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Richmond County (Ga.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Benning family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS60
Scope and Content

These papers consist of correspondence between various members of the Benning family, personal documents, genealogy of the Benning family, and business papers from Hong Kong, New York and Atlanta.

Dates: 1862-1963, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Benning family papers

John Whitehead last will and testament

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS654f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of John Whitehead's 1857 last will and testament. His will divided his private property and slaves among his children. His son, John R. Whitehead, and son-in-law, Thomas Berrien, who was a county commissioner and judge in Burke County, served as executors of the will. J. Edward Garlick signed the will as ordinary.

Dates: 1857
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / John Whitehead last will and testament