Geiger, Spearman, Gresham families papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Geiger, Spearman, Gresham families papers
Creator: Gresham, Emma Mary Spearman, 1868-1952
Creator: Spearman, Gabriel Toombs, 1838-1912
Creator: Spearman, Ann Elizabeth Geiger, 1845-1911
Creator: Gresham, William Jeptha, 1868-1930
Inclusive Dates: 1844-1996
Bulk Dates: 1920-1994
Language(s): English
Extent: 14.5 Linear Feet (29 boxes)
Collection Number: ms3940
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Gabriel Toombs Spearman (1838-1912), son of Gabriel Toombs and Martha Ledbetter Spearman, was married in 1867 to Ann Elizabeth "Annie" Geiger (1845-1911) daughter of Washington Whitfield and Mary Ann Hardy Geiger. The Spearmans lived in Social Circle (GA). Their daughter Emma Mary (1868-1952) was married in 1889 to William Jeptha Gresham (1868-1930), son of James Monroe and Martha Catherine Atkinson Gresham. Their children included Pauline "Polly" (Mrs. Julian Moore), Mary, and Frances "Prue" (Mrs. Robert Mitchell).

Scope and Content

The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, financial papers, genealogy, writings, printed material, photographs, and artifacts. The major portion of the collection is genealogy research done by the Gresham sisters Pauline, Mary, and Frances.

Most of the correspondence is between family members and includes the following sections - 1844-1849 letters between Gabriel Toombs Spearman and his brother-in-law Matthew Whitfield; 1864-1865 letters to Annie Geiger from her friend Salina Perry describing effects of the war on her home; 1867-1903 letters between Annie Geiger and her sisters Esther and Mary which cover such subjects as fashion and dressmaking, babies, health, and gossip; 1866-1867 letters between Toombs Spearman and Annie Geiger in Micanopy, Florida before their marriage; 1888-1889 letters between Jeptha Gresham and Emma Spearman before their marriage; and 1860-1861 letters to Toombs Spearman at the University of Georgia from his father containing much about politics, Abraham Lincoln and the war.

There are writings by James Monroe Gresham about his Civil War experiences in the 42nd Regiment, Company H, including being a prisoner at Johnson Island (OH).

Organization and Arrangement

Organized into seven series: biographical information, correspondence, financial, genealogy, writings/artwork, printed materials, and photographs.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Geiger, Spearman, Gresham families papers, ms 3940, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Biographical information

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Biographical Information

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Two pencils advertising W.B. Spearman's Gin in Social Circle, GA

 

2. Correspondence
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1	2	Gabriel Toombs Spearman & Matthew Whitfield, 1844-1849
1	3	Correspondence, 1850-1859
1	4	Correspondence, 1860
1	5	Correspondence, 1861-1862
1	6	Correspondence, 1864-1866
1	7	Correspondence, 1866-1869
1	8	Correspondence, 1867
1	9	Correspondence, 1868
1	10	Correspondence, 1869
1	11	Correspondence, 1870
1	12	Correspondence, 1871-1884
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2	1	Correspondence, 1887
2	2	Correspondence, 1888 January- February
2	3	Correspondence, 1888 March
2	4	Correspondence, 1888 April- June
2	5	Correspondence, 1888 July- August
2	6	Transcriptions of letters of the Geigersisters- Esther, Annie & Emma, 1858-1888
2	7	Correspondence, 1889 January- October
2	8	Correspondence, 1889 November- 1901
2	9	Correspondence, 1902
2	10	Correspondence, 1903
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3	1	Correspondence, 1904-1912
3	2	Correspondence, 1947-1961
3	3	Correspondence, 1967-1996
3	4	Correspondence, undated
3	5	Empty envelopes

 

3. Financial papers
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3	6	Financial papers, 1846-1897
3	7	Geiger family, 1859-1869
3	8	Gresham family, 1908-1930
3	9	Gresham family- Mary Gresham funeral, 1952
3	10	Spearman family, 1850-1910
3	11	Estate of John T. Fleming deeds and abstract of title Alachua County, FL, 1911-1929
3	12	Deeds & land documents- Florida, 1853-1868
3	13	Deeds- Georgia, 1883-1919
3	14	Blueprints and plats of property in Morgan County (GA), 1912-1923

 

4. Genealogy
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28	1-2	Genealogy ledgers (2) with indexes- Mary Gresham
28	3	Genealogy ledger- Frances Gresham Mitchell
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4	1	A
4	2	Adams family
4	3	Aiken family
4	4	Allen family- research correspondence
4	5	Allen family- research notes
4	6	Andrews/ Lancaster
4	7	Archer family
4	8	Atkinson family- research correspondence, 1949-1963
4	9	Atkinson family- research correspondence, 1964-1996 & nd
4	10	Atkinson family- Coat of Arms
4	11	Atkinson family- family history
4	12	Atkinson family- family history
4	13	Atkinson family- family history & charts
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5	1	Atkinson family- research notes- typed
5	2	Atkinson family- research notes- handwritten
5	3	Atkinson family- wills
5	4	Atkinson/ Watkins families
5	5	B
5	6	Bankston family
5	7	Barrett family
5	8	Bateman family
5	9	Beckham family
5	10	Beville family
5	11	Bolton/ Boltin families
5	12	Bostwick family
5	13	Bottoms family
5	14	Boyd family
5	15	Brown family
5	16	Byne family
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6	1	C
6	2	Cade family
6	3	Callaway family
6	4	Carpenter family
6	5	Carroll family
6	6	Chaffin family- research correspondence, 1954-1985
6	7	Chaffin family- research notes
6	8	Chaffin family- research notes
6	9	Chaffin/ Bird families
6	10	Chaffin/ Montgomery families
6	11	Clarke family
6	12	Coleman family
6	13	Colquitt family
6	14	Crutchfield/ Lambert families
6	15	Cunningham family
6	16	Cureton/ Heath/ Kinard/ Houston families
6	17	D
6	18	Daniel family
6	19	Davis family
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7	1	Deason family
7	2	Dell/ Maxwell/ Barrow families
7	3	Dickinson family
7	4	Dismukes family- research correspondence, 1955-1959
7	5	Dismukes family- research correspondence, 1960-1985 & nd
7	6	Dismukes family- research notes
7	7	Dorsett family
7	8	Drewery family
7	9	E
7	10	Echols/ Eckles families
7	11	Ellis family
7	12	F
7	13	Fussel family
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8	1	G
8	2	Geiger family- research correspondence, 1930-1986
8	3	Geiger family- research correspondence, 1987-1996 & nd
8	4	Geiger family- Bible record
8	5	Geiger family- charts
8	6	Geiger family- Coat of Arms
8	7	Geiger family- will transcriptions
8	8	Geiger family- research notes- typed
8	9	Geiger family- research notes- handwritten
8	10	Geiger/ Kaigler
8	11	Gibbs family
8	12	Graham family
8	13	Green family- research correspondence, 1974-1988 & nd
8	14	Green family- research notes
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9	1	Gresham family- research correspondence, 1917-1949
9	2	Gresham family- research correspondence, 1950-1959
9	3	Gresham family- research correspondence, 1960-1967
9	4	Gresham family- research correspondence, 1968-1969
9	5	Gresham family- research correspondence, 1970-1971
9	6	Gresham family- research correspondence, 1972
9	7	Gresham family- research correspondence, 1973
9	8	Gresham family- research correspondence, 1974
9	9	Gresham family- research correspondence, 1975-1979
9	10	Gresham family- research correspondence, 1980-1982
9	11	Gresham family- research correspondence, 1983-1987
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10	1	Gresham family- research correspondence, 1988-1989
10	2	Gresham family- research correspondence, 1990-1995 & nd
10	3	Gresham family- cemetery & Bible records
10	4	Gresham family- census records
10	5	Gresham family- charts
10	6	Gresham family- Coat of Arms
10	7	Gresham family- land lottery records
10	8	Gresham family- marriage records
10	9	Gresham family- military service research
10	10	Gresham family- wills
10	11	Gresham family- by name A-Z
10	12	Gresham family- Edmund Gresham
10	13	Gresham family- John Gresham
10	14	Gresham family- Littleberry Gresham
10	15	Gresham family- Moses Gresham
10	16	Gresham family- William Gresham
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11	1	Gresham family- Alabama  research
11	2	Gresham family- England research
11	3	Gresham family- Georgia research by county
11	4	Gresham family- Kentucky research
11	6	Gresham family- Virginia research
11	7	Gresham family- Virginia research by county
11	8	Gresham family- research notes typed
11	9	Gresham family- research notes handwritten
11	10	Gresham family- research notes on index cards
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12	1	Gresham family- research notebook
12	2	Gresham family- research notebook
12	3	Gresham family- research notebook by Mary Gresham
12	4	Gresham family- research notebook- George Gresham of Wilkes Co. & his descendants
12	5	Gresham family- Gresham by Sally Eugenia Brown
12	6	Gresham family- Gresham family of Wilkes County, GA by Owen G. Gresham
12	7	Gresham family- The Gresham family by Thomas Gresham
12	8	Gresham family- My branch of the family of Gresham by Troy E. Gresham
12	9	Gresham family- Gresham Chronicles by Edwin Fletcher James
12	10	Gresham family- Gresham by Alexander T. Strange
12	11	Gresham family- "Gresham- Any way you spell it" newsletter, 1984-1988
12	12	Gresham/ Halbert families
12	13	Gresham/ Lumpkin families
12	14	Grier family
12	15	Gunn family
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13	1	H
13	2	Hackney family
13	3	Haile family
13	4	Hardy family
13	5	Harris family
13	6	Hartsfield family
13	7	Heard family
13	8	Heath family
13	9	Henderson family- research correspondence
13	10	Henderson family- research notes
13	11	Hester family
13	12	Hiley family
13	13	Hillhouse family
13	14	Hubbard family
13	15	Hurst family
13	16	Hurst/ Montgomery families
13	17	Ivey family
13	18	Janes family
13	19	Jenkins/ Crawford/ Robert families
13	20	Jennings family
13	21	Johnston/ Johnson families
13	22	Jones family
13	23	Jordan family
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14	1	K
14	2	King family
14	3	L
14	4	Lane family
14	5	Launius family
14	6	Ledbetter family- research correspondence
14	7	Ledbetter family
14	8	Lewis family
14	9	M
14	10	McCoy/ O'Neal families
14	11	McDaniel family
14	12	McGehee family
14	13	McIntosh family
14	14	McKinney family
14	15	Malcom family
14	16	Malone family
14	17	Manley family
14	18	Marshall family
14	19	Martin family
14	20	Matthews/ Mathews families
14	21	Maxwell family
14	22	May family
14	23	Milner family
14	24	Mitchell family
14	25	Moore family- research correspondence
14	26	Moore family- research notes
14	27	Morff/ Murff families
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15	1	Murchison family- research correspondence
15	2	Murchison family- research notes
15	3	Myrick family
15	4	N
15	5	Neal
15	6	O
15	7	Overby family
15	8	P
15	9	Patterson family
15	10	Pendergrass family
15	11	Perry family
15	12	Phillips family- research correspondence, 1920-1975
15	13	Phillips family- research correspondence, 1977-1978
15	14	Phillips family- research correspondence, 1979-1994 & nd
15	15	Phillips family- research notes typed
15	16	Phillips family- research notes handwritten
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16	1	Phillips family- notebook Mary Gresham papers with index (2 copies)
16	2	Phillips family- notebook- research by county (GA)
16	3	Phillips family- "Phillips Family Finder", volume 7, 1992 Spring
16	4	Piles/ Pyles families
16	5	Poe family- research correspondence, 1954-1959
16	6	Poe family- research correspondence, 1960-1993
16	7	Poe family- research notes
16	8	Ponder family
16	9	Powell family
16	10	Preston family
16	11	Pyron family
16	12	R
16	13	Randall family
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17	1	S
17	2	Sanders family
17	3	Shockley family
17	4	Shuptrine/ Sheptrine families
17	5	Sims family
17	6	Snellings family
17	7	Spearman family- research correspondence, 1934-1958
17	8	Spearman family- research correspondence, 1960-1979
17	9	Spearman family- research correspondence, 1981-1994 & nd
17	10	Spearman family- Bible records
17	11	Spearman family- Coat of Arms
17	12	Spearman family- research notes typed
17	13	Spearman family- research notes handwritten
17	14	Spearman family- xerox copies of original documents
17	15	Spearman family- "Ancestors of our Maples and Adams families" by Iris Maples Lockey
17	16	Spencer family
17	17	Stribling/ Stripling families
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18	1	Strother family- research correspondence, 1930-1977
18	2	Strother family- research correspondence, 1980-1991 & nd
18	3	Strother family- research notes
18	4	Stroud family- research correspondence
18	5	Stroud family- research correspondence, 1973-1983 & nd
18	6	Stroud family- research notes typed
18	7	Stroud family- research notes handwritten
18	8	T
18	9	Tatom/ Stovall/ Zellars families
18	10	Taylor family
18	11	Thomas family
18	12	Thompson family
18	13	Thornton/ Pollard families
18	14	Toombs family
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19	1	Trammell family- research corrrespondence, 1955-1964
19	2	Trammell family- research corrrespondence, 1965-1979 & nd
19	3	Trammell family- cemetery and Bible records
19	4	Trammell family- census records
19	5	Trammell family- charts
19	6	Trammell family- landgrants and lotteries
19	7	Trammell family- marriage records
19	8	Trammell family- Revolutionary War records (copies only)
19	9	Trammell family- wills
19	10	Trammell family by name A-Z
19	11	Trammell family- Virginia research
19	12	Trammell family- research notes typed
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20	1	Trammell family- research notes handwritten
20	2	Trammell family- "Family of Daniel, Elisha and Francis Moore Trammell" by Vaughan West Murff, 1958
20	3	Turner family
20	4	Van Selis/ Van Selus family
20	5	Vann family
20	6	W
20	7	Walker family
20	8	Warren family
20	9	Weaver family
20	10	Wethington family
20	11	White family
20	12	Wingfield family
20	13	Wright family
20	14	Wyche family
20	15	Yarborough family
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21	1	Alabama research
21	2	Florida research
21	3	Florida research, census
21	4	Florida research, count records- Alachua County
21	5	Florida research, marriages- Alachua County
21	6	Florida research, wills- Alachua County
21	7	Georgia research
21	8	Georgia research, cemetery records
21	9	Georgia research, census
21	10	Georgia research, church records
21	11	Georgia research, marriages
21	12	Georgia research, Revolutionary War records
21	13	Georgia research, tax digest- Oglethorpe County, 1795-1799
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22	1	Georgia research, wills
22	2	Georgia research, Walton County
22	3	Georgia research, Wilkes County
22	4	North Carolina research
22	5	North Carolina research, maps
22	6	South Carolina research
22	7	Tennessee research, census- Campbell County
22	8	Texas research, census, 1850
22	9	Virginia research- Albemarle County
22	10	Virginia research- Amherst County
22	11	Virginia research- Caroline County
22	12	Virginia research- Essex County
22	13	Virginia research- Henry County
22	14	Virginia research, marriages
22	15	Virginia research, military records
22	16	Virginia research, wills, 1632-1800
22	17	Virginia research, notes by Augusta Fothergill
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23	1	Research correspondence by name of correspondent A-Z
23	2	Research correspondence, France "Prue" Gresham Mitchell to her family, 1971-1973 & nd
23	3	Research correspondence, Sherrie Walton, 1976-1989 & nd
23	4	Research correspondence, Ouida H. White, 1953 & nd
23	5	Research correspondence, Institute of American Genealogy, 1947-1950
23	6	Research correspondence, requests for copies of veteran records, 1958-1976
23	7	General research, Edward Pleasants Valentine papers
23	8	General research, list of books owned by Mary Gresham and Polly Moore
23	9	General research, list of marriages conducted by Moses Waddel, 1795-1835
23	10	General research, notebook- Frances "Prue" Gresham Mitchell
23	11	General research, notebooks- Mary Gresham
23	12	General research, notebooks- Pauline "Polly" Gresham Moore
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24	1	Colonial Dames, Abraham Venable Chapter- Gainesville Florida
24	2	Colonial Dames, applications for membership- Mary Gresham
24	3	Colonial Dames, applications for membership and certificate- Pauline Gresham Moore
24	4	Colonial Dames, applications for membership- arranged alphabetically by name of ancestor
24	5	Colonial Dames, Mary Gresham Memorial book donations to Gainesville (FL), Public Library, 1977-1982
24	6	Daughters of the American revolution (DAR), correspondence, 1930-1994
24	7	Daughters of the American revolution (DAR), applications for membership, Mary Gresham
24	8	Daughters of the American revolution (DAR), applications for membership- arranged alphabeticaly by name of ancestor
24	9	Daughters of the American revolution (DAR), lists of soldiers
24	10	Daughters of the American revolution (DAR), genealogical forms

 

5. Writings and Artwork
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24	11	Autograph book- Annie Geiger [Spearman], 1866-1885
24	12	"Partial history of Co. H 42nd Regiment" by James Monroe Gresham
24	13	"Short sketches of battles around Atlanta in 1864" by James Monroe Gresham
24	14	"Short sketches of prison life on Johnson Island, Ohio" by James Monroe Gresham
24	15	Reunion of Co. H 42nd Rgt.- battles, deaths, wounded
24	16	Reunion of Co. H, 42nd Rgt., undated
24	17	by Gabriel Toombs Spearman
24	18	"Self Control" by George T. Spearman, 1884
24	19	Sabbath School addresses by unknown author, 1870 & nd
24	20	Social Circle Debating Club speeches, 1878 & nd
24	21	"The trouble of a school girl- a soliloquy" by unkwown author
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25	1	"Adventure of a pen point" by Walter Gresham, 1905
25	2	Re: Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
25	3	"Christmas" speech by Mary Gresham as National Defense Chairman, 1966
25	4	"I am a tired American" by Alan C. McIntosh, 1965
25	5	County Line Elementary School Teacher of the Year application by Joyce M. Spiler, 1989
25	6	Re: Carolyn Cahill Beardsley (includes photograph and eulogy), 1992 & nd
25	7	Poetry
25	8	Recipes/ remedies
25	9	Sheet music- Washington's March, Buonaparte's March- handwritten, possibly by Gebriel Toombs Spearman
25	10	by unknown authors
25	11	painting on tile, artist name illegible
25	12	Political cartoons by unknown artist
25	13	Sketches of house and woman by unknown artist

 

6. Printed materials
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25	14	Printed material
25	15	Geiger family, "The Geigers of South Carolina" by Percy Geiger
25	16	Gresham family
25	17	Gresham family, "Gresham family" by Augusta Gresham Bagwell (with letter from author 1924)
25	18	Gresham family, "The Gresham family..." by Thomas Gresham, 1923
25	19	Spearman family
25	20	Colonial Dames, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
25	21	Social Circle Methodist Church (GA)
25	22	Florida
25	23	Virginia
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26	1	Geiger family Bible
26	2	Annie Geiger Spearman family Bible
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29	3	Calling cards and copper engraving plate

 

7. Photographs
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27	1	Photographs
27	2	Gresham family
27	3	Moore family
27	4	Spearman family
27	5	Joyce Moore Spiler family
27	6	Archer, Florida- Fleming family and Archer Dramatic Club
27	7	Cemeteries- Atkinson & Chaffin & Spearman