Folder 1
Container
Contains 2 Results:
Benning, Henry L, handwritten legal notes concerning McBurney et al vs Echols & Wife, presented during November term of Muscogee City Superior Court, 1860 November
Item — Folder: 1, Item: 1
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: 1860 November
Marriage agreement between Hugh McBurney and wife Elizabeth, in Charleston, South Carolina, part of evidence in legal action of Number 1 above, certified in Charleston, South Carolina, 1860 June 23, 1802 November 18
Item — Folder: 1, Item: 2
Scope and Contents
Copy of a document from November 18, 1802 which was certified in South Carolina on June 23, 1860.
Dates:
Other: 1860 June 23; 1802 November 18