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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 600 items) |
Abstract | Stone family members included Moses Stone (d. 1844), planter in Spartanburg District of South Carolina, and his wife, Catharine Smith Stone (1798-1875), who ran the plantation after her husband's death. The collection contains correspondence and business papers, including bills of sale, inventories, land documents and survey reports, subpoenas, promissory notes, and other documents written by or concerning members of the Stone family and related Smith, Tracy, and Barnett families of Cedar Springs, S.C.; Spartanburg County, S.C.; Franklin County, Ga.; Americus, Ga.; Marion County, Ala.; and King's Mountain, N.C. Most materials relate to Moses and Catharine Smith Stone. Many letters, chiefly about family activities, are addressed to Catharine Smith Stone. Also included are charms, medicinal and household recipes, and a few items relating to slaves. |
Creator | Stone (Family : Spartanburg County, S.C.) |
Curatorial Unit | Univesrity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English. |
Processed by: Aletha Andrew, June 2000
Encoded by: Aletha Andrew, June 2000
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, November 2009
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Moses Stone (d. 1844) was a planter in the Spartanburg District of South Carolina. Stone's wife, Catharine Smith Stone (1798-1875), ran the plantation after her husband's death in 1844. Moses Stone had many brothers, including Pharis, Hillory, Henry, Ambrose, Tilman, Zealy, and John Stone. A cousin of Catharine Smith Stone, Jubilee Smith, practiced medicine and dentistry in Americus, Ga., after the Civil War.
The daughters of Moses and Catharine Stone included Martha Lovina (b. 1824); Regina Minerva (1824-1894), who married a physician, James Wright Tracy (1819-1896); Jane Melissa (b. 1827); Susan Ann (b. 1829); and Catharine Letitia (b. 1832).
Back to TopCorrespondence and business papers, including bills of sale, inventories, land documents and survey reports, subpoenas, promissory notes, and other documents written by or concerning members of the Stone family and related Smith, Tracy, and Barnett families of Cedar Springs, S.C.; Spartanburg County, S.C.; Franklin County, Ga.; Americus, Ga.; Marion County, Ala.; and King's Mountain, N.C. Most materials relate to Moses Stone and Catharine Smith Stone. Many letters, chiefly about family activities, are addressed to Catharine Smith Stone. Also included are charms, medicinal and household recipes, and a few items relating to slaves.
Correspondents include Moses Stone's brothers and the daughters of Moses and Catharine Stone. There is also a letter from a cousin of Catharine Smith Stone, Jubilee Smith, who practiced medicine and dentistry in Americus, Ga., after the Civil War.
Transcripts of selected items, made by Roscoe L. Strickland III in December 1994, are also included.
Back to TopCorrespondence and business papers, including bills of sale, inventories, land documents and survey reports, subpoenas, promissory notes, and other documents written by or concerning members of the Stone family and related Smith, Tracy, and Barnett families of Cedar Springs, S.C.; Spartanburg County, S.C.; Franklin County, Ga.; Americus, Ga.; Marion County, Ala.; and King's Mountain, N.C. Most materials relate to Moses Stone and Catharine Smith Stone. Many letters, chiefly about family activities, are addressed to Catharine Smith Stone. Also included are charms, medicinal and household recipes, and a few items relating to slaves.
Correspondents include Moses Stone's brothers and the daughters of Moses and Catharine Stone. There is also a letter from a cousin of Catharine Smith Stone, Jubilee Smith, who practiced medicine and dentistry in Americus, Ga., after the Civil War.
Transcripts of selected items, made by Roscoe L. Strickland III in December 1994, are also included.
Folder 1 |
Accounts, 1833-1861 and undated |
Folder 2 |
Barnett family: 1843-1854 and undated |
Folder 3 |
Bills of sale, lists, 1825-1869 and undated |
Folder 4 |
Cantrell, Nimrod: Plat map, 1804 (Housed in OP-4953/1) |
Folder 5 |
Smith family: 1804-1827 and undated |
Folder 6 |
Stone, Catharine Smith: Business and financial papers, 1823-1852 |
Folder 7 |
Stone, Catharine Smith: Business and financial papers, 1823-1864 and undated |
Folder 8 |
Stone, Catharine Smith: Family papers, 1821-1864 and undated |
Folder 9 |
Stone, Moses: 1820-1829 |
Folder 10 |
Stone, Moses: 1830-1843 |
Folder 11 |
Stone, Moses: 1844-1859 and undated |
Folder 12 |
Stone, Samuel: 1824-1829 and undated |
Folder 13 |
Tracy, James Wright: 1839-1876 and undated |
Folder 14 |
Other family members, 1818-1850 and undated |
Folder 15 |
Others, 1809-1868 and undated |
Folder 16 |
Transcripts |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-4953/1 |
Cantrell, Nimrod: Plat map, 1804 |
Items separated include an oversize paper (OP-4953/1).
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