The collection consists of miscellanous manuscript items including: a slave pass signed by Thomas Allison (1859), a receipt from H. P. Helper (1873), a letter from Fannie Dobbins to Rev. W.W Wood concerning church membership (1871), and a warrant to the Sheriff of Rowan County for George Love, David Caldwell, and Samuel Love (1824). Additional materials relating to Thomas Allison, H. M. Mills, Julia Sloan and General D.H. Hill are located in the Houston Ballard Davidsoniana file. All of these items are photocopies and typescripts. The location of the originals is unknown.