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Legal documents

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Boykin Wright papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-002
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the personal papers of Boykin Wright. Collection materials include business, financial, and personal correspondence, financial records, legal records from Wright's work as a judge, as well as maps and newspaper clippings. The majority of the collection is comprised of Wright's correspondence with family members, particuarly during WWI.

Dates: Created: 1882-1932; Other: Majority of material found in 1917-1932; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/1979

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

Coleman and Catlett family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-233
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of materials relating to the Coleman and Catlett families, collected by Dr. Warren Soleman in the course of geneaolgical research into the families. Collection materials include financial records, legal documents, and correspondence from various members of the Catlett and Coleman families, as well as the later materials of Dr. Warren Coleman, including his geneaology research materials, and correspondence relating to his genealogical research.

Dates: Created: 1798-1941; Other: Date acquired: 07/11/2001

Davenport Family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-435
Content Description

A collection of letters, degrees and certifications, legal and financial documents, and general paperwork of the Davenport family.

Dates: 1890s-1950s; Other: Date given to Dr. Caldwell: 5/27/2011; Date donated to Augusta University SPEC & IA: 10/13/2025

Eli D. Whitaker Jefferson County Indenture , 1835

 File — Box 4
Scope and Contents

An indenture between Eli D. Whitaker and the state/county in which Whitaker paid $200 for a plot of land in Sumter County, Sc.

Dates: 1835

Ezekiel Harris House Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-064
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises of official documentation, governement and financial documents, land deeds, research materials, photographs, and tours and events ledger book relating to the Augusta Richmond County Historical Society's rehabilitation and acquisition of the Ezekiel Harris House "White House".

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 12/1983; 1930-1960

Hamburg, South Carolina documents, 1853-1868

 File — Box 4
Scope and Contents

A collection of four financial and legal documents related to the African American settlement of Hamburg, South Carolina.

Dates: 1853-1868

Harris family papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-152
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single folder of materials related to the Harris family, especially Sophia Harris. Materials include correspondence, certificates, and legal documents.

Dates: Created: 1842-1867; Other: Date acquired: 03/12/2019

Henry Bry and John Kellam land grant

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-177
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single item: a land grant from the United States of America to Henry M. Bry and John H. Kellam in Ouachita, Louisiana.

Dates: Created: 1820; Other: Date acquired: 03/14/2019

John Milledge deed

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-159
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the single land deed conveying lots of land from John Milledge to Thomas Flournoy.

Dates: Created: 1812; Other: Date acquired: 03/12/2019

Legal Financial Documents Featuring Free African Americans, 1811-1812

 File — Box 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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: 1811-1812

Miscellaneous ephemera

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-173
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of three items of miscellaneous ephemera: a postcard addressed to Miss Bettie Nichols (1886), a court summons for the commonwealth of Kentucky (1868), and a novelty $500 dollar bill produced as a tourism item by the Charleston, S.C. Chamber of Commerce.

Dates: Created: 1868, undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/14/2019

Pearce family papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-170
Scope and Contents

This collection contains Financial & Legal documents related to the Pearce family affairs from 1780-1930. Primarily consists of land & property deeds, intentures, receipts, and tax information. The collection also includes the memoir of Henry C. Roney, which covers the experiences of Roney and North Virginia Soldiers during the Civil War.

Dates: Created: 1780-1930; Other: Date acquired: 03/13/2019

Pearce family papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-001
Scope and Contents

A collection of financial & legal documents related to the Pearce family of Augusta, Georgia. Also includes a memoir written by Henry C. Roney.

Dates: Created: 1780-1930; Other: Date acquired: 02/07/1978

Walker family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-401
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of personal correspondence, photographs, and financial records documenting the prominent Walker family of Augusta, Georgia.

Dates: Created: 1844-1982; Other: Date acquired: 06/09/2009

William Henry Fleming papers

 Collection — Box 3
Identifier: MSS-143
Abstract

Letters, his law cases, and personal correspondence.

Dates: Created: 1852-1935; Other: Date acquired: 06/16/1989