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- Receipt of Payment for Services Rendered for the Estate of R. J. Arnold, May 13, 1876 -
- May 13, 1876
- Collections - Artifact
Receipt of Payment for Services Rendered for the Estate of R. J. Arnold, May 13, 1876
- Receipt of Payment for Transactions Regarding Silk Hope Plantation, July 2, 1877 -
- July 02, 1877
- Collections - Artifact
Receipt of Payment for Transactions Regarding Silk Hope Plantation, July 2, 1877
- Mattox Family Home - Amos and Grace Mattox -- descended from enslaved African Americans -- raised their two children in this rural Georgia farmhouse during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Amos farmed, cut hair, made shoes, and preached at the local church, while Grace sewed, canned, cooked, and helped needy neighbors. Although life was hard, the family proudly affirmed that there was "always enough."
- 1930-1939
- Collections - Artifact
Mattox Family Home
Amos and Grace Mattox -- descended from enslaved African Americans -- raised their two children in this rural Georgia farmhouse during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Amos farmed, cut hair, made shoes, and preached at the local church, while Grace sewed, canned, cooked, and helped needy neighbors. Although life was hard, the family proudly affirmed that there was "always enough."