Finding Aids @ Georgia Archives

An 1856 certified copy of William Irwin's 1822 will, made after the Washington County Courthouse was demolished in 1855. Also included is a Dooly County, Georgia, slave bill of sale of Emma by John H. Taylor to Daniel Bridges, which can be roughly dated by the witnessing signature of Nancy Bridges, Daniel's wife, who died by 1853.

Letters, certificates, newspapers, news clippings, and memorabilia, many connected with the Cotton States Exposition. Principal correspondents include: Porfirio Diaz, president of Mexico; William J. Northen, governor of Georgia; Walter Q. Gresham, U.S. Secretary of State; and Dr. Eduardo de Costa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Argentina.

Advertising circulars from cotton factors and commission merchants, most from Savannah, plus an invitation to a dance in Rome, Georgia.

Although Thompson began this book as a diary while he was practicing law in Polk County, Georgia, most of it is a memoir, completed in 1871, of his early life and his service in the Confederate Army, Phillips' Legion, Company D.

Papers of the Billings S. and Lucy Pittman Ivy family. Includes deeds and account records of property owned and improved by the Pittman family on Marietta, Luckie, and Walton Streets in Atlanta, GA, especially concerning the 1896 settlement of the B. S. Ivy estate. Included also are two Civil War era letters of Henrietta Pittman; later letters concerning Ivy, Milam, Taylor, and Strickland family news and social engagements; printed school programs; and other printed items.

Correspondence recorded in the letter book, 1837 - 1869, by Breedlove is from Milledgeville. Buck's Store Daybook, in Washington County, Georgia, covers 1852 - 1853. There are also three folders of news clippings and other loose papers removed from the volumes.

Record of taxes paid by Maund of Geneva, Talbot County, Georgia, on wild lands and other property held by him and others throughout Georgia.

The letter was a draft written on newsprint to Nathaniel E. Harris, who had been serving Bibb County, Georgia, in the Georgia House of Representatives. Harrison makes some argument that involves a judge Heard, Mr. Hodgeson, and Governor Henry D. McDaniel. At one point he states "it was assumed that Gov. McDaniel had exerted his influence to induce Judge Heard to vote for Atlanta."

Letter to Mrs. N. E. Cushing, mentioning the death of Brigadier General George Doles. McClelland served in Company I of the 44th Regiment Georgia Volunteers.

The first letter, written in May 1862 near Richmond, Virginia vividly describes fighting and retreat in the Yorktown and Williamsburg, Virginia, areas. The second letter is less legible.

McCook wrote his brother-in-law to come home to Wilkinson County, Georgia, as his wife was "very sick."

Letter to King's younger brother, Charles Gordon King, written from 5th Regiment Georgia Volunteers, Company K, March 8, 1864.

Record of sales of general merchandise by members of the Paden family of Decatur, citing date, name of account, type of merchandise, and cost. The 1832 - 1868 volume also records some books purchased by the Union Sunday School, 1846. The 1859 - 1878 volume also contains handwritten entries concerning weights and measures, arithmetic exercises, and several compositions by James R. Paden.

The diaries cover his war years and after.

The store account book (1839 - 1848) recorded unspecified merchandise sold together with date, charges, and cash received. The cash book (1839 - 1843) recorded receipts and disbursements, citing receipts from total sales and from notes due and disbursements for Nickelson's payments of notes and purchases of property and goods. Many of the receipts and payments of notes due are for substantial sums of money.

Correspondence, legal and business papers, and newspaper clippings from Coweta and Heard Counties, Georgia, concerning James B. Ware, his wife, Sarah Simms (1833 - 1916), and other family members. One vitriolic letter from Tom Bucket attacks Judge John Mims Ware, 1831. Both men represented Heard County, Georgia, in the state legislature.

The journal gives an almost daily account of young Knowles' life in Georgia, mostly in Bersheba, Henry County, and, on the last page, his entry into medical school in Nashville, Tennessee. A second volume is a medical formulary and pocket diary in which he made notes that he later wrote up more fully in the journal.

Copies of receipts for general store purchases and a certificate of honorable mention in the Atlanta Cadets of 1874.

Letter from Huckaby at home in Terrell County, Georgia, to his brother Billy about their trying to get into the same company, the 28th Battalion. Georgia Seige Artillery, Company C. He also served in the 5th Regiment. Georgia Volunteers, Companies E and A.

Sale of Shadrach to James J. Banks, probably a slave seller.

Letter by Rossignol in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, to John R. Williams, c/o Francis Williams, Taunton, Massachussetts, dated 15 July. Apparently the men were business partners in a Savannah brickworks, and the entire letter concerns supplies, machinery, and labor needed for their business.

John A. Gibson and John Carttan (?) signed for the sale of slave Mary, a dark skinned girl of about seven years, to James M. Cantrell.

Records sales of merchandise sold including liquor, probably in Morgan County, Georgia.

Record of goods sold by James Morris of Carnesville, Franklin County, Georgia, citing date, goods sold, name of account, and cost.

The account book seems to document the loans and repayments of a small loan business owned by James M. Hill. Names and addresses of the borrowers checked in the Atlanta City Directory, 1912, identify them as African American citizens, many of them women employed as laundresses, domestics, and dressmakers.

This collection includes an undated U.S. War Department memo on Redwine's Civil War record in Company H of the 30th Regt. GA Vols. and an 1883 phrenological analysis of Redwine by O. S. (Orson Squire) Fowler.

Letter to Judge J. L. Johnston about Middleton's taking "charge of the sick of two of the companies of our Battalion Station on the Chattahoochee," June 20th.

Bill of sale for Jerry, a 19-year-old male slave, from Edwin A. Brinkley to Fowler.

Receipts, letters of administration, FiFas, an oath of allegiance, promissory notes, court summons, a lease, a plat, and other papers, mostly from Upson County, Georgia. A slave bill of sale signed by William B. Alexander. A Singer Manufacturing Company lease made with Cyrus W. Camp.

The collection contains Dozier and Stapler genealogical material; correspondence; a New Testament carried by Dozier in the Civil War; and many commissions, awards, certificates, and newspaper clippings relating to James' lifetime military career in the Georgia National Guard.

Seven volumes and one folder of loose papers documenting the work life of Lowry in the Kingston and Euharlee District areas of Bartow County, Georgia.

Record of the receipts and disbursements of the DeKalb County, Georgia, estate of Reeve (sometimes Reeves), including a record of several slave sales. John W. Flowers was one of the executors of the estate.

The collection contains the organizational records, speeches, and published articles of Ms. Van de Vrede. There are also some photographs and a scrapbook.The collection is organized into three series: I. Georgia Work Projects Administration Records, II. American Red Cross Records, and III. Speeches and Photographs.

This collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, brochures, scrapbooks, certificates, photographs, and a diary. Additionally included are Janette's personal data from when she was married; letters from children and other relatives; records of her organizations; family scrapbooks; religious information; and World War II ration books.

The letter was written from Savannah, Georgia, where Jared was serving in the 18th Regiment. Missouri Volunteers, Company D, after the city's surrender.

Letter to Norris' mother from camp near Port Royal, Virginia, while he was serving in Company C of the 26th Regt. Georgia Volunteers, January 1863. He mentions that his company has been vacinated for smallpox as there is a case in the Lowndes company next to them. He also worries about money and how his mother will manage cultivating land and slaughtering the animals for meat back home.

This collection includes minutes of biweekly meetings of this agricultural organization in Jackson County, Georgia. Financial reports are also included.

General store accounts with some pages pasted over by newspaper clippings.

This collection includes wills, marriage and death certificates, and other legal records of the following families: Pickett, Terry, Raiford, Boggan, King, Morgan, Jennings, Staiert, Dewitt, and Taylor of Anson County, North Carolina, and Dougherty County, Georgia. Also includes a few pages from the records of Salem Female Academy in Salem, North Carolina, and a license to bring slaves into the state of South Carolina.

Jeremiah wrote most of these letters home to his parents, including one about the First Battle of Bull Run. Two letters are by brother Joseph. A list of women with their children and birth dates probably is of slaves.

The store was located in Upson County, Georgia, two miles east of Thomaston on the Barnwell Rd.

Letter written from Richmond, Virginia, July 27th, soon after he arrived there with 51st Regiment Georgia Volunteers, Company H, with whom he had enlisted in March. The copy is very difficult to read but is accompanied by a typescript.

Williams' account of daily life during a year of Civil War, part of the time in the 2nd Regiment Georgia Militia.