Adger-Williams family papers, 1853-1942.

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Adger-Williams family papers, 1853-1942.

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This collection chiefly consists of estate records of members of the related Adger and Williams families. Papers of Robert Adger (1814-1891) include a letter (1864) from Confederate engineer August S. Barrows transmitting a wartime map of the Richmond (Va.) area; a letter (1879) from George S. Brown in London (England) concerning the dissolution of Robert Adger & Company; papers (1880-1885) relating to Rivoli Farm (Pendleton, S.C.); business and legal papers relating to investments and the settlement of the affairs of James Adger & Company; Robert Adger's will and estate records (1888-1903); and papers (1855-1873) pertaining to the estate of his wife's relative, Thomas F. Fleming. Papers relating to Robert Adger's children include letters (1891) of Jane E. Adger and Clara Flinn Bowen, and an agreement (1873) concerning insurance policies. One group of papers (1868-1874) pertains to the "lunatic estate" of James Adger (1812-1881), and includes receipts, a doctor's letter diagnosing insanity, and papers concerning his confinement in an asylum. There are also estate recors of Rev. John B. Adger (1810-1899); Susan D. Adger (1808-1884); John B. Adger (1858-1940); Joseph Ellison Adger (1824-1898); William Adger (1816-1853); Jane (Jennie) W. Adger (1863-1942), widow of John B. Adger (1858-1940). Papers of the Williams famliy include estate records (1877) of Edward Church Williams; Margaret Adger Williams (1863-1941); George Walton Williams, Jr. (1860-1923); and George Walton Williams, Sr. (1820-1903). Estate records of George W. Williams, Sr. include specifications and a blueprint plan of his monument in Magnolia Cemetery.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8191684

South Carolina Historical Society

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Adger family.

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Williams, George Walton, 1860-1923

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Charleston, S.C. merchant and banker. George W. Williams, Jr. was an original shareholder and board member of the Chattanooga, Augusta and Charleston Air Line Railway Company. From the description of Railroad papers, 1881-1900. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522843 ...

Robert Adger & Company (Charleston, S.C.)

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Adger, John Bailey, 1858-1940

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Adger, Joseph E. (Joseph Ellison), 1824-1898

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Adger, Susan Dunlap, 1808-1884.

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Adger, Robert, 1814-1891

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Adger, James, 1812-1881.

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Williams, Margaret Adger, 1863-1941

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Williams family.

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Adger, Jane Elizabeth Fleming, 1815-1871.

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Williams, George Walton, 1820-1903

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Adger, Jane Ann, 1822-1899.

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Adger, John B. (John Bailey), 1810-1899

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PCUS minister and professor at Columbia Theological Seminary. From the description of John B. Adger papers, 1871. (Columbia Theological Seminary). WorldCat record id: 649065467 South Carolina resident; professor at Theological Seminary, Columbia, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1839, 1852. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31187646 John Bailey Adger was born in Charleston, South Carolina and was a Presbyterian minister, a missionary to ...