McWhorter family papers, 1859-1998

Summary

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

1859-1998

Extent:

0.5 Linear Feet 1 document box

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

McWhorter family papers, ms3012, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of letters, photographs, biographical information, writings, friendship album (Mary McWhorter), account book (James Hamilton McWhorter, Jr.), and information on family reunions and the family cemetery in Oglethorpe County. Most of the letters were written by the McWhorter brothers to their parents and sisters during the Civil War. Their company moved through many Virginia locations, such as Chancellorsville, Orange Court House, Spotsylvania Court House, Madison Run Station, and Petersburg, where Robert McWhorter was killed in battle on June 20, 1864. There are also several pre-war letters from James McWhorter while he was a student at the University of Georgia. A set of typescripts is included for many of the letters dated 1859-1865. The later correspondence deals mainly with genealogy research done by McWhorter Milner, son of Mary McWhorter Milner. In addition to photographs of the family and the family cemetery, there are three of Grady Memorial Hospital staff in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. W. Hal Moncrief, a friend of McWhorter Milner, was a doctor at the hospital and is in one of the photographs.

Biographical / historical:

Robert Pierce McWhorter (1840-1864), his brother James Hamilton McWhorter, Jr. (1842-1865) and their uncle Major Robert Ligon McWhorter were in Company C, 3rd Georgia Regiment, Wright's Brigade, Greene County, Georgia, "Dawson Grays." The brothers lived in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, with their parents James Hamilton McWhorter (1811-1885) and Eliza Penn McWhorter (1812-1867). Their siblings included Mary (Mollie), Matilda, and Matthew.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Writing.
Poetry.
Typescripts.
Account books
Correspondence
Notes.

Names:

McWhorter Family Cemetery (Oglethorpe County, Ga.) -- Photographs
University of Georgia -- Students--Correspondence
Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 3rd. Company C
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) -- Employees--Photographs
McWhorter Family Cemetery (Oglethorpe County, Ga.) -- Records and correspondence
McWhorter family -- Photographs
McWhorter, James Hamilton, 1842-1865 -- Correspondence
Milner, McWhorter -- Family
McWhorter, Robert Pierce, 1840-1864 -- Correspondence
Moncrief, W. Hal -- Photographs

Places:

Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

Preferred citation:

McWhorter family papers, ms3012, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.