Feemster family; Lowndes County (Miss.); Gaston family; Guineafowl; Chickens; Whooping cough; Clothing and dress; Textile fabrics; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Annie Gaston to her sister, Loulie Feemster, who has apparently joined Alex in Selma. She tells her sister not to expect a long letter because she lives ''in the back woods where I dont see nobody hardly.'' She writes about ducks and...
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.
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.
Slavery; Taxation; Lowndes County (Miss.); Lanier, Elizabeth Person, 1783-1881
Receipt for Elizabeth Lanier's payment of $10.50 in 1859 property taxes on 15 slaves. Received by Lowndes County sheriff E. C. Eggleston on May 14, 1860.
