Scope and Contents
The papers include bills, a note, an order, a plat, real estate conveyances, receipts, a tax assessment, a tax notice and a writing composition book. A hand-written list of the items in the collection is also included. Most of the material relates to Pardue's farming activities -- purchases of land and supplies, the slaughter of hogs, lumbering, and tax payments on his agricultural products. One April 10, 1852 receipt is for an enslaved hire; a note, dated February 2, 1858, may also document...
Dates:
1800, 1833, 1841-1842, 1844, 1847-1848, 1852, 1858, 1860, 1863-1865, 1867, 1870, undated
