William G. Hinson Records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss-0108
The collection contains five volumes of farm records of William Godber Hinson, James Island, Charleston County, SC. Three of the books are accounts with farm laborers, "Freedmen" and "Freedwomen," 1866-1868. Entries reflect net proceeds of cotton crops, amount due employers, sickness records, cash advances, and cost of rations. Individual accounts include those of Amelia Goodwin, Moses Brown, Amos and Sam Watson, Thomas Young, Jeffry Campbell, Israel Knights, Eve Gourdin and Francis Gadsen. There are also account books for Fraser and Dill, 1866-1874 and Joseph T. Dill, 1874-1881.
William Godber Hinson was a Charleston County plantation owner/farmer and a leading Democrat in the late 19th century.
0.25 Cubic Feet (5 volumes)
English
W.H. Mikell gift to Clemson through Dr. W.N. Mills prior to 1936, accession 36-3.
Part of the Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Repository