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Finding aid for the Blanton-Smith Collection

MUM00034

Summary Information

Repository
University of Mississippi Libraries
Creator
Cooper, Georgie Blanton Finlay
Title
Blanton-Smith Collection
ID
MUM00034
Date [inclusive]
1844-1988 (bulk 1844-1869)
General Physical Description note
2 boxes ; 2 binders (1.3 linear feet)
Abstract:
Collection of correspondence from the Blanton family, into which two members of the Smith family married. Originating in Virginia and Kentucky, the Blantons were early settlers near Greenville, Mississippi area and owned several plantations.

Prefered Citation

Blanton-Smith Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

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Biographical Notes

The following biographical information is paraphrased from the Preface to the Blanton-Smith Letters by Georgie Blanton Finlay Cooper, 25 August 1986.

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John Blanton & Martha Belton "Patsy" Whitaker

John Blanton married Martha Belton "Patsy" Whitaker in Camden District, South Carolina. Blanton, originally from Virginia, moved to Kentucky with Patsy, circa 1800, where he was involved in land speculation. Eventually, the family established a plantation, Blantonia, near Red Lick, Mississippi, south of Vicksburg.

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Eliza C. Blanton & William Tunstall

Daughter of John and Martha Blanton, Eliza C. Blanton married William Tunstall. The two settled in the region of Claiborne-Jefferson Counties, Kentucky. During the War of 1812, Eliza spent considerable time in South Carolina.

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William Whitaker Blanton & Harriet Byron McAllister

William Whitaker Blanton, son of John and Martha, married Harriet Byron McAllister in Walnut Hills, Mississippi in 1818. The couple moved to Washington County and obtained a plantation through land grants under Andrew Jackson's administration. The plantation, also named Blantonia, was located near the current city of Greenville, Mississippi.

Harriet Byron McAllister's father, John Keith McAllister, was a native of Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland. McAllister family legend states that he joined the British Army during the American Revolutionary War. Following capture at the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina, he entered the merchantile business in Charleston, South Carolina. McAllister moved his family to Greene County, Georgia, where Harriet was born 17 April 1798.

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Orville Martin Blanton & Martha Rebecca Smith

Orville Martin Blanton, son of Harriet Bryon McAllister and William Whitaker Blanton, was born 22 July 1828 in Washington County, Mississippi. O.M. Blanton was educated in Kentucky and Baltimore, receiving his Doctor of Medicine. On 7 February 1854, he married Martha Rebecca Smith, daughter of Dr. George Smith and Mary Jane Greenway of Live Oak Plantation, Warren County, Mississippi.

Following their marriage, Blanton and Smith settled on Belle Air Plantation, Washington County, a gift of Harriet Byron McAllister. During the Civil War, Orville Blanton served as a surgeon to the First Louisiana Artillery during the seige of Vicksburg. Following the war, Blanton cultivated a large bee ranch and left managing the planation to his wife, Martha. Martha, a committed Anglican, helped establish the Episcopal Parish of St. James, Greenville, Mississippi; Martha died 14 September 1897. Dr. Blanton lived until the age of 83, survived by only one of his daughters, Georgie Greenway Blanton Finlay.

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William Campbell Blanton

William Campbell Blanton was the son of William Whitaker Blanton and Harriet Byron McAllister and younger brother to Orville. Educated in Kentucky and at Princeton University, William married Georgie Smith, sister to Martha Rebecca Smith, Orville's wife, with whom he settled on Greenway Plantation. During the Civil War, he served in the 28th Mississippi Cavalry, Company D. He died in Fredricksburg, Virginia at the age of 38. Georgie remarried A.M. Kirk in 1880.

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Patty Anderson

John and Martha Blanton's daughter, Catherine, married John Lewis Martin, a landowner in Louisville, Kentucky and Bolivar County, Mississippi. Catherine and John had a daughter, Nancy Oliver Marin, who married John H. Anderson. Nancy and John had a daughter, Patty Anderson, and a son, Orville Anderson who married Caroline Timberlake and died while visiting Europe with Patty. Patty married Richard Ten Broeck.

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George Smith & Mary Jane Greenway Avery

Born 28 November 1797 in Dinwiddie Couty, Virginia, George Smith received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1824. He married Mary Jane Greenway Avery in Virginia. Mary Jane Greenway Avery was the great-granddaughter of Dr. James Greenway of Dinwiddie County, Virginia. A botanist at the College of William and Mary, John Greenway was an avid Tory during the American Revolution. Greenway's daughter Mary married Braxton Robinson after the death of her first husband, Robert Hicks. The couple had Jane Robinson, who later gave birth to Sally Wyatt.

George and Mary had Martha Rebecca Smith in Greensville County, Virginia. The family moved to Live Oak Plantation, Warren County, Mississippi. An oppoonent of secession, Dr. George Smith opened his home as a hospital for Confederate and Union wounded soldiers. Following the war, both he and his daughter, Martha Rebecca Smith, filed claims with the U.S. Government over material loss.

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Scope and Content Note

Binder 1 contains user copies of the original letters housed in Boxes 1 and 2. Many of these letters are from Martha Rebecca Smith, wife of Dr. Orville Martin Blanton.

Binder 2 contains photocopies and transcriptions of additional Blanton-Smith correspondence of which originals are not owned by the University of Mississippi. This material involves John Blanton, Martha Belton Whitaker and their descendents. Earlier letters in this binder were written by Eliza C. Blanton Tunstall. Many other letters were written by Patty Anderson; in her correspondence, "Cousin Orville" refers to Dr. Orville Martin Blanton while the other "Orville" refers to her deceased brother. "Little Mamie" refers to her neice, her deceased brother's daughter. Patty's references to her "Aunt" refer to Harriet Byron McAllister Blanton (later Theobald).

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

University of Mississippi Libraries 1986

Access Restrictions

The Blanton-Smith Collection is open for research.

Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

Custodial History

Materials in this collection passed through various members of the Blanton family. Photocopies in Binder 2 were obtained from Harold Eustis of Greenville, Mississippi, by Georgie Cooper.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by Georgie Blanton Cooper, 1986.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded by Jason Kovari, 9 September 2009.

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Related Materials

Resources at other Institutions

Mississippi Department of Archives & History owns copies of the original letters housed at the University of Mississippi. http://mdah.state.ms.us/

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Controlled Access Headings

Format(s)

  • correspondence
  • photocopies
  • transcripts

Geographic Name(s)

  • Delta (Miss. : Region)
  • Greenville (Miss.)
  • Jefferson County (Miss.) -- Genealogy
  • Kentucky -- Genealogy
  • Mississippi -- Genealogy
  • Washington County (Miss.) -- Genealogy

Personal Name(s)

  • Blanton family

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Collection Inventory

Binder 1: Transcriptions of original correspondence in Folders 1.1-2.54 

Box 1 

1.1 A.L.S from Dr. Jas. Peebles to Dr. George Smith, 16 March 1844 

1.2 A.L.S. William Henry Scott to Martha Rebecca Smith, 2 January 1845 

1.3 A.L.S. W.C. Blanton to Harriet B.M. Blanton, 20 September 1847 

1.4 A.L.S. W.C. Blanton to Harriet B.M. Blanton Theobald, Undated 

1.5 A.L.S. O.M. Blanton to Harriet B.M. Blanton Theobald, 20 August 1846 

1.6 A.L.S. O.M. Blanton to Harriet B. Blanton, 21 December 1847 

1.7 A.L.S. M. Mason probably to Dr. George Smith, 6 December 1847 

1.8 A.L.S. W.C. Blanton to Harriet B.M. Blanton, 9 January 1848 

1.9 A.L.S. W.C. Blanton Harriet B.M. Blanton, 10 September 1848 

1.10 A.L.S. O.M. Blanton to Harriet B.M. Blanton, 19 March 1849 

1.11 A.L.S. W.C. Blanton to Harriet B.M. Blanton, Undated 

1.12 A.L.S. S. Virginia Cameron to Martha R. Smith, 10 April 1849 

1.13 A.L.S. William H. Scott to Martha R. Smith, 12 June 1849 

1.14 A.L.S. Martha R. Blanton to Dr. and Mrs. George Smith, 12 March 1857 

1.15 A.L.S. Martha R. Smith to Dr. and Mrs. George Smith, 21 March 1857 

1.16 A.L.S. Martha R. Blanton to Dr. and Mrs. George Smith, 14 December 1857 

1.17 A.L.S. Martha R.S. Blanton to her sister, Jane, 29 December 1858 

1.18 A.L.S. Martha Rebecca Smith Blanton to “My dear Parents” Dr. And Mrs. George Smith, 25 January 1859 

1.19 A.L.S. Mary F. Gorce to Martha R. Blanton, 14 February 1859 

1.20 A.L.S. Mary F. Barker (Gorce ) to Martha R. Blanton, 10 May 1859 

1.21 A.L.S. Martha R.S. Blanton to Dr. and Mrs. George Smith, 16 March 1859 

1.22 A.L.S. Martha R.S. Blanton to her sisters, 13 October 1859 

1.23 A.L.S. Patty D. TenBrocek to Martha R.S. Blanton, 18 October 1859 

1.24 A.L.S. Martha R. Blanton to Dr. and Mrs. George Smith, 9 December 1859 

1.25 A.L.S. Bettie McAllister Dunn to Dr. O.M. Blanton, 2 January 1861 

1.26 A.L.S. Martha R. Blanton to Dr. and Mrs. Smith’s Daughters, 8 February 1861 

General note

Refers to Mrs. Theobald's niece, Bettie Dunn, wife of Dr. Samuel Dunn and daughter of Thomas Keith McAllister of Waterproof, Louisiana

1.27 A.L.S. Jeanie Smith to Martha R.S. Blanton, 28 September 1865 

1.28 A.L.S. Jeanie Raffington to Martha R.S Blanton, 23 December 1865 

1.29 A.L.S. Dr. Samuel Theobald to Harriet B.M. Blanton Theobald, 8 February 1866 

1.30 A.L.S. Sue M. Craig to Dr. and Mrs. Blanton, Undated 

1.31 A.L.S. Jean Smith to Martha R. Blanton and her sister, 12 January 1870 

1.32 A.L.S. Mary G.J.R. Johnson to Martha R. S. Blanton, 12 August 1872 

1.33 A.L.S. Lola A. Blanton Dabney to Colonel (?), 18 June 1874 

1.34 A.L.S. Lola A. Blanton Dabney to Martha R.S. Blanton, 21 July 1874 

1.35 A.L.S. John D. Edwards to Charles F. Benjamin, Esq., 25 September 1875 

1.36 A.L.S. Belle O.B. Walker to Georgie G. B. Finlay, 3 December 1879 

1.37 A.L.S. Belle O.B. Walker to Georgie B. Finlay, 7 December 1879 

1.38 A.L.S. Belle O.B. Walker to Martha R.S. Blanton, 4 December 1879 

1.39 A.L.S. Belle O.B. Walker to Georgie B. Finlay, 22 January 1880 

1.40 A.L.S. Belle O.B. Walker to Georgie G.B. Finlay, 4 February 1880 

1.41 A.L.S. Belle O.B. Walker to Georgie G.B. Finlay, Undated 

1.42 A.L.S. Belle Orville Walker to Georgie G.B. Finlay, 23 May 1880 

1.43 A.L.S. George C. Starks to Martha R. Blanton, 6 January 1861 

1.44 A.L.S. Belle O.B. Walker to Georgie G.B. Finlay, 14 July 1883 

1.45 A.L.S. Belle O.B. Walker to Georgie G. B. Finlay 22 July 1883 

1.46 A.L.S. Belle L.L. Dabney to her children, 12 April [1883?] 

1.47 A.L.S. Lola B. Dabney to Georgie G. Finlay, 19 December 1883 

1.48 A.L.S. Lola A.B. Dabney to Martha R.S. Blanton, 15 February 1884 

1.49 A.L.S. Mrs. McGrath to Martha R.S. Blanton, 31 May 1884 

1.50 A.L.S. Everett Smith to Dr. O.M. Blanton, 6 June 1884 

1.51 A.L.S. Lola A.B. Dabney to Georgie G.B. Finlay, 8 June 1884 

1.52 A.L.S. Mary F. Barker to Martha R.S. Blanton and O.M. Blanton, 17 June 1884 

Box 2 

2.1 A.L.S. W.H. Bolton to Martha R.S. Blanton, 25 June 1884 

2.2 A.L.S. Gipsy Robbins to Martha R.S Blanton, 21 July 1884 

2.3 A.L.S. Lola A.B. Dabney to Georgie G.B. Finlay, 23 December 1884 

2.4 A.L.S. Dr. O.M. Blanton to Georgie G.B. Finlay, 15 August 1885 

2.5 A.L.S. form Dr. O.M. Blanton to Georgie G.B. Finlay, 17 August 1885 

2.6 A.L.S. Dr. O.M. Blanton to Georgie G.B. Finlay, 18 August 1885 

2.7 A.L.S. Lola B. Dabney to Martha R.S. Blanton, 17 August 1888 

2.8 A.L.S. Martha R.S. Blanton to Sam and Georgie G.B. Finlay, 24 August 1885 

2.9 A.L.S. Lola A.B. Dabney to Martha R.S. Blanton, 8 August 1888 

2.10 A.L.S. Dr. O.M. Blanton to Martha R.S. Blanton, 20 January 1889 

2.11 A.L.S. Dr. O.M. Blanton to Martha R.S. Blanton, 29 January 1889 

2.12 A.L.S. Lola A.B. Dabney to Martha R.S. Blanton, 25 January 1889 

2.13 A.L.S. Dr. O.M. Blanton to Martha R.S. Blanton, 26 August 1889 

2.14 A.L.S. Mrs. Starling to Dr. O.M. Blanton, 6 May 1891 

2.15 A.L.S. Martha R.S. Blanton to Orville P. Finlay, 2 October 1891 

2.16 A.L.S. Martha R.S. Blanton to Orville P. Finlay, 12 October 1891 

2.17 A.L.S. Mary F. Barker to Martha R.S. Blanton, 17 April. 

2.18 A.L.S. Mary Eliza Curry (?) to Martha R. S. Blanton, 4 August 1896 

2.19 A.L.S. Helen M. Finlay to Martha R.S. Blanton, 16 March 1897 

2.20 A.L.S. Helen M. Finlay to Martha R.S. Blanton, 30 March 1897 

2.21 A.L.S. Helen M. Finlay to Georgie G.B. Finlay, 1 October 1898 

2.22 A.L.S. Orville P. Finlay to Helen M. Finlay, 23 January 1901 

2.23 A.L.S. J.F. Sims to Orville P. Finlay, 28 February 1901 

2.24 A.L.S. Orville P. Finlay to Georgie G.B. Finlay, 8 March 1901 

2.25 A.L.S. Georgie G.B. Finlay to Orville P. Finlay, 28 July 1901 

2.26 A.L.S. Georgie G.B. Finlay to Orville P. Finlay, 11 August 1901 

2.27 A.L.S. Georgie G.B. Finlay to Orville P. Finlay, 18 August 1901 

2.28 A.L.S. Georgie G.B. Finlay to Orville P. Finlay, 26 December 1901 

2.29 A.L.S. Orville P. Finlay to Georgie G.B. Finlay, 27 December 1901 

2.30 A.L.S. Walter Magruder to Georgie G.B. Finlay, 17 march 1902 

2.31 A.L.S. Harriet L.D. Kablinger to Lavinia Dabney, 17 April 1902 

2.32 A.L.S. Dora V. Anderson to Georgie G.B. Finlay, 21 April 1902 

2.33 T.L.S. from MR. Harlan to Dr. O.M. Blanton, 5 December 1908 

2.34 A.L.S. Dr. O.M. Blanton to W.Z. Hutchinson, 11 January 1909 

2.35 A.L.S. Dr. O.M. Blanton to Georgie G.B. Finlay, 4 May 1911 

2.36 A.L.S. Mary Amanda Smith to Georgie G.B. Finlay, 17 October 1916 

2.37 A.L.S. Eva Whitacre to Ada Allen McPeak, 27 February 1916 

2.38 A.L.S. Samuel D. Finlay to Ada Allen McPeak, 6 December 1916 

2.39 A.L.S. Samuel D. Finlay II to Ada A. McPeak, 12 December 1916 

2.40 A.L.S. Georgie G.B. Finlay to H.C. McCabe, 14 October 1922 

2.41 A.L.S. Georgie G.B. Finlay to Samuel D. Finlay II, 7 December 1924 

2.42 A.L.S. Samuel D. Finlay II to Ada McPeak Finlay and S.D. Finlay III 

2.43 Contract for the sale of a slave by Bernard Rendig to Dr. O.M. Blanton, 9 May 1857, photograph of a portrait of Dr. Blanton 

2.44 Official pardon granted to Dr. O.M. Blanton for the crime of murder; signed by Gov. R.C. Powers, 1 November 1872 

2.45 Photocopy of the petition for the pardon of Dr. O.M. Blanton submitted by citizens of Washington County, MS; accompanied by a copy of a newspaper article describing the killing, indictment, and pardon. 

2.46 Several original pages from the administrator’s account book William W. Blanton’s estate, Blantonia, 1839-1841 

2.47 Original and typed copies of a children’s Christmas dialogue performed by the Blanton children, ca. 1864-1868 

2.48 A.L.S from Tamlin Avent to Mary Jane Greenway Smith. 9 March 1869 with transcript “I rec’d your kind and interesting…” 

2.49 A.L.S. Dr. O.M. Blanton, to Martha Rebecca Smith Blanton. 3 May 1896 with transcript, “Now that you are in good health.” 

2.49 A.L.S. (photocopy) Benjamin Blanton to Rev. Benjamin Blanton. 17 February 1820, ‘have been anxiously.” 

2.50 List of land in Washington County, Miss. 5 January 1886. Dr. O.M. Blanton 

List of land in Washington County, Miss. 27 August 1867. Mrs. Martha R. Blanton. 

2.51 A.L.S. (photocopy) Martha Blanton to Georgie Blanton Cooper 12 May 1988. Re: Item 100. 

2.52 Typed transcription of letter in Fredricksburg, VA Ledger. re: Death of W.C. Blanton, 20 April 1869 

Binder 2: Photocopies without Original Documents 

Letter from Eliza C. (Blanton) Tunstall in Camden, South Carolina, to Margaretta Brown, Frankfort, KY, 6 September 1813 

Letter written by Eliza Tunstall in Camden, S.C. to Mrs. Margaretta Brown, Frankfort, KY, 17 November 1813 

Letter written by Eliza Tunstall in Camden, S.C. to her friend, Margaretta Brown, Frankfort, Kentucky, 7 February 1814 

Letter written by Eliza Tunstall in Camden, S.C. to her friend Margaretta Brown in Frankfort, Kentucky, 4 May 1814 

Letter from Eliza C. (Blanton) Tunstall to Mrs. Margaretta Brown of Frankfort, KY. Letter sent from Heron Lake, Mississippi Bank, 20 March 1819 

Letter written by Harriet Byron McAllister Blanton Theobald to her sons, Orville Martin Blanton and William Campbell Blanton, 10 February 1843 

Letter written by Orville Martin Blanton, in Frankfort, Kentucky, addressed to his mother, Harriet Byron McCallister Blanton Theobald, Columbia, Chicot county, Arkansas, 2 April 1843 

Letter from William Campbell Blanton in Princeton, New Jersey, to his mother, Harriet Byron McCallister Blanton Theobald. Letter addressed to mrs. H.B. Theobald, Baltimore, Maryland, c/o Dr. E.W. Theobald, 13 August 1848 

Letter from Orville Martin Blanton, Baltimore, Maryland, where he was attending medical school, to his mother, Harriet Byron McCallister Blanton Theobald at Blantonia Plantation near Greenville, Mississippi, 2 April 1849 

Letter from William L. Blanton, U.S. ship "St. Louis", Montevideo, Uruguay, to Harriet Byron McCallister Blanton Theobald, bachelor Bend, Greenville, Mississippi, 25 July 1849 

Letter written by Orville martin Blanton from Baltimore, Maryland, where he was a medical student, to his mother, Harriet Byron McCallister Blanton Theobald, Blantonia Plantation near Greenville, Mississippi, 15 November 1849 

Letter from Patty Anderson in Louisville, KY, to Martha Rebecca Smith in Vicksburg, MS, 6 September 1852 

Letter from Patty Anderson in Louisville, KY, to Martha Rebecca Smith, Live Oak Plantation, No. Vicksburg, Mississippi, 2 October 1852 

Letter from Patty Anderson in Louisville, KY to Martha Rebecca Smith in Vicksburg, MS, 26 November 1852 

Letter from Patty Anderson to Martha Rebecca Smith in Vicksburg, MS, 31 January 1853 

Letter from Patty Anderson in Louisville, Kentucky, to Martha Rebecca Smith, Live Oak, Warren County, Mississippi, 6 March 1853 

Letter written by patty Anderson in Louisville, Kentucky, to her friend, Martha Rebecca Smith, Live Oak, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 8 June 1853 

Letter from Patty Anderson in Louisville, KY, to Martha Rebecca Smith, 3 November 1853 

Letter written by Patty Anderson in Louisville, KY, to her friend and cousin-in-law, Martha Rebecca Smith Blanton of Washington County, Mississippi, 5 January 1855 

Letter from Patty Anderson in Paris, France, to Martha Rebecca Smith Blanton in Greenville, MS, 21 August 1856 

Letter from Martha Rebecca Smith Blanton at Belle Air Plantation near Greenville, Mississippi, to her parents, Dr, and Mrs. George Smith of Live oak plantation near Vicksburg, Mississippi, 23 April 1857 

Letter from Patty D. TenBroeck to Martha Rebecca Smith Blanton in Greenville, MS, 11 July 1858 

Letter from Patty TenBroeck, Houghton Downs, England, to her friend, Martha Rebecca Smith Blanton, in Washington County, Mississippi, 25 July 1857 

Letter from Patty Anderson TenBroeck in Houghton, England, to Martha Rebecca Smith Blanton in Greenville, Mississippi, 7 October 1859 

Letter from Martha Rebecca Smith Blanton, Belle Aire Plantation near Greenville, to her parents, Dr. and Mrs. George Smith, Live oak Plantation near Vicksburg, Mississippi, 5 May 1864 

Letter to Martha Rebecca Smith Blanton, wife of Dr. Orville Martin Blanton, Greenville, Mississippi. Written from Vicksburg by Jeanie(Jane Pryor) Smith, daughter of Dr. George Smith of Live Oak Plantation, Warren County. (Though no year is given, the letter was probably written in 1865), 1 October 1865 

Letter from Martha Rebecca Smith Blanton, Belle Air plantation near Greenville, Mississippi, to her parents, dr. and Mrs. George Smith, Live Oak Plantation near Vicksburg, Mississippi, 29 December 1865 

Letter from Sallie G. Wyatt to Martha Rebecca Smith Blanton. Wyatt wrote from Virginia to her cousin, Martha, in Greenville, Mississippi, 27 March 1883 

Family History Notes—O.M. Blanton, 14 December 1902 

Letter to the Rev. Albert Martin, Yazoo City, 5 November 1918 

Letter from Sam Theobald, Baltimore , MD, to Georgie Greenway Blanton Finlay in Greenville, MS, 29 November 1921 

Family records from Grandma Finlay's Bible. They were taken by the Holy Bible belonging to Rev. John Finlay. Having been presented to him at the close of his lectures in the old Weslean chapel, Sharpstead Baltimore, MD., 1835 

Paper written by Mrs. Ann Finlay, 1870 

Some recollections of Mrs. John Archer, Undated 

The Monteaglean (photocopy), Undated 

Family Records of […?] McAllister and Blanton. In the hand of O.M. Blanton, Undated 

Genealogy of the the Blanton and McAllister Families. In the hand of O.M. Blanton, 1902 

Field & Stream (Photocopy), September 1970 

Letter written by Martha Rebecca Smith Blanton, Belle Aire Plantation, Washington County, Mississippi, to her parents, Dr. and Mrs. George Smith of Live Oak Plantation, Warren County, Mississippi, 8 March 1865 

Letter from Annie Ballard Trigg in Glasgow, KY, to Mrs. Thomas A. Alexander("Cousin Juliette"), 25 August 1906 

Letter written by Annie Ballard Trigg in Glasgow, KY, to Mrs. Thomas A. Alexander ( "Cousin Juliette"), 22 October 1906 

Letter from Annie Ballard Trigg in Glasgow, KY, to Mrs. Thomas A. Alexander ("Cousin Juliette"), 19 November 1906 

Letter written by Annie Ballard trigg in Glasgow, KY, to Mrs. Thomas A. Alexander ("Cousin Juliette"), 20 February 1907 

Letter written by Annie Ballard Trigg in Glasgow, KY, to Mrs. Thomas A. Alexander ("Cousin Juliette"), 24 May 1907