These papers include court cases from his years as a Justice of the Peace and some correspondence.

The collection contains civil court case summons issued by Jason Greer "J. G." Bloodworth, Justice of the Peace for the 1026th district of Fulton County, Georgia.

This collection contains Thomas Deaton's financial, legal, and personal papers, the bulk of which pertain to the Civil War. Financial records include deeds of purchase for land and enslaved persons, as well as affidavits of sales. Also included is a diary he wrote while working at a Confederate hospital in which he recorded personal notes, information about meetings, records of the weather, and copied obituaries. Correspondence documents Deaton’s sale of grain to the Confederate Army.