William Caleb Coker papers, 1868-1869.

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William Caleb Coker papers, 1868-1869.

Plantation journal, 1868-1869, containing daily entries re work schedules, labor completed, and amounts of cotton picked during Reconstruction era; including entry, 28 Dec. 1868, re labor completed by each worker identified by name; entry, 5 Feb. 1869, identifying workers by full name and labor completed including field labor, mill work, fence mending, plowing, and weather conditions; entry, 11 May 1869, re cotton shaved and chopped, illnesses of laborers, and weather conditions.

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Coker, William Caleb, 1839-1907.

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Planter, lawyer, and politician, of Society Hill in Darlington County, S.C.; member of S.C. Senate, 1877-1885; co-owner, Darlington Manufacturing Company; owner of W.C. Coker and Sons, Darlington County, S.C., c.1886-1907; director of Cheraw and Darlington Railroad, c. 1885-1887; Captain, Confederate States Army; son of Caleb Coker, Jr. (1802-1869) and Hannah Lide Coker (1812-1900); husband of Mary Irvin McIver Coker and Lavinia Victoria McIver Coker; father of Allen McIver Coker, Mary Ervin Cok...