Keowee Plantation Journal
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss-0056
The Journal lists work done on Keowee Plantation, owned by John Ewing Colhoun. It records the purchase and sale of farm products and weather conditions from January 2, 1853, to January 13, 1855. There are several lists of names of the plantation's slaves between 1854-1859 which in some cases give their ages, death dates, family relationships, and valuation. Brief mention is made of John Ewing Colhoun's sons, William Ransom Colhoun and Henry Davis Colhoun.
Keowee Plantation was the residence of John Ewing Colhoun (1751-1802), father-in-law of John C. Calhoun.
0.1 Cubic Feet
English
Miss Nell Hamilton of Abbeville, South Carolina has the original journal.
Photocopy.
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