Scope and Contents Mrs. Mary (Polly) Edmondson's Negro account book (1874 - 1882), listing a large number of African American sharecroppers on her Putnam County, Georgia, farm who also appear in the 1880 census. Two articles of agreement to pay them for the year include surnames such as: Williams, Coles, Lawson, Dumas, and Kinney. Many of the other papers are shipping bills from the Central of Georgia Railroad to Mrs. Edmondson, her son Zachariah J., and a John H. Allen. The account book was kept by more...

Scope and Contents Mrs. Mary (Polly) Edmondson's Negro account book (1874 - 1882), listing a large number of African American sharecroppers on her Putnam County, Georgia, farm who also appear in the 1880 census. Two articles of agreement to pay them for the year include surnames such as: Williams, Coles, Lawson, Dumas, and Kinney. Many of the other papers are shipping bills from the Central of Georgia Railroad to Mrs. Edmondson, her son Zachariah J., and a John H. Allen. The account book was kept by more...