Cuthbert family papers
Collection Overview
This collection consists of legal papers (1764-1850) related to property owned by members of the Cuthbert family in Prince William Parish, Beaufort District, South Carolina.
Papers include leases, releases, bonds, renunciation of dower, extracts of a will, letters, deeds of conveyance, deeds, a mortgage, a memorandum, and plats of Myrtle Grove, Leith (or Live Oak Exchange Plantation), and Providence plantations (surveyed by William Brailsford, John Goddard, and others).
Individuals mentioned in the papers include Hugh Bryan, Ann Palmer, Charles Palmer (Ann Palmer's youngest son, a plantation owner), Mary Calder (Ann Palmer's daughter), Archibald Calder (Mary's husband and executor of Ann Palmer's estate), David Toomer (an executor of Ann Palmer's estate), C.J. Colcock (of Beaufort, S.C.), Henry William DeSaussure, Susanna Forrester (of John's Island, S.C.), Charles Heyward, Thomas Savage Heyward, Nathaniel Heyward, William Stoutenberg (a plantation owner), and William Skirving (of Charleston, S.C., executor of Stoutenberg's estate).
Dates
- Creation: 1764-1850
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1764-1839
Creator
- Cuthbert family (Family)
Language of Material
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Biographical Note
The Cuthberts were plantation owners in Prince William Parish, South Carolina. John Alexander Cuthbert (son of James Cuthbert, 1716-1776) had among his children James Cuthbert (1794-1838, who married Ann Miles), Thomas Heyward Cuthbert (1798-1840, who married Eliza N. Barnwell), and Ann Elizabeth (who married Thomas Heyward, 1789-1829; and was the mother of Thomas Savage Heyward, 1815-1889).
Extent
1.67 linear feet (1 oversize flat box)
Abstract
This collection consists of assorted legal instruments and correspondence that document the ownership of parcels of land on the Pocotaligo River, Prince Williams Parish, Beaufort District from 1764 to 1850. Known variously as Myrtle Grove, Live Oak, Providence and/or Leith plantations, they were cultivated (circa 1799) in cotton and rice, and were owned by various members of the Cuthbert, Rutledge, Palmer, Stoutenberg, Corbett, Heyward, and other families.
Collection Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
Collection possibly gathered in 1851 by William Henry Trescot (husband of Eliza Natalie Cuthbert) for his history of the Cuthbert family. Information may have come from Beaufort District and County Judgment Rolls.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff, date unknown.
Subject
- Cuthbert family (Family)
- Rutledge family (Family)
- Palmer family (Family)
- Stoutenberg family (Family)
- Corbett family (Family)
- Hayward family (Family)
- Title
- Inventory of the Cuthbert Family Papers, 1764-1850
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Gillian Cote
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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