Cheves, Langdon, 1848-1939
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Charleston, South Carolina attorney and historian.
From the description of Abstracts of title (1694-1850) for lands in Charleston and the Lowcountry, between 1900 and 1940. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32139054
Charleston, S.C., attorney. In the last year of the Civil War he joined the Confederate Army. After graduating from the College of Charleston in 1871, he went into railroad construction in Georgia, but later returned to Charleston to study law. Cheves was a member of the South Carolina Historical Society and served the organization in the capacity of librarian and vice-president. He was the grandson of Langdon Cheves (1776-1857), a South Carolina judge, plantation owner, banker, and politician. His maternal grandfather was rice planter Henry Augustus Middleton (1793-1887). He inherited large land holdings from both sides of his family, and managed properties and investments for various family members.
From the description of Langdon Cheves papers, 1735-1941. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 154690600
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Subjects:
- Abstracts of title
- Plantations
- Real property
- Schools
- Women
Occupations:
- Genealogists
- Historians
- Historians
- Lawyers
- Plantation owners
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- Beaufort County (S.C.) (as recorded)
- Georgetown County (S.C.) (as recorded)
- South Carolina (as recorded)
- South Carolina--Charleston (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- South Carolina (as recorded)
- Charleston (S.C.) (as recorded)
- Rhode Island--Newport (as recorded)
