William Francis Baker Haynsworth papers, 1808-1906.

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William Francis Baker Haynsworth papers, 1808-1906.

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Chiefly legal records re Haynsworth's career as lawyer, magistrate, and Commissioner in Equity; also including receipts for promissory notes, lumber sales, banking transactions, medical and dental bills, South Carolina Militia, Baptist Church, Free Schools, Sumter Academy, and purchase and sale of African-American slaves. Including letter, 27 Mar. 1835, John J. Potts to Col. Thomas Sumter, re Potts' land title in Clarendon County, S.C.; 9 letters, 10 Aug. 1843-25 Aug. 1863, Charleston, Camden, and Sumter, S.C., re legal matters; letter, 14 May 1851, re capture and arrest of William, an African American slave; letter, 31 Dec. 1851, from F.J. Moses, settling account of J.E. Green; letter, 26 Feb. 1852, from R.I. Manning, re sale of land owned by Jared Cantey; letter 12 July 1856, from Gov. J.H. Adams, granting Haynsworth leave of absence from the state. Letter, 15 Mar. 1859, Mobile Ala., from Charles H. Morse, re Robert J. Compton's visit to Sumter, S.C., railroad expansion, and social and business activities in Mobile, Ala.; letter, 24 May 1859, Charleston, S.C., from E.T. Wrinkler, re Southern Baptist Committee meeting, religion, and divorce; and letter, 5 Jan. 1861, Harllee House, Sumter, S.C., from Theodore McGowan and J. Mac. Thomson, re teaching the subject of slavery at Sumter Academy. Letter, 4 May 1862, Kingsville, S.C. [also spelled Kingville], from W.W. Harllee, re public criticism of defense of Georgetown, S.C., and disposition of troops, raising troops for defense of land between Wateree river, Santee river, and North Carolina; letter, 21 Dec. 1865, Bennettsville, S.C., from B.D. Townsend, re bank bills; letter, 5 Dec. 1866, S.C. House, Columbia, S.C., from A.A. Gilbert, re Commissioners of Free Schools, J.R. Kendrick's election as Officer of Commissioner in Equity, legislature's work, debt problems. Letters, 1866-1868, of Frederick A. Sawyer, Collector of Internal Revenue, including pamphlet, 26 Mar. 1881, re increasing electrification of area by Columbia and Lexington Water Power Company.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Sawyer, Fredrick A.

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Southern Baptists.

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South Carolina. Militia

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A number of South Carolina militia units were adopted into the Continental Army. The 1st South Carolina Regiment, organized in 1775, consisted of ten companies. The Regiment was consolidated, although it retained its name, with the 5th Regiment, February 11, 1780 to consist of nine companies. It was reorganized in late 1782 and early 1783 to consist of three companies, and disbanded November 15, 1783. The 2nd Regiment was also organized in 1775 to consist of ten companie...

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Cordes, Francis.

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Lawyer of Sumter County, S.C.; in practice for many years with Thomas Boone Fraser; 1844 graduate of S.C. College; in 1889, chosen President of the Bank of Sumter. From the description of William Francis Baker Haynsworth papers, 1808-1906. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 43675411 ...

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Moses, Franklin Israel, 1838-1906

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