Biography:

T. Otis Baker was a lawyer from Natchez, Mississippi. He also served as captain of Company A, Tenth Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, and was wounded in the battles of Shiloh and Atlanta during the Civil War. Baker later served in the Adams Light Infantry.

Scope and Content Note:

This collection contains materials used in writing the book Rolls of the Several Military Organizations, Which Entered the Service of the Confederate States…. The remainder is primarily legal papers concerning clients of Baker. An alphabetical list follows, as well as a list of secondary topics contained in the papers.

Alphabetical List:

Box 1: Folder 1. Accounts, unclassified (1890–1905)
           Folders 2–10. Adams Light Infantry (1876–1905; n.d.)
           Folder 11. Adden, J. H.—papers (1873)
           Folder 12. Advertisement for comb lock—(n.d.)
           Folders 13–18. Baker, Edwin B.—papers (1861–1877)
           Folder 19. Baker, T. Otis—personal papers (1900–1901)

 

Box 2: Folders 20–25. Boyd, Catherine C.—estate papers (1877–1907)
           Folder 26. Brown, Harsford B. and Mary C.—papers (1903)
           Folder 27. Carr, Matthew, scrip (1860–1861)
           Folder 28. Correspondence, unclassified (1872–1904)
           Folder 29. Dana, Charles B., papers (1892)
           Folder 30. Davis, Hiram W., papers (1884)
           Folders 31–32. Davis, William J., papers (1883–1892)
           Folder 33. Deeds and contracts, unclassified (1846–1908)
           Folders 34–35. Dreyfus, S., and Company (1893–1894)
           Folders 36–37. Duncan, Stephen (1888–1890)
           Folder 38. Family papers (1862–1889)
           Folder 39. Field, Clifton C. (1902–1909)
           Folders 40–46. Ford, Washington (1884–1892)
 

Box 3: Folders 47–49. Gastrell, H. M. (1876–1880)
           Folder 50. Gillespie, J. A. (1882–1890)
           Folder 51. Goldman, Adler, and S. S. Benjamin (1884)
           Folder 52. Horris, Catherine and Harry (1893–1900)
           Folders 53–57. Insurance records (1881–1905)
           Folders 58–67. Holden, C. L. (1881–1882)
           Folder 68. Irwin, Mary M. and William M. (1877)
           Folder 69. Jones, Levi (1887)
           Folder 70. Kaufman, Joseph (1879)
           Folder 81. Kennedy, George (1893)
           Folders 72–73. Kienstra, George F., of Newellton, Louisiana (1881–1905)
           Folder 74. Legal memoranda, anonymous (n.d.)
           Folder 75. Lowry, William and John (1873–1901)

Box 4: Folders 76–80. Mannocci, Ferdinand D. (1879–190l)
           Folder 81–87. Marshall, S. S. (1887–1904)
           Folders 88–91. Marshall, L. R. (1872–1873)
           Folder 92. McGraw, Patrick (1870–1871)
           Folders 93–95. Mississippi Cooperative and Benefit Association

Box 5: Folders 96–99. Natchez Building and Loan Association (1890–1907)
           Folder 100. Natchez and Vidalia Steam Ferry Company (1889–1890)
           Folder 101. Nichols, George D. (1872–1873)
           Folder 102. O'Brien, James (1904)
           Folders 103–105. O'Ferrell, John J. (1877–1883)
           Folder 106. Official documents (1865–1905)
           Folders 107–110. Parker, Daniel G. (1872–1873)
           Folder 111. Plats
           Folders 112–113. Postlethwaite, Samuel (1822–1867)
           Folder 114. Promissory notes, unclassified (1871–1904)
           Folders 115–122. Rawlings, A. D. (1871–1892)

Box 6: Folders 123–127. Rawlings, A. D. (1860–1885)
           Folder 128. Rosalie Mills Company (1891)
           Folder 129. Scharff, Monroe (1890–1891)
           Folder 130. Schwartz, Christian (1873–1901)
           Folders 131–134. Scofield, A. (1893–1894)
           Folder 135. Scott, Israel S. (1872–1873)
           Folder 136. Stanton, Robert (1898)
           Folders 137–138. Stratton, Rev. Joseph B. (1892–1893)
           Folder 139. Turney, Mrs. Eliza J. (1891)
           Folder 140. Welch, J. J. and P. A. (1889–1890)
           Folder 141. Wilds, Oliver N. (1901)

Box 7: Volume 2. Anonymous diary (15.5 cm. x 19 cm., 13 pp., August 29–October 17, 1863)
           Volume 3. Anonymous receipt book (67 pp., 1890)
           Volume 4. Anonymous receipt book (123 pp., 1890)
           Volume 5. Baker, S. J., account book (0.5 cm. x 10.5 cm.; 19 pp., 1866; 1881–1886)
           Volume 6. Meeks, Charles, account journal (19.5 cm. x 31 cm., 12 pp., November 5, 1902–September 13, 1905)
           Volume 7. Seaman, Sarah J., diary (5.5 cm. x 6 cm., 32 pp., May 26, 1861–April 20, 1863)
 

Box 8: Oversized land records from Box 2, Folder 33 (Box 8, Folder 142) and Box 5, Folder 111 (Box 8, Folder 143); Confederate States of America bonds; miscellaneous land records; and maps

 

Contents List:

Box 1: Rolls of several Confederate military organizations (Folders 2–10)
           Accounts of yellow fever epidemic in Natchez in 1905 (Folder 10)
           Confederate bonds (Folder 13)
           Concordia Parish, bonds (Folder 13)
           Dunbarton Plantation (Concordia Parish, Louisiana) (Folder 15)
           Civil War papers (Folder 16)

Box 2: Forrest Hill Plantation (Wilkinson County) (Folders 20, 24, 25)
           Holly Kowne Plantation (Folder 24)
           Arlington Heights (city) (Folder 26)
           St. Calhoune Bend Levee (Folder 27)
           Duncan-Homochitto Plantation (Folder 32)
           Hamilton Plantation (Adams County) (Folder 33)
           Natchez plats (Folder 33)
           Ivanhoe Plantation (Adams County) (Folder 43)

Box 3: Hollywood Plantation (Adams County) (Folder 50)
           John C. Eustis (Folder 53)
           Spring Hill Plantation (Adams County) (Folders 60, 65)
           Blackwater Plantation (Tensas Parish, Louisiana) (Folder 72)

Box 4: Mt. Caronel Place (Adams County) (Folder 79)
           Hermitage Plantation (Concordia, Louisiana) (Folder 89)
           Good Hope Plantation (Folder 89)
           St. Alban's Plantation (Claiborne County) (Folder 91)

Box 5: Magnolia Plantation (Folder 101)
           Activities of Jefferson College in 1887 (Folder 118)
           Plantations near Washington (Adams County) (Folder 119)
           Kennelworth (Natchez) (Folder 119)
           Oakland Plantation (Adams County) (Folder 119)
           Retirement (Adams County) (Folder 119)
           Smithland Plantation (Catahoula Parish, Louisiana) (Folder 122)
           Deerfield Plantation (Adams County) (Folder 119)
           Williston Plantation (Jefferson County) (Folder 122)

Box 6: Home Place Plantation (Folder l24)
           Garden Plantation (Folder 129)
           Innisfail Plantation (Concordia Parish, Louisiana) (Folder 141)

Box 7: Personal comments on Civil War and war in general (Volume 1)
           Quote from the London Index on the Civil War (Volume 1)
           Southerner's analysis of Northern sentiment in Civil War (Volume 1)
           General political essays, especially on secession (Volume 1)
           Advertisement card for a New Orleans dry-goods store (Volume 5)

Box 8: Oak Ridge Plantation (Adams County) (Folder l43)
           Wilton Plantation (Adams County) (Folder 143)
           Land records and maps
           Confederate States of America bonds