Folker family papers, 1850-1879.

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Folker family papers, 1850-1879.

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Papers consist of correspondence and miscellaneous items including receipts, accounts, and a membership certificate pertaining to the Folker family and the related Coward family. Letters are mainly related to family matters. Several pertain to the renting of a summer cottage in Cordesville, S.C.A letter (1850 April 26) from O.F. Folker to Eugenia Folker describes the funeral of John C. Calhoun in Charleston, South Carolina. A letter (1859 Dec. 19) from A. Coward at Yorkville, S.C. to an unknown individual concerns a "bold and insolent" slave named John who is to be placed in the work house or sold. Certificate (1868) is for O.F. Folker's membership in the Freemasons, South Carolina Lodge No. 73.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7338062

South Carolina Historical Society

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Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

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John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He is remembered for strongly defending slavery and for advancing the concept of minority states' rights in politics. He did this in the context of protecting the interests of the white South when its residents were outnumbered by Northerners. He began his political career as a nationalist, mo...

Folker, Eugenia Coward.

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Coward family.

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Folker, Octavius F.

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Coward, Asbury, 1835-1925

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Served as Commander of 5th Regt., South Carolina Volunteers during Civil War; physician of Charleston and Columbia, S.C.; Coward was wounded in action at the Wilderness; author of book The South Carolinians. From the description of Asbury Coward papers, 1863 and ca. 1870. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 32877555 Educator, founder of King's Mountain Military School in Yorkville, S.C. in 1855; Confederate Army Officer; superintendent of The Citadel 1890-190...

Folker family.

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South Carolina family. Octavius F. Folker of Charleston married Eugenia Coward at Silk Hope Plantation (Berkeley County, S.C.) in 1848. She was the cousin of Col. Asbury Coward, a superintendent of the Citadel (Military Academy) and a founder of the King's Mountain Military School at Yorkville, S.C. From the description of Folker family papers, 1850-1879. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144092 ...

Felker family.

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