Kie Oldham papers, 1860-1875.

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Kie Oldham papers, 1860-1875.

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The bulk of papers concern Confederate Arkansas and most are of an official nature, correspondence to and from Governors Elias Nelson Conway, Henry Massie Rector, Harris Flanagin, Powell Clayton, and Isaac Murphy, as well as various Civil War officers. Subjects include the Civil War, secession, abolition, slavery, Freedmen's Bureau, Abandoned Lands, Jayhawkers, crimes, civil and military elections, laws, acts, and Reconstruction.

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Arkansas History Commission, Department of Archives and History

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Arkansas. Governor

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United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

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The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government agency that aided distressed freedmen (freed slaves) in 1865–1869, during the Reconstruction era of the United States. The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, which created the Freedmen's Bureau, was initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. It was passed on March 3, 1865, by Congress to aid former slaves ...

Oldham, Kie, 1869-1912

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Kie Oldham was born 17 Jan.1869 in Speedwell, Madison County, Ky. After receiving an education in Kentucky's public schools Oldham, then about fifteen, moved to Little Rock in 1884 where he resided with his sister, Mary Kavanaugh Oldham Eagle, wife of James Phillip Eagle. He graduated from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia in 1889 and earned a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1894. Oldham served as private secretary to his brother-in-law, Governor Eagle (1889-1...

Murphy, Isaac, 1799-1882

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Rector, Henry M. (Henry Massey), 1816-1899

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Born in Kentucky, later moved to Arkansas where he served in the House of Representatives and the Senate as well as a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court. Served as Governor of Arkansas, 1860-1862 and then joined the army to fight for the Confederacy. From the description of Letter, April 11, 1862. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53969477 U.S. surveyor general for Arkansas, state legislator, and Arkansas governor. From the descriptio...

Flanagin, Harris, 1817-1874

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Harris Flanagin was born in New Jersey on 3 Nov. 1817. He moved to Greenville, Ark., then the county seat of Clark County, and began practicing law. In 1841 he served as deputy sheriff of Clark County. In 1842 Flanagin was elected state representative and served for two years. He was again elected to public office in 1848 and served in the state senate for the next two years. Flanagin married Martha E. Nash of Washington in 1851. They had three children: Duncan, Nash and Laura. Following Arkansa...

Clayton, Powell, 1833-1914

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Powell Foulk Clayton was born in Bethel Township, Pennsylvania, to John and Ann (Clarke) Clayton. The Clayton family was descended from early Quaker settlers of Pennsylvania. Clayton's ancestor William Clayton emigrated from Chichester, England, was a personal friend and associate of William Penn as well as one of nine justices who sat at the Upland Court in 1681. Clayton attended the Forwood School in Wilmington, Delaware and the Pennsylvania Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy in Bri...

Conway, Elias N. (Elias Nelson), 1812-1892

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