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Clayton family papers
Genealogical research, correspondence, and legal materials dating from 1812 to 1922 for the family of Augustin Smith Clayton (1783-1839).
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Creator
Clayton, Augustin S., (Augustin Smith), 1783-1839
Clayton, Philip
Clayton, William Force, 1843-1918
Date of Original
1812/1922
Subject
Consuls--United States--Correspondence
Deeds--Georgia
Diplomats--United States--Correspondence
Families of military personnel--Confederate States of America--Correspondence
Genealogy--Georgia
Mothers of soldiers--Correspondence
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence
Location
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Habersham County, Tallulah Falls, 34.73065, -83.39433
Medium
family papers
Type
Text
Description
Augustin Smith Clayton (1783-1839) was a member of the first graduating class at the University of Georgia and founder of the Demosthenian Society. Clayton Street in Athens, Clayton County, and Clayton, Georgia are all named for him. Clayton helped compile the law statutes of Georgia, served three terms as a judge of the Western Circuit, was a member of the Electoral College, and served in the U.S. Congress from 1831 to 1835. His biography is available. at http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/augustin-smith-clayton-1783-1839. For more information, see his congressional biography at http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000491. Philip Augustin Clayton (1815-1877) was the son of Augustin Clayton, married to Leonora Harper Clayton (1819-1895). He was the Assistant Secretary of Treasury for the Confederate States during the Civil War, and the Consulate to Peru from 1874 to his death in 1877 in Catacaos, Peru. The Clayton family papers consist of genealogical research, correspondence, and legal materials. Included are deeds and accounting papers, Civil War soldiers' letters, funerary mementos, a letter describing an 1829 trip to Tallulah Falls, and letters from Peru describing Consulate duties during the 1870s.
Language
eng
Original Collection
Clayton family papers
Holding Institution
Hargrett Library
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