Banks family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Banks family papers
Creator: Banks family
Inclusive Dates: 1818-1923
Bulk Dates: 1860-1889
Language(s): English
Extent: 1.25 Linear Feet 2 document boxes, 1 half box
Collection Number: ms2343
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

John Banks (1797-1870) was a banker, merchant, and planter who primarily resided in Elbert and Muscogee Counties, Georgia. He married Sarah Watkins in 1828. Their children included Willis Dunston (1830-1864), George Young (1831-1887), Daniel Watkins (1833-1864), Edward Sims (1834-1900), Susan Martha (1835-1893), Richard Eugene (1838-1864), Elbert Augustine (1840-1902), Sarah Lucy (1842-1928) who married Edward Willis Yonge (d. 1919), and Anne Virginia Josephine (1844-1906) who married Gideon James Peacock (d. 1913).

Scope and Content

The collection consists of family correspondence, indentures and legal documents. Some of the Civil War letters describe battles and fighting at Falls Church, Virginia; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Lookout Mountain, Tybee Island, and the retreat from Atlanta, Georgia. Later correspondence contains letters concerning family news, cotton sales, farm management, and land sales in Georgia.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Banks family papers, ms2343, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 November 13.

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 this repository include the Banks family papers, ms1571.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Genealogy

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Papers - including related correspondence

 

2. Correspondence

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2. Correspondence

Personal Correspondence, 1848-1929

Personal correspondence - undated

Personal correspondence - fragments

Business correspondence, 1847-1908

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Empty envelopes

 

3. Indentures, 1840-1906
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2	2	Indenture, 1840
2	3	Indenture, 1847
2	4	Indenture, 1849
2	5	Indenture, 1868
2	6	Indenture, 1872
2	7	Indenture, 1874
2	8	Indenture, 1877
2	9	Indentures, 1879
2	10	Indenture, 1885
2	11	Indentures, 1886
2	12	Indenture, 1888
2	13	Indentures, 1897
2	14	Indentures, 1898
2	15	Indenture, 1900
2	16	Indenture, 1905
2	17	Indenture, 1906

 

4. Financial and legal files, 1830-1898
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2	18	Land grant, 1830
2	19	Land grants, 1832
2	20	Land grant, 1834
2	21	Land grants, 1836
2	22	Land grant, 1843
2	23	Land grant, 1848
2	24	Land grants - fragments
2	25	Legal documents
2	26	Map
2	27	Military document
2	28	Miscellaneous
2	29	Photograph
2	30	Receipts, 1872
2	31	Receipts, 1873
2	32	Receipts, 1874
2	33	Receipts, 1875
2	34	Receipts, 1876
2	35	Receipts, 1877
2	36	Receipts, 1878
2	37	Receipts, 1879
2	38	Receipts, 1882
2	39	Receipts, 1886
2	40	Receipts, 1887
2	41	Receipts, 1892
2	42	Receipts, 1895
2	43	Receipts, 1896
2	44	Receipts, 1897
2	45	Receipts, 1898
2	46	Receipts - undated
2	47	Stock certificate
2	48	Will - John Banks
2	49	Writings
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3		Family Bible