- Title:
- Samuel B. Clark papers
- Creator:
- Clark, Samuel B., 1812-1865
- Date of Original:
- 1787/1869
- Subject:
- Plantations--Georgia
Slaveholders--Georgia
Slavery--Georgia--History
Farm management--Georgia
Slaves--Georgia
Enslaved persons--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Burke County, 33.06115, -82.00078
United States, Georgia, Dooly County, 32.15718, -83.79875
United States, Georgia, Richmond County, 33.35963, -82.07355 - Medium:
- account books
business records - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- The collection consists of papers of Samuel B. Clark, from 1787-1869. Included are indentures, a land survey, legal documents, and a plantation journal (1841-1869) containing business records pertaining to the Richmond County homestead, the Burke County (Georgia) farm, and land in Dooly County (Georgia). Entries include information on slave values, outlays for crops and household supplies, tax returns for Richmond and Burke counties, financial reports on building the McBean canal, and cotton sales. Samuel B. Clark (1812-1865) was a plantation owner of Brothersville, Richmond County, Georgia. Clark married Martha Rebecca Walker in 1837.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/guan_1497
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
