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Size | 3.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 88 items) |
Abstract | The Lewis family, of Hale and Marengo counties, Ala., owned several plantations before and after the Civil War. The collection is the records of several plantations owned by the Lewis family, chiefly those of Ivey Foreman Lewis. Plantations mentioned include: Hermitage Place, Gholson Place, Bleak House, Drake House, Ashe Place, Moss Grove, and Hardee Place. Volumes record work done, cotton picked, slave births and deaths, food and clothing issued, accounts with laborers, plantation expenses, inventories, and other items. Loose papers include contracts with freedmen, bills for medical care for laborers, accounts for other services and for merchandise purchased, and slight correspondence. |
Creator | Lewis, Ivey Foreman, 1833-1884. |
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 Jordan, April 2011
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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The Lewis family, of Hale and Marengo counties, Ala., owned several plantations before and after the Civil War.
Back to TopThe collection is the records of several plantations owned by the Lewis family, chiefly those of Ivey Foreman Lewis. Plantations mentioned include: Hermitage Place, Gholson Place, Bleak House, Drake House, Ashe Place, Moss Grove, and Hardee Place. Volumes constitute the majority of the collection and record work done, cotton picked, slave births and deaths, food and clothing issued, accounts with laborers, plantation expenses, inventories, and other items. They are primarily plantation records, day books, personal accountings. Loose papers include contracts with freedmen, bills for medical care for laborers, accounts for other services and for merchandise purchased, and slight correspondence.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid material |
Folder 1 |
1864-1909; undatedIncludes personal and business correspondence. |
Folder 2 |
Volume 1: 1857-1874 |
Reel 1 |
Microfilm copy of Volume 1 |
Folder 3 |
Volume 2: 1866, 1881 |
Folder 4 |
Volume 3: 1870-1886Includes data on law cases and miscellaneous records, presumably of Smith and Roulhac, Attorneys at Law, Greensborough, Hale County, Ala. |
Folder 5 |
Volume 4: 1874-1878 |
Folder 6 |
Volume 5: 1874 |
Folder 7 |
Volume 6: 1875 |
Folder 8 |
Volume 7: 1876 |
Folder 9 |
Volume 8: 1876-1878 |
Folder 10 |
Volume 9: 1877 |
Folder 11 |
Volume 10: 1877-1878 |
Folder 12 |
Volume 11: 1878 |
Folder 13 |
Volume 12: 1879 |
Folder 14 |
Volume 13: 1879-1880 |
Folder 15 |
Volume 14: 1880 |
Folder 16 |
Volume 15: 1880 |
Folder 17 |
Volume 16: 1880 |
Folder 18 |
Volume 17: 1881 |
Folder 19 |
Volume 18: 1881 |
Folder 20 |
Volume 19: 1882 |
Folder 21 |
Volume 20: 1882 |
Folder 22 |
Volume 21: 1882-1884 |
Folder 23 |
Volume 22: 1883-1884 |
Folder 24 |
Volume 23: 1883-1885 |
Folder 25 |
Volume 24: 1883-1885 |
Folder 26 |
Volume 25: 1885 |
Folder 27 |
Volume 26: 1885-1886 |
Folder 28 |
Volume 27: 1885-1886 |
Folder 29 |
Volume 28: 1888This is a diary of Ivey F. Lewis. |
Folder 30 |
Volume 29: 1888 |
Folder 31 |
Volume 30: 1888-1889 |
Folder 32 |
Volume 31: 1890-1891 |
Folder 33 |
Volume 32: 1891-1895Includes miscellaneous farm records, addresses, and notes on law cases. The names Hardee Lewis, Birmingham, Ala., and Diggs and Diggs, Selma, Ala., appear in the front of the book. |
Folder 34 |
Volume 33: 1892 |
Folder 35 |
Volume 34: 1893-1894 |
Folder 36 |
Volume 35: 1894-1895 |
Folder 37 |
Volume 36: 1895 |
Folder 38 |
Volume 37: 1895 |
Folder 39 |
Volume 38: 1896 |
Folder 40 |
Volume 39: 1896 |
Folder 41 |
Volume 40: 1898-1899 |
Folder 42 |
Volume 41: 1899 |
Folder 43 |
Volume 42: 1899-1900 |
Folder 44 |
Volume 43: 1916 |