Plantations -- Alabama
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh2005000792
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Jefferson Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0404
Abstract
This is a collection of mostly personal correspondence of Jefferson Davis and his family members, in both the United States and Europe. This collection also includes three folders of photographs and other visual materials.
Dates:
1823-1917
John G. Hardin crop lien
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0628
Overview
Copy of a crop lien for $50 against the crop John G. Hardin will harvest on a plantation in Elmore County, Alabama, owned by B.S. Walkley.
Dates:
1875 July 19
John Horry Dent papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0430
Overview
There are four typescript documents in the folder also: (1) Commodore John Herbert Dent, U.S. Navy, 1782–1823; (2) Charles I. Graves in Egypt (1875–1878); (3) Cape Guardafui by Lt. Col. Graves (the proceedings of the meeting of October 1880); and (4) Report of Lt. Col. Graves, 4th July 1878.The Plantation Book (or Farm Journal v.1) was written by John Horry Dent from January 1840 through December 1842 to record actual expenditures and incomes from his estate and to provide...
Dates:
1840-1891
James R. Maxwell plantation records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0931
Overview
Account book that documents business on the plantation, including several letters that were laid in between the pages that concerned renters on the property
Dates:
1923-1925
J.J. Ricks and William Hines plantation rental agreement with Martha Jones
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2211
Abstract
A legal contract in which J.J. Ricks and William Hines rent Martha Jones' plantation in Lawrence County, Alabama.
Dates:
1825 November 22
Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0753
Abstract
The Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers span the period from 1797 to 1960 and include both the personal and business papers of Robert Jemison Jr., along with papers of Robert Jemison (grandfather), William Jemison (father), Priscilla Jemison (wife), Cherokee Jemison Hargrove (daughter), and Andrew Coleman Hargrove (son-in-law), and Robert Jemison Jr. (IV) of Birmingham (1878-1973). Included are the records of his grist and lumber mills, plantations, stage line, the Tuskaloosa Plank Road, toll bridges,...
Dates:
1797 - 1973
George and James Skinner papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1280
Overview
Material concerning the business and plantation activities of George (1812-1879) and James Skinner (1801-1883) of Marengo County.
Dates:
1829-1950
Daniel C. Smyly papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1300
Abstract
Correspondence, financial papers, and other material pertaining this Dallas County, Alabama, plantation owner and physician, and his family.
Dates:
1843-1871
Alma Bishop Williams Tanglewood materials
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0165
Overview
Material about this Hale County, Alabama, plantation house and land, including: books, correspondence, writings, newpaper clippings, photos, maps, genealogical records, and blueprints.
Dates:
1860-1973
George H. Thompson plantation records
Collection
Identifier: W-0073
Overview
Ledger documenting the expenses of Russell County, Alabama, planter George H. Thompson.
Dates:
1855-1874
Thornhill (Talladega, Ala.) article and photographs, 1932 March 12
File — Box WSC001: [1006241611], Folder: W 0129.13
Scope and Contents
This short article gives a brief overview of the ownership and residents of this Talladega, Alabama, historic home. There are also two black and white photographs of the house.
Dates:
1932 March 12
Louis W. Turpin plantation store ledgers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1431
Overview
Two sales ledgers for a plantation store belonging to Louis W. Turpin of New Berne, Alabama. Contains daily listings by person, listing what they purchased and how much each item cost. One book is from April 21-July 17 1879, and the other is January 1 - March 9, 1880.
Dates:
1879-1880