Jefferies family papers, 1771-1936.

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Jefferies family papers, 1771-1936.

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Chiefly papers of Capt. John R. Jefferies re real estate, Civil War, genealogical information, and business papers of Jefferies' mill; including letters, Feb.-14 May 1861, re Jefferies service in Maxcy Gregg's regiment; commission as 2nd Lieutenant, 22 Aug. 1861, 15th Regiment of S.C. Volunteers signed by Gov. F.W. Pickens; letter, 25 Aug. 1862, Jefferson, [West] Va., re leave of absence for gunshot wound; and 4 volumes, 1937-1938, "Jefferies' War Record," 1861-1865. Plantation account book, 1855, 1861-1869, Union District, S.C., listing accounts with overseers and African-Americans; letter, 21 Mar. 1865, Charlotte, N.C., from J.R. Jefferies [to John Jefferies, Sr.], re a hearing before medical board; volume, 1863, listing officers and men in Jeffries' company with remarks on service and deaths; letter, 15 July 1865, from M.A. Yates to James Jefferies, re offer of food, occupation by Union troops, and impact of Civil War. Eighteen items, 1861-1908, and undated, including muster roles of S.C. Volunteers, 15th regiment, Co. E; election certificate, 21 Nov. 1890, and minute book, 8 Mar. 1893, re Jefferies' activity with the S.C. Farmers' Alliance; letters of condolence, 1894, from family, friends, and politicians re death of J.R. Jefferies; business records and correspondence for Jeffries' mill including bonds, promissory notes, bills for sale of lumber, supplies for ginning cotton, and labor contracts. Also including land papers, 22 Sept. 1774 and 26 Aug. 1790, of Nathaniel Jefferies; land grant, 11 Dec. 1849, for 6543 acres of land in Union District, S.C., issued by Gov. Whitemarsh Seabrook to John Jefferies, Sr.; stock certificate, 16 May 1853, Spartanburg and Union Rail-Road Company, of James Jefferies, Sr. for purchase of 40 shares. Four volumes, 1939-1942, consisting of "'Jefferies Pioneers' and Their Descendants of Union and Cherokee Counties;" "An Authentic Review of the Life and Services of Captain John R. Jefferies," "A Collection of Letters' of Captain John R. Jefferies;" "Reminiscences of the Revolutionary War," 10 Dec. 1847, re experiences as a soldier serving in S.C., Ga., and Va., and the plundering of his father's home by Tories.

567 items and 11 v.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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