Johnston family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Johnston family papers
Creator: Johnston family
Inclusive Dates: 1836-1862
Language(s): English
Extent: 4 folder(s)
Collection Number: ms1629
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

The Malcolm Johnston family were residents of Sparta in Hancock County, Georgia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of papers of the Malcolm Johnston family. Included are correspondences; two small account books; and Certificate no. 2457, for the purchase of a tract of land in Montgomery, Alabama, by Arthur B. Davis of Muscogee, Georgia. The collection also includes documents concerning enslaved people owned by the Johnston family: bill of sales for a slave received by Richard Johnston; wills of Malcolm Johnston and E. L. Johnston; "List of property belonging to M. Johnston," listing 800 acres of land, and the name, sex, age, and monetary value of enslaved people.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Johnston family papers, ms 1629. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2017.

General Notes

Portion of this collection is available through the Digital Library of Georgia: https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/guan_1629

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Account books including clothing and fabric purchases, 1854, 1861

Includes note "to hire negro woman Harriett at $8.40 per month"

 

1	2	Correspondence, 1836-1856, undated
		Includes a letter from O.H. Prince regarding the sale of a plantation and thirty to forty enslaved people; letters regarding the sale of an enslaved person named Joe (1856); and letter from Thomas A. James regarding "your Boy John had drawn prizes in a lottery ... they had refused to pay him & was trying to cheat him out of the amt on the plea that he was a negro"

 

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Land grant, 1837

 

1	4	Papers concerning enslaved people, 1850-1862, undated Access Online
		Documents concerning enslaved people owned by the Johnston family: bill of sale for an enslaved man name William (24 years old) received by Richard Johnston; wills of Malcolm Johnston (including these enslaved people Antony, 32, Little Ann, 50, her daughter Emily, 9, Lucy, 55, Alfred, 7, Fanny Mansfield, 7, and Eve, 53) and E. L. Johnston; "List of property belonging to M. Johnston," listing 800 acres of land, and the name, sex, age, and monetary value of 25 enslaved people.