urn:taro:utexas.cah.00114 A Guide to the Joseph Devenport Papers, 1855-1865 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, February 2001. Finding aid written in English. August 26, 2002 Edited with XMetaL 2 by Bill Hardesty, according to instructions in Editing TARO EAD XML Finding Aids with XMetaL. Tue Jul 22 15:27:19 CDT 2003 urn:taro:utexas.cah.00114 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Descriptive Summary Devenport, Joseph DEVENPORT (JOSEPH) PAPERS, 1855-1865 34921746 1/2 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American HistoryThe University of Texas at Austin Papers document the affairs of Devenport, owner of the Ark Plantation, Claiborne County, Mississippi. Forms part of the Natchez Trace Collection. English. Arrangement

Accounts, receipts, and probate records arranged chronologically.

 Scope and Contents

Papers document the affairs of Devenport, owner of the Ark Plantation, Claiborne County, Mississippi. Included are freight receipts for goods shipped by the Grand Gulf and Port Gibson Railroad Company.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Devenport, Joseph. Places Ark Plantation (Miss.)--History--Sources. Claiborne County (Miss.)--History--Sources. Port Gibson (Miss.)--History--Sources. Subjects Decedents' estates--Mississippi. Plantations--Mississippi--Archival resources. Access Restrictions

Unrestricted access.

 Preferred Citation

Joseph Devenport Papers, 1855-1865, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Related Material

Forms part of the Natchez Trace Collection.

 2E556 Joseph Devenport Papers, 1855-1865