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Seaborn J. Mays papers
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Mays, Seaborn J., d. 1883 |
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Dates: |
1824-1879 |
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The collection consists of receipted bills, promissory notes, and tax receipts of Seaborn J. Mays,including a bill of sale
for an enslaved man named Phil, purchased from Thomas R. R. Cobb by Mays, and an enslaved woman named Caroline. A fi fa against
William Moon for a dept owed to Mays. Also included is a record book of the Athens Benevolent Society.
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ms803 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Noble Jones family papers
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Creator: |
Jones, Noble Wimberly, 1723-1805 |
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Dates: |
1754-1838 |
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The collection consists of papers of the Noble Jones family of Savannah, Georgia from 1754-1838, bound in volume.
The last will and Testament of Noble Jones includes the bequest of Wormslow [Wormsloe] and enslaved people.
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ms1127 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Inventory of people enslaved by Henry Bourguin
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Creator: |
Unknown |
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Dates: |
1779 December 11 |
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The collection consists of a handwritten estate inventory created December 11, 1779, by Henry Bourguin's daughters. The inventory
includes a list of the people enslaved by Bourguin, including name with approximate preceived monetary value, and is divided
into three columns showing the division of his estate by his three daughters.
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ms1205 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Samuel Meeker letter to General James Winchester
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Meeker, Samuel, 1763-1832 |
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Dates: |
1804 December 27 |
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The collection consists of a letter from Samuel Meeker writing to General James Winchester of Cragfont, Tennessee.
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ms1271 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John B. Lamar plantation book
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Creator: |
Lamar, J. B. (John Basil), 1812-1862 |
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Dates: |
1847-1880 |
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The collection consists of a plantation book of John B. Lamar, for his plantation in Sumter County, Georgia, from 1847-1880.
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ms131 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
William Cooke plantation book
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Creator: |
Cooke, William |
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Dates: |
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
persons 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 their roles laboring in the field, cooking,
nursing, attending the horses, and blacksmithing
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ms1570 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Samuel B. Clark papers
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Creator: |
Clark, Samuel B., 1812-1865 |
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Dates: |
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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ms1497 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Lt. H. C. Baldwin copybook
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Creator: |
Baldwin, Herbert C. |
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Dates: |
1866, 1897 |
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The collection consists of one copybook kept by Lieutenant H. C. Baldwin, containing financial ledgers and account, drafts
of correspondence, and legal documents, many from the Town of Beacon Falls. Included is a testimony in a dispute between a
man and two freed persons in Dahlonega, Georgia. The collection also includes a letter (written on the reverse side of a document
with header: "Form of application for, and order of commital of indigent insane persons, and insane paupers to the Conn. Hospital
for the Insane") concerning a debt owed to Baldwin.
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ms2749 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Slave trade documents
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Creator: |
Richardson, John L. |
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Dates: |
1843, 1865 |
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Two documents related to enslaved people owned by John L. Richardson, including a bill of sale and a sharecropping agreement
with freed persons.
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ms3241 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John Hall family papers
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Creator: |
Hall, John |
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Dates: |
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 accounts of plantation overseers [enslavers]. 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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Identifier: |
ms3667 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Jones County slave trade documents
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Creator: |
Kitchens, Bose |
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Dates: |
1854-1863 |
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The collection consists of documents regarding slave trade. One letter documents the sale of a enslaved man named Amos from
Boze Kitchens of Sumter County to John Humphries of Jones County, Georgia. A group of three documents details the dispute
of a transfer of slaves from Jones County, Georgia to Mississippi in the settlement of a debt. Included is a letter from A.H.
Broach to his brother Calvin asking him to take care in the sale or resale of his former enslaved man, Peter.
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ms4010 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Dugas du Vallon family document
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Creator: |
Dugas family |
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Dates: |
Unknown |
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The collection consists of a detailed inventory of: land owned in Saint-Domingue (present day Haiti), family papers, a list
of revenues, debts in Saint-Domingue and France, and a list of property and assets, including enslaved people considered personal
property of the family. Although the document is not dated, it is believed to have originated after 1807, the year that Louis
Rene Adrien Dugas de Vallon died.
The document is handwritten in French.
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ms4245 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Ebenezer Kellogg diary
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Creator: |
Kellogg, Ebenezer, 1789-1846 |
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Dates: |
1817-1818 |
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The collection consists of the diary of Ebenezer Kellogg from 1817-1818 written to Chester Dewey, Professor of Mathmatics.
Kellogg describes his journey from Williamstown, Massachusetts to Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia, and towns
along the Georgia coast. Most of the entries pertain to Georgia and discuss the people and towns Kellogg visited. Kellogg
writes about plantations and farming practices, particularly cotton and rice; and slavery, including how enslaved populations
lived, their treatment, and religious instruction.
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ms516 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Mayo G. Livingston Jr. collection of land and legal records
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Creator: |
Livingston, Mayo G., Jr. |
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Dates: |
1823-2020 |
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This collection contains land grants, legal and estate documents, correspondence, inventories and receipts. The majority of
records concern land in Early County, Bainbridge and Cyrene, Georgia.
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ms4486 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Bills of sale for enslaved people, Pompey (50) and Milly (13)
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Georgia. Superior Court (Clarke County) |
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Dates: |
1848, 1850 |
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The collection consists of two bills of sale to John C. Greer: dated Clarke County, Georgia, January 4, 1848, for enslaved
man, Pompey, who belonged to the estate of James Jennings, for $185.00; dated Clarke County, Georgia, February 5, 1850, for
enslaved woman, Milly, sold to satisfy a mortgage claim of Edward P. Clayton on Philip Clayton, for $550.00.
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Identifier: |
ms535 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Letter -- J. Young to Jonathan Burroughs
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Creator: |
Young, J. |
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Dates: |
1836 September 3 |
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The collection consists of one letter from J. Young to Jonathan Burroughs
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Identifier: |
ms594 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
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: |
Tax list for Georgia counties
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Creator: |
Unknown |
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Dates: |
1900-1950 |
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Contents: |
The collection consists of a bound manuscript containing listings of taxes for Georgia counties. Counties included are Appling,
Baker, Bulloch, Carroll, Cherokee, Coweta, Decatur, Dooly, Early, Effingham, Emmanuel, Fayette, Franklin, Habersham, Houston,
Irwin, Jackson, Jefferson, Lee, Liberty, Lincoln, Lowndes, Meriwether, Montgomery, Muscogee, Rabun, Screven, Stewart, Tattnall,
Telfair, Thomas, Twiggs, Walker, Wayne, Ware and Wilkinson. The manuscript is seventy-seven pages, but pages 7-18 and 47-54
are missing.
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ms2134 |
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Hargrett Library |
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