William T. Chester papers, 1867-1890.

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William T. Chester papers, 1867-1890.

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The collection consists of various papers registered in Whitfield County including last will and testament of William T. Chester dividing his property amongst his children, William, Mary Elizabeth, Jane and Louvinia. Their subsequent disposal of their inherited property, various deeds and land transfers of Chester's are also included.

8 items (0.1 linear feet).

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Chester, William, Sir

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Chester, Mary Elizabeth.

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Chester, Jane Webster

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Chester, Louvinia.

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Chester, William T.

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Whitfield County is located in northwest Georgia at the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains, about thirty miles south of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and eighty miles north of Atlanta. It shares a northern border with Tennessee and covers nearly 290 square miles. The county was formed from part of Murray County in 1851 and named for the Reverend George Whitefield, an Englishman who first visited Georgia in 1738. Whitefield created the Bethesda orphan house near Savannah in 1740. In writing the ...