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