Swearingen, John Eldred, 1875-1957. John Eldred Swearingen papers, 1772-1959.
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John Eldred Swearingen papers, 1772-1959.
Chiefly family papers, including bills, receipts, land papers, and other items re farming and plantation management; places represented include Edgefield District, S.C., and reflect bills and receipts from Hamburg, Edgefield, and Aiken for sales of farm produce, pruchase of supplies, and professional services of lawyers and doctors. Persons mentioned include members of the Tillman, Simkins, Butler, Mims, Thompson, Bland, Cloud, Bonham, and Hammond families. Records of farming and agriculture include: bill of sale, 24 Feb. 1799, Edgefield District, S.C., Rice Swearingen, re sale of slave to Mary Swearingen; agreement, 7 Oct. 1823, Edgefield District, S.C., between Eldred Simkins and Moses Swearingen for operation of Simkins' plantation; accounts, 13 Feb. 1835 and 8 Jan. 1836, of Larkin Swearingen with Vaucluse Manufacturing Company for work on plows, cloth, and beef. Document, 21 May 1852, declaring Moses Swearingen an ordained minister at Mount Zion Baptist Church; letter, 25 May 1862, Killiecrankie, Bethany Academy, Liberty Hill, Benjamin Ryan Tillman, to his sister, Anna Tillman Swearingen, re her teaching school and evacuation of Coles Island; letter, 14 June 1899, Clarks Hill, S.C., George D. Tillman to John Eldred Swearingen, re his graduation with first honors and his prospects for success in spite of his blindness. Later materials include addresses, 1962-1963, given by John Eldred Swearingen, Jr., President of Standard Oil Company, re American business.
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