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No restrictions. Open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the George Wayne Anderson Papers #1498, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Microfilm copy (filmed October 2006) available.

• Reel 1: Folders 1-15
• Reel 2: Folders 16-28
• Reel 3: Folders 29-38

Acquisitions Information

Received from Mr. J. Randolph Anderson of Savannah, Ga., in June 1948.

Additional Descriptive Resources

Original finding aid is filed in folder 1.

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• Anderson, Edward Clifford, 1815-1883.
• Anderson, Edward Clifford, 1839-1876.
• Anderson, George Wayne, d. 1872.
• Atlantic Short Line Railroad.
• Banks and banking--Georgia--History--19th century.
• Commission merchants--Georgia.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
• Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Cavalry Regiment, 7th.
• Construction industry--Georgia.
• Embezzlement--Georgia.
• Estates (Law)--Georgia.
• Families--Georgia--Social life and customs.
• Gordon, William Washington, 1796-1842.
• Macon and Atlantic Railroad.
• Macon and Savannah Construction Company.
• Plantations--Georgia.
• Planters Bank of Savannah.
• Railroads--Georgia--History--19th century.
• Savannah (Ga.)--Economic conditions.
• Savannah (Ga.)--Politics and government.
• Scott, W. J. (William J.)
• Waters, John.

• Planters Bank of Savannah Records (#1256)

George Wayne Anderson (d. 1872) of Savannah, Ga., was president of Planters Bank of Savannah for 40 years, railroad director, property owner, and executor or administrator of various estates. He was active in the business life of Savannah from the mid 1820s to the early 1870s. His son, Edward Clifford Anderson Jr. (1839-1876), also was a banker as well as a planter; factor and commission merchant; major with the 7th Georgia Cavalry Regiment, Confederate States of America; and later a colonel and militia officer.

The collection consists of scattered business papers of Savannah, Ga., banker and planter George Wayne Anderson and business and military papers of planter, commission merchant, and Confederate Army officer with the 7th Georgia Calvary Regiment Edward Clifford Anderson Jr. Included are leases, accounts, wills, insurance policies, certificates of shares, receipts, bank statements, tax returns, memoranda, letters, indentures, and plats. Most of the papers deal with the activities of George Wayne Anderson as property owner; executor or administrator of various estates, including those of William Washington Gordon (1796-1842), William J. Scott, and John Waters; and president of Planters Bank of Savannah. Most extensive is the correspondence of Elizabeth Mackensie and the Manson family of England and Scotland concerning an estate that Anderson administered for them. Also included are nine letters of Edward Clifford Anderson (1815-1883), brother of George Wayne Anderson and mayor of Savannah, relating to local politics, and a few letters of other members of the Anderson family. Civil War papers include commissions, orders, and letters chiefly from Edward Clifford Anderson Jr. to his superiors concerning recruitment, organization, and consolidation of the Randolph Rangers, a regiment he raised. A record book tracks commissions, transfers, discharges, deaths, and desertions of officers and soldiers. After 1870, the papers are largely those of Edward Clifford Anderson Jr. Some of these papers concern an embezzlement of funds from the Planters Bank. Papers, 1892-1896, pertain to the Atlantic Short Line Railroad, the Macon and Atlantic Railway, and the Macon and Savannah Construction Company.

• Oversize papers (OP-1498/1-20)
• Oversize volume (SV-1498/3)