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Bill of sale for Spencer, a 15-year-old enslaved boy, and the current crops of James D. Morrisett of Hempstead County, Arkansas, to Benjamin J. H. Gaines of Washington County, Arkansas. The sale is described as being for the financial benefit of Fanny B. Morrisett.

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Official account, signed by Bradley County Clerk W. H. Wheeler, listing the names of eleven enslaved persons belonging to the estate of James. T. Bragg, the names of the enslavers purchasing, and the price paid. Enslaved persons included in this bill were Marion, Solomon, Jerry, Sterling, Anniea, who was mentioned as being accompanied by an unnamed child, Evilia, Linnifer, Sally, and Marzu, who was also mentioned as being accompanied by an unnamed child.

Scope and Content Note Materials in this collection were collected by Margaret Whillock (1935- ), her grandmother, Hattie McClure Gilbert Burrow, and her aunt, Sallie Landis Burrow (1888-1964).Materials relate to the Burrows family; the Civil War in Tennessee; slavery; the Republican Party; and political campaigns in Arkansas, circa 1904-1926.Materials include correspondence; family histories and genealogical notes; obituaries; awards and certificates; financial documents; speeches;...

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The Byroade collection is arranged in four series and consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, slave bills of sale, Civil War papers, wedding and funeral memorabilia, school records, photographs, and business, financial, legal, and political papers.

Scope and Content Note The Carrigan Family Papers consists of correspondence, diaries, account books, photographs, and other papers of the family and relations of Alfred Holt Carrigan and Mary Elizabeth Moore Carrigan. It also includes genealogical materials pertaining to the families of Alfred Holt Carrigan’s parents, the Carrigans and the Holts, as well as similar materials pertaining to the families of Mary Elizabeth Moore Carrigan’s parents, the Moores and the Bethells. The collection includes antebellum...

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Bill of sale for a 23-year-old enslaved man, Abraham, from Isaac S. Dial of Kaufman County, Texas to Hugh Dial, also of Kaufman.

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Bill of sale, signed by Richard Searcy as a clerk recording the transaction, for an enslaved child named Harry, about 10 years old, in Lawrence County, Missouri Territory.

Scope and Content Note This collection includes family correspondence, largely to Jane Curl Walker Hawkins from her siblings, children, nieces and nephews, and grandchildren, including letters from her son, James William Hawkins, who went to California during the Gold Rush, and from L. Brodie, her grandson, who writes from the Civil War. Other...

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Contract by Pleasant M. Osburn for the sale of land and six enslaved people, four of whom were children, Patsy age 35, Lucy age 10, Margaret age 8, Erick age 7, Mourning age 25 and Ann age 8 to Wiley Neubury, Clark County, Arkansas, February 12, 1847

Scope and Content Note Materials include correspondence, court documents, scrapbooks, diaries, physician appointment books, photographs, drawings, etc. An avid collector of Arkansas-related historical materials, Margaret Smith Ross assembled a collection that includes her personal papers, historical and genealogical research materials, and the original records of the Pulaski County Circuit Court dating from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Her personal papers include correspondence,...

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Bills of sale and other documents pertaining to the sale, purchase, and manumission of enslaved persons in Fort Smith and Van Buren, Arkansas and in Louisiana, South Carolina, and Texas.

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Materials in this collection includes biographical material, correspondence, financial materials, photographs, and deeds.

Scope and Content Note Correspondence, legal documents, financial records, and photographs pertaining to the William Wilson family. Significant correspondents include Alfred McIlroy Wilson, Augustus H. Garland, Samuel P. Pittman, Jesse Turner, and Wilson family relatives in Texas.Many of the documents in this collection were published by Walter J. Lemke in a booklet titled The William Wilson Records (Fayetteville: Washington County Historical Society, 1960). In 1981 some...