Series: 18 VV (Volume 18)
Scope and Content Note: Draper's correspondence, 1870-1876, with Thomas Sumter's direct and collateral descendants. Although the letters touch upon many facets of Sumter's life, the content is primarily genealogical and relates to families connected by marriage to the Sumters. Surnames most prominently mentioned include: Barnett, Bate, Brownfield, Coffee, Craig, De Lage, Dowell, Franklin, Murrell, Suddarth, Sumpter-Sumter, Townley, Turner, Weathered (Weatherred). Most numerous are the Brownfield family letters; they include particularly biographical details about Robert Brownfield and his three sons who served in the Revolution: John; Robert, a surgeon; and William. Also within the Brownfield correspondence are brief biographical notes about Sumter's black servants: Bob (“Old Bob”), Jim (“Carpenter Jim”), and Tom (“Soldier Tom”).