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Park/Smith memoir typescript

 Collection
Identifier: 1978-0061M

Scope and Contents

Description of the Frances B. Forrest and William Smith household kitchen in 1877 (the year of Frances' death), recollected later by Smith's grandchild, possibly a daughter of Ann Elizabeth Smith and James A. Park. An unusually detailed account of life on an 1870s farm with both white and African American workers in the Peavine Creek area of Catoosa County, Georgia.

Dates

  • n.d.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

William and Frances Smith came from North Carolina to what was then Walker County, Georgia, before 1843. In 1853, the area became Catoosa County, Georgia. Although their grandchild, Winnefred Frances Park, who married David W. Stiles, wrote several accounts of her ancestors and their life in the county, she was born in 1878, too late to have known her grandmother. She had many older sisters and brothers, however, who may have left the account.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

English

Title
Park/Smith memoir typescript
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