Wallace Family Papers
Scope and Content
Farm and estate records of the Wallace family of Noxubee and Winston Counties, Mississippi include a journal which was kept by Isaiah Wallace in the 1830s. The balance of the collection includes account statements, promissory notes and other financial records, and modern history writings. In addition, an 1859 agreement mentions slave Harriet and an 1861 promissory note documents the hire of slave Barthuney. A cased tintype and photographic copy of same depicts James R. Wallace in April 1862 upon his enlistment in the 35th Mississippi Regiment, Company D (Fort Donelson Avengers).
Dates
- 1939 - 2009
Extent
.37 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Processing Note
This finding aid is currently in progress. Please contact sp_coll@library.msstate.edu for more information.
- Title
- Wallace Family Papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Shell by Carrie P. Mastley.
- Date
- February 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository