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The collection consists of the last will and testament of Absolam Janes of Greene County, Georgia dividing his property amongst his children: Cornelia M. Sanders (7 enslaved people, 745 acres of land, $750 in sundry); Thomas P. Janes (8 slaved people, furniture, 520 acres of land); Nancy W. McWhorter (7 slaved people, furniture and a house); Mary E. Janes (11 slaved people, a cash settlement of $6,000); and grandchildren Robert McWhorter (25 shares Georgia RR and Banking stock), all remaining property is to be equally divided between the children Cornelia Sanders, Thomas Janes, Mary Janes, Felix Janes, Susan Janes and Cordelia Janes.

This collection contains a photograph of the Smithonia Sawmill taken in the late 1800s, as well as a 1975 survey of the estate by J. L. Todd Auction Co.

The collection consists of an abstract of the will of Mrs. Eliza J. Wooten. The will was proved in 1893, and the abstract was made by Mrs. E. L. Smith of Washington, Georgia, and typed by G. E. Wood, Atlanta, Georgia, August 1, 1933.

The collection consists of two items: bound volume of An abstract of the Acts of the Georgia Legislature from 1820, spanning 1820-1837; letter (photocopy) dated June 11, 1979, "Dear Ed," signed "Bill," regarding Bill's beliefs of the ownership and authorship of the book.

The collection contains theatrical and motion picture set designs. Included are color and black and white sketches, pencil tracings, blueprints, photographs, negatives, playbills, printed material, and clippings documenting Mr. Swados' work in the New York theater and in motion pictures.

Series 1. Historical Manuscripts consists of manuscripts relating to Georgia history collected by Telamon Cuyler covering the period 1754-1905. The series includes correspondence; bonds; county records, particularly for Jones County (Ga.); court records; indentures; inventories; land grants; newspaper clippings; and official Georgia government records for the office of the Adjutant General, Comptroller General, Governor, and Treasurer from 1754-1905 (with gaps). Topics documented within the collection include the Georgia militia; the Revolutionary War; Indian affairs in Georgia during the 1830s (particularly treaties); shipping (1770s-1780s); and boundary disputes between Georgia and Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

While the chronological bulk of the records from the Frederick C. Davison Papers covers his tenure as President of the University of Georgia from 1967 to 1986, there are also documents to be found in the papers dating from as early as 1937 and as recently as 1988. The broad groupings within the Davison papers do not break geographically into cohesive series, beyond certain interactions with entities such as the university system Board of Regents, but it is fair to characterize several broad subject categories as series by virtue of the volume of records present in the accession. It should be noted that the location of records within certain of these series may well not be confined to a single geography within the larger body of Davison records. 1) Administrative Interactions with Deans and Vice Presidents 2) Athletics 3) Correspondence File 4) Developmental Studies 5) Inaugural Files. 6) Speeches 7) Student Affairs/Student Unrest 8) University of Georgia Bicentennial 9) University System of Georgia/Board of Regents.

The collection consists of a five-page abstract of title that summarizes certain real estate transactions in Montgomery County occuring between 1775 January 3 and 1866 November 26.

The collection consists of notes, clippings, photographs, correspondence and other information pertaining to the LeConte and allied families (including the Anderson, Hollifield and Perkins families) that formed the basis of Richard LeConte Anderson's three volume work on his family's genealogy. The book was published shortly after his death in 1981.