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Devices (Heraldry)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Alston family coats of arms

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-168
Collection Overview This collection consists of three versions of the Alston family coat of arms. Two smaller crests are attributed to W. Alston of Clifton, S.C. and Charles Alston of Fairfield, S.C. A third coat of arms, belonging to John Ashe Alston, is centered on a larger piece of paper upon which the history of the Alston family coat of arms, written by Alston Deas, is printed in pencil. Next to an illustration of an estoile, Alston Deas notes that this is the correct star to place upon the Alston family...
Dates: undated

Finley family coat of arms

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-141
Collection Overview

This collection includes two copies of the Finley family coat of arms and a handwritten letter providing the history of the crest and the Finley family.

Dates: undated