Joseph Henry Lumpkin family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Joseph Henry Lumpkin family papers
Creator: Lumpkin family
Inclusive Dates: 1821-1862
Language(s): English
Extent: 2.5 Linear Feet 5 boxes
Collection Number: ms3210
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

"Joseph Henry Lumpkin (1799-1867) served on the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1846 until his death in 1867. One of three justices elected by the Georgia legislature after the supreme court's creation in 1845, Lumpkin was elected to successive terms without opposition. He was considered the chief justice of the court until officially named to that position by the legislature. An active supporter of education, he cofounded the University of Georgia law school, which now bears his name." For more information, see the article Joseph Henry Lumpkin in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence between Callie Lumpkin King, Joseph Henry Lumpkin, and other members of the Lumpkin family. Among the correspondents are Marion L. Cobb, Porter King and James Lumpkin. Also included are clippings, receipts, and writings.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Joseph Henry Lumpkin letters, ms3210, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2010 May 24.

General Notes

Portion of collection digitized and available through the Digital Library of Georgia: https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/dlg_lump

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Letters from others
box	folder
Request box
1	1	Banon, E. H. to Callie King, 1852-1862 Access Online
1	2	Berrien, John MacPherson to Joseph Henry Lumpkin, 1850 January 12 Access Online
			In this letter of January 12, 1850, U.S. Senator for Georgia (1825-1829, 1841-1852) Joseph MacPherson Berrien writes to Joseph Henry Lumpkin about his support for Lumpkin in the Senate. Berrien also refers to a letter from Reverend Theobald Mathew and Mathew's zeal in the temperance movement.
1	3	Bird, Sallie to Callie King, 1852 February 12 Access Online
1	4	Bird, Sallie to Callie King, 1852 March 22 Access Online
1	5	Bird, Sallie to Callie King, 1852 May 11 Access Online
1	6	Bird, Sallie to Callie King, 1852 September 28 Access Online
1	7	Bird, Sallie to Callie King, 1853 February 7 Access Online
1	8	Bird, Sallie to Callie King, 1856 March 17 Access Online
			Letter from Sallie (Baxter) Bird, wife of Hancock County plantation-owner Edgeworth Bird, to Callie King, daughter of Joseph Henry Lumpkin and wife of Porter King, dated March 17, 1856 about her and her sister's return to Athens because of their mother's illness. While there, Sallie visits with the Cobb family, Margaret Cantey McDowell Venable, the wife of new University of Georgia professor, Charles S. Venable, and other Athens friends and has dinner with Alonzo Church, president of University of Georgia. She gives news of her husband and their two-year old daughter.
1	9	Bird, Sallie to Callie King, 1856 April 30 Access Online
1	10	Bird, Sallie to Callie King, 1853 Access Online
1	11	Chandler, Mary E. to Callie King, 1852 December 15 Access Online
1	12	Cobb, Cally to Callie King, 1856 May 9 Access Online
1	13	Cobb, Lucy and Marion Cobb to Callie King, 1852 November 21 Access Online
1	14	Cobb, Marion L. to Callie King, 1852 July Access Online
1	15	Cobb, Marion L. to Callie King, 1852 March Access Online
1	16	Cobb, Marion L. to Callie King, 1852 April 16 Access Online
1	17	Cobb, Marion L. to Callie King, 1852 October Access Online
1	17A	Cobb, Marion L., 1853 September 22
1	17B	Cobb, Marion L., 1853 December
1	18	Cobb, Marion L. to Callie King, 185- January 3 Access Online
1	19	Cobb, Marion L. to Callie King, 185- September 21 Access Online
1	20	Cobb, Marion L. to Callie King, 1852, 1853 Access Online
1	21	Cobb, Marion L. to Callie King, 1853 Access Online
1	22	Cobb, Marion L. to Callie King, 1852 Access Online
1	23	Cobb, Marion L. to Callie King, 1852-1856 Access Online
1	24	Cobb, Marion L. to Callie King, 1852, 1853 Access Online
1	25	Cobb, Marion L. to Callie King, 1855 Access Online
1	26	Cobb, Marion L. to Callie King, 1855 Access Online
1	27	Cobb, Marion L. to Callie King, 1856 Access Online
1	28	Cobb, Marion L. to Callie King, 1855 Access Online
1	29	Cobb, Marion L. Access Online
1	30	Cobb, Marion L. Access Online
1	31	Cobb, Marion L. Access Online
1	32	Cobb, Marion L. Access Online
1	33	Cobb, Marion L. Access Online
1	33A	Cobb, Marion L.
1	34	Cobb, T.R.R., 1856 September 16 Access Online
1	35	Cobb, T.R.R., 1861 November 6 Access Online
1	36	Gerdine, Lucy Lumpkin Access Online
1	37	Gilmer, E.F. Access Online
1	38	Hoyt, N., 1852 February 21 Access Online
1	39	Hoyt, N., 1852 October 8 Access Online
1	40	Hoyt, N., 1853 November 18 Access Online
1	41	King, Porter, 1852 January 2 Access Online
1	42	King, Porter, 1852 January 14 Access Online
1	43	King, Porter, 1852 January 25 Access Online
1	44	King, Porter, 1852 January 29 Access Online
1	45	King, Porter, 1852 February 8 Access Online
1	46	King, Porter, 1852 February 13 Access Online
1	47	King, Porter, 1853 February 10 Access Online
1	48	King, Porter, 1853 February 13 Access Online
1	49	King, Porter, 1853 February 15 Access Online
1	50	King, Porter, 1853 February 17 Access Online
1	51	King, Porter, 1853 February 20 Access Online
1	52	King, Porter, 1853 February 22 Access Online
1	53	King, Porter, 1853 February 24 Access Online
1	54	King, Porter, 1853 March 3 Access Online
1	55	King, Porter, 1853 March 4 Access Online
1	56	King, Porter, 1853 March 6 Access Online
1	57	King, Porter, 1853 March 10 Access Online
1	58	King, Porter, 1855? October 11 Access Online
1	59	King, Porter, 1855 October 12 Access Online
1	60	King, Porter, 1856 April 11 Access Online
1	61	King, Porter, 1856 October 6 Access Online
1	62	King, Porter, 1856 October 19 Access Online
1	63	King, Porter, 1856 October 20 Access Online
1	64	King, Porter, 1856 October 23 Access Online
1	65	King, Porter, 1856 October 26 Access Online
1	66	King, Porter, 1856 October 28 Access Online
1	67	King, Porter, 1856 October 30 Access Online
1	68	King, Porter, 1856 November 1 Access Online
1	69	King, Porter, 1856 November 5 Access Online
1	70	King, Porter, 1856 November 9 Access Online
1	71	King, Porter, 1856 November 15 Access Online
1	72	King, Porter Access Online
1	73	King, Porter Access Online
1	74	King, Porter Access Online
1	75	King, Porter Access Online
1	76	King, Porter Access Online
box	folder
Request box
2	1	Lumpkin, Callendar G., 1851 December 2 Access Online
2	2	Lumpkin, Callendar G., 1851 December 13 Access Online
2	3	Lumpkin, Callendar G., 1852 April 25 Access Online
2	4	Lumpkin, Callendar G., 1853 December 16 Access Online
2	5	Lumpkin, Eddy, 1851 December 7 Access Online
2	6	Lumpkin, Eddy, 1856 February 21 Access Online
2	7	Lumpkin, Frank & Bob, 1852 May 27 Access Online
2	8	Lumpkin, James, 1851 December 12 Access Online
2	9	Lumpkin, James, 1851 December 29 Access Online
2	10	Lumpkin, James, 1852 April 14
2	10A	Lumpkin, James, 1852 May 20
2	11	Lumpkin, James, 1852 July 18
2	12	Lumpkin, James, 1852 August 11
2	13	Lumpkin, James, 1852 October 4
2	14	Lumpkin, J, 1852 October 25
2	15	Lumpkin, James, 1852 November 14
2	16	Lumpkin, James, 1853 January 16
2	17	Lumpkin, James, 1853 March 25
2	18	Lumpkin, James, 1853 July 26
2	19	Lumpkin, James, 1853 August
2	20	Empty folder
2	21	Empty folder
2	22	Lumpkin, James, 1854 May 25
2	23	Lumpkin, James, 1854 June 9
2	24	Lumpkin, James, 1854 June
2	24A	Lumpkin, James, 1854 July 29
2	25	Lumpkin, James, 1854 August 14
2	26	Lumpkin, James, 1854 August 14
2	27	Lumpkin, James, 1854 September 6
2	28	Lumpkin, James, 1854 November 2
2	29	Lumpkin, James, 1854 December 3
2	30	Lumpkin, James, 1855 January 28
2	31	Lumpkin, James, 1855 October 21
2	32	Lumpkin, James, 1855 December 16
2	33	Lumpkin, James, 1856 February 3
2	33A	Lumpkin, James and Lumpkin, Joseph H., 1856 February 13
			(2 letters on same paper)
2	34	Lumpkin, James, 1856 March 23
2	35	Lumpkin, James, 1856 August 24
2	36	Lumpkin, James, 1856 October 2
2	37	Lumpkin, James, 1857 June 4
2	38	Lumpkin, James, 1857 October 28
2	39	Empty Folder
2	40	Lumpkin, James
2	41	Lumpkin, Joseph T., 1853 September 29
2	42	Lumpkin, Joseph T., 1854 August 30
2	43	Lumpkin, Joseph T., ? August 24
2	44	Lumpkin, Joseph T.
2	45	Lumpkin, Louisa, 1853 March 30
2	46	Lumpkin, Louisa, 1856
2	47	Lumpkin, Louisa (?)
2	48	Lumpkin, M. Grieve, 1852 November 28
2	49	Lumpkin, M. Grieve, 1854 June 23
2	50	Lumpkin, M. Grieve, 1854 September 3
2	51	Lumpkin, M. Grieve
2	52	Lumpkin, Maggie, 1853 June(?)
2	53	Lumpkin, Maggie, Undated
2	54	Lumpkin, Maggie, Undated
2	55	Lumpkin, Maggie, Undated
2	56	Lumpkin, Maggie, Undated
2	57	Lumpkin, Maggie, Undated
2	58	Miller, Sam, 1845 May
2	59	Perkins, Elisa A., 1852 February 26
2	60	Perkins, Elisa A., 1855 November 25
2	61	Perkins, Elisa A., 1855 December 4
2	62	Perkins, Elisa A., 1855 December 12
2	63	Perkins, Elisa A., 1856 February 22
2	64	Perkins, Elisa A., 1856 March 20
2	65	Perkins, Eliza A., 1856 December 27
2	66	Pleasants (?), W.M., 1852 January 25
2	67	Sparks, W.H., 1861 May 6
2	68	"Tid"
2	69	"Tid"
2	70	"Tid"
2	71	Tutt (?), S.C.
2	72	Watthall, Ann Elizabeth, 1856 April 15
2	73	Young (?)

 

2. Letters from Joseph H. Lumpkin
box	folder
Request box
3	1	1821 February 4
3	2	1840 April 11
3	3	1841 May 17
3	4	1845 April 4
3	5	1846 February 29
3	6	1847 January 18
3	7	1848 December 26?
3	8	1849 January 15
3	9	1849 January 18
3	10	1851 December 28
3	11	1852 January 28
3	12	1852 April 12
3	13	1852 May 16
3	14	Empty Folder
3	15	1852 June 11
3	16	1852 June 20
3	17	1852 June 29
3	18	1852 August 3
3	19	1852 August 6
3	20	1852 August 29
3	21	1852 September 12
3	22	1852 September 26
3	23	1853 January 9
3	24	1853 July 31
3	25	1853 August 5
3	26	1853 August 11
3	27	1853 August 20
3	28	1853 September 4
3	29	1853 September 7
3	30	1853 September 9
3	31	1853 September 18
3	32	1853 September 22
3	33	Empty Folder
3	34	1853 October 13
3	35	1853 October 24
3	36	Empty Folder
3	37	circa 1853
			(also includes letter dated 1852 November 5 from James Lumpkin)
3	38	1854 January 10
3	39	1854 February 7
3	39A	1854 February 28
3	39B	1854 March 5
3	40	1854? March 12
3	41	1854 April 3
3	42	1854 May 30
3	43	1854 June
3	44	1854 July 17
3	45	1854 July 19
3	46	1854 August 10
3	47	1854 August 18
3	48	1854 August 29
3	49	1854 September 18
3	50	1854 September 26
3	51	1854 October 7
3	52	1854 November 15
3	53	1854 December 4
3	54	1854
			(also includes letter from James Lumpkin)
3	55	1855 January 20
3	56	1855 January 29
3	57	1855 February 2
3	58	Date approximate, 1855 March 26
3	59	1855 October 25
			(also includes undated letter from Marion Cobb)
3	60	1855 October 29
3	61	1855 November 4
3	62	1855 November 9
3	63	1855 November 9
3	64	1855 November 14
3	65	1855 November 22
3	66	1855 November 23
3	67	1855 December 16
3	68	1855 December 26
box	folder
Request box
4	1	1856 February 2
4	2	1856 February 14
4	3	1856 February 15
4	4	1856 February 19
4	5	1856 February 24
4	6	1856 February 29
4	7	1856 March 2
4	8	1856 March 3
			(also includes letter dated 1856 March 27 from Eddy Lumpkin)
4	9	1856 March 18
4	10	1856 March 24
4	11	1856 March 30
4	12	1856 April 17
4	13	1856 April 24
4	14	1856 May 1
4	15	1856 June 25
4	16	1856 July 8
4	17	1856 August 15
4	18	1856 September 4
4	19	1856 September 5
4	20	1856 September 7
4	21	Empty Folder
4	22	1856 September 9
4	23	1856 September 25
4	24	1856 September 29
4	25	1856 December 12
4	26	1856 December 23
4	27	1856 December 26
4	28	1856 December 29
4	29	1857 January 2
4	30	1857 February 15
4	31	1857 April 26
4	32	1857 June 20
4	33	1857 June 26
4	34	1857 July 6
4	35	1857 July 13
4	36	1858 July 6
4	37	1859 April 5
4	38	1859 May 6
4	39	1861 June 8
4	40	1862 March 15
4	41	Undated
4	42	Undated
4	43	Undated
4	44	Undated
4	45	Undated
4	46	Undated
4	47	Undated
4	48	Undated
4	49	Undated
4	50	Undated
4	51	Undated
4	52	Undated
4	53	Undated
4	54	Empty Folder
4	55	Undated
4	56	Undated
4	57	Undated
4	58	Undated
4	59	Undated
4	60	Undated
4	61	Undated
4	62	Undated
4	63	Undated
4	64	Undated
4	65	Undated
4	66	Undated
4	67	Undated
4	68	Undated
4	69	Undated
4	70	Undated
4	71	Undated
4	72	Undated
4	73	Undated
4	74	Undated
4	75	Undated

 

3. Unidentified letters and other items
box	folder
Request box
5	1	Letter. Unidentified (James ?)
5	2	Letter. Unidentified (Matilda ?)
5	3	Letter. Unidentified (Janey ?)
5	4	Letter. Unidentified
5	5	Letter. Unidentidfied, incomplete
5	6	Letter fragment
5	7	Letter fragment
5	8	Certificate, 1851 June 20
5	9	Clipping
5	10	Clipping
5	11	Clipping
5	12	Clipping
5	13	Clipping
5	14	Clipping
5	15	Clipping
5	16	Clipping
5	17	Clipping
5	18	Clipping
5	19	Clipping
5	20	Invitation, 1854
5	21	Miscellaneous note
5	22	Miscellaneous note
5	23	Miscellaneous note
5	24	Printed material
5	25	Receipt, 1855 October 4
5	26	Recipe
5	27	Writing
5	28	Writing
5	29	Writing
5	30	Writing
5	31	Writing
5	32	Writing