Godfrey Barnsley family papers, 1806-1903, bulk 1828-1873

Summary

Creator:
Barnsley, Godfrey, 1805-1873 and Barnsley family
Date:
1806-1903, bulk 1828-1873
Extent:
12.5 Linear Feet (31 document boxes, 1 oversized folder A)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Godfrey Barnsley family papers, MS 1737. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of papers of Godfrey Barnsley and the Barnsley family from 1806-1903. The papers consist mainly of correspondence, letter books, and financial records. The correspondence (bulk 1828-1873) and letter books (1837-1873, with gaps) pertain to personal and business matters relating to Barnsley's occupation as a cotton factor and merchant. Correspondents include Barnsley's business partners John Day, William D. Duncan, John R. Gardner, Edmund M. Sager, and James Sager and family members including his wife Julia Scarborough Barnsley, his uncle George Barnsley of Liverpool, and his children. Many of the family letters were written from Woodlands Plantation in Bartow County, Georgia to Barnsley while he attended to business in Savannah (Ga.), Mobile (Ala.), and New Orleans (La.) and discuss family and plantation matters. Some of the correspondence relates to his position with the Port of Savannah as vice consul and interim of the Netherlands and vice consul for the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The collection also contains transcripts of much of the correspondence.

Biographical / historical:

Godfrey Barnsley (1805-1873), Savannah cotton merchant, born in Derbyshire, England. Married Julia Henrietta Scarborough in 1828, they had eight children and resided at Woodlands in Bartow County, Georgia.

Arrangement:

Arranged into 6 series by record type: Series 1. Genealogy and Correspondence; Series 2. Letterbooks; Series 3. Typescripts; Series 4. General Papers; Series 5. Transcripts (duplicates); and Series 6. Oversized Materials.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Godfrey Barnsley family papers, MS 1737. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.