GEORGE SCARBOROUGH BARNSLEY PAPERS, #1521, 1837-1918
Barnsley, of Woodlands Plantation, Cass County, Georgia, and Sao Paulo, Brazil, was a
Confederate soldier, hospital steward, medical student, and assistant surgeon in the 8th
Georgia Regiment, who emigrated to Brazil after the Civil War. The collection contains
correspondence, reminiscences, scrapbooks, printed pamphlets, and other material . Included
are a letter mentioning Barnsley's plan to teach the slaves on Woodlands Plantation, Georgia,
how to read (1854) and a plantation journal listing family slaves
and hired slaves (1859-1861). Microfilm
available.