John Ewing Colhoun Papers, 1774-1961

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John Ewing Colhoun Papers, 1774-1961

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John Ewing Colhoun was a planter, lawyer, South Carolina legislator, and U.S. Senator. The collection is mostly papers and correspondence related to Colhoun's law practice and to his plantations, including Santee, Bonneau's Ferry, Pimlico, 12 Mile, Keowee, and Mount Prospect, in the St. Stephen's and St. John's parishes and the Charleston and Pendleton districts, S.C. There are also limited records, 1830s-1850s, for Midway and Millwood plantations in Abbeville District, owned by son James Edward Calhoun (who changed the spelling of his surname), and several letters, 1816-1820, addressed to William Moultrie Reid of Charleston (relation to Colhoun unknown). Financial and legal papers include plantation accounts, slave lists, overseer contracts, warrants, bonds, indentures, affidavits, deeds, estate papers, clippings, and miscellaneous items.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Colhoun, John Ewing, 1751-1802

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Planter and lawyer of Charleston, S.C., and Pendleton District (now known as Pickens and Anderson Counties), S.C.; member of S.C. Senate, 1801; member of U.S. Senate, 1801-1802; member of S.C. House, 1778-1800; husband of Floride Bonneau Colhoun; father of John Ewing Colhoun, Jr. (1791-1847); father-in-law of John C. Calhoun (1782-1850). From the description of John Ewing Colhoun papers, 1763-1951. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 43602727 John Ewing Colho...