Records of Clifton Plantation, 1878-1880.

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Records of Clifton Plantation, 1878-1880.

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Account book, 1878-1880, Clifton Plantation, Georgetown County, S.C., listing contracts with workers and notes on rice, cotton, and agricultural crops; including contract, 1878, with David Phinny, hired as foreman; labor agreement with "the contract hands," recording that full hands would receive 2 acres to cultivate for themselves in exchange for 3 days labor and agreement to work for rations at all other times, and other agreements, including payment in rations for additional labor when required by foreman. Account, 1878, listing expenses paid during each month; monthly crop results, 1878; list, 1878, of plantation tickets issued; list, 1879-1880, identifying workers hired by name and labor performed; list, 1879 and 1880, crop results; also including undated inventory, documenting furnishings and items at Clifton Plantation.

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Alston family.

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Located in Arcadia/Fairfield region of Georgetown County, S.C.; owned by Alston family (1785-1909); site of entertainments and lodging for George Washington during his 1791 tour of the South. From the description of Records of Clifton Plantation, 1878-1880. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42724723 ...

Clifton (S.C. : Plantation)

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Alston, William Algernon, 1830-1867.

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Samuel Wylie Crawford was a native of Franklin County, Pa.; Crawford studied medicine, and in 1851 became an assistant surgeon in the U. S. army. He served in various forts in the southwest, principally in Texas, until 1860 when he was stationed in Charleston, S.C., at Fort Moultrie and later at Fort Sumter; Crawford commanded a battery during the bombardment. of Fort Sumter, 12 Apr. 1861. From the description of Letter, 1861 Mar. 15, Charleston [S.C., to] Samuel Wylie Crawford. (Uni...