Box 1
Container
Contains 81 Results:
Receipts and accounts of James Cotton, 1858-1860
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 29, Object: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
Other: 1858-1860
Pew rental agreement between Port Gibson Presbyterian Church and J.A. Montgomery, 12/17/1860
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 29, Object: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
Other: 12/17/1860
Receipts of James W. Watson and others; 1 DS by John Taylor Moore; citation for delinquent taxes against estate of James Cotton 2/18/1874, 1862-1874
File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
Other: 1862-1874
1916, 1924
File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
1793-1930
Teaching certificate of Linda Watson, 1916
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31, Object: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
Other: 1916
Deed from heirs of Caroline Buck to Linda Watson Montgomery, 10/27/1924
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31, Object: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
Other: 10/27/1924
1805-1819
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
1793-1930
Presbyterian Church, 06/07/1806; 04/29/1811; 11/22/1819
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Object: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
Other: 06/07/1806; 04/29/1811; 11/22/1819
Business, 11/22/1819
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Object: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
Other: 11/22/1819
1830-1836
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
1793-1930