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Hillyer family papers
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Hillyer family |
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1805-1990 |
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The collection consists of the papers of the Hillyer family from 1805-1990 with the bulk between 1805-1874. Materials from
the early years (1805-1819) pertain to Shaler Hillyer and consist of a letter and account book describing Petersburg, Elbert
County, Georgia. The collection contains a memoir written by Junius Hillyer describing life on his family's plantation, slavery,
the family's move to Athens, Georgia (1821), Junius' attendance at grammar school, descriptions of and activities at Franklin
College (University of Georgia). Also includes photocopies of letters from William Dickerson and Peter Wellborn Martin, friends
of the Hillyers; materials pertaining to the publication of THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE JUNIUS HILLYER; and dedication of
a marker at the Freeman Hillyer homeplace in Popular Grove, Georgia.
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Isaiah T. Irvin, Sr. will
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Irvin, Isaiah T., Sr. |
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1856 October |
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The collection consists of the last will and testament of Isaiah T. Irvin, Senior of Wilkes County, Georgia
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ms859 |
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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 of enslaved persons, promissory
notes, a prayer book, and an account book of Jones's 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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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.
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ms165 |
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Rebecca Foy diaries
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Foy, Rebecca |
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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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Hargrett Library |
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Edwin R. Alberti papers
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Alberti, Edwin R., -1862? |
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Dates: |
1819-1863 |
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The collection consists of military papers, legal documents, and letters, pertaining to several aspects of the life and work
of Edwin R. Alberti, from 1819 to 1863. Military papers include a special order for a furlough, orders to appear for a Court
of Inquiry, an order signed by President John Quincy Adams' restoring Alberti to active duty after an inquiry into alleged
misconduct, and acceptance of Alberti's resignation from the 4th Artillery. There are numerous Chattel mortgages, bills of
sale, and deeds of gift for named enslaved women, men, and children, and legal papers regarding the distribution of people
enslaved to heirs of Henry R. Sadler. The collection also consists of papers relating to the sloop B.S. Newcomb.
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ms3218 |
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Jackson County court records
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Georgia. Superior Court (Jackson County) |
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Dates: |
1787-1924 |
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The collection consists of loose papers numbering several thousand official court records of Jackson County, Georgia. Included
in these records are bonds, petitions, fi fas, pleas, and wills.
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ms68 |
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Hargrett Library |
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W.P.A. Georgia Writers Project life stories
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Hargrett Library |
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Dates: |
1939-1940 |
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The collection consists of over 150 oral history interviews. In 1939 and 1940 the W.P.A. workers went to the homes and businesses
of men and women, both black and white, and asked them to tell about their lives and business experiences. The stories were
written down in the words and dialect used. The stories were later edited, which included changing the real names of the persons
mentioned and changing some of the titles. The majority of the persons interviewed lived in the Athens area. Some of those
interviewed remembered the days of slavery and the Civil War. Others discussed their jobs, such as farmer, washwoman, principal,
and insurance agent. All of the transcripts are photocopies.
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ms2872 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Francina Elizabeth Cox Greer King diaries
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King, Francina Elizabeth Cox Greer, 1810-1886 |
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Dates: |
1844-1883 |
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The collection consists of 13 volumes dated July 12, 1844 to July 23, 1866 and June 14, 1871 to October 29, 1883, written
by Francina Elizabeth Cox Greer King. The diaries include information about the weather, family visits, births and deaths,
and day-to-day life.
The diaries document the lives of those enslaved by the Greer family including Ellen (Elen), Varser, Silva (Sylva or Silvia),
Matilda (Mattie), Kitty, Lucy, Cloe, Fany, Cordelia, Sam, Lawrence, Peter, Caroline, Pompey.
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ms3054 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Homer C. Jarrett letters
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Jarrett, Homer C., 1882-1959 |
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1888-1948 |
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Consists of letters to and from Homer Jarrett and family. Includes letters written to and from Pearl Doris Reed, of Indianapolis,
Indiana, who was the grandmother of Atlanta writer, Pearl Cleage. Also includes various letters to and from his mother, Julia
Jarrett, who was born a slave. Julia details her life on a farm as well as violence that affected her family and friends in
the Jim Crow era of the South.
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ms4100 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Linton and Hull family papers
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Hull family |
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1799, 1824-1873 |
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The collection consists of papers of the Linton and Hull families from 1799, 1824-1873. The bulk of the collection contains
correspondence (1861-1864) from William Henry Waddell, stationed in Alabama and Georgia probably with the 9th Georgia Infantry,
to his cousin, Julia Hull of Athens, Georgia in which Waddell discusses military officers, camp drills, living accommodations,
his health, seeing sick and wounded Confederate soldiers, seeing Union prisoners of war, visiting relatives in Montgomery,
Alabama, news from home, communication with John Linton, and his plans for teaching after the war. Two letters (1853, 1858)
from John S. Linton to his wife Lucy Ann Hull Linton detail Linton's business in New York, buying machinery, opinions of Boston,
Massachusetts, and visits with friends. Additional correspondence includes a letter (1848) to Howell Cobb from Asbury Hull
in which Hull discusses candidates for president and suggests Zachary Taylor; a letter (1849) from George G. Hull to his sister
in Athens, Georgia detailing poverty in Pennsylvania and how much better their slaves live; and a letter (1873) to John Linton
from Alexander Stephens pertaining to attempts by Linton to recoup financial losses on cotton destroyed as enemy property.
The collection contains a 1799 copy of a 1784 land grant, an 1826 land grant, and indenture documents dated 1824. Finally
included are a note written by Miss Lucy Linton (undated), regarding Dr. John L. Linton's resignation, and three newspaper
clippings and obituaries of John S. Linton.
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ms585 |
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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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John Vason will
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Vason, John |
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1852 |
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The collection consists of the last will and testament of John Vason of Morgan County, Georgia, a complex document dividing
the estate evenly amongst his wife, Rebecca and the children, Nancy Vason Woods, Eliza Vason Hemphill, William Vason, Pope
Vason, Emily Owens Vason, David A. Vason and John Vason, after a series of delineated charges has been deducted from the estate.
The will directs his wife "to choose such of negroes, stock of horses, cattle, hogs, &c. &c. provisions of all kinds on hand
at the time of my death"
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ms860 |
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Joseph E. Brown papers
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Brown, Joseph E., (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894 |
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Dates: |
1823-1895 |
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The collection consists of papers of Joseph E. Brown from 1823-1895 and includes correspondence, letter books, tax returns,
speeches, and diaries. It contains official correspondence and letterbooks (1858-1863) as Governor of Georgia which are particularly
strong in information regarding Georgia's secession and involvement in the Civil War and includes such correspondents as Howell
Cobb, Alexander H. Stephens, and other Confederate government officials. Also included are an 1864 speech of Howell Cobb,
a speech (1868) made by Brown regarding Reconstruction politics, and a manuscript copy (1864) of Brown's pamphlet concerning
Benjamin H. Hill's notes on Reconstruction. The collection also contains diaries of Franklin P. Brown (1868), Joseph Mackey
Brown (1867, 1874, 1876), and Elijah A. Brown (1882, Jan. only).
Much of this collection is transcribed with full transcripts in boxes 7-10.
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James Hamilton papers
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Hamilton, James, 1763-1829 |
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Dates: |
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 and Hamilton, and Hamilton and 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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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 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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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 that primarily concern land transactions (and also transfers of enslaved persons) 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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Francis R. Goulding papers
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Goulding, F. R. (Francis Robert), 1810-1881 |
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Dates: |
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 African Muslim man from Sapelo Island, Ga.,
and correspondence, articles, and other papers relating to the manuscript.
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ms2807 |
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Documents related to slavery in Georgia and Virginia
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Unknown |
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1761-1864 |
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This collection contains legal documents related to slavery including estate appraisals and inventories, legal orders, and
judgements from Georgia. It also includes a tax statement from Virginia.
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ms4259 |
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Edward Harden family papers
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Harden, Edward, 1784-1849 |
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Dates: |
1779-1928 |
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The collection consists of the papers of Edward Harden and other Harden and Jackson family members of Savannah and Athens,
Georgia from 1779-1928, including letters, receipts, autographs, commissions, deeds, diaries, scrapbooks.
Materials relating to Edward Harden, a planter [enslaver] and politician from Savannah and Athens, include indentures, receipts,
account books (1836-1842) for his law practice, and common place books (1805, 1830-1837) containing accounts for his plantations,
legal notes, and journal entries. Some materials describe persons enslaved by Edward Harden.
Also included are the diaries of Mary Ann Elizabeth Randolph, Mary Elizabeth Greenhill Harden, and Edward Harden Jr.'s children.
The diaries (1864-1928) of Harden's great-niece, Eveline Harden Jackson, describe her school days, social activities, the
Civil War, and news of family and friends.
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