Wray, Thomas (1805-1860), circa 1849

Containers:

Box 18, Folder 1

Scope and content:

Thomas Wray

Physical location:

32108050788101

Physical description:

Plate mark: Scovills (Rinhart hallmark 46c); Plate size: 11 x 8 cm; quarter plate; Mat style: Oval; Case design: Swirl

Other descriptive data:

Planter of Wrayswood, Greene Co., Ga.; enslaved 143 people at the outbreak of Civil War. In the 1840's he also built the Wray-Nicholson housr in Athens (not Christian College of Georgia). Among the children of Thomas and Theodosia C. Wray were Georgette (1836-1838), Philip (1838-1914), Walter (1844-1909), Thomas (d. 1862), and Theodocia, and Frances (1840-1904).

Separated material:

Transferred from Safford Harris collection, ms87

Collection context