Agriculture
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Tait Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 0345
Abstract
Also known as the James A. Tait Collection. Includes diaries, letters received, financial papers, tax records, and slave records of Charles and James Asbury Tait. Papers of the children of James Asbury include letters received as well as freedman contracts, wills, deeds, clippings, maps, and speeches.
The Tait Family were plantation owners in Wilcox County, Alabama; active in politics in Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. Family members include Charles Tait (1768-1835), politician and...
Dates:
1798 - 1922
Welch Family Papers
Collection — Box Short Collection 5
Identifier: 0087
Scope and Contents
Consists of records of the Alpine Baptist Church, a diary of Oliver Welch, and the scrapbooks of Samuel W. Welch on microfilm. The remainder of collection includes photocopied genealogies (1958) of the Darby, Welch and Mallory families, compiled by H. A. Darby; a paper (1942) on the Walker Reynolds' home, Mount Ida, by Margaret Reynolds Smith; a diary (1850-1860) of Rev. Oliver Welch; memorial tributes (1874) to Welch; and two scrapbooks (1900-1951) with clippings of poetry, obituaries and...
Dates:
1832 - 1858
Wellborn Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 0050
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence (1860-1891) and financial records (1836-1891) of John Horry Dent; plantation journals (1876-1891) in which Dent recorded weather conditions and daily activities; biographical information on Wellborn's maternal great-grandfather, Commodore John Herbert Dent, who served aboard the U.S.S. Constitution. Correspondence...
Dates:
1836 - 1957
