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Date: 1838-12-03 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Document is an 1838 bill of sale for slaves “Judy and her three children” to future Governor of Alabama Geroge S. Houston (1874-1878). The purchase was made at a public auction in Limestone County, Alabama. The names of the slaves listed are Judy and her three children: Surry, Rhoda, and Saphrona. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1836-02-20 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Mims Jemison entered military service in 1836 to fight in the Second Seminole War in Florida. Jemison writes in the will “Having entered into the services of my county against the Seminole Indians, in which I may perish – Be it therefore known to all whom it may concern that I do make and ordain ... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1835-11-26 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek between the Choctaw Nation and the United States Government, also known as the Treaty of Perpetual Friendship, Cession and Limits (1830 September 27) was the first in a series of Indian removal treaties under the Indian Removal Act of 1830. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1838-03-24 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: John H. Marr, son of wealthy Tuscaloosa plantation owners William and Nancy G. Marr, was in medical school in Philadelphia at the time this letter was written. In the letter, Marr describes his visit to Washington, D.C. John writes of seeing President Martin van Buren at the White house. He also ... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: United States. War Department Date: 1833-09-26 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Revolutionary claim (pension) issued by the War Department to John Smith, 69 years of age, of Madison County, Alabama, Private in the Army of the Revolution, North Carolina Militia, for eighty dollars, dated 26 January 1833. According to the claim, Smith would begin receiving his pension of eight... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1836 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The documents include a received and paid statement of Private Sanford M. Wimans (?), dated 28 May 1836. The other document is a discharge certificate for Private William Capers, dated 26 April 1836. The certificate is signed by George W. Crabb, Lt. Colonel of Alabama troops in Florida, from Tusc... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1836-12-01 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Note to Mrs. Constantine Perkins from J. C. Van Dyke of the "sum of thirteen dollars for mid-wifery for her blak family by my old woman Fanny, and for other attentions during her illness." Mrs. Constantine Perkins was the wife of Constantine Perkins, a veteran of the Creek War (1813-1814). He als... View Full Item at Samford University Library