John McIntosh Kell family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: John McIntosh Kell family papers
Creator: Kell family
Inclusive Dates: 1784-1927
Language(s): English
Extent: 41.2 Linear Feet 3 document boxes, 2 card file boxes, 37 cartons, 1 framed item, 1 roll, 2 oversized folders
Collection Number: ms2323
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

John McIntosh Kell (1823-1900) served as an officer in the Confederate Navy, commanding the Savannah and executive officer on the Sumpter and Alabama. He was reported to be a blockade runner and raider during this period. He later served as Adjutant General of Georgia from 1886 until his death in 1900. He was the son of John and Margery Spalding Baillie Kell of Darien, Georgia, married Julia Blanche Munroe of Macon, Georgia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of papers of the John McIntosh Kell family and the DeVotie and d'Antignac family. Included is correspondence, post cards, diaries, farm account books, and photographs. Items of interest include a 1784 will of John Kell of Liberty County; a Franklin County jury list of 1836, and Confederate roll of Company K, 10th Georgia Regiment, Kershaw's Division.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

John McIntosph Kell family papers, ms2323, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 September 11.

General Notes

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related collections in the UGA repository: John McIntosh Kell family scrapbook, ms2361.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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John Kell will, Franklin Co. jury list, De Votie bills, 1784-1847

 

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Correspondence, 1850-1859

 

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Pinckney address to Charleston College Alumni Society, Journal- unknown author, Lanier poem

 

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Correspondence, 1860-1869

 

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Correspondence, 1870-1879

 

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Sermon by Reverend Rees, St. Paul's Church Mercer program

 

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Correspondence, 1880-1899

 

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Court Martials from Georgia Adjutant's Office, 1897

 

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Planter's memo of Dr. John M. Kell

 

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Correspondence, 1900-1904

 

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Statements of proceeds from Kell's Recollections

 

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Correspondence, 1906-1913

 

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Lyrics of the Gray

 

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Correspondence, 1914-1927

 

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UDC address by Mrs. Walter Lamar

 

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Correspondence

 

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Correspondence-De Votie expense book; composition at Univ. of Ala. by Jewette De Votie, 1857-1889

 

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Correspondence-De Votie speeches, clothing bills, 1860-1869

 

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Correspondence-De Votie clothing bills, 1871-1883

 

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Correspondence-De Votie WW I material-Mitchell, 1918-1919

 

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Correspondence-d'Antignac, 1900-1912

 

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Biographies of J. M. Kell and J. H. De Votie

 

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Photographs-Kell

 

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Photographs-d'Antignac

 

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Miscellaneous envelopes

 

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Book, Recollections of a Naval Life

 

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Two diaries of Blanche Kell, 1900, 1909

 

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Memory album, farm diary

 

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Farm account book, 1876-1877

 

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Accounts, farm operations, 1875-1892

 

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History of Christ Church Parish, Macon, 1884

 

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Baptist Association pamphlets

 

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Photographs-daguerreotypes, ambrotypes

 

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Family photograph, group painting, Confederate roster

 

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Photograph of unknown Georgia soldier, on canvas