Richards, Mary James, b. 1897.
Biographical notes:
Great grand-daughter of Davison McDowell (1783-1842), a Georgetown County, South Carolina plantation owner who emigrated from Ireland to America in 1810. McDowell served on a court of justices and freeholders who tried and executed several slaves for attempting to raise a rebellion in 1829.
From the description of Excerpts from the Davison McDowell papers, 1811-1842, 1954. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32140096
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Subjects:
- Slavery
- Agriculture
- Dysentery
- Fruit trees
- Measles
- Plantation life
- Plantation owners
- Plantations
- Rice
- Slaves
- Wheat
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Places:
- South Carolina--Georgetown County (as recorded)
- South Carolina--Georgetown (as recorded)
- Georgetown County (S.C.) (as recorded)
- South Carolina (as recorded)
