Lide-Coker family papers, 1827-1894.

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Lide-Coker family papers, 1827-1894.

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Chiefly correspondence between family members in Alabama and those left behind in South Carolina re modes of travel, social conditions, religion, education, health, slavery, clearing lands, building new settlements, farming, commerce, Indian relations, land speculation, and politics. Letters, 11 Sept. 1827-9 Nov. 1855, Society Hill, Darlington, and Charleston, S.C., and elsewhere, David Robert Lide to Hannah and Caleb Coker, Society Hill, S.C., re business, and disappointment with Alabama among some family members; letters, 30 Dec. 1829-14 Apr. 1854, Darligton, S.C., and Carlowville, Ala., Eli Hugh Lide, to sister, Hannah Coker, Charleston and Society Hill, S.C., re her studies, life in Alabama, and agriculture. Letters, 23 Mar. 1830-13 Dec. 1841, Chesnut Grove, Nubbin Ridge, and Carlowville, Ala., and elsewhere, Sarah Jane Lide Fountain to Hannah and Caleb Coker, Society Hill, S.C., re religious acitivites, and travel to Alabama with slaves through Indian country; letters, 19 Mar. 1831-25 Feb. 1880, Alabama, Charleston, S.C., and elsewhere, Maria Frances Lide to sister Hannah Lide Coker, Caleb Coker, and children Jane and Anna Coker, re teachers, the westward urge, religious activities, Civil War, and Reconstruction. Journal, 18 Nov.-26 Dec. 1835, of Sarah Jane Lide Fountain re migration from Springville, Darlington County, S.C., to Pleasant Hill, Carlowville, Ala., re travel conditions, people met along the way, church services, illness among family and slaves, encounters with Indians; letters, 9 Mar. 1836-30 Mar. 1866, Carlowville and elsewhere in Ala., Mary Elizabeth Lide to Maria Lide and Hannah Coker, Society Hill, S.C., re schools, religious activities, education, community activities, and family journey to Alabama. Letters, 20 May 1836-26 Jan. 1840, Carlowville, Ala., Frances Jane Lide Rumph to Hannah Coker, Society Hill, S.C., re schools, religious activities, and local news; letters, 11 May 1844-1 Apr. 1847, University of Alabama, Marion, Ala., James A. Fountain to Hannah Coker, Society Hill, S.C., re destruction of Heward College by fire, and school and community affairs. Letters, 1 Dec. 1845-22 May 1848, Carlowville, Ala., Mary Ann B. Lide to her cousins, Jane L. and Anna M. Coker, Society Hill, S.C., re social activities and community affairs; journal, 14 Dec. 1864-10 Feb. 1865, Pocotaligo, Columbia, and James Island, S.C., kept by Thomas P. Lide, Jr., re military life during Civil War.

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Rumph, Frances Jane Lide

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Coker, Caleb, 1802-1869.

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Planter of Darlington County, S.C.; chairman of the Soldiers' Board of Relief for Darlington District, S.C.; husband of Hannah Ann Francis Lide Coker (1812-1900); brother of A.E. Coker and Lewis Coker. From the description of Caleb Coker papers, 1856-1865. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42638559 ...

Lide, David Robert, 1805-1874

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Coker family.

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Fountain, James A.

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Coker, Anna Maria.

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Lide family.

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Lide, Eli Hugh, 1796-1854

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Lide, Mary Elizabeth, b. c. 1807

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Coker, Hannah Lide, 1812-

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Hannah Lide Coker (1812-1900) was the wife of Caleb Coker, Jr, a planter, of Society Hill, S.C.; born Hannah Ann Frances Lide; daughter of James Lide; grand-daughter of Major Robert Lide; mother of 10 children; graduate of Miss Ramsey's School for Young Ladies, Charleston, S.C. From the description of Annotations to Hannah Lide Coker memoir, 1945. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42284917 ...

Lide, Thomas P., Jr.

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Fountain, Sarah Jane Lide, b. c. 1798

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Lide, Maria Frances, 1819-1901

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