John Zimmerman Documents Lot PreCivil War 1841-1861, Col James Morehead Guilford

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John Zimmerman Documents Lot Pre Civil War 1841-1861, Estate Papers GUILFORD NC. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS First Class.
6 pre civil war documents
1841 receipt purchases from Mcadoo & Scott and W.R. Smith; sash, silk, lace, thread, buttons, cloth.
1861 .00 valuation of goods paid from George Zimmerman’s (1780-1859) estate, to his son David Zimmerman, signed by acting Justice of the Peace, W. P. Heath. Cattle, hogs, lard, bacon, bridle, saddle, mare, chickens, scythe.
1861 .30 paid from George Zimmerman’s (1780-1859) estate, from the administrator John Zimmerman to Elizabeth Zimmerman, George’s daughter.
1851 John Zimmerman was a skilled carpenter who made ornate wagons and furniture, and numerous other items upon request. .50 received from the estate of S.J. for making a coffin. GUILFORD county acting Justice of the Peace, E.S.
1861 .45 paid from George Zimmerman’s (1780-1859) estate, from the administrator John Zimmerman to Simeon Zimmerman, George’s son, said distribution share returned as doubtful.
RARE 187? Morehead & Morehead Attorneys at Law
Saturday the 28th Sept. meet at my office. Signed J.T. Morehead jr. (1838-1919). James Turner Morehead was a son of James Turner Morehead (1799-1875) and Mary Teas Lindsay (1813-1847). He was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1858, and served as a Colonel in the 53rd NC Regiment, Confederate States Army. He was a member of the NC House of Commons in 1866, and a Senator in 1874 and 1883. He was a lawyer in Greensboro for many years. Col James T. Morehead jr. civil war veteran
James Turner Morehead, Jr., lawyer, legislator, and Confederate officer, was born in Guilford County, the son of James T. and Mary Lindsay Morehead. After attending the private school of Dr. Alexander Wilson in Alamance County, he was graduated from The University of North Carolina in 1858 and immediately entered Judge Richmond M. Pearson's law school at Richmond Hill, Yadkin County. He was licensed to practice in county courts in 1859 and in superior courts in 1860.
In 1861 Morehead enlisted in the Guilford Grays and was elected lieutenant. He rose through the grades to become colonel of the Fifty-third Regiment, with which he served with distinction throughout the Civil War. Morehead was wounded three times—at Gettysburg, Fisher's Hill, and Hare's Hill—and captured on 25 Mar. 1865, remaining a prisoner until the end of the war.
Returning to Greensboro, he resumed his law practice and was soon recognized as an outstanding trial lawyer. During Reconstruction he was a conservative leader and counselor and devoted his efforts to liberating the state from the dominance of numerous outsiders who had attained positions of influence at the end of the war. In 1865–66 he represented Guilford County in the state senate, where he introduced a bill—which became law—to restore to married women their common-law right of dower. He served again in 1871–72 and 1872–74; in the latter years he was speaker of the senate. He returned to the legislature for a final term in 1883.