Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: Philip A. Haman Diary (Z/2436).
Creator/Collector: Haman, Philip Augustus.
Date(s): 1863-1874.
Size: 0.33 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH Staff Betty Uzman, 2015; Laura Heller, 2026.
Provenance: Gift of Bill Sprayberry of Raymond, Mississippi, on December 29, 2014; Z/U/2014.047.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Rights and Access:

Access restrictions: Collection is open for research via the electronic archives link; Original diary is fragile and is available with curator present.

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: Philip A. Haman Diary (Z/2436), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Biography:

Reverend Philip Augustus Haman

Philip Augustus Haman was born on February 11, 1845, in Hinds County, Mississippi, to Elizabeth Allen Haman (1826-1889) and Stradford Haman (1808-1893).

Haman served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. Haman was a member of Company B, 22nd Mississippi Regiment Infantry, from July 1861 to November 30, 1864, when he was wounded near Corinth at Franklin, Tennessee. He marched on a pair of rough crutches from Columbia, Tennessee to Barton Station, Mississippi, about 100 miles, to avoid going to prison.

He married Mary Caroline Brown (1845-1932) on February 12, 1866, in Copiah County, Mississippi. The couple had eleven children in 20 years. Children included Ada May Haman Duchesne (1867-1908), Alma Anna Haman (1869-1872), twins Weecona Haman Perkins (1872-1958) and Weenona Haman Haydon (1872-d. after 1940), Burke Glenn Haman (1874-1911), Elizabeth Haman (1876-1877), W. Brown Haman (1878-1902), Lucy Ethel Haman Lowe (1880-1958), William Stratford Haman (1882-1964), Stratford Pitt Haman (1882-1962), and Euelia Pearl Haman (1887-1891).

He was ordained a Missionary Baptist preacher in 1871, by Harmony, now Learned Church. He preached his first sermon at “the old Auburn Church” which was later moved to Learned and now known as Harmony Church. He served his faith for 36 years, retiring shortly before his death.

Reverend Philip Augustus Haman died on August 8, 1934, in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, at the age of 89, and was buried in Salem Cemetery in Learned, Hinds County, Mississippi.

 

Scope and Content Note:

The diary of Philip A. Haman documents his service in Company B of the 22nd Mississippi Regiment of the Confederate States Army, providing details of the movements of that unit during the Civil War. The diary then records Haman's labors as a farmer, and his preparation for and the start of his career as a Baptist minister, giving details of his preaching at various sites in Mississippi until the middle of July 1874.

 

Series Identification:

Series 1: Diary, Philip A. Haman. Circa 1863-1874.
Diary of Philip A. Haman with entries from 1863 through July 1874. The diary is missing pages 67-68 and pages 89-90, and when the diary author numbered the pages, page number 277 was apparently skipped and the page was numbered as 278.

Box 1, folder 1

Series 2: Name card. n.d.
Small business card for P.A. Haman, that only includes his name and the following statement: "Still Soliciting Your Vote for Doorkeeper and Shall Highly Appreciate It."

Box 1, folder 2

 
Box List:

Box 1
Folder 1: Diary, Philip A. Haman, circa 1863-1874.
Folder 2: Name card, n.d.