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P. M. Compton papers
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Compton, P. M. (Pleasant M.) |
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Dates: |
1781-1896 |
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The collection consists of papers of a miscellaneous nature related to Georgia county land records, justice of the peace and
other judicial matters, and indentures. Jasper, Chatham and Jones Counties are the most represented, although various others
are also present in the collection. An extensive portion is composed of Compton's correspondence from 1846 to 1853, in an
official capacity as surveyor general.
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ms850 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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Jones County slave trade documents
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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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Mary Blount Bowen/Green papers
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Green, Mary Blount, 1896-1978 |
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Dates: |
1816-1984 |
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This collection contains teaching materials, artifacts, records, and correspondence regarding Mary Blount Green, her husband
John B. Green, and their son Ronald. It also contains correspondence and records of her parents, Charles and Alice Andrews,
and other relatives in the Bowen and Lamar families.
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ms4047 |
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Hargrett Library |
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William Lamar Cawthon, Jr. papers
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Cawthon, William Lamar, Jr. |
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Dates: |
1814-2015 |
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This collection includes the historic research papers concerning Clinton and Jones County, Georgia, and other land records,
legal papers, and printed material documenting the local history. Also included are extensive writing journals of both William
Cawthon and William Cawthon, Jr., family correspondence, church records from William Cawthon's career, and other items of
historic significance purchased through the estate of William Cawthon, Jr.
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ms4119 |
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Hargrett Library |
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