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Bailey-Grantland family papers
Family papers pertaining to the Grantland and Bailey families, ranging from around 1818-1966.
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Creator
Bailey, David Jackson, 1812-1897
Grantland, Seaton, 1782-1864
Grantland, Seaton, II, 1847-1919
Date of Original
1818/1966
Subject
Butts County (Ga.)--Genealogy
Butts County (Ga.)--History
Genealogy; Georgia--Genealogy
Politicians--Georgia--Correspondence
Politicians--Georgia--History--19th century
Politicians--Georgia--Milledgeville--Correspondence
Politicians--Georgia
Location
United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, 33.06928, -83.24959
United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville, 33.08014, -83.2321
United States, Georgia, Butts County, 33.28785, -83.95717
United States, Georgia, Jackson County, 34.13388, -83.56635
United States, Georgia, Spalding County, 33.26087, -84.28416
Medium
family papers
Type
Text
Description
The Grantland and Bailey families are from Baldwin, Butts, and Spalding counties, Georgia. Seaton Grantland was a U.S. Congressman (1835-1839), an attorney in Milledgeville, Georgia, presidential elector (1840), and planter. David Jackson Bailey was a U.S. Congressman (1851-55), state senator, an attorney in Jackson, Georgia, president of state senate (1861), colonel of the 30th regiment, Georgia, volunteer infantry, and planter. Seaton Grantland II was a businessman in Griffin, Georgia, a member of the state legislature, and owner of the Griffin Manufacturing Company. The collection consists of papers pertaining to the Grantland and Bailey families, ranging from around 1818-1966. Notable items include extensive genealogy research and biographical information, Georgia land grants, and political correspondence including, Joseph E. Brown, Howell Cobb, Herchel V. Johnson, Alexander H. Stephens, and P.M. Compton. Other letters relate to the Second Seminole War and early settlers in Florida, letters from Dr. James S. Gilliam, surgeon, U.S. Navy, aboard the U.S.S. Macedonian on one of the Commodore Perry's trips to Japan and the U.S.S. Levant exploring the South Pacific and South America, 1849-1850.
Language
eng
Holding Institution
Hargrett Library
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