Hillyer, Junius
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1807 - 1886
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Judge George Hillyer papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS906
Scope and Content
This collection consists of the papers of the Hillyer family. It is divided into seven different series, keeping the papers of each individual in a separate series. Series I is Judge George Hillyer's materials, and it is divided into five subseries consisting of legal papers and court cases, publications, civic duty and railroads, speeches, and personal papers. Series II is of Judge Joseph W. Fields. Series III belonged to Junius Hillyer. Series IV is the correspondence of the Hillyer...
Dates:
1835-1985, undated
Junius Hillyer memoirs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS156f
Scope and Content
This collection contains the memoirs of Junius Hillyer, a political leader and judge. In his memoirs titled Memoirs of the Early Life and Times of Judge Junius Hillyer he describes his family genealogy; his boyhood and schooling, including his years at the University of Georgia, and growing up in Georgia. He also records his opinions on slavery. He believed that slavery "is the normal condition of the negro race." He talks about the customs of his times and the...
Dates:
1937
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- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Cotton -- Prices -- Mississippi 1
- Cotton trade -- Confederate States of America 1
- Cotton trade -- Mississippi 1
- Floyd County (Ga.) -- History 1
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Invitation cards -- Georgia 1
- Newspaper editors -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Putnam County (Ga.) -- History 1
- Railroad law -- Georgia 1
- Religion 1
- Rome (Ga.) -- History 1
- Slavery -- Georgia 1
- Speeches, addresses, etc. 1
- Universities and colleges -- Georgia 1 + ∧ less
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