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Steve, this is a thank you note... I love what you are doing.. I wish I =
was very young, so I could immerse myself in SC history... Thank you =
again!  Anne Doggett  doggett@dnet.net   Researching most of the =
families of piedmont South Carolina.

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From: 	Steve Coker
Sent: 	Saturday, March 14, 1998 4:52 AM
To: 	SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: 	Baker family

Baker family.
Family documents series, 1700-ca. 1935.
Ca. 1,100 items.

Request #: 1138.01

South Carolina family.

Papers consist of correspondence, business and legal papers, =
genealogical
material, receipts, photographs, and other items.

Correspondence (1700-1907) of members of the Baker, Bohun, Elliott =
families and
others concerns family matters, a 1795 Baker-Bohun family estate =
dispute, a
landlord-tenant dispute over Coosawhatchie farmland, family history, =
John
Drayton-Grimke's rectorship, and other matters. Correspondents include =
William
Bohun (of Beccles, England, died 1785); Amarinthia Elliott; Richard =
Bohun Baker
(1736-1783); Richard Bohun Baker (1757-1837); Mary Butler Baker =
(daughter of
Richard Bohun Baker, 1757-1837); and Barnard Elliott Baker (d. 1864). =
Includes a
letter (1773) from S.C. Governor Charles Montagu to Barnard Elliott (d. =
1778)
regarding Montagu's resignation, voyage to London, and the possibility =
of war.
Letters of Barnard Elliott (d. 1864) to his family concern military =
service at
Ft. Sumter, his life as a prisoner of war at Point Lookout (Md.), and =
other
matters.

Business and legal papers (1795-1914) include wills, affidavits, and =
other
documents pertaining to a lawsuit on behalf of descendants of William =
Bohun of
Beccles, England, as well as bonds, land grants, leases, plats, estate =
papers of
Amarinthia Elliott, and Revolutionary War claims of Richard B. Baker
(1736-1783).

Another group of papers (1787-1844) includes records (1812-1822) of the =
legal
firm of McCormick & Egan (later Grimke & McCormick); slave records; and =
a
fragment (1787-1837) of a "Sloop Book" containing accounts for ship =
construction
expenses and for items shipped on the sloop Harriett and others. =
Receipts
(1751-1900) are mostly those of Richard Bohun Baker (1736-1783) and =
Barnard
Elliott (d. 1778), for dry goods, taxes, slaves, and other expenditures. =


Genealogical materials (1736-ca. 1935) pertain to the Baker, Bohun, =
Drayton,
Elliott, Hyrne, and related families. Photographs (n.d.) are of Baker =
and
Elliott family members and Archdale Hall plantation house after the 1886
earthquake. Other items include watercolor paintings of landscapes and =
other
subjects.

Cite as: Baker family. Baker family papers, 1700-ca. 1935.

Source:
South Carolina Historical Society
100 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401
Tel: (803) 723-3225
FAX: (803) 723-8584
Area code changes to 843 on March 22, 1998.
http://www.schistory.org
info@schistory.org

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