Burns Family Slavery and Civil War Materials, 1839-1864 | SHSU Special Collections & University Archives

By Shaneil Snipe and Sunday Stewart

Collection Overview

Title: Burns Family Slavery and Civil War Materials, 1839-1864

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Arrangement: This collection is comprised of membership applications, receipts, correspondence, newspaper clippings and copies of confederate currency. These are all related to the civil war and slavery period. These materials are dated ranging from 1839 to 1864. This collection is located on the SHSU Special Collection’s manuscript shelves.

Subjects: Confederate States of America, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Slavery, Slavery - Texas, United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Samuel T. Burns Slavery and Civil War documents (1839-1864; 1folder) is made up of a membership application for the Daughters of the Republic of Texas for Mrs. Daisy Cowart, a descendant of Samuel T. Burns. The documents also include correspondence materials on the San Jacinto Museum of History Association. There are also several clippings from local newspapers. Bills of sale account for some Negro men and women bought by Samuel T. Burns.

Collection Historical Note

Samuel T. Burns was born in 1812 in Wilkes County, Georgia. He was the oldest son of James W. and Charlotte Holtzclaw Burns. He married Eliza Smith in 1838. They lived in San Augustine, Texas.

Subject/Index Terms

Confederate States of America
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Slavery
Slavery - Texas
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865

Administrative Information

Repository: SHSU Special Collections & University Archives

Use Restrictions:

The materials represented in this finding aid have been made available for research, teaching and private use. For these purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) these items without prior permission on the condition that you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies.

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Preferred Citation: Samuel T. Burns Slavery and Civil War Materials. SHSU Special Collections, Newton Gresham Library, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1],
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Series 1

Box 1

Folder 1

Item 1: Confederate States of America button, circa 1861
Item 2: Diamond end, straight edge razor, circa 1861
Item 3: Two nails, circa 1861
Item 4: A key, circa 1861

Folder 2: Samuel T. Burns Slavery and Civil War Documents, 1840-1864; no date

Membership applications, receipts, newspaper clippings and correspondence

Folder 3: Burns Family Slave Receipts, 1839-1848

Contains Bills of Sale for female slaves to the Burns family in Shelby County.