1. Correspondence, 1813-1910, undated box folder Request box 1 1 Peter Keith regarding payment and British Chesapeake Campaign (War of 1812), 1813 1 2 Peter Keith regarding payment, illness, and political situation, 1815 1 3 Peter Keith's death from yellow fever, 1817 1 4 Estate of Robert Jones, 1833 1 5 Indenture between David and Susan James and Isham Keith; payment to Isham Keith from Marshall Keith, 1836 1 6 Business letters, 1840
Includes mention of the Panic of 1837 and continuing financial crisis 1 7 1841 Letter from P. H. Delane to William Jones regarding enslaved people, 1841 November 9 1 8 Business and family correspondence, 1842
Includes a letter on treating Bleeding Piles. 1 9 Business and family correspondence, 1843 1 10 Business and family correspondence, 1844
Includes a bill of sale for an enslaved gift named Minta. Letter from Thomas A. Keith to William Jones regarding a bill of sale for an enslaved woman named Minta, 1843 April 27 1 11 Business and family correspondence, 1845
Includes correspondence with John Wilkinson (Triana, Alabama) and Isham Keith to William Jones 1 12 Business and family correspondence, 1846
Includes a letter from Philip Delane who is accused of stealing a slave. Several letters about cotton seed. 1 13 Business and family correspondence, 1848 1 14 Land to Elizabeth Gardner in Columbia County , 1849 1 15 Business and family correspondence, 1850 1 16 Business and family correspondence, 1851
Includes letters from Sarah Jones at school; mention of small pox and vaccination 1 17 Letters from Sarah Jones, 1852 1 18 Business correspondence, 1853 1 19 1854 1 20 1857 1 21 1860 1 22 Letters from Charles at 96 Reg. Penna Vol. Headquarters, 1862 1 23 Letter from W. F. Berry, 1863 1 24 Letters from Frank in Washington, D.C., 1864 1 25 Letters from Frank and others, 1865 1 26 1866 1 27 1867 1 28 1868 1 29 Court summons, 1870 1 30 1871 1 31 [missing], 1872 1 32 1874 1 33 1877 1 34 How can we bets promote the Temperance Reforms?, 1880 1 35 1881 1 36 1882 1 37 1883 1 38 1884 1 39 1885 1 40 1887 1 41 1888 1 42 1889 box folder Request box 2 1 1890 2 2 1891 2 3 1892 2 4 1893 2 5 1894 2 6 1895 2 7 1896 2 8 1897 2 9 1898 2 10 1899 2 11 1900 2 12 1901 box folder Request box 3 1 1902 3 2 1903 3 3 1904 3 4 1905 3 5 1906 3 6 1907 3 7 1908 3 8 1910 3 9 Undated 3 10 Fragments
3. Financial records box folder Request box 5 1 Marshall Keith - tax receipt, 1813 5 2 Ann Jones - tax receipt, 1815 5 3 Cotton sales, 1816 5 4 Estate of Peter G. Keith including bill for coffin, sexton, washing at quarantine ground, 1817 5 5 Estate of Peter Keith, 1818 5 6 Estate of Peter Keith, 1819 5 7 Purchase of bay horse, 1833 5 8 Estate of Peter Keith, 1836 5 9 Estate of Peter Keith, 1837 5 10 List of personal property and shipping expenses List of property including number of enslaved people, 1838 Mentions enslaved persons Expenses for shipping goods from New York and Augusta 5 11 1839 5 12 Receipts for shipping, 1840 5 13 Receipts for shipping, cloth, and taxes, 1841 5 14 Receipts for cotton, daughters at County Line Academy, shipping, and cancelled checks, 1842 5 15 Financial documents, receipts, 1843 Accounts -- William Jones to Baker and Hart, 1844 Mentions purchase of shoes for an enslaved man named Jim Receipt of payment --William Jones to H. Young, 1844 Payment for one year of service as an overseer [enslaver] 5 16 1844 5 17 Financial documents, estate records, receipts, and others Includes receipts for County Line Academy; estate of Marshall Keith; receipts for cotton, cloth, buggy repairs Accounts payable -- estate of Marshall Keith to James Clanton and G. W. Crawford, 1846 Mentions transfer of an enslaved woman Matilda and her two children, Albert and Siber 5 18 Receipts for cotton and bacon, 1846 5 19 1847 5 20 Includes a check to the Washington Lodge, IOOF, Augusta; miscellaneous receipts, 1849 5 21 1850 5 22 1851 5 23 1852 5 24 1853 5 25 Financial documents, receipts, and others, 1854 William Jones to J. W. E. Bealle for hire of an enslaved man named Ceasar, 1854 William Jones to A. Amaker, 1854 Payment for one year of service as an overseer [enslaver] 5 26 1855 5 27 1856 5 28 1857 5 29 1858 5 30 1859 5 31 1860 5 32 1861 5 33 1862 5 34 1865 5 35 Includes cotton sales, Richmond Factory, grocers, and National Bank of Augusta cancelled checks, 1866 5 36 1867 5 37 1869 5 38 1870 5 39 1871 5 40 1872 5 41 1873 5 42 1874 box folder Request box 6 1 1875 6 2 1876 6 3 1877 6 4 1878 6 5 1879 6 6 1880 6 7 1881 6 8 1882 6 9 1883 6 10 1884 6 11 1885 6 12 1886 6 13 1887 6 14 1888 6 15 1889 6 16 1890 6 17 1891 6 18 1892 6 19 1893 6 20 1894 6 21 1895 6 22 1896 6 23 1897 6 24 1898 6 25 1899 6 26 1900 6 27 1901 6 28 1902 6 29 1906 6 30 1907 6 31 1908 6 32 1909 6 33 1910 6 34 Undated box folder Request box 7 1 Ledger, 1856-1888 Includes financial and harvesting information, hiring of enslaved persons, drafts of agreements with freed persons, land rents, list of poor soldiers families 7 2 1866-1868 7 3 1863-1894 7 4 1880-1886
4. Legal documents box folder Request box 7 5 Crop Lien 1872 7 6 Freedmen contract between John McSeed/Wade Glover and W. H. Jones, Columbia County, 1879 Access Online 7 7 Guardianship papers (Judith Keith.) 7 8 Insurance policy 7 9 Invitations 7 10 Keith, Marshall. (Estate papers) Receipt for hiring an enslaved blacksmith named Henry, 1842 Receipt for Marshall Keith estate sale for enslaved people [unnamed], 1842 Receipt for enslaved persons -- from William Jones and Turner Clanton to John Keith and Joseph Keith, 1842 January 15 7 11 Land papers 7 12 Miscellaneous 7 13 Guardianship papers for Isham Keith, Jr. and James Keith, 1841 7 14 Walton, Whann, & Co's pocket book diary and calendar, 1873 7 15 Road Overseer Commission appointing W. H. Jones as overseer of Washington Road from Haws Gate to Reds Creek 7 16 Financial papers and letters of Ishmael, Minny, and Elizabeth Keith, freed people of color, 1843-1851 Access Online
Ishmael, and his sisters Minny and Elizabeth, were enslaved by Marshall Keith and freed at his death. The letters document their lives in Ohio 7 17 Two bills of sale for enslaved persons -- (1) to Marshall Keith from Harriet Keith and Isaac Hibler; (2) to Tarlton Keith from his portion of Judith Keith's "dower", 1836, 1840 Access Online 7 18 Receipt for "balance of the negroes corn and cotton" -- from Judith Keith to William P. Sarbrough, 1844 February 18 Access Online 7 19 Will of William Jones
