Manuscript Collection
Files
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Identifier
Accession 102
Inclusive Dates
1850-1853, 1866-1871, 1948
Restrictions
Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections
Collection Size
359 pieces, 0.25 linear feet
Language
English
Scope and Content Note
The Boulware Family Papers consist of photocopies of a plantation journal (302 pages) kept by Thomas McCullough Boulware I (1829-1889) and a genealogy of the Boulware family written by James Richmond Boulware II of Lakeland, Florida, in 1948. The journal concerns the Blackstocks Plantation in Chester County, South Carolina and subjects include the planting of crops and farming of land; family events, such as deaths, births and marriages; family travel and vacations; church affairs, including the local temperance league; land sales; free black and northerners in Chester County after the Civil War.
Provenance
The papers of the Boulware family of Chester County were deposited with the Winthrop University Archives on June 20, 1977.
Keywords
Agriculture, Farming, Diaries, Chester County SC, Genealogy, Boulware Family
Copyright
For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.
Finding Aid Citation
Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Winthrop University, "Boulware Family Papers - Accession 102". Finding Aid 243.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/243
LC Subject Headings
Boulware family; Plantations--South Carolina--Chester County--History; Plantation life--South Carolina--Chester County; Chester County (S.C.)--Genealogy; Chester County (S.C.)--History--19th century
