Lewis M. Ayer account book, 1863-1867.

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Lewis M. Ayer account book, 1863-1867.

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Account book, 1863-1867, documenting management of the estate of Lewis Malone Ayer, Sr.; including account of L.M. Ayer, Jr., with his father's estate, listing income from cotton, cattle, and lumber, and collection of debts, and expenses, including hiring blacksmiths, purchasing carpentry tools, taxes, freight, and medicine. Also including appraisal of estate of Ayer, Sr., including names of 158 African-American slaves by listed by family groups, giving names of family members, and appraised value of the family group; also lists values of tools, livestock, and household and kitchen furniture; and balance sheet listing accounts with Lewis M. Ayer and Company.

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Ayer, Lewis M., Jr., 1821-1895

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Lewis M. Ayer (1821-1895) was a lawyer, planter, minister, and teacher of Barnwell, S.C., and the Lewis Malone Ayer (1769-1863); member, S.C. House, 1848-1852; graduate, S.C. College, 1839, University of Virginia, 1841, and Harvard, 1842; Brigadier-General, 3rd Brigade, S.C. Militia, 1853; member, Confederate House; during Reconstruction worked as cotton merchant in Charleston, S.C.; returned to Barnwell County, S.C., in 1868, to farm land with tenant labor; Lewis Malone Ayer, Jr., ...

Ayer, Lewis Malone, 1769-1863

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Lewis M. Ayer and Company (firm)

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