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Box 1

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Contains 1 Result:

Deed of Gift to Appleton Haygood to infant son John Haygood of a Slave named Nancy , 1832 April 22

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 55
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The bulk of the collection deals with the financial transactions of (and especially debts owed to) Seaborn Jones, the records of his (and to a lesser degree Benning's) law practice, and the Civil War correspondence and records of Henry L. Benning. T he legal papers contain copies of suits and various estate proceedings for a wide variety of individuals; these items reflect other aspects of antebellum life in Georgia, particularly the institution of slavery. Jones's papers included a leather...
Dates: Other: 1832 April 22