Robert M. Gourdin papers, 1866-1876.

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Robert M. Gourdin papers, 1866-1876.

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Papers consist of correspondence, accounts, a labor agreement (1866) between Robert M. Gourdin and "the freed men and women on his plantation," receipts for taxes and cotton, and other items. Correspondence concerns title questions, taxes, rentals, land transactions, including the sales of timber lands, timber sales, cotton sales and shipping, family matters, debts owed to Robert M. Gourdin, freedmen plantation workers and tenants, and other matters. Included are accounts with the Charleston (S.C.) factorage firm of George H. Ingraham & Son. Correspondents of Robert M. Gourdin include his brother Theodore L. Gourdin, his nephew Peter Gaillard Gourdin, his overseer B.L. Guerry at Georgetown and Lenud's Ferry, S.C., Henry Edward Young, and others.

ca. 60 items.

South Carolina Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7376022

South Carolina Historical Society

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Young, Henry Edward, 1831-1918

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Gourdin, Peter Gaillard, 1832-1876.

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Gourdin, Theodore Louis, 1790-1866.

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South Carolina state legislator and plantation owner of St. Stephen's and St. John's Berkeley Parish, S.C. He was the son of Theodore Gourdin (1764-1826) and Elizabeth Gaillard. Theodore L. Gourdin owned plantations and other properties in several counties including Georgetown, Williamsburg, and Clarendon. From the description of Theodore L. Gourdin papers, 1822-1866. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953552 ...

Gourdin, Robert Marion, 1799-1876.

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Physician and plantation owner of Georgetown and Williamsburg counties, South Carolina. He was the son of Theodore Gourdin (1764-1826) and Elizabeth Gaillard (1766-1835). From the description of Robert M. Gourdin papers, 1866-1876. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953378 ...

Guerry, B. L.

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