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Lumpkin County gold mining court case documents
Descriptive Summary | |
| Title: Lumpkin County gold mining court case documents | |
| Creator: Sims, Henry L. | |
| Inclusive Dates: 1847 | |
| Language(s): English | |
| Extent: 1 folder(s) | |
| Collection Number: ms3458 | |
| Repository: Hargrett Library | |
Collection Description
Historical Note
Henry L. Sims was an attorney in 1847.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of two legal documents prepared and signed by Henry L. Sims, in Lumpkin Superior Court, 1847, involving a possible gold scam in Lumpkin County, Georgia. Johnson Ledbetter sued Martin Roberts, Jeptha Scott, and Jonas Bedford, charging them with a conspiracy to sell him land in Lumpkin County that included gold deposits when they knew there were none. The documents include Scott's answer, disavowing all knowledge to the specifics of Ledbetter's charges, and an interrogatory from Sims to a witness, asking for information concerning gold mining activity on the land, and with Ledbetter's counter-interrogatories appended.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Lumpkin County gold mining court case documents, ms3458, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Finding Aid Publication
Finding aid prepared on: 2016.