Gregory Family Notes and Notebook
Scope and Contents
The notebook is a small book consisting of 33 leaves (6 blank) and 7 partial leaves. The major portion of the notebook contains business transactions between Lewis Gregory and various other persons whose names are mentioned and whose names or family names are found in early Gadsden County history. The business entries date from 1837 to 1861 and deal with beef, pork, mutton, sugar, peas, corn, tobacco, cotton, butter, etc. Near the back of the notebook are found eleven pages of family records dating from 1781 to 1885.
Includes Gregory family notes found among the papers of the late W.G. Fletcher. Many family names are mentioned.
The accession number of the Gregory Family notebook was 76-1 and the notes 1-12.
The Gregory Family Notebook has been digitized and is available through the FSU Digital Library.
Dates
- Created: 1781-1885
- Other: Gregory Family Notebook NOS since 2013
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to all researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Biographical or Historical Information
Miss Agnes Gregory (donor) is the great great granddaughter of Jason Gregory whose ante-bellum mansion built in 1834 stands in Torreya State Park. The Gregory family was a prominent family in early Gadsden County history and in Florida history. The notebook has the name William S. Gregory in several places but most of the notations mention Lewis Gregory.
Extent
2.00 items
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Originals
Available on microfilm: Film 9648, Florida State University Libraries. https://fsu.catalog.fcla.edu/permalink.jsp?23FS028463760
Processing Information
Processed May 1979
- Financial Records Subject Source: Local sources
- Florida State University Libraries. Manuscripts Collections Subject Source: Local sources
- Gadsden County (Fla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Genealogy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gregory family
- Gregory, Lewis
- Notebooks. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Gregory Family Notes and Notebook
- Date
- 00/00/1976
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the FSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
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