Plantation records, 1878-1949 (bulk 1878-1889).

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Plantation records, 1878-1949 (bulk 1878-1889).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32141587

Records include contracts and accounts of James M. and Miss Susan Carson with their employees, plantation store accounts and stock list, ginning book, rental accounts, and accounts of crop and lien cotton shipped to Pelzer, Rodgers & Co. Among the hands whose names occur most frequently are William H. Bryan, John Capers, Eliza Davis, Jack Drayton, Charles Edgar, Prince and James Howard, Anderson and Stephen Jackson, Will Lewis, Abram Robinson, Henry Spain, Frank B. Stafford, Carolinus White, and Emma Wilson. Contains bound volumes of plantation accounts (1878-1882), cotton accounts (1880-1883), cash accounts (1880-1884), ledger (1882) of individual accounts, account book (1884), day book (1887), ginning book (1886), plantation store accounts (1886), general accounts (1886-1887), account book (1881-1889) of rent and cotton accounts with worker contracts. Also includes land rent liens (1943-1949) for Homefield Plantation in Sumter County, signed by Grace E. Carson.

25 items.11 v.

South Carolina Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7337959

South Carolina Historical Society

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Carson, Susan, 1835-1904.

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Carson, James M., 1832-1888

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Businessman, of Sumter, S.C. From the description of James M. Carson papers, 1870-1899. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 28409699 James M. Carson was a factor and commission merchant of Charleston, South Carolina and later a plantation owner in Sumter County, South Carolina. From the description of Plantation records, 1878-1949 (bulk 1878-1889). (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32141587 ...

Carson, Grace E.

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Pelzer, Rodgers & Company (Charleston, S.C.)

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