Octavius Theodore Porcher, 1846-1940.

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Octavius Theodore Porcher, 1846-1940.

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Chiefly family correspondence, business papers, and diary, July 1851-July 1858, Farmhill Plantation, Willington, S.C., by Octavius Theodore Porcher, re personal activities; religious beliefs; marriage to Georgiana Maine Devaux during Christmas, 1851; purchasing furniture; transportation and treatment of slaves; inhabitants of the area including [Mary] McDuffie and the Calhoun, Burt, Noble, Tennent, Parker, and Graves families; operation of his school; birth of his daughter; planting activities; visiting St. John's Parish; purchasing Kentucky hogs; learning to measure land with a compass; and holding religious services for African-American slaves. Journal, 1850-1851, re lectures, experiences as a teacher at Willington, S.C., including account, 23 April 1851, of tournament held at Pineville, S.C.; journal, 1851-1852, Willington and Pineville, S.C., re Porcher's views on God, school, planting, marriage, friends and relatives; letter, 1852, to "Faculty of South Carolina College," recommending John Harris as a student. Four manuscripts, 1858-1859 and 1873, re subscription to "The Southern Episcopalian," receipts for donations to the Protestant Episcopal Society for Advancement of Christianity in S.C., and the Church Home for Indigent Female and Orphan Girls, Charleston, S.C., and certificate of deposit in the Citizens Savings Bank of S.C. at Abbeville, S.C.; document, 25 June 1861, Thomas Frederick, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church at Willington, S.C. Contract, 18 Feb. 1871, with A.J. Woodhurst and R.L. Owen for 160,000 bricks to build a church; letter, 29 Mar. 1865, Pineville, S.C., A.B. Devaux, to "My Dear Children," re hatred and fear of freed slaves and northerners, being rescued by scouts during a slave rebellion, killing rebellious slaves, destruction in the community, and freed slaves stealing from plantations; receipt, 28 Jan.-26 Nov. 1866, for blacksmith work; undated essay, "American Literature;" preaching license, 12 Jan. 1868, signed by Bishop Thomas Frederick Davis. Also including papers, 1873-1940, including family correspondence and business papers of O.T. Porcher, Jr.'s activities at the University of the South and as a minister; letter, 10 May 1939, O.T. Porcher, Jr., to "Cousin Anne," re biographical information on his father, description of his home, Farmhill Plantation, and school, Willington Academy, building St. Stephen's Church, and number of children in the family.

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Porcher, Octavius Theodore, 1865-1940.

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Frederick, Thomas, fl. 1861.

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Citizens Savings Bank of South Carolina (Abbeville, S.C.)

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Harris, John, 1832-1880.

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Porcher, Octavius Theodore, 1829-1873.

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Episcopal clergyman of Bennettsville [Marlboro County], S.C. and Willington, S.C. [originally in Abbeville, now in McCormick County]. From the description of Octavius Theodore Porcher, 1846-1940. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42664868 ...

Church Home for Indigent Female and Orphan Girls (Charleston, S.C.)

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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (St. Stephen's, S.C.)

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Davis, Thomas F. (Thomas Frederick), 1804-1871

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