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William Jones family papers

The collection consists of papers of the William Jones family of Augusta, Georgia from 1813-1910 and includes financial records, bills of sale for enslaved people, and freedmen contracts.

More About This Collection

Date of Original
1836/1879

Subject
Cotton manufacture--Georgia
Freedmen--Georgia
Georgia--Social life and customs
Manufactures--Georgia
Slaves--Georgia
Enslaved persons--Georgia

Location
United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484

Medium
contracts
personal papers
bills of sale
financial records

Type
Text

Metadata URL
https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/guan_1749

Language
eng

Holding Institution
Hargrett Library

Rights

1. Bill of Sale for enslaved people: Bob, Ned, Ulisses, Sally and children, Daniel, Murriah, Milly Judy and children, Charlotte and Caroline, Margaret, Sylvia, and Daphney

Date of Original:: 1836/18
Collection:: William Jones Family Papers
Holding Institution:: Hargrett Library

2. Financial document for "balance of the negroes corn and cotton"

Date of Original:: 1844
Collection:: William Jones Family Papers
Holding Institution:: Hargrett Library

3. Financial papers and letters of Ishmael, Minny, and Elizabeth Keith, free people of color [formerly enslaved]

Date of Original:: 1843/1851
Collection:: William Jones Family Papers
Holding Institution:: Hargrett Library

4. Freedmen contract between John McSeed/Wade Glover and W. H. Jones, Columbia County

Date of Original:: 1879
Collection:: William Jones Family Papers
Holding Institution:: Hargrett Library