Elliott family papers, 1710-1944; (bulk, 1861-1910).

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Elliott family papers, 1710-1944; (bulk, 1861-1910).

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Consisting of correspondence, deeds, and bills of sale relating to the Elliott family of Beaufort County, S.C., including letters of the Rev. Stephen Elliott (1804-1866); his son, Brigadier General Stephen Elliott (1830-1866), re the Democratic convention of 1860, the sectional crisis, and Stephen Elliott's command of Ft. Sumter, 1863-1864; Also includes papers of Stephen Elliott's son, Lieutenant Colonel William Elliott re his various campaigns in South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina; William's wife, Sarah Means Stuart Elliott, including letters to their son, William Elliott, Jr. (1872-1943), a student in Virginia, and later a participant in the 1903 trial and acquittal of James H. Tillman for the murder of Narcisco G. Gonzales, editor of "The State." Also includes land and legal papers, 1710-1871, documenting the sale of land and town lots in Beaufort and Beaufort District; and bills of sale and other legal documents re African American slaves, 1802-1856. Other correspondents include Robert Woodward Barnwell, Varina Howell Davis, Charles W. Eliot, George Parsons Elliott, Wade Hampton, III, Paul Hamilton Hayne, Herbert Hoover, Henry Middleton, John Joseph Pershing, John Gardiner Richards, Herbert Ravenel Sass, Alexander Sprunt, Benjamin Ryan Tillman, George Dionysius Tillman, Laura Matilda Towne, and William Henry Trescot.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Tillman, James Hammond, 1868-1911.

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Elliott, William, 1838-1907

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Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926

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Richards, John G. (John Gardiner), 1864-1941

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Sass, Herbert Ravenel, 1884-1958

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Charleston, S.C. newspaperman, writer, and historian. He was the son of George Herbert Sass (1845-1908), also a writer, and Anna Ravenel Sass. Sass served on the editorial staff of the News & Courier, a Charleston newspaper, and later gave up newspaper work to write stories, articles, novels, and other works, most of which concern the natural history and history of South Carolina. He married Marion Hutson and was the father of three children. From the description of Herbert Raven...

Tillman, D. (George Dionysius), 1826-1902

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Middleton, Henry, 1797-1876

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Towne, Laura M. (Laura Matilda), 1825-1901

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Trescot, William Henry, 1822-1898

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Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886

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"Hayne, Paul Hamilton (1 Jan. 1830-6 July 1886), poet and man of letters, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Paul Hamilton Hayne, a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, and Emily McElhenny, members of families prominent in politics, law, and religion. Two of the elder Hayne's brothers were U.S. senators, one of whom, Robert Young Hayne, was Daniel Webster's redoubtable opponent in the debates on Nullification and young Hayne's guardian after yellow fever caused the early death of his fat...

Tillman, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Ryan), 1847-1918

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Davis, Varina, 1826-1906

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Elliott, William, 1872-1943

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Elliott, George P. (George Parsons)

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Elliott family.

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Residents of Beaufort County, S.C.; William Elliott (1838-1907) married, first Isabella Barnwell (1841-1867), and second, Sarah Means Stuart Elliott (1846-1939). From the description of Elliott family papers, 1710-1944; (bulk, 1861-1910). (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30066820 ...

Democratic National Convention (1860 : Charleston, S.C.)

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Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Elliott, Stephen, 1830-1866.

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Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902

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Gonzales, Narcisco Gener, 1858-1903.

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