Alfred W. Jones collection on Southern plantations, 1803-1861.

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Alfred W. Jones collection on Southern plantations, 1803-1861.

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This collection consists of various items relating to people and plantations in Georgia. Included are a promissory note from Marquis de Montalet on Sapelo Island; another, a plantation book from Kelvin Grove, the plantation of James P. Postell on St. Simons Island, containing an allowance list, list of field hands, statement of stock, "Catalogue of Eggs - Names from Wilson's American Ornithology," and daily work schedules; and one page of a work schedule from Magnolia Place, location unknown (possibly South Carolina), including an entry for June 13 of a prayer in observance of the day set aside for fasting and prayer by President Jefferson Davis, CSA. The locations of originals of the photostats in this collection are unknown.

1 folder (.05 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8335252

Georgia Historical Society

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Jones, Alfred W.

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The Marquis de Montalet left Saint Domingo in 1797 after a slave uprising. He bought "The Hermitage" in 1798, but relocated after the death of his wife to Sapelo Island, where he owned the plantation, "le Chatelet." Kelvin Grove plantation, located on St. Simons Island, was the location of the Battle of Bloody March. The plantation was owned by the Caters family, originally from South Carolina. Thomas Cater had one son, Benjamin Franklin Cater, who married Anne Armstrong, a niece of the Wyllys f...

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...