Ryanblood1
Jr. Member
I’m hoping someone might have some insight on pre revolutionary letters/documents. The pictures are just a few of the thousands of a waist high stack of very old papers dating from early 1700s to the end of WW2 that I can across tucked away in a attic of a old home just before it was demolished. It’s mostly all legal documents and some have notes and info indicating to me the person who had all this was a attorney or someone in the legal department and possibly this was all the “old” stuff in a filing cabinet they were going to toss and someone had the sense to take it all home and put it away. This house hadn’t been Lived in since the mid 1940s. Which fits with the 1940 Chicago democratic national convention tickets and The Central Vice President of the Boy Scouts of American member ID cards I came across mixed in with these files. Theres a lot of Civil war era documents, personal letters between soldiers and family during the civil war, GA militia Headmaster office forms and CSA headmasters forms, etc. Theres a lot of 1770s documents to the state of Georgia, petitions, living wills and testimonies, etc. These photos are a few of the things I’ve read through and include a document that has a list of names that were named by king George and the number of acres of land He was giving them that was taken from the creek and Cherokee Indians. Another is a list of estate owners belongings after his death, and has upward of 60 slaves, their name, a one to three word description of each and a dollar value of each.
I’m not sure on how well these pictures will turn out but the 4th picture down, the document with the red wax seal is dated March 18th 1756. Majority of the older docs. are very large pieces of paper and have different water marks, some are simple from a small fleur da lis to Large and very elaborate crest or coat of arms. I’m not handling any of this with bare hands or attempting to look through it all for a fear of doing any of it damage. Any info, how to, where to look, or questions will be helpful. Thanks for looking.
I’m not sure on how well these pictures will turn out but the 4th picture down, the document with the red wax seal is dated March 18th 1756. Majority of the older docs. are very large pieces of paper and have different water marks, some are simple from a small fleur da lis to Large and very elaborate crest or coat of arms. I’m not handling any of this with bare hands or attempting to look through it all for a fear of doing any of it damage. Any info, how to, where to look, or questions will be helpful. Thanks for looking.
