Pendleton (S.C.) -- Genealogy.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Clermont H. Lee Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0232
Scope and Contents
The main portion of the papers consist of copies of the letters of Dr. Ralph Emms Elliott and his wife Margaret Cowper Elliott for the period 1835-1848, typed and edited by Clermont H. Lee in 1977 and a typed copy (created by Lee in 1985) of "History of a Small Mahogany Table", dictated by Phoebe Caroline Seabrook to her son William Elliott Seabrook in August-September 1873.The Elliott letters, written to relatives in Beaufort, SC, and Savannah, GA, describe the daily...
Dates:
1977, 1985
Dr. Thomas J. Pickens Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0228
Scope and Contents
The papers contain accounts, a commission, two letters, a lien, and receipts, statements of account and tax receipts. Most of the accounts, receipts and statements related to Pickens' medical practice, including accounts for his services to the G. W. Miller family; a running account with James Hunter's Sons (Hunter's Store) in Pendleton, SC, where groceries and general merchandise that were exchanged for medical services, as well as several accounts with James Hunter; and an undated letter...
Dates:
1856-1860, 1862, 1865-1867, 1869-1882, 1885, 1887, 1889-1895, undated
Pendleton (SC) History Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0234
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of articles, newspaper clippings, historical tour itineraries and other material relating to the history of Pendleton, SC, especially historical buildings in the city and surrounding area. Included are a biographical sketch of Samuel Earle Maxwell, a prominent landowner; a list of historic homes (and other buildings) in Pendleton and the families who occupied them; a short history of "Old Pendleton"; and a photocopy of a document that may have been written by Edmund...
Dates:
1934, 1945, 1960-1061, 1966, undated
Richard Franklin Simpson Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0221
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the personal, political, and family life of Richard Franklin Simpson. His letters, both written and received, are a rich source of primary information concerning grass-roots politics and issues in Upstate South Carolina and also issues that drove national events and policies at Washington, DC, some of which eventually lead to secession and the Civil War. Simpson was so astute and far-sighted as to mention this possibility in many of his letters to his wife and...
Dates:
1971 and 2015;
Bulk 1806 - 1863