bills of sale
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Formal instruments attesting to the transfer of ownership of personal property.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Bills of sale from Sumter (S.C.) stores
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-083
Abstract
Two bills of sale made out to David Ashby Stuckey and his wife. One (1873) is from Marx E. Cohen, a dealer in dry goods, groceries, shoes, and hardware. The second (1896) is from Schwartz Bros., a dry goods store and millinery. Both stores were located in Sumter, South Carolina.
Dates:
1873, 1896
Found in:
Special Collections
Alexander Carns slave bill of sale
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-008
Collection Overview
Bill of sale dated "29th December 1083" (1803) for a Negro girl named Luce sold by Alexander Carns of North Carolina to John Foster of Lancaster District, South Carolina. Witnessed by Catherine Carns.
Dates:
1803 December 29
Found in:
Special Collections
Farr family papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1066
Abstract
Joseph M. Farr, his wife Mary Behn Farr and their four children were a white, slave and land owning family in Beaufort County. Two of their slaves were Elizabeth and Robert [Bob] Farr. The latter, as a freed man, served as a private in Company H of the 104th U.S. Colored Troops. William W. Farr, the oldest son of Joseph and Mary Farr, was a Civil War veteran and later a banker in Beaufort, who had a long standing relationship with Maria Green, an African American female farmer. Together,...
Dates:
1828-1990
Grimke family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0176
Abstract
Materials include Revolutionary War papers of John Paul Grimke and his son John Faucheraud Grimke, with materials re the latter as intendant (mayor) of Charleston. Papers of his son Thomas Smith Grimke document temperance, politics and education and contain an autograph collection. With papers of Thomas's siblings Frederick Grimke, abolitionists Sarah Moore Grimke and Angelina Grimke Weld and others. With materials of two more following generations, and genealogical materials on Grimke,...
Dates:
1678-1977, circa 1990s
Found in:
Special Collections
David Ashby Stuckey bills of sale, receipts, and correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-085
Abstract
Bills of sale, receipts, and correspondence of David Ashby Stuckey, a cotton farmer from Lee County, South Carolina.
Dates:
1873-1899, undated
Found in:
Special Collections