Dates: 1893 - 1930.

 

Scope and Content Note:

Family letters from John Alexander Covington, farmer, merchant, organizer and first president of the Bank of Hazlehurst; his wife, Charity Lenore (Williams) Covington; and other members of the family, to their daughter, Lora (Mrs. Irvin Jones) of Magee and later Weathersby. Other correspondents are Lora's brother, George W. Covington; her sisters, Colie and Kathryn; her aunt, Susan Marin of Quitman; her niece, Walter "Banksie" Upton of Battle; and her cousin, David W. Covington of DeSoto.