Ravenel family papers, 1790-1918 (bulk 1850-1890) [manuscript].

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Ravenel family papers, 1790-1918 (bulk 1850-1890) [manuscript].

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The collection includes papers, chiefly 1850-1890, pertain primarily to estate settlements and postwar plantation finances, and include deeds, wills, indentures, receipts, and cotton factor accounts. Estates represented include the following: Abigail Ravenel (fl. 1840s); Henry Ravenel, Edwin DuBose (fl. 1859), Jonathan Eady (fl. 1850), Frederick Simons (fl. 1880s), and Rebecca H. Waring (fl. 1880s). Personal correspondence and other miscellaneous papers also appear, including livestock records, 1790-1897, and a brief journal of two unidentified sisters in the 1840s. Information on slaves owned by the Ravenels and other families often appears in the correspondence and and estate papers in such items as slave bills of sale, a birth list, and receipts for clothes and other materials distributed to slaves.

About 400 items (1.0 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7083703

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Ravenel, Henry William, 1814-1887

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Born in 1814 in St. John's Parish, South Carolina; Educated in South Carolina private schools and South Carolina College, now the University of South Carolina; one of the few distinguished botanists of his time and received international acclaim for his research on non-flowering plants, Cryptogams. His earlier interest was Phaenogams, flowering plants. His collections were given to the Charleston Museum and Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C. From the description of Henry William ...

Ravenel, Ellen M. DuBose, fl. 1850.

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Ravenel, William Francis, b. 1828.

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Waring, Rebecca H., fl. 1880.

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Ravenel, Henry, 1790-1867.

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Berkeley County, S.C. physician and plantation owner. He was the son of Rene Ravenel (1762-1822), and grandson of Henry Ravenel (1729-1785). His uncle was Henry Ravenel (1751-1823). Dr. Henry Ravenel (1790-1867) was married three times, and among his children were Henry William Ravenel (1814-1887) and Thomas Porcher Ravenel (1824-1898). From the description of Henry Ravenel family papers, 1731-1867. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953526 ...

Eady, Jonathan, fl. 1850.

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DuBose, Theodore Samuel, b. 1785.

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Simons, Frederick, fl. 1880.

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Ravenel family.

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Descendents of early French Huguenots, the Revenel and related DuBose families of South Carolina ranked among the most prominent members of the state's planter class. William Francis Ravenel (b. 1828), son of physician/planter Henry Ravenel (1790-1867), achieved note as a lawyer and planter in the Berkeley District. His half-brother, Henry W. Ravenel (1814-1887), became a well-respected botanist. Around 1857, William Ravenel married Ellen DuBose, whose brother, Theodore Samuel DuBose (b. 1785), ...

Ravenel, Abigail, fl. 1840.

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DuBose, Edwin, fl. 1859.

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