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Chunn - Land family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1944-0101M

Scope and Contents

Letters, land deeds, business correspondence, and receipts relating to the families of Elizabeth Word and Samuel L. Chunn of Cass (later Bartow) County, Georgia, and the Nathan and Mourning Arrington Land family. Correspondence includes letters to Elizabeth Word Chunn from extended family members. Papers document Civil War and Reconstruction conditions, including the destruction of Cassville in 1864, immigration to Texas, agriculture, small businesses, land investment, family relations, the status of African Americans, sickness and health care, and death. Although the collection is mostly Georgian, with Bartow, Twiggs, Coweta, and Forsyth Counties being the best represented, there are also letters and records from South Carolina, Alabama, Texas, and Tennessee.

Dates

  • 1828 - 1925
  • Majority of material found within 1860 - 1890

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Samuel L. Chunn was born in North Carolina and by 1850 was living in Cass, later Bartow County, Georgia. He married Elizabeth Vance Word and they had one son, William Augustus, in 1840. William A. Chunn married Martha Delilah Land, daughter of Nathan Land and his wife Mourning Ricks Arrington, in 1860. William A. Chunn served in the 40th Georgia Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He continued to farm the family’s property after his father’s death in 1863. Nathan Land served as Justice of the Inferior Court and Ordinary of Cass County.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Organized into three series: 1) Chunn Family Papers; 2) Nathan Land Family Papers; and 3? Non-Chunn/Land Papers. Arranged by correspondent or type of record.

Title
Chunn - Land family papers
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Georgia Archives Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States