Planter of St. Thomas Parish, Berkeley County, S.C.; husband of Eliza Geyer. Chiefly correspondence, and business and legal papers re debt and plantation management in the parishes of Christ Church and Saint Thomas, Charleston, S.C., and elsewhere, and financial concerns with William Soranzo Hasell, Abraham Motte, and Alexander H. McGillivray. Including manuscript, 8 Nov. 1814, copy of indenture; will, 2 Aug. 1806, for Eliza Geyer, conveying property assessed at $16,000 including African-American slaves and 367 acre plantation in Christ Church Parish, Charleston County, S.C. Letter, 2 Jan. 1825, Charleston, S.C., from N.W. Boylston, re debt and requesting partial payment in cash, wood, or by other method; 3 court summons, 22 Jan. 1825, 12 Feb. 1825, and 3 Oct. 1825, issued to J.S. Geyer re indebtedness to various individuals; and petition, 11 Feb. 1826, from William T. Ripley₂s, re J.S. Geyer₂s indebtedness. Letter, 11 Apr. 1826, St. Thomas₂ Parish, Rebecca H. Geyer, to John W. Mitchell, Charleston, S.C., reporting plans for finding a house, complaining about an overseer₂s wife and children living on his property, and requesting Mitchell send various items; letter, 27 May 1826, St. Thomas₂ Parish, S.C., to John W. Mitchell, Charleston, S.C., re a payment sent by Hardy, a slave. Letter, 28 May 1826, St. Thomas₂ Parish, S.C., Rebecca H. Geyer, to Mrs. Martha Mitchell, Charleston, S.C., re uncertainty of their summer residence and her illness; letter, 18 June 1826, F.A. Geyer, to John W. Mitchell, Charleston, S.C., re J.S. Geyer₂s illness, and requesting Geyer see Dr. Ramsay for a prescription; document, 9 Nov. 1826, re division of an estate between J.S. Geyer, Frederick A. Geyer, and Rodolph C. Geyer, naming slaves and real estate and assessed values. Also including two letters, 8 Apr. 1827 and 3 Jan 1829, St. Thomas₂ Parish, S.C., to John W. Mitchell, Charleston, S.C., re his business affairs and indebtedness to various persons; undated will, J.S. Geyer, re children John, Harriet, Frederick, Rodolph, and Elizabeth McGillivray.
