Moody family papers, 1804-1899.

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Moody family papers, 1804-1899.

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Chiefly consisting of bills and receipts re operation of the Moody family's plantation in Sumter County, S.C., including bills of sale, 1819-1836, Camden and Sumter District, S.C., for purchase of African-American slaves identified by name; will, 8 Nov. 1833, Sumter District, S.C., of Sloman Moody, re distribution of his estate, including slaves. Letter, 15 July 1837, Sumter, S.C., Franklin J. Moses to Burrell Moody, re estate of Moody's father; Sloman Moody estate inventory, 3 Jan. 1846, listing names of identified slaves; account book, 1850-1851, Sumter County, S.C., for estate of C.C. Moody, listing items sold at estate sale; letter, 17 Nov. 1854, to Burrell Moody, re plans for relocating slaves to Florida; inventory, 25 Jan. 1860, for estate of James A. Moody, listing slaves by name and age; receipt book, 1860-1864, Sumter County, S.C., re hire of laborers. Civil War materials include letter, 12 May 1861, Morris Island, S.C., E.H. Moody, to his brother, re camp life; certificate, 1 Apr. 1862, Sumter District, S.C., exempting R.J. Moody from military service due to employment with S.C. Railroad; account book, 1864-1865, Sumter County, S.C., listing laborers hired to work on S.C. Railroad. Letters, 1870-1872, James Trumble, to R.J. Moody, re work to be done on the railroad; letter, 7 Aug. 1884, South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, Columbia, S.C., Jane Moody, to Richard J. Moody, Statesburgh, S.C., re life in the asylum life and her desire to return home. Undated notice, "Defenders of honor and decency," to Richard J. Moody, re his living openly with an African-American woman and threatening violence; and undated surveyor's book; also including two volumes of family papers, 1817-1838 and 1843-1879 and undated, re land papers, accounts, bills, plats, bills of sale, and receipts.

1539 items and 5 v.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7533398

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Planter family of Sumter District, S.C. From the description of Moody family papers, 1804-1899. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 43742684 ...

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