- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Mathews and Joor family papers 1816-1848, undated
- Creator:
- Joor, Ann Mathews
- Contributor to Resource:
- Joor, William
Mathews, John Raven, 1788-1867 - Publisher:
- Mathews and Joor family papers, MSS 219f, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center.
- Date of Original:
- 1816/1848
- Subject:
- Slavery--Georgia
Slavery--South Carolina
Charleston (S.C.)
James Island (S.C.)
John's Island (S.C.)
Savannah (Ga.)
Joor, Ann Mathews--Correspondence
Joor, William--Correspondence - People:
- Joor, Ann Mathews
Joor, William - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
United States, South Carolina, 34.00043, -81.00009 - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- This collection consists of personal letters from Ann (Mathews) Joor, the daughter of John Mathews, about the death of "Edward" and from William Joor about a troublesome slave. There are receipts from William Joor and Jonathan Cooper about the transfer of the slave from Savannah, Georgia, to Charleston, South Carolina. Also included are business letters between John Mathews and his cousin, Optimus Hughes, about the sale of James Island.
Processing Information: This collection was re-processed in 2012.
A transcription of the letters is included in the collection.
John Raven Mathews (1788-1867) was born in South Carolina to George Mathews (1753-1815) and Mary Saltus Mathews (1761-1845). In 1806, Mathews married Elizabeth Whaley (1788-1860) in Charleston, South Carolina. They had eight children, including Harriet Emma (1820-1890), Ann (b. 1822), George (b. 1826), and William (b. 1829). Mathews was a plantation owner in South Carolina. He also owned James Island and John's Island, South Carolina, as well as property in Charleston and Savannah, Georgia. Additional biographical information about John Raven Mathews has not been determined.
America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia received support from a Digitizing Historical Records grant awarded to the Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Digital Library of Georgia by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_turningpoint_ahc0219f-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ahc/turningpoint/do:ahc0219f-001
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.
This collection is open for research. - Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Mathews and Joor family papers, MSS 219f, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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