William Ervine Sparkman plantation journal, 1833-1888 (bulk 1833-1866) [manuscript].

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William Ervine Sparkman plantation journal, 1833-1888 (bulk 1833-1866) [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22376929

The collection is a plantation journal containing a wide variety of entries documenting work at Springwood and Cottage plantations, both on the Black River in South Carolina. Entries continuing after Sparkman's death in 1846 were probably made by his brother, James Ritchie Sparkman, and his widow, M.A.E. (Burgess) Sparkman, and possibly also by an overseer.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7042273

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Sparkman, M. A. E. Burgess, fl. 1830s-1840s.

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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...

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 ...