Papers, 1771-1900.

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Papers, 1771-1900.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122579963

These papers concern Major Pierce Butler, his estate, and his heirs. The family members represented include: Sir Thomas Butler, Sir Richard Butler, Sarah Middleton Guerard, Benjamin Guerard, Mary Izard Brewton, Miles Brewton, Mary Brandford Bull, Elizabeth Izard Blake, Mary Middleton Butler, Thomas Butler, Pierce [Mease] Butler, Sarah Butler Wister, Owen J. Wister, Frances Butler Leigh, and James W. Leigh. The papers include South Carolina legislature papers, 1775-1805; U.S. Congressional papers, 1789-1800; Bank of the United States papers, 1801-1819; Georgia plantation managers' correspondence, including George Hooper, 1786-1803, Roswell King, 1802-1830, Roswell King, Jr., 1815-1854, Alexander Blue, 1847-1859, and James M. Couper, 1879-1885; plantation crop and livestock reports, 1800-1884; shipping agents' correspondence and accounts, including Harrison ? slave lists, 1775-1815; birth and death lists, 1800-1834; transactions, 1780-1804; wills and estate papers for above-mentioned family members, 1771-1860; deeds and leases, 1782-1786, 1801-1812, 1833-1840, 1865-1886; Pennsylvania property correspondence and receipts, including Armstrong County, 1818-1838, Bedford and Cumberland Counties, 1804-1821, Huntington County, 1766-1819, Indiana County, 1815-1821, Jefferson County, 1824-1836, Lycoming County, 1797-1818, and Northumberland County, 1802-1809; Georgia property correspondence, including St. Simon's Island, 1891, Hampton, 1894, and General's Island, 1895-1900; and lawsuits involving Major Pierce Butler, 1780-1830, 1864-1881.

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Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822

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Pierce Butler (July 11, 1744 – February 15, 1822) was an Irish-American South Carolina rice planter, slaveholder, politician, an officer in the Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as a state legislator, a member of the Congress of the Confederation, a delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention where he signed the United States Constitution, and was a member of the United States Senate. Born in County Carlow, Ireland, Butler pursued preparator...

Wister, Sarah Butler, 1835-1908

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Sarah Butler Wister (1835-1906), daughter of Pierce Butler and Fanny Kemble, married Dr. Owen Jones Wister of Grumblethorpe in 1859. According to her granddaughter, Fanny Kemble Wister Stokes, "Sarah was fine looking, nearly beautiful... She is remembered as regal when she received at the Philadelphia assemblies... She was the great lady of her neighborhood. Sarah a writer, published travel writing, translations of French poetry, and a volume entitled Worthy Women of Our Century. She also jou...

Butler, Richard, 1699-1771

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Magwood, Simon

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Leigh, Frances Butler, 1838-1910

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Butler, Pierce, 1807-1867

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Brewton, Mary Izard, -1775

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King, Roswell, 1765-1844

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Roswell King-native New Englander, manager of the Pierce Butler coastal plantations, and industrialist and businessman in Glynn and McIntosh counties-was in his seventies when he founded his namesake town, Roswell. He established the Roswell textile mills in the late 1830s and enticed wealthy coastal families to join his enterprise, thus changing the economy and the population mix of northern Fulton County. The influence of King's late-life accomplishments remains a part of Roswell'...

Guerard, Benjamin, approximately 1733-1788

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Charleston and St. Helena Parish, S.C. attorney, plantation owner, and politician. He was a member of the South Carolina Privy Council from 1782 to 1785, and in February 1783 became Governor of South Carolina. From the description of Circular letter, 1783 April 2. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36865465 Charleston and St. Helena Parish, S.C. attorney, plantation owner, and politician. He served as Governor of South Carolina from 1783 to 1785. ...

Lawton, William

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Butler, Thomas, Sir, -1772

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Blue, Alexander.

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Hooper, George, 1910-

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Epithet: Bishop of Bath and Wells British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x0000a3 Epithet: of Add MS 36594 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x0000a4 According to his great granddaughter, George Hooper was a blacksmith who travelled to Australia in 1839, returning to England in 1840. There were originally three volumes de...

McNish, John

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Epithet: merchant, of Glasgow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000220.0x0002bc ...

Butler family.

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Harrison & Latham.

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Couper, James M.

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King, Roswell, 1796-1854

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Bull, Mary Brandford, 1699-1771.

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Blake, Elizabeth Izard, -1792

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Butler, Thomas, 1778-1838

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Only son of Maj. Pierce Butler (1744-1822), the signer of the U.S. Constitution. From the description of Letter, 1838 Feb. 3, Charleston, SC, Taylor, Lawton, and Company (firm) to Thomas Butler, Philadelphia, Pa. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 40978520 ...

Wister, Owen J. (Owen Jones), 1825-1896

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Chisholm & Taylor.

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Brewton, Miles, 1731-1775

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Butler, Mary Middleton, -1790

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Guerard, Sarah Middleton, -1775

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Leigh, James Wentworth, -1923

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Epithet: Dean of Hereford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000757.0x00011b ...