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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 175 items) |
Abstract | George W. Bryan (fl. 1860-1880) was a planter and lawyer of Henry County and Worth County, Ga. He was married to Cornelia Stokes Bryan. The collection includes family correspondence, scattered business papers, and account books. Most correspondence is dated 1859-1873, with a few Civil War items. It includes 74 love-letters between the couple before their marriage. The rest of the correspondence and all other loose papers are business related. There are also ten seemingly unrelated letters from Minnie Ritherdon and Edward H. Ritherdon, apparently children, to "Hughie." Volumes, chiefly 1866-1875, are records of accounts with sharecroppers and paid labor, including merchandise advanced. |
Creator | Bryan, George W., fl. 1860-1880. |
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, March 2010; and Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2010
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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George W. Bryan (fl. 1860-1880) was a planter and lawyer of Henry and Worth counties, Ga. He was the democratic candidate for the 35th district in the Georgia state senate race, 1876. There are some items in the collection that indicate he may have been elected.
Bryan married Cornelia "Nelie" Stokes in April 1861.
Back to TopThe collection includes family correspondence, scattered business papers, and account books of George W. Bryan and his wife Cornelia Stokes Bryan. Most correspondence is dated 1859-1873, with a few Civil War items. It includes 74 love-letters between the couple before their marriage. The rest of the correspondence and all other loose papers are business related. One letter is addressed to Bryan at the state legislature, indicating that he may have been a legislator. There are also ten seemingly unrelated letters from Minnie and Edward H. Ritherdon, apparently children, to "Hughie." Volumes, chiefly 1866-1875, are records of accounts with sharecroppers and paid labor, including merchandise advanced.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1857-1859 |
Folder 2 |
1860 |
Folder 3 |
1861-1864 |
Folder 4 |
1865-1868 |
Folder 5 |
1869-1871 |
Folder 6 |
1872-1881; 1885; 1899 |
Folder 7 |
Undated and fragments |
Folder 8 |
Volume 1: Day book, 25 February-12 May 1866Contains accounts with laborers for provisions and merchandise supplied to them. The volume also includes miscellaneous expenditures of George W. Bryan. |
Folder 9 |
Volume 2: Day book, 14 May 1866-February 1868The 1866 portion of this volume contains accounts with laborers. Records from 1867-1868 are the expense accounts of George W. Bryan. |
Folder 10 |
Volume 3: Ledger, 1866; 1868-1869Entries from 1866 are store accounts of freedmen. Entries from 1868-1869 are expense accounts of George W. Bryan and are mingled with the store accounts. |
Folder 11 |
Volume 4: "Statement of Business," 1871-1876Detailed accounts of various operations on Waverly and Scotland Plantations, first planted by George W. Bryan in 1871 and 1872, respectively. The book contains summaries of crops, inventories, accounts with overseers, and other records. |
Folder 12 |
Volume 5: Ledger, 1872Store accounts with laborers at Scotland Plantation. |
Folder 13 |
Volume 6: Ledger, 1872-18783Store accounts with laborers at Scotland Plantation. Cash and credit advanced. |
Folder 14 |
Volume 7: Ledger, 1873-1874Store accounts with laborers at Scotland Plantation. |
Folder 15 |
Volume 8: Ledger, 1874-1875Store accounts with laborers at Waverly and Scotland Plantations. |
Folder 16 |
Volume 9: Ledger, 1875Store accounts with laborers at Scotland Plantation. Also includes miscellaneous accounts of money paid to cotton pickers. |
Folder 17 |
Volume 10: Account book, 1880 and undatedIncludes accounts of goods and services purchased by George W. Bryan as well as accounts with laborers for their purchases. |