Bessie Lee Garvin Genealogical Collection
Author: Garvin, Bessie Lee, 1893-1982
Date Range: 1828-1982, and undated
Extent: 2.5 linear ft. (2 cartons) and 3 volumes

Chiefly genealogical materials on the Agee, Asbill, Barnes, Bartlett, Bissell,
Brodie, Bryant, Burckhalter, Busby, Butler, Chafee, Chavis, Chiles, Clark,
Cloninger, Cook, Coon, Cooper, Corbett, Corbitt, Corley, Creed, Cropper, Crum,
Day, Eis, Emanuel, Evans, Fanning, Foster, Galloway, Gardner, Garvin, Gordon,
Green, Hankinson, Harden, Hargrove, Harley, Hasting, Hatcher, Hitt, Howard,
Hudgins, Hydrick, Ingram, Jennings, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Joslin, Jumper,
Kennedy, Kennerly, Kirk, Kitching, Koon, Knuff, Landrum, Lown, McVey, Mathis,
Middleton, Mims, Moseley, Nunn, Ott, Outlaw, Pace, Page, Picketts, Prothro,
Randall, Rickard, Ross, Rumbley, Rumph, Salley, Savage, Seigler, Sheppard,
Shuler, Simmons, Sizemore, Stewart, Strother, Sullivan, Summers, Taylor, Teague,
Thornton, Turner, Tyler, Vardell, Wade, Waid, Waide, Waites, Walker, Warren,
Watson, Weeks, Weaver, Wheeler, Williams, Winningham, and Wyman families. 3
scrapbook volumes, 1970-1975, document the Aiken County Historical Society's
Bicentennial celebration. Also included are Orangeburg District, S.C., land
papers, 1786-1848, and bills of sale for two Negro slaves purchased by Jesse
Johnson, 18 Feb. 1829 and 27 Feb. 1843.

Source: http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/mnscrpts/findaids.html

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Preferred citation: Bessie Lee Garvin Genealogical Collection, South Caroliniana
Library, University of South Caroliniana.
References: University South Caroliniana Society Program, 1993, pp. 39-40.
Processed by: Rita Foster Wallace
Date Completed: 28 March 1993
Accession number: 11759.

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