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Box 1

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

Hezekiah Williams – Correspondence and Notes, bulk: n.d, 1879, 1882, 1884, 1911, 1914

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Dates: Majority of material found in n.d, 1879, 1882, 1884, 1911, 1914

Elizabeth Johnson Williams – Incoming Correspondence from Family, bulk: n.d., 1860-61, 1863-66, 1868-70, 1872, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1880-82, 1884-85

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

34 letters and 2 notes, most of them accompanied by envelopes; Includes letter to Lizzie from brother John Hyde Johnson (April 26, 1863) giving detailed description of Civil War Battle of Ark Post (Virginia?).

Dates: Majority of material found in n.d., 1860-61, 1863-66, 1868-70, 1872, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1880-82, 1884-85

Lizzie Johnson Williams Documents, bulk: 1871, 1879, 1886

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Includes Lizzie Johnson's teaching certificate from State of Texas (Aug. 4, 1871); a promissary note for a loan of $1000 from mother Catherine Johnson to Hezekiah and Lizzie Williams; a tax payment receipt of fifty dollars in 1886.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1871, 1879, 1886

William H. Greer – Correspondence, bulk: 1868-72, 1885, N.D.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

34 lettes, most of them accompanied by envelopes. Includes letter to Emma Johnson from William H. Greer (Sept 8, 1868) discussing race situation in South, mentions the KKK. Also includes letter to Emma Johnson from William H. Greer (Aug 1, 1868) describing the murders of negroes.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1868-72, 1885, N.D.

Emma Johnson Greer – Incoming Correspondence from Family, bulk: n.d, 1860-61, 1863-65, 1867-70, 1872, 1875, 1879, 1883

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

19 letters, several without envelopes. Includes letter to Emma Johnson from cousin John (Sept 19, 1863) describing Civil War skirmish and soldier's living conditions.

Dates: Majority of material found in n.d, 1860-61, 1863-65, 1867-70, 1872, 1875, 1879, 1883

John Hyde Johnson – Poems and Stories, N.D.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Various poems and stories written by John Hyde Johnson

Dates: N.D.