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Burke County legal records & correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-395
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of miscellaneous legal records and correspondence relating to individuals and families in Burke County, Georgia. The majority of documents relate to the buying and selling of real estate, and includes deeds, trust deeds,  and plot maps describing property lines. Also included are indentures, and letters related to these legal arrangements.

Dates: Created: 1782-1856; Other: Majority of material found in 1800-1856

Miscellaneous legal papers

 Collection — Container: 2 boxes
Identifier: MSS-006
Scope and Contents

Collection includes: slave bills of sale, Georgia land deeds; including Cherokee,  Wilkes, Richmond, Columbia, Greene, Wilkinson, Jefferson, Burke, Screven, Washington, and Early Counties, and cities Augusta and Savannah, South Carolina land deeds; including Edgefield, Granville, Effingham, Barnwell, and Aiken Counties and Beech Island and Newberry District, Georgia Legal Papers, South Carolina Legal Papers, and Confederate and Military Papers

Dates: Created: 1732-1922; Other: Majority of material found in 1800-1893; Other: Date acquired: 02/14/1978

Richmond County slave records

 Collection — Container: 1 boxes
Identifier: MSS-004
Abstract

Records of individuals owning enslaved persons.  Many records note the names of the enslaved persons.

Dates: Created: 1819-1847; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/1979