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Oconee Hill Cemetery papers
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McHatton, Thomas Hubbard |
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Dates: |
1910-1968 |
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The collection consists of notices, horticultural information and copies of deeds. Included is a detailed report from Dr.
McHatton, who tried to interest Athenians in some plan of permanent care and beautification of the cemetery.
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ms2194 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Bill Wooten collection of Georgia land documents
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Creator: |
Wooten, Bill |
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Dates: |
1831-1905 |
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The collection consists of deeds and indentures for properties in the following Georgia counties: Cobb, Bryan, Cherokee, Henry,
and Franklin. The collection also includes the will of Malachi Reeves, a plat in Bryan County, Georgia signed by William Schley,
and a plat signed by Wilson Lumpkin.
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ms2510 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Williford family papers
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Williford family |
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Dates: |
1811-1918 |
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The collection consists of land grants, deeds and land plats of Henry Williford and William Williford in Madison County, Georgia.
Also included are receipts, fragments of deeds and sales papers, and a photocopy of a letter from Robert B. Williford to Lucile
Moon, 1918.
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ms2843 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Gardner family papers
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Creator: |
Unknown |
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Dates: |
1849-1941 |
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The collection consists of deeds, maps, and letters related to Gardner family ownership of a Lee County farm.
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ms3237 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Harden-Pruitt family papers
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Creator: |
Harden family |
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Dates: |
1814-1960 |
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The collection consists of genealogy including photocopies of Bible records and a compilation of Harden descendants of William
Harden (1720-1760). Letters are written by various people, including Marion Antoinette Harden, and are addressed to Dr. R.
R. Harden, William Preston Harden, Willis N. Harden, and Mrs. Ada Harden. The collection also contains accounts, deeds, and
photographs of family members.
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ms3573 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Ruth, Paine, and Reaves families papers
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Creator: |
Paine family |
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Dates: |
1893-1995 |
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This collection contains the papers of the Ruth, Paine, and Reaves families including correspodence, surveyes, maps, drawings,
and records regarding Rufus K. Reaves' land and gold mine in Raburn County, Georgia and Joseph P. Ruth's mine and company,
Ruth Locomotive Company, in Denver, Colorado.
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Identifier: |
ms4275 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John Clark family papers
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Clark family |
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Dates: |
1826-1862 |
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The collection consists of papers relating to the settlement of John Clark's estate and the activities of his heirs from 1826-1862.
The papers include inventories of property, deeds, plat maps, correspondence, and copies of court records. The materials mainly
document land transfers and land claims in Florida often with the St. Andrews & Chipola Canal & Railroad Company. Correspondents
include Ann Clark Campbell, John W. Campbell, Richard H. Long, and Thomas Baltzell.
The collection included a broadside, Pensacola Gazette Extra Saturday, BRO 1826 P4, which has been added to the broadside
collection.
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ms547 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Newsom deed and farming journal
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Creator: |
Newsom family |
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Dates: |
after 1838 |
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The collection consists of two items: a journal entitled "Plan. Experience of Farming of N. J. Newsom, 1885," pertaining to
labor, fertilizer, fencing, mules, wages, and equipment involved in farming; deed signed in Washington County, Georgia, stating
Joeday Newsom leaves two lots of "negroes" to his children, dated 1838. The reverse side contains valuation of the two lots
of "negro slaves," and is dated 1843.
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Identifier: |
ms630 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Fontaine family papers
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Creator: |
Fontaine family |
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Dates: |
1822-1947 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, writings, business papers, and printed material. Most of the business correspondence
concerns Stewart & Fontaine Co., merchants in Columbus, Georgia. The family and personal correspondence is from both the Shorter
and Fontaine families. There is also some Civil war correspondence from Charles S. Shorter, George H. Shorter, and others
who were probably their friends. The business paper include deeds, land grants and various accounts.
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Identifier: |
ms3011 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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Georgia Loan and Trust of Macon, Georgia miscellaneous materials
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Creator: |
Georgia Loan and Trust (Macon, Ga.) |
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Dates: |
1890-1946 |
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The collection consists of indentures, deeds, tax receipts, land plats, and inspector's reports for transactions in Georgia
and Florida counties, many involving The Georgia Loan and Trust of Macon, Georgia and The Scottish American Mortgage Company
of Macon, Georgia, from 1890-1946. Georgia counties include Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Bibb, Bulloch, Carroll, Chattooga,
Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, Decatur, DeKalb, Dodge, Dooly, Fulton, Gordon, Greene, Gwinnett, Haralson, Henry, Houston, Jeff Davis,
Jones, Laurens, Lumpkin, McDuffie, Mitchell, Monroe, Randolph, Talbot, Taliaferro, Terrell, Thomas, Toombs, Webster, Wheeler,
Wilcox, Wilkinson, and Worth. Florida counties include Suwannee, Alachua, Bushnell, Columbia, Ft. Lauderdale and Baker.
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ms3089 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Georgia land documents
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Creator: |
Unknown |
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Dates: |
1814-1922 |
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The collection consists of indentures, dockets, bonds, and land surveys from Clarke, Fulton, Greene, Madison, Oglethorpe,
and Wilkes Counties, in Georgia.
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ms3503 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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William T. Chester papers
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Creator: |
Chester, William T. |
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Dates: |
1867-1890 |
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The collection consists of various papers registered in Whitfield County including last will and testament of William T. Chester
dividing his property amongst his children, William, Mary Elizabeth, Jane and Louvinia. Their subsequent disposal of their
inherited property, various deeds and land transfers of Chester's are also included.
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ms868 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Freeman collection
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Creator: |
Unknown |
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Dates: |
1802-1920 |
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The collection documents the business transactions of the Union City Realty & Trust Co., and Consolidated Trust Co., its owners
and major investors: John A. Phillips, J. H. Harris, Ida Harris, Mrs. M. E. Phillips; their creditors, partners, and many
legal transactions. It proves an interesting perspective on the founding of Union City by land speculators complete with ad
campaign promotions and possibly exploitations. The collection is comprised of correspondence, affidavits, depositions, land
grant copies, land surveys, bonds, deeds, abstracts of titles, mortgages, court summons, petitions, settlements, judgements,
FiFa's, promissory notes, accounts, receipts, stock certificates, news clippings, business cards, a will and a broadside.
The greatest concentration of material is within the 1870-1911 period.
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ms954 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Rufus K. Reaves family papers
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Creator: |
Reaves family |
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Dates: |
1838-1941 |
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The collection consists of papers of Rufus K. Reaves and the Reaves family of Athens, Georgia from 1838 to 1941. Includes
correspondence, maps, reports, legal documents, accounts, receipts, and tax information pertaining to business and mining
activities of Reaves and the Loud Hydraulic Hose Gold Mining Company (White County, Ga.), purchased by Reaves in the 1880s.
The collection also contains materials pertaining to business and legal activities of Rufus K. Reaves, Jr., as well as indentures
and deeds. Also included are the related papers of George W. Center and the Edward Lilly estate.
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ms1068 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John Ray papers
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Creator: |
Ray, John, -1868 |
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Dates: |
1829-1868 |
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The collection consists of John Ray's day book, docket book, and plantation book. The day book records debts collected from
1831-1844, and contains some notes concerning land; and the docket book contains notes of proceedings and filings in court
cases in Coweta County, Georgia Superior Court from 1843-1865. The plantation book records names of enslaved people, and account
of their clothes, rations, and blankets; notes on legal decisions; and recipes for various illnesses, including heart disease,
measles, rheumatism, pneumonia, scarlet fever, and asthma. The collection also includes handwritten papers on heart disease;
promissory notes, deeds and indentures for land in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, a bill of sales for two "Negroes" (named
"Roland, 2 years old, and Randal, about 7 years old"); tax records; and records of White Oak Plantation (Coweta County, Ga.)
and an unidentified plantation. The plantation records record how much cotton was sold (cotton made at White Oak Plantation).
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ms119 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Hammond family papers
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Creator: |
Hammond family |
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Dates: |
1782-1921 |
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The collection consists of documents which deal mainly with land transactions relating to the Hammons / Hammonds and allied
families of Walton, Wilkes and Oglethorpe County, Georgia. There is some Hammond and Ellsbury family genealogy. Some names
involved include: Josiah Amerson, Isaiah C. Brand, W.K. Hammond, Moses Jernigan, Green H. Lirsey, Kinchin Rambo, and William
Trammell.
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ms1523 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Frances West Reid genealogical collection
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Creator: |
Unknown |
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Dates: |
1820-1965 |
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The collection contains genealogy on families of the Athens and Northeast Georgia region, including lineage charts, family
correspondence, deed records, marriage records, wills, and census records. Also included are church and cemetery records from
the region.
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ms2451 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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Benjamin Henry Barrow papers
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Creator: |
Barrow, Benjamin Henry, 1883-1963 |
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Dates: |
1873-1964 |
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The papers consist of biographical information, diaries, field notes, correspondence, legal documents, bills, schoolwork,
photographs, maps, and blueprints.
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ms2765 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Sanders family papers
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Creator: |
Sanders, Dickerson H., 1830?-1915 |
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Dates: |
1824-1915 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, business papers, photographs, printed material, and a diary. There are many love
letters written between D.H. Sanders and Ella Dickinson. The business papers include land grants and indentures, which pertain
to land in Georgia counties. The 1870 diary belonged to Ella Dickinson.
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Identifier: |
ms2916 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Shepherd Green Pryor papers
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Creator: |
Pryor, S. G. (Shepherd Green), 1828-1911 |
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Dates: |
1837-1863 |
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The collection consists of the papers of Shepherd Green Pryor from 1837-1863. The majority of the collection contains letters
(1861-1863) between Green and his wife, Penelope, while he served with Company A of the 12th Georgia Infantry Regiment during
the Civil War. The letters are mainly from camps in Virginia while the Company fought through the Valley Campaign, the Seven
Days Battle, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. The collection also includes deeds, photographs of and biographical
material on the Pryor family of Sumter County (Ga.), and a typescript of most of the Civil War letters.
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ms40 |
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Hargrett Library |
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