Box 3005
Container
Contains 2 Collections and/or Records:
Article by Weymouth T. Jordan, "The Elisha F. King Family Planters of the Alabama Black Belt."
File — Box: 3005, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers include accounts, notes, receipts, legal documents, inventories, books, a diary, a speech, a family tree and miscellaneous items relating to the family.The King Family Papers reveal that Elisha F. King was a successful entrepreneur and multi-plantation owner. At his death he passed these good fortunes on to his only living child, Edwin W. King.In 1852 when Edwin W. King assumed the management of his father's estate, he became one of the wealthiest men in...
Dates:
1803-1894
Book, "System of Farming at Beaver Bend, Alabama 1862" by Weymouth T. Jordan
File — Box: 3005, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers include accounts, notes, receipts, legal documents, inventories, books, a diary, a speech, a family tree and miscellaneous items relating to the family.The King Family Papers reveal that Elisha F. King was a successful entrepreneur and multi-plantation owner. At his death he passed these good fortunes on to his only living child, Edwin W. King.In 1852 when Edwin W. King assumed the management of his father's estate, he became one of the wealthiest men in...
Dates:
1803-1894