Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. family papers
Creator: Jones family
Inclusive Dates: circa 1749-1930
Language(s): English
Extent: 7.5 Linear Feet (18 boxes & 5 oversized folders)
Collection Number: ms215
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Rev. Charles Colcock Jones, Sr. (1804-1863), Presbyterian clergyman and planter, married Mary Jones and resided in Liberty County, Georgia.

His son, Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. (1831-1893), lawyer and historian, married first Ruth Berrien Whitehead, then Eva Berrien Eve and resided in Savannah, Georgia. "Known as the 'Macaulay of the South,' Charles C. Jones Jr. was the foremost Georgia historian of the nineteenth century. Also a noted autograph and manuscript collector and an accomplished amateur archaeologist, Jones in later years became a prominent memorialist of the Lost Cause and critic of the New South." - "Charles C. Jones Jr." New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Charles Colcock Jones, Jr's son Charles Edgeworth Jones was an historian as well. He authored a widely read comprehensive history of Georgia education titled "Education in Georgia."

Scope and Content

The collection consists of papers of the Rev. Charles Colcock Jones family of Liberty County, Georgia from ca. 1749-1909. The early letters (1850-1861) are between Charles Colcock Jones and Mary Jones in Liberty County, Georgia and their son, Charles Jr., while at school in Princeton and Harvard and later in Savannah (Ga.) where he set up his law practice. The letters discuss social and family life, plantation life, politics and government, religious philosophies, and events leading up to the Civil War. From 1861-1865, Charles Jr.'s letters chronicle his involvement as an officer in the Chatham Artillery stationed along the Georgia coast near Savannah, then Charleston and James Island (S.C.), and Jacksonville (Fla.). After the war, the personal correspondence is mainly between Charles Jr., his mother Mary Jones, his wife Eva Eve Jones, and his brother Joseph Jones. There is also a smattering of correspondence regarding his law practice.

The collection also contains two volumes of letters Eva Eve Jones wrote to family describing her travels through Europe in 1879, manuscripts of Charles Jr.'s writings on Georgia history, Charles Jr.'s speeches including an 1861 speech to the Chatham Artillery, and addresses (1886-1892) he gave before the Confederate Survivors Association. Also included is a copy of the original manuscript for William Bartram's book Observations on the Creek and Cherokee Indians attributed to Ephraim G. Sqier (1821-1888). The manuscript contains tracings of Bartram's drawing of prehistoric mounds, Creek towns, and Cherokee and Creek structures not found in the published work.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged by record type.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. family papers, ms215, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 July 21.

General Notes

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in Other Repositories

See also photographic materials from this collection that were removed to the Cased Image Collection, ms3529.TEMP.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

Genealogy and Biography

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Genealogy and biography

 

Business and Legal Documents
		Series 2. Business and Legal Documents contains a vast array of business, financial, and other legal transactions important in colonial Georgia. While these legal and business transaction do not always take place directly within the Jones familythey are nonetheless related. Several early documents include wills, deeds, estates and signatures of distant forebears of the Jones family and notable Georgia figures; later documents indicate financial transactions, debts, and indentures, some of which relates to the Jones Plantation. For related material, see the first few folders of Series 3. Correspondence, wherein are mixed with the correspondence some Jones family business letters and legal documents.
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1	2	Splatt, John of South Carolina. Will, (fragments), 1749
1	3	Masses, Joseph. Grant, 1757
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6		Mackay, Patrick. Release to James Sperinck [oversize], 1760?
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1	5	Gibbons, Jos. Deed. (w/Zubly signature), 1761
1	6	Maybank, David. Estate, 1769
1	7	Crooke, Heriot. Lease, (fragments), 1775
1	8	Streetman, Sarah. Deed (includes seal), 1785-1793
1	9	Telfair, Edward. Signature, 1786
1	10	Maybank, Andrew. Will (fragment), undated
1	11	Stewart, James. Way, Thomas. Girardeau, Richard. Land plats, no date
1	12	Georgia Seals. Royal and 1799., 1799
1	13	Business Documents - Deeds, indentures and land plats (includes Liberty, Burke, and Richmond counties), 1783-1787
1	14	Indentures, deeds, and receipts, 1780-1797
1	15	Receipts, indentures and commissions (includes some Jones Plantation records), 1830-1839
1	16	Financial papers and legal documents (including receipts, bonds, letters of introduction), 1777-1826
				Signature of Hon. Augustin S. Clayton (fragment)

 

Jones Family Correspondence
		Series 3. Correspondence comprises the largest series of the collection and spans the years XXXX to XXXX, documenting the Jones family for 4 generations / decades of the Jones family. Generation shifts can be tracked by the correspondents and subject matter. The correspondence is divided into 6 subseries: Subseries 3.1 Early Correspondence consisting of Legal Documents and letters regarding John Jones and Rev. Charles Colcock Jones, Sr.: The first few folders this subseries also contain Jones family business letters and legal documents mixed in with the correspondence.Subseries 3.2 Correspondence between Rev. Charles Colcock Jones, Sr. and C. C. Jones, Jr. while away at school: This subseries consists of letters written by Rev. Charles Colcock Jones, Sr. and his wife Mary Jones to their sons studying in Princeton. Letters from the sons to the parents are also included. Additionally, some folders contain speeches written by C.C. Jones Jr. on the concept of beauty, and one titled "National Attachments" as well as a poem entitled "The Old Oak Tree."Subseries 3.3 C.C. Jones, Jr. professional correspondence: This subseries consists of correspondence during C.C. Jones, Jr.'s time in Savannah as a laywer and mayor, and while he was a lieutenant colonel in the Civil War. The appearance of Ward, Owens, and Jones law firm stationary signifies Jones becoming an established lawyer in Savannah. Around box 5, the letters shift from predominantly family correspondence to correspondence between C. C. Jones, Jr. and Eva Eve Jones. Scattered among this subseries are civil war documents and business letters. Subseries 3.4 C.C. Jones, Jr. later correspondence, including letters to son Charles Edgeworth Jones: While this subseries mostly consists of C.C. Jones, Jr's correspondence with lawyers and statesmen, letters to son Charles Edgeworth Jones, studying at the University of Georgia, become more frequent and lengthy.Subseries 3.5 Undated C.C. Jones, Jr. Correspondence: Include both incoming and outgoing letters, drafts of speeches and miscellaneous research from all periods of C.C. Jones, Jr.'s life.Subseries 3.6 Charles Edgeworth Jones Correspondence. Consists of mainly incoming letters containing replies to Edgeworth's various research queries. Included are several printed articles, clippings, and signatures.
	Early Correspondence consisting of Legal Documents and letters regarding John Jones and Rev. Charles Colcock Jones, Sr.
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1	17		John Jones correspondence (with Mary Jones and George Walton), 1779-1797
1	18		Letters - various correspondents , 1807-1829
1	19		Joseph Jones estate letters , circa 1846
1	20		Charles Colcock Jones, Sr. letters and business documents, 1843-1849
	Correspondence between Rev. Charles Colcock Jones, Sr. and C. C. Jones, Jr. while away at school
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1	21		Letters, 1850
1	22		Letters and C. C. Jones, Jr. speeches on genius and beauty, 1851-January-June
1	23		Letters and C. C. Jones, Jr. speech "National Attachment", 1851-July-December
1	24		Letters and C. C. Jones, Jr. speech "Great Men the Glory of their Country", 1852-January-June
1	25		Letters, account records, and Centennial Odes, 1852-July-December
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2	1		Letters, 1853-January-August
2	2		Letters and poem "The Old Oak Tree", 1853-September-December
2	3		Letters, 1854-January-June
2	4		Letters, 1854-July-December
2	5		Letters, 1855
2	6		Letters, 1856-January-March
2	7		Letters, 1856-April-September
2	8		Letters, 1856-October-December
2	9		Letters, 1857 January-June
2	10		Letters, 1857 July-December
2	11		Letters, 1858 January-May
2	12		Letters, including some from Mary Jones to Daughter, 1858 June-December
2	13		Letters, 1859 January-March
2	14		Letters , 1859 April-August
	C.C. Jones, Jr. professional correspondence
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2	15		Letters, some written on Ward, Jackson and Jones Law Firm stationary, 1859 September-October
2	16		Letters, 1859 November-December
2	17		Letters, 1860 January-March
2	18		Letters, including stocks of the Milledgeville Railroad Company, 1860 April-June
2	19		Letters, 1860 July-September
2	20		Letters, including a clipping from the reopening of the Charleston-Savannah railroad, 1860 October-December
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3	1		Letters, 1861 January-March
3	2		Letters, 1861 April-May
3	3		Letters, 1861 June-July
3	4		Letters, 1861 August
3	5		Letters, 1861 September
3	6		Letters, 1861 October
3	7		Letters, with C. C. Jones, Jr.'s letters originating from Head Quarters Chatham Artillery, 1861 November
3	8		Letters, 1861 December
3	9		Letters, 1862 January
3	10		Letters, 1862 February
3	11		Letters, 1862 March
3	12		Letters, 1862 April
3	13		Letters, 1862 May
3	14		Letters, including a Reciept Roll of Hired Men and a Reciept Roll of Men on Extra Duty, 1862 June
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4	1		Letters, including a copy of James Carter's Bill, a Monthly Summary Statement, a Reciept Roll of Hired Men and two Rolls of Enlisted Men employed upon Extra Duty, 1862 July
4	2		Letters, including a copy of a reciept to Dr. Daniel O'Connor, a Reciept Roll of Men on Extra Duty, and a Monthly Summary Statement, 1862 August
4	3		Letters, including a copy of a reciept to Dr. Daniel O'Connor, a letter written on Ward, Jackson and Jones stationary with Jackson's name scratched out, a copy of a recipet to Dr. J. B. Marshall + Bro, and a Reciept Roll of Hired Men, 1862 September
4	4		Letters, 1862 October
4	5		Letters, 1862 November
4	6		Letters, 1862 December
4	7		Letters, 1863 January 1-15
4	8		Letters, 1863 January 16-31
4	9		Letters, 1863 February 1-12
4	10		Letters, 1863 February 13-28
4	11		Letters, 1863 March 1-15
4	12		Letters, 1863 March 16-31
4	13		Letters, 1863 April 1-15
4	14		Letters, 1863 April 16-30
4	15		Letters, 1863 May 1-15
4	16		Letters, 1863 May 16-31
4	17		Letters, including Letters of Administration of William J. Eve, 1863 June 1-15
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5	1		Letters, including a poem titled "The Solace" and an epistle from Eva, 1863 June 16-30
5	2		Letters, 1863 July 1-15
5	3		Letters, including a subscription to the Southern Presbyterian Review, 1863 July 16-31
5	4		Letters, 1863 August 1-15
5	5		Letters, 1863 August 16-31
5	6		Letters, 1863 September 1-15
5	7		Letters, 1863 September 16-30
5	8		Letters, 1863-October 1-15
5	9		Letters, 1863 October 16-31
5	10		Letters, including a subscription to the Morning News and a policy from Southern Mutual Insurance Company, 1863 November & December
5	11		Letters, including bills from the Savannah Gas Light Company, 1864 January
5	12		Letters, including a copy of the appraisement of the Estate of William J. Eve, 1864 February
5	13		Letters, including a poem titled "Our Boy in the Army", 1864 March 1-12
5	14		Letters, 1864 March 13-31
5	15		Letters, 1864 April
5	16		Letters, 1864 May-July
5	17		Letters, 1864 August
			(Artillery Rangers here)
				Confederate Flag notebook containing artillery ranges of various weapons
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6	1		Letters, 1864 September
6	2		Letters, 1864 October
6	3		Letters, 1864 November
6	4		Letters, 1864 December
6	5		Letters, 1865 January-July
6	6		Letters, 1865 August
6	7		Letters, 1865 September
6	8		Letters, 1865 October-December
6	9		Letters, 1866 January-February
6	10		Letters, 1866 March-December
6	11		Letters, 1867
6	12		Letters, 1868 January-March
6	13		Letters, 1868 April-June
6	14		Letters, 1868 July-December
6	15		Letters, 1869
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7	1		Letters, 1870
7	2		Letters, 1871
7	3		Letters, 1872
7	4		Letters, including mostly letters to "Auntie (J.M. Cumming? Emma O. Smith?)," and some childhood notes from Charles Edgeworth Jones, C. C. Jones, Jr's son, 1873
7	5		Letters, including letters to Edgeworth from aunts and uncles, 1874
7	6		Letters, 1875
7	7		Letters, 1876 January-June
7	8		Letters, 1876 July-September
7	9		Letters, including a London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company statement for Mr. Philo C. Eve, 1876 October-December
7	10		Letters, 1877 January-June
7	11		Letters, including a pamphlet from the "Congres International Des Americanistes" and a "Memorandum of Agreement", 1877 July-December
7	12		Letters, 1878 January-June
7	13		Letters, 1878 July-December
7	14		Letters, 1879 January-June
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8	1		Letters, 1879 July-August
8	2		Letters, 1879 September-December
8	3		Letters, 1880
8	4		Letters, 1881
8	5		Letters, 1881
	C.C. Jones, Jr. later correspondence, including letters to son Charles Edgeworth Jones
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8	6		Letters, 1883
8	7		Letters, including a clippings of an address delivered before the Confederate Survivor's Association by C. C. Jones, Jr., 1884
8	8		Letters, 1885-1886
8	9		Letters, including writing "A Venetian Episode in Augusta, and what came of it", 1887
8	10		Letters, 1888
8	11		Letters, including a letter by Gov. Gordon appointing C.C. Jones, Jr. the Chairman of the Georgia Commission at the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington , 1889 January-April
8	12		Letters, including letters and condolences regarding the death of the sister of C.C. Jones, Jr. , 1889 May-December
8	13		Letters, 1890
8	14		Letters, 1891
8	15		Letters, 1892
8	16		Letters, including letters of condolence regarding the death of C.C. Jones, Jr., 1893-1899
	Undated C.C. Jones, Jr. Correspondence
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8	17		Letters, Undated
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9	1		Letters, Undated
9	2		Letters, Undated
9	3		Letters, Undated
9	4		Letters, Undated
9	5		Letters, Undated
9	6		Letters, Undated
9	7		Letters, Undated
	Charles Edgeworth Jones Correspondence
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9	8		Letters, 1887-1889
9	9		Letters, 1890-1892
9	10		Letters, 1893 January-June
9	11		Letters, 1893 July
9	12		Letters, 1893 August 1-24
9	13		Letters, 1893 August 25-31
9	14		Letters, 1893 September-December
9	15		Letters, 1894 January-June
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10	1		Letters, 1894 July-December
10	2		Letters, 1895
10	3		Letters, 1896
10	4		Letters, 1897
10	5		Letters, 1898
10	6		Letters, 1899
10	7		Letters, 1900-1919
10	8		Letters, 1920-1930
10	9		Letters, undated

 

Charles Edgeworth Jones papers
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10	10	Clippings
10	11	Charles Edgeworth Jones List of the writings of C.C. Jones, Jr.
10	12	Latin examination , 1884 July 5
10	13	Greek examinations, 1883, 1884
10	14	Education in Georgia by Charles Edgeworth Jones, 1889
10	15	Correspondence re: Education in GA
10	16	Clippings, Pictures, Notes re: Education in GA
10	17	Commonplace Book
10	18	Biographical sketch of Dr. Joseph Jones written by Charles E. Jones
		This is a biographical sketch of Dr. Joseph Jones written by Charles Edgeworth Jones. The biography was published in the 1890-1891 Christmas issue of the magazine Dixie and appears on pp. 962-1043. There are also 7 ALS pasted in the pages of the magazine and seven newspaper clippings laid in.

 

Manuscripts
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11	1	"Cleburne's Letter", 1864 January 2
11	2	"Monument-- Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton - Signers from Georgia of the Declaration of Independence"
11	3	"The Recent Freshet and its Lesson"
11	4	"Military Operations in GA during the War between the States"
11	5	"Negro Slaves and their relations to Confederate Government during the Civil War"
11	6	"The Settlement of Jews in Georgia"
11	7	"History of Georgia." Ch. 1-5
11	8	"History of Georgia." Ch. 6-10
11	9	"History of Georgia." Ch. 11-15
11	10	"History of Georgia." Ch. 16-19
11	11	"History of Georgia." Ch. 20-22
11	12	"History of Georgia." Ch. 23-24
11	13	"Was It A Ghost?"
11	14	"Negro Boat Song"
11	15	"Negro Myths from GA Coast."
11	16	"Indian Language" (Bound)
11	17	"Improved Muzzle and Rear Sights for Field Pieces, Seige Guns and Cannon in Fixed Batteries"
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12	1	"History of Augusta, GA during 18th Century." Ch. 1-3
12	2	"History of Augusta, GA during 18th Century" Ch. 4-6
12	3	"History of Augusta, GA during 18th Century" Ch. 7-11
12	4	"History of Augusta, GA during 18th Century" Ch. 12-14
12	5	"Indian Remains" (bound) (Bound)
12	1	"Address before the Confederate Survivors Association" (bound), April 26, 1886 (bound volume)
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13	1	"Oration before the Chatham Artillery", May 1, 1861 (bound volume)
13	2	"Aboriginal Remains in Southern Georgia" (bound) (Bound)
13	1	"Account of the Indians of The South with A Description of the Aboriginal Monuments of the Southern States" by William Bartram (Bound)
			copy of Bartram manuscript

 

Notebooks, Journals, Commonplace Books, and Day Books
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13	2	Unidentified journal, 1815
13	3	Hodgson Journal, including a typed transcription, 1864 November & December
			Hodgson Journal, November & December
13	4	Eva Eve Jones Correspondence Notebook, 1861-1863
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14	1	Commonplace book, Eva Eve Jones, 1872
14	2	Jones, Eva Eve, "Memories of Europe" Vol I, 1879 Summer
14	3	Jones, Eva Eve, "Memories of Europe" Vol II, 1879 Summer
14	4	Charles Edgeworth Jones Autograph book
14	5	Philoclea Casey Autograph & Note Book
14	6	Commonplace Book
14	7	Commonplace Book
14	7	Scrapbook
14	8	Clippings removed from scrapbook
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15	1	Scrapbook
15	2	Papers from scrapbook
15	2	Mt. Vernon Assn. Account Book, Philoclea Casey Eve
15	3	Mt. Vernon Assn. Corres. & Documents, Philoclea Casey Eve
15	4	Botany Notebook
15	5	Journal of Sarah Eve Transcript by Eva Eve Jones
15	6	Correspondence & Notes re Sarah Eve Journal

 

Estate and Property Documents
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15	7	Misc. Property Inventories
15	8	Marriage settlements
15	9	Papers re the Estate of Caroline S. Jones, Returns and Accounts with vouchers, 1878
15	10	Papers re the Estate of Caroline S. Jones, Returns and Accounts with vouchers, 1879-1880
15	11	Papers re the Estate of Caroline S. Jones, Returns and Accounts with vouchers, 1881-1882
15	12	Papers re the Estate of Caroline S. Jones, Returns and Accounts with vouchers, 1883-1884
15	13	Papers re the Estate of Caroline S. Jones, Returns and Accounts, 1885
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16	1	Papers re the Estate of Caroline S. Jones, Returns and Accounts with vouchers, 1886-1887
16	2	Papers re the Estate of Caroline S. Jones, Returns and Accounts with vouchers, 1888-1889
16	3	Papers re the estate of Caroline S. Jones, returns and accounts with vouchers, 1890-1891
16	4	Papers re the estate of Caroline S. Jones, petitions, 1879-1885
16	5	Papers re the estate of Caroline S. Jones, correspondence, April 10, 1884-April 2, 1886
16	6	Papers re the estate of Caroline S. Jones, correspondence, June 21, 1886-October 1887
16	7	Papers re the estate of Caroline S. Jones, correspondence, January 12, 1888-September 12, 1889
16	8	Papers re the estate of Caroline S. Jones, checks and misc.
16	9	Miscellaneous deeds, 1774-1864
16	10	Miscellaneous deeds, 1870-1874
16	11	Miscellaneous bills and receipts, 1831-1893
16	12	Lease. P. E. Eve to Owen P. Fitzsimmons, 1869
16	13	Fragmented deeds

 

Miscellaneous
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17	1	Miscellaneous Printed Material
17	2	Notices of the Excursion of the Chatham Artillery to Nashville
17	3	Articles by C. C. Jones, Jr. (printed)
17	4	Maps
17	5	Pictures
17	6	Miscellaneous
17	7	John MacPherson Berrien Material
17	8	Paul Hamilton Hayne
17	9	Safety attachment for stopping runaway horses. Samuel L. Cooper
17	10	Book of Psalms
17	11	Steel Plates. Charles Colcock Jones, Jr.
17	12	Cotton sales, 1844-1846
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18	1	The Autographic Collection and its Engraved Portraits and Views gathered by the late Colonel Charles Colcock Jones, LL.D. Historian of Georgia
18	2	Clippings

 

Oversize documents

Including maps, plats, land grants, deeds, and indentures, etc.

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Indenture, James and Semor Smith--William Ward Concerning Land in Liberty County, 1 February 1813

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Indenture, William Gibbons--Joseph Gibbons Concerning Land in Franklin County, 12 July 1790

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Document, Appointing Charles C. Jones, Jr., Commissioner of Deeds for the State of Kentucky; Granted By James B. McCreary, Governor, 15 October 1877

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Document, Appointing Charles C. Jones, Jr., Commissioner to Administer Oaths, and Take Depositions and Affadavits for the State of Mississippi, Granted By Benjamin G. Humphreys, Governor, 22 April 1868

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Land Grant to Thomas Smyth Regarding 1000 Acres in Franklin County by George Mathews, Governor (Plat Attached), 24 April 1794

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Land Grant As Above But For Adjacent 1000 Acres

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Indenture, James and Martha Carter--John Peacock, Sr. Concerning Land in Liberty County, 20 October 1801

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Indenture, Matthew and Hannah McAllister--Morgan Mara Regarding Land in Liberty County, 19 October 1816

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Land Survey for James Smith 352.5 Acres in Liberty County, 3 June 1801

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Indenture, Josiah Wilson, Sheriff--Captain P. H. Wilkins Concerning Sheriff's Land Sales in Liberty County, 3 July 1810

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Indenture, Joseph Law, Sr. for the Estate of Arthur Carney--James Smith Regarding Land in Liberty County

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Will of Mark Carr of the Parish of St. Patrick, Dated 8 June 1767, True Copy From the Original Copy Made , 16 November 1791

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Land Grant to Thomas Carter Concerning 200 Acres in the District of Newport (Later Liberty County) with Plat by Yonge and DeBrahm Attached, 15 May 1756

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Plat of Arcadia, the Plantation Owned By Rev. C. C. Jones, in Liberty County, original, 26 August 1848

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Plat of Arcadia, 1848- photocopy (2)

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Plat of Arcadia, original, 1872

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Plat of Land Owned By James Donwody [Dunwody] in Liberty County, original, 27 March 1786

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Dunwody Land Plat, 1786, Photocopy (2)

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Dunwody Land Plat, original, 1816

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Dunwody Land Plat, original, 1828