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Johnson, William Henry, (1871-1934). William Henry Johnson Scrapbook, volume three, 1920-1933.

Title: William Henry Johnson Scrapbook, volume three, 1920-1933.

One of three scrapbooks compiled by William Henry Johnson containing, among other material, photographs depicting scenes of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Volume three contains material about Christ Church Parish, St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish, St. James Santee Parish, St. Stephens Parish, and the North Santee and Georgetown area. Subjects and sites include Awendaw Bridge, Cainhoy, the Wando River, a mulberry tree near the Wando River (associated with early attempts at silk industry), Belldam (or Bell Dam), Belle Isle, Bossis, Chicora Wood, the Episcopal church of Christ Church Parish, a courthouse in Conway, houses and a cattle dip at Cordesville, Echaw church site, El Dorado, Fairfield (on the Santee River), Fairfield (on the Waccamaw), Guerin's Bridge, Hamlin House, Hampton Plantation, Harrietta Plantation, Hasty Point, "Hazard Place," Hillcrest, Hopsewee, Hyde Park, "Old Jamestown Episcopal Church," Jouannet Plantation (site of experiments for making tea from cassina leaves), Kensington Plantation, Kinloch Hunting Club, Limerick Plantation, Lofton House, McClellanville, Melrose, Middleburg, Milford, a bridge to Sullivan's Island, the old Berkeley County courthouse, trolley tracks in Mount Pleasant, Oakland, Peachtree Plantation, Pompion chapel, Pyatt House (and other houses in Georgetown), Prince George Winyah Church, Quinby, Richmond, Rosebank (Ditchford), St. James Santee Church ("Wambaw"), St. Marks Chapel of Ease, St. Marks Church, St. Stephens Church, St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish Church, Santee Gun Club, Silk Hope, the grave of Osceola, Stella Maris Catholic Church, the Devereaux House on Sullivan's Island, a Venning family graveyard, Wappetaw, Waterhorn (or "old Wambaw plantation"), the "Wayne Home" in Christ Church Parish, The Wedge, and an Episcopal church in Stateburg.

ArchivalResource: ca. 300 photographs

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Johnson, William Henry, 1871-1934. William Henry Johnson genealogical papers, 1931

Title: William Henry Johnson genealogical papers, 1931

Volume and large oversize genealogical chart documenting Johnson family ancestors and related families in Charleston, S.C., and vicinity, including Capers, Lowndes, Maybank, Mellichamp, Palmer, Porcher, Stevens, Thomas, and other families. Volume, completed 1931, consisting of family history, including biographical sketches, genealogical charts, coats of arms, and illustrations, some in color; includes extensive twenty-two page index. The volume includes extensive anecdotes and text re various aspects of S.C. history, including the American Revolution; the Civil War; and a discussion of the impact of the 1886 Charleston earthquake (pp. 155-157); although this is not a scrapbook, the volume includes several clippings, printed invitations, and other ephemera; Johnson included a note acknowledging the many family lines included in the narrative and the eclectic nature of his volume: "The descendants of Wm. Johnson, III will find this Book of Errors less boring if they will read only between the red arrows." Volume includes annotations written in the hand of owner, William Manigault Capers of Columbia, S.C., as well as his book plate. Also includes lare oversize genealogical chart titled: "Pedigree chart of William Johnson, with some relatives, connections, and personae incognitae to him," which duplicates much of the information in the volume [oversize blueprint in Pob].

ArchivalResource: Genealogical chart.

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Johnson, William Henry, 1871-1934. William Henry Johnson scrapbooks, ca. 1920-1933.

Title: William Henry Johnson scrapbooks, ca. 1920-1933.

Three volumes compiled by William Henry Johnson contain correspondence, handwritten and typescript notes, maps, clippings, printed material, pencil drawings, prints, and a large number of photographs (several with photographic negatives). Johnson's notes provide anecdotes and stories about the South Carolina Lowcountry. Photographs depict cemeteries, churches, plantations, historic buildings, ruins, landscapes, and the interiors of buildings. Volume 1 includes material about the Cooper River (S.C.), Berkeley Co. (S.C.), St. John's Parish (Berkeley Co., S.C.), and Goose Creek (S.C.). Volume 2 contains material about the Ashley River (S.C.), Dorchester Co. (S.C.), James Island (S.C.), John's Island (S.C.), Wiltown (S.C.), Edisto Island (S.C.), St. Helena's Island (S.C.), Walterboro (S.C.), and Beaufort (S.C.). Volume 3 contains material about Christ Church Parish (S.C.); St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish (S.C.); St. James Santee Parish (S.C.); St. Stephen's Parish (S.C.); and North Santee (S.C.). An index of plantation, church, and parish names is included. Volume includes a disbound copy of "Little Mistress Chicken" by Mrs. Arthur Gordon Rose, published by the State Publishing Co., Columbia, S.C.; and part of a disbound copy of "Darkey sermons from Charleston County" by John Palmer Lockwood, published in 1925 by the State Co., Columbia, S.C.

ArchivalResource: 3 v.

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Johnson, William Henry, (1871-1934). William Henry Johnson scrapbook, Volume one, 1920-1933.

Title: William Henry Johnson scrapbook, Volume one, 1920-1933.

One of three scrapbooks compiled by William Henry Johnson containing, among other materials, photographs depicting scenes of the South Carolina Lowcountry, with descriptive notes. Volume one includes photographs depicting cemeteries, churches, plantations, historic buildings, ruins, landscapes, and the interiors of buildings. Subjects include locations in Berkeley County, St. Johns (Berkeley) Parish, Goose Creek, and along the Cooper River. Other sites and subjects include Belmont, Black Oak Church, Bluford, Casada, Cedar Grove, Cedar Spring, Comingtee, a Prioleau family burial ground, Crowfield, Dean Hall Plantation, Dockon Plantation, Eutaw, Eutaw Springs, Exeter, Fairspring, Fort Dorchester, Four Hole Swamp, Gippy, Gravel Hill, the gravestone of Susan Bee, Hanover Plantation, Indian Fields Campground, Ingleside, Indianfield, Liberty Hall Club, Lewisfield, Magnolia Cemetery, monument of Col. Hezekiah Maham, grave of Major Majoribanks, Medway Plantation, Mepkin, a milestone by the Cooper River, Moorfield, Mount Pleasant Plantation, Mulberry Castle, North Hampton, Numertia, The Oaks Plantation, Ophir, Otranto Hunting Club, Parnassus, Pimlico, Pinegrove, Pond Bluff, Pooshee Plantation, John Poppenheim's plantation, Quarter house, Red Bank Hunting Club, an Episcopal church in Pineville, Rice Hope Plantation, The Rocks, St. James Goose Creek church, St. Johns Berkeley rectory site, St. Johns AME Church, a St. Julien family house, a Santee Canal lock, "Sarrazin house," a shanty, Somerset Plantation, Somerton Plantation, "Francis Marion spring," Springfield, Stoney Landing, Strawberry Chapel, Ten Mile Hill, Thoroughgood, Wadboo Barony, Wadboo bridge, Walnut Grove, Walworth, Wampee, Wampoolah, Wappetaw, Washington Plantation, the Whaley place, White Hall, Wiskinboo, Woodlawn, and Yeamans Hall.

ArchivalResource: ca. 300 photographs, 288 pages.

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Johnson, William Henry, (1871-1934). William Henry Johnson scrapbook, volume two, 1920-1933.

Title: William Henry Johnson scrapbook, volume two, 1920-1933.

One of three scrapbooks compiled by William Henry Johnson containing, among other materials, photographs depicting scenes of the South Carolina Lowcountry, with descriptive notes. Photographs depict cemeteries, churches, plantations, historic buildings, ruins, landscapes, and the interiors of buildings. Volume two contains material about the Ashley River and environs, Charleston County, Dorchester County, James Island, Johns Island, Wiltown (or Willtown), Edisto Island, St. Helena's Island, Walterboro, and Beaufort. Sites and subjects include the Angel Oak (Johns Island), Bacon's Bridge, Bee's Ferry, Cattell Bluff, Cole Island, ruins of a fortification on Cole Island, the Charleston Country Club, Cuthbert House (James Island), Dixie Plantation, the extinct town of Dorchester (including the White Meeting House), Drayton Hall, "Dwight's Place," churches on Edisto Island, Fairview, Fenwick Hall, Gardens Corner, Green[e] Meadow, Hayne Hall, the tomb of Thomas Heyward, Hopsington, Hutton Place, James Island Presbyterian Church, the "Three Trees" landmark, Battery Lamar, a drawbridge on Johns Island, an ox and cart on Johns Island, Johns Island Presbyterian Church, Ketelby's Barony, Kiawato, Lady's Island sites, "Lawton's Place" on James Island, "Legare place," "McBeth's," Magnolia Gardens, "Magwood Place," McLeod Plantation, Middleton Place, "Mikell's," F.M. Mitchell's house, Millbrook, Okeetee Club, Parris Island, "C.C. Pinckney's sloop," "Pink House" at Adams Run, Pleasure Grove, Dr. Pope's house, Edisto Island churches, Prospect Hill, Purrysburg, a quarantine station on James Island, "Ramsey Place," Runnymede, St. Andrews Church, St. Bartholomew's ("Old Burnt Church" in Colleton County), St. Johns Protestant Episcopal Church, St. Lukes Parish Church near Bluffton, "St. Paul's, Meggett," "Seabrook's House" on Edisto Island, Sea Cloud, Sheldon Church, Sland's Bridge, "Stanyarne-Roper House" on Johns Island, "Stevens House," Stiles Point Plantation, an old bridge in Summerville, a Summerville horse show, the "Tea Garden" in Summerville, Tomotley Plantation, Tonguewell, Wadmalaw Island, Rockville, the A.H. Wichman house in Walterboro, the Walterboro library and courthouse, St. Jude's Protestant Episcopal Church in Walterboro, The Grove, Oakhurst, a parsonage at Wiltown, an old rice mill in Wiltown, Windsor (Edisto Island), "Elliott or Gonzalez House," the Wappoo Bridge, the bridge between "Little and Big James Island," Wolf's Pit Church (James Island), an Episcopal church at Adams Run, Woodlands (the home of William Gilmore Simms), and Wraggs Barony.

ArchivalResource: ca. 300 photographs

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