Obediah Edwards deeds and estate inventory 1852-1859

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Obediah Edwards deeds and estate inventory 1852-1859

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This collection contains the deeds to two pieces of land in Georgia purchased by Obediah Edwards. One tract of 490 acres was in Chatham County, the other consisting of 234 acres was in Effingham County. Also included in this collection is an estate inventory listing the properties Edwards owned at the time of his death.

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Georgia Historical Society

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Georgia Historical Society

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Georgia Historical Society

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In the spring of 1839, three Savannahians—Episcopal divine William Bacon Stevens, renowned autograph collector Israel K. Tefft, and educator, scientist, and American Medical Association founder Dr. Richard D. Arnold—hatched the idea of an organization whose mission would be to “collect, preserve, and diffuse the history of the State of Georgia in particular, and of America generally.” In May of that year they held the first meeting of what was christened the Georgia Historical Society, the te...

Edwards, Obediah

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