Included in the collection are materials relating to John F. Carmichael (1761-1837), of Fort Adams, Miss., and Pinckneyville, Miss., U.S. Army surgeon, cotton planter, postmaster, and collector for the Mississippi District for the United States Treasury; his nephew John Carmichael Jenkins (d. 1855), medical doctor, horticulturist, and cotton planter, of Natchez, Miss.; and an unidentified individual with the surname Winchester, possibly Josiah Winchester, of Natchez, Miss., who served as guardian for Jenkins's children after Jenkins's death. John F. Carmichael and John Carmichael Jenkins were both originally from Pennsylvania. Jenkins acted as executor of his uncle's estate after Carmichael died in 1837, and he inherited River Place Plantation in Adams County, Miss., from him. He had at least one brother, David Jenkins, of Windsor Forge, Pa., and at least one daughter, Alice Jenkins (Allie) of Natchez, Miss. Other individuals of note in the collection are business agent James Armor of New Orleans, La.; planter Nathanial Webb of Natchez, Miss., and overseers S. L. Grier and E. T. Powell of River Place Plantation.
From the guide to the Carmichael and Jenkins Family Papers, 1779-1896 and undated, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)
