Papers of the Conway, Black, and Davis families, 1754-2003.
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Papers of the Conway, Black, and Davis families, 1754-2003.
Letters and receipts re family news, business correspondence, land papers, wills and legal documents re settlement of estates; weather; and bills of sale for African-American slaves, including two letters, 12 Sept. 1790 and 31 Jan. 1791, Lancaster County, Virginia, William Brown to Edwin Conway, Newberry County, S.C., re hiring out his slaves already in S.C., discussing sale of a slave, reduction of taxes, offering to purchase land on Conway's behalf, and Thomas Taylor's plans to construct a new home. Letter, Feb. 1815, John Black to Richard Seldon, [Va.], inquiring re Seldon's God-daughter "formerly Miss Sarah Conway Ewell" and delivery of certain slaves brought from Virginia; paper, 6 June 1829, in which Ann Mangum gives consent for Ned, her slave, to join Little River Presbyterian Church and list of members in 1832; labor contract, 1866; emigration / immigration matters include naturalization documents, 1797, for John Blair of Great Britain, and 1806, for John Black, of Scotland; and letter, 7 Dec. 1845, Mesopotamia [Ala.], R[obert] Creswell to Dr. John H. Davis, in which Creswell urges him to migrate, and reports of acquaintances in the area. Political papers include letters, 1868, John H. Davis to [John in Illinois?] re S.C. political situation, Reconstruction, and Constitutional Convention in Charleston; letters, 1875, to Gov. Daniel H. Chamberlain; letter, 23 Apr. 1890, Emma Davis to [Jack?], at South Carolina College, re note from Dr. [John M.] McBryde alerting her to Jack's participation in a demonstration against Ben Tillman, expressing her disapproval of his behavior due to the support it would generate for Tillman; other topics include Furman University, [Laurensville Female Academy?], weather, opinions of Reconstruction candidates re African American vote. John Black account book, 1825-1836 and 1861-1877; oversize scrapbook, 1852-1961, including original letters, accounts, etc.; and lettersize scrapbook, 1856-1935, re Laurens County history [previous three described separately]; and oversize land papers, 1754-1825, including document fragment, 30 July 1796, of land conveyance of John Caldwell, Sr.; and 24 items, Ninety-Six District and Laurens County, S.C., documenting transactions involving Abercrombie, Brown, Cannon, Copeland, Dandy, Dendy, Dial, Gillman, Hunter, Jones, Robinson, Rodgers, Watson, Wilkinson, and Williams families. Also including addition, 1814-2003 [photocopies; filed in last box].
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