Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: William Hughes and Family Papers (Z/0060).
Creator/Collector: William Hughes; and others.
Date(s): 1793-1917.
Size: 0.40 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff.
Provenance: Gift of Donor, of Place, State, on Date; Z/U/XXXX.XXX.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Rights and Access:

Access restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Publication rights: Copyright assigned to the MDAH. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to Reference Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the MDAH as the owner of the physical items and as the owner of the copyright in items created by the donor. Although the copyright was transferred by the donor, the respective creator may still hold copyright in some items in the collection. For further information, contact Reference Services.

Copyright notice: This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred citation: William Hughes and Family Papers (Z/0060), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Biography:

William Hughes and Family

William Hughes (b. January 12, 1825) was the son of Benjamin and Nancy Brashears Hughes, who settled in Port Gibson, Claiborne County in 1824.  William married Mary Bertron, whose father had married into the Christie, Crane, and Young families. These families, together with the Harpers, Purnells, Lewis Evans, William Lindsay, and others are represented in these papers.

 

Scope and Content Note:

Scope and Content Note text to come.

 

Series Identification:

Series 1: Series title. Dates.

Series Description text to come.

Box 1, Folder 1


 

Letters and business papers of William Hughes (b. January 12, 1825) of Port Gibson, and members of his family, including Benjamin and Nancy Brashears Hughes, Mary Bertron Hughes, and families Christie, Crane, Young, Harpers, Purnells, Lewis Evans, William Lindsay, and others are represented in these papers.

Seven items pertain to Eden Brashears, assistant agent of the Choctaw Agency, and his family (November 12, 1816–February 26, 1821). Thirteen items are land maps and records and wills of Joseph K. Green (September 20, 1806–August 26, 1936). One letter (April 4, 1816) is from David Hunt to William Lindsay (missing), one letter (April 7, 1817) is from Thomas E. Williams to William Lindsay, one letter (October 6, 1835) is from Gibson Gibson to Benjamin Hughes, and one item is a broadside (March 31, 1823) pertaining to "Leonard Jacobs' New and Useful Improvement in Tanning."

The collection contains only 3 pieces dated before 1810, and others are distributed as follows:

n.d., 23 pieces 
1810–1819, 19 pieces 
1820–1829, 11 pieces 
1830–1839, 16 pieces 
1840–1849, 1 piece 
1850–1859, 42 pieces 
1860–1869, 24 pieces 
1870–1879, 25 pieces 
1880–1889, 14 pieces 
1890–1899, 4 pieces 
1900–1917, 6 pieces.

The volume contains 6 pages of accounts of William Young (June–July, 1820), 5 pages of family history (dates range from April 4, 1786, to January 4, 1861), and is 8.5 by 19 cm. in size.