Floyd County (Ga.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Berry family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1024
Scope and Content
This collection contains articles, certificates, correspondence, deeds, a ledger, military records, and school assignments. The majority of the records consist of deeds dated 1832-1887 of properties purchased by John Marshall Berry in Rome, Georgia. Included are deeds for one half of a commercial lot bought by Charles H. Smith, former mayor of Rome, Georgia, and one for 22 Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia. There is a merchant ledger dated 1864-1869 perhaps belonging to John Marshall Berry...
Dates:
1832-1965, undated
Mitchell and Mitchell real estate records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS448
Scope and Content
This collection contains real estate records used by the Mitchell and Mitchell law firm. The bulk of the collection are abstracts of title that track a property's legal history. Most of the abstracts are for Fulton County residences, but some document businesses; railroads; churches and cemeteries; streets; and neighborhoods. In addition to Fulton County, there are abstracts from Cobb, DeKalb, Bartow, Campbell, Cherokee, Clayton, Clinch, Floyd, Gwinnett, and Milton counties. The collection...
Dates:
1849-1958, undated
Wilbur G Kurtz, Sr. visual arts collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS197
Scope and Content
This collection contains the family photographs of the Kurtz and Fuller families as well as visual materials Kurtz created and collected during the course of his career. Family photographs pertain to Kurtz and Fuller families as well as a few images from Annie Pye Kurtz prior to her marriage to Wilbur Sr. Also included are images of Wilbur Sr. and friends during his time in Chicago, Illinois. The bulk of this collection is photographic materials which support the research and field work...
Dates:
1859-1972, undated