Excerpts from the Davison McDowell papers, 1811-1842, 1954.

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Excerpts from the Davison McDowell papers, 1811-1842, 1954.

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Typewritten, annotated transcript of journal entries and miscellaneous items pertaining to Davison McDowell and his family and plantations. Journal entries (1811-1841) concern personal and family matters, slaves, the planting and harvesting of plantation crops (rice, wheat, fruit trees, etc.), an attempted insurrection by slaves, the weather, outbreaks of measles and dysentery on the plantation, and other matters. Papers also include accounts for plantation and family expenses and a plat (1840) of McDowell's lands.

1 folder (23 p.)

South Carolina Historical Society

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Richards, Mary James, b. 1897.

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Great grand-daughter of Davison McDowell (1783-1842), a Georgetown County, South Carolina plantation owner who emigrated from Ireland to America in 1810. McDowell served on a court of justices and freeholders who tried and executed several slaves for attempting to raise a rebellion in 1829. From the description of Excerpts from the Davison McDowell papers, 1811-1842, 1954. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32140096 ...

McDowell, Davison, 1783-1842.

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McDowell family.

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