Hagerty, Rebecca McIntosh Hawkins, papers, 1823-1974.

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Hagerty, Rebecca McIntosh Hawkins, papers, 1823-1974.

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Papers relating to the extended family of Rebecca McIntosh Hawkins Hagerty, a three-quarter Creek Indian who was also the only woman in Texas owning more than 100 slaves in 1860, concern the family of Creek Indian chiefs William McIntosh, Hagerty's father, in the Old Creek Nation; Roley (Roderick) McIntosh, her uncle; and Chillicothe McIntosh, her half-brother, in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) after forced emigration in 1826; her first husband, Ben Hawkins, Jr., also a Creek and a friend of Sam Houston, with whom Rebecca moved to Texas in 1833; her second husband, Spire M. Hagerty, Texas plantation owner and slaveholder; the management by Rebecca Hagerty of two East Texas cotton plantations and of the estates of her minor children after the death of her second husband; and the families of Hagerty's three married daughters, 1849-1901. Materials primarily include financial and legal documents, correspondence, and a newspaper clipping. Photocopies are provided for use by

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