Date Original
1857-1881
Description
This collection contains the farming account book of Caleb Hugh Mills in Georgia and Arkansas from 1857-1864. It also contains debt notes and other financial information about Thomas Mills.
Biographical/Historical Note
Caleb Hugh Mills and his family moved to Stone County, Arkansas from Walker County, Georgia in 1859. The family farm was located near Locust Grove Precinct, about 50 miles from Batesville. Caleb Hugh Mills married Melvina Lawrence in Chattooga, Georgia on October 3, 1844. The couple had six children: Hester Amanda, Martha, Thomas, Cynthia, Nancy, and an infant girl who died in March of 1860. Mills and his daughter Hester Amanda were murder by four men who came to their homestead on the night of February 15, 1864.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas; Georgia
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.178.009
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Caleb Hugh Mills account book, SMC.178.009
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Caleb Hugh Mills account book, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
