Harrison family papers, 1783-1956; (bulk 1783-1877).

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Harrison family. Harrison family papers, 1783-1956; (bulk 1783-1877).

Harrison family papers, 1783-1956; (bulk 1783-1877).

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Chiefly family correspondence, land records and grants, receipts, wills, and genealogical material; including land grants signed by Governor's Guerard, Charles, Pinckney, Rutledge, Drayton, and Middleton. Land grant, 16 July 1784, re 640 acres of land near the Reedy River, S.C., purchased by Gen. Richard Winn; survey, 11 Dec. 1784, re size and amount of water in the three folks of the Saluda River executed and signed by Andrew Pickens, Teach Bullock, James Jones and James Harrison. Will, 1814, of James Harrison; contract, 16 Oct. 1830, between John H[ampton] Harrison, Greenville County, S.C., and Owen Jenkins re dismissal of a lawsuit against Owen Jenkins, relinquishing him of any future liability; four receipts, 1831-1835, J.H. Harrison, re purchase of slaves identified by name; document, 11 Feb. 1837, re J.H. Harrison as trustee of Fairview Academy. Letter, 4 Apr. 1837, Greenville County, S.C., to J.H. Harrison, re postmaster at Cripple Creek Plantation, Greenville County, S.C.; contracts, re freedmen working on Harrison plantations; letter, 3 Mar. 1877, Greenville, S.C., from William Beattie, to J.H. Harrison, re J.H. Harrison's efforts to encourage freedmen to vote for Gov. Hampton; genealogical information, re Harrison, Hampton, and Earle families. Account book, 1783-1793, re barter economy, plantation expenditures, crop cultivation, purchase and sale of slaves, building a house, and information re land surveys [also available on microfilm, R406].

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