Johnson Family Collection

Collection — Box: 1085

Identifier: 2001.001

Scope and Contents

The Johnson Family Collection contains a newspaper article, correspondence from Kate McGuire to Freddie Williams, a letter from Sherbie to Freddie Williams, transcriptions of documents and letters of George F. Bollinger and Ralph Daugherty, McGuire family photographs, unidentified photographs, and a photocopy of the National Register Nomination form and certificate for the Big Hill farmstead.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 1837-1999, Bulk [1999]

Rights Statement

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Biographical / Historical

The Big Hill farmstead is part of the original 1799 Spanish land grant to William Daugherty, Berenice Daugherty Williams’ paternal grandfather. Berenice inherited the estate when she married Harrison Harvey Minton Williams in 1842. When Berenice Daugherty Williams died in 1875, her husband H.H.M. Williams moved to Jackson. One of their sons, Samuel Williams, married Fredericka Welling in 1883 and they lived at Big Hill. When Samuel Williams died, his son Manning Williams returned to Big Hill to sustain it. At the time that The Cash-Book Journal article was written in November 2000, G. Frederick Williams and his sister Mary Kate Williams Johnson owned the estate. They are the children of George and Katrina Williams.

Full Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Johnson Family Collection contains materials relating to the Big Hill farmstead as well as to the ancestors of the Williams and Johnson families. Materials regarding the Big Hill farmstead include a National Register nomination and certificate. The collection also contains correspondence and transcriptions of documents and letters to and from George F. Bollinger and Ralph Daugherty. McGuire family photographs and unidentified photographs are also contained in the collection.