Plantation journal, 1815-1842.

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Plantation journal, 1815-1842.

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McDowell's plantation journal documents life for this rice planter of South Carolina; volume contains a record of seasonal household moves, 1815-1842, and planting and crop records, including the amount of corn and rice harvested since 1826 and 1825, respectively. Typical of plantation journals is a record of weather observations, including a system of meteorological observations for the twelve days of Christmas, said to indicate the weather for the coming year. Information on the McDowell slave holdings is found in the journal, including lists of slaves and their allowances, an 1839 list of slave crimes and misdemeanors, and other slave-related information gleaned from the record of tax returns. The slaves of McDowell's niece, Agnes Fraser, were also enumerated on McDowell's tax return. Additionally, the journal evidences the task system by which McDowell worked his slave laborers.

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McDowell, Davison, 1784-1842.

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Native of Newry, Ireland; following completion of his studies ca. 1810, McDowell joined other members of his family in Georgetown District, S.C. His father, James McDowell, had settled in South Carolina in 1786, and died on the Pee Dee in 1787. His mother, Agnes Davison McDowell, arrived shortly after her husband's death and later married Robert Kirkpatrick. In 1822, Davison McDowell married Mary Moore, who died shortly thereafter. In 1827, he m. Catherine DuBose McCrea Witherspoon (1799 1887), ...