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Box 8

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

Record of Wills, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Holds records on handwritten index cards.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Edmund Lee Drago collection / Series 1: Research Documents for <title render="italic">Initiative, Paternalism, and Race Relations</title> / 1.4: Manuscripts from Charleston County Probate Court

Record of Wills-A-G, 1754-1899

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Holds photocopied wills of: Natt Comings Ball (1846); Richard E. Dereef (1864); Lancelot Brand (1777); Doctor Ceser (1754) Amanda C. Sneed for Thomas R. Chion (1882-1884); Jacob Brooks (1770); Thomas S. Bonneau (1831); J.F. Chion (1815); Peter Desverneys (1854); Juliet Eggart (1833); Edward S. Ferrette (1868); Richard Furman (1825); George A. Glover (1899); Isabella Green (1889)

Dates: 1754-1899
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Edmund Lee Drago collection / Series 1: Research Documents for <title render="italic">Initiative, Paternalism, and Race Relations</title> / 1.4: Manuscripts from Charleston County Probate Court

Record of Wills-H, 1793-1923

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Holds photocopied wills of, W.R.H. Hampton (1893); Sarah Hayne (a free Negro-1793); Silvrana Heyward (1898); Thomas Heyward (1736); Richard Holloway (1888); Elizabeth Holloway (1885); Catherine A. Holloway (1923); Grace Holloway (1892)

Dates: 1793-1923
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Edmund Lee Drago collection / Series 1: Research Documents for <title render="italic">Initiative, Paternalism, and Race Relations</title> / 1.4: Manuscripts from Charleston County Probate Court

Record of Wills-I-Mc, 1839-1925, and undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Holds the photocopied wills of: Mary Johnston, (1902); Thomas Kirk (1832); Mary Just (1852); George Just (1853); Richard Kinlock (1839); Henry Kirk (undated); Francis Mishaw (1849); Thomas A. McFall (1925)

Dates: 1839-1925, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Edmund Lee Drago collection / Series 1: Research Documents for <title render="italic">Initiative, Paternalism, and Race Relations</title> / 1.4: Manuscripts from Charleston County Probate Court

Record of Wills-M-R, 1826-1890, and undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Holds photocopied wills of: Edward Mickey (1879); Martha E. Mickey (1883); Joshua Michow (1870); Amanda Isabel Moise (1887); Dorilla Motte (1848); George Nelson (1826); Philip Stanislas Noisette (1835); Maria Snipes (1890); Betsey Richards (1847); Joe Rogers "(a free person of Color)" (1830)

Dates: 1826-1890, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Edmund Lee Drago collection / Series 1: Research Documents for <title render="italic">Initiative, Paternalism, and Race Relations</title> / 1.4: Manuscripts from Charleston County Probate Court

Record of Wills-T, 1824-1905

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Holds of wills of: Samuel Thompson (1889); Richard Thompson (1889); John S. Thorne (1824); Philip M. Thorne (1875, 1905)

Dates: 1824-1905
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Edmund Lee Drago collection / Series 1: Research Documents for <title render="italic">Initiative, Paternalism, and Race Relations</title> / 1.4: Manuscripts from Charleston County Probate Court

Record of Wills-W, 1773-1892

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Holds photocopied wills of: Maria Wall (1892); John Weston, ("a free person of Colour") (1826); Jacob Weston (1864); Benjamin Wigfall (1773); Joseph Wigfall (1800); Samuel Wigfall (1876); Caroline Weston (1864)

Dates: 1773-1892
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Edmund Lee Drago collection / Series 1: Research Documents for <title render="italic">Initiative, Paternalism, and Race Relations</title> / 1.4: Manuscripts from Charleston County Probate Court

Record of Wills: Wilkinson Family (Folder 1 of 2), 1864-1866

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Francis Wilkinson was a prominent member and officer in the Friendly Moralist Society. Holds typed notes and photocopied wills regarding the estate of Francis L. and Selina Wilkinson, Free People of Color. His property included four houses, five enslaved and Confererate war bonds.

Dates: 1864-1866
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Edmund Lee Drago collection / Series 1: Research Documents for <title render="italic">Initiative, Paternalism, and Race Relations</title> / 1.4: Manuscripts from Charleston County Probate Court

Record of Wills: Wilkinson Family (Folder 2 of 2), 1864-1866

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Holds typed notes and photocopied wills regarding the estate of Francis L. and Selina Wilkinson, Free People of Color.

Dates: 1864-1866
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Edmund Lee Drago collection / Series 1: Research Documents for <title render="italic">Initiative, Paternalism, and Race Relations</title> / 1.4: Manuscripts from Charleston County Probate Court
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