Burke County legal records

Collection — Container: 1 box

Identifier: MSS-105

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The majority of the documents are indentures recording sales or transfers of land in Burke County, Georgia.

Dates

Created: 1768-1848
Other: Date acquired: 09/14/1984

Creator

Dumont, William H. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

No current access restrictions on this collection. Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Augusta University Special Collections & Institutional Archives is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research purposes only. Materials within the collection are subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. Augusta University Special Collections & Institutional Archives may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.

Biographical or Historical Information

It is assumed that these documents were transferred from the Museum of Augusta History sometime in the 1970's. Documents have since been stored in no discernible order and are described here as found in the box. Number identification is retained and assumed to have been assigned by the Museum. These documents are assumed to be the basis of an article appearing in the National Genealogy Society Quarterly 1956 vol. 5 (4) p. 47-54 by William H. Dumont. On the basis of this article William H. Dumont is considered the creator of this collection. A copy of the Dumont article is filed with the documents. At the time of the inventory of these documents ( January 2013) it was noted that a folder labeled 29 October 1806 Henry Sheppard to Elbert Calhoon (Missing) was present but no further information about the contents of this folder can be provided. In preparing this inventory, all possible transcriptions of names were provided if the preparer was in doubt as to the transcription of a name.

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