The papers include a series of letters written during the Civil War between James E. Hancock (of the 5th Regiment, Georgia Militia, Company J), and his wife, Martha Gay Hancock, of Colquitt County, Georgia, during June and July of 1864, during the time of the battles around Atlanta. There are also a great many documents of family land transactions and other legal matters in Colquitt, Lowndes, Irwin, and Thomas Counties, Georgia.