Guide to the Lewis L. Marks Estate Papers MSS.2813
Marks, Lewis L.
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by James N. Gilbreath
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
8/30/2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2010-08-30T16:14-0500
- Language Usage:
English
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Lewis L. Marks Estate Papers
- Unit ID:
MSS.2813
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (31 pages)
- Dates:
1856-1858
- Abstract:
Legal documents pertaining to the distribution of Lewis L. Marks estate to his heirs. Also present are miscellaneous legal documents belonging to Robert M. Patton, administrator of Marks' estate.
- creator
Patton, Robert Miller, 1809-1885
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Lewis L. Marks Estate Papers, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains 25 pages of legal documents pertaining to a legal settlement of the estate of Lewis L. Marks as ordered by the Probate Court of Lauderdale County in 1857. Included is a packet of documents detailing appraisal and allotment "by ballot" of slaves belonging to Marks.
Biographical/Historical note
Lewis L. Marks was born in Virginia circa 1794. On April 17, 1849, he married Mary, who was born in Tennessee in 1824. Lewis had Virginia and John (born in 1827 and 1829 repsectively) by a previous marriage and one child with Mary, Lewis W.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum, 2008.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
James N. Gilbreath, August, 2010
Source(s)
Antebellum Alabama (local)
Slaves - Alabama - History - 19th Century (Local)
Papers Box SC0042 Folder 2813.1