Smylie-Montgomery family papers, 1807-1919 (bulk 1807-1869).

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Smylie-Montgomery family papers, 1807-1919 (bulk 1807-1869).

Correspondence comprises the bulk of this collection, with some Church records and personal papers. Letters are predominately those of Rev. James Smylie, his daughter, Amelia, and his son-in-law, Joseph Addison Montgomery. Collection reflects the Presbyterian Church in southwest Mississippi, plantation life at Pine Grove and Belmont plantations, the New Orleans cotton trade, and family matters. Papers also refer to the Choctaw Indians, slaves, and the financial difficulties after the Civil War.

1.25 linear ft.

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Presbyterian Church

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Montgomery, Joseph Fauntleroy, 1812-1883

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Merchant of Natchez, owner of Belmont Plantation near Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Miss., and commission merchant in New Orleans. In 1829, he married Amelia Smylie, the daughter of James Smylie (1780-1853), Presbyterian clergyman of Mississippi. Smylie was sent to Mississippi in 1805 to organize Presbyterian churches in Mississippi. He was also an educator and planter. From the description of Joseph Addison Montgomery and family papers, 1806-1886 (bulk 1866-1868). (Louisiana State ...

Montgomery, Amelia F.

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Smylie, James, 1780-1853

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Rev. James Smylie was a planter and Presbyterian minister of southwest Mississippi. His daughter, Amelia, married Joseph Addison Montgomery, a Natchez merchant, a Mississippi planter and a New Orleans commission merchant. Montgomery was the son of Rev. William Montgomery, the pastor of Ebenezer and Union Presbyterian churches in Jefferson County, Miss. From the description of Smylie-Montgomery family papers, 1807-1919 (bulk 1807-1869). (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id...

Montgomery, William, 1942-

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