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Hollingsworth Papers
Biographical Note:
John Hollingsworth, Sr., owned and operated the Mount Vernon Plantation
in Jefferson County, Florida, located about seven miles east of Monticello
near the town of Ashville, Florida. He also owned a home near Edgefield,
South Carolina, which was situated on about eleven hundred acres.
Scope and Content:
The Mount Vernon Plantation (the name was later changed to Pickney
Hills) was located in Jefferson County about seven miles east of Monticello,
Florida with a view overlooking "Razor Lake," so named by Mr.
Hollingsworth because of its shape. The number of slaves listed, the livestock
listed, records of sales of farm products, purchases of supplies, and descriptions
of different parcels of land shown in the Last Will of John Hollingsworth
indicate that Mount Vernon Plantation covered rather extensive acreage.
The will also shows that he owned a home near Edgefield, South Carolina,
which was situated on "about eleven hundred acres." The papers
consist of agreements, tax receipts, paid bills, production lists of slaves,
account sales for cotton, bills for weighing cotton, bills for purchases,
statements for tuition and board for children, doctor bills, account sales
for butter, railroad bills for lading, express receipts, promissory notes,
and lists of the sale of slaves. The collection also includes executor's
papers of the estate of John Hollingsworth pertaining to distribution of
his property, slaves (with values assigned), livestock, farm implements,
household furniture, lands, legal papers signed by heirs who received slaves
and other valuables they inherited through the will of Hollingsworth. Also
included are bills for appraising property, doctor bills for visits to
and service rendered slaves, for medicine, bills for shoeing horses and
mules, for repairing wagons and buggies, for plantation supplies, etc.
The last wills of both John Hollingsworth, Sr. and James Hollingsworth,
Sr. along with genealogical data of Hollinsworth and Oliphant families
are also included.
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Created by Aimee Reist and John Nemmers. Send comments to FSU Libraries Special Collections
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