Murrell family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Murrell family papers
Creator: Murrell family
Inclusive Dates: 1830-1959
Language(s): English
Extent: 9.5 Linear Feet 18 boxes, 3 volumes, and 2 oversize folders
Collection Number: ms2355
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

George Washington Harlan Murrell (b. 1806), merchant, emigrated to Walton County, Georgia where he married Judith Amanda Melvina Elizabeth Stone, daughter of Rene and Sidney Briscoe Stone. They had nine children, the eighth of which was George Thomas Murrell (1848-1909). George T. married Leila Wade Morton.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of papers of the Murrell family of Oxford (Newton County, Ga.) and Winterville (Clarke County, Ga.) and includes correspondence, business papers, receipts, and account books. The correspondence consists of seven Civil War era letters (1863-1865) to and from George Washington Harlan Murrell, but the majority consists of letters to Ermine and Elizabeth Murrell in Winterville (Ga.) from family and friends. The business papers contain receipts and indentures pertaining mostly to George Washington Harlan Murrell and George T. Murrell. The collection also contains reminiscences of George T. Murrell regarding his imprisonment at Point Lookout Prison (Md.) during the Civil War, receipts, individual photographs of the Emory University graduating class of 1900, and numerous account books relating to various businesses owned by the Murrell family in Walton and Newton Counties.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Murrell family papers, ms2355, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2010 January 28.

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: Murrell family papers, ms 2326.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Correspondence, 1863-1865, 1905-1959
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1	1	Civil War Letters - to and from GWH Murrell, 1863-1865
1	2	Correspondence, 1905-1907
1	3	Correspondence, 1908-1909
1	4	Correspondence, 1910
1	5	Correspondence, 1911
1	6	Correspondence, 1912
1	7	Correspondence, 1913
1	8	Correspondence, 1914
1	9	Correspondence, 1915
1	10	Correspondence, 1916-1917
1	11	Correspondence, 1918-1919
1	12	Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1922
1	13	Correspondence, 1920-1922
1	14	Correspondence, 1923-1926
1	15	Correspondence, 1927-1929
1	16	Correspondence, 1930-1938
1	17	Miscellaneous Envelopes, 1928-1949
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2	1	Correspondence, 1940-1942
2	2	Correspondence, 1943
2	3	Correspondence, 1944
2	4	Correspondence, 1945
2	5	Correspondence, 1945
2	6	Correspondence, 1946-1946
2	7	Correspondence, 1946-1946
2	8	Miscellaneous, Cards, 1943-1949
2	9	Correspondence, 1947-1949
2	10	Correspondence, 1950-1959
2	11	Correspondence - undated
2	12	Correspondence - undated

 

2. Business, 1830-1942
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3	1	Business Papers, 1830-1839
3	2	Business Letters, 1834
3	3	Business Papers, 1840-1849
3	4	Financial Transaction Notes, G.W.H. Murrell, Land in Louisiana, 1841-1858
3	5	Business Papers, 1850-1859
3	6	Business Letters, 1851-1856
3	7	Business Papers, 1860-1869
3	8	Certificate of Release, Prisoner of War, 1865 June 29
3	9	Business Papers, 1870-1879
3	10	Business Papers, 1880-1888
3	11	Indenture/Contracts, 1811-1815
3	12	Indenture/Contracts, 1824-1828
3	13	Indenture/Contracts, 1834-1835
3	14	Indenture/Contracts, 1840-1849
3	15	Indenture/Contracts, 1851-1859
3	16	Indenture/Contracts, 1860-1868
3	17	Indenture/Contracts, 1875-1876
3	18	Indenture/Contracts, 1891-1899
3	19	Indenture/Contracts, 1900-1915
3	20	Indenture/Contracts, 1921-1924
3	21	Indenture/Contracts - undated
3	22	Miscellaneous Account worksheets, 1905-1942

 

3. Education, Personal
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4	1	Appalachee Association (Religious Organization), 1838
4	2	Brochure-Confederate Reunion, 1917
4	3	Civil War Manuscripts of George T. Murrell, Certificate of Release from Prisoner of War, 1864-1865
4	4	Composition Book
4	5	Composition Books
4	6	Copy Book-Wesleyan Female College - for Leila Wade Morton, married George Thomas Murrell, turned copybook into a cookbook, 1868
4	7	Currency - George T. Murrell, 1865
4	8	Emory College Commencement, 1878
4	9	Fraternal Organizational, Correspondence and Papers, 1880-1889
4	10	Fraternal Organizational, Correspondence and Papers, 1890-1894
4	11	Fraternal Organizational, Correspondence and Papers
4	12	Lesson Book
4	13	Lesson Book, Arithmetic, 1943
4	14	Photographs
4	15	What is the Trouble with Schools in Georgia by Z. I. Fitzpatrick
4	16	Sunday School Notes, 1940-1944
4	17	Typing Exercise
4	18	Newspaper Clippings, 1887-1940
4	19	Newspaper Clippings, 1944-1945
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5		Photographs, Emory College, 1900

 

4. Financial records

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Receipts, 1830-1859

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Receipts, 1860-1876

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Receipts, 1877-1879

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Receipts, 1880-1889

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Receipts, 1890-1903

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Receipts, 1904-1909

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Receipts, 1911-1942

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Miscellaneous Receipts, Tax Information, 1915-1950

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Cash Book, Ledgers, Receipt Book, 1877-1911

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Ledgers, Cash Books, 1861-1862

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Cash Books, Ledgers, Receipt Books, 1881-1913

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Ledger, Dental Record Book, Day Book, 1894-1907

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Account Books, Record Books, 1845-1926

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Cash book, 1859-1866

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Account book, 1858-1879

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Account book, loose pages

 

5. Artifacts

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Shoe, army overcoat and tassel of George T. Murrell, 1861-1865

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Masonic ribbon and buttons; Civil War era razor

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Columbian Woodmen badge and ribbon

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Drawing of Bishop Pierce and his father

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Building illustration

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Blueprints, 1908

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Diploma Athens Public Schools Elizabeth Murrell, 1904 May 25

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Diploma of the Oriental Order of the Palm and Shell

 

6. Photographs

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Stereograph images- common Victorian scenes and images of European locations

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Stereograph images- common Victorian scenes and images of European locations