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Slave bills of sale -- Georgia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Crawford, Frazer & Co. receipt

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS561f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a receipt from the Crawford, Frazer, and Company to John P. Hulst for two slaves named Henry and Hannah.

Dates: 1863 May 2
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Crawford, Frazer & Co. receipt

DuBose family collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1020
Scope and Content This collection contains the personal and professional papers of the DuBose family and the historical Civil War items they collected. The personal papers pertain to geneaology, correspondence, and DuBose Jr.'s military service in the United States Navy. Also included are manuscripts and presentations written by members of the DuBose family as well as many collected from others about the Civil War.These papers document the DuBose family's interest in the Civil War. There is...
Dates: 1782-2001, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / DuBose family collection

James E. Williams papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS329
Scope and Content This collection documents Williams family members and their businesses, including letters, bills, and receipts. There are three bound books: a checkbook from 1854, Williams company account book from 1859, and a scrapbook from 1904-1905. There are also several Confederate bond receipts and checks, letters from the field, a parole, monthly subsistence papers, a land indenture, and a broadside of a speach James's WIlliams gave in Atlanta. Other items include a fire insurance policy dated...
Dates: 1820-1905, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / James E. Williams papers

Kirkpatrick family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS779
Scope and Content

This collection contains personal letters written by and to the Kirkpatrick family, mainly Nettie Kirkpatrick and her sister Keren Kirkpatrick Lindley. Also included are many death notices for the immediate Kirkpatrick family. Tax records from the 1860s are included. Bill of sales for several slaves are also included. There are several newspaper clippings on various subjects along with several books and pamphlets.

Dates: 1778-1920, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Kirkpatrick family papers

Lochrane and Reid family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1203
Scope and Contents This collection documents the Reid and Lochrane families, as well as the associated families Grant and Rudolph. The bulk of papers is correspondence, primarily from Sallie Fannie Reid. Other items include legal material from Osborne Augustus Lochrane such as speeches, legal decisions, telegraphs, and a funeral announcement; a valedictory speech, calling cards, calendars, receipts, and poetry from the Lochrane family; and receipts and Confederate Army military passes from the Reid family. In...
Dates: 1833-1977, undated; Majority of material found within 1856-1872
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Lochrane and Reid family papers

Menefee-Timmons-Mitchell Family Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS142
Scope and Content The collection contains the papers of the Menefee, Timmons, and Mitchell families of Georgia. Included are correspondence, application materials to the Daughters of the American Revolution (D. A. R.) and Daughters of the War of 1812, printed materials, legal records, scrapbooks, and other ephemera. Correspondence includes letters between F. N. Menefee, Maggie (Menefee) Dean Warden, Josephine Menefee, and Aline Timmons regarding their family genealogy. Application materials for...
Dates: 1827-1980
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Menefee-Timmons-Mitchell Family Papers

Samuel Boykin Turman papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS357f
Scope and Content

This collection contains financial records, including indentures, bills of sale, receipts, and account books. Among the records are two bills of sale for enslaved people in Georgia. Also included in the material are account books, bank books, and a day planner.

Dates: 1833-1922, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Samuel Boykin Turman papers

Thomas Deaton papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS951f
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1838-1873, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Thomas Deaton papers

Thomas Moore slave bill of sale

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS396f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a bill of sale for two slaves, a man and a woman, from W. L. Adamson to Thomas Moore. The receipt gives a physical description of the two slaves, named Michael and Nann.

Dates: 1863 November 7
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Thomas Moore slave bill of sale

United Daughters of the Confederacy collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS765
Scope and Content

This collection includes records of organizational activities of the Georgia division and of several Atlanta chapters.

Dates: 1849-1979
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / United Daughters of the Confederacy collection

William McNaught Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS156
Scope and Content The collection is primarily a series of correspondence and documents relating to William McNaught’s business interests; and a limited collection of personal correspondence between family members. The business records document ordinary business activities as well as the effects of the Civil War on his commerce. Several letters document the difficulties collecting funds from debtors after the Civil War. During the Civil War William McNaught with a group of investors formed the Fulton Exporting...
Dates: 1836-1911
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / William McNaught Papers