Henry C. Cheves papers, 1882-1902.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Henry C. Cheves papers, 1882-1902.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36793989

Papers consist of correspondence, financial records, and other items pertaining to plantation and business affairs of Henry C. Cheves and Langdon Cheves. Correspondence, bills, receipts, accounts, agreements, and leases, pertain to the rental, operations, management, and taxation of Weehaw Plantation (Georgetown County, S.C.). Included are many bills for plantation supplies and letters and monthly financial statements from tenants and overseers (1888-1902). Other documents, including insurance policies and correspondence, relate to land transactions by the Cheves brothers, land boundary issues, their dealings with and interest in the West Point Mill Co. and the Georgetown Rice Milling Co., and their interest in a cotton-picking machine. Letters (1888-1894) to Langdon Cheves concern irrigation and flood control at Weehaw Plantation, farm labor, plantation finances, and other matters. Papers (1901-1902) relating to Newport Plantation include letters from overseer W.F. Colcock regarding the rental of a store on the plantation and other matters; cancelled checks for wage payments to overseers; and account statements for rice milling and sales. Other items include a stock certificate (1897) for Mrs. Sallie E. Conner's shares in the Charleston Mills; and a bankbook (1890-1893) of Henry C. Cheves.

ca. 300 items.

South Carolina Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7386420

South Carolina Historical Society

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Georgetown Rice Milling Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6062f3c (corporateBody)

West Point Rice Mill Company (Charleston, S.C.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6159g76 (corporateBody)

Cheves, Langdon, 1848-1939

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cn840g (person)

Charleston, South Carolina attorney and historian. From the description of Abstracts of title (1694-1850) for lands in Charleston and the Lowcountry, between 1900 and 1940. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32139054 Charleston, S.C., attorney. In the last year of the Civil War he joined the Confederate Army. After graduating from the College of Charleston in 1871, he went into railroad construction in Georgia, but later returned to Charleston to st...

Cheves, Henry Charles.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65b12m3 (person)

South Carolina businessman. With his brother Langdon Cheves (1848-1940), a Charleston, S.C. lawyer, Henry C. Cheves managed several rice plantations owned by family members. He was the son of Charles Manly Cheves (1825-1855) and Isabella Middleton Cheves (1826-1912). Henry C. Cheves married L. Cheves McCord. From the description of Henry C. Cheves papers, 1882-1902. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36793989 ...