Boyd family papers, 1810-1986, bulk 1929-1939

Summary

Creator:

Mattox, Mary E. Turner, 1828-1903 and Boyd, Anne M.

Date:

1810-1986, bulk 1929-1939

Extent:

1 Linear Feet 1 box, 1 oversized folder

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Boyd family papers, ms4296, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains Anne Boyd's genealogical notes on the Boyd family as well as letters, postcards, deeds, receipts, and photographs of related families in Georgia during the 19th and 20th centuries.

The bulk of this collection contains the papers of Minnie Branham Stonestreet, a writer for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project during the Great Depression. It includes her notes and drafts for a guidebook of Washington, Georgia; oral histories; and some notes on her work as a genealogist. Also of note are the papers of Luke and Eliza Turner, parents of Mary Mattox. Luke Turner served as a state representative of Wilkes County from 1838-1839.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Federal Writers' Project.
Deeds -- Georgia.
Genealogy.
Family papers.
Correspondence
Deeds.

Names:

Smith, Talford
Turner, Luke
Turner, Eliza P.
Mattox, Mary E. Turner, 1828-1903
Mattox, John Wesley, 1809-1892
Bulloch, Myra
Bulloch, Edward
Briggs, J. D.

Places:

Georgia -- History -- 19th century.
Georgia -- History -- 20th century.
Washington (Ga.)
Greensboro (Ga.)
Oxford (Ga.)
Elbert County (Ga.)
Wilkes County (Ga.)
Centreville (Ga.)

Preferred citation:

Boyd family papers, ms4296, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.