Hickman-Bryan Papers, 1796-1920 (C0045)

2.8 linear feet

MICROFILM

INTRODUCTION

This collection contains the papers of two families named Hickman, one of Boone County, Missouri, and the other of Alexandria, Louisiana. Related by marriage, the families had business dealings in slaves, agriculture, and livestock. The papers of the Bryan family, related to the Boone County Hickmans by marriage are also in this collection.

DONOR INFORMATION

Mr. and Mrs. Thad B. Hickman of Columbia, Missouri, donated the papers to the University of Missouri on 7 December 1944 (Accession No. 190).

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection contains business and personal correspondence, accounts, deeds, mortgages, and other land records, loans, receipts both personal and mercantile, steamboat records, estate inventories and tableaus, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, court records, limited genealogical material, folk recipes for floor wax, indelible ink, candles, dye, and soap, and bills of sale for beef hides, cotton, molasses, rice, sugar, pork, and wool. Scattered throughout are bills of sale, transportation costs, doctor bills, overseer salary receipts, and other documents pertaining to slaves in Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, and Virginia. The papers are arranged by family member, with subdivisions of correspondence and financial records.

The bulk of the material is from the first half of the nineteenth century with the most complete papers pertaining to the Hickmans living along the Red River, near Alexandria, Louisiana. The accounts in particular detail extensively the logistics required in the administration of the four family plantations: listing the prices and amounts of household goods, hardware, food, clothing, dry goods, agricultural equipment, livestock, schoolbooks and other educational expenses, tax records, and slaves. There are also numerous documents pertaining to slave and land purchases in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Texas, cotton and other crop sales, and the settlement of estates. The correspondence is a mixture of business letters, many from cotton factors and bankers in New Orleans, and personal letters.

Persons who figure prominently in the collection include brothers Peter Terry Hickman of "New Hope," Thomas J. Hickman of "Flag Land," and William P. Hickman of "Fairmount," all of Louisiana. The latter plantation underwent frequent name changes throughout the collection, being also known as "Grand Bend," "North Bend," and "Bellevue." The Hickman brothers were maternally descended from and married into the French families of Baillio and Gaiennie, and numerous other French surnames are scattered throughout. Included to a lesser extent are David M., Thaddeus B., and Thomas H. Hickman, members of the Missouri branch of the family and John H. Bryan, Milton, Morgan H., and William W. Bryan.

Volume 1 contains the account book for David H. Hickman, which provides day by day accounts, notations in connection with land, and lists of apple trees planted at Elmgate in 1859. Volume 2 contains Robinson's Shorter Course in Arithmetic, dated 1875. Volume 3 contains recipes for food as well as directions for making floor wax, indelible ink, candles, dye and soap.

Please see collection 1009, Hickman Family Papers, 1827-1890, for additional information pertaining to David M. Hickman, Thaddeus Bryan Hickman, and other members of the Boone County, Missouri Hickman family.

FOLDER LIST

f. 1-2	Bryan, John H., Receipts, 1828-1872
f. 3	Bryan, Milton, Correspondence, 1852-1876
f. 4-5	Bryan, Morgan H., Papers, 1796-1808
f. 6	Bryan, William W., Account Book, 1856
f. 7	Bryan, William W., Business Papers, 1831-1838
f. 8	Bryan, William W., Business Papers, 1845-1856
f. 9-10	Bryan, William W., Business Papers, 1848-1879
f. 11	Bryan, William W., Business Papers, 1844-1876
f. 12	Bryan, William W., Business Papers, 1877-1879
f. 13	Bryan, William W., Business Papers, 1880-1886
f. 14	Bryan, William W., Business Papers, 1818-1879
f. 15	Bryan, William W., Business Papers, 1854-1877
f. 16	Bryan, William W., Business Papers, 1855-1878
f. 17-28	Bryan, William W., Correspondence, 1845-1879
f. 29-30	Bryan, William W., Tax Receipts, 1854-1885
f. 31	Hickman, David H., 1853-1878
f. 32-34	Hickman, David M., Deeds, 1819-1859
f. 35	Hickman, David M., Receipts, 1833-1854
f. 36	Hickman, David M., Account Book, 1848-1873
f. 37	Hickman, Mrs. David M., Day Book, 1849-1855
f. 38	Hickman, David P., 1847-1853
f. 39	Hickman, John L., Correspondence, 1854-1887
f. 40	Hickman, John L. and Thomas H., Correspondence, 1866-1882
f. 41-43	Hickman, John L. and Thomas H., Documents, 1859-1884
f. 44	Hickman, Thomas H., Account Books, 1868, 1881
f. 45-48	Hickman, Thomas H., Accounts, 1852-1882
f. 49-52	Hickman, Thomas H., Correspondence, 1848, 1857-1859, 1866-1908
f. 53	Hickman, Thomas H., Notebooks, circa 1858
f. 54	Hickman, Mrs. Thomas H. 1879-1920
f. 55	Hickman, Thaddeus B., Account Books, 1848-1891
f. 56	Hickman, Thaddeus B., Bank Books, 1869-1877
f. 57-62	Hickman, Thaddeus B., Accounts, 1858-1891
f. 63-65	Hickman, Thaddeus B., Correspondence, 1872-1887
f. 66	Young, Sarah Hickman, 1876-1886
f. 67-68	Miscellaneous Letters, 1853-1886
f. 69-70	Miscellaneous Printed Material, 1828-1883
f. 71	Newspapers, 1878, 1882
f. 72	Hickman, Peter T., Correspondence, 1836-1843
f. 73	Hickman, Peter T., Correspondence, 1845-1856
f. 74	Hickman, Peter T., Correspondence, 1857-1865
f. 75	Hickman, Peter T., Correspondence, 1854-1859
f. 76	Hickman, Peter T., Correspondence, 1853
f. 77-78	Hickman, Peter T., Correspondence, 1854
f. 79-81	Hickman, Peter T., Correspondence, 1855
f. 82-83	Hickman, Peter T., Correspondence, 1856
f. 84	Hickman, Peter T., Correspondence, 1857
f. 85	Hickman, Peter T., Correspondence, 1858-1859
f. 86	Hickman, Peter T., Correspondence, 1860
f. 87	Hickman, Peter T., Correspondence, 1861-1862
f. 88	Hickman, Peter T., Correspondence, 1861
f. 89	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1835-1837
f. 90-91	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1838
f. 92-94	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1839
f. 95	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1840
f. 96	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1841
f. 97	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1842
f. 98-99	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1843
f. 100-101	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1844
f. 102-104	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1845
f. 105	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1846
f. 106	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1847
f. 107	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1848
f. 108	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1849
f. 109	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1850
f. 110	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1851
f. 111	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1852
f. 112-115	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1853
f. 116-124	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1854
f. 125-132	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1855
f. 133-137	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1856
f. 138	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Sales of cotton, 1856
f. 139-145	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1857
f. 146-150	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1858
f. 151	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1858
f. 152-158	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1859
f. 159	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Sales of cotton, 1859
f. 160-161	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1859
f. 162-167	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1860
f. 168	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Sales of cotton, 1860
f. 169-172	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1861
f. 173	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Sales of cotton, 1861
f. 174	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1862-1863
f. 175	Hickman, Peter T. and Thomas J., Accounts, 1865-1866
f. 176-179	Hickman, Peter T., and Thomas J., Correspondence, 1846-1852
f. 180-186	Flint Papers, 1834-1866
f. 187	Hickman, Peter T., and Thomas J., Maps, 1859
f. 188	Hickman, Peter T., and Thomas J., Maps, n.d.
f. 189-190	Hickman, Peter T., and Thomas J., Title Papers, 1796-1845
f. 191-196	Hickman, Louise Desiree Gaiennie, Accounts, 1865 April-1868
f. 197	Hickman, Thomas J., Correspondence, 1842-1853
f. 198	Hickman, Mrs. Thomas J., Account Book, 1859
f. 199	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1809-1837
f. 200-201	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1838
f. 202	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1839
f. 203-204	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1840
f. 205	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1840-1844
f. 206	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1840-1852
f. 207-210	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1841
f. 211	Hickman, William P., Accounts, sales of cotton, 1841-1847
f. 212	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1841-1851
f. 213-215	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1842
f. 216-220	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1843
f. 221-224	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1844
f. 225-230	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1845
f. 231-234	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1846
f. 235-238	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1847
f. 239	Hickman, William P., Accounts, sales of cotton, 1848-1851
f. 240-243	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1848
f. 244-246	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1849
f. 247-249	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1850
f. 250-253	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1851
f. 254	Hickman, William P., Accounts, sales of cotton, 1852-1853
f. 255-259	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1852
f. 260-262	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1853
f. 263	Hickman, William P., Accounts, sales of cotton, 1854
f. 264-266	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1854
f. 267-269	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1855
f. 270	Hickman, William P., Accounts, sales of cotton, 1856
f. 271-273	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1856
f. 274-275	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1857
f. 276	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1858
f. 277-278	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1859
f. 279-281	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1860
f. 282	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1862
f. 283	Hickman, William P., Accounts, 1863
f. 284	Hickman, William P., Accounts, Analysis, 1839-1853
f. 285	Hickman, William P., Notes and Checks, 1839-1845
f. 286	Hickman, William P., Miscellaneous Papers, 1839-1845
f. 287	Hickman, William P., Inventory of estate, 1842
f. 288	Hickman, William P., Tableau of estate, 1844
f. 289-290	Hickman, William P., Papers, Estate, 1839-1850
f. 291	Hickman, William P., Inventory, 1839-1845
f. 292	Slave Papers, Bryan, John H., 1831-1835
f. 293	Slave Papers, Hickman, David M., 1818-1850
f. 294	Slave Papers, Miscellaneous, 1836-1861
f. 295-297	Slave Papers, Hickman, Peter T., 1831-1861
v. 1	Hickman, David H., Account Book, 1856-1861
v. 2	Robinson's Shorter Course in Arithmetic, 1875
v. 3	Recipe book

INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.

Index Terms	Location
Account books--Personal	f. 6, 36, 37, 44, 55, 198; v. 1
Accounts, 1830s	f. 199-201, 284
Accounts, 1840s	f. 97-108, 176, 204-206, 213-246
Accounts, 1850s	f. 109-161, 177, 182, 183, 206-212, 247-278, 284
Accounts, 1860s	f. 162-175, 191-196, 279-283
Advertising, 1880s	f. 70
Agriculture, 1840s	f. 73
Agriculture, 1850s	f. 73, 76-85, 177
Agriculture, 1860s	f. 50, 51, 87
Agriculture, 1870s	f. 69, 70
Alabama, 1880s	f. 52
American Herd Book	f. 69
Baillio family	f. 181, 183, 203-205, 214-215, 245, 285, 287, 290, 291
Bank books	f. 44, 56
Berry, Daniel D.	f. 31
Bills of lading	f. 48
Black, G. F.	f. 50-51
Bogguss family	f. 296, 297
Bonne Femme Church, Boone County, Missouri	f. 50, 51
Boynton, L. C.	f. 67
Brown, Nathaniel	f. 176
Bryan family	f. 2, 5, 8, 17, 22, 23, 25-28, 35, 43, 50, 52, 63, 64, 67, 292-294; v. 1
Bryan family--Genealogy	f. 1
Burges family	f. 180, 181
Calomb, P.	f. 177
Casson, John	f. 199, 228
Cattle breeding	f. 62-65, 69
Children's Aid Society	f. 69
Churches, Missouri	f. 50-51
Clark, John B., Jr.	f. 69
Cole, John H.	f. 22, 23, 25, 27
Cookbook, 1850s	v. 3
Cookery, 1850s	v. 3
Cornelius, William	f. 18
Cotton--Prices	f. 68, 72-74, 76-87, 89-179, 197, 199-283
Crump, John W. ( -1880)	f. 8, 13, 29
Deeds, 1830s	f. 7, 33, 34, 295
Deeds, 1840s	f. 8, 32-34, 286, 290
Deeds, 1850s	f. 32, 33, 41
Deeds, 1860s	f. 11, 14, 41
Deeds, 1870s	f. 2, 9, 23
Deeds, 1880s	f. 13, 43, 66
Doll, Charles L.	f. 51, 52, 129
Doyle, James N.	f. 8, 9, 12, 22, 27, 28
Dye	v. 3
Eads, John L.	f. 286, 287, 291, 296, 297
Estate inventories, 1840s	f. 287, 288, 291
Flint family	f. 180-186, 189
Flint, Adelia Elizabeth Thomas	f. 180-186
Flint, Ebenezer Hubbard	f. 180-186
Flint, James Timothy	f. 180, 182, 186
Floor wax--Recipes	v. 3
Folk life	v. 3
Gaiennie family	f. 85-87, 152, 153, 161, 169, 195, 208, 223
Glenn, Hugh ( -1835)	f. 8, 11, 22, 28
Gordon, David	f. 2
Green, Littleberry	f. 199
Hickman family	f. 49-53, 63-66, 72, 73, 75, 78-80, 83-88, 124, 131, 133, 135-137, 139, 140, 142-150, 152, 154-157, 160, 162, 164-166, 175, 189, 191-196, 204, 205, 208, 217, 230, 234, 240, 242-283, 285, 286, 289, 292-297; v. 1-3
Hickman family, Louisiana--Genealogy	f. 1
Hickman family, Missouri--Genealogy	f. 1
Hickman, Cornelia Ann Bryan	f. 3, 294
Hickman, David H. (1821-1869)	f. 31
Hickman, David P.	f. 38
Hides and skins--Prices, 1850s	f. 112, 268
Horticulture	f. 51, 69, 70, 85
Huffman, Louis Lapraine	f. 180-182, 185
Indelible ink--Recipes	v. 3
Indentures	f. 7
Insurance, 1850s	f. 179
Insurance, Life, 1870s	f. 57-59, 68
Johnston family	f. 183
Kelly, Henry B.	f. 179
Kirby, N. G.	f. 176
Lamme, David D.	f. 17, 34
Land grants, 1830s	f. 189-190
Land patents	f. 41-43
Land records	f. 1, 3, 4, 6-17, 32-35, 40-43, 50, 57, 59, 63, 66, 99, 119, 180-190, 199, 214, 287, 290
Landownership	f. 1, 6-28, 31, 35, 40-43, 50-51, 59, 63, 64, 66, 67, 72-75, 77, 79, 85, 99, 109, 119, 123, 178-186, 199, 201, 253, 287, 290
Langham family	f. 17-19, 73
Lansom, R. P.	f. 63, 64
Loans, 1790s	f. 4
Loans, 1800s	f. 5, 189
Loans, 1830s	f. 1, 89-94, 180, 189, 199, 202, 285, 286, 289
Loans, 1840s	f. 35, 95-108, 176, 181, 190, 199, 203-205, 207-246, 285, 286, 289, 290
Loans, 1850s	f. 16, 21, 73, 76, 79-81, 83, 109-115, 117-130, 132-137, 139, 140, 142-161, 177, 179, 183, 206, 212, 290
Loans, 1860s	f. 14, 68, 164, 174, 183, 195
Loans, 1870s	f. 9, 57, 58, 64
Loans, 1880s	f. 64
Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish	f. 50, 51, 72-74, 187-188
Louisiana, Rapides Parish	f. 52, 65, 73, 86, 87, 100, 109-111, 120, 125-127, 147, 180-188, 199, 204-205, 210, 215, 217, 222, 227, 228, 235, 238, 272, 277, 285, 287, 290
Lovelace family	f. 189, 190
Maps--Louisiana, Rapides Parish, 1850s	f. 187, 188
Missouri Mutual Life Insurance Company, St. Louis	f. 57
Molasses--Prices, 1850s	f. 110-116
Molasses--Prices, 1860s	f. 166
Monroe, James (1758-1831)	f. 32
Mortgages, 1840s	f. 99, 190
Mortgages, 1850s	f. 184
Mortgages, 1860s	f. 185
Neal, A. B.	f. 63, 64
Norment family	f. 190, 213, 220, 285
Obear, Bryan	f. 40, 43
Oliver, James H.	f. 16
Pauley, John C.	f. 13
Phillips family	f. 181
Philosophy, natural	f. 53
Plantation life--Louisiana	f. 51, 74, 76, 77, 83, 136, 152, 166, 169, 172, 177, 189-190, 240, 247-250, 252, 257-259, 261, 264, 267, 268, 275, 277, 279, 281-283, 285, 287-289, 292-297; v. 1-3
Post cards, 1876	f. 10
Post cards, 1880s	f. 48
Price Current, Kansas City, Missouri, 1882	f. 71
Raymond, N. C.	f. 17
Receipts, 1820s	f. 1
Receipts, 1830s	f. 1, 89-94, 201-203
Receipts, 1840s	f. 2, 8, 9, 35, 73, 95-108, 176, 180, 203, 204, 207-243
Receipts, 1850s	f. 73-76, 78-81, 85, 109-115, 117-130, 132-137, 139-161, 177, 247-278
Receipts, 1860s	f. 45, 46, 57, 68, 86, 87, 162-172, 191-196, 279-283
Receipts, 1870s	f. 9, 46, 57-59, 63
Receipts, 1880s	f. 60-62, 64, 65
Receipts, Mercantile, 1830s	f. 1, 89-94, 201-203
Receipts, Mercantile, 1840s	f. 2, 95-108, 180, 214-223, 227, 229, 232, 233, 236, 242, 244-246
Receipts, Mercantile, 1850s	f. 76, 79, 109-115, 117-130, 132-137, 139-172, 183, 247-253, 255- 278
Receipts, Mercantile, 1860s	f. 45, 46, 162-175, 191-196, 279-283
Receipts, Mercantile, 1870s	f. 46, 50, 57-59
Receipts, Mercantile, 1880s	f. 47, 60-66
Rice--Prices, 1850s	f. 116
Richardson, Allen P.	f. 18, 19
Ringgold, Jacob	f. 125, 180, 245, 248, 260, 287
Robinson family	f. 67, 68, 85
Robinson, Ann Hickman	f. 22
Robinson, J. M.	f. 24, 64-66, 86
Robinson's Shorter Course in Arithmetic, 1875	v. 2
Scobie, James B.	f. 2, 63
Slavery--Arkansas	f. 295, 297
Slavery--Kentucky	f. 293
Slavery--Louisiana	f. 78, 87, 88, 98, 112, 122, 124, 129, 133, 137, 139, 143, 146, 150, 153, 156, 164, 166, 169, 171, 172, 174, 179, 180, 189, 190, 209, 213, 217, 218, 238, 251, 273, 281-283, 285, 287, 294-297
Slavery--Missouri	f. 3, 88, 292-294, 296
Slavery--Virginia	f. 293
Smith, James O.	f. 11, 13
Smith, William	f. 187-188
Solebellas, Joseph Marshall	f. 101, 189-190, 217
Southern Live Stock Journal, Starkville, Mississippi, 1878	f. 71
Steamboats-Records	f. 45-48, 78-89, 109-115, 117-128, 132-137, 139-175, 191-196, 233, 247, 249-278, 281
Sugar--Prices, 1850s	f. 73-85, 110-121
Swormstedt, L. H.	f. 22-25
Tax records	f. 9, 12, 14, 23, 25-31, 35, 38, 45-48, 58, 66, 113, 114, 120, 126, 127, 137, 138, 147, 152, 158, 164, 165, 170, 171, 174, 201, 210, 215, 220, 236, 243, 248, 251, 253, 262, 266, 271, 273, 275, 276, 278, 281
Thomas, Emeline Hubbard Flint	f. 180-186
Thomas, Isaac	f. 180-186, 189
Vail, C. B.	f. 63
William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri	f. 65
Williams, Dan	f. 178, 179
Wool--Prices	f. 69
Young family	f. 287-289
Young, Sarah Ann Hickman	f. 49, 64, 66