Meriwether Rhodes research files
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Meriwether Rhodes research files

Descriptive Summary

Title: Meriwether Rhodes research files
Creator: Rhodes, Meriwether
Inclusive Dates: 2006-2020
Language(s): English
Extent: 2 Linear Feet
Collection Number: ms4593
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Scope and Content

This collection consists of research files created by Meriwether Rhodes, in which she identifies Black families and individuals interred in cemeteries located in Clarke County, Georgia, as well as genealogical research on those families.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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11Old Athens Cemetery and Baldwin Hall Construction, 2014-2018
 
12Friends of Brooklyn Cemetery meeting minutes, maps, and other materials, 2005-2021
 
13City Cemetery and Pest House, 2014-2017
 
14Brooklyn Cemetery genealogical project , 2001-2021
The notes from this project include maps, neighborhood information, and interment lists.
 
15Research files on local cemeteries, 2008-2018
These research files are primarily newspaper and magazine articles, but also includes maps, lists of local cemeteries, and a death index.
 
16Brother Union, Gospel Pilgrim, and Spaulding interments, 2020
 
17Narratives from enslaved individuals
 
18Obituaries
 
19Research on Families: A-C
Families represented: Adkins, Bacon, Bailey, Banks, Bradford, Barnard/Harris, Battise, Bazzell, Bastwick, Brown, Byrd, Byrdie, Cobb, Cole, and Colquitt.
 
110Research on Families: D-H
Families represented: Davenport, Derricotte, Durham, Elder, Ford, Gerkin, Griffin/Burnett, Harper, Harris, Hayes, Heard, Hill, Holbrook, Hopsor, Horton, Hudson, and Huntley.
 
111Research on Families: J-Y
Families represented: Johns, Johnson, Jones, Lester, Linston, Lyle(s), Malone/Massey, Neal, Nesbit, Owens, Patton, Payne, Sheats, Shelnut, Singleton, Smith, Staples, Starkes, Telfair, Tillman, Willingham, Willoughby, Wingfield, Young,
 
112Genealogies
 
113Houses owned by emancipated individuals
 
114Funeral services held by Bernstein Funeral
 
115Citizen Oath Book
 
116Brooklyn Cemetery interments
 
117Brooklyn Cemetery GPS waypoint mapping, 2006
 
118Newspaper and magazine clippings, 2006-2018
 
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1Two oversized maps of Brooklyn Cemetery
 
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2Index of enslaved individuals in Clarke County, Georgia
Two index card boxes organized alphabetically.
 
2Index of slave owners in Clark County, Georgia
 
2Photographic index of headstones
 
2Artifacts

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