Manuscripts

Dates: 1849-1942.

Biography:

John Anderson Jackson

Dates: 1851-1879.

Biography:

William Penn Andrews

William Penn Andrews was born in New York about 1822. He had settled in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi, by 1850 and was employed as an editor. Andrews joined the Royal Arch Chapter No. 20 of the Masonic Order in Kosciusko in July of 1851.

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CHAPMAN FAMILY PAPERS

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JOHN BELL WILLIAMS AIRPORT (RAYMOND, HINDS COUNTY, MISS.) SPECIFICATIONS

History:

The United States Congress passed the Swamplands Act on September 28, 1850. This act authorized states to sell swamplands or overflowed lands within their respective counties or districts. Swamplands needed drainage to make them more suitable for agriculture; overflowed lands needed embankments or levees to prevent flooding. The Mississippi legislature created the office of swamplands commissioner in 1875. This office was responsible for overseeing surveys and sales of swamplands or overflowed lands in the state.

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ELIAS (CHARLES HARRIS) AND FAMILY PAPERS

Dates: 1865-1970.
Folders 8 and 13 are restricted; reference photocopies in folders 7 and 12 must be used instead.

Biography:

Alexander James Postlethwaite

Original is restricted; microfiche copy must be used instead. 

Biography:

Archibald Kirkland Jones

Dates: 1838-1903; n.d.

Box 6 is restricted; typescripts and photocopies in box 1 must be used instead.

Biography:

Daniel O. Williams, M.D.

Dates: 1795-1989.

Biography:

Routh-Williams-Smith Family

The Routh, Williams, and Smith families settled in Adams County, Mississippi, in the late 1700s. Through inheritance, marriage, and purchase, the three families eventually owned extensive plantations in Adams County, Mississippi, and Concordia Parish, Louisiana. All three families were primarily engaged in cotton farming and related enterprises.