Correspondence, Receipts, and Newspaper Clippings with Church Histories, 1832-1979, and undated
Scope and Contents
The Holloway Family Scrapbook contains legal documents, personal and business correspondence, receipts, ephemera, clippings and photographs pertaining to the Holloway family, a prominent free family of color in Charleston, SC. Series 1: "The Scrapbook," holds a variety of documents: Highlights include legal documents with deeds (1806, 1821, 1871), a conveyance (1811), slave bills of sale including one for the slave "Betty" (1829), an agreement (1829) to apprentice the slave boy Carlos in the carpenters and house joiner's trade, exhorter licenses to preach and a photograph of a 1797 document declaring patriarch Richard “Holliday” [Holloway] a free mulatto. Personal and business correspondence include letters concerning the hiring out of slaves, an offer (1837) to buy the "Holloway Negroes,” a letter (1831) from Samuel Benedict about emigrating to Liberia, agreements for carpentry work, and information about the Brown Fellowship Society, the Century Fellowship Society, the Minors Moralist Society and the Bonneau Literary Society. Also included are invitations, Confederate and corporate tax receipts, receipts for general merchandise, and Confederate scrip. Other letters and newspaper clippings, including letters to the editor written by James H. Holloway, concern Negro taxes, Negro slaveholders, the Liberia movement, the Methodist Episcopal Church, civil rights and related topics. James H. Holloway's niece, Mae Holloway Purcell, preserved the scrapbook after his death and added to its contents. The bound scrapbook was microfilmed by the South Caroliniana Library in 1977 but was later disbound and reorganized. Using the microfilm as a guide, this archive attempts to recreate the original order and this digital presentation of the scrapbook reflects those efforts.
Dates
- Creation: 1832-1979, and undated
Creator
- From the Collection: Holloway, James H. (James Harrison), 1849-1913 (Person)
- From the Collection: Purcell, Mae Holloway, 1891-1982 (Person)
Extent
From the Collection: 4.0 linear feet (3 oversize boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Materials Specific Details
Newspaper clippings (1974, and undated ) regarding historical significance of Old Bethel Methodist, and Charleston’s bicentennial church history cassette tour, including Trinity and Centenary churches; Receipts (1858, 1863) for Charles Holloway, John Holloway and Edward Holloway for payment of bonds owed Henry D. Lesesne; Charles H. Holloway receipt (1866), signed by J. W. Dereef of the Brown Fellowship Society, for payment towards the interment of his mother, Elizabeth Holloway; Note from Henry D. Lesesne to Charles Holloway dated February 21st, 1861, concerning the Holloway's lack of any payment on a bond; Receipt for Charles Holloway showing partial payment on the above bond on February 22nd. Conditions of bond owed to Henry Lesesne by Charles, Edward and John Holloway. Handwritten account shows initial principal on March 1946 and payments received and interest accrued through April, 1948; Receipts (1863, 1864) for Charles Holloway for payment on bond owed Henry Lesesne.
Receipt (1867) for Charles Holloway for payment of mother Elizabeth Holloway's medical expenses; Receipt (1866) for Charles Holloway for subscription to the Charleston Journal; Invitation (1875) from Henry Cardozo (minister of Old Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church) asking Charles Holloway to preach; Letter (1838) from Charles Holloway in Beaufort to wife, Mary Cecilia Kougley [also known as Koeckler] sending his regards home and requesting supplies.
Invitations and a letter of congratulations (1885) from Charlotte A. Carmanda, free black and slave owner, concerning the fiftieth wedding Anniversary of Charles and Mary Cecelia Holloway
Letter (1832) from Jacob and Mary Kougley to Charles Holloway approving of his courtship of their daughter, Cecelia; Receipt (1864) for $26 for Jacob Kougley for capitation tax; Summons (1828) for Jacob Kougley to attend drills with the Charleston Neck Rangers; Receipt (1868) and note fragments.
Repository Details
Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository
125 Bull Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424 United States
843-953-7608
averyresearchcenter@cofc.edu