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This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 150 items) |
Abstract | Joseph Brevard Kershaw (1822-1894) was a general in the Confederate Army. The collection includes papers pertaining to the Kershaw family and the DeSaussure family of South Carolina, chiefly 20th-century genealogical materials. Earlier items include colonial deeds and accounts for goods; scattered antebellum correspondence; slight postwar correspondence of Joseph Brevard Kershaw (1822-1894); and correspondence, 1899-1938, of John Kershaw, Episcopal priest of Charleston, S.C., including copies of letters he wrote from the Lambeth Conference in London, 1908. |
Creator | Kershaw, Joseph Brevard, 1822-1894.
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Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, June 2010; Nancy Kaiser, January 2021
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Joseph Brevard Kershaw (1822-1894) was a Confederate general.
Back to TopThe collection includes papers pertaining to the Kershaw and DeSaussure families of South Carolina, chiefly 20th-century genealogical materials. Earlier items include colonial deeds and accounts for goods; scattered antebellum correspondence; slight postwar correspondence of Confederate General Joseph Brevard Kershaw; and correspondence, 1899-1938, of John Kershaw, including copies of letters he wrote from the Lambeth Conference in London, England, 1908.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
1762-1857 |
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Folder 2 |
1869-1902 |
Folder 3 |
1908 |
Folder 4 |
1911-1938 |
Folder 5 |
Genealogical data |
Folder 6 |
Genealogical data |
Folder 7 |
Genealogical data |
Folder 8 |
Genealogical data |
Folder 9 |
Genealogical data |
Folder 10 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-836/1 |
Volume 1: Scrapbook, 1931-1936Includes clippings and pictures about South Carolina plantations and gardens and their owners. |
Folder 11 |
Volume 2: Scrapbook, 1861-1876Includes clippings about events, pictures, and genealogical notes. |
Folder 12 |
Volume 3: Marriage book, undatedIncludes a list of marriages, consisting of alphabetical entries for each party concerned. |
Folder 13 |
Volume 4: Genealogical notes, undated |
Folder 14 |
Volume 5: Genealogical notes, undated |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-836/1 |
DeSaussure genealogical chart |