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Hatton-Lovejoy family memoirs

Hatton-Lovejoy family memoirs

Descriptive Summary

Title: Hatton-Lovejoy family memoirs
Creator: Lovejoy family
Creator: Hatton family
Inclusive Dates: 1833-1887
Language(s): English
Extent: 2 folder(s)
Collection Number: ms1012
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

The Hatton family (compiler's great-grandfather) moved on November 13, 1833, from the Newberry district, South Carolina, to Meriwether County, Georgia. Grandmother Mary Ann Hatton married Anderson Ray Lovejoy of Jasper County, Georgia, who became a licensed Methodist preacher in Meriwether County through the influence of distant kinsmen Lovick and George Foster Pierce. The family moved into Greenville, Georgia, then to Atlanta, Oxford, Clarkston, and Lovejoy's Crossing.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of the typed memoirs of the Hatton and Lovejoy families, titled Memoirs of My Mother and Her Family, and a carbon copy of these memoirs. The memoirs begin with the arrival of the Hatton family (compiler's great-grandfather) in Georgia on November 13, 1833, having moved family and slaves from the Newberry district, South Carolina, to Meriwether County, Georgia. Grandmother Mary Ann Hatton married Anderson Ray Lovejoy of Jasper County, Georgia, who became a licensed Methodist preacher in Meriwether County through the influence of distant kinsmen Lovick and George Foster Pierce. The family moved into Greenville, Georgia, from the county, then to Atlanta, Oxford, Clarkston, and Lovejoy's Crossing. There are many mentions of prominent people and events during the mid-nineteenth century. The memoirs conclude in 1887.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Hatton-Lovejoy family memoirs, ms1012, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

General Notes

The compiler of the memoirs is unnamed.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Atlanta (Ga.) -- History.
Clarkston (Ga.) -- History -- 19th century.
Greenville (Ga.) -- History -- 19th century.
Hatton, Mary Ann
Lovejoy's Crossing (Ga.) -- History -- 19th century.
Lovejoy, Anderson Ray
Memoirs.
Meriwether County (Ga.) -- History -- 19th century.
Pierce, George F. (George Foster), 1811-1884
Pierce, Lovick, 1785-1879
Slaveholders -- Georgia.

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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11-2Memoirs, 1833-1887