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Bacot, Thomas Wright, 1849-1927. Thomas Wright Bacot papers, 1846-1922.

Title: Thomas Wright Bacot papers, 1846-1922.

Papers consist of correspondence, writings, legal documents, and other items. Correspondence (1899-1922) concerns real estate transactions, affairs of St. Philip's Church (Charleston, S.C.), legal affairs, celebrations for Britain's Day (7 December 1918) in Charleston (S.C.), and other matters. Included are letters of recommendation for Bacot addressed to President Woodrow Wilson, as well as additional correspondence concerning Bacot's attempt to obtain an appointment to the U.S. delegation to the upcoming peace conference in Europe (1918). In addition, there are many letters to Bacot from Mary Jane Ross (d. 1922) at Charleston (S.C.), Asheville (N.C.), and elsewhere, mainly concerning property rentals, financial matters, and real estate transactions. Legal documents consist of abstracts of title for plantations and other South Carolina properties, contracts, titles to real estate, bonds, estate records (1901-1908) of James Ackerman, and other items. In addition, there are notes regarding Bacot's legal cases, and documents (1904-1910) pertaining to the American Tea Growing Company. Writings include manuscripts and drafts of speeches (ca. 1890-1922) for civic, memorial, and other occasions; prayers; and a typescript (1917) of an essay written in response to George Bernard Shaw's play "Getting Married." Other items include bank books, genealogical materials about the Bacot family, clippings, and a printed leaflet by Bacot entitled "George Bernard Shaw and the Marriage Laws of South Carolina."

ArchivalResource: ca. 475 items.

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McCrady, Louis DeBerniere, 1885-1965. Louis DeBerniere McCrady papers, 1887-1964.

Title: Louis DeBerniere McCrady papers, 1887-1964.

Papers chiefly consist of correspondence (1943-1964) and genealogical research on the related South Carolina families of Coachman, DeBerniere, Ford, McCrady, and Shackelford. In the correspondence, only one letter dates to 1943, and the rest, dated from 1955 to 1964, are mostly letters to McCrady from his cousin Johan Stone in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland. Letters chiefly concern the genealogy of the DeBerniere and Crommelin families, but also discuss family matters, events in Great Britain, and other matters. A letter from Stone of Dec. 14, 1957 thanks McCrady for a publication entitled "The Santee" and adds: "Over here our history lessons seem to be written by Northerners and, apart from Lee's brilliant campaigns, the South apparently seems to existence since the civil war...we never knew what the South had suffered after the war in its role of 'conquered province.'" Also included are papers (1901-1906) of Louis DeBerniere McCrady, Sr., which consist of correspondence with T.W. Bacot chiefly relating to the legal and business affairs of the Cherokee Marble and Iron Company (of North Carolina), and related financial records. Papers pertaining to the Shackelford family include a scrapbook (1887?-1920s) of mostly newspaper clippings, including obituaries of Shackelford family members and relations. Ford family genealogy includes information on the Hume family and other related families, and a map of Georgetown District (S.C.) showing the location of Ford and Shackelford plantations. Collection also includes a few miscellaneous items and photographs. Photographs depict members of the McCrady and DeBerniere families; most are unidentified, except for a photograph of Louis DeBerniere McCrady, Sr., and two portraits of persons tentatively identified as John Anthony DeBerniere and Gen. Abraham Crommelin DeBerniere.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear ft.

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Church Association (Charleston, S.C.). General Board. Minute book of the General Board of the Church Association, 1873-1888.

Title: Minute book of the General Board of the Church Association, 1873-1888.

Minute book kept by association secretary Thomas W. Bacot. Minutes of the meetings concern the religious services and charitable work of the Church Association and other benevolent organizations at Charleston's jail, hospital, and almshouse. Other topics include the establishment of missions, work on local cemeteries (especially Magnolia Cemetery), association finances, policies regarding Sunday excursions, and other social and religious issues. Volume includes a clipping (1873) about the beginnings of the Church Association and a list of board members.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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McCrady, Jane Shackelford, 1854-1935. Jane Shackelford McCrady papers, 1883-1931.

Title: Jane Shackelford McCrady papers, 1883-1931.

Papers consist of correspondence and other papers of Jane S. McCrady and Louis DeBerniere McCrady, and a photograph. Correspondence (1883-1931) concerns personal and family affairs, genealogy, business and financial affairs, and other matters. Included are many letters of Louis DeBerniere McCrady from Charleston (S.C.), Flat Rock (N.C.), and elsewhere to Jane S. McCrady, and many letters to her from her children, including John McCrady, Louis McCrady, and Emily S. McCrady. Letters (1892-1905) to Jane S. McCrady from her cousin Joel W. Shackelford in Denver (Colorado) concern family matters and Shackelford genealogy. There are also letters (1931) to Jane S. McCrady concerning Shackelford family history from Franklin Shackelford Moseley in Montgomery (Ala.) and Dallas (Texas). Also included are letters (1909-1910) of Thomas W. Bacot regarding financial matters. Other papers consist of financial records, including stock certificates (1883), a collateral note (1894), receipts, and checking account statements; property records (1853-1910) pertaining to Jane S. McCrady's property at Legare and South Bay streets in Charleston (S.C.) including deeds, a bill of foreclosure, an abstract of title, a conveyance, mortgages, receipts, and related correspondence; insurance policies (1886-1920); a copy of the will (1904) of Louis DeBerniere McCrady; copy of the will of Jane S. McCrady; an agreement (1918) between Jane S. McCrady and her son John McCrady regarding the remodeling of her house; blueprints (n.d.) of a house in Charleston (S.C.); and chemical analyses of iron ore deposits made by Allard Memminger. Oversized photograph (n.d.) is of a group of soldiers in full militia dress; one of the individuals is Edward McCrady (1802-1892) or Louis DeBerniere McCrady (1851-1910).

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear ft.

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Bacot, Thomas Wright, 1849-1927. Thomas Wright Bacot papers, 1871-1928.

Title: Thomas Wright Bacot papers, 1871-1928.

Papers consist of letterpress copybooks, speeches, papers pertaining to St. Philip's (Episcopal) Church, genealogical materials, political and business papers, and other items. Letterpress copybooks (5 bound volumes, 1871-1922) include tissue copies of letters from Thomas W. Bacot and the firm of Walker & Bacot to relatives, clients, overseers, attorneys, city officials, and others regarding genealogical research, South Carolina politics, plantation affairs at Roadside Plantation, St. Philip's Church, estates and other legal affairs, and other matters. Two of the letterpress copybooks contain many letters to Mary Jane Ross from her attorney Edward McCrady and others concerning personal matters, finances, and her legal and business affairs. Speeches (1908-1924) include a handwritten draft (1908) of a lecture on the Powder Magazine (Charleston, S.C.). Papers pertaining to St. Philip's Church consist of notes, clippings, a plat, a list of rectors, drafts of a constitution and by-laws for the lay association, letters, and other items. Political papers (1876-1883) include a petition, a broadside, and a draft of a bill concerning child labor. Business papers (1882-1926) consist of accounts, stocks, conveyances, and letters. Genealogical materials, including notes, clippings, correspondence, and transcriptions of epitaphs, pertain to the Bacot, Lance, and Huger families and related families. Also included are genealogical papers of Josephine Rhett Bacot and D. Huger Bacot, Jr. regarding Rhett, Horry, and other family connections.

ArchivalResource: ca. 200 items.

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Bacot Family Papers, 1752-1973

Title: Bacot Family Papers, 1752-1973

This collection contains the papers of members of the Bacot, Huger, Cochran, Wainwright, Lance, McCrady and allied families including those of: Thomas Wright Bacot (1765-1834), Thomas Wright Bacot, Jr. (1795-1851), Robert Dewar Bacot (1821-1903), Thomas Wright Bacot (1849-1927), Julius Motte Bacot (1859-1894), Daniel Huger Bacot (1847- 1920), Josephine Rhett Bacot (1859-1932), Daniel Huger Bacot, Jr. (b. 1888), Harriett Susannah Wainwright Bacot (1797-1858), Richard Wainwright Bacot, (b. ca. 1790), Daniel Huger (1779- 1859), John Huger (1744-1804), Charlotte Huger (d. 1836), Samuel Wainwright (d. 1780), Robert Cochran (d. 1824), Lambert Lance (1758-1804), Rebecca Brewton Motte (1737-1815), and attorney Edward McCrady (1802-1892) and his son Edward McCrady (1833-1903). In addition, there are records of the law firm of McCrady, Sons & Bacot, records of the Vestry of Christ Church, Wilton (Adam's Run, S.C.), and documents pertaining to the Cainhoy Riot (1876). Collection also includes correspondence, estate papers, legal documents, business and financial papers, diaries, journals, writings, genealogical materials, photographs, ephemera, and other items.

ArchivalResource: 6.5 linear feet; 0.25 linear foot

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