Gaillard family papers, 1758-1901.

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Gaillard family papers, 1758-1901.

Papers consist of estate and plantation papers, account books, legal documents, and other items. Included are the papers of Peter Gaillard, Jr. (1783-1843). Papers of Peter Gaillard, Sr. (1757-1833) consist of a plantation journal (1803-1825) for the Rocks and other plantations recording the plantings of crops and other daily activities, returns of slaves and crops, lists of clothing given to slaves, and other matters; a plantation account and memorandum book (1783-1832) containing tax returns, accounts, lists of slaves' births and deaths, and notes on Gaillard family births and deaths; grants, leases, plats, and other land papers of Peter Gaillard and Tacitus Gaillard; an estate account book (1781-1808) of Theodore Gaillard (1710-1781); the will and funeral directions of Peter Gaillard; and other items. Papers of James Gaillard (1818-1906) are mostly records (1852-1863) of the Pineville Jockey Club including bills, receipts, and letters. There is also a (oversized) deed of assignment in trust (1843) between James Gaillard and the firm of Smith & Groning, a plat (1901) of land in Berkeley County, and notes on Gaillard family history.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7375800

South Carolina Historical Society

Related Entities

There are 11 Entities related to this resource.

Gaillard, Tacitus

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Gaillard, James, 1818-1906.

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Gaylord family.

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Couturier, Joseph, b. 1778

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Gaillard, Peter, 1757-1833.

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Gaillard, Peter, 1783-1843.

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Plantation owner of St. John's Berkeley Parish and St Stephen's Parish, S.C. He was the son of Peter Gaillard (1757-1833), and his first wife was Elizabeth Gourdin (1786-1836), daughter of Theodore Gourdin and Elizabeth Gaillard. In 1840 Peter Gaillard married Henrietta Cordes Barker. From the description of Peter Gaillard papers, 1811-1847. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953543 ...

Gaillard family.

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South Carolina family. Joachim Gaillard (b. 1625), a native of France, arrived in Charleston, S.C. ca. 1687. His son Bartholomew's children included Theodore Gaillard (1710-1781) and Tacitus Gaillard. Theodore Gaillard (1710-1781), a plantation owner of St. James Santee Parish, S.C. was the father of Peter Gaillard (1757-1833), owner of the Rocks Plantation (located in St. John's Berkeley Parish, S.C., later part of Orangeburg County). Children of Peter Gaillard included Peter Gaillard, Jr. (178...

Marion, Francis Dwight, 1777-1833

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Gaillard, Theodore, 1710-1781

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Pineville Jockey Club (S.C.)

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Smith & Groning.

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