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Jean C. Agee was a Chester County, South Carolina family historian and local historian.
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Identifier
Accession 263
Inclusive Dates
1870-1893,1937,1960-1978
Restrictions
Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections
Collection Size
1500 pieces, .75 linear feet
Language
English
Scope and Content Note
The Jean C. Agee Papers consists of electrostatic copies of genealogical information, correspondence, legal records, publications, and other papers relating to the following families: Bratton, Clawson, Erwin, Kee (Key), Stroud, Crook, Gillespie, Watson, Hunter, McKinney, Moffatt and Williams. Descendants of these families have settled in Chester County and other regions of the S.C. piedmont district. The collection also includes church histories and/or cemetery records for Fishing Creek church, Hopewell Baptist Church, Bethesda Presbyterian Church, and Purity Church; and an autobiography of Reverend Abiah Morgan Cartledge (1817-1895) who served as minister of many churches in central and western S.C. The collection represents an excellent reference source for genealogical information concerning the aforementioned families, providing information as far back as the pre-revolutionary
Provenance
The collection of Jean C Agee, genealogist from Chester County, S.C., was received by the Winthrop Archives on July 25, 1979, as a gift from Jean C. Agee.
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, "Jean C. Agee Papers - Accession 263". Finding Aid 107.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/107
LC Subject Headings
Cartledge, A. M. (Abiah Morgan), 1817-1895; Bratton family; Clawson family; Crook family; Gillespie family; Hunter family; Irwin family; Kee family; McKinney family; Moffett family; Stroud family; Watson family; Williams family; Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church--History; Hopewell Baptist Church (Chester County, S.C.)--History; Purity Presbyterian Church (Chester, S.C.)--History; Registers of births, etc.--South Carolina--Chester; Registers of births, etc.--South Carolina--York; Chester County (S.C.)--Genealogy; Chester County (S.C.)--Church history; York County (S.C.)--Church history; York County (S.C.)--Genealogy
