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Ancrum, William, 1771-1831. William Ancrum (1771-1831) papers, 1802-1831.

Title: William Ancrum (1771-1831) papers, 1802-1831.

Contains William Ancrum's bills and receipts, 1829-1831, documenting sales of books and equipment "to Richland School," and account of Jesse Arthur for sale of farm produce; petition, 1 Dec. 1802, to South Carolina House of Representatives, requesting permission to return his slaves to South Carolina from Georgia, and report of legislative committee, 6 Dec. 1802, granting permission. Bound journal, [4 July] - 5 Aug. [1810?] and 1818-1827, details Ancrum's travels through the foothills and mountains of South Carolina, his meetings with two of the state's Revolutionary War heroes, Robert Anderson, Andrew Pickens, and veteran John Looney, who operated a grist mill. Other topics discussed in the journal include his visits to the upstate villages of Pendleton, Pickensville, and Greenville, and his subsequent travels through the mountains of western North Carolina to the Cumberland Gap, as well as Ancrum's personal accounts, 1818-1827.; bound journal is missing first several pages.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Young, Elise M. Wills of John B. Earle, Warren Taliaferro, Zacharias Taliaferro, Hannah Harrison, Thomas Stribling, and General Robert Anderson.

Title: Wills of John B. Earle, Warren Taliaferro, Zacharias Taliaferro, Hannah Harrison, Thomas Stribling, and General Robert Anderson. 1810-1841.

ArchivalResource: [22] leaves ; 36 cm.

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Colhoun, John Ewing, c. 1750-1802. John Ewing Colhoun papers, 1763-1951.

Title: John Ewing Colhoun papers, 1763-1951.

Chiefly business papers re plantation operations and Colhoun's legal practice; including transfer, 17 May 1777, of female slave from James Gambel; land transfer, 10 July 1783, Ninety Six District, S.C., James Sharpe to John Ewing Colhoun, for land in Hillsborough Township; deed, 25 Nov. 1784, for two lots in the town of Ninety Six, S.C.; letter, 9 May 1786, Silver Bluff, S.C., Thomas Galphin to John Ewing Colhoun, Charleston, S.C., re loss of boat and corn and requesting postponement of his case in court. Letters, 19 Sept. 1789-14 Apr. 1796, John Lewis Gervais, to John Ewing Colhoun, re plantation affairs, trouble with a slave, and request for legal advice; letter, 26 July 1790, Charleston, S.C., H.W. DeSaussure, to John Ewing Colhoun, re legal case; letter, 30 June 1792, E. Pickens to John Ewing Colhoun, Pendleton District, S.C., re a legal case involving land confiscated during the Revolutionary War. Letters, 11 May 1792-17 Aug. 1794, St. Stephens, S.C., John Couturier to John Ewing Colhoun, re crops and market conditions; letter, 29 Apr. 1794, John Palmer, to John Ewing Colhoun, recommending an overseer; permit, 6 Mar. 1795, granting free and unmolested travel through the parish for a free Indian employed as a hunter by John Ewing Colhoun; and court proceedings, 29 Aug. 1798, Twelve Mile Rive, Pendleton District, S.C., for trial of slaves on Colhoun's plantation for attempting to poison him. Letter, 3 Dec. 1801, Columbia, S.C., from Robert Anderson, re election of Thomas Sumter to U.S. Senate, death of Judge Ramsay and election of Joseph Brevard to take his place, Federalists and Republicans, and financial situation of S.C; letter, 1 Mar. 1802, Annapolis, Md., from Robert Goodloe Harper to Colhoun, Washington, D.C., re reciept of letter and money; letter, 18 Mar. 1802, from Robert Anderson to Colhoun, Washington, D.C., re expressing political opinions. Letters, 21 Jan. and 16 Apr. 1808, Charleston, S.C., Hannah Edwards to Floride Colhoun, Newport, R.I., re family affairs, financial conditions, and hoping to see them during the summer; letters, 21 Apr. 1819, 6 Nov 1822, and undated, Floride Colhoun, to James Edward Calhoun, U.S. Frigate Congress and Pendleton, S.C., re his absence, poor market for cotton and rice, expected visit of president with John C. and Floride Calhoun, and requesting money.

ArchivalResource: 422 items.

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