Woodward family papers, 1770-1856.

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Woodward family. Woodward family papers, 1770-1856.

Woodward family papers, 1770-1856.

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Chiefly family correspondence, legal documents, plats, and other land papers re land in former Craven County (now Fairfield County), S.C.; plantation management, etc. including memorandum, 9 Apr. 1797, Wilmington, N.C., Archibald F. MacNeill to Capt. John Woodward, Anville Rock Plantation, re terms for sale and measures to limit trespassing on MacNeill's land near Woodward's property, and requesting that Woodward check the post office in Winnsboro, S.C., for any letters addressed to MacNeill and to redirect them to Wilmington, N.C. Power of attorney, 11 Feb. 1804 (New York), Archibald F. MacNeill, granted to James Miller (Charleston, S.C.), re the disposition of MacNeill's lands in Fairfield County, S.C.; letters testimentary, 11 June 1817, (Fairfield District, S.C.), re John Woodward's estate, appointing Ester and John Woodward, Jr., as executors, and ordering an inventory of the estate. Letter, 13 Feb. 1821 (York District, S.C.), Osmund Woodward to Martha, re his journey, economic conditions, and the hospitality encountered in York District; letter, 24 Sept. 1836 (Wild Cat, near Columbia, S.C.,), Alice Heath to Martha A. Woodward (Winnsboro, S.C.), re illness in the community, economic conditions, and family news; bill of sale, 22 Apr. 1853 (Cheraw, S.C.), J.C. Pervis, to Osmund Woodward for Gabriella, a female slave, age twenty-two; undated list with names of African-American slaves.

28 items.

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