Traveler's Rest/Jarrett Manor records, 1747-1978 (bulk 1832-1967).

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Traveler's Rest/Jarrett Manor records, 1747-1978 (bulk 1832-1967).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145567913

The collection consists of family correspondence, photographs, business and military records of the Jarretts and other families, and research reports and materials generated by the Georgia Historical Commission/Historic Preservation Section, Dept. of Natural Resources, in the operation of Traveler's Rest as an historic site. The collection contains information on the following families: Adams, Lipscomb, Lucas, Martin, Ramsay, Walton, White, and Wyly.

6 cubic ft.

Georgia Department of Archives and History Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6837546

Georgia Department of Archives and History Library

Related Entities

There are 11 Entities related to this resource.

Ramsey family.

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Jarrett Manor (Inn)

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Martin family.

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Sylvester Martin and his wife, Laura, lived in Caton, New York. The Martin family included seven children: Lavina, Rhoda Lodema, Eliza, Mary Ann, Nathan, Joseph, and Ferdinand. Lavina (1828-1879) married Lewis Wood and lived on the family farm in Caton throughout her life. The rest of the family moved west, some settling in Iowa. Rhoda Lodema married Seneca Marcy in 1846 and lived in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Clarence, Iowa. Sylvester and Laura Martin and their other children followed ...

Walton family.

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Adams family

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Jarrett family.

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Wiley family.

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White family.

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Lucas family

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Lipscomb family.

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Traveler's Rest (Inn : Stephens County, Ga.)

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The land on which Traveler's Rest, a Stephens Co., GA, inn, also known as Jarrett's Manor, now stands was granted to Major Jesse Walton in 1785. In 1818 his daughter sold the site to James R. Wyly. After Devereaux Jarrett's purchase in 1833, Traveler's Rest remained in the family until Mary Elizabeth Jarrett White sold the manor to the Georgia Historical Commission. Charles Kennedy Jarrett (1820-1877) was the youngest son of Devereaux Jarrett (1785-1852). Charles married Elizabeth Lucas (d. 1904...