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Samuel B. Clark papers
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Clark, Samuel B., 1812-1865 |
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1787-1869 |
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The collection consists of papers of Samuel B. Clark, from 1787-1869. Included are indentures, a land survey, legal documents,
and a plantation journal (1841-1869) containing business records pertaining to the Richmond County homestead, the Burke County
(Georgia) farm, and land in Dooly County (Georgia). Entries include information on slave values, outlays for crops and household
supplies, tax returns for Richmond and Burke counties, financial reports on building the McBean canal, and cotton sales.
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Johnston family papers
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Johnston family |
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1836-1862 |
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The collection consists of papers of the Malcolm Johnston family. Included are correspondences; two small account books; and
Certificate no. 2457, for the purchase of a tract of land in Montgomery, Alabama, by Arthur B. Davis of Muscogee, Georgia.
The collection also includes documents concerning enslaved people owned by the Johnston family: bill of sales for a slave
received by Richard Johnston; wills of Malcolm Johnston and E. L. Johnston; "List of property belonging to M. Johnston," listing
800 acres of land, and the name, sex, age, and monetary value of enslaved people.
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ms1629 |
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Michael Dennis account book
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Dennis, Michael |
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1855-1867 |
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The collection consists of an account book of Michael Dennis for his general store, sawmill, and grist mill in Eatonton, Georgia
from 1855-1867. The ledger entries contain customer's name, items purchased, and price for items such as lumber, household
goods, food, and clothing. Additional entries pertain to hiring out of enslaved people, the sale of beef cattle to the Confederate
government, and later repurchase of the hides.
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ms165 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Hankinson family papers
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Hankinson family |
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1824-1903 |
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The collection consists of papers of the family of Stephen Hankinson and Mary C. Speights from 1824-1903. Papers include a
marriage bond between Hankinson and Speights, the will of Hankinson, papers concerning the ownership of people who were enslaved,
and correspondence to Lee Starke Schieffelin and Corneille S. Schieffelin. The collection also includes a copy of The language
of flowers, "property of Marie Essie Hankinson," an autograph book presented to Marie Essie Hankinson, and two scrapbooks
containing newspaper clippings with poems and concerning current events.
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ms196 |
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John Hall family papers
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Hall, John |
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1806-1958 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, wills and deeds, and accounts of various family members. There are numerous accounts
of the settlement of the John Hall estate, of which James M. Hall was executor. Of special interest are the bills of sale
for enslaved people, freedmen contracts, and plantation overseer accounts. The accounts show the growth of the plantation,
including purchase of enslaved people and supplies and land, operation of a sawmill, sales of cotton, and labor dealings with
the Georgia Penitentiary after the Civil War. There is also a Civil War letter from John W. Shinholster on April 23, 1863
from his camp near Port Hudson, Louisiana.
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ms3667 |
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David Crenshaw Barrow Sr. family papers
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Barrow family |
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1817-1915 |
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The collection consists of papers of the David Crenshaw Barrow Sr. family of Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia from 1817-1915.
The papers include mainly correspondence, financial records, and diaries. The earliest records consist mostly of receipts
and accounts of David Crenshaw Barrow, Sr. and Middleton Pope. The bulk of the correspondence (1850-1883) is between Barrow
and his children David Crenshaw Barrow, Jr.; Ella Patience Barrow (Spalding); James Barrow; Lucy M. Barrow (Cobb); Middleton
Pope Barrow; and Thomas A. Barrow. Some of James Barrow's correspondence was written while a cadet at West Point and then
later during the Civil War serving first in Cobb's Legion in Virginia and later in the 64th Georgia Infantry Regiment in Florida.
There is also an interesting set of correspondence (ca. 1850-1868) to Barrow from overseers at his plantations in Oglethorpe
and Decatur Counties, Georgia; letters relating to his investment in a Florida salt works during the Civil War; and letters
from John H. Lumpkin and William McKinley regarding the secession of Georgia.
The collection also includes diaries (1851-1852, 1856-1858, 1876, 1879) of David Crenshaw Barrow, Sr. mostly detailing farm
and family life and diaries (1868, 1875) of Clara E. Barrow discussing school and social activities.
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ms69 |
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Rebecca Foy diaries
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Foy, Rebecca |
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Dates: |
1778-1864, 1933, 1936 |
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The collection consists of two diaries kept by Rebecca Foy consisting of handwritten accounts of marriages, births, deaths,
illnesses, and remedies for illnesses and nosebleeds. The earliest birth recorded is "Anne Dasher, born Sept. 21, 1778."
The final entry ("My ducks began to lay"), dated 1864. The collection also includes Book I – Vol. I, dated 1936, titled Fay
Family of Effingham County, Georgia. Assorted family papers include: Biography of Edward Edwin Foy (1842-1907), written by
Eloise Eugenia Foy Ward; one letter dated Jan. 31, 1933, addressed to Mrs. Ella Cordona, regarding a letter she had written
attempting to locate George Foy, who had enslaved Cordona; and miscellaneous handwritten accounts of births and deaths of
Foy family descendants.
The diaries mention the purchase of the following enslaved people: Reuben, 1853, age 9; Jake, 1853; Lawrence, 1855; Elbert,
1855, age 12; Monroe and Sam, 1856; Stephen, 1856, age 10; Sam, 1857; Lewis, 1857, age 12. There is also mention of a few
incidents of 'runaways' between 1858 and 1861.
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ms2787 |
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William Cooke plantation book
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Cooke, William |
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1861-1868 |
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The collection consists of "Mr. William Cooke's plantation book, Creighton Island," containing handwritten entries dating
1861-1868. Entries include allowance lists for enslaved people on Creighton Island, and information regarding the number of
hands assigned to a job. The volume also includes description of the weather, local news and events, and entries and accounts
concerning Charles Harris Spalding's probate of his father Thomas Spalding's estate.
Many of the early entries discuss the enslaved population on the plantation including who works in the field, cooks, nurses,
attends to the horses, and serves as blacksmith.
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ms1570 |
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John Ray papers
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Ray, John, -1868 |
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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 people who were enslaved,
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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Andrew Maybank Jones family papers
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Jones, Andrew Maybank |
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1803-1874, 1939 |
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The collection consists of papers of Andrew Maybank Jones and Jones family members from 1803-1874. Materials relating to Andrew
Maybank Jones include correspondence, reports of the University of Georgia, bills of sale, promissory notes, a prayer book,
and an account book of Jones' plantations. Further correspondence are between Charles West and Joseph Jones, Joseph Jones
and Charlton Hines, W. Fleming and Captain Joseph Jones, and Mrs. Electra Dodge and Mary Ann Dodge. The collection also includes
records of cotton sales for Joseph Jones, Confederate States of America money, and newspaper clippings concerning the Confederacy.
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ms1289 |
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Thomas Jones family papers
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Jones, Thomas, active 1852-1858 |
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1819-1889 |
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The collection consists of papers of the Thomas Jones family of Thomas County, Georgia from 1819-1889. Thomas Jones' papers
include lists of taxable property (slaves, land, livestock, and equipment); indentures; and receipts for the purchase of slaves
(names of enslaved people include Adam, a carpenter, Charles, Randal, John, Betsy, Nancy, Abram, Ann, Eliza, Sam, Ned, Bob,
Lucy, Cherry, Nelson, Charlott, Robert, Lindy, and Mary). Letters are from Henry Francis Jones to his sister, and between
Edwin T. Davis and Mattie Davis; and regard battles, military strategy, and military life. Papers of E.T. Davis concern Davis's
military services, and include diary entries with regard to his service with the Dixie Boys of Company A, 57th Georgia Infantry
Regiment. The collection also includes plats, indentures, and writs regarding land in Georgia, mainly Irwin and Thomas counties,
and a portrait of Thomas Jones.
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ms817 |
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Francis R. Goulding papers
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Goulding, F. R. (Francis Robert), 1810-1881 |
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1850-1986 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, patent petitions, manuscripts of writings, notes, and other papers of Goulding;
family correspondence; correspondence with the Georgia State Library, where Goulding's papers were previously housed, and
others concerning the collection; and manuscript by Bilali (Ben Ali), an enslaved Arabic man from Sapelo Island, Ga., and
correspondence, articles, and other papers relating to the manuscript.
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ms2807 |
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Hammond family papers
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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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James Hamilton papers
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Hamilton, James, 1763-1829 |
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1785-1868 |
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The collection consists of papers of James Hamilton from 1785-1868. Papers concern mostly business matters relating to the
Hamilton's merchant/factory businesses of McCredie & Hamilton and Hamilton & Couper of Charleston, South Carolina. Records
include receipts, shipping records, accounts for sales, and invoices. The collection also includes correspondence from Paris,
Liverpool, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Savannah, Baltimore, Embden, St. Simons, Tybee, Palmetto Grove, Wilmington, N.C., Georgetown,
and various inlets. Several letters report on conditions of Hamilton's plantation, including crops and people who are enslaved.
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ms1611 |
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Hargrett Library |
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University of Georgia Board of Trustees correspondence and reports
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University of Georgia. Board of Trustees |
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1866-1932 |
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The collection consists of materials of the University of Georgia's Board of Trustees, including meeting minutes, drafts of
resolutions, annual reports, committee reports, auxiliary reports (such as catalogues, fiduciary documents, recommendations
on degrees, and petitions, including a series of petitions pertaining to the issue of admission of women to the University),
and correspondence.
The Board of Trustee minute books include descriptions of enslavement events and treatment of enslaved people on campus.
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UA02-042 |
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University of Georgia Archives |
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George Wymberley Jones De Renne family papers
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Smith, Julianna |
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1732-1939 |
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The collection consists of papers of the George Wymberley Jones De Renne family of Savannah, Georgia from 1732-1939. The
papers include account books, correspondence, deeds, genealogical materials, indentures, inventories, land grants, legal documents,
newspaper clippings, printed material, and transcripts of historical documents pertaining to Georgia history. The materials
document the activities of the De Renne family and contain information on land transactions in Georgia; estate or plantation
management, particularly Wormsloe Plantation (Savannah, Ga.) and Popular Grove; the Buena Ventura Stock Company and Buena
Ventura Ranch (1883-1884) in Tom Green County (Tex.); book and wine purchases for Wormsloe; and the De Rennes' involvement
in the Georgia Historical Society and the Georgia Bicentennial (1933).
The collection also contains correspondence and other materials pertaining to the George W. Smith family, the Campbell and
Stewart families, and accounts and correspondence (1867-1880) with Thomas A. Biddle & Company (Philadelphia, Pa.). Other
correspondents include Letitia De Renne, Wymberley Jones De Renne, Wymberley Wormsloe De Renne, William Drayton, George Jones,
Inigo Jones, Noble Wymberley Jones, Alva Konkle, Mary Wallace Savage Nuttall, and Julianna Smith.
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E. Merton Coulter manuscript collection
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Coulter, E. Merton (Ellis Merton), 1890-1981 |
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Dates: |
1745-1942 |
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The collection consists of original source material including biographies of prominent Georgians, correspondence of individuals
and families, court records from the Superior Court of Jackson County (Ga.), records relating to the Confederate States of
America and the Civil War in Georgia, reports and lists of children attending impoverished schools in Clarke County (Ga.),
and records relating to slavery in Georgia.
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Cobb, Erwin, and Lamar families collection
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Lamar family |
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1796-1929 |
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The collection consists of personal and business papers of the Cobb, Erwin, and Lamar families from 1796-1929. Early records
deal mainly with the Zachariah Lamar family and include deeds, bonds, land grants, receipts, slave bills of sale, and correspondence.
The period 1811-1928 covers the Lamar, Cobb, and Erwin families and contains correspondence, both business and personal; bills;
receipts; invitations; legal papers; telegrams; tax notices; postcards; case books; letterbooks; scrapbooks; account books;
photographs; and genealogical and biographical information pertaining to the Cobb, Erwin, and Lamar families. Also includes
information on the law practice and legal firms of the Cobb and Erwin families. Of particular interest are Howell Cobb's
order books for the 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment (Cobb's Brigade). The collection includes correspondence and material
relating to the following family members: Zachariah Lamar, Howell Cobb, Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, John Addison Cobb, Sarah Robinson
Rootes Cobb, Mary Ann Lamar Cobb Erwin, and Alexander S. Erwin.
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William Jones family papers
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Jones, William, active 1833-1857 |
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Dates: |
1813-1910 |
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The collection consists of papers of the William Jones family of Augusta, Georgia from 1813-1910. Includes correspondence;
account books, financial records, and receipts relating to Jones' cotton gin business (1833-1857); freedmen contracts; and
legal papers relating to Jones' duties as executor of Marshall Keith's estate and guardian of the Keith children. The correspondence,
mainly to William Jones, pertains to business matters, his guardianship of the Keith children, and family matters. Correspondents
include Sarah Jane Jones Griffin, Arthur W. Jones, William H. Jones, and Sophie Jones. The early materials (1813-1863) pertain
to the Isham Keith family and contain correspondence between Isham, Marshall, and Peter Keith.
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Reverend John Jones family papers
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Jones, John C., active 1830-1860 |
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Dates: |
1775-1928 |
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The collection consists of papers of Reverend John Jones and the Jones family from 1775-1928. Contains extensive family correspondence
(1805-1942) including letters of John Jones; his wife Jane A. Jones; his children John Dunwoody Jones, Mary Cornelia Jones,
Joseph H. Jones, and John C. Jones; his brothers and sisters Reverend Charles C. Jones, Mary Jones, J.N. Jones, and Sallie
A. Dunwoody and her husband William J. Dunwoody. Records relating directly to John Jones include sermons (1830-1883), various
diaries and financial ledgers, legal documents, and materials relating to the Presbyterian Church. The collection contains
some material relating to various Jones family plantations in Georgia including Hopestill and Bonaventure. The papers also
include scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, slave records, court records, and legal documents.
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