City Directories and History: Ann H. White, the mother of four children, and widow of George P. White, was required by law to report annually on her expenditures for herself, farm, and family. This report is for the year 1857 and lists vendors she paid during the year. Many of the annual receipts were bundled and tied with string to be discovered decades later by White family members in the attic. These are the Estate papers for her husband George P. White.
In 1857 Ann H. White reported that her income came from: Cotton sales in Columbia, 634.92, White Home Boarding, $285.50, Slaves hired out, $148., Railroad Stock, $30., Boatwright’s provisions, $78.81 for a total income of, $1,177.24
*** R&R apologizes that these documents were scanned at a very low resolution and can’t be read. However, the information has been extracted for your research purposes.
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