James Spears papers, 1810-1871.

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James Spears papers, 1810-1871.

School notebook, 1810-1816, including arithmetic problems, merchants accounts, and surveying notes; also including letter, 10 Mar. 1862, Marlboro County, S.C., to Rev. John Alexander William Thomas, re farming, slavery, Civil War, politics, and corruption. Diary, 1866-1871, Marlboro County, S.C., discussing farming activities, weather conditions, farm labor using tenants and/or sharecroppers, family members, guest visitors, illness, and social activities; also including undated biographical sketch by Eleanor [Thomas] McColl, with genealogical information and typescript portions of Spears' diary, 1866-1871.

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McColl, Eleanor Thomas.

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Spears, James, c.1796-1871.

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Planter of Three Creeks Plantation, Marlboro County, S.C.; son, of James Spears (1758-1842); husband of Deborah Bethea Spears (1801-1865); brother of David Spears and Mary Spears John (1796-1874); father of Andrew Jackson Spears (d. 1852), Ann Elizabeth Spears Stubbs (1821-1895), Martha Spears (1825-1891), Emily Spears Pipkin (1829-1871), Rebecca Lucretia Spears (1838-1877), and at least three other children. From the description of James Spears papers, 1810-1871. (University of Sout...

Thomas, J. A. W. (John Alexander William), 1822-1896

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Thomas attended Wake Forest College 1840/41. He was a soldier in the 21st South Carolina. Infantry during the Civil War. He served as a Baptist pastor of several South Carolina. Baptist churches. From the description of John Alexander William Thomas Sermons, 1873-1878, 1933 (Wake Forest University - ZSR Library). WorldCat record id: 59882947 ...

Spears family.

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