McLean-Gillis Family Papers
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence between family members primarily regarding family affairs. There are approximately 30 letters from the Civil War period. There are also numerous receipts for supplies and expenses, records relating to slaves, and family legal papers including tax records. The collection also includes written speeches.
Dates
- Creation: 1812-1898
Creator
- McLean-Gillis family. (Family)
Access
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Gillis and McLean families were among the pioneer families of Walton County, Fla., that originated among Scottish immigrants in North Carolina and eventually settled the Euchee Anna and Knox Hill areas. According to the 1860 and 1870 census of Florida, the branches of the families represented in these papers are: Daniel, Nancy, and Floria Gillis, and James and Catherine McLean, with their children Daniel, James, Jr., John, Duncan, Nancy and Floria. References in correspondence indicate that James McLean and Nancy Gillis were siblings. Other early families of Walton County, the Campbell and McLeod families, were related to the Gillises and McLeans and are mentioned in correspondence.
Extent
0.4 Linear feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Family correspondence of several interrelated families in Walton County, Florida.
Physical Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
Alternate Form of Material
Items in this collection have been digitized and are available via the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC) as part of the Pioneer Days in Florida project, which is generously supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). Please read the Permissions for Use statement for information on copyright, fair use, and use of UFDC digital objects.
Genre / Form
- Title
- A Guide to the McLean-Gillis Family Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Jennifer Amy
- Date
- August 2007
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
- Sponsor
- Digitization funded with the generous support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu