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Mixon family land transactions
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Mixon family |
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Dates: |
1785-1910 |
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The collection consists of papers concerning land transactions of the Mixon family of Burke County, Georgia from 1785-1910.
The legal documents include plats, quitclaim deeds, conveyances, and warranty deeds. Also included are Appointments to administer
and make an inventory of estates, and inventories and appraisements of estates of Mixon family members.
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ms1481 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Boyt and DeLoach records
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Morgan, Jack |
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Dates: |
after 1968 |
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The collection consists of a typewritten genealogical account of the Boyt and DeLoach families entitled "Boyt and DeLoach
Records," compiled by Jack Morgan of Thomaston, Georgia. The account includes records (copied from censuses) of marriages,
names of children, and deaths in the Boyt and DeLoach families of Burke County and Upson County in Georgia, 1783-approximately
1968.
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ms1554 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Maps of lands granted in Burke and Jefferson Counties
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Little, Delbert M. |
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Dates: |
1755-1797 |
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The collection consists of copies of a series of maps of the Louisville and Big Buckhead Creek area of Georgia. The maps were
prepared by Delbert M. Little of Boise, Idaho, as part of his research into William Little (1753-1800), member of the Georgia
General Assembly and Executive Council, as well as delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1789. The maps are based
upon grants and plats in the Georgia Surveyor General Department and plats in the Superior Court of Jefferson County. Locations
of some grants is speculative.
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ms2175 |
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Hargrett Map Collection |
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Annie Reid Mackenzie collection
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Mackenzie, Annie Reid, 1878-1974 |
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Dates: |
1940-1953 |
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The collection consists of five notebooks (four are disbound) containing handwritten lists and abstracts of deeds, wills,
and naturalizations found in the Burke County Courthouse and the Georgia Department of Archives and History. The collection
also includes The Chronicles of Burke 1977-1953, an unpublished manuscript on the history of Burke County, Georgia, by Annie
Reid Mackenzie.
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Identifier: |
ms2497 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Seaborn Jones family papers
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Jones family |
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Dates: |
1813-1966 |
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The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, legal papers, financial papers, writings, photographs,
printed material and artifacts. The correspondence includes family, personal, business letters, and several Civil War Letters.
There are also letters and notes from tenants who worked on the Jones' plantations, which included Ogeechee, Crab Apple, and
Canaan. Legal matters consist of cases the firm handled, deeds, estate papers, fi fas, bonds for title, wills, contracts,
and guardianship papers. The firm John J. Jones & Son served as counsel for the Central of Georgia Railway, and these lawsuits
against the railroad often involved the killing of cows and pigs on the tracks. There is material about the Ideal Theatre
built by Seaborn Jones in Waynesboro (GA) for a movie theater. Financial papers include bills and receipts from various stores
and receipts from cotton sales. Writings include information on the history of Canaan plantation and a diary by John James
Jones about his trip to Europe in 1926.
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ms3730 |
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Hargrett Library |
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