Financial and Legal Material 1862-1869. About 55 items. Principally accounts, deeds and indentures, and magistrate's papers. Among the deeds and indentures are certificates for land purchases on St. Helena Island by Weld and Thorpe and a legal agreement between them. The magistrate's records include arrest and search warrants, affidavits, summonses, records of cases, and testimony in hearings before David Thorpe during his tenure as magistrate in Beaufort County, S.C., 1868-1869.
Cases deal primarily with petty theft, although one case involves wife beating.
Folder 15 Accounts 16 Deeds and Indentures 17 Magistrate's Records Series 3. Subject Files 1866-1869. About 55 items. Primarily material relating to local organizations in which Thorpe participated. Organization material and correspondence constitute the bulk of the file for the Planters Association of St. Helena and Ladies Islands, for which Thorpe served as secretary.