James Robert Ervin papers, 1835-1851.

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James Robert Ervin papers, 1835-1851.

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Estate papers presumably retained by Dr. Thomas Ellerbe Powe (1800-1879), Ervin's brother-in-law, as administrator or executor of his estate. Chiefly receipts for payments from Powe for dry goods, articles of clothing for Ervin's children as well as their education, and tobacco and cigars. Of interest are receipt, 14 Apr. 1837, for payment of general tax for 1836 and poor and bridge tax for 1837, Chesterfield District, S.C.; receipt, 3 July 1843, for payment to Jeremiah E. Dargan of tuition and wood tax for two quarters; bill, 11 Mar. - 16 Oct. 1845, for medical visits by Dr. Thomas J. Flinn, drugstore purchases, and prior balance from 1844 brought forward, with receipt, 12 Jan. 1846, indicating payment in full; and list of slaves rented out in 1846, "Negro Hire for 1846," with names of eleven African American slaves, including five hired to Ervin's son, Samuel James Ervin.

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Irwin family.

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Powe, Thomas Ellerbe, 1800-1879.

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Flinn, Thomas J.

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South Carolina. General Assembly

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S.C. Statute 1811(5)639 specified that every board of commissioners of free schools was to make a yearly return to the legislature. Governor Middleton recommended the passage of this act as a response to the systematic lack of education in the state. The first appropriation made possible 124 elementary schools for the state. As the system progressed, the term "free school" became embarrassingly exchangeable with pauper schools, because the 1811 act carried within it a written directive that an a...

Ervin, James Robert, 1786-1836.

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South Carolina legislator; resident of Marlboro and Marion Districts, eventually settling in Cheraw, Chesterfield District; represented Marlboro, Marion, and Chesterfield Districts at various times in both houses of the legislature; a Unionist and Jacksonian Democrat, Ervin opposed Nullification; married, first, Elizabeth Powe (d. 1832) and, second, Ann Giles Davis (d. 1835), widow of William Vereen. From the description of James Robert Ervin papers, 1835-1851. (University of South C...

Dargan, Jeremiah E.

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