Papers of the Odom and Turner families, 1785-1873.

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Papers of the Odom and Turner families, 1785-1873.

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Chiefly notes, Barnwell District, S.C., plats and commissions of Seybert Odom as deputy surveyor for South Carolina; including document, 12 Nov. 1812, from Secretary of War William Eustis, certifying that Seybert Odom had been placed on the "Pension List... at the rate of one dollar and Seventy-eight and an half Cents per month." Passport, 23 Nov. 1802, issued by commanding officer at "Fort Wilkinson, Frontiers of Georgia," at a site near Milledgeville, and signed by Benjamin Hawkins, "Creek Agency, " giving Odom permission to travel through West Florida and "proceed unmolested through the Several Tribes of Indians." Letter, 24 Dec. 1813, from Congressman John J. Chappell, Washington, [D.C.], giving directions to Odom for securing payment of arrears in pension of Edward Griffin, and commenting on the hardships of the Embargo, which "will try the Patriotism of our fellow citizens..." Records, 1825-1873, include bills, receipts, promissory notes, land records, wills, and bonds re settlement of the estates of Seybert Odom and John Turner; and correspondence with relatives in Georgia, Mississippi and Texas; and genealogical information.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816

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Benjamin Hawkins (August 15, 1754 – June 6, 1816) was an American planter, statesman and a U.S. Indian agent He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a United States Senator from North Carolina, having grown up among the planter elite. Appointed by George Washington in 1796 as one of three commissioners to the Creeks, in 1801 President Jefferson named him "principal agent for Indian affairs south of the Ohio [River]", and was principal Indian agent to the Creek Indians. Born on his f...

Turner, John (British architect, active from 1756, died 1827)

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Odom, Seybert.

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Griffin, Edward W.

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Odom family.

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Residents of old Barnwell District, S.C. From the description of Papers of the Odom and Turner families, 1785-1873. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 31523380 ...

Turner family.

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