Rufus K. Reaves family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Rufus K. Reaves family papers
Creator: Reaves family
Creator: Reaves, Rufus K., 1839-1917
Inclusive Dates: 1838-1941
Bulk Dates: 1880-1918
Language(s): English
Extent: 3.25 Linear Feet 7 boxes and 1 oversize folder
Collection Number: ms1068
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Rufus K. Reaves (1838-1917), his wife Mary Powell (1846-1916), their daughter Anna (married to Jim Paine, Jr.) and his children from his previous marriage, to Annie Powell, Rufus K. Jr., Sidney Powell (S. P.), and May (Snead) of Athens, Clarke County, Georgia. Rufus K. Reaves was a merchant in Athens and Northeast Georgia, his firm was first known as Center & Reaves and later as Reaves Warehouse Company. He served as a short term mayor of Athens from 1887-1888.

Scope and Content

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.

Organization and Arrangement

Organized into 8 series: correspondence, maps, indentures, deeds, legal documents, financial records, mining records, and personal.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Rufus K. Reaves family papers, ms 1068. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Correspondence
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1	1	1850
1	2	1854
1	4	1855
1	5	1856
1	6	1858
1	7	1859
1	8	1879
1	9	1880
1	10	1881
1	11	1882
1	12	1883
1	13	1884
1	14	1885
1	15	1886
1	16	1887
1	17	1888
1	18	1889
1	19	1890
1	20	1891
1	21	1892
1	22	1893
1	23	1894
1	24	1895
1	25	1896
1	26	1897
1	27	1898
1	28	1899
1	29	1900
1	30	1902
1	31	1905
1	32	1906
1	33	1907
1	34	1908
1	35	1910
1	36	1911
1	37	1912
1	38	1913
1	39	1914
1	40	1915
1	41	1916
1	42	1917
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2	1	1918
2	2	1919
2	3	1920
2	4	1922
2	5	1925
2	6	1926
2	7	1927
2	8	1928
2	9	1934
2	10	1936-1938
2	11	1941
2	12	1976
2	13	undated

 

2. Maps

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1C

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Gold Bearing Property, White County, Georgia

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2

15

Intersection of Broad, Oconee, Foundry St., Athens

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1C

2

Cherokee National Forest, 1931

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2

17

Loud Gold Mines, White County, Georgia

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1C

3

Loud Bottom Veins, White County, Georgia

1C

4

Dahlonega Topological

1C

5

Land Mining Co. Property - White County, Georgia

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2

21

Sketches of various plots - Oglethorpe Gold Mine and Wilkes County

2

22

Plats - J. C. Wilson's land on Simonton Bridge Rd., Oconee Co. (1894); Old Byrum Byrd tract, Wilkes (1896); Estate of Rebecca Albea purchased by Dr. H. L. Culbertson, Wilkes Co. (1896); W. R. Welborn land, Wilkes Co. (1855)

 

3. Indentures
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3	1	Banks County
3	2	Clarke County
3	3	Fannin County
3	4	Fulton County
3	5	Gilmer County
3	6	Greene County
3	7	Habersham County
3	8	Hall County
3	9	Jackson County
3	10	Lumpkin County
3	11	Muscogee County
3	12	Oconee County
3	13	Oglethorpe County
3	14	Rabun County
3	15	Richmond County
3	16	Ware County
3	17	Warren County
3	18	White County
3	19	Wilkes Co.
3	20	Unidentified County
3	21	Other States

 

4. Deeds
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3	22	Deeds
3	23	Record of Quit Claim Deed
3	24	Sheriff's Deed
3	25	Sheriff's Tax Deed
3	26	Administrator's Deeds
3	27	Commisioner's Deed

 

5. Legal documents
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3	28	George W. Center papers
3	29	Lilly family papers
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4	1	Clarke County, 1870 - 1899
4	2	Clarke County, 1900 - 1909
4	3	Clarke County, 1910 - 1930
4	4	Fannin County
4	5	Greene County
4	6	Habersham County
4	7	Jackson County
4	8	Lumpkin County
4	9	Oconee County
4	10	White County, 1880 - 1889
4	11	White County, 1890-1909
4	12	White County, 1910 - 1941, undated
4	13	Wilkes County
4	14	Unidentified County
4	15	Other States
4	16	Right-of-Way -- Loud Gold-Mining County
4	17	Landlord's Lien
4	18	Act of General Assembly -- Boundary change - Lumpkin - White Counties
4	19	Bond for Titles
4	20	Power of Attorney
4	21	Will -- R. K. Reaves
4	22	Will -- John W. Nicholson
4	23	Insurance Policies
4	24	Birth Certificate -- James Graves Paine, Jr.

 

6. Financial records
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5	1	Checks
5	2	Promisory Notes
5	3	Income Tax
5	4-7	Accounts: Miscellaneous
5	6	Accounts: Misc III
5	8	Loans
5	9	Receipts: Taxes
5	10	Receipts: Corporation Taxes
5	11	Receipts: Insurance
5	12	Receipts: Miscellaneous

 

7. Mining records
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6	1-3	Reports Relating to Loud Gold Mines
6	4	Board and Stockholder's Meeting - Loud Gold Mining Co.
6	5	Abstracts
6	6	List of Loud Ditch Right-of-Ways
6	7	Orders for Pay
6	8	Placer Mining Machine -- Scale Drawing
6	9	Investigative Reports
6	10	Powell's Mills Co. bylaws and stock holders meeting
6	11	Executor's Sale property of M. P. Reaves

 

8. Personal files
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6	12	United Sons of Confederate Veterans Application
6	13	Misc.
6	14	Printed Material regarding mining
6	15	Clippings
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7	1	Letter Book, includes copies of deeds and indentures, 1903-1916
7	2-3	Duplicates