Nottoway Plantation (La.); Randolph, John Hampden, 1813-1883; Sugar trade; John Shelby & Co. (Memphis, Tenn.); Bayou Goula (La.); Steamboats
Waybill for a wartime shipment of 20 hogsheads (about 135 bushels) of sugar from Nottoway, the plantation of John Hampden Randolph, a wealthy planter of Bayou Goula, Louisiana, to be shipped on the steamer Louisville to John Shelby & Co. in...
Slavery; African-Americans; Confederate States of America; Civil war; United States; Corn; Quartermasters; Artesia (Miss.)
Voucher for the Confederate government's payment of $30.00 to James Sykes for the hire of two slaves to shell corn for ten days for the Army. Signed by Major A. Warren, Quartermaster, 1864.
Copiah County (Miss.); Elections; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 12th. Company D; Taxation; Debt relief; Law; Brown, Albert Gallatin, 1813-1880; Confederate States of America
To the voters of Simpson and Copiah Counties,' a broadside written by Benjamin King, candidate for the Mississippi Senate. He opposed taxation, in particular county volunteer relief taxes, was in sympathy with the aims of the stay law, and...
Feemster family; Telegraph; South-Western Telegraph Company (Jackson, Miss.); Selma (Ala.); Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867; Enterprise (Miss.)
Telegraph, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, in Enterprise, Mississippi, asking if their daughter is dangerously ill, and whether or not he should go to them. 1864.
Sykes family; Grocery bills; Civil war; United States; Lowndes County (Miss.)
Statement and receipt for James Sykes' payment for goods purchased of F. S. Kemp in 1864, dated March 13, 1865. Includes food and lodging for soldiers.
Statement and receipt for $69.50 paid by James William Sykes Sr. to settle the estate of his son, James William Sykes Jr., to Dr. Z. P. Landrum for medicine and medical services, including visits to slaves, in 1864. The bill was paid in 1866.
Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Treasury Dept.; Cotton trade; Choctaw County (Miss.)
Receipt for twenty-two bales of cotton exchanged in Choctaw County, Mississippi, by D. Kindred and J. Armstrong for bonds from the Confederacy. The cotton was to be delivered to the depot at Vaiden. Signed by Willis Barfield. 1863.
Tuition; Schools; School children; Hinds County (Miss.)
Receipt for tuition paid to I.M.F. Browne for Master Willie Hobbs for school term ending July 4, 1863. Also includes note regretting Willie's absence from school due to illness and stating Browne's opinion of Willie as ""a good boy"" who will make...
Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Treasury Dept.; Cotton trade; Choctaw County (Miss.)
Receipt for thirty-two bales of cotton sold in Choctaw County, Mississippi, to Willis Barfield by T. S. Sisson and later sold to the Confederate government in name of William Veitch. The cotton was to be delivered to the depot at Vaiden. Signed...
Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Treasury Dept.; Cotton trade; Choctaw County (Miss.)
Receipt for ten bales of cotton exchanged in Choctaw County, Mississippi, by L. W. Barfield (possibly Louisa, wife of Willis Barfield) for bonds from the Confederacy. The cotton was to be delivered to the depot at Winona. Signed by Willis...
Taxation; Confederate States of America; Hogan, Mary, 1800-1882; Starkville (Miss.)
Receipt for Starkville, Mississippi resident Mary Hogan's payment of $316.50 ($300 in bonds and $16.50 in cash) in taxes for the year 1864, as well as $63.30 for Soldiers Relief. Signed by District 30 tax collector W. L. James, 1865.
Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Treasury Dept.; Cotton trade; Choctaw County (Miss.)
Receipt for sixteen bales of cotton sold in Choctaw County, Mississippi, to Willis Barfield by J. L. Smith and later sold to the Confederate government in name of William Veitch. The cotton was to be delivered to the depot at Winona. Signed by...
Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Treasury Dept.; Cotton trade; Choctaw County (Miss.)
Receipt for seven bales of cotton exchanged in Choctaw County, Mississippi, by W. C. Watts for bonds from the Confederacy. Signed by Charles Baskerville. The cotton was to be delivered to Winona. 1863.
Grocery trade; Starkville (Miss.); Curry family; Bond, Sarah E. (Sallie), 1830-1902
Receipt for Sarah E. Curry's payment of $55 to Arthur Foster for various household goods and repairs purchased from 1863-1864. Sarah E. (Sallie) Curry married W.P. Bond in 1888.
Grocery trade; Starkville (Miss.); Curry family; Estates, administration of; Hosiery; Bond, Sarah E. (Sallie), 1830-1902
Receipt for Sarah E. Curry's payment of $49.60 to W. H. Glenn as part of the settlement of her husband's estate (James H. Curry died in 1862). The bill is for hosiery and household items purchased from 1862-1863. Sarah E. Curry married W.P. Bond...
Physicians; Medicine; Dentistry; Slavery; African-Americans; Starkville (Miss.); Curry family; Bond, Sarah E. (Sallie), 1830-1902
Receipt for Sarah E. Curry's payment of $232 to Dr. B. F. Barry for a variety of medicines, tooth extractions, child delivery, and visits to members of the household, including slaves. Sarah E. Curry married W.P. Bond in 1888. 1864.
Sykes family; Slavery; Estates, administration of; Lowndes County (Miss.)
Receipt for payment of $60 to A. M. Cannon for the hire of negroes, paid by James Sykes as part of the estate settlement for his son, James William Sykes, 1864.
African-Americans; Slavery; Starkville (Miss.); Physicians; Hogan family
Receipt for Mrs. Hogan's payment of forty dollars to Dr. L. O. Parker of Starkville, Mississippi, for medical visits for a ''Negro girl'' from August 21-30, 1863. $1.50 of the amount due was paid for by ""washing"". The bill was paid on January...
