Family documents series, 1700-ca. 1935.

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Family documents series, 1700-ca. 1935.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35953293

Papers consist of correspondence, business and legal papers, genealogical material, receipts, photographs, and other items. Correspondence (1700-1907) of members of the Baker, Bohun, Elliott families and others concerns family matters, a 1795 Baker-Bohun family estate dispute, a landlord-tenant dispute over Coosawhatchie farmland, family history, John Drayton-Grimke's rectorship, and other matters. Correspondents include William Bohun (of Beccles, England, died 1785); Amarinthia Elliott; Richard Bohun Baker (1736-1783); Richard Bohun Baker (1757-1837); Mary Butler Baker (daughter of Richard Bohun Baker, 1757-1837); and Barnard Elliott Baker (d. 1864). Includes a letter (1773) from S.C. Governor Charles Montagu to Barnard Elliott (d. 1778) regarding Montagu's resignation, voyage to London, and the possibility of war. Letters of Barnard Elliott (d. 1864) to his family concern military service at Ft. Sumter, his life as a prisoner of war at Point Lookout (Md.), and other matters. Business and legal papers (1795-1914) include wills, affidavits, and other documents pertaining to a lawsuit on behalf of descendants of William Bohun of Beccles, England, as well as bonds, land grants, leases, plats, estate papers of Amarinthia Elliott, and Revolutionary War claims of Richard B. Baker (1736-1783). Another group of papers (1787-1844) includes records (1812-1822) of the legal firm of McCormick & Egan (later Grimke & McCormick); slave records; and a fragment (1787-1837) of a "Sloop Book" containing accounts for ship construction expenses and for items shipped on the sloop Harriett and others. Receipts (1751-1900) are mostly those of Richard Bohun Baker (1736-1783) and Barnard Elliott (d. 1778), for dry goods, taxes, slaves, and other expenditures. Genealogical materials (1736-ca. 1935) pertain to the Baker, Bohun, Drayton, Elliott, Hyrne, and related families. Photographs (n.d.) are of Baker and Elliott family members and Archdale Hall plantation house after the 1886 earthquake. Other items include watercolor paintings of landscapes and other subjects.

ca. 1, 100 items.

South Carolina Historical Society

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Bohun family.

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Baker, Mary Butler, d. 1861.

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Baker family.

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South Carolina family. From the description of Family documents series, 1700-ca. 1935. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953293 ...

Bohun, Edmund, 1645-1699

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Epithet: of Charlestown, Carolina British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000217.0x000227 ...

McCormick & Egan

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Montagu, Charles-Greville, Lord, 1741-1784

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Colonial governor of South Carolina, 1766-1769. From the description of Charles Greville Montagu papers, c. 1766-1767. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30846415 ...

Drayton family.

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Elliott, Barnard, d. 1778.

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Baker, Richard Bohun, 1757-1837.

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South Carolina plantation owner and Continental Army officer. He was the son of Richard Bohun Baker (1736-1783), who owned Archdale Hall Plantation in St. George Dorchester Parish, S.C. From the description of Richard Bohun Baker papers, 1780-1783. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36866170 ...

Baker, Barnard Elliott, d. 1864.

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Drayton-Grimke, John, 1857-1895.

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Elliott, Amarinthea

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Baker, Richard Bohun, 1736-1783.

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Owner of Archdale Hall, a plantation in Dorchester County (S.C.) which had previously been owned by his grandfather William Baker (d. 1718) and great-grandfather Richard Baker (d. 1698). Richard Bohun Baker (1736-1783) was the son of Richard Baker (d. 1752) and Mary Bohun (daughter of Nicholas Bohun). Richard Bohun Baker was tax inquirer and collector for the Parish of St. George Dorchester and served as a legislator in the South Carolina House of Representatives. He was also a Captain in the Se...

Hyrne family.

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Elliott family.

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