urn:taro:utexas.cah.00049 A Guide to the John Carmichael Jenkins Family Papers, 1836-1900 Center for American History Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, March 2001. Finding aid written in English. July 18, 2002 Edited with XMetaL 2 by Bill Hardesty, according to instructions in Editing TARO XML Finding Aids with XMetaL. Tue Jul 22 15:26:31 CDT 2003 urn:taro:utexas.cah.00049 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Descriptive Summary Jenkins, John Carmichael JENKINS (JOHN CARMICHAEL) FAMILY PAPERS, 1836-1900 85-311 5 in. Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin John Carmichael Jenkins was a planter in Adams County, Mississippi. Financial records, correspondence, reports, and newspaper clippings relate to the family and estate of Jenkins, his son John F. and his daughter Alice. The Jenkins Family Papers form part of the Natchez Trace Collection. English. Biographical Note

John Carmichael Jenkins was a planter in Adams County, Mississippi.

 Scope and Contents

Financial records, correspondence, reports, and newspaper clippings relate to the family and estate of Jenkins, his son John F. and his daughter Alice. Included are receipts from Alice's mercantile purchases; a stock book for Elgin, the family plantation; a letterpress book and reports signed by Robert E. Lee while president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia.

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Urestricted access.

 Preferred Citation

John Carmichael Jenkins Family Papers, 1836-1900, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Jenkins, John Carmichael, 1809-1855--Archives. Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. Subjects (Organizations) Washington College (Lexington, Va.) Elgin Plantation (Miss.) Places Adams County (Miss.)--History--Sources. Subjects Cotton growing--Mississippi--History--Sources. Plantation owners--Mississippi--Adams County-- History--Sources. Plantations--Mississippi--Adams County--History--Sources. Other Names Jenkins, Alice D.--Archives. Jenkins, John F.--Archives. Jenkins family--Archives. Financial records: 2E510 John C. Jenkins, 1836-1856 and undated 2E510 Stock book for Elgin, 1842-1849 2E510 Alice D. Jenkins: 2E510 1857-1866 2E510 1867-1869 and undated 2E510 John F. Jenkins, 1867-1894 and undated 2E510 W. D. Jenkins, 1879 2E510 Winchester Jenkins, 1899-1900 2E510 John C. Jenkins, 1899, 1900 2E510 Letterpress book, 1894-1898 Correspondence: 2E510 John F. Jenkins, 1860-1895 and undated 2E510 Alice D. Jenkins, 1863-1887 and undated Reports: 2E510 John F. Jenkins, Washington College, Lexington, Virginia, 1867-1868 Printed material: 2E510 Newspaper clippings, 1886 and undated Oversized material: 2.325/V23 Exchange market reports, 1879, 1894