Thomas Deaton papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Thomas Deaton's financial, legal, and personal papers, the bulk of which pertain to the Civil War. Financial records include deeds of purchase for land and enslaved persons, as well as affidavits of sales. Also included is a diary he wrote while working at a Confederate hospital in which he recorded personal notes, information about meetings, records of the weather, and copied obituaries. Correspondence documents Deaton’s sale of grain to the Confederate Army.
Dates
- 1838-1873, undated
Creator
- Deaton, Thomas, 1797-1874 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Deaton (1797-1874) was born in South Carolina to William Deaton (1770-1844) and Abigail Dorsett (1777-1832). He moved to Paulding County, Georgia, where he was a grain farmer. Deaton married Martha “Mattie” Wilson (1808-1880) and together they had nine children. During the Civil War, he sold grain to the Confederate Army and worked at hospitals in North Carolina and Virginia. In 1843 Charles J. McDonald, Governor of Georgia, appointed Deaton Justice of the Peace.
Extent
3 folder(s)
Language
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by titles supplied by staff.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 2021
Processing Information
This collection was processed in July 2022.
- Agriculture -- Georgia
- Bills of sale -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Confederate States of America -- Armed Forces -- Equipment
- Farming -- Georgia
- Food crops -- Georgia
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- Justices of the peace -- Georgia -- Fulton County
- Land titles -- Georgia
- Paulding County -- History
- Slave bills of sale -- Georgia
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- Title
- Thomas Deaton papers
- Subtitle
- ahc.MSS951f
- Author
- Brittney English
- Date
- July 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository