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Baldwin Buckner Miller papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1975-0451M

Scope and Contents

Excellent accounting records describe Miller's management of a large Burke County, Georgia, plantation and are comprised of numerous invoices, receipts, and recorded cotton shipments from Savannah, Georgia, to Liverpool, England, during and after the Civil War. Included also are valuable pre-1856 Burke County estate records (enslaved people are mentioned in family wills), land grants, slave bills of sale, incoming correspondence, and genealogical material. There are virtually no references to Dr. Miller's family except tuition receipts for four of the Miller children studying at Hephzibah High School and Monroe Female College. Although many individuals are mentioned throughout the records, only the Benjamin Lewis and the William H. Baldy estate papers have substantial documents.

Dates

  • 1776-1879

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Biographical / Historical

A prosperous physician, planter, and landowner, Baldwin was the son of Frances Mann and Richard Miller of King and Queen County, Virginia. He moved to Burke County, Georgia, after studying medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and married twice: 1) Rosa Anderson Morrison and 2) Cornelia E. Polhill.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

1 folders

Language of Materials

English

Other Finding Aids

Unpublished inventory available.

Title
Baldwin Buckner Miller 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