Robert Seaborn Jemison Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains financial ledgers, land deeds, business receipts, correspondence, and artifacts from the Robert Seaborn Jemison family. An itemized list of the papers included in Accession 10-1965 is available in the physical finding aid.
Dates
- 1845 - 1962
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is accessible under the discretion of the Archivist.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Seaborn Jemison married Amanda Kennon Dowsing in 1845 and moved to Texas in 1857. He was the son of Robert Jemison III and his wife, Margaret (Mims) Jemison, who moved from Georgia to Alabama around 1821. They first settled in Perry County and later, in 1833, in Talladega County, Alabama. Robert Seaborn Jemison was unable to serve in the Civil War due to poor health. After his death in 1868, his widow and children returned to Alabama. The Jemison family also has ties to the Jemisons in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Extent
3.5 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This finding aid is organized by accessions. Each accession represents an addition to the collection. Each accession also represents a transfer of physical and legal custody of archival materials from the donors to Auburn University Special Collections and Archives.
Processing Information
Accession 10-1965 processed by MM and CJD. Finding aid entered into ArchivesSpace by Jennifer Wiggins, 2022. Accession 21-064 processed by Jennifer Wiggins March 4, 2022. Accession 25-005 processed by Braxton Murphy, 2025. Finding aid revised by Joanna Ashley, 2025.
- Title
- Guide to the Robert Seaborn Jemison Papers
- Subtitle
- Record Group 28
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- MM
- Date
- 10/23/1992
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
