Family records from various Plumleys and Lindseys, mostly centered around the family of Lillie Lindsey Plumley.
Subject
This collection is the accession lot 2024.13.n.
It consists of five groups:
2024.13.1.n — Personal Papers
2024.13.2.n — Legal Papers
2024.13.3.n — Financial Papers
2024.13.4.n — Miscellaneous Papers
2024.13.5.n — Artifacts
(On Top of Old Smokey)
"on top of old smokey all covered in snow I lost my true Lover by courting to slow oh courting is pleasure and apart is a fried a false heart is a sweetheart is worse than a thief" ... lyrics to songs continue.
(Front) "[illegible] Train Program WESC Greenville South Carolina Tuesday July 31, 1956
Give Mother My Crown - Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
Where No One Stands Alone - [illegible] Davis also Wally Fowler and Sunshine Boys
Jesus Saviour Pilot Me - George Morgan
It's a Dark Dark Place - Maddy Brothers and Rose
From the Manger to the Cross - Johnnie and Jack - Carl Story
Mrs. Lillie Plumley
508 Poplar Drive
Greer, South Carolina"
More songs are listed on the back of the paper.
"Chesnee, S.C.
R.F.D. #2
Dear Aunt,
I am sending you those songs you wanted.
Write to us & come when you can.
Love,
J.K. Lindsey
P.S. Write to us & let us know if you get your songs.
Greenville News Thursday, October 5th, 1933
Title: "Ku Klux Klan is Instrumental in Returning Child"
"Baby, Six Weeks Old, Taken From Father and Turned Over to Mother"
A week before the publication of the newspaper a father beat his wife and kidnapped their 18-month-old escaping to a family member's home in Mills Mill. The Poinsett Klavern No. 26 decided to take the baby from the father and return it to its mother. The child was reported to be healthy after the incident. It was also reported that the father had stopped working and required the mother to support the family independently.
Transcription of a news story written in the Greenville News titled "Ku Klux Klan is Instrumental in Returning Child". Transcribed on October 5th, 1933. See item 2024.13.1.2 for more information.
