John Thomas Mercer family research files, 1820s-2000s

Summary

Creator:
Sherman, David
Date:
1820s-2000s
Extent:
8 Linear Feet (7 boxes, 1 oversized box, 1 oversized folder)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

John Thomas Mercer family research files, ms4059, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains correspondence, land records, wills, photographs, military orders, and research notes about the Mercer, Tift, Wooten, and Sherman families. Included are a series of photographs from the Tift Farm in Albany, Georgia, stock certificates from railroad and banking companies, miltary orders from the Confederate States, and correspondence from the late 1850s American West, and throughout the South during the Civil War.

The audiovisual materials related to this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archives.

Biographical / historical:

John Thomas Mercer (1830-1864) was born in Crawfordville, Georgia to Leonidas Bennington Mercer (1804-1859) and Lovicia Janes (1811-1841). He graduated from the United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.) in 1854. He served as Lt. Colonel in the 4 th Georgia Infantry and Colonel in the 21st Georgia Infantry. He was killed in action on April 18, 1864 in Plymouth, North Carolina.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

John Thomas Mercer family research files, ms4059, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.