Dates: 1879 - 1882

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William W. Humphries, Sr., a Lowndes County planter, soldier, and physician, was born in South Carolina in 1808. Exactly when Humphries came to Mississippi is not known. However, federal census records indicate that he had become a prosperous planter by 1860, possessing real and personal property worth more than $175,000. He served in the Confederate army as captain of Company H, Thirty-Fifth Mississippi Infantry. After the war, Humphries continued to pursue his interests as a planter until his death from a heart attack at his home in Columbus, Mississippi, on July 23, 1877. He was survived by his wife, Mrs. R. A. Humphries, and a number of adult children. His eldest son, William H. Humphries, Jr., served as executor of his estate.

Scope and Content:

The volume consists of sharecropping agreements and accounting records maintained by William W. Humphries, Jr., executor of the estate of William H. Humphries, Sr., between the years 1879 and 1882. The volume is indexed by the last name of the sharecropper.

Series I: Humphries (W. W.) Estate Plantation Account Book. 1879–1882. 1 bound volume.