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Box 3

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

Legal Brief of B.A. Hill in Case of Gordon v. Mosely , 1854 - 1854

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The bulk of the collection deals with the financial transactions of (and especially debts owed to) Seaborn Jones, the records of his (and to a lesser degree Benning's) law practice, and the Civil War correspondence and records of Henry L. Benning. T he legal papers contain copies of suits and various estate proceedings for a wide variety of individuals; these items reflect other aspects of antebellum life in Georgia, particularly the institution of slavery. Jones's papers included a leather...
Dates: Other: 1854 - 1854

Grant for a new Trial in case of State v. Stokes, 1854 November to May 1855

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The bulk of the collection deals with the financial transactions of (and especially debts owed to) Seaborn Jones, the records of his (and to a lesser degree Benning's) law practice, and the Civil War correspondence and records of Henry L. Benning. T he legal papers contain copies of suits and various estate proceedings for a wide variety of individuals; these items reflect other aspects of antebellum life in Georgia, particularly the institution of slavery. Jones's papers included a leather...
Dates: Other: 1854 November to May 1855

Court Brief in the Case of Thomas N. Hamilton v. William M. Reese filed in Wilkes County, Georgia by Benning, 1854 November to May 1855

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The bulk of the collection deals with the financial transactions of (and especially debts owed to) Seaborn Jones, the records of his (and to a lesser degree Benning's) law practice, and the Civil War correspondence and records of Henry L. Benning. T he legal papers contain copies of suits and various estate proceedings for a wide variety of individuals; these items reflect other aspects of antebellum life in Georgia, particularly the institution of slavery. Jones's papers included a leather...
Dates: Other: 1854 November to May 1855

Brief of J.H. Underwood in the case of William F. James v. Mercer University, signed by Benning, 1854 - 1855

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The bulk of the collection deals with the financial transactions of (and especially debts owed to) Seaborn Jones, the records of his (and to a lesser degree Benning's) law practice, and the Civil War correspondence and records of Henry L. Benning. T he legal papers contain copies of suits and various estate proceedings for a wide variety of individuals; these items reflect other aspects of antebellum life in Georgia, particularly the institution of slavery. Jones's papers included a leather...
Dates: Other: 1854 - 1855

Notes on H. Cobb’s Argument in the case of Brook vs. Garrett, 1854 - 1854

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The bulk of the collection deals with the financial transactions of (and especially debts owed to) Seaborn Jones, the records of his (and to a lesser degree Benning's) law practice, and the Civil War correspondence and records of Henry L. Benning. T he legal papers contain copies of suits and various estate proceedings for a wide variety of individuals; these items reflect other aspects of antebellum life in Georgia, particularly the institution of slavery. Jones's papers included a leather...
Dates: Other: 1854 - 1854

Points of Authority in the case of Lawrence Brock Peffin vs. William Garrett, case held before Judge Benning, 1854 - 1854

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents

This document lays out the arguments in the case, which deals with the ownership of several enslaved persons. Includes president cases that supports the arguments.

Dates: Other: 1854 - 1854

Argument of J.H. Underwood in the case of Lawrence Brook vs. William Garrett held before Judge Benning , 1854 - 1854

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The bulk of the collection deals with the financial transactions of (and especially debts owed to) Seaborn Jones, the records of his (and to a lesser degree Benning's) law practice, and the Civil War correspondence and records of Henry L. Benning. T he legal papers contain copies of suits and various estate proceedings for a wide variety of individuals; these items reflect other aspects of antebellum life in Georgia, particularly the institution of slavery. Jones's papers included a leather...
Dates: Other: 1854 - 1854

Court Brief in the case of Francis Sultar v. John N. Cherrault held before Judge Benning , 1854 November to May 1855

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The bulk of the collection deals with the financial transactions of (and especially debts owed to) Seaborn Jones, the records of his (and to a lesser degree Benning's) law practice, and the Civil War correspondence and records of Henry L. Benning. T he legal papers contain copies of suits and various estate proceedings for a wide variety of individuals; these items reflect other aspects of antebellum life in Georgia, particularly the institution of slavery. Jones's papers included a leather...
Dates: Other: 1854 November to May 1855

Order to Appear for Fleming McKale and a Case docket for the Case Parker v. Chambers, 1854 November 15

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The bulk of the collection deals with the financial transactions of (and especially debts owed to) Seaborn Jones, the records of his (and to a lesser degree Benning's) law practice, and the Civil War correspondence and records of Henry L. Benning. T he legal papers contain copies of suits and various estate proceedings for a wide variety of individuals; these items reflect other aspects of antebellum life in Georgia, particularly the institution of slavery. Jones's papers included a leather...
Dates: Other: 1854 November 15