James Ritchie Sparkman books, 1839-1925 (bulk 1839-1881).

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James Ritchie Sparkman books, 1839-1925 (bulk 1839-1881).

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The collection is four account and record books documenting Sparkman's plantation and medical activities. The collection consists of Sparkman's financial record as executor of the Edward Thomas Heriot estate, which included the Dirleton, Mont Arena, and Northampton plantations on the Pee Dee River; his "Secretary's Record of the Planters Club on Pee Dee"; a ledger from his Birdfield Plantation, including a copy of the will of Sextus Tertius Gaillard (fl. 1881); and a medical daybook, which includes several entries for freedmen.

4 v.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7042268

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Sparkman, William Ervine, 1813-1846.

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William Ervine Sparkman, South Carolina rice planter of the Georgetown and Williamsburg districts on the Black River, married M.A.E. Burgess in December 1836. He was the brother of James Ritchie Sparkman (1815-1897). From the description of William Ervine Sparkman plantation journal, 1833-1888 (bulk 1833-1866) [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 22376929 ...

Sparkman, James Ritchie, 1815-1897

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Georgetown County, South Carolina plantation owner and medical doctor. James Ritchie Sparkman, son of James and Anna Sparkman, married Mary Elizabeth Heriot (1827-1912) in 1845. Sparkman served as commissioned surgeon in General W.J. Hardee's Legion during the Civil War. After the death of his father-in-law, physician Edward Thomas Heriot (1793-1854), Sparkman exchanged his plantation Birdfield for Dirleton Plantation (previously known as Richfield), a rice plantation on the Pee Dee River. The p...

Heriot, Edward Thomas, 1793-1854

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Prominent planter and slaveowner of Georgetown (Georgetown Co.), S.C. From the description of Papers, 1852-1854. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38293533 ...

Gaillard, Sextus Tertius, fl. 1881.

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Planters Club on the Pee Dee (Georgetown District, S.C.)

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