McCants family papers, 1850 Feb. 12-ca. 189u.

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McCants family papers, 1850 Feb. 12-ca. 189u.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31523258

Collection of McCants family papers, 12 Feb. 1850-20 Feb. 1867 and [ca. 1890s]; consisting chiefly of documents re Thomas M. McCants' Confederate military service as a member of the Boyce Guards, Company D, Sixth Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, including his commission as third lieutenant, 25 May 1861, and enlistment papers of men recruited by McCants, Mar. 1862. Papers include a letter, 3 Dec. 1860, dated three weeks prior to secession, from W.W. Herbert, in Strother, Fairfield District, S.C., to Messrs. Woodward, Boyleston and McCants, requesting that a petition be brought before the state legislature to allow Herbert and William S. Alston to raise an independent company of mounted men to wage guerilla war, against "our enemies upon the principle adopted by the Swamp Fox" [i.e. Revolutionary War hero, Gen. Francis Marion] Antebellum items include papers include a mortgage from George McCants to James B. McCants, 12 February 1850, involving six African American slaves identified by name and family units. Later items include a writ in debt, 20 Feb. 1867, with James B. McCants as Plaintiff's Attorney; undated campaign speech [ca. 1890s] of Ja[me]s Glenn McCants, stressing his association with the Democratic party and the need to retain white supremacy.

8 items.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7320077

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Democratic Party (S.C.)

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McCants family.

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Residents of Fairfield District, S.C.; Thomas M. McCants served in the Confederate Army with "Boyce Guards," Co. D, 6th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. From the description of McCants family papers, 1850 Feb. 12-ca. 189u. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 31523258 ...

McCants, George B.

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McCants, Thomas M. 1828-1864.

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McCants, James Glenn, b.1849.

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Alston, William S.

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McCants, James Bartholomew, 1814-1880.

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Lawyer of Winnsboro, S.C.; brother of Thomas M. McCants (1828-1864). From the description of James B. McCants papers, 1842-1945. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42638537 ...

Herbert, W. W.

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