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Morgan County Superior Court petition
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Georgia. Superior Court (Morgan County) |
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Dates: |
1833 August 2 |
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The collection consists of a petition made in the Superior Court of Morgan County, Georgia, by Thomas King for John Dupree
to pay off his debt.
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ms3310 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Battle family papers (Marion County, Ga.)
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Battle family |
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Dates: |
1818-1878 |
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The collection consists of documents related to the Battle family (Marion County, Georgia) including a promise of payments,
a list containing names of enslaved people, the will of Joseph J. Battle of Marion County, and two indentures.
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ms2677 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Callie B. Echols collection
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Mitchell, David Yoakley |
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Dates: |
1785-1920 |
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The collection consists of miscellaneous papers collected by David Mitchell, including legal documents, photographs, business
correspondence, and autographs.
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Identifier: |
ms3471 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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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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Identifier: |
ms2510 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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John S. Blasingame family papers
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Blasingame, John S., 1836- |
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Dates: |
1862-1909 |
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This collection contains approximately 40 wartime letters written by the Blasingame family, including Confederate soldiers
with the 54th Georgia Infantry. Civil War letters originate from the front lines in Richmond, Virginia, and Savannah, Atlanta,
Fort Macon, and Marrieta, Georgia. This grouping includes a partly-printed parole for John S. Blasingame out of Macon, 1865,
in which Blasingame is sworn under oath not to bear arms against the United States of America, give any information, or do
any military duty whatsoever until regularly exchanged as a prisoner of war.
Other materials in the collection include family correspondence from 1893-1894 and 1909 and 2 small photographs.
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ms3441 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Oliver Hillhouse Prince family papers
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Prince family |
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Dates: |
1785-1919 |
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The collection consists of papers pertaining to the family and decedents of the Oliver Hillhouse Prince from 1785-1919. A
considerable number of documents focus on Oliver Hillhouse Prince, Jr., including his interest in the genealogy of the Prince
family and documents relating to his service in Cobb's Legion during the Civil War. Correspondence is written by or addressed
to Abraham Baldwin, Mrs. Martha Price, Martha J. Jackson, Dr. H. Jackson, and John B. Lamar. Of particular interest is a parody
of a court case at the Honorable Mouse-Owlry court, in Bibb County, where Billy Beeswax of Honey Comb Hall is petitioning
that Peter Pushroot pays him the 400 bushels of potatoes he is owed. The collection also includes wills of Oliver H. Prince,
Henry Jackson, Joseph Webber; and a scrapbook containing mostly printed pictures and newspaper clippings relating to Georgia
political matters and deaths of Prince family members and notable Athenians.
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Identifier: |
ms141 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John Thomas Mercer family research files
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Creator: |
Sherman, David |
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Dates: |
1820s-2000s |
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This collection contains correspondence, land records, wills, photographs, military orders, and research notes about the Mercer,
Tift, Wooten, and Sherman families. Included are a series of photographs from the Tift Farm in Albany, Georgia, stock certificates
from railroad and banking companies, miltary orders from the Confederate States, and correspondence from the late 1850s American
West, and throughout the South during the Civil War.
The audiovisual materials related to this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archives.
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Identifier: |
ms4059 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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McDowell, Talmadge, Lipscomb, and Rutherford families papers
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Talmadge, Clovis "Coke" G., 1854-1896 |
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Dates: |
1861-1868, undated |
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This collection contains the papers of the McDowell, Talmadge, Lipscomb, and Rutherford families including correspondence,
ledgers, Civil War documents, and a will related to the McDowell family and Clovis Talmadge; the diary of a Union soldier;
clippings; and photographs related to the Lipscomb and Rutherford families. The bulk of the collection is comprised of the
correspondence of Georgia McDowell Talmadge and her husband Clovis Talmadge during and immediately following the Civil War.
Transcriptions of the almost all of the correspondence and the will are included.
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Identifier: |
ms4356 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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