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C. A. BROWN LUMBER COMPANY

C.A. Brown Lumber Company was incorporated in 1948 in Ivanhoe, NC. The company specialized in wholesale and retail lumber sales through the purchase and lease of land for cutting and harvesting timber. The timber was then transported to the mill and cut for lumber sales. The company did business throughout the southeastern NC area and at the time of dissolution in 1974 owned approximately 4400 acres of land in Duplin, Bladen, Pender and Sampson Counties. All land and equipment was subsequently sold to Federal Paperboard Company. Included in this collection are company records, correspondence and Timber Deeds and Timber Cutting Agreements.  

This collection was donated to Randall Library by Mr. Luther Brown in 2007. There are no access restrictions to this collection.

Processed by Bob Hayes
Manuscripts Collection
William Madison Randall Library
The University of North Carolina Wilmington
Spring 2007

Inventory
Manuscript Number/Box/File

287/1/1
Incorporation of company - Minutes of Meetings of Stockholders - January 24, 1948, April 3, 1950 and April 2,1955.- By-Laws of C.A. Brown Lumber Company.

287/1/2
Dissolution of company - Legal Documents and Letters pertaining to Dissolution of C. A. Brown Lumber Company and final sale of property and                                     equipment to Federal Paper Board Company - 1973

287/1/3
NC Department of Revenue - Sales and Use Tax Payment Forms and reports. 

287/1/4
US Department of Agriculture Forms. Notice of acreage allotment and yields of crops.

287/1/5
Employment Security Commission of NC. Unemployment insurance forms and workmen's compensation notice.

287/1/6
Cape Fear Bank and Trust Company - Promissory note # 3405 dated April 7, 1977.

287/1/7
NC Department of Water and Air Resources - Application of permit to discharge air contaminants into the atmosphere. Rules and regulations governing the control of
air pollution.

287/1/8
NC Department of Natural and Economic Resources -  Boiler and Planner Installation approval - 1972 and 1973

287/1/9
NC Department of Labor - Boiler Inspection Certificate - August, 1970

287/1/10
Four County Electric Membership Corporation. Agreement for purchase of power dated August 27, 1954.

287/1/11
Three letters from the NC Department of Natural Resources and Community Development concerning acreage for cost sharing assistance under the Forestry Incentive Program.

287/1/12
Sampson County - Business Personal Property Listing for 1982.

287/1/13
US Department of Commerce - 1977 Census of Distributive Trades ( Lumber) in Sampson County.

287/1/14
Southeastern Lumber Manufactures Association Meeting in Lake City Florida, December 7, 1972.

287/1/15
NC Department of Revenue - Wholesale License - 1974 - 1983.

287/1/16
P. L. Brown - Champion Fisherman Article - Sampson Independent Newspaper - June 2, 1976

7287/1/17
Orkin Inspections, September 7, 1977 and 1980 - 1983. Orkin brochure.

287/1/18
Federal Paper Board Company to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Lease of real and personal property.

287/1/19
Hays Beatty Map - Ivanhoe, NC, January 16,1953

287/1/20
Butler and Butler to Ernest Brown - Letter and Map offering land for sale on Black River - May 2,1951

287/1/21
Star Telephone Membership Certificate, November 1, 1960.

287/1/22
Pender County against C.A. Brown - Summons for non-payment of takes on 66 acres of land - October 14,1955. Letter of settlement, November 7, 1955.

287/1/23
Eddie L. Jones Trucking to P. L. Brown Lumber Company - Truck Lease Agreement - March 8,1976

287/1/24
Sizemore Trucking Company to P. L. Brown Lumber Company - Truck Lease Agreement - July 1,1974

287/1/25
Virginia Ruth Jones Trucking to P. L. Brown Lumber Company - Truck Lease Agreement - February 16,1978 - August 9,1978 - October18,1982

287/1/26
Federal Paper Board Company to P. L. Brown - Shed Lease Agreement - March 1,1977 through January 1,1984

287/1/27
C.A. Brown Lumber Company and Corbett Chipping Corporation - Option to Purchase Land in Pender County - August 5,1966

287/1/28
Moore Tract Map, Lake Creek Township, Bladen County. - March 4,1966

287/1/29
A. McL. Graham to Dr. Leslie J. Meredith - Letter investigating land title. - November 10,1939

287/1/30
W. C. Godwin and Wife and C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Boundary Line Agreement, Franklin Township, Sampson County - August 18,1966

287/1/31
Eugenia Corbett and Charles Corbett and C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Boundary Line Agreement, Franklin Township, Sampson County - October 21,1966

287/1/32
W. C. Godwin and Wife and C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Boundary Line Agreement, Franklin Township, Sampson County - October 21,1966

287/1/33
Maria K. Jones and C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Boundary Line Agreement, Franklin Township,  Sampson County - November 22, 1966

287/1/34
Wolfpack News - 1978 Football Program - N. C. State vs. East Carolina

287/1/35
Receipts for Automobile Purchases and Inspections

287/1/36
Minutes of Family Meeting - September 4, 1965

287/1/37
Hand drawn Map - Brown/Kerr

287/1/38
Miscellaneous Envelopes

287/2/1
John Corbett et al to Edward Henry - Deed - Sampson County - August 9,1904

287/2/2
J. H. Corbett et al to W. M. Corbett - Deed - Sampson County - August 9.1904

287/2/3
W. M. Corbett and Wife to E. L. Henry - Deed - Sampson County - May 8,1906

287/2/4
B. G. Empie and Wife to C.A. Brown and P. Arthur Brown - Deed - Sampson County - January 22,1906

287/2/5
A. A. Springs and Wife to E. H. Hayman and Son - Deed - Sampson County April 18,1912

287/2/6
C.C. Corbett to Ida Brown - Deed - Sampson County - October 16,1919

287/2/7
E. H. Hayman and Wife et al to P. Arthur Brown - Deed - Sampson County - February 1,1920

287/2/8
P Arthur Brown to E .H. Hayman and A. A. Hayman - Deed - Sampson County - February 1,1920

287/2/9
Rachel Hall et al to Harry Lee Hall - Deed - Sampson County - March 5,1927

287/2/10
R. G. Grady and Bessie C. Grady to Charles A. Brown and P. Arthur Brown- Deed and Map - Sampson County - October 3,1927

287/2/11
Mrs. M. T. Moore and Husband Willie Moore to C.A. Brown - Deed - Bladen County - August 11,1938

287/2/12
The Estate Corporation to C.A. Brown - Deed - Pender County - April 26,1946

287/2/13
C.A. Brown to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Deed - Sampson County - June 8,1948

287/2/14
L. W. Boney and Wife to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Deed - Duplin County - December 3,1948

287/2/15
B. E. Newkirk et al to E. H. Brown et al - Deed - Sampson County - April 21,1949

287/2/16
Cleveland Bowden and Wife to E. H. Brown et al - Deed - Pender County - June 13, 1949

287/2/17
K. P. Herring to E. H. Brown  et al - Deed - Pender and Sampson Counties - June 13, 1949

287/2/18
G. W. Carlton and Wife to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Deed - Pender County - July 12, 1951

287/2/19
Fannie Walker Stevens et al to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Deed - Pender County - July 13, 1951

287/2/20
S.T. Sanders et al to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Deed - Pender County - December 5, 1951

287/2/21
Jim Henry and Wife to C. H. Lewis and Wife - Deed - Pender County - March 25,1952

278/2/22
H. T. Fisher and Wife to E. H. Brown et al - Deed - Sampson County - April 23, 1952

287/2/23
Mrs. Howard Wells to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Deed - Pender County - September 20, 1952

287/2/24
Mattie Corbett et al to E. H. Brown et al - Deed - Sampson County and Pender County - October 1, 1952

287/2/25
C. H. Lewis and Wife to E. H. Brown et al - Deed - Pender and Sampson Counties - July 9, 1953

287/2/26
Margueritte E. Moore et al to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Deed - Sampson County - December 5, 1953

287/2/27
E. H. Brown et al to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Deed- Sampson County - September 13, 1954

287/2/28
John S. Hood et al to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Deed- Sampson County - October 7, 1954

287/2/29
Shirley Hall et al to C.A.  Brown Lumber Company - Deed - Sampson County - Bladen County - February 11, 1958

287/2/30
E. H.  Brown et al to C.A. Brown Lumber Company Company -  Deed - February 26, 1958

287/2/31
Hays Beatty and Wife to C. A Brown Lumber Company - Deed - Sampson County - January 1, 1959

287/2/32
Gertrude B. Henry et al to C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Deed - Pender County - August 10, 1960

287/2/33
Moddie Garrison to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Deed - Pender County - August 10, 1960

287/2/34
Woodrow Peterson to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Deed - Sampson County - July 24, 1961

287/2/35
C.A. Brown Lumber Company et al to Corbett Chipping Corporation - Deed - Pender County - August 12, 1966

287/2/36
C.A. Brown Lumber Company to Peterson Brothers Hatcheries, Inc - Deed - Sampson County - June 7, 1968

287/2/37
Ernest C. Johnson to Ernest C. Johnson and Wife - Deed - Bladen County - June 13, 1969

287/2/38
S. M. Hines et al to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Deed - Duplin County - February 5, 1970

287/2/39
Carolina Caribbean Corporation to C.A. Brown Lumber Company  - Deed - Watauga County - July 31, 1972

287/2/40
Richard L. Burrows to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Deed - Pender County - December 22, 1972

287/2/41
Ernest Johnson and Wife to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Deed - Bladen County - March 5, 1973

287/2/42
C.A. Brown Lumber Company to John H. Carr and Wife - Deed - Sampson County - May 28, 1973

287/2/43
C. W. Carlton and Wife to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Deed - Pender County - December 12, 1949

287/2/44
Gilead Corporation to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Deed - Moore County - August 27, 1973

287/2/45
C.A. Brown Lumber Company and Federal Paper Board Company - Contract of Sale and Purchase of Real Estate and Personal Property - Duplin, Bladen Pender and Sampson Counties - October 22, 1973

287/3/1
Ann Herring to E. H. Hayman and Son - Timber Deed - Sampson County - March 1, 1912

287/3/2
C.A. Brown Lumber Company to Georgia-Pacific Corporation - Timber Deed - Sampson County - August 2,1966

287/3/3
C.A. Brown Lumber Company to Corbett Package Corporation - Timber Deed - Sampson County - January 4, 1967

287/3/4
John R. Hawes et al to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Deed - Pender County - February 14, 1968

287/3/5
S. M. Hines et al to Brown Lumber Company - Timber Deed - Duplin County - July 1, 1968

287/3/6
Mrs. Melva M. Johnson et al  to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Agreement - Sampson County - September 20, 1968

287/3/7
Mayfield Carter and Wife et al to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Deed - Cumberland County - December 16, 1968

287/3/8
Bernice H. Oliver and Wife to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Deed - Sampson County - December 17, 1968

287/3/9
E. D. Smith and Wife to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Deed - Sampson County - December 27,1968

287/3/10
R.D. Hawes to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Purchase Agreement - Bladen County - April 7, 1969

287/3/11
Robert M. Turnell et al to George Coble Jr. and C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Deed and Contract - Sampson County - April 11, 1969

287/3/12
Mrs. Louise P. Anderson and C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Purchase Agreement - August 20, 1969

287/3/13
George Rouse and Wife to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Deed -Lenoir and Duplin Counties - October 8, 1969

287/3/14
John Moore and C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Purchase Agreement - Pender County - December 31, 1969

287/3/15
John T. Taylor and Brown Lumber Company - Timber Agreement - Duplin County -January 9, 1970

287/3/16
Eva Smith et al to Turnell and Morgan, Inc. - Timber Deed - Cumberland County -  March 16, 1970

287/3/17
DeLisle C. Brourton and Marilou C. Horton to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Deed - Sampson County - September 17, 1970

287/3/18
B. C. Allen and George N. Coble - Timber Agreement - Bladen County - October 5, 1970

287/3/19
Haywood Page and C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Purchase Agreement - Pender County - December 15, 1970

287/3/20
A. J. Snipes to C.A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Agreement - Sampson County - May 8, 1971

287/3/21
Flossie Johnson et al to C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Deed - Sampson County - June 15, 1971

287/3/22
Mrs. Eunice M Tabor and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Cutting Agreement - sampson County - August 12, 1971

287/3/23
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Thomas et al and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Cutting Agreement - September 9, 1971

287/3/24
Willie Thomas et al and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Cutting Agreement - Pender County - September 9, 1971

287/3/25
Della Merritt to C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Agreement - November 16, 1971

287/3/26
Mrs. Lula Williamson and Arlene Williamson to C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Agreement - December 20 , 1971

287/3/27
Mrs. C. B. Peterson and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Cutting Agreement - Sampson County - December 29, 1971

287/3/28
J. T. Taylor and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Cutting Agreement - Pender County - December 6, 1971

287/3/29
Federal Paper Board Company and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Agreement - Sampson County - February 9, 1972

287/3/30
J. T. Taylor and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Agreement - Pender County - February 18, 1972

287/3/31
Mrs. Mary P. Rackley to J. H. Evans - Timber Deed - Sampson County - March 6, 1972
J. H. Evans and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Purchase Agreement - Sampson County - March 6, 1972

287/3/32
Della Merritt to C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Agreement - March 8, 1972

287/3/33
Della Merritt to C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Agreement - March 8, 1972

287/3/34
David W. Williams, Jr. to C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Deed - Duplin County - March 15, 1972

287/3/35
Mrs. B. A. Newkirk and C. A. Brown Lumber Company Company - Timber Purchase Agreement - Sampson County -May 5, 1972

287/3/36
Hugh Oliver and Wife to C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Deed - Bladen County - May 10, 1972

287/3/37
Mary Jeroull and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Agreement - May 11, 1972

287/3/38
B. F. Burke and Margaret Burke and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Agreement - June 22, 1972

287/3/39
M. L. Matthews and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Cutting Agreement - Sampson County - July 27, 1972

287/3/40
Russell  J. Lanier and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Warranty Deed - Duplin County - August 7, 1972

287/3/41
Eugene F. Kinlaw and Wife to C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Deed - Bladen - August 21, 1972

287/3/42
Flossie C. Starling for W. P. Starling Estate and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Deed - Cumberland County - October 20, 1972

287/3/43
J. H. Walker and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Deed - Pender County - November 3, 1972

287/3/44
Federal Paper Board  Company and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Agreement - Duplin County - December 31, 1972

287/3/45
Florence Smith and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Agreement - January 4, 1973

287/3/46
Franklin Gurganious and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Cutting Agreement - Columbia Township - February 6, 1973

287/3/47
M. J. Humphrey and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Cutting Agreement -Columbia Township -  February 8, 1973

287/3/48
Ollie B Mathews - Timber Agreement - Lisbon Township -February 15, 1973

287/3/49
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Westbrook and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Cutting Agreement - Sampson County - May 24, 1973

287/3/50
Mrs. Nellie Jane Eakins and C. A. Brown Lumber Company Company - Timber Cutting Agreement - Pender County - 1973

287/3/51
Dr. Silas O. Thorne and Wife and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Cutting Agreement - Sampson County - September 26, 1973

287/3/52
Murphy Farms to C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Deed - Pender County - October 16, 1973

287/3/53
Benjamin F. Teachey and Wife and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Deed - Duplin County - September 25, 1973

287/3/54
J. T. Taylor and C. A. Brown Lumber Company - Timber Agreement -Duplin County -  January 14, 1974

287/3/55
Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Cardwell and  C. A, Brown Lumber Company  - Timber Cutting Agreement - Sampson County - October 5, 1970

287/4/1
4 Sales Record Books -
July, 1960 - December, 1967
January, 1967 - March, 1973
April, 1973 - April, 1974  C.A. Brown Lumber Company combined with November, 1982 - April, 1984 P. L. Brown Lumber Company
May, 1974 - February, 1983

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