Hugh Stiles Golson collection of Stiles family papers, 1823-1862.

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Hugh Stiles Golson collection of Stiles family papers, 1823-1862.

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This collection contains correspondence of Eliza Mackay Stiles. Correspondents include her mother Mrs. Eliza A. Mackay, her husband William Henry Stiles, the family of her daughter Mary Low, and Mrs. Mary Custis Lee, wife of General Robert E. Lee. There is also a letter from Mrs. Sidney Stiles Elliott to Katherine Mackay Low regarding the family ancestry and relationship to Eliza Mackay Stiles. Also within the collection is a debt made by Joseph Clay (1741-1804) of Savannah, Georgia to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825) of Charleston, South Carolina. The original debt is for a little over 7,600 dollars and is dated May 4, 1793. Pinckney also recorded on this document each repayment Clay made. The final payment was dated February 7, 1801.

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Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873

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Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee (b. Oct. 1, 1807, Boyce, VA–d. Nov. 5, 1873, Lexington, VA) was descended from several colonial and Southern families, including the Parke Custises, Fitzhughs, Dandriges, Randolphs, Rolfes, and Gerards. She is a descendant from Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, making her a descendant of Charles II of England and Scotland and of William Fitzhugh. She was the only surviving child of George Washington Parke Custis, President George Washington's step-grandson and...

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825

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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (February 25, 1746 – August 16, 1825) was an early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He was twice nominated by the Federalist Party as its presidential candidate in 1804 and 1808, losing both elections. Pinckney was born into a powerful family of aristocratic planters. He practiced law for several years and was elected to the colonial legislature. A supporter of independence from Great Br...

Stiles family.

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Clay, Joseph, 1741-1804

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Merchant, Revolutionary officer, and member of the Continental Congress; from Savannah, Ga. From the description of Papers, 1767-1800. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20649203 Businessman, army officer, and U.S. Continental Congress delegate from Georgia. From the description of Joseph Clay correspondence, 1794. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453625 Joseph Clay (1741-1804) came to Savannah from England in 1760. He was a planter engaged i...

Stiles, Eliza Anne Mackay, fl. 1810-1867.

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Mackay, Eliza Anne, 1778-1862.

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Mackay, Margaret.

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Golson, Hugh Stiles

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Elizabeth Eliza Anne Mackay (fl. 1810-1867) was the daughter of Jack (d.1848) and Elizabeth Anne Mackay of Savannah. Her father attended West Point and was close friends with Robert E. Lee. Miss Mackay attended school in New York during the early 1820s. She married William Henry Stiles (1808-1865), a native of Savannah, in 1832. During the Civil War, Stiles was a Colonel in Georgia's 60th Regiment and was stationed in Virginia. In 1863, the Stiles family moved from Savannah, Georgia to Terrell C...