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William Manson papers
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Manson, William |
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1769-1787 |
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The collection consists of papers of William Manson from 1769-1787. The papers include land grants, indentures, plats, and
legal documents. The materials document Manson's role in settling Georgia, his land claims, information on Manson's loyalty
and service to the crown during the American Revolution, and his subsequent claims for compensation due to seizure of his
lands by the American government.
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ms1157 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Williams family papers
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Williams family |
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Dates: |
1787-1905 |
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The collection consists of deeds, inventories, indentures, land grants, receipts, and correspondence of the Williams family
from 1787-1905. Early materials relate to Dawson Williams, father of Joseph, and include correspondence and bills. Of particular
interest is correspondence of Joseph Williams, from camps near Atlanta, then Camp Anderson (Andersonville, Ga.); Dawson Williams,
from camps near Atlanta, Georgia, and Brown Hospital, Milledgeville, Georgia; and Robert G. Williams, from camps near Chattanooga,
Russellville, and Greeneville, Tennessee, and on the Shenandoah River, "Clark" County. Correspondence contains little information
about battles or troop movements, and mainly discusses life for those at home, crops, and requests for food and clothing.
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ms12 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Shackelford & Shackelford records
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Shackelford & Shackelford (Athens, Ga.) |
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Dates: |
1897-1946 |
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The collection consists of records of Shackelford & Shackelford from ca. 1897-1946. Materials relate to the law firm's business
transactions with various individuals and organizations and include correspondence, contracts, court documents, indentures,
wills, and probate records.
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ms1365 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Bill Wooten collection of Georgia land documents
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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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Thomas A. Woodham papers
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Woodham, Thomas Augustus, -1862 |
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Dates: |
1840-1881 |
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The collection consists of letters written by Thomas Woodham to his wife and family from Petersburg, Stanton, Gordonville,
Lynchburg, and Winchester, Virginia. Correspondences describe hardships the soldiers endure, sickness, battles, and Woodham's
strong desire to come home.
The collection also includes financial papers mainly concerning Nancy Caroline Woodham and the Lunsford family. Papers include
promissory notes, receipts, and indentures from 1840-1881.
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ms3435 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Johnson County (Ga.) indentures
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Underwood, J.R.G. |
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Dates: |
1863-1868 |
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The collection consists of two indentures from Johnson County, Georgia, dating from 1863 and 1868. These indentures document
land purchases involving J. R. G. Underwood, James P. Jordan, and James A. Davis.
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ms3779 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Clarke County indentures
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Clarke County (Ga.) |
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Dates: |
1863-1869 |
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The collection consists of five indentures pertaining to various people in Clarke County, Georgia: dated January 14, 1869,
Manuel T. Kendrick sells to Albin P. Dearing; dated August 15, 1867, Ferdinand Phinizy sells to Manuel T. Kendrick; dated
May 31, 1866, Ferdinand Phinizy sells to Manuel T. Kendrick; dated April 28, 1866, Albin Dearing sells to Ferdinand Phinizy;
dated January 17, 1863, William L. Mitchell, Executor of Robert Taylor, sells to Albin P. Dearing. The collection also includes
one memorandum of agreement signed January 4 and February 5, 1869, between Dearing and Kendrick regarding a tract of land
exchanged and taken possession of.
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Identifier: |
ms442 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Linton Burnside West Sr. collection
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West, Linton B. |
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Dates: |
1827-1883 |
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The collection consists of court records, deeds, indentures, receipts and a will of William West. The West family lived in
Randolph County, Georgia, where most of the papers were drawn up. Some originate in Stewart and other counties.
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Identifier: |
ms2741 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Georgia Loan and Trust of Macon, Georgia miscellaneous materials
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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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Identifier: |
ms3089 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Framed historic letters collection
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1709-1850 |
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The collection consists of five framed historic documents donated by the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation of Atlanta,
Georgia. The documents are: 1.) Jefferson Davis letter, July 25, 1850; 2.) James Southall agreement with Mr. William Boucher,
June 1797; 3.) Land indenture agreement, January 13, 1843; 4.) John Wilson letter (State vs. Mabrey & Evans); 5.) George Walton
letter, January 23, 1709.
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Identifier: |
ms3298 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Georgia land documents
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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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Identifier: |
ms3503 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Boomsliter collection
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1812-1907 |
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The collection consists of miscellaneous documents: will of Charles S. Walker of Spartanburg District, South Carolina, 1853
(handwritten copy); deed from Thomas Haynes, Tax Collector of Elbert County, of seizure of property of Nelson Wanslow, 1836;
copy of will and codicil of Mrs. Nancy B. Saye of Clarke County, Georgia; indenture between John Jones and John Wansley of
Elbert County, 1812; land grant to Frederick Smith of Baldwin for land in Early County, December 1, 1819; scrapbook made in
a ledger.
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Identifier: |
ms422 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Robert E. Lee papers
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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 |
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Dates: |
1778-1872 |
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The collection consists of papers relating to Robert E. Lee and the Lee family from 1838-1872. The bulk of the collection
(1861-1864) contains correspondence from Lee regarding military activities of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The
letters discuss troop movements; supplies for troops; battle strategies for Elk Mountain, the Huntersville campaign, Cheat
Mountain (W. Va.), and Dalton (Ga.); an exchange of prisoners (1862); casualty estimates at the battle of Fredericksburg;
and reinforcement needs. Correspondees include Joseph E. Brown, Howell Cobb, and Henry Rootes Jackson. The collection also
includes handwritten copies of 18th century land grants and indentures of John Parke Custis and a letter of Mary Custis Lee
dated January 1872, Arlington (Va.) pertaining to proof of purchase of Arlington and the validity of her title to the property.
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Identifier: |
ms302a |
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Hargrett Library |
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Rufus K. Reaves family papers
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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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Title: |
Chapman family papers
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Chapman family |
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Dates: |
1818-1926 |
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The collection consists of miscellaneous family materials including correspondence, legal records, financial records, indentures
and plats of the Chapman family of Ludowici, Georgia.
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Identifier: |
ms2397 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
George E. Stone family papers
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Stone family |
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Dates: |
1929-1962 |
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This collection contains personal, estate, and business correspondence as well as legal documents and land records from Marianna
and Blountstown, Florida and the surrounding counties primarily from the 1930s and 1940s. Of interest is correspondence regarding
the preparations for building two Civilian Conservation Corps camps in the area in 1935.
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Identifier: |
ms4120 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Thomas Jones family papers
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Jones, Thomas, active 1852-1858 |
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Dates: |
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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Identifier: |
ms817 |
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Hargrett Library |
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William Lamar Cawthon, Jr. Estate county documents
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Mitchell, David Yoakley |
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Dates: |
1790-1936 |
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This collection contains legal and land records, estate administration records, business records, and correspondence arranged
chronologically by county and state. It also includes records of criminal cases, slavery trade, land grants, plats, wills,
and divorce.
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ms4401 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
D.M. Roberts collection
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Roberts, D. M. |
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Dates: |
1877-1914 |
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The collection consists of papers relating to Early County, Ga. The documents, largely generated by D.M. Roberts span the
time period 1877-1916 and include account books, a certificate, business letters, personal letters, envelopes and blank forms,
indentures, printed items, receipts, tax statements, a contract, legal abstracts, a tax collector commission, a tax return,
and miscellany.
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Identifier: |
ms2588 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Stone family papers
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Stone family |
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Dates: |
1847-1912 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, a diary, writings, and other papers of Robert G. Stone, who was a Confederate soldier
with Company K, 15th Georgia Infantry; together with land plats and indentures to property in Hancock and Washington Counties,
Ga.; and other ephemera such as Stone's C. S. A. cuff link and medals. Stone's few letters and diary entries follow his service
from 1860 through 1865, when he surrendered at Appomattox Court House shortly before General Lee's surrender. Stone left Sparta,
Georgia in 1860 and served in battles at Chattanooga, Richmond, Antietam, 2nd Manassas, Sharpsburg, Appomattox Courthouse,
etc. His activities were recorded on a bible cover which is part of this collection.
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ms2815 |
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