Hemphill family papers, 1797-1911 [manuscript].

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Hemphill family papers, 1797-1911 [manuscript].

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Papers include scattered letters between various individuals of the Hemphill, Nixon, and Adair families of South Carolina and Texas, regarding family news and history, marriages and deaths in the family, and an outbreak of yellow fever in New Orleans; an 1815 devotional poem written for the Battle of New Orleans; a letter from George F. Moore regarding his quotation of Hon. John Hemphill's opinion in the Dred Scott case and an obituary for Hemphill's death; receipts; a biographical sketch of Hon. John Hemphill and Robert Nixon Hemphill (1816-1891); a memorandum on James Clark Brawley and his family; remarks on the descendants of Rev. John Hemphill, D.D.; and pamphlets including biographical works and eulogies on members of the Adair and Hemphill famillies and other short works of local history pertaining to the Hemphill family.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Nixon family.

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Brawley, James Clark.

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Hemphill family.

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Adair family.

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Hemphill, John, 1845-1924

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Moore, George Foot, 1851-1931

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Hemphill, Robert Nixon, 1816-1891.

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Hemphill, John, 1803-1862

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Born to John Hemphill and Jane Lind in Blackstock, South Carolina, John Hemphill (1803-1862) graduated from Jefferson College in 1825. Four years later, Hemphill studied law in Columbia, South Carolina, and founded his own law practice. Following his admission to practice law in the Court of Chancery and serving in the Seminole War as a lieutenant, he moved to Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, in 1838. In addition to establishing a law practice, Hemphill was appointed judge of the Fo...