Letters from Twiggs County, Georgia, Washington County, Georgia, North Carolina, and Alabama among the Grist, Bryan, and Grimes families, mainly by Frederick Grist in North Carolina and a Sarah Bryan of Washington County, Georgia, probably his wife's niece. Some letters mention slaves and freedmen. Early letters describe settling in Twiggs County, Georgia, in 1813 and traveling through Alabama in 1828. There is also genealogical information.

Collection includes deeds, mortgages, wills (1879 - 1919) newspaper clippings, certificates, correspondence, telegrams, and genealogical notes connected with the Jeptha E. and Mary E. Dye Campbell estate in Elbert County, Georgia, the Elizabeth Campbell Shadburn family (1920s - 1973) in Bartow County, Georgia, and the Andrew M. and Exella E. Bryan Graham family (1892? - 1918) in Gordon County, Georgia.