- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- John Whitehead last will and testament, 1857
- Creator:
- Whitehead, John
- Publisher:
- John Whitehead last will and testament, MSS 654f, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center.
- Date of Original:
- 1857
- Subject:
- Burke County (Ga.)--History
Wills--Georgia--Burke County
Bath (Ga.)--History
Richmond County (Ga.) - People:
- Berrien, Thomas
Garlick, J. Edward - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Burke County, 33.06115, -82.00078
United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Bath, 33.33875, -82.17651 - Medium:
- wills
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- This collection consists of John Whitehead's 1857 last will and testament. His will divided his private property and slaves among his children. His son, John R. Whitehead, and son-in-law, Thomas Berrien, who was a county commissioner and judge in Burke County, served as executors of the will. J. Edward Garlick signed the will as ordinary.
John Whitehead (1783-1857) was born in Burke County, Georgia, to Mary Wynne and Amos Whitehead. He was a plantation and slave owner who resided in Burke County and owned additional property in Bath, Richmond County, Georgia, and in Florida. According to the 1850 U.S. Census Slave Schedule, Whitehead owned forty-two slaves. Whitehead's first marriage to Abigail Lewis Sturges (1798-1824), circa 1816, produced two daughters: Eliza Alice (1818-1896) and Mary Dowse (1822- 1844). He married Julia Maria Berrien (1801- 1857) in 1825 and they had seven children: John Randolph, Charles, Ruth (Berrien), Valeria (Burroughs), Julia Amanda, Eliza (West), and Philodea (Neely). Additional biographical information about John Whitehead 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_ahc0654f-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ahc/turningpoint/do:ahc0654f-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- Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: John Whitehead last will and testament, MSS 654f, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
