Arnold and Screven family papers, 1762-1903 (bulk 1818-1900) [manuscript].

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Arnold and Screven family papers, 1762-1903 (bulk 1818-1900) [manuscript].

The collection includes papers of members of the Arnold and Screven families, chiefly 1818-1900. Included are business correspondence, financial and legal materials, and a farm journal of Richard James Arnold; and family and business correspondence, financial and legal materials, writings, farm journals, genealogical information, and other materials of members of the Screven and related families, including papers of Joseph Bryan, his daughter Hannah Georgia and her husband James Proctor Screven, and their son John Screven.

About 2400 items (5.5 linear ft.).

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Screven, John, 1827-1900.

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John Screven was born on September 18, 1827, the son of James P. Screven and Hannah Georgia Bryan. He attended Franklin College (but did not graduate) and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Savannah in 1849. That same year, he married Mary Footman (1827-1864). In 1852, Screven was appointed a justice of the Inferior Court, a position he held until 1866. He became the president of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad in 1859. Screven was captain of the Savannah volunteer guards and had a short ...

Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company.

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Bryan, Joseph, 1773-1803.

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Arnold family.

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Arnold, Richard James, 1796-1873

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Screven, James Proctor, 1799-1859

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Screven, Hannah Georgia Bryan, d. 1887.

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Screven family.

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