Family documents series, 1695-1899.

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Family documents series, 1695-1899.

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Papers consist of correspondence, financial and estate records, genealogical material, legal documents and property records, pamphlets, vestry records, and other items. Correspondence (1728-1903, bulk 19th century) consists mainly of Civil War letters from Thomas Porcher Ravenel (member of the Charleston Light Dragoons) to his wife Elizabeth, but also includes post-war family letters, and several colonial era letters of the Ravenel and Mazyck families. Financial records include receipts (1850-1899) and cotton sales accounts (1854-1859) of Thomas P. Ravenel (1824-1898), a receipt book (1823-1854) of Henry Ravenel, and slave mortgages. Legal documents include bonds, indentures, and a marriage settlement. Property records consist of land grants, conveyances, plats, and other items. Genealogical material includes a handwritten volume belonging to Thomas P. Ravenel, Jr. (1850-1936) entitled "Compend of Family Record: Wilson, Chisolm, Fraser, Mazyck, and other Huguenot Lines, compiled from full records in possession of Rev. Robert Wilson." Vestry records of St. John's Parish consist of excerpts (1753-1808) of vestry meeting minutes. Pamphlets (1831-1915) mainly concern the history, people, climate, and agriculture of St. John's Berkeley Parish. Other items include the wills of Rene Ravenel (1762-1822) and other family members; reminiscences (1903) about Pooshee Plantation at Christmas by Samuel W. Ravenel; a travel diary (1803) attributed to Stephen Ravenel; an account book (1888-1902) for contributions to Black Oak Church; a copy of "The Confederate Soldier's Pocket Manual of Devotions (1863); a broadside (ca. 1860) entitled "Epitaph on the United States of America"; a report (1860) on a meeting of citizens establishing a Vigilance Committee of St. John's Parish; accounts and receipts (1851-1852) of the Southern Rights Association of St. John's Berkeley and St. Stephen's Parish; a roster book (1852-1854) for the Middleton St. John's militia company; a list (1856) of contributors aiding South Carolinians immigrating to Kansas; and notes on nullification.

ca. 300 items.

South Carolina Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7376045

South Carolina Historical Society

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Wilson family.

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Ravenel, Stephen, 1770-1818.

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South Carolina. Militia

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A number of South Carolina militia units were adopted into the Continental Army. The 1st South Carolina Regiment, organized in 1775, consisted of ten companies. The Regiment was consolidated, although it retained its name, with the 5th Regiment, February 11, 1780 to consist of nine companies. It was reorganized in late 1782 and early 1783 to consist of three companies, and disbanded November 15, 1783. The 2nd Regiment was also organized in 1775 to consist of ten companie...

Black Oak Church (Berkeley County, S.C.)

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Ravenel, Thomas Porcher, 1850-1936.

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Thomas Porcher Ravenel (1850-1936) was born in Pinopolis, South Carolina. He was a prominent lawyer in Savannah and was a partner of Rufus Ezekiel Lester in the firm Lester & Ravenel. For a time, William Livingston Kenan of Darien, Georgia, was also a partner, during which period the firm's name was Lester, Ravenel & Kenan. After Lester's death in 1906, Ravenel opened a solo law practice. Ravenel was a Confederate veteran of the Civil War, a member of several patriotic and cultural organ...

Ravenel, Thomas Porcher, 1824-1898.

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Berkeley County, S.C. plantation owner. From the description of Thomas Porcher Ravenel papers, 1810-1904. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953555 ...

Ravenel, Samuel Wilson, b. 1848.

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Ravenel, Rene, 1762-1822

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Ravenel family.

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Berkeley County, S.C. family. From the description of Family documents series, 1695-1899. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953518 ...

Ravenel, Henry, 1790-1867.

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Berkeley County, S.C. physician and plantation owner. He was the son of Rene Ravenel (1762-1822), and grandson of Henry Ravenel (1729-1785). His uncle was Henry Ravenel (1751-1823). Dr. Henry Ravenel (1790-1867) was married three times, and among his children were Henry William Ravenel (1814-1887) and Thomas Porcher Ravenel (1824-1898). From the description of Henry Ravenel family papers, 1731-1867. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953526 ...

Mazyck family.

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