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Title: Bacot Family Papers
Collection #: 0003
Dates: 1860-1938
Size: 4 boxes
Biographical Note: Charleston, South Carolina resident. Josephine Horton Rhett Bacot's grandfather was Robert Barnwell Rhett (1800- 1876). Her parents were Josephine Horton of Virginia and Robert Barnwell Rhett II (1828-1905). Bacot was one of four children: Josephine Horton Rhett (ca. 1852-1860), Dr. Robert Barnwell Rhett III (1854-1901, also known as Robert Barnwell Rhett, Jr.), Walter Horton Rhett I (b. 1857), and Lucy Otey Rhett. After her mother and sister died in an epidemic, Lucy Otey Rhett was renamed Josephine Horton Rhett (1859-1932).
Rhett married Daniel Huger Bacot (1847-1920) in 1888. Their children include: Daniel Huger Bacot, II (b. 1899), Barnwell Rhett Bacot, and Walter Rhett Bacot. Josephine Rhett Bacot wrote numerous articles, poems, and short stories under the pseudonym Hulda Leigh.
Scope and Content Note: Papers of Josephine Bacot contain correspondence with family and friends including letters (one describes the Charleston earthquake of 1886) from Daniel Huger Bacot (1847-1920), Daniel Huger Bacot (b. 1888), and Walter Rhett Bacot. Letters (1888-1904) from her father Robert Barnwell Rhett at Huntsville, Alabama concern family matters.
Papers (1891-1896) concern Munster Plantation (Ashepoo, S.C.). Genealogical information relates to the Bacot, Horton, Walton, Leftwich, Rhett, and Huger families. Includes clippings, ephemera, and photographs of Josephine Bacot and others.
Papers related to Josephine Bacot's writings include rejection letters from newspaper and magazine editors, an unfinished holograph autobiography (1930), edited typescripts, several holograph manuscripts, notes, and copies of her articles.
Papers of Daniel Huger Bacot (1847-1920), Daniel Huger Bacot (b. 1888) and Walter Rhett Bacot include correspondence with family members and others.
Papers include a biography of Josephine Horton Rhett (1830 -1860) and the correspondence of various family members. Of note is the correspondence (1862) of Robert Barnwell Rhett with family members and others discussing the Civil War and what is to be done with his children in the event of his death.
Subject Headings:
Bacot, Barnwell Rhett b. 1891.
Bacot, Daniel Huger, 1847-1920.
Bacot, Daniel Huger, b. 1888.
Bacot, Josephine Rhett, 1859-1932.
Bacot, Walter Rhett, b. 1899.
Rhett, Josephine Horton, 1830-1860.
Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 1800-1876.
Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 1828-1905.
Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 1854-1901.
Bacot family.
Horton family.
Huger family.
Leftwich family.
Rhett family.
Walton family.
Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886.
Munster Plantation (Ashepoo, S.C.)
South Carolina -- History.
South Carolina -- Social life and customs.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
Inventory:
(Josephine Rhett Bacot) Box/Folder
Genealogical Material and Family History 1/1
(See also: JRB - correspondence - Mons. Bacot
JRB - correspondence - E.G. Horton
JRB - correspondence - Oze Horton
JRB - correspondence - Dorothy E. Marvin
JRB - correspondence - R.B. Rhett (father)
D.H. Bacot - correspondence - Eva Bacot
Correspondence:
Sarah Allen: 1931 1/2
Aunt Elise: 1921, 1927 1/3
Barnwell Rhett Bacot (son): N.D. 1/4
Daniel Huger Bacot (husband): 1886-1887, 1889-1890
1892, 1894-1897, 1900, 1913-1914, 1919-1920 1/5-6
Daniel Huger Bacot (son):
1900-1901, 1914, 1919, 1921-1923, 1928, 1930-1931 1/7
Eva Bacot: 1924 1/8
F.W. Bacot: 1921 1/9
Louise Bacot: (sister-in-law): 1928 1/10
Harriet Moore Bacot (stepmother): 1886-1887 1/11
John T. Bacot (Jr.): 1922 1/12
Walter Rhett Bacot: 1914, 1918, 1921-1924, 1926-1927 1/13
Rose Barnwell: 1928 1/14
James Branch (cousin): 1923 1/15
Anna N. Cole: 1928-1928 1/16
Margaret Butler Cornell (sister-in-law): 1888 1/17
Mrs. A. Courtenay: 1907 1/18
Josie Cullens: 1931 1/19
Anna DePass: 1928 1/20
Ellen Fitzsimmons: 1920 1/21
Sam Fitzsimmons: 1931 1/22
W.C. Ford: 1929 1/23
Emily Read Fose: 1921 1/24
Goodwyn?: N.D. 1/25
Harriet: 1921 1/26
Hattie?: 1893 1/27
E.G. Horton: 1930 1/28
E.O. Horton: 1927, 1930 1/29
Oze Horton: 1932 1/20
Katherine Kernan (cousin): N.D. 2/1
L": 1931 2/2
Mr. Lewis: 1925 2/3
Dorothy E. Marvin: 1929, 1932 2/4
De Luce Matthews: 1931 2/5
Alicia Middleton Rhett Maybery (cousin): 1908, 1931 2/6
Claudine Rhett: 1893, 1925 2/7
Edmund Rhett (nephew): 1918 2/8
Hannah Cheves McCord (cousin): 1920 2/9
Harry Moore Rhett (brother): 1906 2/10
Margaret Cornell Rhett: N.D. 2/11
Robert Barnwell Rhett (father): 1888-1889, 1892-1896, 1898-1899
1900-1902, 1904 2/12-13
Robert Barnwell Rhett (brother): 1883, 1886, 1895 2/14
Robert Barnwell Rhett (nephew): 1907 2/15
Susan Lowndes Rhett: 1920 2/16
William Rhett, Jr.: 1887 2/17
William Patterson Rhett (nephew): 1912 2/18
Walter Horton Rhett (brother): 1883-1885, 1878, 1898 2/19, 21
Francis Sinkler: 1927 2/20
Uncle Jimmie: 1894 2/22
W.E. Vasser: 1919 2/23
Isaac Walton: 1931 2/24
Susie C. Watson: 1928, 1931 2/25
Helen Smith Whaley (cousin): N.D. 2/26
Xmas & Easter Greetings: N.D. 2/27
General Files:
Advertisement for boarders 2/28
Bills, receipts, etc. 2/29
Contents of Home at 69 Coming Street 2/30
Contents of household moves to & from
Philadelphia, PA: 1916, 1919 2/31
Epitaph and cemetery plot: 1932 2/32
Hendersonville Property: 1915, 1924-1932, 1935 2/33
Jewelry list 2/34
Last will and testament: 1908 2/35
Memberships–
Huguenot Society of South Carolina 2/36
South Carolina Society of Colonial Dames of America 2/37
United Daughters of the Confederacy 2/38
Medical Recipes 2/39
"Munster Plantation" contracts, leases and
correspondences: 1891- 1896 2/40
Widow's pension application 2/41
Manuscripts:
Editors, Literary agents: 1921-1923, 1928-1929 3/1
Autobiography (incomplete): N.D. 3/2
Essays 3/3
Notes 3/4
Poetry 3/5
Short stories 3/6
Note pads, address books, calling cards, etc. 3/7
Miscellaneous poetry clippings, copies, etc. 3/8
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings 3/9
Photos of JRB, E.T., A.L.: 1926 3/10
(Daniel Huger Bacot–husband)
Correspondence:
Barnwell Rhett Bacot (son): 1856-1896 4/1
Daniel Huger Bacot (son): 1895-1896, 1918 4/2
John Bacot: 1914 4/3
Julia Huger Bacot: 1914 4/4
Thomas Bacot: 1920 4/5
Charles J. Colevert: 1917 4/6
Robert Barnwell Rhett (father): 1899 4/7
Robert Barnwell Rhett (brother): 1895 4/8
Contract for Memorial Headstone: 1923 4/9
(Daniel Huger Bacot–son)
Correspondence:
General: 1932-1933, 1937-1938 4/10
Eva Bacot: 1928 4/11
F.J. Bacot: 1931 4/12
F.W. Bacot: 1920 4/13
John V. Bacot, Jr.: 1917, 1921, 1932 4/14
Robert S. Baker: 1938 4/15
Anne DePass: 1928 4/16
Emiliana Moleau: 1916 4/17
Walter Prince: 1917 4/18
Robert Barnwell Rhett (father): 1898 4/19
Manuscripts
"The Little Man" 4/20
Travels: 1917 4/21
(T.W. Bacot)
Address to Hibernian Society: 1897 4/22
(Thomas Bacot)
Correspondence:
F.R. Dwight: 1912 4/23
(Walter Horton Bacot–brother)
Manuscript:
Poem, "To Josie": 1878 4/24
(Walter Rhett Bacot–son)
Correspondence:
Barnwell Rhett Bacot: 1912 4/25
Daniel Rhett Bacot (husband): 1916, 1919 4/26
Daniel Huger Bacot (son): 1921, 1923-1924 4/27
John V. Bacot, Jr.: 1922 4/28
Thomas Bacot (uncle): 1921 4/29
"Brainty": 1928 4/30
Eleanor?: 1923 4/31
"Hearty": 1924 4/32
Virginia Lucas: 1922 4/33
B.J. Moreno: 1924 4/34
Watsie Simons: N.D. 4/35
St. Cecilia Society 4/36
Ellison Smythe: 1923 4/37
Lottie Thomas: 1924 4/38
Porter Military Academy commencement invitation: 1917 4/39
College of Charleston transcripts: 1919 4/40
Job ratings and letters of recommendaiton 4/41
Manuscript:
"The Smart Pony" (1st story) 4/42
(Burnett Rhett Maybank)
Mayoral clippings 4/43
(Alfred Rhett)
Manuscript:
"Sumter's Master" 4/44
(Josephine Horton Rhett)
Biography 4/45
(Robert Barnwell Rhett–father)
Correspondence:
Eliza B. Heyward:1862 4/46
Lucy A.M. Horton: 1860 4/47
Robert Barnwell Rhett (grandfather): 1862 4/48
Tom?: 1889 4/49
Obituary 4/50
(Robert Barnwell Rhett–brother)
Obituary and dedicatory poem 4/51
(Bacot)
Memorabilia 4/52