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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 225 items) |
Abstract | Irish immigrant; banker of Tallahassee, Fla. Business papers and family correspondence of Parkhill, a native of Ireland who moved from Richmond, Va., to Leon County, Fla., in the 1820s and worked as a postmaster at Tuscawilla and a banker in Tallahassee. There are also papers and letters of some of Parkhill's sons and daughters. Included in the collection are deeds; travel accounts, Virginia to Florida, 1821 and 1827; biography and family history of John Parkhill; letters from sons at Centre College, Danville, Ky.; letters from son George Washington Parkhill (1822-1862), physician, Florida state legislator, and Confederate officer, to his wife, written primarily while he was stationed at Evansport, Va., in the months prior to his death in battle; and letters from James Page, a former Parkhill family slave, 1866-1875. |
Creator | Parkhill, John, 1786-1856. |
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: Kathryn Michaelis, February 2010; Nancy Kaiser, May 2021
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John Parkhill, a native of Londonderry, Ireland, immigrated to Florida in the 1820's and was a banker for many years in Tallahassee. Parkhill was married three times--to Eleanor Quarles, Eliza Copland, and Lucy Randolph--and he had a total of seven children.
Back to TopBusiness papers and family correspondence of Parkhill, a native of Ireland who moved from Richmond, Va., to Leon County, Fla., in the 1820s and worked as a postmaster at Tuscawilla and a banker in Tallahassee. There are also papers and letters of some of Parkhill's sons and daughters. Included in the collection are deeds; travel accounts, Virginia to Florida, 1821 and 1827; biography and family history of John Parkhill; letters from sons at Centre College, Danville, Ky.; letters from son George Washington Parkhill (1822-1862), physician, Florida state legislator, and Confederate officer, to his wife, written primarily while he was stationed at Evansport, Va., in the months prior to his death in battle; and letters from James Page, a former Parkhill family slave, 1866- 1875.
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Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1813-1817 |
Folder 2 |
1820-1829 |
Folder 3 |
1830-1835 |
Folder 4 |
1836 |
Folder 5 |
1837 |
Folder 6 |
1838-1839 |
Folder 7 |
1840-1847 |
Folder 8 |
1850-1859 |
Folder 9 |
1860-1868 |
Folder 10 |
1870-1891 |
Oversize Paper OP-1826/1 |
Letter, 19 September 1887 |
Folder 11 |
UndatedIncludes letters, envelopes, a Parkhill family tree, and a photograph of an unidentified man and woman. |
Folder 12 |
Volume 1: Travel accounts, 1821; 1827The first account describes traveling to Raleigh, Fayetteville, and Charleston, S.C. The second account describes, in some detail, a journey made from Richmond, Va. to Florida to look over some land with the idea of purchasing. |
Folder 13 |
Volume 2: Accounts and letter copies, 1842-1846Unbound volume containing business accounts (1842-1843) and copies of letters (1845-1846) written by Charles C. Parkhill of New Orleans. |
Folder 14 |
Volume 3: Biographical sketch of John Parkhill, 1859, 1866, and 1915Written by his widow Lucy in 1859 and 1866, for their daughter Harriet. An addition was made by Harriet in 1915. |
Reel M-1826/1 |
Microfilm |
Microfilm (M-1826/1)
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