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Adams, Breedlove, Davis, Estes, McDonald, Verner families papers

Adams, Breedlove, Davis, Estes, McDonald, Verner families papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Adams, Breedlove, Davis, Estes, McDonald, Verner families papers
Creator: Adams family
Creator: Estes family
Creator: Verner family
Inclusive Dates: 1819-2013
Language(s): English
Extent: 16.5 Linear Feet 7 boxes, 6 oversized boxes, 1 oversized folder
Collection Number: RBRL545
Repository: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Collection Description

Historical Note

The Adams, Breedlove, Estes, Verner and affiliated families in this collection are from Newton and Walton Counties, Georgia. William J. Adams was in the general merchandising business with Adams Brothers, The Adams, Verners and Breedlove families had farming operations, G.C. Adams was in education and state politics, C.C. Estes ran a car sales and repair shop and was a Justice of the Peace, W.H. Adams ran a Buick dealership in Covington, and Henry Verner and Thomas R. Breedlove were involved with Walton EMC.

William J. Adams (1831-1895) and Susan Hurst (1833-1905) had sixteen children, several of whom are included in the collection. James M. Adams (1849-1931) married Nancy "Fratie" Malcom (1853-1937) whose daughter Ella America (1872-1948) married William L. Breedlove (1868-1938). D.J. Adams (1854-1939) was married to Sallie Harris (1858-1888), their children Julia, Fannie, and W.H. are included, as are children of his second wife Carrie Crawley (1857-1919), H.B., Lizzie, Rosalind and Temple. Brothers William A. Adams (1856-1930), Newton C. Adams (1860-1917) and H.B. Adams(1869-1937) are included, as are sisters Emma (1871-1957) and Ella Adams (1872-1954). G.C. Adams (1868-1949) married Lillian Green (1867-1952) and had seven children. He served on the Board of Education, was a school superintendent, a State Representative, and Commissioner of Agriculture. He started agriculture based school clubs in Newton County that folded into the 4-H Clubs of Georgia.

James F. Breedlove (1823-1902) married Amanda Bradley (1830-1901) and had ten children including William L. Breedlove (1851-1881) who married Ella Adams (1872-1948). Their son Thomas R. Breedlove (1868-1938) married Mattie Estes (1892-1961) and they had eight children. Their daughter Sara Davis (1927-2015) married Henry S. Verner (1924-2007).

Henry Scott Verner (1924-2007) was a farmer and businessman from Rutledge, Georgia. He married Sara Davis Breedlove and had five children. He began managing the Rutledge farm operations for Sara's father, T.R. Breedlove of Monroe, in 1949. Verner was a member of Walton EMC Board of Directors, serving from 1958 until 2003. Verner has also served as director of the Morgan County Farm Bureau, the Farmers Home Administration, and the Bank of Morgan County. He was chosen as the 1992 Commercial Cattlemen of the Year in Georgia, and Verner Farms was named a Centennial Family Farm in 1997.

James Iverson Estes (1852-1923) married Elizabeth "Maggie" Davis (1854-1926) and they had eight children including Charles C. Estes (1873-1955), who married Julia Adams (1880-1976). Their children were Evelyn (Mrs. T.J. Harwell) and Myrtle (Mrs. Reginald Robinson). His sister Minerva Estes (1882-1972) married Walter Knight. His sister Mattie Estes (1890-1982) married T.R. Breedlove (1892-1969), and their eight children included Sara D. (1927-2015), who married Henry S. Verner (1924-2007).

Scope and Content

This collection includes photographs, correspondence, farm records, legal documents, and ephemera of the Adams, Breedlove, Davies, Estes, McDonald and Verner families.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Adams, Breedlove, Davies, Estes, McDonald, Verner families papers, RBRL545, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Breedlove Farm
Families -- Georgia -- Correspondence.
Families -- Georgia -- Photographs.
Farm management -- Georgia.
Georgia 4-H Club
Photograph albums
Scrapbooks.
Tintype.
Walton EMC

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

I. Family history

boxfolder
11Adams family history
12Adams biographies
13Ancestors of J.C. Adams - by Mrs. Irvine Miller
14J.M. Adams - Correspondence, 1907-1928
15Dillard J. Adams - Correspondence, 1888-1915
16Dillard J. Adams - genealogy, receipts, autograph book
17D.J., Sallie Adams family - Photographs
18Julia Adams Estes - Correspondence, 1894-1971
19Julia Adams Estes - Composition book, diary
110Julia Adams Estes - Diaries
111Scrapbook - Julia Adams Estes to her father, 1930
112Julia, C.C. Estes - Cards, ephemera
113Julia, C.C. Estes - Anniversary remembrance book, 1950
114Julia, C.C. Estes - Financial records
115C.C. Estes - Composition book, business ephemera
116Myrtle Estes Robinson - Correspondence, ephemera
117Myrtle Estes - School work
118Myrtle Estes - Teaching certificates
119Myrtle, Reginald Robinson - Legal, business records
boxfolder
21Evelyn Estes - School work
22Evelyn Estes - Memories book, junior year at Covington High School, 1919
23Evelyn Estes - Covington High School, 1920
24Evelyn Estes - Palmer Stone High School - Clippings, programs
25Evelyn Estes - Writing
26Evelyn Estes Harwell - Trip journals
27Evelyn Estes - Music teaching
28Evelyn, T.J. Harwell - Correspondence, ephemera
29Evelyn, T.J. Harwell - Honeymoon trip scrapbook, 1950
210Evelyn, T.J. Harwell - Business
211W.H. Adams - Correspondence, business advertising, 1910-1935
212W.A. Adams - Correspondence, recollections, 1870-1925
213Correspondence (with transcriptions) - G.C. Adams to Lillie Green, 1886-1887
214Lillie Green - Correspondence, autograph book, 1886-1887
215G.C. Adams - Diaries, 1914-1929
216G.C. Adams - Commissioner of Agriculture campaign, 1928
217G.C. Adams - My Autobiography
218G.C. Adams - 4-H Clubs of Georgia
219-20G.C. Adams estate
221H.G. Adams - Correspondence, 1950
222Louise Adams - Mansfield High School catalog, D.A.R. application notes
223C.N. Adams - Correspondence, receipts, 1950-1953
224C.N. Adams - Woodmen benefits, Civil Service, War Department forms
225H.B. Adams - Correspondence, 1916
boxfolder
31Minerva Estes - Weslyan College
32Minerva Estes Knight - Correspondence
33Minerva Estes Knight - Ephemera, dance cards
34Minerva Estes - Scrapbook
35Mattie, Thomas R. Breedlove - Correspondence, 1917-1973
36-7Mattie Fleta Estes Breedlove - Postcards, letters with transcriptions
38Mattie, Thomas R. Breedlove - Ephemera
39Maggie, Dewey Hicks - Correspondence, 1938-1981
310Hassie Breedlove - Correspondence
311Correspondence - W.J. Hale to J.F. Breedlove, 1862 January 31
312Loyalty Oath - J.F. Breedlove, 1865
313Correspondence - Zora Lee Maxey to J.P. Estes , 1950
314Adams, Estes, Breedlove families scrapbook
315-16Adams, Breedlove families scrapbook
317Breedlove family scrapbook
boxfolder
41Breedlove family scrapbook
42-3Davis, Estes families scrapbook - Morgan County, 1850-1960
44Clippings scrapbook - D.J., G.C. Adams included
45Portrait painting - Mrs. Albert F. Hutchenson
46Will Rogers clippings scrapbook
47Covington First Methodist Church
48Subscriptions in support of Harris Springs Church, 1878
49Susan F. Adams - Correspondence with Elder Henderson, 1878
410Notebooks - Music lessons
411Miscellaneous writing, drawing
412Printed ephemera
413James Monroe Adams Life History
414Autobiography - Joseph Preston Adams
415Henry Verner biography - First draft of edits
416Breedlove and Gunter History
417Reprint - Breedlove Genealogical History
418McDonald and Verner families scrapbook
boxfolder
51Verner family scrapbook - Morgan County, 1960-1969
52Verner cousins scrapbook - Morgan, Oconee Counties, 1940-1972
53Walton EMC - Henry Verner scrapbook
54Recipes
55Estes Reunions scrapbook
56Family Reunions scrapbook
57Photographs - D.J. and Carrie Adams family
58Photographs - Julia, C.C. Estes family
59Photographs - C.C. Estes car dealership
510Photographs - Julia, C.C. Estes family
511Photographs - Evelyn Estes - Miscellaneous
512Photographs - Evelyn, T.J. Harwell
513Photographs - Evelyn, T.J. Harwell photo album
boxfolder
61Photographs - Evelyn, T.J. Harwell - Photo album - Travel
62Photographs - Myrtle Estes, Reginald Robinson
63Negatives - Myrtle Estes Robinson
64Photographs - Myrtle, Evelyn Estes
65Photographs - G.C., Lillie Adams family
66Photographs - G.C. Adams children
67Photographs - Louise Adams
68Photographs - Wright Adams
69Photographs, negatives - Minerva Estes
610Photographs - Estes family reunion, 1965
611Reproduction photographs - Estes family
612Photographs - Thomas, Julius Davis
613Photographs - Men, women
614Photographs - Family groups
615Photographs - Farms, houses, store
oversized_box
1Group photograph - Walton EMC Board of Directors, identified, 1979
1Group photograph - Newton County Board of Education
1Group photograph - Newton County Board of Education, identified, 1902
1Group photograph - Newton County Board of Education
1Group photograph - Newton County Board of Education, identified (2), 1916
1Group photograph - Newton County Board of Education, identified
1Photograph - House with man in front
1Group photograph - Schoolhouse - includes D.J. and Louise Adams
1Portrait photograph - Evelyn Estes Harwell
1Portrait photograph - Myrtle Estes Robinson
1Group photographs (2) - Ten Adams men
1Group photograph - Seven Adams men
1Group photograph - Large Adams family group
 

II. Legal, business records

boxfolder
616Power of Attorney - John P. Stone to Samuel Bryan, 1819
617Land Grant - John B. Stone - Lot 199-1, Walton County, Georgia, 1820
618Land Grant - George Mealer - Lot 198-1, Walton County, Georgia, 1823
619Deeds - Newton County, Georgia - Lot 224, 1850-1853
620Road maintenance contract - Walton County Road Commission - J.F. Breedlove, Commissioner, 1850
621Report on Road Work from Gainesville Road to District Line
622Bill of sale for three enslaved persons - J.F. Breedlove - Thomas Bradley estate (J.F. Breedlove's Father-In-Law)
623Summons, estate exemption - James F. Breedlove, 1876-1878
624James Adams estate - William Adams, executor, 1854-1864
625Freedmen's contract - John Adams' agreement with five individuals
626FiFa - Newton County - William Dyer - David Spence, 1874
627Land deeds - Walton County, Georgia, 1821, 1881
628Land deeds - Newton County, Georgia, 1884-1892
629Indenture - W.L. Breedlove - J.O. Hollis - Walton County, Georgia, 1903
630Summons - Martha Breedlove - Walton County, Georgia, 1924