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Bugg family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1973-0218M

Scope and Contents

1807 Edmund Bugg tax list (including a list of enslave people by name), probably in the Richmond or Columbia County, Georgia area; 1823 Appointment of Benjamin Bugg as administrator of Edmund Bugg estate; 1860 William J. Steed, Thomson, Georgia, letter to Benjamin Bugg, requesting hand of his daughter Susan in marriage; and 1872 William P. Steed estate records (distribution of funds from sale of land and academy).

Dates

  • 1807-1872

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Biographical / Historical

The Bugg family lived in the Augusta area from at least the early 19th century. By 1860 Benjamin Bugg (b. ca. 1800) had moved from Columbia County, Georgia, to Louisiana where William Jephunneh Steed wrote him from Thomson, Georgia, requesting the hand of his daughter, Susan L. Bugg, in marriage. Mr. Steed was the son of William P. Steed, a Baptist preacher from Warren County, Georgia.

Extent

4 items

Language of Materials

English

Title
Bugg 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