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Leslie Hall Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-41
Scope and Contents
Deeds, wills, other legal papers, receipts, marriage certification and record of births and deaths. Papers concern the land acquisitions, land sales and estates of Nancy F. Davis (b. 1798-ca. 1869), widow of John P. Davis Sr. (d. 1845) and her children: James P. (b. 1820); Martha Davis Turner (b. 1825); Thomas G. (b. 1833); Rebecca Gayerre; and Jeannette Davis Hall (1828-1905), wife of Farar A. Hall (d. 1875), metal manufacturer of Kosciusko and Atlanta. The papers also document the lots...
Dates:
1841-1929 and undated
Found in:
Manuscripts
Levy Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-322
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, funeral notices, tax receipts, and poems pertaining to Levy, Holmes, Baptist, Carothers, Hull, and Roby families of Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina, and Virginia. Subjects include family affairs and the Civil War. Among the Civil War letters is a letter written at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in 1861.
Dates:
1837 - 1911
Found in:
Manuscripts
Randolph-Sherman Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-257
Scope and Contents
Papers of Edward Brett Randolph, officer and sutler in War of 1812, participant in the Seminole campaign, planter of Lowndes County, Mississippi, and Receiver of Public Moneys for District Lands, Columbus, Mississippi. Correspondence (1813-1947) for Randolph, his wife, relatives, and friends; his account of his part in the War of 1812; his protests against the Methodist Episcopal Church schism; genealogical and family papers; papers of the family of his daughter, Virginia, who married George...
Dates:
1813 - 1947
Found in:
Manuscripts
George A. Smythe Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-66
Scope and Contents
These papers mostly concern George A. Smythe, an Englishman who obtained U.S. citizenship in 1859 and settled in Jackson; and correspondence (1892-1943) of Ella V. Hipple and other family members.Includes deeds, tax receipts, and other business and legal papers (1839-1938) of George A. Smythe, Arthur W. Smythe, and Ella V. (Smythe) Hipple; ledger (1836-1865) of the firm Daly and McKee, Jackson, Miss.; other items many dealing with the antebellum, Civil War, and reconstruction...
Dates:
1836 - 1943
Found in:
Manuscripts
Thornton family collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-282
Scope and Contents
Collection of the Solomon M. Thornton family of Georgia and Mississippi includes 2 legal papers, 9 Civil War letters, and other letters on family matters. Solomon M. Thornton (circa 1824-1864) served as a Captain in Co. B, 31st Mississippi Regiment in the Civil War, was wounded at Peachtree Creek, and probably killed at the Battle of Franklin. Included are six letters to his wife, Sarah F. Thornton (1829-1880), 1861-1864. Other Civil War letters include a long fragment of a letter from...
Dates:
1849-1895 and undated
Found in:
Manuscripts
Tippah County (Mississippi) Legal Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-102
Scope and Contents
Contents: Indictment; summons; order for transcript.
Dates:
1866 - 1868
Found in:
Manuscripts
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