James Conner papers, 1843-1899.

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James Conner papers, 1843-1899.

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Papers consist of personal and professional correspondence, legal documents, legal and household accounts, and other items. Family correspondence includes letters of Henry W. Conner, Jr. and Henry W. Conner, Sr. as well as Civil War correspondence of James Conner with his wife Sallie E. Conner. Professional correspondence includes letters written during James Conner's tenure as U.S. District Attorney for South Carolina (1858-1859), as South Carolina Attorney General (1877-1878), as solicitor for the South Carolina Railroad (1866-1880), and as receiver for the Greenville & Columbia Railroad (1869-1883), with related legal documents. Other professional correspondence pertains to various legal cases handled by James Conner including real estate transactions, debt collections, estate settlements, railroad cases, bankruptcies, divorces, insurance claims, and other cases, with related legal documents. Legal case papers, including accounts, notes, reports, letters, exhibits, bills of complaint, and other legal documents, pertain to various legal cases including that of Hamilton L. Shields v.R. Barnwell Rhett and Edward Lafitte, U.S. government claims against John Fraser & Co., Bank of Charleston cases, Emma A. Hilliard v. Mt. Pleasant Ferry Co. (a sequestration loss lawsuit), admiralty and estate cases, and many others. Four bound volumes (ca. 1853-ca. 1880) contain accounts for Conner's income and expenses for legal services; household receipts and accounts (1857-1882) are for food, clothing, furnishings, books, and other expenses. Other items include a legal form book (1843); a legal journal (1882); and a military epaulette.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7386430

South Carolina Historical Society

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Conner, Sallie Enders

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South Carolina Railroad

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Railroad company established in 1843 with the consolidation of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Co. and the Louisville, Cincinnati, and Charleston Railroad Co. The South Carolina Railroad was reorganized in 1881 as the South Carolina Railway Company. From the description of South Carolina Railroad records, 1875-1876. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144917 ...

Conner, James, 1829-1883.

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A native of Charleston, S.C., James Conner was an attorney and a Confederate general. He served as U.S. District Attorney and S.C. Attorney General (1876), and became a member of the Confederate military court of the 2nd Corps in 1863. He was the son of Henry Workman Conner (1797-1861) and Julia Ann M. Courtney (1804-1881). He married Sallie Enders of Richmond, Va. From the description of James Conner papers, 1843-1899. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 367...

Conner family.

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Conner, Henry Workman, b. ca. 1832.

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O'Connor family.

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Conner, Henry Workman, 1797-1861

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Banker and businessman. From the description of Henry Workman Conner papers, 1843-1850. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144797255 Charleston, S.C. businessman. A native of Mecklenburg County, N.C., Conner, entered the mercantile business in Charleston as a young man and went on to become one of the leading financiers in the South. In 1835 he was a factor for the Bank of Charleston; he became its president in 1841, and in 1850 was also elected president of the South Carolina R...

Greenville & Columbia Railroad

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Incorporated in South Carolina in 1845 to connect Columbia and Greenville, S.C.; line opened (165 miles) in 1853; reorganized as Columbia and Greenville Railroad Company in 1880. From the description of Records, 1850-1879. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28415964 ...