Letters from Charles William Tait, Columbus, Texas, to James Asbury Tait, Black's Bluff, Alabama, 1848-1854

These documents are letters from Charles William Tait to James Asbury Tait. Charles, a plantation owner in Colorado County, Texas, was the son of James, a plantation owner in Wilcox County, Alabama. The letters discuss land acquisition, plantation management, and family matters. The Tait family were...

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Main Author: Tait, Charles William, 1815-1878
Format: Electronic
Published: Auburn University Libraries
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Online Access:http://content.lib.auburn.edu/u?/taitfamily,639
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Summary:These documents are letters from Charles William Tait to James Asbury Tait. Charles, a plantation owner in Colorado County, Texas, was the son of James, a plantation owner in Wilcox County, Alabama. The letters discuss land acquisition, plantation management, and family matters. The Tait family were plantation owners in Wilcox County, Alabama; active in politics in Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. Family members include Charles Tait (1768-1835), politician and judge in Georgia and Alabama; his son, James Asbury Tait (1791-1855), plantation owner in Wilcox County; and James Goode Tait (1833-1911), the son of James Asbury, who inherited the family plantation. Other family members include Caroline, wife of James Asbury, and their children. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.