Mary Barnard Nix collection

Descriptive Summary
Title: Mary Barnard Nix collection
Creator: Nix, Mary Barnard
Inclusive Dates: 1807-1911
Bulk Dates: 1860-1869
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.4 Linear Feet (1 document box)
Collection Number: ms20
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a variety of material inherited by Mary Barnard Nix which dates from 1807-1911. Includes correspondence, land grants, legal documents, Confederate money, a scrapbook, and two notebooks. Many of the land records relate to Mary Poythress and Francis A. Poythress who married Caroline (Carrie) Ware. After the death of Francis Poythress, Carrie marred John Thomas Gay who died in 1865. Of particular interest are Civil War letters by Eugene Ware and John T. Gay, who served in the 4th Georgia Infantry Regiment and T.K. Coleman (unit unknown).

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Mary Barnard Nix collection, ms20, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

General Note

Donated by the Estate of Mary Barnard Nix in 1956.

Conditions Governing Use

No Copyright – United States: Collection is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ For additional information, please contact the Special Collections Libraries at sclib@uga.edu.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Franklin County land grant signed by Jared Irwin, 1807

 

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Deed and land grant, Troup County, 1820-1829

 

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Receipts, indentures, land grants (Troup County), 1830-1839

 

1	4	Indentures and deeds (Troup County), 1840-1849
				Indenture to Mary Poythress of LaGrange names enslaved people Rhoderick, Nathan, Jerry, Hamp, Bill, Jim, Daniel, Creesy, Mernin, Rose, 1846

 

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Indentures, promissory notes, and deeds (Troup County), 1850-1859

Bill of sale, Francis A. Poythress enslaved people named Peter, Lita and her three children, Creesy and Amanda, Depha, Julia, Hardy, Nathan, Black Jane, 1856

Promissory note for hiring enslaved person named Miry, 1851

Bill of sale, Frank A. Poythress, enslaved girl named Celia (14), 1858

Bill of sale for an enslaved woman named Minerva and her two children, 1859

 

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Receipts, indentures, deeds, Confederate currency, share in Planters' Iron Mining Company of Troup, 1860-1869

Receipt for newspaper advertisement Administrators notice for F. A. Poythress and sale of six enslaved people

Agreement between the the estate of F. A Poythress and the Freedmen formerly enslaved on his plantation names include Bill and wife Milly and child, Parris and daughter, Nic and wife Francis, Lile and four children, Creesy and daughter, Davis and wife Ann and children, Miles, Nathan, Ben and wife Martha, Delphley, Daniel and wife and two children, Monk, Stepney, 1865

Bill of sale, Francis A. Poythress, enslaved people named Peter, Lila and her three children, Creesy and Amanda, Delpha, Julia, Hardy, Nathan, and Black Jane

Bill of sale for enslaved woman named Lila and her three children, 1864

 

1	7	Correspondence, undated, 1860
				Letter, John T. Gay mentions the death of Button Dix and waiting for an enslaved man named Henry

 

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Correspondence from John T. Gay at Camp Jackson, Va., 1861

 

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Correspondence including letters from John T. Gay and the announcement of Eugene Ware's death, 1862

 

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Correspondence from John T. Gay and T. K. Coleman, 1863

 

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Correspondence from John T. Gay, 1864

 

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Correspondence from John T. Gay and administration of his estate, 1865

 

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13

1870-1879

 

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1880-1889

 

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1890-1899

 

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16

1900-1909

 

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Correspondence, genealogy, undated

 

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Miscellaneous

 

1	19	Scrapbook - Annie Wares, LaGrange, 1860s
		Includes clippings, Alabama Day Cotton States ribbon (1895), Southern Female College Chapel