Manuscripts Collections South Caroliniana Library University of South Carolina Papers of the Miller, Furman, and Dabbs Families Contact Information: South Caroliniana Library University of South Carolina Columbia SC 29208 803-777-3132 Email: [email protected] © 2018 University of South Carolina Libraries Selected Items From the Miller- Furman-Dabbs Family Papers This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit June 07, 2011 University of South Carolina Selected Items From the Miller-Furman-Dabbs Family Papers Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................. 4 Scope and Contents note ............................................................................................................................... 5 Abbreviations / Legend ................................................................................................................................. 5 Controlled Access Headings.......................................................................................................................... 6 Collection Inventory ...................................................................................................................................... 7 1770s ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 1780s ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 1790s ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 1800s ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 1810s ........................................................................................................................................................ 9 1820s ...................................................................................................................................................... 21 1830s ...................................................................................................................................................... 66 1840s .................................................................................................................................................... 137 1850s .................................................................................................................................................... 174 1860s .................................................................................................................................................... 182 1870s .................................................................................................................................................... 183 1880s .................................................................................................................................................... 183 1890s .................................................................................................................................................... 184 1900s .................................................................................................................................................... 192 1910s .................................................................................................................................................... 203 1920s .................................................................................................................................................... 205 1930s .................................................................................................................................................... 257 Undated ................................................................................................................................................ 272 Legal and Oversize 1780s ................................................................................................................... 277 - Page 2 - Selected Items From the Miller-Furman-Dabbs Family Papers Legal and Oversize 1790s ................................................................................................................... 277 Legal and Oversize 1800s ................................................................................................................... 278 Legal and Oversize 1810s ................................................................................................................... 279 Legal and Oversize 1820s ................................................................................................................... 287 Legal and Oversize 1830s ................................................................................................................... 304 Legal and Oversize 1840s ................................................................................................................... 328 Legal and Oversize 1850s ................................................................................................................... 336 Legal and Oversize 1860s ................................................................................................................... 338 Legal and Oversize 1870s ................................................................................................................... 338 Legal and Oversize 1880s ................................................................................................................... 339 Legal and Oversize 1910s ................................................................................................................... 340 Legal and Oversize 1920s ................................................................................................................... 340 Legal and Oversize Undated ............................................................................................................... 340 - Page 3 - Selected Items From the Miller-Furman-Dabbs Family Papers Summary Information Repository University of South Carolina Creator Dabbs family. Creator Furman family. Creator Miller family. Title Selected Items From the Miller-Furman-Dabbs Family Papers Date [inclusive] 1778-1931 Extent 1000.0 items Language English - Page 4 - Selected Items From the Miller-Furman-Dabbs Family Papers Scope and Contents note John Blount Miller (1782-1851) was the patriarch of these families and is the principal correspondent in the collection. Miller served as Commissioner in Equity for Sumter District, S.C., over a forty-year period and was active in legal affairs. He was also a planter whose estate, probated in 1851, included thirty- three slaves and substantial lands. Letters addressed to J.B. Miler and other family members, chiefly from former residents of Sumter District who migrated to other Southern states, convey descriptions of life, economic matters, and personal concerns. Correspondents include William Aiken, John Ewing Colhoun, Francis DeLiesseline, Henry W. DeSaussure, William F. DeSaussure, J.K. Douglas, John W. Dubose, Charleston factor Duke Goodman, Davison M. Heriot, Job Johnston, John Kirkpatrick, David Robert Lide, A.M. Manigault, Samuel Mathis, Stephen Decatur Miller, William Murrell Miller, Joshua Reynolds, John M. Roberts, Miranda E. Scarborough and her husband, artist William H. Scarborough, John Singleton, Richard Singleton, and Thomas Sumter, Jr. Bound volumes contain information on the estates of John MacNair and Daniel Rose; John B. Miller's record of household and professional expenses and legal fees received; a record of funds received as Commissioner in Equity; a "Family Album," containing genealogical information, drawings and other original art work; and two undated volumes re membership of Bethel Baptist Church, including slave members. Also includes plantation journal, 1860-1866, of John H. Furman, recording experiments with soil improvement and cotton yields. For more complete description of this collection, see "A calendar of the Miller-Furman-Dabbs Family Papers, 1778-1931," prepared by Allen H. Stokes (1978). Abbreviations / Legend ADS = autographed document signed ALS = autographed letter signed ALS(T) = typed copy of autographed letter signed DS = document signed LS = letter signed MP = printed manuscript MS = manuscript n.d. = undated - Page 5 - Selected Items From the Miller-Furman-Dabbs Family Papers Administrative Information Publication Information University of South Carolina Controlled Access Headings Geographic Name(s) • South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Sources. • Southern States -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Sources. • Sumter County (S.C.) -- Social life and customs. Subject(s) • Plantation life -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. • Plantations -- South Carolina -- Sumter County -- Management. - Page 6 - Selected Items From the Miller-Furman-Dabbs Family Papers 1770s Collection Inventory 1770s ADS, 15 June 1778,(W[illia]m Hubbard's certification that Benjamin Prescoat had fulfilled his twelve- month service in the army). 1780s MS, 26 July 1782, (W[illia]m Hubbard's certification that Benjamin Prescoat "Has Stood The Eighteen mont[h]s Draft and is Clea[r]de of the Sane"). 1790s MS (incomplete),